New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-24

haid Italian Young Men. Mii,sry f1Hefs.i
Havoc Of the Siege. Courage Of As1zinl-- arc
ness Of the London Tlmes
He.srs. Grsei>y + MrErah
Wtat shall write Of Rome IN these saa Dot
glorious dsysl Plain facts are the beat Tor ny
feelings I could not find tit words
Wseo last wrote the second t Of the French
comedy was being played.
Ia tie frat, the French Gpvernment Affected to
consult the Assembly. The Assembly Or ma
,or,tv Of the Assembly affect 20 believe the Pfetext
I, sv and voted funds for 900 men to 90 70 Cav
ia yecchla Arriving there, OuoIoot proclaimed
that h.. had come as friend and brother. he
uss received as such. Immediately be took POS
session Of the town, dissrmed tile Roman troops
and poblished manifesto IN direct opposition 70
his first.
He sends to Rome that he is coming there az
friend. receives the answer that be is not wanted
and cannot be trusted. This answer he chooses y
consider ss coming from a minority and as'Hnce'
on Rome. The pretended majority on which he
counts never shows itself BY single motion WIN
il the walls. He makes al assault and - defeat
ed. Ga this subject his dispatches 70 'ls Govern
neut are fan Of fasehoods that would disgracein
lowest piek. Fockstlslssheees 1hirfr1' ~ ''Af'O'
sible e-sboala- not know 20 De such
The Assembly passes vote OF blame d. boo''
Bonaparte writes a letter of compliment snd as
surance that this course Of violence SHAH DC su'
tanned. In conformity with this promise l2'OOO
more troops are sent. This time it is not thought
necessary to consult the Assembly ~
SECOND ACT 81 -
Now appears in Rome NJ. Ferdinand, Lesseps'
Envoy. &c. Of the French Government. He de
clsres himself clothed with full powers to treat
with Rome. He cannot conceal his surprise at all
he sees there,at the ability with which prepare
tons have been made for defense, at the patriotic
enthusiasm " hich pervaded the population New
ertbeless, in beginning bis game OF treaty MAKING
he was not ashamed to insist on the French occu'
pying the city. Again and again REFUSED ne
again and again returned TO the charge on thls
point. And here | shall translate the letter al
dressed to him by the Trumvrate, both for its per
feet candor of statement and 10 give an idea OF the
sweet sxd noble temper with which these treseh'
erous aggressions have been met.
NOTE OF The TRIvMvIRs ID MONSIEUR LEssEFs,
Ms, ls 1919
our note Of the 10th with some information as 10 the
unanimous consent which was given the formation Of
the Government OF the Rsman Republic. We, today
would speak TO you of the actual question: such as 1t is
debated in fact If not 10y right, between the French
Government and ours You will allow us to doit with
the irsnkness demanded by the urgency of the stua'
ton a. well as the sympathy which ought to govern
all Citations between France and Italy. Our diplomacy
ryfv To your mi ssiOn :
guarantee that the best possible Interpretation wii
be given to what we shall cay TO yeu.
With your permission we return Tor an instant 10 ln'
source OF the present situation.
In consequence Of conferences and Arrangements
which took place without the Government Of th'
Roman Republic ever being called to take part j, was
sometime since decided by the Catholic Powers lot
That modification should take place in the Govern
ncpt and institutions of the Roman States I'd, That
this modification should No. for basis the return OF
Plus IX. not AS Pope, I'D tha. no obstacle is inter
posed by u.s. but sStcmpord sovereign 3D. That ILL., to
attain that aim, .continous intervention was Judged
necessary, that Intervention should take place.
wa arc willing 10 admit that while for Of tho
contracting Governments the only motive was the
homo If n General restoration and absolute return 70
the treaties of 1873 the French Government wat
drawn into this agreement only in consequence Of er
,opeous information tending systematically to depic
the Roman states as given up anarchy and governed
nv terror exercised in the OF an sudscons minor
~, We know also that IN the modification proposed
the French Government intended to represent
=, influence more or less liberal, opposed TO tn
| absolutist programme of Austria and OF Naples
II does none the less remain true that under the Apos
tolic or Constitutional form, with without liberia
tho he dominant though
in all the negotiations TO which We allude has beer
some sort of return toward the past, compromise
between the Roman people and Plus TX considsTed a
,enDor,l prioee ,.'. t5N1 !
We cannot dissem6le to ourselves, Monsieur, tina
the French expedition has been planned and executed
under the inspiration Of this thought Its object was
on one side. to throw the sword OF France into th'
balance of negotiations which 10 be opened q
Rome on the ether to guarantee the Roman people
from the excess OF reuogsde, but slwayseQ condition
tbs, it should submit consstutuuQnaT mcpsrehy II
favor of the Holy Father This ia aj9(ed tyus partly
from iuforms,ions which we belieyS Npossess as Il
the concert with Austria. from Thy proolamStons o
General Oudinot from the formA declarations made
nv successive ENJOYS me 1nfvirate. from the 81
lence obstnatey msiutained Always when We have
.oush, TO approach th political question and cbtan
formal declaration tie fact poved 10 eog cote OF The
10th ia that the nstitutNps ~ which people
are governed at are the frefxd spStaneou'
expression OF the wish OF the people invo!abe when
legally Intercepted For the rest the vote OF the
French Assembly sastsins implicitly the tact that We
affirm.
In presence OF such situation under the menace OF
an nadmssible compromise, and of negotiations winch
the state of our people way provoked, our part
Monsieur could not be doubtful. To resist-we owed
this to our colntry, 70 France to all Europe We
ought, in iul6lment OF mandate Loyalty given, loyal
" accepted to maintain to country the inviola6h
IT, so Tar as that possible to US, OF its territory
aud of the institutions decrced by all the powers, by
all the elements, of the state We ought TO conquer
the time needed for appeal from France uniformed
TO France beternformed 10 Save the sister Republic
the Disgrace and the which must be hers H.
rsshy led on by bad suggestions from without she
became, before she was aware accOmphee OF en- act
OF violence to which we can End parallel without
going back to the first partition of Poland in l7'2-
We owed to Europe 10 maintain, as far as We could
the fundamental principles OF al international lie, tue
independence OF each people in all that concerns It's
internal administration We say IL without pride, Tor
it with enthusiasm that resist the attempts OF
the NespOltsn monarchy and OF Austria our eternsi
enemy. is with profound grief that we are ourselves