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Documenti americani sul conflitto italo-austrìaco del 1859 39
viding for bis ally sufficiently to render the result supportablc; and, having gotten out of the affair ali the benefit possiblc, he leaves off. caring as little for the hasty execration of the Italiane as he did for theìr extravagant admiration...
John Y. Mason a Lewis Cass
Legation of the United States, Paris, July 21, 1859. No. 405.
Sxr: On the 17th inst. the Emperor Napoleon arrived al: the Palare of St. Cloud, on ltis return from Italy. He did not cnter Paris, rcscrving bis appea-rance beforc the Parisian public, according to a programme for the 15th of Au-gust, when a detachment of each corps d'arniée will represent the whole, and make a most hnposing ceremonial.
The terms of peace are not yet known in their details, bnt the leading fact that Venetia, with the strong fortresscs are virtually to remain under Austrìan domination, has created painful surprise in Francc and Italy. The Italiana are disappointed and hopeless. France, at first disinclined to the war, was stimu-lated by success, and became unwilling to withdraw, until the entire programme was accomplished. The Emperor is not ignorant of the condition of public sentiment, and immediatcly after his return receivcd the Senate, Corps Legis-latif, and Conseil d'Etat, at the palace of St. Cloud, and, in answer to addresses of these high bodies of state, made a specoli in which he explained the reasons of his conduct. The proceedings on this interest in g occasion are publisbed in the Moniteur Universe of the 20th inst., which I scnd herewith. "
Europe is not yet prepaxed to adopt the principio that politicai or geogra-phical lincs can be changed at the will of the people of the several individuai states of their artificial system, and I have no doubt that if the Emperor Napo­leon had not practised great moderation and terminated the war, at the moment chosen, there would have followed a general war, in which a coalition would have been formed against France, similar to that which ovèrwhelmed her in 1815. The Emperor ftankly admits his change of programme, and alludes to his reasons. They are not yet fully understood. What is to follow in this great dram a cannot be foreseen, with confìdence. The orgauization of the Italian Confederation, the division of power in the departments of government, the forra of tbe state governments, are ali events in the future. Something has been done for Italy, at least for Sardinia, but hopes have been excited which are disappointed, and a spirit of revolution arouscd which seems not to be prac-ticable with those existing governments which control European affairs. claim-ing the right to establish a balance of power, and denying the principle of popular self-government.
Peace is restored, bnt how long to continue or with what modifications, remains to be Been. itfc ì.--. not probable that any compiications will soon arise which threaten a general war. At this moment, the peace is not well reeeived in France, but I do not doubt that the material intercsts involved, the bene­ficiai effect produced on business by the cessaiion of war, and the recollections of the glory achieved, vividly revived by the presence of the army in Paris,
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