New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-19

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OF JossPs MsLztSI, DOW member Of the Roman
Republican, Government, and who has for t~ent,
yeas been recogn.z ed throughout EarsPe Al
ardent leader e Italian L Serasus. may not De aG
interesting to the readers Of The Tribune.
We rr'' hai nm the editor sd publisher OF
literary paper al Geuoa. IN Jaue, i-gs. The cen
sorship to0k sisrm at the freedom OF It's language
aud 1t was 'ormA y suppressed o. the Ministry O
Police, 10 December OF tue same Year.
Our young patriot next s,temsted the establish
men, OF another Psp.r Al Leshorn bat he va.
marked mar and decree o, suppression .,ia..
TIN. also airs birth. magazine. published +,
Florence. met the same late. Tor the crime of SUI
ierius al sstc.e written by him, 10 sPpsar IN Il,
PAGES.
Another year rolled on. snd the Three Days Of
July. $50 electrified the Liberals throughout IN,
world. New hoyes were raised-how soon 10 b.
agsln dashed o. the earth. We a. remember The
mo srcrs 90 Europe for while stood sshsst IL,
ltsilsn despots crowded their dungeons with al
VINO were suspected IN the least degree. Mazzin
found himself under arrest. To his father, aux
Uusly luQui-ng of tine authorities tue Cause oi his
son 5 sudden imprisonment, this somewhat anus
ug answer WAS returned " Your son s IN Oh,
habit % walking out alone. and In the evening"
deeply meditauug. II . thinks too much. and " q
do 1T know the subject OF his thoughts. This W,
30 not Ike ~ Bcing acquitted OF auy charge, hls
only PUNISHMENT was a hve months detention
m solitary confinement aud Punishment from the
Country.
Young Mazziai betook himself t. Msrse,lcs.
then c-owded with Italian and Spanish exilcs,
~h1 had b,en lucky enough 10 escape hanging.
shooting or Imprisonment At home, and here he
commenced he publication OF /" La GiOrHe Naiid.
SISTED by other OF his couutrymen. by " hose
means political essays. embraced in It's pages,
we're smngged into every seaport Ia ltalV The
fisherman, the vine dresser the artist the villaser
every where throughout the North Otthe Peninsula
carried uces ed ab1nt his person those pollilca
tracts tie Peep read. reelected. and Ia many
districts popular rislngs ensued. followed, how
ever, by rhs prompt and merciess vengeance OF
their tyrauts.
Louis Philippe. firmly sested on his throne, be.
gan TO kick away the ladder by which he had
mouatsd cordial understanding commenced
between his government aud tho cabinets OF the
despotic powers. He battered away the liberties
OF his people for the recl gnitOn Of ms government
by Austria. s. Louis Napoleon BOnapsrte. IN this
present year, has Joined the league OF monsrchs.
aud Russia has, IN return, recognized his mockery
al Republic The King OF the French ordered
Mazzlnl to leave France Heremalned, however,
nearly year at Marseillss IN disguise. aud then
1iued party Of his country men IN Switzerland.
who were preparing for descent into Savoy r.
induce al lnsurrectOn there. The attempt mis-
carried the band OF liberals was dispersed. Swift
zerlard could not afford them a safe asylum, and
Mazzinl, after many wsnderlpgs and hair breadth
escapes. reached England IN 81.
The literary = putauon OF the man had preceded
him six volumes OF his works mad won for him
The fame of a chsste nervous and eminent writer.
the Liberals IN Eng land knew aud esteemed him
and relying on the honor and hospitality VI the
Government and people, he liked ms abode IN
LOu1on.
la ls4i the British public was astonshed to
learn through the press that letters from The Con
tlneut. addressed 70 Italian and Polish refugees
in ENGLAND, had, IN passing through the London
Post Office, been opened secretly b. Government
officers aud aztec sealing returned 10 TIE mai.
VI Mszzlni. whose letters had been tempered with
among the rest first elucdated this astounding
scovry. Committee appointed by Parliament
reported thstthe Government had only followed Al
old usage, and the Tory Ministry dared 70 defend
the infamous practice
The British Government having, by this con
temptible theft, learned from Nj. MazZiLis let
tiers that a body OF Italians were assembled
At Corfu. and intending u effect landing
In the Neapolltau territory, there TO raise the
standard OF Instruction, submitted certain parts
of the Information thus obtained" Says the com
mittees report "to a foreign Government that
OF the Two SicIlies-and the result was that the
vOlutionnts were seized upon their landing aud
shot under military law. Such are the boosted free
Institutions Of q eat Britain
The noise which this affair made in the news
papers. drew much attention In England upon
Mazzini. The modest Intelligence Of the man OF
letters the courage OF the soldier, the devotion Of
the patriot were recognized in him. Thomas
Csriyl bore public testsony OF him to the effect
that he is man OF genius aud virtue, OF sterling
veraclty, humanity and nobleness Of mind
But ti,e emlssaries Of DespOusmlhave omitted
nothing 10 cast Odium and re prOsch upon this ex-
ceent and sincere man. Forgery has been re-
sorted 10, snd the most Infamous sentiments have
been invented Ia the Absoiatis. journals, and made
- appear above his name. These he has fully and
completely exposed Every species OF injury has
been attempted to be inflicted upon his character
But posterity will DO justice 10 the heroic patriot
when the crowned heads who have plotted his
destruction shall be OycrthTOwn and forgotten.
The part which Mszzini has taken IN Italian
Reform. since the accession OF Pope Pius-the
man who attempted D. mediate between the Pre-
sent and the Past, and who has been found unfit
tor either-is too fresh IN our memories % need
recalling He IS now one OF the chiefs OF that
glorious Republic which las proved Rome b BE-
worthy still OF Brutgs Or Rienzi. Whatever be
deemed, In this effort, her ages OF abssemen, and
degradation. Should Mszzni survive Rome.
shall 40 doubt Fl nd him again IN the foremost ranks
wherever A struggle between Democracy and
DespOtsm is waglng. Should he fall, HOmes
buried Liberty will be his immortal monument, and
---"T There 10 no proudeT grave,