New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
ITALY.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION - RELATIONS WITH
FRANCE.

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FLoRENCE. March II, 1868
Spring has come with a bound Of glee has tri-
umped at last over the sternest Winter that Italy,
for many years. has known True, the snow still
caps the mountain tops and the forest trees late
in buddiug hut the woods and dells are carpeted
with purple yiolets the pale primrose has found its
way at last through the piles of autumn leaves and
moss scarlet purple, gray rose color, and
pure white hide the sprouting wheat the tall, proud,
gorgeous red tulips their stately blossoms while
the fraler yellow and fralest striped in full bud
and leaf hyacinths and blue bells, the white tiny
roses. aud even the blue Alpine anemone are firing
ing the riyulcs the black thorn flower passed the
leaves have taken its place, and hawthorne
MAYS own hoWer-is sprouting even now. In the
gardens, the tiny white sprea scarlet Vcrbena,
lilies of the valley, Crown lmpenals, mlgnon-
cite and panscs are at their best. The ca
melas 10 atone for their tardy appearance, are
surprising all past years for luxuriant abundance
Here i'm this city of flowers" they grow IN the open
air are left out all Winter without mating or pro-
lection Of any kind-and this year you may buy the
flowers for about 81. a dozcnl The bitter cold has
brought beauty TO the eye and health TO tho body,
and If Choice were master, should prefer to spend
INV DAYS in tho Cascine or in the lovely, enticng
woods and wilds beyond the city gates, to yaWhlng
away ones blessed afternoons III the dreary cheer-
less gallery Of the cnquc ceiO But correspondence
can't afford themselves the luxury of choice, and
during tho last week in that gallery we have had to
sit M each day has been marked by tempest as the
small white cloud that harbingers the storm.
I believed that | closed my last letter sharing in
the general deuslon that all the nations represen'a
tyes right left or "ccnters, had resolved to
bnry their respective hatchcts and scotch the snake
that coed round the stalwart form OF the young
athlete threatening to sfe IT IN ITS m4rderous EN-,
brace And up TO the 9th Of the mOath. wiser aud
more experienced heads than mine prophesied the
approachng dissolution of the corsO Jory0so, while
t6e corpses Of the defunct Notes were To I'LL up the
vawning deficit and over the grave nicely balanced
scales OF revenue and expenditure were to be poised
Alas! we had not calculated that the ann ana ehd OF
a. an
profits of the "One National Bank OF which they are
The privileged shareholders 10 aid or abct for almo
ment any scheme for beterlng IFS airy specuiallons
or for limiting IL. widespread opeTAtlODs go
shall not take up your space ~ detalilng an inc
tricks and catches TO which the ModeIateS nave re,
sort,d 10 attain their dO-nOhng end II suflces tat
they have succeeded and that the thing Is not done
nor has any chance of getting done, as lar as human
eve can see. One is reminded on "A small scale pt
yonr irrcprcssiblo conflict :" tho Abolitonists said
slavery nnst be abolished cut 1t down root ana
branch oar Radicals say, The forced currency must
Go,',rnuncnt issue notes for 2iN0O0,000 and raise
n loan Ia repay all that IL honestly owes INC
hank, and the gold hidden 10y, spectators WI VII
cn,no io the surface Your Republicans bad'
Of Ms be content with limiting slavery 10 lts pres
emf territory surround il 10y circle o hre; II WIZ pei,
isl gradually Of It's own accord Our inoucihte neih9
sov ot MS limit the emission Of bank notes ana py ue
,recs thc remainder can bc redeemed III specie
Sour Democrats acknowledged that slavery Was au
evil but affirmed What rs must De-lin,en lnat III
rated Transformed into apprentices, tliat lne hlaNo-
EoldeIs IN ght be indrmnllied etc our 'ohscrNa-
tyes acknowledge that forced paper currency ~ al
evil that by filling up the dehct ny I at III dt; dSsn
taxcs and reforms in the method oi cOhecUng
the old ones by Tctrcnchmcnt, reform IN organic
lows the time may come when tle peculiar HlS'ltu-
,nn NAV cease Like the Shareholders, they are OPP
uoscd tooth and nail io any and all schemes Tor I'M
mediate even partial abolition they lTcIhoi9 ~
anght that may emharrass the bank, decrease thelr
S;S;dcnds and place them on q level with the COM
mon herd who are condemned to lose ID per cent Oh
all transactions. Nor are there wanting the uarhe
lor cynical Il cOuntcIparts Of your champions oi tho
;ustituiIon that cornerstone of the Liberties OF tne
,'h;tcsV We too. have men and ministers who
maintain that forced paper currency ~ Dlesslhg;
a stimulus 10 industry. an agent OF natlohal
nrospeTity. Ii remains 10 De seen whether
tho overtaNed, undcTpad millions VIII Drlng
,Lont such repression as has saved your Rcpnbllc
mr. whether we shnll drift 10 bankruptcy whittier
we aro tending fast The npsh0t OF the late discussion
is this Parliament Is not tO mcddo WITH the Daik Oh
,ts notes True. n commission IL 10 cAanllne mo
the paper circulation and report but ts 10 no
ieft to the Government 90 present bill which, WIN
nther financial projects tending to restore cquiib-
rium shall, ~ natural consequence o1 tho SAINT,
enable the State to pay its debt 10 the bank, anu
admit Of the cessation of the forced paper currency
This is the and substance OF the famous Corsi
motion, which the Left tired to amend by pro-
posing that ~ bill for the abolition OF paper
currency should be placed on the order oI
the day. and that all the propositions tendlng 10
ofiect this should be studied by the Conmlssiohels
and Immediately reported on" Ihis Nltal amend-
ment would have passed had not the members oi inc
voted with the Government Even the attempt
ment M discussed first, failed Tho general dis
cusson or debate on the principle Of the mddnoio
tax commenced ON Saturday i4thl Ihls dno;r TAX pnn
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