Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-24


lone of the worst political crimes which his
| tory records against the great founder OF
his house. The handing over OF Venice to
Austria stains the memory Of the first Ma
\ poleohas much as the partition of Poland
darkens the srenOwn of Frederick the
1 Great. Since the Congress tof Vienna set
tiled it on Austria, it has, Citing around her
meek worse than dead Weight4-a ,perpetu-
al Irritation and danger, Blood has been
| sled to- maintain that, heritage 'of' evil
enough otoa flood the. great place OF st.
Mark and the Doges, Of the painters and
posts. Great hearts have uselesslg broken
| in the effort tearfIom Austria that Which
she gives, up to-day Splendid ihtellecrs
have worn themselEes out A. the, same ~ ! !,
lotile struggle; patriots whose pnfity, aflq
ge9ii4snlight hayeglorigea 3 nation, Ihaye
died lnlpEison and exll q f9r thai Cause :
! III tainsi The courage of Fbs sel the IA
'tellectofi thefstatesIpap, thei Wiles Of sthe
oGnspirator,t have for generate 0hs been
wanted to gain that end which the World
hears with amazement has, been SO spddeh-
| ly conceded to-day, n ManinI and EaYour
ana D,Azegll0 should have, died hereafter =
they should have, lived to see, this great
step abhieyeda iAytbe independenee and
unity of that Italian race, for whom they
! DARED and suffered so much, So far as this
/ great boon has been obtained for Italy by
the intervention OF the Emperor Of the
| French, we are not disposed to- share the
fears ofthose .wh0dread that its acceptance
| may involve some compensating sacrifices.
We dognOt look for the deyello plment Of
any such sinister designs; The part taken
| by the Emperor of the French Is, we trust
and believe, but the .fulfillment Of hfs
pledge that Italy should be free from, the
I9Alps to the Adriatic. Whatever, territorial
questions may have to be settled between
him and Others, tYedo not believe it posi-
| bic that any attempt will be made to induce
an Italian ministry to barter away a rood
of 1talian sOilg HithiS Is so, the future OF
Italy grows at once calm and bright,
The dangers aud difficulties which chiefly
beset- her disappear as suddenly as the
clouds sometimes lift from the sides Of QUE
of heTpwn Alps, & Her strife with Austria
over, hersOle cause 9ffoEeign dispute ay ay,
she may set herself firmly and faithfnllyt6
the Accomplishment OF the task Of domestic
consolidation and improvement from which
hitherto she has been SO much Distracted ~
She may reduce to the most modest pro-
portions her huge army, stop her, work IN
naval armaments, apply herself with all her
4 heart to the repair OF her shattered tinan-
| ces and the full development of her
splendid fesouroesIO Nor, indeed, does Aus.
tfia gain much lessuthan Italyyin losing
Venetia. Battor, that illzoReqeG. -6eQuest, tie
EMPEROR Francis Joseph could not non. haze
% see his place IN Europe tlredte'Ied, Ids all
ceStrdI leadership IN Germdhy .gGaae.s 0Yef, the
cessiom of Venice, cOmeiasl iJ, may, all Eu-
rope has cause TO be glad, OF the other
events which are to accompany this great
change, it Will be time enough to Judge as
| they Hfise. Thus far Europe stands like
| Shakspeare's "Henry v" at Agincourt,
and scarcely knowsn, war be done or no.
A Ten Days, War--The Cession OF ,Veal
Ili sc , netIa TO France, " w" q
~ from the London Times, Julye1 '2H93 ,
This world of ours has, ,out-lived many
wonders, but ithas never before seen a Ten
| Days War. Quick work, it IS true, was
done in Belgium in 1915; but, Waterloo
came at the fac, end OF twenty years
tray. Old Radez zkygitl may also be isaid,
.came, saw and Conquered on the. Ticino
in lS49i but Noyara was only, the finishing
stroke to an army whicT eight months
I previous decentralization had untitled for
| the field, Between the 23d of last month,
howeyer, and thel Sd of this, one of the
| mightiest military mpnarchies in the world
has been struck down ia the hlllpess of its
Iyigor; the Sovereign who was said to be at
the bead Of 100000 combatants has had to
sue for peace; a contest to which it lgould
hardy haze been ertJdudgdJt TO aSsiqjl a period
Of teR years duration has been b; ought to an
tSSlts aIna0St in less time than 10 aooald haze TAX
snlysars goo tOcOnrey peps Of ths decIdrattonQf
h We hardly know -whether we should
marvel more at the war or the. peace. No
other transaction in the worlds history has
given rise to a more rapid and brea;hless
Succession of surprisesl Notohly has ev-
erystep inthe epic progress of the Prus-
sian arms been attendedrbY results contra
ry to the general expectation. but even the
collapse, we will not say of the poweIy but
of the hitherto fndomitable pride and for
titude of the Austrian Z Monarchy has
Something in it that transcends the limits
of belief, The Emperor of Austria ''cedes
PVenetia to Napoleon Ill, and aeceptslia-or,
in othefwOrds, solicits--"hismedi for
the conclusion of peace between the bellig-
erents,n. the Atlantean task the French
Emperor takes upon his shoulders we will
say nothing for the present. The paciflua-
tibn of the two great German Powers, and
the reconstruction of the Imperial or, Fed
eral compact are matters involving such a,
mass of national and Information difficulties
/ that hardly any hope Of a satisfactory REL
saltc0uld be entertained were not all the
address of such a. Monarch as Napoleon,
and, all the ascendepcy of such Power as
France, Brought to bear upon It. But OF
one thing at least arc sure; on one point
all parties are agreednNeqice ceases to,
belong to Austria, and Italy is free to the
Adriatic.
1t will be, wen, for the Italians if they
understand and accept The mission who'll
ProEidenee heneeforth allots taIemgi stL,Ital-
ID, rcest,tdl lpdirY The moment Italysfinds.
herself at home In Venice, she has not only
no cause for hatred, but all possible reasons
for gratitude to her neighB6fs Franee,d
WRdz zfought 1taly's battles,s 'ttor an idea y
to RTussiaiWho made common cause with
her In her sorest need; finally, to Austria
HERSELF who now gives up The Struggle
with so good grace, and spares Italy
trial tAefssue OF whiClfmightlnotb be doubt-
full but the pfolong gatIohF OF which could
not faipAtlafy fatelto bear Italy ytClown to
thei suhfnosto diepthiof exhaustion, Like
Switzerland, Italy will bese placed by. her
peculiar position as to have the right and
the means to Keep alOofs from ihlr European
coIitf6 6vefsiesI She heed n0tolay aside. the
sw0rdsnshb need NOT cease to bearwarlike
naHQ9s though she may well repounce the
operous glory of being q military one. She
may dis9iss her army, though She iilakerti,
soldier Of evefy0n offherbeitizenslIoTh 4
physical andbmOral regeneration of, her
youth will be a. better .meapsrof defense
than the most sWeeping conscription.e Her
trade ana industry her finances, her roads
ana railroads, her domestic institutidns, re,
duite all lthatattention which has been for,
six years almost exclusively turned to the