Italy Its Condition Great Britain Its Policy Letters By An English Liberal

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Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Italy, Its Condition; Great Britain, Its Policy written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Italy, Its Condition; Great Britain, Its Policy: A Series of Letters Addressed to Lord John Russell, M. P. By an English Liberal But what miserable stuff it all is. Lord Derby has gained the momentary good-will of the Three per Cents. By raising the cuckoo-note; but every man, somewhat above an Austrian corporal in intelligence, knows perfectly well that the position which Austria has assumed in Italy, when examined even by the light of the last great settlement of Europe, is so untenable, that a dozen holes might be picked in the Austrian Emperor's coat, any one of which would serve as a sufficient cause for war. I grant that this is miserable tri ing; but if it be tri ing on our side, it is tri ing on the other. The world has moved round for well-nigh half a century since those old diplomatists did their work at Vienna. If the nations of Europe are to set to work, and out each other's throats every time their handiwork is violated, Lord Macaulay's New Zealander will soon have a clean run over old Europe. Forty-four years have passed away. Let the rats and moths attend to their business, and let us attend to ours. But even if the Treaty of Vienna be a holy thing, which men are bound to respect as we Englishmen do our Bible; and if a Frenchman is a very wicked man, and violates it to the detriment of the Austrians, are we, therefore, to put on the shoes of swiftness, and gird on the sword of sharp ness, and fall upon that abominable Frenchman's hinder parts, whilst he is engaged with the Austrians in front I would have my countrymen to consider that if Austria and France choose to bury next 'spring combatants, or rather hors-de-combat warriors, on each side, in the plains of Lombardy, that is entirely their own affair. There is really no reason why we should complete this trefoil of glory by burying Lancashire, and Aberdeenshire, and Tipperary peasants and artisans by the side of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."