The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07
The Roman Republic and the French

In fhe correspondence between Maz1lni, the tiumvIr and Nj. tie Corcelies. the French diplomatic agent with Gen. Oudinots army, We find letter from the ioriner m which he declares that he and his colleagues and the Roman Assembly had been sb bametuiiy deceived in the treaty made ey them with Nj, de Lesseps. the former French agent. The treaty il will be reeoIlected, Was anDulled by Gen. Ondinoi, who, according to Mazzini, during the armistice to which it led, surprised the Villa Psmphiii, with its 200 defenders. h expatiaing on the quasi breach oi laith with hin and hls fellow citizens, Mazzini says:
 Weigh the dates of the official notes, compare them al the period of the occupation oI Monte Maio and the operations ol the FreGch army, and tel sir, II in coolly examining the diplomatic question: Europe will not be inclined to say: {" The Bremen government only wished to deceive the Romans. Gen. Oudinot has disloyally profed by the good faith ot that people to the circle oi the attack to occupy advantageous positions, 10 be ready Tor chance 10 surprise the city"
 Permit me SIT, to tell you with the irankness that becomes an upright man, the conduct ot the Roman government never during the negotiations, deviated single line trom The path ot honor. The French government cannot say the same. France, thank God. IS not pl,c ated; brave and generous aaion she like ourselves, Is lhe victim ol base Int igae
 Your cannon now laundering against our walls; your shells fall like rain within the Holy City. France had the glory last night of killing poor Trasteyefini girl, who was sleeping the sleep ut innocence beside her sister, And why IS this cannot furnish reason, neither you. France has no standard here; she combais the men who love Il and who up to yesterday even Iut iuii faith in il. France Is now striving to burn down city that never offended heT-and all this without political programme, without an aVowed object, without right io enforce without mission 10 fulfil She acts by her generals ihe part of Austria, and yet she has not the courage even to avow it.
 M de Coureeiies no longer speaks of anarchy and far he buf Ie aS tu1u defaHged III his thoughts, thls tcnneeivabie phrase. France has for her objects the beliy oI the rated head of the church, the liberty Of the Roman States, and the peace otthe world"
 We, atleast, know for what We are fighting, and it is because we know fl that we are stIong. Il France here represented principle, one oi the ideas which constitute the greatness of nations, and which have originated Ter own grandeur even, the bravery of her would not taiI conflict wltiI our young recruits.
 IL is melancholy page in the History of France which Ihe government Of your country is now wnting II is mortal wound that you infiict on the papacy, which you wish 10 sustain, atd which you di own in blood; It Is bottomless pit which you opening beiWeentW0 nations caied to march together for the good of the world, and which for ages have reeiprocay extended the right hand of fellowship to one another; 1t IS d sappns of the morality Of relations between people and Peopie-a grave attack OH the common faith which ought 10 guide them on the sacred cause of liberty which exists through this tai,h-on the future, not of Italy, for suareBce and pain and trial, the baptism of progress for her--bat tor France, which cannot maintain her place in the front rank of nations she thus abdcate the masculine virtues included m the belief and Tn the intelligence of liberty.
 The foregoing which we translate from the Cou- rier des Etats- Uais Is truly eloquent. and is fine sample ot Mazzini's senusan and republican virtue.
 N, o. PIeayune.