New-York tribune., 1868-01-04

TIE GERMAN QUESTION--PRuSSIA ON TIE
| EVE OF CROSSING THE MAINE-THE ARMY
| LAw-PREsIDENT JoHNsoNs MESSAGE.
| PARIS, Dec. 90, 1867
| When Minister Rouher declared the other day.
that France would permit Italy To take posses
sion of Rome, he said that he made the declaration
in the name of the Govemment-that is, of Louis
Napoleon. The following elegant extracts are all
from the writings Of the ast-named eminent and
versatile author. AS furnishing some elements that
may aid in the calculations Of the duration of the
relative eternity Of his Minister'S never, they are not
| without interest "Italy, so long divided and OPP
pressed under heavy yoke, Is unfortunately, not
yet on q level with France and England.
The Italian people not yet capable of supporting
the best Of governments that of the United States
| Of America. These considerations lead me to think
that the government which, i'll the present circum-
stances is best adapted TO Italy, is constitutional
monarchy. According to my ideas Italy should be
united in nation, and should form but one family
| 1t should have Rome for its capital. The
| Chambers should meet at Rome, where the Pope
would still occupy tho Vatican But the Chief of the
Church. in accordance with the spirit of the Gospel
| should 10 longer have any but n spiritual power"
The above and other sensible views set down III
memorandum, signed by the Prince Louis Napoleon in
1881 In those days he in the carbonaro or black
| diamond state, and was a leader OF an lnSuTrectlOn
| in the Pontiiical States
| In tho onSttatOane newspaper OF Dec 3, 1873, lsa
letter to the editor that thus: Learning that
my abstenion the vote relative TO the expedition
} of Ciyita Vecchia has been remarked, think
onght To state that while decided in the support OF
all measures adapted to eiecnly gGaidsce pn;a fh9
| could not approve by my vote OF military demon
| straton that seemed TO me dangerous even for the
sacred interests II was intended 10 protect ana cal
| culated by its nature To mperll the peace ot Eu-
| rope This is signed Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
when he was in the democratic republican stage Of
SAT ne
the Republic of lSiS. lie was little gwen 10 voting.
| by the way, In those days having positively pro-
nOunced his opinions but four times during the ses-
Eight months later was published the famous let
| ter to Edgar Ney defining the authors views on the
| Office Of the Roman expedition: lhe lfehch kc-
| public has not sent an army To- Rome to snppiess
| Italian liberty there. Tell Gen. Kostolan,
from me- that he is suffer the commission OF no act
nnder the shadowOf the tficoored flag that alter
the character Of intervention. resume thus the
establishment OF the Popes temporal power: Cen
eral amnesty secularization Of the administration.
| the Code Napoleon, and liberal government" these
becoming sentiments were eiluscd by our author
when he was in his tertiary period or republican
| rince-presidental state Of formation.
The two soyereigns Will favor the creation OF an
! Italian Confederation. THIS Coniederau3n shaii be
under tho honorary presidency OF The Holy tathcr.
! The two Empcrors VIII request OF tie Holy athcr
the Introduction into his States OF indispensable re-
foTmsD These enlightened views arc dated |llla-
franca II July, 1883, and signed Francis Joseph,
m. p, and Napoleon. N; p. The careless reader Is
begged 10 observe that the H. D." is not IN capitals
II does not mean Member Of Parlamept-qulte the
IL is short for moia poPT'o; lhe second oi
the characterization Of "the best OF Govern
Inents, that of the United States Of America" eX-
advocate Of a constitutional monarchy for one
united Italy, eXcitizen, and cXPresdent. and exc
cutioner of the lOng-ago-dead French Republic was
become a more absolute monarch than tho Austrian
Emperor. .
then Minister Of Foreign Affairs: " There is pressing
need that the Roman question receive dehntNo
solution. If the Holy See has Jealous supporters
among all feryent Catholics, 1t has against 1t every
thing that is liberal in Europe. 1t passes for being
the representative III politics OF the preudices oi the
Ancien Regime. Consequently 1t - surrounded by the
most ardent adherents Of the fallen dynasties an as
sOciaon not calculated 10 increase IN us iaNor te
gympathics of peoples who have Oycrthrown those
dynaStles. But this state Of things - st more nJu
rions TO the religious chief than to the political
| sovereign. In Catholic countries where the new
ideas have great control, men even the most SIN
cerey attached 10 their religious beliefs feel Their
minds uncertain as they are whether they can ally
their political convictions with religious principles
this extremely perilOus state Of things is 10 be pro-
| lOnged, political dissent would be apt 70 bring on
larnentable discords in religion as we'll" This is
| signed by the Emperor, by the grace OF God, IN
1852 already ten-yearo old eldest son of the church"
Equally interesting and accOrdant sample ends OF his
| opinions on the subject might DO extracted by the
| and dscourses of ministers writing or speaking
directly in lns name since 1862 down to December D.
! The publication of the Italian Green Book, which
queery supplements the scanter revelations OF the
! French Yellow Book, and tho reports OF tiio debate
| in the Italian Parliament on the franco roman
question, add TO and confirm proofs already at mana
that the famous never was little better than hgre
of speech-an oratOrical expedient atemporary make
| shift only decided on under momentary pressure;
| and although it deeply reentanges the Emperor III
| the Roman imbroglio. from which he hoped TO nave
advanced his exricaton by that other more maturey
| meditated makeshft, the September Convention,
and throws an air of Tdcule on the fallnre OF tho
! last Of his three unsuccessful propositions for
European Congress. no human being can reasonably
suppose that it offers the deinitiye solution, whose
urgency he 80 ty set forth in his letter to lhouye-
nell Ii merely sets him back in relation to any so
| luton to his position held before 1861 Ientatory
| expediency is as much rs ever the cnaTactcIls'lc
quality of the Imperial policy IN foreign aifairS
The last years talk of war in the Spring reyivcs
again. Money still lies coy IN the vaults 9i the BANK
| OF France. The negotiations between Baden ana
Prussia arranging the fOrnalities OF Badens anheXa
| ton to the Northern Confederation OF New Germahy
are reported To be far advanced toward thcir haIu
issue-one of the fatal stages in the growth OF tat
confederation south of the MAN, whose progress pc
| low that boundary NJ. Rouher arrested last year by
just positive and bold an gpTe or speeSn
| name of the Government. He spoke equally III the
name of the Government when he expressed MS desro
last September for combined franco ItaH AZ hi
| tary intervention at Rome. which freneh Minister
Monstier on the 4th Of December spoke oi as nis-
| graceful proposition coming from ltaly. un1ss is
Cheyalier NigTa, whose character LOT Veiacily %
at least as high az that of Rouher plumpy he'd ths
| proposition was readily accepted, II not oilghaeeu'
| by the French Government. -. l., .;,
Since yesterday the Corps LeglslaliI ,s OCCUPIES n
| with the debate on the new Army lava law foI en-
abng France to keep itself in state OF e1hausuVe'
excessively armed preparation for peace; law con
Trajectory of all the peace tax Oh Inpfr ns
great war-a half and-half law, only complete IN its
| fatal effect TO yet further check the CROWN OF
French population, which, as al census U.S. ahat o9
sho,y for the last 20 years, IS slower tnan tnat oi
| any of the surrounding nations len days ago ~
was thought the discussion OF 1T would Dc ahIourled
TO q future session. Now il seems as II Government %
| ~