New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-03
SARDINIA.

| 1t is o little odd that the grand daughter Of
George III. and niece of the Prince Regeht,
should be waiting upon the leisure Of the nephew
! Of General Bonapsrte to decide the measure Of
! Ter interference in the American imJrogho. II
! is one Of those revenges Of time, Of which the
last ten years has been 30 full, which must make
! the shades in the Elysian Fields laugh and
! {" shake their ears" as the news is brought to
| them, fresh aud fresh, by ever new arrivals
from the shores of earth, by the CharOn Ferry.
Line across the Styx. Since all Natures
" difference makes all Natures peace" We are
| bound to rejoice that the Entente COrdiaie docs
not include this particular point Of policy, as it
might prove a trihe bOtherome. Not that we
| question tho ability of the Universal Yankee
! Nation TO whip England and France, with oil
the rest of Europe I" counted I'M" but, if it is
jutt the same thing TO them, we had little
rather wait until we have waloped our domestic
rebels, before entering upon the fustiga,oD Of
tae rest of mankind. We ma. also be permitted
t, indulge in modieum Of satisfaction at the
grounds we have for believing that the sweet.
ness Of the ADglO-Gallc Alliance is not wholly
unaffected by jenlousies, which the iron. plating
of chips on the sea, and tho riAe.drllIing Of tie
upper and middling classes on land, would seem
to suggest.
1t cannot be denied that the shadow Of the
mysterious man of the Tuieries comes between
the sun and the English people, and brghtens
the darkness of their day. Not that they doubt
the result Of any conflict he might invoke or
provoke, but that they dread the price which
they must pay for victory itself. And the
stealtby, cat-like steps with which be glldes to
his design are well calculated TO keep English
Jealousy alive in spite of all the opiates he en-.
deayora 10 apply to them. One Of the latest and
the most serious of the suspicons he has excited
in the English mind is Of a plot TO extOrt Sar.
DINA from Victor Emanuel, as the price of his
maintaining him on tue throne Of Italy. The OBJ
viOus advantage which the possession Of this
island would give to France as tue rival maritime
Power Of England was too great to have
| escaped the sulen eye that watches every thing
as seeing it not. Flying rumors were sent
abroad for the purpose probably, Of trying the
spirits Of the European Powers, and especially
of England and seeing how far such a stride Of
ambition would be regarded as one TO be suffered.
When demands were made az TO the intentions
of France in the premises, Of course nothing
could be more explicit than the denial of 81.
Thouvenel. But, as the annexation Of Savoy had
been as emphatcally disclaimed very short
time tefore it was consummated, this denial, and
the more diplomatic one Of Baron RicasO, of any
intention to part with any Italian territory
(ghici il might be denied that Sardinia is), was
net regarded as absolutely conclusive of future
possibilities, especially as 1t had been ascertained
that French intrigues were in progress in tho
isla d preparing the way for its erection into
French Department. And tho rather that these
intrgues were conducted by signor Pietri, whe
superintendent the consentaneOus suffrage of Nice
with such skill, that there were more votes in
the Affirmative than there were voters (which,
for one not brought up in the nurture and adj
monitor Of our ward elections, in the good old
days before registration, when our patriots were
exhorted to vote early and vote oiten," was
very creditable to his ability as political
manager.
The importance Of the possession Of Sardinia by
either of the great maritime Powers of Europe,
is plain enough from mere glance at the map.
The horbor of Cagliari 10 capable Of holding the
entire feet Of England or France. 1t lies pre-
ciscly in tho position from which the control of
the Mediterranean can be best commanded. With
Algeria on one shore of the tideless sea and Italy
under the virtual potectorate of France on the
other, and with Sardinia in the middle, also un-
der hcr dominion, the Mediterranean would
indeed be tho French Lake which the first
Nspolean desired that it should become. Lord
Nelson has recorded in his correspondence his
sense Of the immense importance Of Sardinia in
the adjustment Of the balance of power upon tho
ocean, or for the possession of the dominion Of
the sea. And its relative importance has vastly
increased since his time, both from the growing
strength Of France as Naval Power and from
the new road to tho East Indies by the Overland
Rouse, The possession Of Sardinia would put