New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-25
THE GREAT NATIONAL MOVE
MENTg OF EUROPE.
NOW

One Of those great national movements
which are now remodeling tho map of Europe
that OF Italy-seems to have been brought,
for the present, to n standstil. TIE Govern
ment has officially declared that it will await
aud obey tho behosts of France. Though un.
doubtedy continuing, by means Of diplomatic
notes, TO exert itself for completing the ediGce
OF the national union, it stands more than ever
before pledged against attaining ibis end BY
independent action. As far as the Government
is Concerned, Italy ia at present the yassal Of
France war for national independence
against tho will OF both France and tho
Italian Government, las, after the defeat Of
Garibald, but poor chance OF success.
Louis Napoleon is for the moment completely
master OF tho situation. His intentions with
regard TO the future of Italy have never yet
been officially announced, nor arc they proba.
bly, as yet ualtcrabIy determined upon; bu! the
last steps that have been taken we're more IN
favor of maintaining the Pope in his TEN.
pora Power; and the energy displayed by the
agents Of Murat in South Italy raises nece,-
Coniederacy, in preference to United Italian
Kingdom, is not yet fully abandoned in Paris.
somewhat greater progress toward the
achievement Of a national union has been dur
ing the past year made ia Germany. The
efforts Of tho German people for obtaining
from their princes the institution Of Centra
Executive Power and the convocaton of a Ma.
tiOnal German Parliament are among the
most memorable and successful pcaceable reyo.
buttons Of modern times. All the princes, in.
Guiding the Emperor Of Austria and the Car
despot OF IIesse Csssel, have lad to acknowl-
edge tho fairness and business Of tho national
demands so convinced are they Of the ire
sistible force of the tendency toward q national
union, that their only concern now is to Sc
clre for them in the restored German Empire
tie most advantageous position Austria and
Srussia, in particular, arc struggling for the
Leadership. As Prussia has been, on the whole,
in former times less despotic than Austria,
and as she has, moreover, larger population of
Germans than Austria, the great majority of
the National party in Germany were in favor
OF following the lead OF Prussia. But as Prus-
STA hesitated to identify herself fully with the
National party, and, moreover, pursued q.
home reactionary policy, Austria is making
desperate efforts to take the wind out of Prus-
sas sails, and to outbid her by liberal offers
to tue National German party. She has, there
fore, taken the initiative in tho Federal Diet
of Frankfort, in regard to the reform question,
and proposed the convocation OF German
Parliament, and a reconstruction Of a united
Germany. All the States have acceded to the
proposal except Prussia, who objects on the
pretended ground that the measures proposed
by Austria are not sufficiently thorough.
In the meanwhile the people are vigorously
following up the advantages already gained.
Every class of German society, as the pho-
logists, lawyers, physicists and physicians, agri-
culturists, political economists, gymnasts tur-
ners W hold annually their general assemblies
and their demands for the reorganization of u
united Germany are becoming more and more
urgent and unanimous. Popular enthusiasm
has, in particular, received a new impulse by
the General National Rife Fete, which has this
.