New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-18
Itsiy-Reme-The Papacy.


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Itaiy-Reme-The Papacy.
Alas for Italy deeper night Of darkness and
slavery see ms about 10 settle down upon her
There is 10 be struggle, and since It Is 70 be we
trust the Italia Liberals will fall Dobly. Bat
how can we hope for their success Agains'
them are srrsyed Austria, backed BY the gold and
arms of Russia, with the great body Of itsiyf
own Princes, Mobiles, Clergy and ali those pro
foopdly under their influence against them most
unfortunately is the Pope, whose command Of tne
purses and the eHects-tO say nothing OF the
prayers-Of the Catholics throughout the World
10 a potent element in the contest. The leader
OF the hosts Of despOtism 10 the stern and able
Radetsky at the bead OF One Hundred Thousand
ve,erans--UDity in council and action, abundance
OF means, with the tbuoders Of the Church at their
back. How can divided, distracted, confused
Young Italy Withstand such an array OF ene-
mics Men to fight her battles will probably not
be wanting. bat where is the leader 10 cope with
Radetsky1 where are the pecunary resources to
meet the expenses Of a contest so terrific and 50
desolstingY If Napoleon or Washington
were the unquestioned President or Lieutenant
General Of the united Republics Of Rome Venice
Lombardy, Tuscany, Sardinia, Sicily, sc. there
might be hope But Lombsrdy is within the
clutches Of Austria Sardinia 10 ruled BY weak
and faithless monarch who csDnet be hearty IN
support Of a cause which BODIES the downfall Of
Kings; and the fragments even Of free Italy are
not compacty joined together. Sicily has enough
TO do in wi,hstanding the sanguipary plottnss
and assaults Of her own especial tyranti while
the Roman Arstocracy, naturally though as yet
coyertly hostile 10 the Revolutionary movement,
will be driven into open hostility by the peconla
nv contributions W hich the impending War rem
ders inevitable. We painfully apprehend that
the campaign of ls4O will carry the Austrans 10
Rome aud Turin and quench in blood the fame OF
Italian Nationality and Freedom.
That the Roman Revolution which commenc-
ed with the killing OF Count Rossi,w0s sad mis-
take, we have already stated. Plus TX. had given
the original impetus to the work of Liberation,
and from motives which no man could dispute
He had manifested disposition rare among rulers
by the grace Of God, and which fairly entitled
him to the kindly regard Of every lover OF Free
dom. True, he hesitated at length and utterly re.
fused to proceed In the path which the Liberals
esteemed that Of patriotism and Liberation But
this as to have been ioreseen-rds ioreseen by
thinking men from the first. What then Must
the tragedy Of Saturn and his offspring be ever
more repeated IL seems clear that the hepub.
licans should II only from gratitude Tor what ne
had done have borne and iorborne long before
adding the Pope TO the already formidable array
Of their enemies We have published the ablest
vindications OF their course-we certainly esteem
Al. "A Of Va A.
say that il were far better for Italy and Freedom
that Rossi had never fallen and Plus had never
been shut up in his own palace and impeHed to
steal away from Rome.
But what then DO we believe that the pre-
sent rule in Rome Is that of a factious and small
minority Surely not. Tosuppose that an auda
cious few could usurp the rens Of government
eject the constituted authorities hsllowed by the
sanctions of prescription and religion. and estab
lish pure unclerical Democracy on the ruins of
the temporal pow or of the Pspacy-and ali this at
the cost of scarcely half dozen livesis to fancy
Q blank impossbility. No--tbo Roman People
are very generally weary of despotc, irrespons.
bile priesty government, and prefer 10 try the
experiment of governing themselves. And, while
We sadly wish, for their own sakes and that OF
Universal Liberty, that they had borne the greatly
mitgated evils of their anomalous rule for 4 sea
son, we cannot, without treason TO our Republican
convictions, desire their sublugstion. On the
contrary, we ardently wish that they might pre-
serve and consolidate their liberties in the strag-
gle which il seems to us they have so rashly pro
voked.
That the Pope will be reinstated Is, however,
our belief; but will that restore the Papacy that
wasi Will Pontifi installed and maintained at
Rome by Austrian, Nespolitsn and Spanish bay
onets command the respect and yeneraiion 30
freely accorded to that other Plus whom Napoleon
could easily imprson but could not bend to has
usesl To our mind certainly not. The Pope, up
held by foreign battslions, may still be Head Of
the Church Universal, but can he be the Father Of
the Roman People Can no ever be their real
ruleri VIII he not rather be inevitably the de
pendent, the instrument, OF those who supply the
force that keeps him on his throne We shall see
But let us consider for moment the pretexts
Tor this armed intervention. The following ex
tract from an able and carefully written article IN
7ae Tablet the Catholic organ IN England gives
the argument as compactly as any other
"The great balk of Europe 10 Christian the ciyizs
tion OF Europe 10 Chrstso, worked out In religious
mold To the tree exercise Of the Christian faith the
free exercise OF the Psps power 10 essential, and the
resn5 fsrsighed politicians begin 10 that II II be
han ,ered Ct,ihzstion will not loEg be safe. Here
then. 10 . religious and a political necessity. Most
ssatesueu would go farther but at once would cay
N n be necessary. must be carried out But we can
not zee that In insisting upon the Roman States receiv
las AZ ain their Sovereign whose rights that arrtory
stretch far back into tho very dawn European civil
rston. we are making demand that may De parslleled
20 the arbitrary psrceling OF countries In which kings
and congresses have sometimes INDUCED his tso.
lated reason no human temporary parpoSe, for which
che risnt 40 insisted upon Some nation other must
hear hs oce Of entertaining the Head OF the Catholic
world VINO 90 marked out Tor II 40 those who have
held II since 10 origin, Have they right TO throw cd
their particular functions In the great European family
ana ssv hat others they do not care who shall TAKE
them ins,esdt Each nsion doubtess Is tree, and ma,
choose !ts own form OF Governments but q ~AS .
rcn eesdifons to BE- dsietssd ~ tAt tasra! sys's~
fsrep<as sscsefy asd eirtlafs0s, from whea 40 Sts
can isolate itss nigh suit the private in'eres"
one nation 70 separate ltsef like Japan nom the res
hut IN Europe would be taught thst this T" I'M
o.slhe t.rtber principle sti applies t. the case
Rous Tue good of the individual Stsie must yieh
a, the general good Of all In which also u PArtskes
Inst q individual liberty must yield 20 the well eein
OF the whole community
Others will apprehend this as they esn-w'
can only regard IL, first, as denial, for spee'a