Rassegna storica del Risorgimento

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Howard R. Murruro
John Y. XIasun a Lewis Cass
Legation of the United States, Parìe, July 14, 1859. No. 404.
Sir: In the Moniteur U riversiti of this day's date, seni herewith, you wìll find a proclamation of llis Majesty Napolcon, addresscd to bis army in Italy. lì It is an importali! document, and refers to the ciroumstances that he found it necessary to accept the terms of pacification for wbich the public was not prc-pared. Thcrc uevcr was a more complete surprise than that wbich occurred, when the unaided scttlemcnt of peace was aiinounced. Siich incideuts are sure to excite unpleasant comraeut. It is reported that Lord John Russell announ-ced, in bis place, io the House of Commons, that peace would not be made without England, and in a few hours intelligence reached London, from Paris, that peace was acttially made.
That a mediation on the part of some of the neutral powers was contempla ted, if not already made, tbere scems to be no doubt. Sucb were the difficulties of the adjustments necessary to be made, that it is not to be doubted that in a meeting of a Congress of the five grcat powers, it was scarcely to be hoped that accord could be establisbcd, imder existing circumstances. With a virtual pro­test on the part of Russia, against the de facto Government of Tuscany, substi-tuted by the people for that of the expelled Grand Duke; with England and Prussia, Protestant in rcligion, it was hardly to be supposcd that an arrangement of the civil institutions of Italy, concerning the Pope, satisfactory to Roman Catholics, could be arrived at. If a Congress had met, in advance of an agree­ment wbich actually terminated the war, it was seriously to be doubted whether an agreement could be made wbich would bave that effect; and a failure in this object would have probably ended in a general war.
It was a bold step to attempt and complete the negotiation between the two Emperors alone. It surprised the pubHo that such favorable terms were conceded to Austria; but tbere is no doubt that there were grave reasons for sucb an insulated proceeding.
The terms of pacification will be criticized; and yet, I anticipate that a Con­gress will meet, and that what has been done will be confirmed. Ali rejoice that peace is made.
Yesterday, ali the members of the Diplomatic Corps, in Paris, went to the Palace of St. Cloud, and offered individually, to Her Majesty, the Empress Re-gent, tbeir felicitati on on the cessati on of the war. She was very gracious, and obviously delighted at the return of peace. The Emperor has not yet arrived in Paris.
John M. Daniel a Lewis Cass
Turin, July 16, 1859.0. 118.
Sir: [Le ragioni per cui Cavour si è dimesso]. The trutb is Mar. Cavour is deeply mortifica, and for cause. Artful, adroit, unscrupulous and audacious as he is, he has been used, outwitted, played with, and made a tool of by one more artful, more unscrupulous, more audacious, and very much more profound than
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