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Page 70 - had promised the King of Sardinia to defend him against any aggressive act on the part of Austria. He has promised this and nothing more : and it is well known he keeps his word.
Page 254 - That Confederation shall be under the honorary presidency of the Holy Father. " The Emperor of Austria cedes to the Emperor of the French his rights over Lombardy, with the exception of the fortresses of Mantua and Peschiera, so that the frontier of the Austrian possessions shall start from the extreme range of the fortress of Peschiera, and shall extend in a direct line along the Mincio as far as Grazio ; thence to Scorzarolo and Luzana to the Po, whence the actual frontiers shall continue to form...
Page 114 - Mistrust too great enthusiasm ; it is the only thing I dread. The new weapons of precision are only dangerous from a distance. They do not prevent the bayonet from being, as of old, the terrible weapon of the French infantry. " Soldiers ! let us all do our duty, and put our entire confidence in God. The country expects much from you. Already these words of good omen are heard from one end of France to the other: — 'The new army of France will be worthy of her elder sister...
Page 101 - Austria, in causing her army to enter the territory of the King of Sardinia, our ally, declares war against us. She thus violates treaties and justice, and menaces our frontiers. All the great powers have protested against this aggression. Piedmont having accepted the conditions which...
Page 320 - Europe, they left every where, as a trace of their passage, the destruction of feudal abuses, and the germs of liberty ; it shall not be said that in 1849 a French -army could have acted differently or produced other results. " Tell the general to thank the army in my name for its noble conduct.
Page 338 - ... internal and external safety of Italy by the existence of a Federal army. Venetia, which remains subject to the Crown of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, will form one of the states of this confederation, and will participate in the obligations, as in the rights, resulting from the Federal pact, the clauses of which will be determined by an assembly composed of the representatives of all the Italian states.
Page 44 - Most difficulties are smoothed away by diplomacy, or settled by friendly arbitration. Rapid international communications and publicity have created a new European power with which all governments are forced to reckon, and this power is public opinion. It may be uncertain or ignored for a moment, but in the end it ranges itself on the side of justice, right, and humanity.
Page 102 - I am going soon to place myself at the head of the army. I leave in France the Empress and my son. Seconded by the experience and the enlightenment of the last surviving brother of the Emperor, she will understand how to show herself equal to the grandeur of her mission.
Page 158 - The fortune of war having brought us into the capital of Lombardy, I am about to tell you why I am here. When AUSTRIA unjustly attacked Piedmont, I resolved to support my ally, the KING OF SARDINIA; the honour and the interest of FRANCE making it a duty to me to do so.
Page 338 - Father, and the object of which will be to uphold the independence and inviolability of the Confederated States, to assure the development of their moral and material interests, and to guarantee the internal and external safety of Italy by the existence of a Federal army. Venetia, which remains subject to the Crown of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, will form one of the States of this Confederation, and will participate in the obligations, as in the rights, resulting from the Federal Pact,...