New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-19

p,us. Greeley 8 McEiraih
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Easy IS thc utsC'hs W ''''
1bave not written for six months, and within
,ss,tme what changes have taken place on this
.de athe great water" Changes Of how great
fanatic interest historically-of bearing infinite
ly important Ideally.
wrote last when Plus TX. had taken the first
.,,de on the downward road. He had proclaimed
,m.eli the foe OF farther Reform measures when
bs implied that Italian Independence was not i'm
oortant In his eyes when be abandoned the crowd
Of heroic youth who had gone to the field with his
bsnsdiction, % some Of whom his own hand had
given crosses. All the Popes, his predecessors,
had neddled with, most frequently instigated,
war now came one " no must carry out, literally,
the doctrines Of the Prince Of Peace, when the war
was not for mercy, or the sggrandzement OF indl-
,iduss but 70 redeem national, 10 redeem human,
nights from the grasp Of foreign oppression.
said some cried "trator," some imbecile, ~
come "wept," but in the minds Of all, believe at
that time grief was finally predominant They
could no longer depend on him they bad thought
their best friend. They had lost their father.
Meanwhile his people would not submit to the
inscton he urged. They saw it was not only
uinous to themselves, but base and treacherous to
the rest OF Italy. They said to the Pope, L" This
cannot be you must follow up the pledges you
have given or, if you will not act to redeem them
YOU must have a Ministry that will The Pope,
after he had once declared to the contrary ought
70 have persisted He ought to have said, " can
not thus belle myself, cannot put my name to
acts have lust declared to be against my con
science
The Ministers Of the people ought to have seen
TIA, the position they assumed was utterly I'M
,enabe that they could not advance with an enc
nv in the background cutting of all supplies. But
some patriotism and some vanity exhilirated
them. and the Pope, having weakly yielded they
uawisely began their impossible task. Msmiani,
their chief, | esteem man, under all circum-
stances. unequal to such a position-a man oil
rhetoric, merely. But no man could have acted,
unless the Pope had resigned his temporal power
the Cardinals been put under su fcient check, and
the Jesuits and emssaries Of Austria driven IRON
their lurking places.
A sad scene began. The POpe-shut up more
and more in his palace, the crowd OF selfish and
Ipsdioas advisers darkening round, enslaved by
ooniessor-he who might have been the liberator
Of suffering Europe permitted the most infamous
reScheries to be practced in his name. Private
letters were written to the foreign powers deny
lag the acts he outw ardly sanctioned the hopes OF
the people were evaded or dallied with the
Chamber of Deputies permitted to talk and pass
measures which they never could get funds to put
into execution legions to form and maneuver,
but never to have the arms and clothing they
needed Again and again the people went TO the
Pope for satisfaction. They got only-benedictlon'
Thus plotted and thus worked the scarlet men
Of SIN playing the hopes OF Italy OIL and on, while
their hope was of the miserable defeat consum-
mated bv n still worse traitor at Milan on the 9th
August. But. indeed, what could he expected
nom the "SwoRD OF Plus IN when Plus IN
himself had thus failed to his high vocation The
King of Naples bombaried his city and set on the
lszzaroni to rob and murder the subjects he had
deluded by his pretended gift Of the Constitution.
Plus proclaimed that he longed to embrace ali the
Princes Of Italy. He talked of peace when all
knew for great part OF the Italians there was no
longer hope Of peace except in the sePulchre, or
Freedom.
The tsuntng manifestoes of Weldon are SUI.
hceni comment on the conduct OF the Pope. As
the Government of His Holiness is too weak TO
control his subjects -" AS, sngulary enough
a great number OF Romans are found lighting
against US contrary to the expressed Will oil their
Prince, such were the excuses for invasions OF
the Pontihcal domnons and the robbery and IN
suit by which they were accompanied. Such IN
vssions, it was said made His Holiness very IN
dienant he demonstrated against these but we
Ind no word of remonstrance against the tyranny
Of the King OF Naples-no word OF sympathy tor
the victims of Lombardy the sutferngs oil Vcrons'
Vicenza, Padua, Mantus, Venice.
In the affairs of Europe there are continued
signs Of the plan OF the rctrograde party to effect
similar demonstrations in different places at the
same hour. The 18th May was one of these
marked days On that day the King OF Naples
made use of the instruction he had contrived To
excite to massacre his people, and find an excuse
Sr recalling his troops from Lombsrdy. The same
day similar crisis was hoped in Rome from the
declarations of the Pope, but that did not WORK
the moment exactly as the Toes OF enlIsnch'so-
nent hoped
However the wounds were cruel enough. Inc
Roman volunteers received the astounding news
TIA, they were not to expect protection or conn-
thsnce from their Prince all the army stood
nhas, that they were no longer to fight IN the
srne Of Pho. 1t had been so dear, SO sweet 10
sre and reverence really the Head OF their Church
70 inspiring to find their religion for once IN ao-
sordsDce with the aspirations of the soul They
we're to be deprived, too of the aid OF the discip
haed Nespoliisn troops and their artillery on
which they had counted How ounningly all thus
sas contrived To cause dissension and dismSy may
essay be seen.
The Neapolitan General Pope nobly refused 10
eeey, and called on the troops to remain win NM
hey wavered. but they are psmPered army
personally much attached to the King, VINO pays
Ven well and INDUCES them at the expense oil
sssople, that they may be his support against
Cat people when in a throe of Nature It rises ana
1'sss Tor its rights. For the same reason the
Naineni OF patriotism wss little diilased among
Cen In comparison with the other troops. And
&c alternative presented was one in which 1t re-
s~ed very clear sense OF higher duty to act
Snast habit Generally, after wavering while,
osy obeyed and returned. The Roman States
vhch Rad rocafyad ,h,p, itb an many testmO