The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-10-31
FRANCE AND ROME.
ABEL ACCUSING "CAIN0

ne rlumVlr, MaZZlnl, mas address
ed noble protest against the misrepre-
sensations of the French Cabinet, to Mes
sieurs De Toqueville and De Falloux.-
We extract passage:
'Rome was without sovereign. the
Pope had deserted and fled to Gaeta. A
Government Commission which he had
instituted had refused to act Two dep
utations sent one after another, entreat-
ing Plus TX to return were repulsed.-
1t was necessary to put an end to state
of things which was inevitably leading
to anarchy and civil war. 1t was at one
o'clock on the morning Of the 9th Febru-
airy that the downfall Of the temporal
power. and as a consequence, the lnaugu-
ration Of the Republic were proclaimed.
By whoms By the Constituent Assem-
bly, Of the Roman States. In what man
ner had that Assembly been elected?
By universal suffrage. Had there been
q speak not of terror, itor even any agi-
tation,) any influence illegally exercised!
No, all had taken place calmly, quietly,
without corruption, without threats
Was the minority imposing? Out Of one
hundred and forty four members present,
eleven voices declared against thesproc-
lamation of the Republic as inopportune;
five against the abolition Of the temporal
power. How many among those whom
you now stigmatize as foreigners, how
many Italians born out of the Roman
States, were then seated upon the bench
es Of the Assembly? Two: Garabaldi
and Gen. Ferrara. | deceive myself:
Garabaldi had already set ont for Rieti.
1t was not until sometime later that Sa.
licetti, Cernuschi, Canonieri, Dali, On
gard and myself were elected. In what
manner was the double proclamation re-
ceived by the population? Was there
through al! the extent of the Romanter-
ritory,a single attempt at resistance, a
single mark Of dissent, d single protesta-
! ton in favor Of the fallen power? No,
! not one.~%A few carbineers on the from.
tiers of Naples deserted, perhaps ina
! ginning themselves compromised by the
arrests they had been obliged TO make
under Gregory. And this was all. The
towns and the country sa!uted the Repub-
lie with common JOY. The old MUM
cipaities, elected under the Papal regime,
sent IN their adhesion, since renewed by
those elected by universal suffrage, on
the 18th Of March. Plus TX had still
some personal friends tho Papal Gov
eminent could not boast Of one And la
ter on, after the 3Oth, when the govern
ment on the eve fthe quadruple invasion
was obliged to concentrate its forces, and
could therefore retain only moral in
f1uence in the provinces-n the midst Of
the financial crisis, and in spite Of the ef-
forts Of some Jews reactonaries, this, the
conservative elemsM Of the State, renew
ed again the testimony Of spontaneous
adhesion TO the Republic. Bologna, An
coma, Perugia, Civita Vecchia, Ferrara,
Ascoli, Cessna, Fano, Faenza, Forli, Fo-
lgno, Meccrata, Narn, Pesaro, Orvieto,
Ravenna, Ric,i, Vitrebo, Spoleto, Urbino,
\ Terni; two hundred and sixty-three Mu-
Inicipalities sent addresses declaring, in
the name of the populations, that the abb
clifton Of the temporal power and the ex-
istence Of the Republic, formed hence
forth double condition Of life fol the
Roman States.
The Constituent Assembly, consisting
of one hundred and fifty members, Of the
elite Of the country, by the instincts 81
The heart, if not by force Of intelligence,
) and Of whom seven only did not belong
to the Roman States, kept their seat:
without interruption until the n1omen
when brute force, in violating the duties
and the promises Of France, dissolved
3 them. 1t. had dictated OF sanctioned eve.
! ry thing hat had been done from the 9Th
ofs bruary tothe Cd Of July
Az And by whom did it govern? Frs
..sIby an executive Committee two Romans
, Armellini and Montecchi; one Neapoli
tan, Saliesti; alterward by the Triumvi
rate: the same proportion. But below
the Supreme Executive, all that vivi6ee
and embodied the principle of govern
ment, all that represented or that affect
ed the country in administration, ia ths
distribution of offices, in the everyday
affairs Of State was purely Roman The
, President Of the Council under the Exec
utive Committee, Muzzareli the Minis
Ter Of Grace and Justice, Sazzarini; tina
: of Foreign Affairs, Rusconi; Of the Int
rioT, oail anu MyeI; OF FINANCE, Oallll
oil and Mazoni; Of Public Works, Ster
bini and Montecchi; Of War, Campelic
!, and Calandrelli: all belonged to the Ro
man States. The Police was successive
4 ly directed by Mariani, Meucci, Meloni
and GaIvagni, all Roman subjects. The
Ministry Of Public instruction was intrus
: ted to Roman, Sturbinetti; other Ro
mans were charged with the direction o
the Public Debt, and Of The statistical de
? ,partment, and with the Presidency Of The
High court Of Justice, the direction O
: the hospitals, Mint, &c. A commission
Of seven, all Romans, Sturbinetti, Placen
TIM, Salvati, Neuccl, Allocatelli, Spada
and Castellani were named to examin,
all applications for employment. Not
single President, not single laborer O
government officer in the Provinces, VIII.
was not born subject Of the Roman
State. Among all the superior officers
: successfully appointed from the first t.
the last day Of the Republic, find bu
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