ecause,
though addressed to Lady John, it reads as though it were also intended for
the eyes of the Foreign Secretary, from whom indignation had temporarily
concealed the truth that this sacrifice was the only compensation which
would have induced Napoleon to look on quietly while the new kingdom of
Italy was consolidating on his frontier. The last event Cavour desired was
a war between the two Powers whose unanimity forced neutrality upon
Austria. Napoleon on his side was practically obliged to demand Savoy and
Nice as a barrier against Italy, and because the acquisition of territory
alone could have prevented his subjects from feeling that they had lost
their lives and money only to further the aims of Victor Emmanuel.

_Sir James Hudson to Lady John Russell_

TURIN, _April_ 6, 1860

MY DEAR LADY JOHN,--I have seen Braico--Poerio brought him to me
after I had offered my services to him in your name, and we have
combined to dine together and to perform other feats, besides
gastronomic ones, in order to cheer him whilst he resides in these
(to a Parthenopean) Boeotian regions.

You mention in your letter the name of that scandal to royalty,
Louis Napoleon. What can I say of him? Hypocrite and footpad
combined. He came to carry out an "idea," and he prigs the silver
spoons. "Take care of your pockets" ought to be the cry whenever he
appears either personally or by deputy.

But do not, I beg of you, consider and confound either the King of
Sardinia or Cavour as his accomplice. Think for a moment on the
condition of Sardinia, who represents the nascent hope of Italy.
Think of the evil that man meant--how he tried to trip up the heels
of Tuscany, establish a precarious vicarial existence for the
Romagna, and plots now at Naples. Not to have surrendered when he
cried "stand and deliver" would have been to have risked all that
was gained--would have given breathing time to Rome, reinforced and
comforted Rome's partisans in the Romagna--have induced doubt,
fear, and disunion throughout Italy. Judging by the experience of
the last eight years, I must say I saw no means of avoiding the
rocks ahead save by a sop to Cerberus. But do not lose confidence
in the National party--Cavour or no Cavour, Victor Emmanuel or
another, that party is determined to give Italy an Italian
representation. I regret that the Nizzards (who