Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-15

commonce somewhere else, If the Bourbon
b alloWsi g faii only that some eqpallF ua-
popular claimant may vex the Distracted
country, then the gain win have been bat
little. Even the greatest beneha do not
allow him who has conferred them 70 dispose
Of the lives and honor Of the recipients. Ma
poleon has given Lombardy % Piedmont be
has at the strong instance Of knglAnd permit
ted Tuscany and the Rouagaa % dispose Of
themselves, and be did not Interiors when
the swarm OF papal meFcsnaries wete scattef-
ed By General Cialdina, But The present
agony in Italy is, on the other hand, al Of
bis own producing. The troubles Ia the
kinqdon Of Naples The disconient ID Sicily,
snd the f0rcible restorGsion Of ths Popes
authority In several disricls, ara the result
Of this unioflunate and to most men unin-
tolligibIe policy.
Il is plain that The notion Of holding the
balance between The two principles which d.
vide Europe is ct the base Of tae imperial pol.
icy. The Emperor win not 50 ias sngags
himself either 70 free governmeni OF e iegiti-
macy aB to give either bis full support, His
owaposidon aud the position Of France are
better, be thinks, as long as be can side
with either party, and both must consequent
IL, study 70 obtain his favor. The decision
With respect 70 Gaets is q concession to Italy
and England, - .-.,'s .-
How terrible are the straits into which
the court OF Vienna Is driven Is only known
to all those who care 10 inquire into the
subject The ecOmmon language that Austria
is poor, her subjects discontentsd, and her
frontier threatened BY victorious enemy,
expresses but faiutly the confusion, and we
might say despair, which have fallen npOn
the empire. East and West there ID nothing
but indignation breaking forth into sedition,
and threatening. The arrest at the mouth
of the Danube of several vessels with mill
tary stores Of every kind, destined 70 support
a Hungarian insurrection, has hardly Rttrac-
ted notice, so open Is the conspiracy against
the Austrian crown. We can well under
stand the that Count Rechberg should
"deplorep the determination of Napoleon 10
withdraw his feet The Austrian minister,
no doubt sympalhizes with sovereign in
distress, but there are other and nearer inter-
ests involved in the abandonment Of Gaefa--
Atthe present time almost the whole strength
Of the Sandman army is employed in the
papal STATES and the two Sicilies. The hold
ing out of Gaeta not only necessitates the
presence ofa besieging army, but causes dis
turbances in the less enlightened districts,
while the leaders Of the royalist party derive
comfort and encouragement by the support
which the French Emperor gives their mas
ter. It must be remembered that Messina
still holds out for Fr,ncis H., and that as
| long as be remains on Italian ground there
will be ferment in the kingdom which will
prevent the Sardiniahs from turning their at
/ tentiOn to the North We learn that the
Austrians have counted on two Sandman
army corps being detained on the line Of the
Garigliano for many months to come. This
expectation is now, in all probability. doomed
to disappointment Should the French retire,
/ the Sandman squadron, as soon as the short
period Of the armistice has expired, will
make the prolonged defense Of Gaeta i'm
possible. Either the IRE or the blockade
l will compel a capitulation, and the king once
out of the country, the disafected will speedily
submit, and the divisions which now prevail
will be composed. Without possessing ex-
traordinary powers Of foresight, q political
observer may predict the next move Of the
Turin cabinet It is hardly concealed thatin
some way Austria it to be compelled to
abandon Venice. Either negotiation, or the
stirring up Of intestine commotion, or open
war, is to obtain this concession fron Francis
Joseph. The Austrian Emperor is declared
TO be resolute not 70 sell, and TO see clearly
that the alternative is war sooner OF later
If the French feet had remained at Gaeta, :
year would have bee3 lost TO the SardiniauS
now no one can tell what the spring ensuing
will bring forth.