The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-08-31
Foreign Affair

PARIS, August 10.
AT last the Syrian expedition is ofi,aud the
Christian world will havo tho satisfaction Of
knowing that in a week henco six thousand
Fronch soldiers will bo landed ut Beirut and
Damascus, to stop the massncres and punish
tho perpetrators of tho Outrages that have
boon committed. You will havo received
tho two protocols. signed on This sulcct by
tho conference of Ministers at Paris. and
you will not havc failed to remark tho in.
finty of precautions that aro thrown around
the expedition. la these protocols tho five
powers deal with each other exactly as i'll
lhuv wero as devoid OF honor as Of mag,
nanimity. II it had not been that news ar
rived of tho continuance of the slaughter il
is doubtful whether tho treaty wonld have
yet beon signed.
By tho provisions Of this treaty Franco is
to send 6 900 men. The other four powers
combined an equal number aud the occu.
patton Of thu country cannot be prolonged
beyond six months. France domnrred
against the small number OF mon as insult.
flcient. or ut least desired moro latitude, in
case the number indicated was not sufficient
But England objected, and obtained tho in
sorton Of n clause stpnlating that if more
mon wcru desirable tho conference should
izo such increase. SO that if the Fronch
troops, or any part of the expedition should
got into difficulty. the conference must bo
called on to deliberate and whilo th0y are
dcliberating. tho Little army may DO do
s.roycd. Tho French Government is fu-
rious at this trfling and iliberal policy but
accepts II because tho case is too urgent for
| further delay.
| 1t lie not anticipated that a regular war
will be made upon tho Drusos unless they
show fight in tho form OF an army, whom, of
| course, there would DO but one modo o.
dealing with thcm.
! Tho opinion IS general at tho present mo-
mont that Garibadi will soon mako an at
tack on Naples, without waiting tho further
operations of diplomacy. Every word of
ncws we receive from there shows that the
liberal cause is rapidly gaining ground, and
that from n minority in tho city tho Gar
ibaldans have become tho tho majority. 1t
is, therefore, probable that Garibaldi may
march into tho city to-day without serious
or any opposition.
As tho revolution progresses tho leaders
avow moro boldly their designs, and we are
now told that ROmo is to be tho centre and
tho capital at tho future government of tho
] King Victor Emanuel, aud that tho Pope
must nhu ahoihei Icsthg plhce IoT Ihe lloly
See. The Island of Sardinia, Bavaria and
Jerusalem have been mentioned. But this
is question on which tho Emperor of
Franco will appoint himself tho arbitrator,
aud there arc not yot sufficient number OF
indications TO predict how this troublesome
feature OF tho revolution is to be disposed
Of Tho emperor, il is said, would prefer to
send his Holiness to Jerusalem, but Prussia
and England may perhaps oppose the prop,
Osition.
In Germany it is asserted that Il Garibnld
takes Naples, without any protest from
Piedmont and France, Austria will regard
such an event as a menace to her. and will
at once commence war against Piedmont
Her preparations in VenItia, and particularly
along the Minoo, arc on such an extensive
scale, that such an intention may well be at