The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-02

Mazziui, tt Il said. wrote = letter 10 Napoleon,
Threatening that II orsin were executed, he would
ssn.s the death Of the whole Imperial family, In
e,n iins the child The letter VAS designed to
work upon the maternal apprehcnsions Of Euge-
ME, and d said 10 have had that effect. The km-
press was much alarmed, and I, reported to have
mads great exertions 20 ave 0rsini, for the pur-
pose Of saving her offspring. There can be no
doubt that she has reason for her soicitude. The
iiiussrious Mszzini IL equal to the heroic exploit
which he promises, and win only defer she execu-
tion OF 1t till be hads an instrument suitable for
his purpose. Having endeavored to murder
won an, and actually killed number Of innocent
persons 10 his iaudablo purpose Of sssassinas'ng
king, he can have no qualms of conscience on the
subject Of slaughsering helpless babe. But Alaz'
zu II not enc Of those reckless and inconsiderate
patriots who sacrifice themselves, or in any way
expose their own precious persons, for the sake
Of the public aood He feels the Importance of
his valuable life to the welfare and happiness OF
humanity, and with a degree of good sense
and discretion even greater than bis love OF
liberty, operates by proxy in all deeds which
invoIve the contingency Of bodily harm Thus
he has been the honored cause of various
attempts at iusurrection in Italy. the immediate
agents Of which have uniformly come to bloody
end, plunging their helpless families in profound
distress and destitution. whilst the secret worker
Of the wires has escaped in every case without 80
much rs eudangering hair Of his head In this
manner he made tool of 0rslni and his fellow
conspirators, whilst he himself IL snugy ensconc-
ed in that ''den of asssssns" which the French
Colonies 40 rashiy desire to explore with drawn
swords. It is natural that the magnanimous MAJ
aini should be incensed at the unreasonable and
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the men who endeavored to blow him and his fam
sly sky high, and actually succeeded in killing
and manning hundred and more Of unsuspect-
ing Frenchmen. lie will, therefore, kill Eugenie
and the baby as soon as he can fnd Red Repub
iioan Thug who will execute his purposes,
thnush we do not doubt that he has the nerve to
perform that praisewor,hy deed with his own
hands II ms oould only waylsy his victims in a
dark sight. and In the absence of any man with a
beard on his lip to render them protection.
We cannot help contrasting such patriots as
Mazzini with the man whose bronze statue gilt
tiers In the sunlight on our Capitol Square, aud
whose noble steed would sully his hoofs by
iabbIng them In the blood Of an assassin. Think
OF George Washington endeavoring to sssassinate
the British tyrant by hiring band of despera
docs to blow mp his carriage, and threatening the
lives OF his wife and children. The bare idea is
profauation.- How the heroes OF the American
Revolution loom mp In their moral majesty, conf
pared with these skuIking miscreants who bring
Disgrace on the sacred of Liberty, by crimes
which cause humanity to shudder In the seven
years war which achieved American Indepen
denoe, what soldier of liberty used the dag
ger Of the assassin, or made war upon women aud
chIldreni The descendants of those heroes have
DO sympathy with kingcraft in any of its forms.
but their generous souls revolt at the baseness
which skulks from a despot in open field, and
makes midnight assaults upon his wife and chill.
dren. All Americans would rejoice to see Europe
FREQ and capable of freedom, but the goomiest fea
ture 10 the prospect of the worlds liberation, is
the character Of the men who set up them selves
as the leaders Of the democratic movement In the
Old World. How can continent become free whose
people are either unable or unwilling to broak
their chains, and whose relian !or liberty Is not
bold and manly blow for Fl Iom in the open
field, but the stettoes and Internal machines OF
a selfish and cruel conclave of secret and craven
eonspiratorsl