The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-25

Plus X. deserted the Italian cause and bis Nv
lection gave the signal for a general desor,ion
OF Sardinia on the part Of her allies The piod.
montese army was no longer able to cone with
that OF Austria. and four months after the do
claration Of war tho Sardnians had abandoned
all tho positions they held outside OF their own
borders. Then followed the battle OF Noyara
which lasted from dawn till dusk and In
which. though the Piedmontese troona
fought calamity. they were completely over,
powered Twenty-four hours afterward tho
King, Charles Albert, abdicated rather
than assent to the revocation OF the Sandman
Constitution demanded by the Austrians II.
was succeeded by Victor Emanuel VIM
avoided the sacrifice OF parliamentary instltu-
tons. though the other conditions to which bo
was constrained to assent wers 80 onerous tbot
the future sovereign Of Italy was forced 10
steal into Turin by night in order to avoid pub.
lie insults in the streets. Indeed almost thu
first act OF his reign was to despatch an armv
to crush an instruction at Genoa. This was n
grievous necessity. and not only in Genoa but
throughout Italy. men would then bave
sneered at the idea that the son
Of Charles Albert could ever becoma
the accepted champion OF Italian indie.
pendence. With shrewd instinct, how.
ever which seldom failed him at c1iu-
cal moments. the young King recognized
the fact that in tho maintenance OF the sar-
dinian Constitution lay the one card he could
play with safety and success. He perceived
that Italy would never consent to merge hcr
fortunes in those OF Piedmont unless thor.
oughly convinced that her incorporation with
the Sandman kingdom would guarantee he,
the possession Of constitutional liberty Mr.
Diccy very properly insists that In estimatino
Victor Emanuers political capacity, 1t is only
fair to dwell specially upon this period Of hin
career. At n later date he acted under the in.
fuence of Count Cavour, but Mt the first he had
to act for himself he had no advisers, no pre-.
cedcnts, no guide except his own good senst
and honesty OF purpose.
From the year 1852 to the year 1861 the his.
tory OF Sardinia is to be read in the bographv
OF Count Cavour: but after tho death Of the
great statesman. the figure OF Victor Eman-
ual again cmerges into prominence. How thor
oughly he understood the necessities Of tina
new kingdom which Cavour and Garbaldi had
created was made clear by his sensible rcmnrk.
My aim is to Italanize Piedmont, aud Ia
Piedmontizc the army" He comprehended
also. that the dislodgment Of the Austrana
from the quadrilateral and the annexation of
Venctia were more important to Italy than tina
possession Of Rome. for the latter gain would
be certain to follow the former. The passions,
peninsula by the affair OF Aspromonts
rendered It matter of vital Importance
to the Kings Government to take action
OF some kind which would convince the coun~
try that Notwithstanding their opposition to
the Garibaldan movement, they were deter
mined to complete the unifcation OF Italy.
Victor Emanuel accordingly set on foot tina
negotiations which led to tho 80 called Sep.
TENDER convention OF 1864, by which Franco
bound herself to withdraw her troops from
Rome after the lapse OF two years As the
price Of this concession the Italian sovereign
had to agree TO sanction the removal OF thu
capital from Turin to Florence. France urged
him to accept Naples as tho new metropolis;
but this proposal was rejected by the native
sagacity of the Savoyard prince. If" he res
marked to his Ministers. "w we go to Florence,
we can leave it for Rome whenever we choose,
but II we once 60 to Naples. we have got ia
stop there"
1t is not generally known how we'll Victor
Emanuel proved his right to the popular
epthet of honest man during the dlplo-
matte negotiations which preceded the war
between Austria and Prussia in 1866 No
sooner was 1t known Mt Vienna that an ofren-
sive and defensive alliance had been concluded
between Prussia and Italy in April of that year,
than Austria offered to voluntarily cede vcnetia
" i' u '"o 'a''oi po"er "ouiu Withdraw
rum 'iic coinpuc entered INTO with the Berlin
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