New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-16
The RuIn Of Rome Defended.

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,s1.cs -. RoME-it j. now manifest, lLAt % frs1ce
Ia not 1isefed 10 the sdaIs - Rome, every sentiment
fabsry there ~cad have been crushed ~ Aasifs Ma
s and spain, and the Pope restored 10 his i0 MEASURE
Ipres..y ,yrsnny which 10 the Of 81 tyrsnuies
n Rome hsd been powerful, MARION, capable o. sustain
80 herself against he combined achinsuous u priest
GA AID kiutc a. The ~ould have been diher-li
cot was ne French fatsenfoa g0r led NJ only veols
fpvessrrsae ssea gaahed (eetoz r Ne ho"1ns n 70
cared but ae penetration 70 perceive lh-, when The To-
eyeuuon TOOK place Il requires a; al 10 perceive
% Where ten the csmJfs of those ulra frsrds
sresse. when denounced French Government IN
ressurrd Terms, because Of This very Interference
sec.red 81 the Tine our belief hat the leading motive
esaing motive n the French Government 10 making mo
a. rventOr was. 10 secure 20 he Romans measure Of
h freedom which hey had schi eyed but which. without
ieeign sc, was imposoe Tor them - maintain That lie
french had sfu otnef motives FOR the inter
snryn We tonot doubt one ~ss 70 preserve eir 'hAre
y potncs ihrlenco In nay and smother ~ss lon the
re - sirciO iO cOncsie the svof VI Inc hOnsn
Cahy;c Church In fssuce This lssi object, Of course
c0gld not be sce0plsn-d ~ opbosh2 we rope fcDu
% power, but ~ expedting H. But AL three Of The OBJ
.c.s mentioned could be accomplished BY interfering or
BE ve4foyafa Di yssfrct,f fsnP,r aipoN THIS bal
france proposed 10 herself ana ~hei she i The ~
accomplishing. Had she attempted more ihsn lhis abe
sould have Involved herself IN - IN The Other
C.hoic powers Of Europe, who regard The essential
yrerOgauyes OF The Pope part q their religion Ac
torcingiy every Catholic nation within sinking disisn6e
u tbs Roman Sstesset army 10 motion toward Rome
possible sfter they heard OF the Popes Eight
The French troops arrived here h'si and II Is vel -
ite Romans tha; they I'D Well. not Ia refs
10 the severe tshlg Which followed, but 10 ne
Goa result, which Ia part i yel fnore Il was gfeA
should have received them friends making the bes
they cou d. for The security Of their political nshss
They would thus have pledged France 20 their cause
extent great al hey could hope Tor under shy CIR
cumsances.
1t seems monstrous thing that men should
make soch assertions IS the foregoing 10 be swat
lowed by thousands who will never see their reiu-
istion. Had anything like this been true, the
French Cabinet would no. have recalled their
Envoy Lesseps, disapproved his treaty, and stig-
matEod him as insane. He acted upon the theory
Of French intentions here propounded by the
Journal, and thus narrowly escaped the loss Of
biz liberty losing trust position and courty favor.
The Romans were anxious 10 treat the French SIS
sllies srd protectors bot the latter rapidly dis
pelled that illusion. They would make no terms
ior the security of Roman freedom OF any sort,
but insisted Oh the unqualified possession OF tie
city. What sort Of Liberty they purPosed 20
establish there, We now see. No elections, no
officers chosen by the people, no free press, no
popular sssemblsges, no liberty even to walk the
streets after 10 at night 1t ia thus that Cesar
sends health to Cato.
We have no objection 10 French Intervention to
asst On infant Republic, threatened By powerful
foes, but Intervention to destroy that Republic 10
quite smother thing. We do not see how desire
to conciliste the French Clergy or to preserve
French influence in Italy can palate such crime
The excuse II had not done this, some ore
else would lis as old as crime. 1t is in the mouth
Of every libertne, every swindler Of the simple
We simply despise it.
The French Ministry hes not effected It's pre-
tended purpose for the Pope rejects the restrict
ed Temporal power 1t has aliensted the Liberals
Of Italy without conciiisting their enslavers.-
Where then is French influence in ltslyl
IA to Louis Napoeons letter to Edgar Ney,
which csptis ates the Journal, we regard 1t simply
as n temporary device of nan IL a qusndary
created by l-s own complex hypocrisies and per-
fdes. That letter written three months earlier
and lived Up to might have saved thousands OF
lives end untold misery Aud why was it not
written before rather than after the bombardment
and capture OF Rome Who can say why
We DO cot know, nor ASK what tsos Louis Ma
poleon will next sal on. For the moment ne
teens to stand up sgainst a restoration Of Ecce-
uistics Absounsm 2. Rome but who can trust
bin To-day De Fslioux IS incensed at his tges
chenes tomorrow il may be our turn. lie may
perform some good acts bu; Republicans wall never
,fust him. His career is measured and the close
Of has Presidential term viii mark its terLaiDSsion