The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-27
THE DIFFICULTIES on THE CONTINENT


From the London Chronicle, March lOl
Never since the termination Of the great war in 1871
the political horizon been 30 gloomy and threate
During our forty years peace clouds have no doubts
times lowered; but they never quite obecuved The
shine. The danger always seemed localized, and I
portended q general disturbance. A fatuous Obst
and wild ambition have unbappily conspired 10 CT
all this. Dstrust reigns everywhere. From the y
chants counting house to the Minister'S cabinet Il
the same. The ocksmarkets throughout Europe,
sure indicators of the public feeling, betray the Re
snxiety-nos 70 say the aiarm-of the commercial "
We must confss that zoe are not justified in att,s5tin
unhappy sfGte Of thisgs to any unfounded panic rhe
neyed classes are too intelligent 70 be dnoed BY the
nouvres with which mobs are som shines capty
Their judgments are founded ON the logic o. facts
facts Of evil omen are just now rather abundant
TIE TdEProchemest 4f Austysa to Rssssid-at fra so
fsuely denied, and nosv % entirely ddnssd-cannot
garded a. ceryf duoseble to the pence Of Europe WI
the doubterf-the men 6f little iath--the meaning OF
last dispatches from Constantnople9 We learn tnal
Porto has appealed 10 the Western Powers and srsA
ed treaty Of alliance with them for certain emcre
What are these emergencies are these com
tonsY Can IL be that any one is looking after the
mans possessionsf Has Russia offered 70 help Aust
get up again on the back Of Lombardys Has grs!
Austria in return promised 10 let her kind ally help
self TO slice Of the Danuban Prmcpalities?
There are questions which the Sultan can auswer
certainly " conscious Of danger which threatens
'nicn Of Austria ana Russia? But is there anything
probable In ropprochement 20 advantageous TO the
rests Of bothS Would i be good policy q Russia 70
entirely upon the confederacy sohich lately 50 deeply
hated herr BY uniting noao icih Austv5o she strtek
dina, France and England at the ti~se Nor doe
time for deep revenge seem very inappropriatx !.
are certainly In no very warlike meod. Has
calculated that while we want our brave soldje
home, II ID not likely that we shall send them
to rot in Crimean bitches, in the maintenance
our temper rightlys Have they recEoned vii
their host in believing that By union now With Aus
Russia will gain all, and more than ali, that she has
may pc well to remember that II has been the char,
OF Russia TO reconquer in the cabinet what she has 10,
the neld; and II her etateemen believe that they &
estimated Justly the strength Of the Peace party in
LAND, they viii have well chosen their time for rev
Nor are the prospects Of Italy better than those OF
Porte. The "wild ambition" which Stoves TO slide
stand and which prefers risking its neck on ssFort
ice, :" is driving away the friends who have been
end who have been found true and stesdfsst.
treaties Of Vilafranca and Zurich tied up the hand
France. She was bound, ~ Tar Is possible, to c
out the principle Of those treaties bat a
all things, she was bound to abstain from
arrangement which would subvert them France m
thus placed N situation phsre all her smpathies ,oou
rarmiy stM Sdrdsnsa, although she ntgM feel hsrsel
strained from atutng them eject Sardinia seems Der
pereeveTpg in course upjustiaably aggressive II nc
volutionary in its principles. The French ration
grieve TO stand by and see the Austrian eagles onoe
flying In the plains Of Lombardy. It 70 possible that
an eventually may not arise. Sardinia may still
that events have not grown TOO rapidly for her that
st'll able 70 control them, and marx them with the
". FRANCO bl
sec her tool destruction, Is possse to sace her, Co
principles.
It we're much TO be desired tina. the friends of ssr
would seriously consider the danger that confronts
1t s ueelees for them TO hope to force France into
position II she cannot carry out the letter of the I,
Of WHARFAGE she VIII hesitate to violate s primo
Upon theee points abe appears 10 have spoken her
words II an AMBITIOUS or mistaken policy forces
contest where Ausri9 would take the field against AZ
sion and Naples sgainst revolution, what Sardi
chances Of successf Without. throwing IN the Pope
cline the balance, such combination would be one /,
~ hazardous, perhaps fatal 70 Sardinia Let her M
deceived. Austria has eaten her leek far too
by bly, II and d.. played ;,o,l her game M TO s:s
oressso~ DAT ale Is AoardiMg W onss.s
accommodating r!aed CANNON, and borroping nill;os
eroy merka h EUROPE Aastria Is smartSng use
tiously observed, "No, should never have ma, I.
peace had England acted ~ we expected When {
matss speak 20 % to be understood it would be foil
TO listen.
FaF1n1's Pr0clamatf on t. the PeopI,
Emilia.
To TK POPULATIONS or TIRE ExIIIA:- 4
The King has convoked the colleges for the electt
the deputies.
II is incumbent upon US that, II the national win 81
oe manifested to be firm in the deliberations taken,
deputies Of these provinces may also be Iegav tek
and received In the national Parliament
II was great boon 10 Italy that the Enagnsnlmous
rror Of the French came with his heroic legions 70
win his ally the King The var q independsncs Nor
the principle OF nterveutou. thus, 10 our profit
verified the memorable sentence, "ftay should bslo
Italispe.n
In moments Of inccrtitude, coonding In the trust
have placed in him, you have only needed the PRONG
Of honor, determined TO resist At every cost the res
ton Of the fallen governments, and 70 proclaim nj
Emanuel, who has long regned In the hearts q The
titudes. Diecord, disorder and crime emiorated b
with The fugAive sovereigns. The people have ave
themselves Of ancient and recent wrong By foreyey
themselves worthy 10 be free
In The interim, an army has been raised competen
only TO repei the mercensry recruits gathered by
tenders from the viiest sums Of Europe but 10 diar
them. The Difference due to benevolent Powers. a.
practical sense OF the general political position suert
endurance IN the face Of calnmniating Hypocrisy
daring protocation.
Europe had at length become convinced that the n
Governments had no other foundation than thai Of
eign arms that without foreign bayoncts thew 6.
neiner be reinststed nor maintained thst rcstors
against them the public mind was reused ana that AZ
man Of honor was prepared for desperate resistance