New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-05

the Cabinets of Vienna, Prussia asd Russia, to dc
mand their consent to the incorporation OF Centrai
Italy with Piedmont are so many proofs Posiu'o
that no long time will elapse before bne wssns
of the populations OF Tuscany aud Emma VIII 10
realized.
Little ia now wanting save the formal recognition
oftbe King. to render the annexation an accomplished
fact. A national Parliament will soon be con
vened. where members from Parma, Modena, Tue
Romhouo. and Tuscany will sit side by SIDE WIN
those of Piedmont and Lo nbardy. Inc supreme
command of the army of the League rs IN the hands
of the Sandman Minister of War ana ere iong far
mi will be- summoned to hold the portfolio OF the In
terror in the same Cabinet. At the present moment,
eustom.housc duties are abolished, and unity IN
the currency established throughout the whole pro-
nosed Kingdom of Northern Italy. In Florence,
Parma. Modena, and Bologna, the arms OF Savoy
have superseded those of the dispossessed princes,
while oil laws and DEGREES are published In inc name
of Victor Emanuel. The proclamation Oh tne
statute and the electoral laws will soon be followed
by the assembly of general Parliament and q Min
stry which will itself be the irmest pledge OF the
national idea of unlhcatoD.
The proposals of England which, at the present
moment engage the largest share OF pubic atten-
ton. enunciate two principles, the second OF winch
the necessary and logical sequence OF the hrst.
These are n0n'lnfervenuon, ana fespecl ioi Ine
wishes of the people.
But. does not the third point in the proposed
basis violate the first of these two great principles
when il proposes that Central Italy shall again call
| upon her electors to return new Assembly, the
votes of which sb6n be final on the subject OF the
| annexation. Does not the very imposition OF new
condition interfere with that full and entire liberty
of action which ENGLAND from first to last has nd
| yocated in favor of the Italians.
| No one who has watched the development OF
| the national idea could for moment doubt tnat inc
results of any new election would but confirm tue
determination of the country; but we are not speak
ing of question of fact, but of principle. Either
the Italians are free or they are not III Tree, Oh
| what pretext can they be called upon To take a
| step which would imply negaiion OF the powers
lately exercised in their name, and an outrage upon
| those who exercised them The annexation was
| not voted in the hall of the Cirque Cento TILL the
question of the formation of Central Italy had been
| fully discussed; for thus idea was at that hne
| looked upon M feasible by many who regarded the
first solution as a political impossibty. Now, had
subsequent events tended to diminish the authority
of the votes then passed. either by exciting desires
which were at that time impractcable, or removing
difficulties which then stood in their way, the opec-
tions which could be urged against new appear u
the electors might have less force; but this is SO ar
| from being the case that many obstacles which
then opposed the annexation have ceased to exist
while The increased eagerness OF the country Tor
| unicstion with Piedmont has been 80 shown as 10
convey "A triumphant expectation TO the threadoare
cant ofPiedmontese pTopagandism, ana oil the Venai
treachery Of the country to Lord Normanbys pat
tern prince.
The observation-disclosures us that the Turin Ministry
will offer TO compromise the question OF the new
Assembly in the following manners lahlng as pa
sis the pronunciation of the law OF SARDINIA, ahd
the preparation already made throughout tuscany
and the Emilia fer sending deputies to the national
Parliament, they propose that these deputies snail
nreyious To taking their seats at Turin, form them
selves into new Assembly for the purpose OF con-
ing to a defntiye decision as TO the annexation.
If this decision be identical with those previously
expressed the union of central Italy under the scep-
ire of Victor Emanuel shall be regarded as an &C,
cOmplishedfact by the Governments OF England and
France.
advantages. A refusal the part of Central Italy
10 meet the wishes of the Western Powers would at
the present juncture be, to say the least lmp0itic
and might seem to indicate hesitation on the part
| of these provinces TO make new experiment oil
the wishes of the populations. Moreover, the oon-
| vocation of the new representatives would not IN
| their case convey the idea OF court OF appeal
against the prior decisions of the Assemblies, but
would even give them an additional weight by prov
ing that the sense of the country in August last is
the sense of the country to-day-that the voce OF
tie people, 80 unanimously raised in the separate
Assemblies of the four provinces is retchoed with no
less confidence after an interval of six months, by
the united representatives OF Tuscany and the
Emilia.
A frm conviction exists throughout Northern
Italy that the ultimate solution of the Italian ques
ton must be found in second appeal to arms. 1t
was this belief that prompted the whole tone OF
Ricasos address to the National Guard at Leghorn.
"To have established" said he, ais not enough;
" We must 30 act that We may not be despoied TO-
'' morrow"
No official document, believe, has ~ yet seen
the light in support of the statement that Austria
would confinc herself TO protesting against any
range nent Of the affairs of Italy that should ex-
clude the possibility of the RESERVATIONS. very
strong presentinent exists that there is secret
, understanding between Austria, Rome, and
Naples The ring of arms is heard on either
side of the Mincio. New Notifications
are rising at Peschiera, on the banks Of
the Pc and the Adige, every position is being
| strengthened, while each day finds larger force
within the walls of Verona. Naples on the South,
and Austria on the North, concentrating their
forces on their frontiers, while recruits from all
| Southern Germany are daily isembarking at An
coma to swell the Papal troops Nor ia Sardinia an
Indifferent spectator TO the part that Austria is play
ing Since the fall of the late Ministry, al extraOr
binary activity has been displayed in all the arsenals
of Sardinia and Central Italy, and more than
fortnight snce all the ships of war were ordered to
prepare for immediate service. Ali men here be-
Ieve that we have as yet but seen the prologue to
this great drama, and all men arc equally firm in
their determination TO abide by the issue.
{" Yestieia nuiia retr0ryum." These words embody
the feeling of the country, and have from the first
been the watchword Of our two great statesmen Of
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