Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-23

The Hon. EDWARD EVERETT contributes a paper
to the New York Ledger Ga this subject. lie traces
the war Of last year AMI gives this comprehensive I
view Of the truce Of Vi lila Franca
"Bere a crisis presented Itself of greater mo- +
nent than any which has existed in Europe since
Waterloo. Louis NAPOLEON had promised Eoliberate
Italy from the foot Of the Alps the Adriatic Shall
he. flushed with victory, holding his power mainly
by military tenure. and consequently DESTROYS above
all things to establish his reputation chieftsln
shall be follow the steps Of his uncle and push the
war beyond the Noric aud Julian Alps; or shall he
content himself with the conquest Of Lonlbardy,
and with having commanded 10 person in two
three Of the most brilliant and successful battles Of
modern times1 Had he adopted the former course
ali Germany on the one hand, at the call of Austria.
would have flown 10 arms; while on the other hand
hungary would have burst into Il new revolt, and
u Is hard to see how the great powers of Europe
could have remained neutral. Louis NapoeOn as
caholdly admitted. did not think that he could, IN
justice TO France, take the risk Of allowing the war
~ these vast proportions. Besides this, the
austrian army defeated, bat not annlhllated;
ana three or four all but impregnsbe fortresses
were 10 De starved or stormed. The heats Of sum
ner were upon him in the malarious plains OF LOm-
oaruy' and It IS stated, in a private letter which
| hase seen from well informed source near the
| seehe % action, that eight handred OF his troops
were daiiy struck duwn with fever. These were
persuasive arguments for moderation and the peace
ol ma frAnea was prudently made.
VI the effects Of the war Mr. EyERETr says:
mus at the cost, probably, of fifty thousand
| no each slde, and expenditure OF money which is
woulu De Idle 10 attempt to calculate, q struggle
sE0rt indeed, ont sharp AMI pregnant with great
consequences, was brought to a temporary close
Much was gained great Italian province was
wrested from what its inhabitants deemed foreign
ana Daroarous domination, and placed under the
government of liberal Italian Prince raised by the
accusation Of strength to high place among the
| second rate powers of Europe. But more import
ant consequence was its effect the public mind of
italy. The people Of the central principaties did
for themselves, what the French and Sandman
done for LOmbardy the feuds of ages we're for
gotten, and Tuscany, Parma, MOdena and tine Lega-
.Vns. voluntarily nay eagerly, abdcated their
dependence, and forced themselves so to say under
the sceptre of Victory Emanuel
No change so important in the political arrange
ments of Europe has perhaps been effected
, without bloody struggle These incidental eonse
quences OF war were as momentous as its direct re
suits.
Nor was France herself to remain uncompensate
for the services hick she had rendered 70 Italia
nationality and independence. By stroke of polio
| at which Europe gaZed murmUFing but paralyZ
=, the hereditary domains PiedmOt, the cradle of he
national existence, were, with the all but unanimOu
consent of her inhabitants and the apparent aequ
escence Of the sovereign and his parliament transtel
o red to France, whose boundaries thus carrie'
: by resolute will aud skifnl hand, TO the crest
|; the Alps Modem Europe has seen nothing at ono
!, 80 adorit and masteriul
G He says of GAKIBlLDI's performances:
D. 1t is impossible that population intelligent
any in Europe and writing, with all the Impatient
OF Southern blood under the burden of this int0le
s. able yoke should remain impassiye spectators
the nomentous events in Northern and Centr'
IS Italy What communicate zion the Sicilian patrio
s. may have held with Garibaldi are, of cOurs
d ignorant. But be needed only to show himself G
the shores of the fair isle, with couple Of thUusar
j alarmed followers, without artillery, cavalry OF
military chest and in six weeks its conquest was
N fec-ed. Where the most powerful expedition eve
7 fitted out by ancient Athens met with ealamital
e failure, where the Carthagnian and Roman conten
ID ed for the ascendancy for more than two centlre
l. where the Vandais, the Saracens. the Norman
10 struggled for ages, Garibaldl and his brave cor
e panions have marched from victory to victory ar
e the island stands FedeeEed at the close Of one car
p Daign. Not only So hut unless foreign lnterteren'
mas by threats actual intervention. arrested b
progress Continental Naples has already foliowC
y the fate of her sister island and the kingdom of Il
c. two Scilies is free.
le When we contrast this years campaign with q
IN last; the immense armies Of Louis Napoleon Wi
er the Guerilla bands of GarbaldI and reflect that q
Id latter has achieved territorial CONQUEST as briia
Sc and fruitful of consequences that by which Lon
es hardy was severed from Austria, cannot but te
how far the power of physical forces and materi
IL appliances is outweighed by that of the moral sen
re ments, in a crisis like that which now prev a
N, throughout Italy. 1t is. moreover, sight well Ct
d. culated to awaken serious reflections oa the mystic
IT, ious ways of Providence, To behold the Cypress
al people of Italy springing up to freedom by gre
e. revolutionary movement, protected from hostile
OF reference if not actively assisted, by the militia
en- autocrat of France.