Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-22
I II E B u GLE .
Muzzinl on The Italian QUESTION.

ly interesting as developeing the radical prin-
ciples of the Italian Rcvoluiiouist:
II is not for inc to give here an exposition
ofthc complete doctrines of young Italy
but hold il important to prove that our lan-
guage to-day is the same ofiwonty years ngo.
We have never dcvintcd from II. Now aS
then, my prcdominatlng idea, aud the WIN
thought of oil our labors, is this fatal scpa-
ration has been established between religious
and political belief, between heaven and
earth; this is why we wander cropping from
one crisis to another, from couvulsve move
meut; without succeeding, without finding
peace. It is necessary to re-unite earth to
heaven. politics To the eternal principles
which should direct them; nothing great or
durable can be done without that. God, Re-
ligion; the People, Liberty in Love; these
two words, which as individuals we inscrib-
ed on our banner in 1881, and which after
wnrds-signifcan phcnomcnon--becnnc
the formula of all the derrecs Of Venice and
of Rome. sum up all for which we have
conibated. all fDr which we will combat unto
victory The people of Italy instinctiyely
comprehended this idea. Young Italy be-
came rapidly powerful. A gradual iranslor-
mntion was effected in n portion Of its en-
lghtcned youth, which became, ! will not
say the most devoted, but the most constant
in devotion TO their country. Two or three
years of struggle aud suffering suffice to eN.
hnust the strength when the inspiring senti-
ment is only one oi reaction, of indignation
ngainst oppression a whole lie is not too
much for n realization Of thought which
seeks to reuniie earth to heaven.
A mighty question is now being agitnicd
in Europe between two principles which
hnvc divided the world since its creation
nnd these two principles are liberty aud au-
thority. The human mind desires to pro-
gress according to its own light not 10y ia-
vor of concession but by virtue of the law of
lis own life. Authority says to il: Rest
where thou art; ! alone strike the hour of
the march; while ! am silent cyerlth:ng
should rest, for all progress which is accom-
plshcd without me and beyond me, is inn
pious. The human mind intcrrogates itself;
il feels its own right and power; it finds that
the germ of progress is la itself, that strength
and right come to it from Cod and not from
nm intermediate power coming between it,
self and God, us if charged To lead il. Hence
spring revolt aud resistance, aud hence the
situation of Europe. The con.
science of the human race Is struggling with
which desires to euchdin il: the
future and the past dispute for the collective
life of humanity, and for that of the indi,i |
dual. Every man who in these struggles,
ever stitled yet ever rc-apperiug; in this Sc
ries of manifestations and violent reprcssions
which have constituted European history for
two-thirds of n century, sees only the action
of some turbulent factions, or the result of
some accidental or material causes, MS Il de-
ficit, a famine, n secret conspiracy or cabinet
intrigue; understands nothing OF the tncls of
history, nothing of the laws OF which, 10y
those facts, history becomes the expression.
And he who in the great questions of the
suffrage, of proetnrian emancipation, and of
sees nothing hut the subjects of
political discussion, having no connection
with the religious idea, with the provideuial
development ofhumanity, understands uGitll-
er man nor God, aud degrades to the proper
tions of n pigmy intelligence, n battle of
giants, of which the stake is step in adj
vance in the universal education oinunkimd,
or a step backward towards the world which
we had believed to have ended with the
middle ages.
The destruction of authority such ms il
now exists; the proclamation of human lib.
erty, whether as n means or ns the end-this
is the problem which Europe has now to
solve. Right or wrong, the human mind be-
lieves that il secs a glimpse of new deslinics,
and n new heaven and in order TO prepare
itself TO realize them. it claims its independ-
ence, it desires to ntorrOgnte humanity upon
what il believes, upon what it expects, aud
hopes; it desires to pnss under revision the
laws oflie aud of its being: old authority
would forbid lie attempt
The question is vital one and one would
lave thought it impossible that there should
exist a single people, or single man, who
did not feel the necessity of deciding between
the two camps, and of giving to one or the
other his name and his active adhesion.-
Aud nevertheless il is not SO. The solidar
" Of all in support Of the principle in which
they believe is ouly understood on one side.
lind This side, irih shame be il sad, is that Of
old authority.
All the powers whose rallying cry is ali-
thority, are allied inr the defensive aud tor
the offensive they fulfill amongst each other
The duties of fraternity; when one is attack
cd the others fly 10 It's aid in time of peace
nm universal propaganda rallies tie lncats of
all. They have n plan, combined action,
aud visible symbol, the Pope. They do
not believe in him; but They feel the want of
n common standard, and they support him.
sirhisrnnlcs, orthodox believers, materialis's,
all those who dely the liberty of the lnlunn
conscience aud lis manifestation by acts, join
hands around his throne
Il is not thus with the powers, with the
nations whose rail- ing cry is Lihery. They
may have hrolhers in their ideal sphere; they
have none upon the field OF reality. Each
s,lstains, defends what hc las been able Ia
conquer of liberty for himself; 80 one rXerrs
himself for the triumph of the plinciple rlSe-
where. The life of God is only sacred to
them so far ms II is didiiscd Ia their own
sphere beyond their own frontiers il he
romes indifferent to them: they abandon il
10 chance, they deliver il over 10 The enemy.
No protection is afforded 10 tho people
which are tortured aud destroyed, no hin
.lrnnce is offered to the hostile forces which