The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-13

INC new French programme differed essentially from
NE hTsish system inasmach as without regard 10 the
PssiDe result Of the popular votes reduced the
rciehy Of King Victor Emanuel 70 mere vcarshp, and
.o"s severe sun - regarded Tuscany, proposed It's alb
me French programme having been frankly and with
csm communicated BY Turin to Florence, what be
without hesitation the couscience OF The world Cond
me tuscan government ct abandon the conduct
mao followed since the commencement OF the
eseht conphoslons, dsegard tho or the Assem-.
ply and me many proofs OF tho wiz the country sacri-
Ace The national idea which gores in ardsntly uphold.
Iemey difficult not impossible 10 establish and even
then wanting in every element OF durability and
tyY VINO in good faith, could ASSERT such propositonp
The Tuscan government well that il has assumed
erous responsibility regards the declarations OF the
French government and those 50 nobly and enseoasy
the King Of sardinia Tnis responsibility II does
cline; it accepts without fear, deeply convinced that
i has fulfilled dangerous, but great and unavoidable
We know too well what Italy owes TO the magnanimity
Of France not TO have taken the French proposals into our
most serious consideration and that +, regret,
the force Of circumstances has imposed upon us the neees
sy Of refusing adhesion consider II an act Of de-
ference towards the OF his Majesty the Enpe
Napoleon TO explain with frankness and sincerity in
examining these proposals. the reasons which have guided
The first observation which strikes the mind In con-
kdering the new programme OF the French policy Is,
submit kind Of relative injustice TO the detrment OF rus
cauy compared with the other countries Of Central Italy
While the votes OF the people acknowledged and
ceived and their wishes satisfied in the provinces OF No
dens and Parma, and even to a certain extent Ro-
magma ss regards Tuacany the contrary the rmest
encerest, and most perseverng manifestation Of Its Will
70 be considered vain. Why? What wrong have the
Tuscans done to be treated so9 What their trans
gressionsS Why should what ia good at Modena aud
Parma not be equally good at Forence9 To what great
interests should the principle Of justice and that OF
tions sovereignty which, the eyes OF France GER
tainiy not lees respectable, be jointly sacrihcsdf
For this severe condemnation OF the legitimate desires
OF Tuscany there are two reasons assgned:One which
may be called Of general interest, and her which IL
represented as called forth by special soicude In "a
is stated that Tuscany annexed to Piedmont would be
for the new State Of and revolution while
Tuscany, constituted as separate kingdom would instead
be barrier against the ambition Of Sardinia which y
feared in come quarter.
stated that would be painful and humiating for
country go rich in glorious traditions Tuscany lose
It's own independence In order be absorbed by another
State.
As regards the fear ,ha. Tuscany, BY uniting itself to
the new State into extreme inconsderate resolutions
the government Of the King has already official
cument, now forming part Of history fully demonstrated
that Tuscany by the genius her inhabitants their habits
and traditions, and the 10 which property
stoied would strengthen instead OF weakening the mo-
FORE say more on that subject the more the his
tory Of last year offers eloquent and
PROOF Of the spirit OF order and moderation which animasss
But i-and this point should be especially considered
irresistible force Of events were to mpe as feared the
Subapne Kingdom to the conquest absorption by other
means, Of the other Italian Provinces in order sstab
hsh The unity o the nation, could be believed that
Tuscany, separately constituted, would be sufficient
barrier TO such movement In such case, it Is self
evident that matters would inevitably follow their course
without any possibility the part OF Tusc any to stop
them She would be rresistiby drawn into the vortex,
and Tor from being bar to any expansive force OF Upper
would herself be prey to revolution and disorder Within
Hence with respect TO the general interest of the
rate kingdom would be Of use, would rather be
hurfu and to the preceding considerations shall
will complete the proof Of this conclusion.
now remains for US to examine what IL the value, in
loudly praised and whether lis advantages could ever be
such as to counerbaance the and serious evils
which would most certainly arise from is separation and
small SIZE
Her noble and glorious tradors the chief nay
the only reason adduced TO the interest Of Tuscany
No one certainly believes that in tbs nineteenth oeusu
~, Tuscany can ever resume the career OF those trad
tons interrupted for the last three centuries, aud only
rendered possible by the political life Of the communes,
rreparaby lost The glorious traditions there
fore reduced to splendid historical recdectons
how could the union Of Tuscany with Pie mont be der
mental to such recoeccns Would the anue Ration blot
them out Of the pages Of history, or weaken their
In persstng to dwell upon the independence Of Tus-
cany the fact too frequently lost sight or that Tuscany
~: 3,sa e o ssn
to absorb but that they are two noble provinces Of the
The terms OF the question being thus rechned, is
easier to to what the importance and political sgndca-
ton of Tuscan nd pendence reduced under present cir
cumstances, and in the actual state OF affairs.
II by autonomy national Independence be meant. it ia
clear that the annexation neither destroys sacrifices,
but on the contrary and IT, thereby
be meant the free and progressive development Of the
resources Of the country Of the genius and wealth Of the
instead Of opposing he since consider ably wideus the
sphere OF activity Of the people, H. on the contrary au-
tonomy merely means territorial separation, Is then
hnanount to weakness Internal agitation ami foreign
subsection; and 1t is therefore, wonder the Tuseans
infexbly repe that sorry gle which recommended and
represented to them % go precious.
But had Tuscany momentariy seduced by that munich
pal vanity Tor which we have 30 often been reproached
being fault, and which i is now attempted 70 convert in
oa vrtue consented to form separate and independent
little STATE what would have been the conditions Of rs
istence and prosperity
Of such system would have been that of keeping US in
uncertainty and in provisional state. In fact the prn-
cple Of separation being once admitted the choice Of
sovereign would still have remained uncertain And here
there 10 no need Of much experience in political affairs TO
understand essy the dcultes and embarrassments and
especially the eternal dilaorness Of ouch position But
let us not dwell upon that and let suppose every obs
Gle 70 have been VIGOROUSLY removed.
stuted have hadg on what support could have re.
edY The patszhs Of the old dynsstes would have op-
posea IT, and the followers Of the national idea would have
sion they had undergone the friends Of the municipal
idea would have supported it, but is easy 10 understand
what hfuence and numbers these can command In
country which, repeatedly consulted for the space Of
eight months, first through the organ Of it, legitimate rep
Iueu QreCty Dy univ 3r6k Suffrage,
constantly and always unanimously decreed It's annexa-
ton to another country
These are the political difficulties rather the mposs
bilities but there others which although OF less
elevated order, nevertheless deserve the serious
reflection.
Tuscany must be confessed constituted separately
and reduced to her old froners has longer in an
economical point of view, any hopes Of existence This
truth universally admitted in Tuscany. The impulse
given 70 public woks the equally important given TO
instruction, both rendered necessary by the advancement
OF civilization; the extraordinary ornaments necessity
OF the times; the pubic debt consequently ncreased-a
this contributes 70 render the existence Of Tuscany within
the old confines economically impossible.
Permanent agitation, probability Of financial
ophe would therefore, letting alone the sacrifice Of the
national idea have been the prospect Of Tuscany
tuted as q separate kingdom.
With such facts and considerations before s eves Win
could condemn the Tuscan government for having re-
manned faithful TO ie programmed And yet, notwth.
standing all this that government although assuming the
responsibility OF not accepting the proposals France in
their Immediate application has not for all that taken
upon itself to reject them peremptory Owing s origin
national kOVeYejpntv had tot b.ko1