, 1860-09-20

uuraveIling and exposing The mistakes ant
shams Of Others, has that in him which is com
pstent to elaborate systems and denl wilh sf
fairs. We need not say that beueath,, Mr.
ScurRz eloquent periods and Apostle illtslra
toms all can SEQ sincers appreciation Of tht
necessity for Liberty as the ground work o
national prosperity and individual happinesl
- ntc: ssiiy which his OWL suGerings for ii.
CAUSE emphasizes and entorces. No trus
that before the canvass closes, Mr. ScurRi
may he heard. in Chicago.
WILL THE ITALIANS FAiLa
With Tho advance Of Ga1ibaldi comes agsir
the expression Of the fear that the Italian
peopls for wEon to labors are unworthy, b.
reason Ct their ignorance, prejudice and super
stition, Of tie boon Of freedom that he il about
to confer upon Them We do not share ths
apprehersious Of the doub:ers; because vt
do not believe that the ignorance is Us gros.
as the world has been led to believe. In spit<
Of the reprcssive measures Of the governments
and tle intolerance Of tue priests, Italy has moi
been wholly without light The spirit Of ths
century has sought and found entrance intt
the Italian mind shrou3 ii avezues that neitse,
civil tyranny ncr religious higotyy c5uld ehu,
and though the masses may not bs preparci
for universal suffrage and the. full erjoymcn'
Of all tie rights which are the heir.looms O,
Americans, they hare that degree CT advance.
ment which fits Them for coostitutionnlism
md TIM, we believe, is the only
object aimed st, Whatever may bstide
though tue license Of the French Reyulu.
tiop is again provoked, and the worst days Of
1898 are brought back-To may be sure that
anything is preferable TO the leaden letAargy,
the crushing Gespotism, the ecclesiastical
tyranny, which have nado Naples aud Rome
such bitter repsoaches to the Christian world.
It is better to pay taxts for guillotiaes than
fer the support cf despots; and though in
their use justice might not always 10 done, it
ia better to i=cur tie risk that = few, who do
not deserve dexth, should die suddenly 1y scs.f
outbreak Of popular fury, than that the 1r4sses
should be ruc:led by inches, that
B,mba and the Poor Old Pope may continue
to reign. The twelve thousand men who suf-
fercd in Paris in 1890 to 1894, including the
victims Of Robespier1e, Couthon and St Just,
in tho reign Of terror, are but an infnitissi-
NAL portion Of ths great army Of martyrs who
lid down or wore out thoir miserable lives
that Louis IT. AID his ftrumpets, and their
lovers md kin to tie teoth degree remoyed.
the idle, d:ssolute and arrogant nobility, anu
the lazy and luxuricus clergy might riot in
wealth wrung out Of tie olo,d and bones OF
The poog. The Cd notion that tie people aEe
no: to be trusied-!hat they are liable 10 ex-
cssses and bIood-that they are enemies Of
law and ordEr-cught, il this country at least
to be exploded ard scattered to the winds.
And that efigy-tllat raw-heads-aud-bloody-
bones scarec,ow, tho French Revcluiioa-.al-
ways held up as an evidences Of the danger Of
popular rule, and as M Indictment for sutmIs-
sion to the continued tyranny Of the few,
should be kicked Cit Of the path in which the
nations will progrese; AID in this country
that grand movement. which made the French
what they a1o-as j: evitable AID as necessa-
r. as the return # the seasons-should!
understood. We canno. study it better thaa
By the light Of pa7sing events.
The friends Of human liberty hope and prsy
that in the conquest Of 1ra1y By her own peo-
pie, moderation 1nsy prevail; ard that as a
measure Of policy rather than Of justice, the
opprcssors who hsyc lattened On the degrada-
tioa Of their ftlows nay be kicked out Of
their places AMI suffered to depart in peace.
Better that, than tbs creation Of mawkish
sympathy for horde Of elegant robbers and
assassins hanged. But it. in the rebound
which will follow the lifting Of The load from tie
masses, there should be events which we, Sc
ezra in the blessings Of freedom, must dep!ore,
lot norc forget lha: though half the property
Of the Neapo'itan Kingdom should bs con1s-
catsd in day, and though the head Of every
instrumen: and agent Of pastoppreesion should
fall in the dust, the co1dscation aud the mur-
dezs are what lave fos nges been gong On
with the sanction Of the Stste religion and the
forms Of unrg.tcous law. There is not tc-
day a man in Naples OF the Two Sicilies who
has not all his lie given half the proceeds Of
his daily toll to pay fer The maintenance Of
the oppression which hes kept him down
paid 70: 70: nnc year only, but every year
alnce the present form Of government was set
up. Ard mslirg large allowance for The fe-
rocltT Of the Eevengtr, mere men have anru-
aly had their breath squeezed Gu. Of them by
The rinehing Of hunger, The life Of the prison,
and 1hs camp, thaa will fa!l in this revolution
asy clash OF arms, or By tic judgments Of amy
tribunnl that tile conquerors will set up. No,
the people are not willing sheddcrs Of blood
not the distu.bers Of PEACE and order.
Their Interest," tbe:r Happiness and their in
olina:on ere a!l identified with good g.veru.
msnt When History is written bY Demo.
Gratis, and tbs balance is struck between tho
people ind their oppressors, men will wonder
why this fact has been doubted, ard why tie
good intentions Of the masses should ever
hare been distrusted With such ideas, we
have no leas thst the 1talians will fail, The COZ.
guest bsing once achieved. We are prepared
for manifestations Of popular fury-ior scenes
that we would not willingly Gee enactei-but
failure is not reproach that they can incur;
because their coud;t,eu, between the cxacticns
Of the State and the superstitioss Of the
Church, cannot bs made worse. Oaly by per-
mittiug tteir rulers, oace expelled, 10 return
with new methods o. tyranny ard d keen
th rst foz revenge, caa lhe sum Of their mis-
fortunes be Increased Long lire Gariba:di!
FRENCH CONSULATE In CHICAGO.
Our citizens may not DO generally aware Of
the establishment in this city Of v;ce-consu-
late, by the Frcnrh Government. This event
took place few months since; and IL Rayin
d'Eipeux, the intelligent gentleman selectedto
fill that pest, has already taken up his resi-
debcs in Our city. He will bc cordially vel
coined as the representative Of nation whose
language il spoken by many thousands of our