New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-05


them that rerendqusr is to claim, not to reclaim;
the Emperor claimed Savoy by a right growing out
Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Sardinia did not reclaim
il ss by an old right, suppressed by the Viennese
treaties.
The French do not very much interest themselves
in these circulars, nor in the numerous swiss prot
ests. For them, the annexation is tdd aocomPh,
over which they generally rejoice, with very little
regard to the right and wr0Lg Of the means by
which il was brought about.
The Nicene population have voted for annexation
by an immense majority. The Opposition, to Judge
by the very small cipher of the minority VOTE must
have mainly abstained from the so-called election.
That within this restricted limit of yes OF no vote,
the election was az honestly conducted as elections
ever are, there is no reason TO doubt The result
in Savoy next Sunday will be similar. The truth Is
undenable that the material interests of Savoyards
and Wizards will be benefited by the change OF re-
gime and that they will gain in some other respects
as, for example in better civil administration,
and in religious liberty though they lose somewhat
in political liberty.
But the great sam Is for the future ana LOT otners
than they: the vote (no matter bow Louis Napoleon
chooses to interpret III Is another consecFatlon OF
the doctrine OF peoples rght 10 DISPOSE Oh ,ncui-
selves. The more the doctrine is confirmed, the
surer is the practice 10 follow; already 1t controls
Napoleon as much as he coOtrols it. As TO the mo-
rol,,y of the annexation, l question IT there be
thirty. six out of the thlriy-sx million French VINO
waste thought upon it, They regard as little the
Emperor's repeated depreciation OF the thought 81
territorial conquest in connection with the Italian
campaign, as his repeated declaration mal tne ac-
0usition is no violation of the respectable vienna
treaties. Even that bold Re publican Jules Fayre,
in his puDgent crtique the other day on the contra
dictCns and inconsistencies OF Napole0ns ltalan
policy for the last year, passed lightly over TINS
most garing contradiction between the war Tor
&" an idea" and IFS pay In real estate.
That speech OF Fayres was delivered IN the Corps
Lrpislatit so long ago as last Wednesday, but not
published till after the date Of my last letter. With
Il were published other speeches, some IN censure
some in defense of NapoleOns Italian dongs, form
inc together semblance rarely offered by the Leg
islative Body of a fair parliamentary eeoate IL
originated on the Government bill tor Keeping up
the annual conscriptiOn for the army on a peace
footing at 100 600 men, but turned for two days ON
the Italian question, which in one form or another,
constantly presents itself the most stirring ques-
ton the European question of the day. The force
of Fayres attack may be guessed from the TACT that
BaIoche, the official defer der OF Government,
man of ability and practiced skill IN parliamentary
discipline, found better reply to 1t than an drs"-
nentum ad hominem, the surest sign that ne REIN
oushed as hopeless the argument on the merits OF
the case In the course of a long speech Fayre
proved. by quotation from Imperial proclamations
and citation of known facts that Napoleon had not
done what he had promised for Italian liberty, and
inferred that he had not done what he ought Tor
the honor of France. To which Baroche only
replied: "Well, what better for Italy did you
Republicans do in 1887" Ultramontane speakers
also criticised the course of Government, defended
Themselves for their opposition and Landed the Papal
Government, with considerable freedom OF speech.
This remarkable debate ran through two days, and
what is more remarkable was published arterward
at as much length as your Congressional reports.
1t is the fourth instance within month oil equally
free discussions of Government policy beng puo-
lished Does Napoleon mean to make the world
believe that be is strong enough to bear Tree discus
sion? Or does he really believe that he is strong
enough to bear it Or is he trying another OF his
numerous experiments for solving the most difficult
of problems (of whose Importance no one Is more
apxiously conscious than himself, on whose solution
not his safety probably but that OF hs dynasty GER
tainy depends), 10 w.t. the problem of combining
safe safety valve for dangerously fermenlng pubic
opinion with his high suppressiye system should
answer these questions in order perhaps yes, pos
sibly yes, probably yes.
HE insuperable difficulty that his Majesty has
to contend with in reconcllng autocracy and de-
mocracy Imperial ordination and mens tree VIII, is
con,parable TO The trials of that other Dutchman
who would have his hen sat on nest OF dynasnc
EGGS. She resisted; he held her down; he raised
his hand little and up she started Titles then
he claimed basket over her and congratulated
himself on the ingenious expedient for accustomng
her 10 the positions: one day he lifted the basket
little 10 see how il was working. Mem Oot das
"vas yunderlu; she was sit standing
We have had another amusing instance this week
Of some Of the Inconvenience of having everything
ones own way-Of which the radical essential one
is that q man has not and can't have 1t all his own
way.. On Tuesday last the town was Gil agog Tor
lew pamphlet La Coalition; 1t was published by
Denter; il was anonymous; it treated high Euro
mean questions in CT calhedra style. The inference
was that il was by the author Of lie Pape a t Con-
gres and Of the other famous pamphlets OF Napo-
Icons sub-edtOr. There was rush Tor 1t; now
great a rush you may judge from the fact that
bookseller of the Boueyards, who furnishes my
small supplies of printed novelties, was utterly UNI
able to obtain q copy IN the hrst TWO DAYS OF lIs
publication. In those two days it knocked down
The 3 per cents 81 centimes. SO.that, on Thursday
morning, the Moniteur had to come out with
mole. DENYING all authority to the anonymous
pamphlet expressing something Ike regret that
the present laws did not empower the Government
TO check this sort of publications, but that the MIN
ister of the Interior has called upon the Minister OF
Justice to look into the BouTse operations provoked
by said pamphlet, and that Judicial investigation
oil them will be undertaken.
Our larger cause of excitement is the Sicilian
insuTrection The NeapOlitan Government subjects
the news from there to a strict quarantine; IT has
drawn sort Of naval Gordon about the island, as II
did under similar circumstances In lo4o, so that our
accounts of what is doing and has been done since
the 9TH of the month very imperfect and contra
| dctOIy One thing however, has become certain,
that the instruction is an extremely grave affair
and not yet ended. The absolute assertion OF the
| official journal of Naples, that 1t was suppressed
within q few hours of its premature outbreak al
Palermo is known for this week past to be as false
as the attrbutOn Of its origin to Engllsn lnflgaes'