The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-08

Joseph MaZZini.

The Ex- rriumvir Of Observation-Disclosures
men may differ from him In opnon--must by all
be admitted to be q man OF conspicuous ability
energy, and eloquence, and one who for more than
twenty years OF an agitated life has uniformly
played a remarkable and consistent, if not always
wise and prudent part in the affairs of his country
'ihe son of physician Of considerable repule at
Genoa MaZzini like most young Italians of respect
able family, dedicated himself al an early age to
the study Of the law, and was in due course ad-
miited an advocate But with the eager and i'm.
petuous zeal Of some Of his counirymen, the Pam
deers and the Code were soon abandoned for
politics, and the future tribune and ttiumvir had
scarcely more than attained mans estate when he
found himself object Of suspicion and ,urucii-
tatce to some of The authorities of his country.
ms Is neither surprising nor wonderful. Anterior
TO 1880 all the governments Of Italy but one were
ob-cunntist and retrogade-and perhaps, there
was not among them all, with The exception of the
PopedOm and the Cabinet of Naples, & government
VINO had less excuse 10 offer for lis sins of com
mission and of omission than The Cabinet Of Sar-
DINA.
The French Revolution of 1880 found many Of
the young men of Genoa and Turin ripe for change
and, considering the excitement and eifsrvescence
which were communicated from Paris and the
French frontier to the kngdoln of Savoy it is not
wonderful that Giuseppe Mazzini, whose extreme
opinions were previously known, should have been
compromised IN revolutionary movements, and
obliged, in consequence, to fly from his native city
lie was If We mistake not, conde mned to death
~" H'"t"NhLo ii iDoV, siUCe lloH lOF twenty
long years with the exception ol his short demo.
cfatlcal reign of a lweivemonth in Rome) his life
has been the life of 3 wenderer and an exile.
vi most of the secret societies which have been
formed for the Independence and political unity of
Italy, mazzn has been leading member OF
Two or three OF Them he has been the founder the
apoatle the coniessor-all, indeed, but the martyf
or The victim OF the ancient CarbonQrt he was
IN his youth Jealous MEMBER and of the societies
oil Young Italy aud of Young Europe he may be
nrDDIllnppI lnG nA nj md th.
most man. The expedition to Savoy was, we be.
ieVe, one OF the frnl.s Of his peEsevering efforts
and the expedition to Calabtia in 1914, in which
the two unfortunate brothers Bandiara tsons of an
Admiral in tie service Of Austria) suffered was
dients against existing governments and authori-
ie5' Such were some Of the dolngs Of a man w..u
has recently acquired II European nutoristv IS II
lhaale OF Rome; aud who, whatever his faults of
OMISSION or conillssun, cannot be accused of aDy
want Of talent or uf zeal-of any personal or ror
rupt ends. Mazzini, in looking for an independent
and United Italy, Is seeking for II chnera which
We sppreheni, will not BE- found in our tay but
IN pursuing this misChievous but, according TO
him, brilliant aud laudable phantom it is imposs-
bic 10 deny that he has exhibited energy, euthu-
sasm, sngleness OF purpos" and literary ability
equally rare and remarkable, II. may, if you Will
be desperate ana dangerous enthusiast, and if We
were ourselves Officially connected with the Aus
tro Italian, the NeapolltIn, or the Sandman Co
vernments, we should sn think him. But, admit
ting this TO be so, his appeals to his counry
are not the less remarkable, the less spirit stirring
and, by consequence, the less dangerous. London
Morning Herald.