Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10
oRsISI 10 THE kmPER0R.

The sutjO;ned letter, addressed by OE .Isi, the
Italian cons pirat0r who recently s,,en Il ped ~ com.
psss the death oi Louis Nap.leou, was, uy peroisl
zion Of the Emperor, read BY Oreini's cuvLsel, the
distinguished jules Favre, during bis addtsss ~
the jury. Despslring, he said, OF saving the iIis VI
his unhappy clieut, ho astired at least 10 show that
III his desperate aud criminal enterprise, he had
heed actuated BY motives which. when properly d.
tected, are no less honorable than patriotic. tie
Emperor, II IN reported, confessed 10 u feeling OF
coin passion Tor the misguided man VIM, I'm the
steps vt the scahUld;' could pen euch uu appeal ia
behalf ot his country, aud apparently ~ entre Oh.
i'lOn ut sell. While oil mTst shrink with abtIur.
renee hUm the gieat crime into which this Italian
reVUlutlOnist tell, and lille none can duubt that Ia
u po!i.icsl sense 1t WAS no less IA biundei than u
CRIME, yet lew. we imagine, vail reuse to share VI
the sentimeht ascribeu to him whO, rs the personal
object vi Orslhi's attempt. might oi all utherr Ge
least expected to iesl Ur ackpu~ ledge It's presence.
Ii is even stated 10y AZ intelligent correspondent.
that the first impulse Ut the EInyeror Was 10 spare
the cuiprits hle-an act OF imperial ciemency
which ne WAS induced. however, TO iUrego from
considerations vi Indispensable public duty, III re-
spect Tor the the mJesty ot law ard IN main enance
vi his thIoDe. That the best interests Oi France
and vi Europe demand the STABILITY vi that throne
will, We suppose, he questioned by NJ inteIiiSsat
observer ut events aud the resort vi European
putiiuts to the crime Vt ASSASSINATION. AS IA means
vt redress Tor pulincai grivances, Is OF itself sufh
clent to augur their iDcapacity for the enjoy nent
Il civil liberty.
TO Napoleon ILL.,, Emperor Of The French.
The depositlons which | have made against my
self in the course OF the political proceedings
which have been instituted on occasion of the at.
tempt vi the l4th vt January are sufficient to send
me to the scatOld. and | shall submit to my tate
without asking for pardon, both because 1 will not
humillate myself before him who has destroyed
the revlvins liberty of my country. and because
in the situation in which l am now placed, death
for me will be a relief.
Being near the close Of my career, l wish, how.
ever, to make u last effort to assist Italy, whose
independence has hitherto made me pass through
80 many perl!s and to SUBMIT to 30 many sacrifices.
She wus the constant object oil all my affections {;
and 1t Is that idea which 1 wish to set forth in the
words which address to your Maj esty.
In order TO maintain the balance Of power in
Europe IL is necessary TO render Italy independent
or luusen the cbains by which Austria holds her 10
bondage. Shall l ask that, for her deliVersnce,
the blood OF F%renchmen shall be shed for the ltal.
ians No; | do not 60 so far as that. Italy de.
mands that France shall not interfere against her,
and that France shall not allow Germany to sup
port Austria In the struggles in which she may
perhaps be suou engaged. This is precisely what
your Majesty may do. ii you are 50 inclined. GA
your Will, therefore, depends the welfare Ut the
misfortune OF my country. the life or death of u
nation to which Europe is in q great measure
Indebted tor her civilization,
Such Is the pray er which. from my cell, l dare
address to your Majesty, not despairlng but that my
feeble voice may he heard. | Oeseecn your Majesty
restu-e to Italy the Independence which her cnili-
reu lost in 1919, through tle very fuull VI the
French. Let your Majesty call to mind that the
Italians, among whom WAS my father, jIyfully
shed their blood Tor Napoleon tho Great, wherever
he chose to lead them that they were faithful to
him until his tail and that, 80 long as Italy shall
not De independent. the tranquility ot Europe and