Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-16
General fIcw of AfruIrs lii Italy.


ago was but petty King, uni the other no.
thing more than the captain Of i handful Of
"COhdotirrc." Victor Emrnanucl ard L;ui-
scppc Garbadi are the lions uf the day; lions
indeed, that lmgin to Shnw their teeth In
That Italian 'IueSt'ol. which is every day grow
iIig m Importance, as we'll aS in interest, the
Emperor Napoleon and the Pope pio Mono
have themselves rrccded In the second plan,
whilst The cx.king "f Naples Francis H. has
disappeared behind tie coHli>scs. live follow
closer this classification ul the European lead.
ers according /" their momen,ary Importance,
we will find That the King of Sardinia stands
foremost and That hc also has made, in his own
manner, his expedition uf Sicily, by entering
the Papal States with fifty thousand men. As
matter Of fact, the progress OF his army un-
der General Cialdin, is as garing violation
Of international law as WAS the crossing of the
Pruth by the army al Nicholas. Yet nobody
in Europe ral>cs that hue and cry which fol
lowed the advance Of the Russian battalions
and lcd to the Crimean war; but everybody
seems TO agree TO the fact that this is
Il family quarrel which must bc settled
brlwccu the parties concerned Austria
herself has not entered stronger protest
at this time than oh the occasion Of the an
nexalion Of the Duchies by Sardinia She re-
serves for herself the right Of intervening
when she thinks proper; but, at the rate things
are going on, light which is reserved and not
used is just aS good As none. The only minis
ter recalled from Turin on account of the VIC.
lation Of the Roman territory, is the minister
of France. Let us not be deceived, however
by outward appearances. This disayowal Of
the Sardinan policy by the government Of
France is not Il rupture between the two Cab-
nets Of the 'TuilrricS and Turin. We hardly
needed the article Of Mr.. Grandguillot, in the
semi,oiirial constitutional" to take that
view OF the subjecl and although We never
pretended to Ste deeper into milestone than the
common of mortals, We were prepared to hear
Of NJ. dc Talleyrand being the first minister re-
called from Turin.
There are in International politics some con-
vcntionalitieS rs mperionS aud yet as meaning
less as ilosr which regulate the ordinary rcla-
tons among men. The ministers Of PRUSSIA
and Austria nigh remain in Turin nobody
will SUSPECT them Of sympathlsins with the
King who ordered ralLni to beat those ner-
ccrar'cS whom the Pope refused to disband
when summoned tn do 81. On the other hand
it is all ia vain Tor tie minister Of France to
hasten 10 Paris; every one understands that
neither he nor his master feels the slightest ab-
horrcnce uf the dcr,! which his departure is
meant To conlrnm. How are We to ac.
count for that strange position ul al
fairs Very easily, We think. The inva-
sion of the Papal States was but i matter Of
course; the flight Of regularly established
King before All advcnturer had more than
prepared the public mind for the violation Of the
rights Of ulic whose temporal power has been so
much discussed and ventilated. Nothing but
the external Ilbr: ol his Kingdom remained to
the Pope The spirit had departed and gone
South and North, to Sicily and to Naples, to
Milan and Turin. Take il Ms jon like, people
will not, n"w-a.,lays, call the same man King
and Il Pope, IL the same time He must he con-
tented with being either the one or the other.
TiirSr are the signs of the times; AMI unless one
is pre-, arcrl tn discover sour wonderfully new
and conclusive arguments Ia the contrary. 1t
is better to acknowlrgc at once that nothing
Of principle remains tu the Pope but his spir-
tural power, although some days may capsc
before his temporal inheritance is invested with
his worldly SUCCESSOR.
A. we have already stated, the bold move Of
King Victor Emmanuel gives TO him the prnnI'
nencr in Italian affairs, to the prejudice of Carl
bald; it is to say, that the conflict between the
attcrnnrl Count Carn,lr is thus much reduced in
its proportions. The King can, if convenient,
dispense with the Count, or he can preserve him.
By raising Il conflict with Minister of Victor
Emmanuel, Garil,aldi has himself defined his
ground; he is like another Minister himself,
and Kings nova days don't peril their crown
on Minister'S stake; they take ministers, dis
card them, rrtukr them, us mere Instruments
an whatever may he the crisis arising from
GarihalllIs letter To the King, we don't hesitaIe
to reduce it 10 the proportions Of ministerial
crisis.
We must also remark that Garibaldi has
now less power for attack than heretofore, and,
although il may Sccn strange to the reader
that we SHOULD make Garibaldi, Dictator in Ma
pies, weaker than Gariballi invader Of Sicily,
we insist upon oar assertion. lie Is very much
like Il cannon ball which is spent after it has
made its entrance in the fortress walls which
it was aimed at. 10 mnye on again, ollr call
nun ball must now bc picked up and have
fresh start and load Trur Il few days ago,
Garibaldi might have rolled On rs far as Rome
itself, but since the defeat Of General Lamori-
cicrt the Sandman army has done the work
for linn; Carbaldi is at stand still. In order to
70 onwart!S towards Venice or Rome, he must
have the assent of the army Of Il King whom
he has repeatedly called himself IL re gaten'
tuom0, but THAT King will mot give his assent
without Knowing what he is 1T. There is no
impossiblly in the removal oI Count Cayour
for time, and III Il combined attack OH Austria,
by sea aud land to redeem Ecnctia and make
Italy free from 'lhc A,lriatic to the Alps" as
Napoleon proclaimed il at Milan on his way to
Solferino. That is not altogether contrary to
the policy Of France or to the wish OF Sardinia,
but II is the projected attack Of Garit,aldi upon
Rome, if it br true that he ever entertained
the idea, that was sure 10 clash with the lnte-
rests Of the knE o! Sardinia and with those OF
tiariballli himself. ~ far aS his desire Of seeing
4 united AMI independent Italy is concerned
We credit the rumor that his been set at0at,
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