New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-25
NEN-YORK TRIBUNE.
NETWORK. WEDNESDAY. JULY IS.
why is Rome SURRENDERED

Tbi. .udden surrender would indicate that this
unity did not exist and that there was party "ihh
Roms that ysarDsd for Pspal restorsnon ana io'
PARTY that desired % be rid OF the revolution
AIRY smixrsns Of Europe settled IN Rome, ana 70 nave
Rome ia Roman hands. Or II this be not 20, WY
then, We may ask this sudden surrender Of q cry
which WA 10 be defended 20 the ssti Or why, II y
be surrendered At all not surrendered until much use
les. blood was shed, and many valuable monuments
and relics OF art arc demolished or overthrown'
Now apon the just answer Of this important qae'e
depends much Of the sympathy We ought or ought ho
70 fse for sabjco Rome II the Pope wss driven Out Oh
Rome by vssrsnt strangers revolution was got up
there by exiies If the Roman people Tor some mouths
psst have been overswed by foreign egons then ine
szoendture our sympathy 10 ss much necessary 10Y
The Romsns subjected BY the exes a. Tor Romans SUD
Jscted By the arms Of France
q The Express, with other journals Of It's
way Of thinking finds a great advantage in being
able 70 forget the most material facts. That there
were other than Romans engaged IN the deiense
OF Rome has never been denied nor concealed :
add it 10 quite obvious that in populous CITY iul
OF women, children, and timid, errorstrcken non
combatants, there must be many whom prousct-
ed siege, cannon ade, bOmbsrdment, and the imml
nent prospect Of q storm, would naturally iochne
TO purchase safety by submission. 1t would De
strange indeed if it were otber~se-of II tne
frightened should hesitate 10 secure their safety
by shouting DOiiO" "ciO'mS W VIZ ~" i~~
Bat the main question is skolked BY he Tx
ure.s Itis careful not 10 remember that Rome
has a regular Republican Government, duly con-
stitu.ed by Caivsrssi Suffrage Of the citizens Of
the Roman States and that this Government has
had the supreme dirscti1nof the resistance. The
Tf.amvirs simply executors OF the de-
crees Of the Constituent Assembly, chosen by q
very large vote OF tne Roman People, and unsDi-
NOUS throughout. 'Vsgrant strangers did DOT
vote in the elections They were generally lar
AWAY at the time those elections were holden
The aexiles' have generally become exies since
the Roman Republic was organized Ana Des'oe'
the Republican Government has repeatedly onereo
% sub,,;, the whole matter in controversy 70 q
fresh vote Of the entire Roman People.-Ihus q
vary little knowledge would have been fatal u
the Kxpress's insinuatons.
-Inquiries why a siege was resisted 30 long
and not while longer, are the idlest possible tn
fling. There comes time in the process Of
.iege when resistance is no longer possible" hen
provisions fail or ammunition is exhausted or the
steady advances Of the besiegers have rendered
f,rthsr resistance a mere waste OF life, II at all
practicable. 1t 10 quite possible that New ORR
Editor, even 90 sagscious as our contemporary,
might not know 90 well precisely when this time
had arrived in Rome as those conducting the de-
Tense on the spot especially if he bad only heard by
Telegraph Of the surrender, and not OF the events
which for several days proceed d it,