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iia * 3 "tto ¦ mw * hww ' , 'W&ffllS&'fflflW ffl £ < stiiffimzm' s mm ^ mm o&n&itotaanal' channala , . under ibeujonvwaaon mm * Va # J * nd ) e&tHto $ th ^ 'fentii ^ lM ?« to % I % e 3 wt «^ uP osiiioii . is the counterpart © £ * tiM ^ Sa * danian . ^ -- 4 N " o < concession , no- com--t&oixiigei i&bB&efr from Vienna . Instead , ot fhege , a » &enfng * t ^ tiid < 3 is a&med The ^ wi ^; Ml ) ' & « te and almost Jhe wiioie T » lley xxfthe Po , are m the occupation
ef Austria armies ; $ ^ £ g ^/*** Boiojrffa to '^ cpna , at ttte ' extremity of the Adriatic ; a militaiy cordon guards the smaller states , and ,, Jbe , imperial , engineers * . are at Wk , jW ^ fiaBce , of the Treaty of Tienila , transforming i-Piacehza into a first-class fortress i the garrison of Fanria has overflowed into a ' suborb&n camp ; Austrian forces are de ^ ftfbyed ^ from the Po ^ to "the Apennines , along the line , of the Piedmontese frontier . These m ^ ements dan have but one meaning . They signify thai , ;^ Luatnii ; is pr epared to . contend with wPiiedmont for the supremacy ot the
Italian peninsular - -fijThe Sawiini « n - Government * appeals to l ? rance as ^ eli ' as to' Ghreat Britain . Tine 3 £ rerich Emgeror ^ eldest appi of the ^ Church , prdWctor of the T ?( &yjprotege of the Jesuits , r i ^ aj of ! A ^ nsjfcna in , It ^ ly , enemy of liberalism everywhere , is not a friend of ; the Italian , nationality . Count CAVOTTBjJwho has betrayed an exaggerated deference .. to . Bpnapartism , considers the French occupation of . Ancona &Wd ! of Borne a reply to the Austrian occupa-¦ the
% n of 1840 . „ JSo doubt , . had - Roman Republic remained unmolested : by . prance ,, it would have been assailed . by Austria ; but had Bti > t ITrance intersrenedj it may ibe ¦ questioned whether Austria was equal to . the- subjugation < 3 f allItaly , r As long as the Italians retained game and Turin as " citadela of ; the r&rolutibn . the / Bai ^ t tfaSre hejcf their , ground ^^ ift ^ ' iUe ; , ^ rmies s pf ' $ tifpizTZ $ . jf , . , general gf xrio ^ pT ' . A expedition , wasi an Lact of practical PiP ^ pUq& y } witfej ithe > . aggressi ons u of Austria . interest but her
France haa since ; asserted ho ewn . -The BomanStateBj '' under her protecfe ^ rktei nave ' , beett asbaieiy ^ governed ^ aB the liegatitJrisv - ; '"' ; '; ' ~'' . " ^ Z ' ¦ - ' ¦ '¦ ' . 'jV- ' i'V .-. ^• gon ^ ou ^ , ;^ e ^ , ; tHa | i ; the , p <^ cy ; of i ^ fance .: in Italy bas ; bepn ; ; fe > uphpld the , ob-Jpxio ^ s government ,. Qf ,, ib& . , 3 ? opk , against the rights and feelings oT the nation , the Sardinian ¦ * minister- ireoiovea < the - argunplent & < mv the * ^ ground' 'pf * ; justices to thatj "of' in-«§ rem ¦ "'¦' 13 & dtBdiar ^^ , fn ! nneqaiVbcal lierfitts , tfiiit AnatKa " )^ fendroddhi ^ g ufcpki ^ dinia with the- 'desW ' of ' becoming- mwtress > of auB ^
Baiy ... ;^ r . ^ m / , ; he , a ^ ti ( ^ d , 11 anfl fefW tO u ^ conSend ^ aneMwabti her , gigantio © Bejnj ? , i Bttnst > i isuc&itmb j ¦ ¦ The laid of her liber * l allies ^ isnteggential to her political preservation . If ^ Budh ' aidicaBno't be expected flWiW Frande , ifc mtt ^" be claimed from Etiglhhd , ^ hich' is i ^ braliy ple $ & > & jo . the Sarmnian £ au £ e » i ^ nd i ^^ ch , as ^ ' ^(^ Mii . Ni said , " , must ag ^| if ^ ere , afifcejr new friends , ainctng nations , ripe iW ^ vw ' fiiee . eipra ^' . " Iu . ov 4 « c to he fruitful , fckcr policyi of < JSnghind > muat tend to ¦ > assist otabeedtiationa to conquer their liberty ^ '' Not th ' 0 leaat ' remarktib ^ lefttilr <^ of the crisis is , few ^ i rap
« Wat ^ 4 tK ^ © WSenfciotti'ttf a racticable mii ^^ a'a ^ M ; - % ^ rp X ^ % & $ . rallied tp M' § gai ^^ ' ^ b pl ' ;;; # toi ;? f , Always , ge ^ efc ^ j , ^ 4 dJ ^ rfl > efc r | eat » mafceai : at fchein prpp ^ ff Mw ^^ Wi ; 4 e < flftr « tiona obfcainBd from the ttnMNMb'x andjuuBreaa , ifh' ! Iplopijioteutiaries at £ & |^ u « a £ trti « vimi » 6 n 8 the > 'Italian ¦ 'national & ** &' ' ^ Wmslfy Itself '> witli ' the i policy ^ TOatfttHfflfNf . lf dtiBtaShed' in that Vcoiirse . m / WE ^ % ^ Mmm&iM T w ^ M ^^^^ m-- ^^ -, M > wiwi counsel . Nothing can be gained by poiiticiftna whose whole career oonsists in the
r ^ efttdotfqf ac ^ W ?§^ in of ¦^ awBcSen ^ eniiat p 3 * Qgrf * mmes . It is , of course , true , that-the . JPiedmontese constitution is in < i « state of imperfect development , " i ; hat the . ttrfesjs iM under restrictions ,, that the police is ^ bxtra ^ y , that thft > , ws stiJU bear * in , parts the impress ! of the anciesit despotism . But the cardinal « vils df Italy are . Tr-Au ^ teia , the ; Pppedpin , foreign occupation ; and . the , onl y ^ state inltaly that labours to destroy these , eyils is Sardinia , which deserves , therefore , the cpun-. tenanee of the liberal party . ITreed from
a government of priests upheld by foreign bayonets in Rome , and from an Austrian army in the Legations and Duchies , the Italians might deal with their domestic grievances , and adopt whatever institutions are most conformable to their genius and to their national desires . The question is not now between Italian princes and Republics , but between Italy and Austria , the Church and the people . Through the action of the late Concordat , which has delivered over the
South of f Germany , Hungary , and Transylvania to the supremacy of Roman priests , the clerical body in Rome has become , in its turn , the representative of Austrian interests . Sardinia , which resists with equal constancy the ascendancy of Austria and the ascendancy of Rome , is then the direct opponent of * this usurpation , which threatens to destroy ^ the last relics of political independence in Italy . The national patriots , surely , will not desert their one free state , their one faithful government . In no other
direction does any hope appear ; unless , indeed ,: the present / ferment in , the / Duchies , in i Sjlcily , sin Naples , in Bombardy ; " in V entice , should precipitate-that general convict w . hich seems inevitable between Austria , with " her pale satellites , " and the true Italian nation . "We know that t 6 this revolutionary war many sincere friends of Italy look as , the only possible solution of the crisis . Even the moderate D'AzjBGLip said , * Why should we do something tt > r the . ' Legations alone ? " The JSeapolitanandSicilian liberals ,. recalling ijie counsels ! of Lord Mimto and the
lamentatibnsfof Lord MAEMESBuaY , treat as illusory the hPpes 6 f Sardinia to gain the assistance of Western Europe . ; But theite is a difference , ^ i e ^ wQen , ] auspe . cting' the ' sykripathy ' of the ; British Government j and refusing the coroperatjLon : of tlie Sardinian . Italy has need of concord among her patriots , for they will "probably ' have > ^ to fight their battle alone .
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; WHICH IS WH | 0 fl , ? ,,, : . WpKiH is ; tjie ' . Topjr party ? ¦ - , We . see on , the Qpposiibion . bencheg pf ^ the HpuHe of Comnions ; pupw ^ d row , s , of , gentlemen talways ready to upset ithe Govpynment ,, ; bu , t wherp is the solid Tory party , which . professes , % o be o . no > and undivided ? Ever , ( since . the fall , of Lord JoHlsr Russell from the Premiership , there has been a cry among jbhe Tories that , whef ' eajs they constituted a large , compact , colierent mipopity , ^< n , umber of petty factions , divided in opinion , an 4 in interest , without common traditiona or common' symbols , were always enabled , to combine into a majority
fbr the purpose of keeping th 6 in out of office . Thus , ai * ter Lord DjeuIby ' s general election , a coalesced op ^) 6 a } ti 6 n drove' ^ it tflie fprty rie \ y privy ppuncillora sworn by tho Earl at "Windsor , and , established ! i tho - Coalition Miitfstryi pi" JJord' Abbbtjeen . Impatient ' of Lord Aberbebmv the Liberals jojned thb Tories in expellmg him , and Lord Paxmbbstok tPoiE' his phice ., And . now tho grievance is . that' tho Premier , whd \ % an pUgrirch besides befog an Imperialist ; is . maintained . 'ft * i > pw © R , l ? y ah nprtalgamd ^ ion of , tiho Liberals , vyiho , hato , his polftiqsj love l » ia patronage , and deprive the nation of tho benefits it would derive from a strong
Gover ^ t » ejtttli « € » tinif suffrages a united par ^ y . ¦> - ¦ But we do not see any united party—any party more , united than the Whig . Certainly the Tories can boast of iio union . They ^ re at war among themselves ; an almost every principle of legislation and gpvernment . The . constituencies , moyed . by Elewkeb , and 2 £ ba ; ll , sent up to the existing Parliament a minority supposed to represent one set of
priricipies . When these . principles are brought forth . in detail , the party splits , and a dozen plans may be distinguished , with a dozen champions . The truth is , that the heads of the Tory interest have abandoned the idea of reaction , while the country gentlemen are enthusiastic on little reactionary schemes of their own , which set them quarrelling and voting without their leaders .
Mr . Spoooteb has a reactionary impulse on the subject of Maynooth . A large section of the Tory members support him , and , the other day , he < gained a majority . But where were the leaders of the party ? Where was Mr . Disraeli ? Not with Mr . Spookeb When the question arrives at its next stage , they will probably be seen filing off with the Whigs into the Liberal lobby . Neither Lord Stanle-T nor Sir John Pakington supported Mr , Sbooneb . Then Sir Fbedebick Thesigeb moves an amendment on the
motion for the admission of Jews to Parliament . Mr . Disbaeli votes against jtlie amendment , Lord Stajsxey refuses to vote for it ; yet Lord Stanle y ' s and Mr . Disbaeli ' s organ appeals to the gentlemen of England against a measure that will weaken the Protestant securities of the realm . In the same spirit Lord Stanle y breaks from the Sabbatical body as he promises , at King ' s Lynn , and . elsewhere , to break from all prejudices , and invites the industrious classes to enjoy their Sunday in
galleries or museums ; but , in a journalistic sense , he thinks his policy bad ; therefore , journalistically , he opposes it . Here is impartialitiy ,: but what of principle ? Again , the . serious and well-intentioned member for Droitwich is pledged , whenever the opportunity is afforded him , to give the authority of a Cabinet to his Education Bill , ill which case Mr . Henle y must change his opinions , stay away , of voto against a Derby Government . Lord Ellenborottgu is bound
to oppose Lord St . Leonards' plan of Law Reform . Mr . Disraeli cannot agree with Mr . Newjdegate oil'the Jew question . Lord Stanley considers Mr . Spooner , in relation to the Maynooth Grant , as nothing less than a bigot , and nothing more than an obstinate provincial .. Lord Stanley , indeed , were Ins cqujAge more unflinching ; than would appear from his double treatment of Sunday recreation , Jn Parliament and . the , press , could not accept office , on the pretence of carrying out his nolitical nrofessions , with such a body
of supporters asilie Wuftesides , Spoonebs , Henleys—the real representatives of lory ism . . A Tory ministry , therefore , with tho karl of Derby , Mr . Disraeli , and Lord Stanley ad its leaders , must begin by " putting down Sir Frederick Thesiger , Mr . Newdboate and " thq Protestant securities of tho realm , Mr . Spooner and tho No-Popery business ,
Sic John Pakinoton and his Education scheme , mid all the Tory gentlemen whose d 6 ad idolatry clings to tho forms of an abrogated Sabbath ; or it must leave those questions open , and govern , without a system or a principle . In' tho actual state of parties and opinions , that may not seem difficult ;; Y there is this anomaly , in tho political condition of * Englaud ,: nt a general election tho constituencies , whatever they may think ot Wing or Liberals , will not have a Tory majority .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 472, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2141/page/16/
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