Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-13
special Correspondence Of the Evening Post. ,
France.
FRENCH POLICY IN IrALY-THE NEW AUsTRI-
AN CONSTRUCTION
PARIS, October I6. 1854.


PARIS, October 16, 1860.
do not trouble you with any of those
matters which you will find in the European
papers, and perhaps understand more clearly
from seeing more sides thar do. so omit any
part, even analysis of the most importan.
piece of documentary information of this
work, the article of the Constitutionnele on the
imperial policy in Italy. The papers array
in the most satisfying manner the non-signii.
canoe of Herr Hubner's mission here-but as
the French papers express quite as many
facts by what they don't say as by what they
do, and as those who are in the habit of read
ing riddles are never blinded by what they
are told by the journals of whatever degree
of imperial illumination, it may not be un-
important to give you what people here I'M
dersta1d with regard to Hubner's mission.
And on passing, let me remark. that much as
the world marvels at the faculty of wild
Indian OF following an enemy through a
forest by his footprints. it has something
still more marvellous in the way the student
of European politics must follow a truth
through the mazes of apparent and nOn-appa-
rent, but inspected facts. for the Indian, after
all, only goes by the footsteps that have
been made, while the political hunter must
goin great measure By those which have
not. Herr Hubner, a man well known in
Austrian politics as a liberal-i.e. by COM
parison-comes 10 find out from Napoleon III.
what he intends to do IN re. Austria dQt TIA
ly, in case of certain attack being made
a flea enters the Heirs ear, whispering dire
full promises of assistance TO the ally of
France in any such case. The papers which
announced importantly one day the mission,
make the next day an equally important an
nouneement of no mission. The whole thing
passes off in a cloud of dust, ingeniously
a. II
discovered to have daughter living in some
provincial town of France, to whose side pa
ternal solicitude had called him. Only
this and nothing more" 1t is indeed very
likely that the Herr didn't make any official
communication, because a semi-official one
satisfied his thirst for Knowledge thirst
which he should never have been mad enough
to think of satisfying at the fountains of St.
Cloud. Suddenly, also, the French papers
became illuminated as to he purely defen-
sive policy OF Austria. The Kaiser had no
intention whatever of attacking yeardinia.
but would remain on the defensive purely
and unselfishly. giving Sardinia time to raise
and equip as many troops as she pleased, and
would-thOugh there are those who regard
the Information of the Austrian policy rath-
er as a hint, or series of hints, as to what il
would be better Tor her to do. But suddenly.
giving only time for telegraphic communica-
ton from Hubner to his master, out comes
the proclamation OF a constitution ard the
restoration of the Hungarian nationality.
&C., which nobody out OF the Imperial coun-
sells had known to be in contemplation. and
which we believe to have been held ready to
give if the information from Paris had been
unfavOrable TO an attack in Italy. and to put
in the fire with unpublished and over-senti-
mental poetry of other kinds which young
and ardent Emperors, as well as sOphomores
are suspected of erpetrating-mere phan-
tasies-irying to see what they could do
how the thing would look on paper in Case
they shonld want, some day, to publish some
thing. If there are people so innocent as to
expect of the sow's ear so bigb quality o.
production as a silk purse, let them at least
stop at that folly, and never hope a liberal
measure from a Hapsburg VIII )se shield of in
famous black has not one spot of white large
enough to write the word "hope" on.
Francis Joseph gives constitution to day
No man in Europe believes that he will no,
annul it tomorrow If SO soon he could have
made the use of his Hungarian subjects he
wants to. as a fail to beat out the brains OF
the Italians. Not Hungarian, not an Itali-
an, scarcely CrOtian or SclavOnian, certain
IL not popular leader in all the Austrian
empire, would place any more reliance in tie
constitution given than in that vet to be-
the injurious dispatches from all parts of the
Austrian empire, stating that the people are
delighted; that news has been received with
rejOicings, &c &C.; flowers of electric rheto-
ric merely, outweighed all by the one line OF
yesterday, 'There have been slight disorders
in Pesth." The municipal council of Pesth
have decreed an illumination We who have
known anything of Hungarian matters know
what their Examinations mean, a policeman
IL II Al
don't put them up in their windows.
The only thing that the constitution proves
is that Francis Joseph determines to attack
Italy as soon as be finds it possible to do so;
and the only value that the French declara-
lions of the nature of Austrian policy have,
is that of their being the advice of the EN-
peror to the Kaiser--advice given, moreover.
because it is not expected to be followed. so
shat when it is not followed there will be a
new occasion to show to Europe the perfidi
Gus and beligereGt policy of Austria as con-
trasted with the peaceful and conservative
line of conduct of France, and give to the
power of the Gaelic sword-arm the added
weight of a righteous indignation at the
selfish and peace-of MISUNDERSTANDING con-
duct of the German Emperor. That the
Kaiser does intend to attack soon, is confirm
ed by all present movements. The auxilia-
Ties mysteriOusly supplied to The ex-King of
Naples, by which the foreign corps has been
from four thousand to ten thousand
men since the last defeat, the persistence of
the ex King in resistance so hopeless. the
increase of the army of the Pope, which they
now hope to raise to twenty thousand men
the presence of the Dukes with the Austrian
army on the Po-the building of bridges on
the Pc, and the sending of Benedek into
Venetia are all indications of a struggle
nearer at hand than the spring months fixed
by CavouP and Garibaldi. That the French
expect it, is shown by their reinforcement of
the garrison of Rome, in order to have troops
at hand when the war commences their oc-
cupying the cities Of the States of the Church
which had been in the hands of the Pied
and which the French do not ex-
pect to hold long against the will of both
Piedmontese and their populations, but the
temporary occupation of which gives them
an excuse for the larger reinforcemeuts, and
puts some regiments nearer the seat of war.
That the Emperor of France has been
throughout entirely true to Italy, believe
will be shown in the end, and that without
any wish whatever for the cession of proper.
ly Italian territory. / know from reliable
source that be sent word to the papers Of
Paris to support Garibaldi when be landed
in Sicily--Ihat he still supports him, and |
am certain that, as regards Rome, there has
been good understanding throughout. and
believe the same of Venetia. That Victor
Emmanuel is sure of the support of the
French troops at Rome. is shown by his being
in Naples in such circumstances, and at
time when Austria threatens his kingdom
daily and with forces which, If he is to fight
Austria alone, he win need every man on the
Mincio.
Finally. news comes that the Division of
TURF. man who. by the way. has not re-
ceived halt the attention he deserves and
will receive presently, has received orders
to be ready for an expedition by sea to part.
yet unknown to anybody but Garibaldi. who
is little likely TO let any one else know lust
yet. There are only two points to which they
can be sent-the coast between Gaeta and
the Patrimony of St. Peter. to take the Row
alists In flank and the COG OF of Ia .,s.x:s