The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-10

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and the French tri- color were also displayed.
The following named gentlemen we're the officers Of
the meetiDg':-
0DO HIT.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Prof. +. Foresti. Prof. B. sillimau.
Col Ashboth. T A. Conkhng,
James Brooks, Sig. Kaufman,
U a. Dana, Aug. Ianson,
Sencr Tolon, MI. Razewissi
Arson g. Phelps,
John McMullep, y. Manetta,
+. weichel, Alex. Frey.
Ira B. Davis, ". Forbes.
At the appointed hour the Tabernacle was about two
thirds alled. Many ladies were present.
Mr.. DWIGHT called the meet ny to order, end said that
he was Unexpectedly called UPON to preside over the
meeting-the gentleman (the Mayor of Brooklyn who
had been selected to fill the CHAIR, being unable to at
tend on account of other engagements.
The list of Vice President, as above, was then read.
The President said:-The Roman republic, the ami
versary of which we cele ,rat- IN, evening, was formed
under peculiar circumstances in the year 1910. The
Roman people were called upon-uot by revolution-not
BY an ensepte-but by the G r.arn ,auces of the case, to
form for themselves a new government. The successor
Of a long line Of prelates hea and l~oandOnsd the govern.
ment. They returned to tba. rorm Of government which
had been wrested from them nearly nineteen hundrei
years before, when the repubia had been suppressed by
usurpaticn. They were thus lefa at liberty to choose
for themselves q new firm Of government. and
how did they sustain itY Ask the citizens OF
New York who were in Rome ut the time-ask
cur fair countrymen, many Of whom remained
in the city during the briel existence Of that republic,
How 1t was sustained with ~unan!mity, with moderation,
with mildness, with order. with decorum. Applause
And the asssssins, SO long rae pest OF Rome, myste.
riously disappeared. (Laughte- aud applause.) The
government also opened that iostt Ition the iaiquities
Of which had been hid from tse hghi for three hundred
years, and pl apparel 10 erect ut.oa its ruins a listing
monument CT their detestattoa W. are alao asse nbled
to celebrate another important eytnt ia Italian history
the formal deposition OF tle repre- .~eDtStivs of q Lac of
priests who have arrogatef 70 themselves temp oral
power IN opposition TO the Is oae This despotism wts
overtb ro~n and Afterwards r. established by the aid Of
French bay onets. That young republic resisted a long
and vigorous siege by the French aud two other armies,
making an entire force OF nolless tbau ninety thousand
men, although the whole population Of Rome at the
time was not much greater than that Of our sister
city, Brooklyn; and II vas not Until ~treachery had been
used ss a wea pom against hem that the Roman repub-
licaps succumbed. We have met TO cast our eyes over
the vista OF the past Far he " from me to attempt TO
do justice 10 such q sight. b.. We are also to look for.
ward, and who can Fay how soon me Of our Vice Presto
life in q dungeon, and has been .xiied TOR his devotion TO
The cause of republican Liberty, shall again proclaim
liberty in his native land Lshe iolisha Gag wa' brought
one OF our numbsr, who at the time of the declaration
Of the republic, laid aside bis stud es aod the robes Of q
counsellor to serve as a private soldier in the army Of
the republic, and Afterwards as a member of the Con-
~stituent Assembly, which formally ceposed the Pope aud
the republic, and calmly sa,batea each srtioie, While
the guns Of the ~besiegers were heard outside the walls,
and had prepared q rule OF government to present to
the people on the very day when the hostile army enter.
ed the city. Hos long will II b. before these men shall
agsin sand forth among the lioerato's of their distress
Nh. hoMuEIES read letters Of sympathy and excuse
from Prof. korse, Prof. Silliman, Maytr Hall, OF Brook
81; George J. billiard, Esq, u Bqston; Hugh Maxwell,
The PRESIDENT then introduced Professor + Xix Foalsrr,
who addressed the audience in Italian. The Professor
said
Beautiful and foil OF hope viii EVER he that page in the
history OF Italy, which record the decree Of the consti.
1s4o, sbolilhed, in the lame Of che people, the Pipsi
theoors cy, and substituted in rs place n republican de-
mocracy. This decres fuldled the ancient desire OF
christerdom to see the Pope reduced to his pristine
authority and priestly mission alone. This was the ne
dent desire that Dante, Petra rch, Boccacio and Cola do
Nepsi expressed In the midst of te religious fanaticism
Of the middle age-it was the oft. repeated desire of Mac.
chiavelli and OF his several accomplished enlightened us.
com Of Arnaldo di Brefc,a, add Of Ssyonarold and Brure;
q desire confirmed by Alderi, and since by the greater
part Of the Italian writer's Of these latter times. We are
here tonight to repeat this same desire; TO commend IL
to those who shall come after us, ana thus to protest
against the violence Of these collesgued foreign Powers,
who replaced the Pope on the throne, contrary to the
free and unstedly expressed wishes of the Roman people;
and In SO doing, We mean not to attack the religious
feelings OF those who, be thy pr. sent or absent profess
n fliaI devotion TO the Church Of rome; we respect the
dogma, the worship, the pcptihcate, but not the pontif-
cal sovereign. It may be that rot~i hstanding our pro-
test IN regard 10 the Two 1StlnC powers d u rope, W Y
fhall be ~overtaben by the apnthemas OF the Vatican or
Its prtjudiced believers; but this will not deter us from
denouucirg with the frantness Of truth, 1. That the
temporal dominion Of the Popes Is vicious In its origin.
2. That IL was always exercised with great evil to the
people 3. That this injurei people had, AMI has the
inalenable right TO free itself from that Power. ev,n by
force. IL Is a childs' s~tory-that the Popes, at drst
poor. holy and humble Bishops, became sovereign
princes IN virtue OF a donation which the Emperor
and Of other successive cnes bestowed by the Emperor
Pepin ar a the Countess Matilda. OF the two former gifts,
there Is no record or trace in ahy authentic document;
the hrst appears 10 be up yonoer In the moon, where,
according 10 Ariosto, Astolfo saw II among the things
the DARK ven Of remote times; and the third gift, which
10 o historical fact, Ia by US, as II was in all times. con.
siesred the arbitrary and hiegi,im ate act Of a bIgottei
woman wLo received from INST er heavenly nor earthly
power, the right TO give and sell states and people, ash
they were farms and cattle. That II was so regarded, Isl
TACT which all our nunicipal chronicles OF Italy VI ani-
mously rrove, by relating that tn 20 called holy Roman
See appropriated 10 itself by fraud and force OF arms
were governed as republics or independent principalities.
II 10 true, as regards these usurpations OF political domi.
niop, that the Roman Court did neither more nor less
than follow the example Of almost all the existing M.
marches. And for this reason we would not ma 70 II a
special rcpicach against the ptpes IL they had, rs did the
The res ple a civil goyernmcn, more or less liberal, en-.
~iighiepsd nd Christian But 1t was not 70. We assert
itas . fact, which can even nov be verified BY any one
who. free from the ~prejudices OF party, aud guided by
GOOD sense, Is willing 10 judge Of things By his oxn eyes
fst Us consieer II briefly. The dcspotie monar ,l,es, and
ths principal aim Of their government the greatest posi-.
BILE good to the people. This Is in~cuicated 10 them, either
BY their own interest, or by religion, or by con stitution.
al ~conpacts or popular opinion. Therefore, In these gov.
efnments, We see perfect equslity among the citizens in
regard 10 the 1aws-not restricted jurtsdictions-not pri-
vifeges Of condition-but distributions OF public en-
pigments 10 worthy and usefol men q financial system
the least possibly grievous and heavy; the public reve-
nues poured out again amoug the people, either By sala.
ped ohBces, or by works which difuss or protect popular
education, agriculture, commerce and industry. In the
Papal government, on the contrary much seems done
for the btneht Of the clergy, and but little for the people.
Here the clergy are omnipotent, Tor they have IN their
HANDS TIE Ubiquitous monopoly Of all that can render
man happy, either In public or private life. The priests
have . forum special 70 the clergy: These, when convict.
than that prescribed BY the laws. They suffer generally,
not In . penitentiary AZ do others. but in Q convent
Blessed prison kpicurean life The poor people are BY
them constrained 10 support, not only the ordinary bat
also extra Judges, who menace or torment them every
mnnlt nh other on true. or ffixolona O, anrcinna IRE