New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-08


with them immediate victory, and the sympathy and
alliance of European people and European Govern.
ments Secretary Stewards "irrepressible couaicf's
between elaveholding and free-labor community
was more than phrase for buncombe; it was and a
the irrefutable formula Of fatal fact Whether SEQ
rery Seward still in his souls conviction holds to Il,
or politically repudiaes it, being Of the slightest posi-.
BILE historic consequence. No matter what your
anonymous correspondent thinks the above paragraph
represents imperfecty but, far 1t goes fairly.
what thoughtful Europeans now thinking and
opining about our American sitdaton."
have already mentioned as news reporter, the Do
SION assumed by Spain. Hollands declaration Of neu.
trahty viii amount to the same thing.
To return to European affairs Italy Is recognized By
Frances wildraw after the recognition by Russia
and Prussia. 1t does not settle at all for the moment
the Roman question the real knot of the difficulty. nor
yet the Venetisn, but is long STEP from which there
can be retreat toward the solution of both these
questions No one doubts that Italy now makes a
Large advance toward Rome as its capital and toward
Venice as one Of its first provincial cities. Cavour's
death was loss justly, deeply mourDed by all Italy
and all the liberal world but The good be did lives
after him, and just in her fGneral procession doing
honor to his dead body mourning Italy has moved
rapidly toward the goal and final purpose Of his IN.
deviating sDglesouled patriotic endeavor.
And no danger that Ricasol pursuing his policy,
will yield hairs bre adth to NapOIeonc or Austrian
pressure in his steady pursuit of complete Italian ns
tonality. For the moment, the Roman and Venetian
questions will remain in external and material appear
ance as they we've. Needless to point how essen
TALLY the imminent future reality underlying these APP
peaances is modified by the formal recognition Of the
Italian Kingdom by the great European Powers.
The main domestic political incident of the week has
been the discussion in the Legislative Body of the Gov
ernment bill for modifying or two of the moa
offensive provisions Of che nquitous organic law Of the
Press. The chief liberal speaker on the occasion was
Jules Favre. Of bis speech no higher praise can be
given than TO say that 10 beray of sentiment sound.
ness of argument, and brance of rhetoric, il in no
way fell below his previous rhetorical efforts in favor
of freedom put forth in this years session of the Legs
lative Body That this is no slight praise is sufficiently
proved by the fact that Speaking Minister Blau ex.
hausted bis great talent in the attempt rebu always
observing marked respectful courtesy, tie trouble.
some argument Of his adversary. OF and about this
debate, there is only left to note a few points.
First, the bill proposed by the Government, though
small, is very real advance toward freedom Of the
Press in principle, however, it still leaves the Press
under the arbitrary rule Of Administrative decisions;
secondly Minister Bllau took OCCASION in replying to
Favre to assert that the decree of November "a had
about run its length that Government did not at all in
tend to enter upon an indefinite Of progressing
liberalism, $50 much worse for the Government, then,
your Exceliency--dhh0pgh, for the moment the i'm
minence of war being past your Government does not
feel to the same degree s did three months ago the
Al hirdI
Jules Favre, defending liberty Of the Press and Of
thought, uttered, among other things, these:
On looking around see the powerful American Confederacy
in them the death The growing stars no their flag eoe1
sSomins6Io Institution aud the south opportunity
begin inpious conft Aud what the lst tning
the cOnsy saniSssd the liberty Of the press whio6 was
i eyes than the artillery Of the Goysnnent
Do you take my compatriots, indignant at anti
S avery canting England De you take-tOiA you
" spit the meal ont of your mouths"-my yet i'm
perfectly bakednhe-fery-f furnace of-paiotic-trial
dough.faeed Northern compatriots7 Will you UNDER
stand that your whine at the lash of anti-Slsvery
English sympathy is contemplate cauting weakness
so long as you carry on the fight for Slavery, not
against it
A word about the sick list The French Emperor Is
uNtreO from HlnHB lnuJppVoiS"ni anu - PSE6"t
away vigorously if his literary majesty will permit
mel at his Life of Cesar which is really to be valu-
able work on the purely archaeological side il in No
other regard. He was down the other day at Ahse
SAME Rene village in the department Of the Cote
dor whereby, some eighteen centuries ago, our old
schoolboy acquaintance, the indigenous Gallic Yer
cingetox defended himself against the Iegions OF the
late julius Cesar. This modem Alise is the AesiarH
| of j. Cssar's commentaries de Betco Golt,co. See
section o. book of that chronicle. j. C.s brother
Emperor and bogapher subbed about the site OF the
| old oppdum for three hours, which shows that he
in much better physical condition than his brother EN-
peror the Turkish Sultan who is in the last hopeless
stage of rrecoverabe exhaustion. The Pope is suffer-
ing still from eryspeaS and old age and general debi-
ty f. Joseph of Austria is sadly given to drink.
Queen Victoria although able to hold drawing-room.
has really been seriously affected nervousy and other.
wise. by the death of ber mother, and other causes
Garihald the other European Power on the sick list
ia now az we'll as usual has never suffered from more
than an ugly rheumatic gout or gouty rheum itism.
L. Napoleon goes TO yichy Springs in few days,
where he will stay a month for his healtb's sake:
Tbitber. 40 rumor runs Rcasoh will come to consult
with him, as formerly Cavour at POmbieres. Which
doubt.