The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-13
Manifesto of tho Roman Republic to oil
Nations.
THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

new nation presents itself TO you 10 solicit and
TO offer friendly feeling respect and fraternity The
nation that formerly was the most ilustrious one on
the face Of the earth, presents itself TO you as a
new one. But between the ancient grandeur and
this resurrection, tho Papa power stood for upwards
of a thousand years People of Europe, we knew
each other when the name of the people Of Rome in
spred terror; we have known each other when our
name excited pity. You may abhor the memory of
that age OF dominion and violence, but you cannot
condemn US TO excite for the pity of the world
Which OF you would wish TO be pitied2 The people
Of the Roman State have determined TO reform their
political constitution and have created Republic;
and before this great act of the imprescriptble
eregny Of the people, the past is destroyed and van
ishes The people have willed 1t. WHO'S above the
people1 God aone; but God created the people for
liberty. The pepole have wiled It. and they need not
seek justification for The pas their is anterior
toevery human nct But, II we turn our eyes to the
of the Papal power, much more 80 than the latter,
when II contemplated the ruins of ancient polt.
ical greatness. The history of Italy was tale Of
sorrow, and large portion Of II was ascribed TO the
Papal power. And Notwithstanding, when the
Pope came forward and placed the cross on the ma
tional banner, the world that the Italians were
ready 10 forget The faults Of the Holy See and the
revolution began in the name Of Pope But that
was the tombstone OF what Pope could or could
not do The predecessors OF the last sovereign had
been TOO cautions 10 attempt the trial. and their
power was measured only by tho misery entailed
upon the people The last sovereign the first TO
covered thar he had revealed terrible truth namely
the inpoiency Of the Papal power to render the
Italian nation free, independent and glorious he
wished to Withdraw from the work but it was too
late, for Papacy had Judged ITSELF II Is hence that
the downfall Of Popery has been so near its glory
the glory rf the Papal power the northern light
thar precedes darkness. We still hoped but a sys-
TEN Of reaction was the answer that came from The
Papsi power. Reaction fell the Pope at first dis
senbled cav The tranquility Of the people and fed
and in his flight he bore with him The certainty OF
exciting civil war; he violated the political cohstiu-
ton, left us without government repolled the mes
srngers OF The people, iomenied discord then threw
himself into the arms Of the most ferocious enemy
Of Italy, and accommodated the peoplei These
facts sufficiently show that the Papal sovereignty
neither could, nor would, modify itself; and nothing
was le but 10 bear or destroy It. II was DESTROYED
II the beralty of kings the liberation Of nations
had placed the Papal power In the city of the Scpi
0s and Caesars, instead of In the heart of France or
on the banks OF the Danube or the Thames, was that
reason for depriving the Italians Of all the rights
common to nations Tho country and libcriyl And
" IL be lrne that the possession Of temporal soye-
rcignty be necessary to the spiritual power of the
Pontificate although II was moi on such condition
that Jesus Christ promised Immortality 10 bis
Church. was Rune then destined to become the mai.
fimoDy OF the Pope, and be so forever Rome the
patrimony Of sovereignty, that 10 subsist WINS forced
10 Cypress, and TO be glorious was forced 10 fall
And, as patrimony Of Papacy, was Rome to be
the permanent cause OF the ruin Of Italyl Rome
whose traditions, whose NAME nay, whose ruins 40
loudly speak OF liberty and patriotism, Provoked
and abandoned to ourselves we have effected thc
revolution without splitting drop Of bloodwo have
re-sdifed almost without letting the sound OF demo
lltion be heufd-we have completely nprooied the
sovereignty Of the Popes, after having patiently sub
mitted 10 II for many ages--not from any hatred
Of Papacy, but from love for our country When
revolution has been effected with such mornty OF
purpose and means IL is at proved that this peo
pie did not deserve 10 be under the sway of Papacy
but was worthy Of being its own master--worthy of
Ia fhn If lat. a
mtted into the great family Of nations, and Of OBJ.
tanning your friendship and esteem The Roman
republic VIII bear the stamp Of Its origin II will
depce of the Pontih, TO whom the religion OF 4 re-
publican people will be worth more than a fcw roods
Of territory The Roman republic proposes to ap
ply the laws of morality and universal charity 10 the
line VI conduct II intends 10 follow and TO the deyeI
opener, cf its political life. For the Assembly.
The President, @. GALlrTII.
kons, March z. ~ " Herald