New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-28
OUR CONSUL AT GENOA.

OUR CONSUL AT GENOA.
By the teerraphic sdvices received from Halifax.
learn that there can longer be doubt respecting
the Court Of Turin to grant the customary EzeqRg~
OF Consul at Genos TO our respected iellow-ezen L
Liz FoREsTI The pretext which the Piedmontese Min
istry sets forth justification for It's conduct Is that
Mr. Foresti is disciple and friend of Mazzni but the
fact is that he was in the Austrian dungeons Spieberg
with Peeo GOnfalOnen and their companions long be-
fore the name Of Mazzni was known and Of the two
the latter should therefore rather be called the disciple
Nr Forestiis native Of the Province of Ferrara in
tie States of the Pope. At early age and without
the consent Of bis father, he joined the army under
Napoleon fighting against Austria, but after some
months tie influence Of his father caused him to be
sent home as being under the legal age required for
soldier Ills was just before tie peace on the fall Of
Napoleon He then entered tie University OF Bologna
and after graduating there followed the profession Of
the law in which lie obtained so great a reputation as
to he invited by the Austrian Government to accept the
apuOintmcnt OF Judge Ia the important district OF Pos
houeh only 3 years Of At the age Of q he Was
arrested the head Of the Carbonad the Austrian
side ofthe Po and after years ofimTrisonueni IN
Ter accusation was eventually in November l122, con
, deuned to death While under sentence lie remained
forty days in those dungeons Of the Pozz Or wells Of
Venice which had. since the French Revolution been
closed Icing considered too horrible for use The
clomMcy Of the Emperor subsequently committed tne
fenteicc to chains in the fortress Of spelbcrg onl
upon tue death of the Emperor Francis in 1885. the
new roycrcim allowed tie prisoners OF state 70 leave
i,r America where they brought on bOaTl of the
row famous corvette lIussar On the occasion OF the
coronation Of The Emperor. general amnesty was is
sued for political offenders and Fores was allowed by
Austria 10 return to Italy. He did not however tike
adyant &c Of the permission. IN he early part Of the
pont. cate Of Plus N. he wss recalled by decree
sent to tie Mayor Of lis native place that both Aus
tia. which had condemned Lhn, and Rome, OF which
State lie was O native have officially Withdrawn all op
position to lis return to Italy. How then can tAc
Government of Piedmont against which State Forest
las committed no ofenae and within the borders Of
which he has never entered, iary refuse to ackuoWl
EDGE Lin % 'he United .ates Consul
Previous to tlc italian revolutionary movements of
Isi7 and - the Government OF Piedmont cor rs it il
sometimes called Sardinia despot'c as were those
Of al lic other Italian States. In February ISIS ths
revolution being triumphant in Palermo. the King oi
Naples Bomba granted q Constitution ~ check the
procres of the nsurrection soon tue people Of other
paris on Italy cried rir TO tie King who had though
rcluctsntly conceded this step TO public opinion, ami
quickly tie other soycregns found that it necessar
TO initiate Lis example or let hin make political c6pi
raj for himself aouc Thus the Constitutions Of Tua-
ca1y, Piedmont and Rome we're conceded. The Re-
pubcaus gave their assent to these Constitutions, AMI
50 long as they were not inrnged showed hostility
to their uouarchs; but so soon as the several princes
.,f,o9 .ant mt AZ fhasa psper
compacts they were destroyed. and with them their
supporters. Tie Kingdom Of Piedmont alone pre-
serves the name of Constitution though in fact
We have seen that persons arbitrarily arrested
and cxied 70 America for opinions soke, aud
in November l549 the King. in Lis famous prOclama
ton dssoving the Assembly of Representatives plain
y stated that lie had taken hat because the
Deputies we're not subserycnt TO bis viii therefore
that they were in fault, and that il tie Assembly
were to oppose him, il would not be Iii, fault if lie
should not maintain the Constitution. The prudence
of the leading in the country procured the return
OF set of Representatives not nimcal TO the Court
ard thus Tor the time at least the Constitution per
mtted TO remain. The position OF the Court OF Pied
mont in any European movement mas, be most EN-
barrassng FOR tie truly liberal party for since there
YET exists Constitution. many of tie Liberals dislike
after DE experience ofhe last FIVE years for the peo
pie their return TO power to suffer any monarchy
to exist on that continent.
There can he no doubt that the Ped.aontese Govern
ment lave the right peremptoriy refuse reception
10 any Consul or other diplomatic agent sent them By
any power. This is too wei established b universal
usage aul public law 10 be questioned for moment
and does ROT constitute good ground for protest
repIisss the part Of tie Government whose repre-
sentative tlus rejected. But It may wei De doubted
whether Piedmont gives proof Of wisdom IN his act
When Spain receives Soult the flbuster when Va.
pies admits Owen tie ultra radical and England makes
10 objection 70 GeorgeN Sanders Notwithstanding hi.
late Review wont to assail her monarch aid GOV
eminent there il valid why Piedmont should
exclude Forest 1T any rate. it is a confession Of
weakness which government that boasts of its liber
asm and It's bold the affections Of the people would
more wisely have refrsined from making
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