New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-30
THE Fall OF Rome.

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the Nespolitan butcher and Austrias ruthies'
Radeuky could have brought against her but
the shameful interposition OF France made me
DISPARITY too great. and she now lies crushed ana
bleedpg at the feet Of h err oppressors Such there
IA hardly room TO doubt will be the burden OF our
next advices from Europe. Venice, too must
nlso soccumb 70 the Austrian army now besieging
bsr, and thus will be quencbed the last spark Of
Italian Freedom. MOI not quenchedi it will be
smothered for a season, bat only to oura more
brightly and widely hereafter. Let as not despair
Cor this IL not the end. God 10 patient, because
eternal
Meantime. it 10 well to consider cosely the
esoses OF the immediate disaster.
Italy Is divided into many kingdoms or PIlhof
pslities, OF which Austrian Italy 1.-THE Nor'h bS''
arm part, comprising LOmbsrdy aud venice !. TUG
,.yos.t the kingdom Of Sardinia embracing fieo'
mon, Tor the North Western part next in import
moe the Kingdom Of the Two o'c'ne' '.'Ar''s
and sicily-in the extreme eouthl i' 'n"' "D'
the States of the Church Tor Rome ana 'ne A'e"
,,oo.l fourth /; and the Grand Docny OF TUSCANY
eoh Tbs sm aller Duchies OF Parma, moaehA anu
r..oo. are nonninalIy independent but realy con
800 10 AB,.ris The Two Sicilies is FAR the
-, ,oonlous of these divisions, having over
r;oht Millions ofinbsbitsnts, while Austrian italy
h.. b,t Five Millions, Sardinia rather less 'he
a,.,ss az the Church under Three Millions lus-
o.,v One and a Half Millions, and all the smaller
e,.,.. combined little over One Million. These
a,v;.;on. are ruinous alike TO the freedom the
,owsr and the happiness OF the Italians They
o,aI fpta
s,lv communion of IDEAS and feelings they hin 70
crush every liberal aspiration. Italy has 'or 'nrH
years been a dungeon and Austria the JSile'' "o'
" the inmates Of either cell II they attempt 70
break their chains The Neapolitsns suoVe''o'
their despotism in 1912, bat Austrian oSyo-
mar. re,torsd il. Lombardy threw OF the YOKE
Isst year but Austria reImposed H. saIoiDi"
would be Republic today, bat Austrian so'o'e''
ovsr.bsdow her frontier and Austrian councillors
of State increasingly demand the possession OF her
most important fortress, per agreement oil her
kiugly traitor Just absconded after dong he' ai
the harm in bis power. And now Rome $40
Venice 10 their turn, having attempted TO De 'ree,
are made 70 feel the wrath OF tyrsnts, ana atone
with their noblest blood for the crime OF LOVING
Liberty. All France France bitter VIII De
vorr anguish for the part played by your rulers
and arms In this humiliation
The cause Of Liberty in Southern Europe we
consider temporarily lost. At this moment, there
IL probably no Republican flag floating southward
OF The Alps except the dishonored aud pros'l-
tuted Trioolor Of France. The brave defenders Of
Rome aud Venice are dead or writing In hosP'
tails or living In prisons. few may nave maze
good their escape into exile, bat, as venice was
blocksded by an Austrian feet, and Rome sur
rounded by hostile armies, we fear these mus' DC
fsw indeed Plus TX. is again absolute sovereign
of the Roman States, and Venice rePoses IN the
pafs, nal arms of Austria but Austria ana 'he
papscy are both virtually vasssls of the RUSSIAN
Autocrst, no, il Hungary falls is the substantial
srbiter of Europe. Thus Napoieonis famous
propbscy is half fulfilled already; Europe Is COS
ssck. how soon shall she be Republican
All 10 not dark, however. Heroic huhsar!
s,snds mistaken, undismayed; and the flame OF
Democracy spreads like pTairie-hre through
Southern Germany. Betrayed and manacied
France shakes her letters ominously, and hapless
Poland, crushed 70 tho earth, strains her ear to
catch the frat shout OF victorious Hungary, huri-
ing back the Russian slaves through the denies o.
the Carpathians. There is earnest Republican
ism enough in Europe today to scatter the enor
nous hosts Of Despotism like chat, upon one helC
or a dozen, If it could only be combined and made
effectual But as vet all is chaotic bind, discord
ant Prussia is to-day preponderantly hePnoi
can, yet her tyrsnt has regiments to spare 10
crushing Revolutionary movements in saxony an
Bavaria Vienna is Democratic yet Niennas 10
s.v the Headquarters OF Despou Sun. But th'
vubiasation Of the Roman Republic by the soldier
of Republican France dwaris all the rest
Yet even the fall of Rome is not without son
CLEANS Of consolation. Let us point out few @
them,
l. The defenders Of Rome, 90 far as We ca
learn. were all volunteers, mainly fresh from tn
peaceful pursuits of civic life. Not regimen
nor even company OF trained soldiers, manned tn
barbados Of the devoted city. On the othe
hand, Of the four or FIVE armies that eneomPasse
and overpowered her, every one was composed q
professional stshbers. We cannot hear that
single regiment OF volunteers was mustered ifon
the whole world to fight against the Roman Re
public.
q. Thoash Rome fails, the Twenty -Four Nil
hons Of Italians remain, snd neither their sspira
sioas Ior Liberty nor their hatred for Saeerdota
Dsspo,ism 10 likely 70 be diminished by the opera
lions Of Radically, oudiHOt, and the devont Kin!
OF Naples.
,. The French Republicans had not been full.
weAned OF their inistasron Tor the family OF tn
great betrayer OF European Liberty. Their rasrts
spirit, ehafed by the bitter memory OF Wa terlo1
recarred with tenacious fondnsss 10 the siories G
Riyol, Magengc. Austerii,s and Friedland, and il
the contemplation Of those forgot the treaehery
Napoleon 10 Freedom and the burdens aud hami
iations to which his selfish vesac'ty expos ed then
Following him with idolstrous devotion, even b
yoad ths grave, they have chosen the heir
III. name. and Of his baser, bat not his noelsr qusl
ties, TO be their President The fail Of Rome W
dash the scales from many reactsn' bet osneeioS
flashing eyes. The name Napoleon viii hene
forth lose its power over the heart OF France Al
iss prssept possessor may deem himself happy
allowed 10 sink speedily into that peaceful ooso
risy which senersl contempt can alone ensure hi
aThsuk. for ths, Lesson Ill vii tesch
To siser.wsrriors more
Than high Philosophy can pEeseA
And vsinly preached before
Thai spell upon the MINDS q men