The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-23 00:00:00

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THE VEZETTIN EMIGRILTION.

Turin Count Gio. -Batt. Girtstinian, Count
Prospero Antonini, and the Advocate Giovanni
Bondillo, presented the following address, in the
name of the deputation of the Venetian emigration,
to the deputation from liodena and Parma :
" Illustrious Legates —ln this day of jubilee for
Italy, amidst the plaudits of this capital, that en-
tertains and honours in you the illustrious legates
of the people of Modena and Parma, of whose votes
for the union to Piedmont you are the hearers, we,
Venetians, the sons of- a land yet in chains and in
tears, hesitated whether we ought to •appear before
you to disturb the serenity of your smiles and the
content of your hearts. But if our presence recall
sad thoughts to your mind, we hive our words will
dissipate them and restore your satisfaction.
You, liberated, seeking only to make one
this unhappy Italy, divided for centuries,
unite your rich and strong province to
the sub-Alpine kingdom, which, by the wisdom of
its Parliament, the valour of its soldiers, headed by
our heroic King, with his courageous policy, his
sacrifices and constancy in the just and magnani-
mous aim of rendering Italy independent, has ac-
quired the first place, and now obtains so brilliant
a reward for its great services.
" You have been permitted to vote freely, but
scarcely had your votes and those of Tuscany de-
creed the deposition of the archdukes and the an-
nexation of the States to Piedmont,' when it became
manifest to Italy that Austria did not hold herself
obliged to accord the liberal concessions promised
to Venice in the preliminaries of the peace of
Villafranca unless the Archdukes were recalled to
their throne.

" Do you know, illustrious legates, tho reply of
Venice to this offer of concession, designed to re-
place Central Italy under the yoke of the Arch-
dukes vassals of Austria ? It is this :—' Venice
comprehends the promises and the concessions of
Austria. She neither asks nor desires them, and
now indignantly repels them if presented as com-
pensation for loss of the liberty and independence
of Central Italy.' What Venice wills, was revealed
by the punishments of Mantua, the prisons of
Josephstadt, her numerous sons who fought at
Palestro, and at Solferino, not a few of whom there
laid down their lives. What she wills, is told by
the desert state of her country deprived of its
remaining youth, who, after the preliminaries of
Villafranca hastened to Central Italy to arm
and combat for the national cause. Venice
wills her independence and the nation with
Piedmont voted in 1848. She will continue to
strive and to suffer, but pain and tortures do not
break her spirit, sustained by the certainty that
soon will strike the last hour of Austrian dominion
in Italy. And this certainty is given by you, it is
given by the people of Tuscany and Romagna, who,
forgetting their ancient and fatal divisions, will
augment and strengthen that kingdom which
derives its origin and purpose from the independ-
ence of Italy, and cannot but hasten her entire
deliverance from the foreigner. Thanks, then, to
you in the name of the Venetians ; although aware
that the hand of Austria will weigh more heavily
on their unfortunate land, they yet encourage you
to persist in the course you hive taken and thus to
merit well of the common country. Viva Modena!
Viva Parma! Viva l'Unione d'ltalia!
" Turin, Sept. 16, 1859."

The Venetian Deputation.—Count Giovanni
Batt. Giustinian, of Venice ; Count Prospero An-
tonini, of Udine ; the Advocate Giovanni Bondillo,
of Vicenza ; the Advocate Andrea Menegbini, of
Padua ; Count Guglielmo d'Onigo, of Treviso ;
Engineer Bernardo Bernardi, of Revigo; Giuseppe;
Advocate Marsing, of Bellano ; Professor Giuseppe
Clementi, of Verona.
Professor Selmi, speaking in the name of the
deputation of Modena and Parma, replied :
" The hard destiny that presses upon Venice is
the grief of all Italy, especially of the people of
Modena and Parma, who have borne for long years
sufferings not dissimilar to those endured by the
noble city of Saint Mark, the Austrian dominion
being no less over us, maintaining in tyranny the
archdukes and dukes. If we are now freed—if
we confide in 'the King Victor Emmanuel, in the
Emperor Napoleon, in civilised Europe, that no
violence shall oppose the recovery of our liberty,
we cannot rejoice in its enjoyment when we think
of the Venetians, with whom we are allied by ties
of family, by origin, language, misfortune, and
hope. But God will not fail in his time to succour
this poor Venice, and we will endeavour to be the
instruments of Providence whenjthe signal is given
that the hour has come. The sacrifice of Venice,
although tremendous, is not final ; for such nations
as ours are not exhausted by spoliation nor by the
scaffold. Although to deliver her from the cruel
trials to which she has been exposed this year
would have demanded from us the highest abnega-
tion, we should have been ready to submit, or
rather should have proposed it ; but as you remark,
as all know, relief would not thus have been as-
sured to the sufferers, but an injury inflicted on the
common cause. May our brothers of Venice, whom
we embrace with sadness, persevere with the in-
vincible pertinacity of martyrs, to sustain the tor-
tures and repulse the blandishments of their op-
pressors •, meanwhile we arm and prepare, confiding,
not rashly bold in our present position, but with no
fear of the measures of the enemy. The Venetians
await the future. Soon, we hope, will arise the day
when together we shall call ourselves the citizens
of one state, the subjects of one monarch."