The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-10-12

| ton iu Italy without its extension TO Ger
many and Hungary Even now Kossuth
and KIapka are at Turin, plotting, no
doubt, another rising of the Magyars. A
reputation of the revolutionary scenes of
lS4S, which began in Italy, seems inevit-
able.
The present aspect of European affairs
is indeed a critical one. The Papal ques-
ton is not the only one to be settled.
The old battle, often hotly contested.
bat never entirely won, between liberalism
and absolutism. is to be fought over again.
The question as to the present Pope and
his temporal powers is only an excuse for
the rekin ling of those fires which burst
out in Ssancein 1889, and in ltalyin ] S4S
Victor Emanuel, good king, but better
soldier than a statesman, seems to be in
the position of Louis XVI, before the
Reign of Terror. 1t WAS the intention
fthe French king to give his beople all
they could reasonably desire. To carry
out his purpose, he caused the Three Es-
tates to be summond, and with tie aid
Of moderate men like MraEeau and La
tayette, it seemed probable that the King
party would weather the storm. But the
JacobLes swept everything before them,
and deiuged France with the blood of
Ere rhmen. To-day Victor Emanuel is
Louis XVI Garlbaldi is the Lafayette of
the hour. The Jacobins are the red re-
puoIicans. They have their secret clubs
all over the Continent. When the tocsin
sounds sanschOUey bJ the hundl cd thou
sand will spring to their arms. War,
rapine, carna.e and anarchy will rule the
our.
Let us look for a moment at the field
Us our reId"rS are already aware, there
have been he most serious difficulties IN
the way OF the statesmen who are en-
drav"iIng To ie,'"n~truct the COVE unents
vi Italy and to mould them into a homog
en-nr> kug !oin, over which Victor Eman
uel hopes /" r-gn "A. constitutional mon>
arch Au trian Influence is still poteut,
| and 90 Il Wins a passage where ,he bay
one tai,ed II is clearly the p'l cy of
the great Powers, excepting England, to
keep I,aly hopeless and di>orgauized for
the IN nent that Italy is free. Hungary
rises in revolution, and all Europe is
plunged into general war.
Thus the signs of the times point to-
warqs great events in Europe Trones
are already totteriug, and kings will soon
| fall old s;stem's Will be swept away and
new ones will gradually rise from the wreck
The statesmen who have taken the Papa
question in hand will find that it is one
Of the least of the difficulties which they
must meet. 1t is, however. the match
wherewith the train which has been laid
these sixty Years and again is to be fired
! When the conflict does come, it will be
III leadtul.
1t may be postponed for time, but as,
things look now 1t will be precipitated.- =
! We may look for the intelligence that the
flames Of instruction have burst ont over
all Southern Europe, by any arrival, how
ever early. Meantime, our people, in a
state of profound peace aud prosperity
will watch with eager eyes and beating
hearts for the denouement of tha: grand
drama in which the destinies of Europe
are to be replaced by better and purer
forms Of government. The struggle will
be fearful one, but that its result will be
favorable to the oppressed free
dorn's battle will be eventually won, and
that the right triumph-is beyond perad
venture. Truly, as Galileo said. the world
does move.-N. Y. Herald