This arrangement, it is evident, can only be short-lived, but
it is possible that it may last until the death of Pio Nono, and the position produced by the sensitiveness of France, the impatience of the Garibaldians, and the intriguing policy of the Italian Government made any method of escape, however temporary, :welcome. None of the parties to the movement, as we have tried to show elsewhere, come out of it with increased or undiminished credit. The Garibaldians have no right to act as if Italy had no government ; the Italian Cabinet has all through mistaken intrigue, and very low intrigue, for policy ; and Napoleon has shown a vacillation most injurious to France. Indeed, the only person who comes out of the matter without loss of prestige is the Pope, who has sat still with sufficient tenacity and courage.
