The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-12

giving the Pope hours TO consent 10 their
risk the alternative of sack OF the Quirinal, with the
assassination of all who should be found within its walls
except his Holiness himself whom they considered sacred
and nviolabe To the minions of Austria and Ma
Piles, and the cardinals who around his person. The
Pope accepted the of the people, and once desert
ed Rome and his poal office. In the guse OF servant
he made his way the bombadio OF Messna. the tyrant
Naples His Protector the scourge of Caabria and Sicily
the scandal OF all Europe On reaching Gaeta, he made
formal protest against all his grants TO the Roman
people; offering If they would dissolve the Cham
Der Of Deputies disband the national guard and abolish
the liberty of the press.
The people scorned his terms, and formed pro-
visonal government, and decided that Plus * had for
teited by his flight all temporal power.
IL necessary my purpose of posting your read
upon the late political history of the Roman States, to
name describe the and present ministry. l may
saw however, that they the liberal leaders, and the
who have their day kept alive the spark OF civil
liberty which has gone out entirely in that land
All, believe have some time or other been IN exile
Mamiani, the head of the ministry. when mere boy
Of the leaders in tho Italian revolution OF 1881
In fact Young Italy governs the peninsula and the
Pope is calling the Catholic governments to assist him
with men, and all Catholic people to repensh his golfers
Many the starving and generous rsh among Others are
sending their every penny which is not absolutely ne
cessary enable them themselves from starvation
Even from this side of the Atlantic, money is about TO be
collected pennies and sxpennies to relieve the wants
of Plus TX.
have prepared the preceding brief synopsis of the his
tory the progressing revolution in Italy, which should lie
known by all who would study and digest the important
In that quarter, OF which to hear by each
succeeding for two three months In that
time the fate of republican Italy will be decided The
Canada's told of tie exaction of certain scudd
from tho people Of Ferrara and the Mianese by Austria
and the subsequent reluctant evacuation of the fortress of
Ferrara by the Austrian troops This point gained
by the notwithstanding, when that vessel left England
barely able to hold their own the checks received by
Austria in Hungary making in their favor and the then
general impression that France designed siding against
them, weakened their cause materially.
Now let what moves made the Italian
chess board between that date and the departure of the
Niagara.
On the Oath of February information from Rome
Paris that large Neapolitan army (varosly sstima
ted atom $4,000 to 1900 with four batteries of
nom was approaching the Roman frontier for the purpose
of entering what lately the States of the church
Zucchi, the Pope's general, commanded advanced
guard 600 men) Of this force Great excitement of course
existed at Rome under the stimulus OF this intelligen
The Pedmonese Ctaan) forces said have crossed
the Austrian frontier, and TO have skirmshed with the
troops of Austria the latter doing her best, in the
time, reinforce Radetsk, who advancing to meet
the invading (Piedmontcse) force the head of from
80 900 900 The details OF these Pedmontese
statements, however, doubted by of the English
and French presses From the neighbohood OF Lombady,
tits stated that nsurectonary movements in the province
of Bresca have excited much alarm in the minds ofthe
tran authorities Field Marshal Appel who is in
mand there, has Issued his proclamation virtually de-
caring the province in state of war and the people
amusing themselves with s,oning his soldiers they
walked the streets.
Tuscan territory by Massa Carrera and subsequently,
er-marches them again, that the Sar-
dinans fastening the aid of the Tuscans which
regard The Pope has certainly formally demand
ed the assistance of Austria France Span and Naples
restore him to the patriniony of st. Peter.
In Rome, the provisional government is making every
the crisis On the 4th of March it is
said had in the hands of 10000
M oil in, III.
makers the city employed in building artillery
wagons Another account that on the 9Th but AZ 900
were armed. In Naples it was hoped by the government,
that through the mediation of France and England Sicily
would agree her late allegiance to the Neapo
tan king, Ferdinand the butcher. The French papers
scout the notion however. From Naples, the Pope has
appointed pro egate for Ferara, who for safety keeps
with Radetkis army
The provisional government of Rome have decreed that
the bishops shall have nothing to do with public in
strucon except in ecclesiastical establishments, prohb
ting charitable requests TO the church) and declaring
the ecclesiastical property of foreign nations was not
included in the decree of conscaton the CATION
OF which we learned by the Canada's news Austria,
SPAIN and Naples had announced to the Roman govern
their determination intervene conformity between
the Pope and his late France declining to declare
w her intentions in the premises
Rome has levied tax of two-thrds upon every in
of $4,000. 1t is hoped in Rome that the continued
of the Huns will keep Austria out of the
will force her withdraw the army under Radetski,
accept the screwed of the Neapolitan yra
by France and England This in protesting grant
constitution follows the example OF the Pope described
above, and denies the Sicilians separate army with
hch to protect that slight boon from being revoked
as soon as Ferdinand finds time to blow. Ferdinand's
"chanbe patitioned for the dismissal OF his ministry, and
that their places may be supplied by liberal statesmen
Wheeupon, he forthwith dissolved the chamber Charles
Albert in Sardinia is redeemng himself from the odium
which was caused by his submission the of
Ausra for his State only He declared the armistce
with Radetski ION the l2h) to be at end in IA days
and came the of all Italy against Austria
and further expresses determination his all the
toss the die be thrown. This dspeng of the
doubts his Intentions has insped the Italian ber
asts throughout the peninsula Everywhere the
enthusiasm prevails among them. On the I'd umo the
provisional government of Rome took possession of The
property Of the Jcsuits and the holy Office and abolished
all the privileges of the clergy One million of money has
been created the service of the Roman State by melting
down plate. Cardinal Antonel in the name OF the Pope
addressed the diplomatic corps protest against the
sale of the works of in the Vatican Joseph Mazzn
the father of this Italian revolution tits master spiriD has
reached Rome For years and years his busy pen
pIoyed in stirring up the people of his native land
knowledge of their rghtswrng from London, where,
to support himself, he forced teach the children
of Italian families in the meanwhile. He is unguestion-
ably of the accomplished Italians living He
was of course, in exile while thus dedcang himself to
the of Italian progress
The Niagaras Italian is exceedingly disjonted,
your readers viii perceive hardly going change the
pect of things through the medium of the by
the previous steamer further than show that Austria,
Naples and Spain will crusade for the restoration of the
Pope's temporal power If they But Just now per-
ceve that Sicily Indignantly rejects Ferdinand's sham
he may have to recall his Roman army to fight
his battles