Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-04-19
MANIFESTO OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC TO

ALL NATIONS.
The Cors'ltuent Assembly the new r ,m1n R4pub-
nc rs issued The funwns addrtss to th4 rest u be
na'"S Of Europe. We pub sh ii as par Of the hist
~ q tine lines:
"eE nainn presents Itself YOU ID salci- and II #
'r irndy feelings. res!ert and fraternity The ia ion
Thai irm-rly The illnsrri,s one IN The fars &
ihr earh presents liz Ii to yuu a. new one But re
rNtNh he ancient grandeur and rhiS r+Surrectiun .
ra4 power s'nd FIR upwards nf Thousand years People
"f r.nr"n+ y knew each other hen h-naue tte peo
pP II u me- Inspired terror: VIZ have kruuh e.ch uihe
"hfn our name rXced pily. \ I'D my abhr h- memory
u maj age ~ dumInIDn and whence bn cannit con-
denim n N excite fir TIE pitv oftne world Nh:h
o. ynu uld wish 10 b. pi-2 he people 10 The man
Siaie have determined to reflrn their political cDnsu
fnn. have created r. pahc and before rh, great
sr' offhe mpr@~criptlr i-ty If TIL people, rha
ras i destroyed aud var!sheS. The p-ape haye wied
IT, " ho is above the palp+7 God alone: 5ut G. cr--
el fhe af Pr " I6r.ty- The perle have wl.ei III.
and they need rot seek Justification for he pas; their
reason L anterior to every human act But if lUu
onr ey-s l 'hr p7s. We may with tranquility c3nem-
plate tH4 ruins oi Tile P1pal p,ver much more than
The ai'ef, when caienI lae the ruins Of ent
political gr ness The history If Italy tale Ut
s'rriw ana large rtnn % it asc0ed I, tile Pa
pal P1"er AID notwithstanding " hen lie P lpe
forward and placed tie the iinal banner the
sord that The Islans ready To forget the faults
ct tie Holy See and the revolution began IN the name
Of Pope BGt that the touch Stone Of what Pape
could could not dI The predecessors Of the last
eregn had been IN" caufious attempt the trial, and
their power measured only bv he misery en;ad up
m the Teu.e. IhP Inst sovereign the first riSk
the attempt. and wished sop when he discovered that
he had revealed terrible ruth. the lmPotency OF The Pa
11l power render tile Itaan nation free independent
and glorious: he wished 70 Withdraw from the work.: but
1t was tor ae. for Papacy had Judged itself l. hence
that he downfall # PoIery has been 81 near lis glory:
ttc 1v VI THE Papa POWER he northern lgbt that
7r=-te, darkness. We sill hoped; hua system Of rae
ifnu was nr answer thai came from the P3pl power :
Reaction f tile NJ frs dis~pfnhlad saw the rran
guilty If ~ people. and fed and in his huht he t,re
with him tie certainty Of exciting civil wa: he yio-
lat the litcll institution. lift without govern
ment, repealed the messengers If the people, fomented
discard, then threw himself into the arms If The most fe
rouS enemy # Italy. and accommodated the peorel
These facts Sufficiently show lhat tile Papa sovereignty
neither could would modify ITSELF aud nothing was
left but to bear destroy il. Il was DESTROYED
Ifle loer4ty If Aing<or tie tl-ra on of nations had
raced the Papa power in the rliy Of he Sc.pos and
C8ar Instead Of IN The heart of France or on the banks
VI th4 Danube M tile Thames VA that reason FIR dp-
pnying the Italians If all tn rights common 10 nations
- The country and liberty Ard if it be true that the
n session VI temporal SOVEREIGNTY Ne necessary ID the
spiritual power Of tie Pontfcae although II was not On
such condition that Jesus Christ promised Immortality
% his Church, Rome then destined 10 become the
patrimony II the Pope, and be frever2 Rome tic
opprnSs and to be glorious forced to fail And as
patimony'ot Pap,cv. Rome ID ba the permanent
cause Of the nun Of Italy r me, whose traditions
whose nane nav, whose ruins, loud speak Of liberty
patriotism Provoked, and abandoned to ourselves We
have effected The revolution without smiling drop of
blood-we have re-edified almost without letting the
sound Of demolition be heard-we have completely up-
ooed the sovereignty If the Popes after having PATIENT
y submitted to 1t tor 50 many ages-n1 from anv hatred
q Papacy, bit from loye # orr country. hen
rev tuition has been effctel with such morality nf pur-
pose and means is proved rha this pc pie did
not deserve tl be under the sway # Pa7acy, hut was
worthy If being lis ma.ter-worthy If TIE Ropu5-
ic 1t is worthy Of The Republic. l. is worthy, there
FORE Of being admitted into the family IF nations
and q ob'ang Your friendship and esteem The Roman
republic Will bear The stump of ii. ,rign. II viii make
free people defend lie religious independence Of the
Pontf 70 whom the religion Of republican people will
be worth tban few roods If territory The Roman
republic proposes to arly the laws Of morality and uni
vesa charity the line o conduct Intends to fllnw
ana 70 the deveopement Of its political life. For the
Assembly, The President,
G.. GALLETTI