Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-10-03
RICHMOND WHIG.
WHAT TIE LONDON TINES SAYS.

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not tad long to wait for the decision Of the King
Of Sardinia upon the advice proifered to him by the
French semoicial press. The troops Of Victor Eman-
ue have entered the Roman territories and war has be-
gun 10 good General Cialdui has takeh PesSro
which was already announced being in state Of ir
surrection, and with the town twelve hundred Germans
and Mousgror Bella have fallen into his hands Orvc-
10 has also surrendered This is dAsbng beginning OF
the campaign and step that capGot be retraced. Sa-
dina has abandoned the tempOrzing policy which she
had adopted since the armstice OF VllAranca She no
longer oselAes backwards and forwards but throws in
her lot with the Italian revolution. Policy has done her
work. al that negotiation all that balancing aud tempe
rIing could effect has been Effected aud there is moth
ing LEFT for it but to Gght out manfuy to the as-
We may easily imagine the motives that have driven
Sardinia this decisive step. So long as she aud her
King were the only recognized repr senatives Of the
Italian movement she might feel herself at liberty 10 con
suit her safety and to await quietly the march oil
eyeuts: bat he Italian aaoreacl Is longer under the
exclusive direction Of The SardiHiaH goDcrneHt Victor
Emanuel has in Gaiibaldi most formidable competitor
"a man of that moGld Of which the successful leaders OF
great popular uprisngs made-a man utterly regad
less OF SELF and be acted by any Of the meaner
motives by which common men are to be controlled
The couquerer Of Naples and Sicily is quite certain not
10 arrest his advance the frontier Of the Roman States
The momentum that he has gained suli;ient TO
carry him all the resistance which the States OF the
Church can ourr and % bring hit ,cih co'eHt shock
iato collision ,eih the AUridn p0usr ia ptNice lt
sees plainly that Il things hold their present lit
lie longer il will be n the power OF GariDald 10 drag
Piedmonte as well az all the rest Of Italy, into conflict
with AuSt and to force her TO risk all she has gained
in au encounter where the probabilities Oi success
against her. She must therefore, whatever cost
risk make herself mistress OF the revolution
She must lead tina, she may not be forced TO follow
She must rsgolW,ioRs the Pdpal Sta'es in order that
she may put herself in position TO arrest dangerous
revolutionary movement agsius Nenetia. There is some
reason TO think that IN interview the Emperor
of the French has been Induced things from this
point Of view and that danger is apprsheaded on the
side of France. These motives smply sufficient to
for the decisive movement OF Victor Emauue He
lives in revolutionary times, When sellpTeservaon has
superseded all other considerations andt would be child
like TO Apply bis stuatioa the maxims OF international
law which are applicable to pericds oftrauquiliy.
These being tae motives which have impel!ed Pied.
mont TO draw the sword, have next 20 what
the grounds on which she uses the step The grounds
are twO-the extraordinary msTuc and oppression OF
the pApal government and the presence Of large bands
Of oreigu merc5nares, by which the country is oppres
ed aud eorzed The object is said TO be to give the
pope IN opportunity OF expressing their wishes and
the re-esiaishmeut Of civil order The King promises
Rome suppose and is immediate envrous; but while
holding out t6 assurance the manifesto speaks Of the
Pope and his advisers Ia erms Of bitterness and aotimo
ny unusual in the present age, even in declaration Of
lie Will teach the people forgiveness OF offences
and Christian tolerance the Pope aud his General lie
deuOunces the misguided advisers Of the POnt and the
bnaicism Of the wicked sect which cOnspes against his
hOFity and the liberties Of the nation. This harsh
language and is not inconsistency seconded by the sd
vance into the States OF the Church OF army Of
10000 men.
We have not scruplcd to avow the opinion that the
tvCs which urge the King OF Sardinia TO invade the
territory OF u ncighbOr with whom he is nomnaly at
peace and whom he has already stripped of half Of his
dOmiuions not wholly, principally, those
which his declaration puts forward, aud vet do not
xcrHpis 10 say hdt ace heartily Cih tie HiHg
For this have many Ia the present con1i-
ton Of Southern and Northern italy, il il impossi
bic 10 prevent people outraged aud trampled upon Ike
the sat Of the Pope from rising in premature and,
il, heir strength alone be considered in hopeless III
Surrection.
At Fossombrone the ;nsurreeion has been pu: down by
force aud the telegraph informs Of what well
beleve-hst similar TO those Of Perugil have
been enacted. The war began between the Pope and
his sui ctS before the Pedmontese crossed the frontier
esd - vol know how the soldiers OF the Cross maAe
war We do nee ~i7I - 80 - - his CC"
do;ueri carrying fire slaughter and violation through the
domnions OF the Pope aud ustfying the rule OF the
ViccgCreu Of heaven by deeds which he'll itself might
blush to look upon. This band Of merccnars is men
ace and insult the rest OF lay. l has been call
ed into existence for other purpose than TO opprcss
the subj cts Of the Pope, and 10 put down by armed
force the rising revolutions aud do rot see that the
Powers against which this army has been levied are
bound TO wait ill suitable opportunity presents ITSELF
for the Free COmp1uons, satiated with slaughter ard
rlpiue in the States Of the Church. TO exercise their
Then there is the inloerable oppression Of the Popes
government The best proof of that oppression is
the fact that the Pope dare not trust his own subjects
with arms but places himself like Dionysius Of Syra-
cuse in the hands OF foreign mcrcenaries The speca-
Gle Of people kept down by such means is outrage
on the civilization Of the 0ge and danger aud menace
Tor all the of ally. Till some government be cs
tabshed in the ceutre Of Italy which be maintained
~ibOut thousand French troops to garrison the cap
ita and fyeand twenty thousand foreign mercenares
10 sack nsurgent towns il is vain TO hope for peace
We freely sdmit that nothing but the extremity of the
case could justify the step which Sardinia has taken but
we think that step is justified The evil would not cure
itself The ocuss would not depart while blade Of
grass remained for them to devour and the mercenaes
would remain while wealth, beauty and revenge for
the hatred in which they held 6y the people, had
still temptations TO oier For all these reasons, we think
the King Of Sardinia entitled the sympathy OF Eo-
glshmen in the war in which he has engaged We wish
him cordial success and that his may be rapid
well as decisive
IsFR,NcE FOR PEAcE?-The Emperor Napoleon must
bc well aware that his ghtest word is matter Of Ed
ropean interest and will be construed rs strictly as
State paper Knowing this, he resolved to pledge
himself deeper and deeper TO policy OF peace The Adj
dress TO the Chamber Of Commerce at Narseies, cor
t,ns 10 such epigammatc sentence the famous apo
hegm Of Bordeaux but its tonour is equally designed to
identify the Empire with peace We believe that
peaceful aspirations are entirely in harmony with the
presen temper and public opinion of Europe Doubtless
Is Just nov less occupied in antcipatons OF Golden Age
than in providing for its own safety the fault il with
those who raised the phantom Of "natural boundaries
and Who even nov, while discaiming the Rhine as
strategic frontier" tell that France could not re-
nounee her Alpine frontiers seeing that great Italian
Kingdom had been constituted"
IL is natural that the Emp should seek an ade-
ouate motive for the general misgSings which he admits
aud should end il in that evil passion which elmos implies
comphmenJ its object lie suggests as he has suggest
ed before that envy alone is at the bottom Of our susp
cons But surely il peaceful prosperity excite
w TO such pitch this country entitled to larger
share than France itself Besides it must surely occur
20 so sagacious mind that OF the Emperor that some
other motive than jealousy is wanted TO account for the
agitation Of the weaker nations which border on France.
Jealousy possible ony between equals but it is Begi
um Switzerland aud the smaller German States which
have lately betrayed the greatest uneasiness.
It is not for us to forecast the train Of consequences
that may hereafter prove TO have flowed from the an
nexaon Of Savoy; but shall not disguise our convic-
ton that the Emperor Of the French has the peace
of Europe in his hands He alone is master of the
spe that can lay the spirits which he has raised
When be asserts that Garsees and Touon represents
the genius Of France, holding olive branch n one
hand but feeling her sword at her side" may fair
" give him credit for the absence Of hostile intentions
ut past experience teaches TO interpret his language
with reference 10 present circumstances. very slight
change in the aspect of European Affairs might justify IN
his ewes total change OF tone and Of tactics. All that
We know i that il he has the WILL he has the power TO
give Us peace France can scarcely have legitimate
use foe her sword in any quarrel Of her own Nohirg
but grand coalition OF European Powers can venture
ts menace her and such coalition has never been lorm
ed except in self-defeuce against the ambition OF her
own rulers. Any dsquietude that now exits in the
minds Of her neghbors has relation sngy aud solely 10
the intentions Of her present Government
ITALIAN AFFAIRs --The time has arrived when 1t DC
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