Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-24
THE POSITION OF EUROPE.

Courier deS EtatS URlS, and q man OF great pTac-
teal ability, has written a letter to that paper
from Paris, where he now resides, showing the
state Of public affairs IN Europe. Besides its in
trnslc interest, the exposition of NJ. GAILLARDET
is valuable as giving the means of Judging how
far the European powers are in q position to IN
:eriere actively in the difficulties now existing in
this country. We therefore translate the follow
ing extracts
Que fact is generally admitted, and that is,
that the solution Of the Roman question is in
definitely postponed The Emperor declared to
NJ RArHZzT. who came TO consult him on the
part of YIcroR EMANUEL, that Italy must, for
the present, regulate its political action exactly
as if Rome did not exist" The Pope has been
called upon to compromise. He replied: .
cannot CERNUsCKI was right when he said
10 the French officers: You are in Rome, and
YOU will never leave it." However that may be,
the mysterious obstinacy of NAPoLEoN III upon
this question, viii lead to consequences not less
grave for France than for Italy The first will
be that the great military and patriotic movement
to which France gave the impulse and then ar
rested, viii change its direction Ceasing to
threaten Rome, which our flag makes inyiolabIe,
it win turn toward Venice, justfying the coun-
els Of KossUrH, who, perhaps, knew what ne
was saying when he proclaimed to the Italians
Venice first, and you viii find 10 obstacles in
Paris"
1t is IN fact asserted that NAPOLEON LII is
about to take the initiative in rendering to the
Italians the satisfaction Of commencing, through
the Duke Of Magenta, negotiations with Austria
with the object Of deciding that government to
cede Venetia to YICrOR EMANUEL, accepting
compensation to be furnished at the expense of
Turkey. Austria, however, viii not give up
Venice at any price. Il is settled that neither
the Dznubisn principalities, Servia, Herzego-
VIVA, Bosnia, nor Montenegro, will consent to
pass under her domination, which they detest
as much as they do that Of the Turks, and there
is less right to compel them than there is for
Austria to keep Venice, which was delivered
over to her by an act formally regular. Rus
sia, and probably England, would oppose such
a proceeding, and one quarrel would be avoided
oniy to give use to another. We do not think
The Emperor seriously believes in the success OF
these negotiations, If be ever had the intention of
opening them. But the impulse has been given
to the ideas of the Italian people, and it viii now
be difficult to stop it. A portion Of the Italian
press recognizes the neeessity--nOt being able 10
attack ROme-of marching on Venice. The
italian cabinet itself appears to be preparing
for that alternative, by Tesuming the process Of
arming-which had been briefly interrupted
and NAPOLEON III has given to il, it is said, his
council 70 DO so.
The stoppage Of the Roman question viii bring
about, as its first consequence, the revolutionary
war NAPOLEON wished to avoid when be put
az end TO the Italian campaigns VHlsfranes,
wh en- VICTOR EsIANUEL viii be compelled to
meke-at the risk ofbeing deth1oned byAustia, il
France does not sustain him-or be overtunedby
the party Of action if he refuses to fellow it
Another consequence, no less grave, Is the
schism which threatens TO break cut between
Italy and the Papscy- A Luther has been found
for this moral instruction in Father PAssAGLA,
who is received everywhere as q martyr, and
who has & great number Of adbeuents among the
lower clergy. Such are the dangers Of the policy
the Emperor has adopted. They are Of a nature
70 make him retrace bis steps, unless they hsve
been calculated upon before hand and make a
part Of his secret combinations. NAPOLEON
alone knows what is in bis thought and what is
the object of his conduct.
Were it not for the embarrassed state Of the
French finances, and the political embarrass-
meuts Naples causes in Italy, the present would
be a favorable opportunity for a final war. The
interior difficult es of Austria continue to in.
crease The remarkable and patriotic response
Of the Prince Primate of Hungary, to the En-
perOr FRANCIS JOSEPH, has completely shown
matters in their true light. The Austrian gov.
eminent can only choose between two alterna-
~tives-grant Hungary all she demands, or crush
her under the weight of armed forces, if tba. can
be done.
Russia is in a situation not less critical. Po- !
land IS acting a part very nearly analogous to
that Of Hungary. She demands her liberties. at
the same time keeping within the limits OF legal T
Ityi shSmust also be satisfied or crushed. At
St. Petersburg the students have revolted in the
colleges, and the police have found it necessary c
TO close the universities. @
Turkey shows herself less and less able to re- c
establish her authority over the Christian oopu
lshons. Atelegrsphic dispatch announces that
OMAR PAscHA, after meeting with a bloody check
in The deiiles Of Piva, was compelled to take G
refuge ii a monastery, where be was bsseiged
by the insurgents. This news up to the present 81
has not been confirmed, and if it should be, we "
may look for & general war to break out in all n
TIE region Of Western European Turkey. o.
Mr. GAnLARDET, next enters upon the contem.
plated attack on Mexico, he expresses his belief II
that the government at Washington win refuse Z
to be q party to the expedition. and adds: at 10
shares in that respect the distrust of a correspon. J
dent Of the undergraduates Beige, who believes
to be the intention Of England and France. "a
sending into the seas Of the Antilles forces r
much more considerable than are required by the ),
resources Of Mexico, to watch The De.
VeloPmenis Of the civil war in North America r
% that they may be able, when occasion offers
o recognize the Southern States, and to sunul n
n fact the blockade which prevents the SUNNY d
f cotton rom reaching the European markets W
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~ A dispatch sent copieintlv ~ the Appr.r =