New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
Italian Foreign and Domestic Peiicy-An
Old Story Rcvived-Thc spread Of the
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Italy resigns herself to pacific foreign policy.
We DO not hear any more such big talk about Rome
and Venice before; still, the new policy remains
very unpopular. Mnzzinis and Gsribalds programme
was evidently too narrow; it did not extend beyond
the unity Of tally. Nothing was said about what the
country was to do when she had arrived at the much
desired goal beyond it We have but the mystic
formula God and the People," but the destruction
of Papacy and the sovereignty of the people did not get
any decided shape; Mazzini traced only the dim out
pines Of the future.
Now that the arges, part OF the programme has been
achieved il is quite natural that the nation looks rather
Government and TO the army than TO revolution and
10 volunteers. Victor Emanuel and his Mlnist ers
the middle Glasses safer than Maxini and Carl
baldi stiI they cannot yet bear the idea that
Veneiia should s be left 10 Austria for any length Of
time. and that Romo should become only m
honorary capital Of the Peninsula by and hy they will
accustom themselves 20 IT, and the present Ministers
speak already about furloughing 20 900 men Of the
army Immediately after the great camp uaneaver.
which end in September.
During the last three years Italy has decidedly be
come conservative but her misfortune the Ministers
though FIVE times changed in five years. do not rise
above mediocrty. That is especially the with the
Ministers Of Finance. who have not succeeded In
making both ends meet while their schemes Of aIat
prove miserable failures The present one, Sela in
creased the price Of postage Of salt Of coffee and Of
cigars and estimated tho increase Of the income from
those four at 1000 900 hafcs the first two
quarters show now, indeed, increase Of 1900. 600
ftom salt but the postage remained nearly stationary
and the revenue from tobacco even decreased, and
thus the finances remain 10 confused state and Italian
credit Is at low ebb More has been done by the
successive Ministers OF Justice The italian Code has
been published this year. and though it does not attain
the highest scientific standard IL Is certainly great
improvement upon the former laws Of the different
States In Italy and even upon the Code Napoleon.
Tuscany regrets that the abolition Of capital punish.
mcut, which the pride Of Tuscan legisla-
ton. has not been introduced into the new
code but there scarcely any doubt that the question
solved already by public opinionl and by an overwhem
ing majority in the Chamber, must be revived In the
next Parliament In spite the opposition Of the Senate
That august body is just now undergoing great
change. Since no pay is attached to the Office Of
Senator IL quito natural that tho Senators living
in distant provinces did not care to 60 to Turin.
Now tina, the capital has been transferred to Flor.
ence, the old Piedmontese majority will soon
disappear. and Tuscans aid 10 form the staple
Of the Senate and the Tuscans to the hang
man and disappointment As 10 the anti papal feeling
the change viii scarcely be perceptibe. The Tuscan
like the Pledmonese arstocraey does not like TO
into collision with the clergy. and the conscation Of
church property will meet with serious resistance In
the Senate. The great difficulty Of every cabinet in
Italy 10, however, the Minister Of War. Brought
A. - ..,s. elrtfo.
absolutism, the Generals were enabled TO speak in
public and very apt 10 make considerable bunders.
The present incumbent, General Petit ont and out
Piedmontese and enemy to the revolution gets always
into hot water You remember that three years since
all the Garibaldan officers who had passed a fresh
examination were Incorporated into the army, but
Petit and La Marnora yielded only reluctantly to the
pressure Of public opinion and TO the vote
Of the Chamber. They continually strove to
weed out the Garibadian element from the
army, encouraged duels against the in.
truders, they called. aud aggravated them in
every possible way until they resigned. Thus three
fourths OF the Garbadian officers have already been
eliminated but the army formerly The PRIDE Of the
coupTy begins TO be unpopular In Austria. Tho
papers often disclose truths unpalatabe 10 the officers
and the Minister directed them to take any
dIspleasing truth about the army as a personal
insult Hence frequent duels between
officers and newspaper editors until one OF the latter
Guisppe Ciyinini himself Garibaldian plain and
editor Of tho DrOthe organ Of the Parliamentary
opposition, bold enough to refuse due and to de-
clare that be never will accept pistol bullet or
saber cut for argument refutaton. Facts must
be met by facts and reasoning by reasoning not by
lead and iron. All the press appreciated C,ininis
courage and accepted bis theory and since that
time political duels are somewhat at discount
though not yet altogether discountenanced. In fact
there could not be any doubt about the vaor Of the
Garibadian officer and thus he could affront Italian
public opinion on dhels, but the editor OF tho Mort
meato at Genoa weaker and challenged by an off,
Ger on account Of article in the paper fought due
fortnight ego receiving sabercut in the arm.
But truth wins by aud by the day. All the other
papers found that 1t served him right, and lee.
tusd Lin foy bsyiDg abandoned .he right course