Excerpt from Count Cavour: His Life and Career The greater portion of this little Work is taken from a Continental source of unquestionably high authority, and the whole lays claim to no superior rank than belongs to the unpretending labours of a compiler and translator. It is hoped, however, that it may not prove unacceptable, as contributing to make more widely and intimately known to the British Public, the career of one of the most remarkable and successful of living Constitutional Statesmen. Count Cavour already fills a large space in the history of the time, and his future is likely to prove quite as eventful as his past. The Italian Question is as yet very far from a settlement, and the man who, more than any other, holds the key of it in his hands, is generally the cynosure of many eyes, not only in the Peninsula but also throughout Europe at large. 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.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... have for result to calm the agitation in Italy, and to remove uneasiness from (reassurer) men's minds by giving birth to the feeling of confidence that Piedmont, strong in her good right, and aided by the allies which the justice of her cause can alone procure her, is ready to combat every element of disorder in the peninsula, from whatever quarter it may come--from Austria or from the revolution. "I charge you to hold this same language to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and, begging you to keep me informed of the judgments which shall be passed in that country on the measures in question, I offer you, &c. (Signed) "C. Cavoue." Contemporaneously with the issue of this Circular, which represented Austria as the guilty and aggressive party, a new move was made at Paris, which could not but add weight to Count Cavour's Manifesto. In the beginning of February appeared the pamphlet entitled, "L' Empereur Napoleon iii. et 1' Italie," the author of which was the Court journalist, De La Gueronniere, the materials and ideas of which, however, were furnished by the Emperor himself. Whereas a short time before, the Queen Victoria on opening Parliament had spoken, with allusion to Italy, of the maintenance of treaties, this production elevated the principle of nationality to the rank of the fundamental maxim of international law, and applied it especially to the relations of Italy. It endeavoured to prove that the state of things, as then existing in Italy, could not be maintained without perpetually endangering the peace of the peninsula, as well as of Europe at large; that Austria, unnaturally situated as she was, pursued no other policy than that of material and physical compression, and was, therefore, quite incompetent to remedy the evil;...