, 1866-09-25

1t Turin and Florence. he has maintained
bis occupation Of Rome In spite of Italhn .
protests, he bundled tho Capital across the
Apennines 70 display his power, and now be-
On the field Of battle. Hc has ali this wfific
a prelence Of affection for Italy
because he knows, however It may suit his
a million Of soldiers to be had for allies when
the great Empire may be at pinch and he
needs tue real friend In Europe.
But from first to last he has wished a d.
vldcd Italy, because such an 1taly would Of
BE- more cile 1ti n @
be could not afford m open break with this
Young but enthusiastic milton; but be has |
never ceased to advocate and urge schemes
Of division and wcakncss. That the vane-
ta"! arc to vote whether they VIII be indc,
played for conftdezacy Of Italics. Tha
venetians hare 60 often aud so loudly pro-
claimed their desire TO become part OF the |
common nation, that the asking them to |
vote upon It Is scarcely less than an Insult: |
this while If the world does not know Just |
what they want, and why they want III
But there Is q priest party in renetla In |
favor Of anything rather than union with |
1taly-prefeErtng Agstrian rnlc, bnt willing
thing. II will be new glory Of the House
of Napoleon II even minority In Venetta
shall signify their dcsisc to live under the be-
nIsn swny Of some Frcnchulan who shalt re-
feet some of the glory Of the great Emperor.
lost. BY shubbine Italy. under the speclous
ptctext Of devotion to the popular Will. One
Is curious to know rho arc those Tcnc.
t!an authorities to whom the Imperial
messenger will deliver the Government
of Yenetia? In truth there arc no such
powers. The .lus.rian civil officers In
Vcnctfa do not hold power from the Vene-
tlan people. II these civil officers are In
trusted With the Venetian Government, what
funny farce It will bel General Lebocuf
General and struight way delivers them 10
an Austrian Protector Mayor! Nobody can
| fail to SEQ that the Intervention Of Napo-
leon Il a small dodge to get the credit which
belongs TO the persistent aud determined pat.
riotism Of the Vcretians and their brothers Of
Italy. venctia passes 10 Italy By virtue of
4 moral triumph. to- which Napoleon has
| contributed nothing, but fiction Is invented
to display bis generosity. The moment after
the keys have passed from one Gencfulto the
by courtesy the representative Of the Vene-
tian people, who have for soycn ycara pro.
tcstcd that tltey hated the sight Of him. He
calls IN election md the people vote them
selves out Of Independence Into the artRs Of
Italy. Suppose General Leboeuf Ind not
gone there at all: would the matter have
been any differently m1nagede What clc-
mcnt Is introduced Into the ceremony By the
transfer Of power to France and then back to
Austria Fer the civil officials will remain
Austrian iu law, until some power Is confer
red upon them BY the Venetian people
themselves.
But the people Of Venice may be excused
from making any ceremony about the man
ncr OF their liberation. They are too happy
in the prospect Of freedom to question the
l -y-Sr r AZ - -
to have contributed to their liberation. II
the devil we're to present bill Of gratitude,
the majority Of them would pay. without ex.
animation into the grounds If the claim.
So they arc getting ready for such IN demon
st1ation as Venice has never seen, not even
regal slate to wed the sea. II is estimated
that fifteen thousand italian flags have been
made to decorate the streets that memorable
day when Victor Enamel shall represent
1tafy In the Cathedral Of st. Mark.
/ hope to be there TO see. SrERo.
Goldvin Smith and General Butler.
The following letter appeared recently In
the London Standard:
Shiny attention has been called to an ar
ticle In your Journal on Monday Inst inti-
mating that I am tout Of place in commu-
nity Of gentlemen, on he ground that when
! ginia was the guest Of General Butler,
understood that a similar attack was
made upon me by You, In nearly the same
terms, while WAS absent in America. But
did not care, on nv return, to revert to the
out Of date. TO tell the truth, I am dis
posed to be little regardless Of anonymous
attacks On personal character. It seems to
mt that they hurt no mans honor In the
eyes Of those who know what honor is.
c,ra,n1ra.,4 a. J.. sis.ss 1hE H asni .,