, 1860-04-13
IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FROM
ITALY.

PETER GALl1sa, an 1taliaa exile in thia city,
formerly captain in the army Of Charles Al
bert, and an actor in the trsubles Of 1913. re-
ceiyed, by tile last steamers mail, q
document, which, more clearly thnn any
thing that VIC have seen, reveals the aninus Of
the italian people, in their contest with the
Pope. 1u order to more etIectuaily cpposs tie
Papal supremacy, the Liberals isavo issued tho
following form Of a Declaration, which, as the
reader will scc. is simply renuaciation Of
Popery, and p'ejge Of return to the Christi
auity Of which Catholicism is only gross cor
ruptioo:
''NY EMPIRE IS NOT or 71,s woELp.'
Whereas, The visible head Of the Noman Cath
o!ic religion has become i traitor to its para
mount requirements;
Nh.,ta*, He. like Herol, tears innocent cb,!-
dreu from the hearts Of tller fathers and moth
ess, in exccrat!c contradiction of The laws Of
nature, contrary to tue dosmas Vi tha. religion,
and its chief requirements;
WMffds, Tic destruction, the murders and
maesacre in the city Of 1'erugia, the crowded
prisons, the tauish,neuts, the emigration il,
masses, not only slow Ills separation fron the
principles ot that religion, but lis total apos-
tacy;
1t.ser<os, He alone is opposed to progress aud
liberty, Naich should exist according to The
spirit OF his religion, and therefore is III enemy
ot its principles;
lEAertG<, That By concord. confidence and
ki"doess he should lead his people aud make
tlen happy, but not opPress Them by the con-:
tlnuance 81 the foreign despo!ism Of vilninous
nlercenarlcs. and tEns tnslave them contrary to
the principles Of that religion;
!, Hhertqs Tkat, as the official documents Of
the Pai,al government published in the .Noaifore
III Eozo9nl, and the records Of Bologna, F:ten-
II, Ferrara, fayenna, For1i, etc, prove that the
government asandons the States Of the Church
10 the arbitrary whims OF that sappujaa;y
butcherer Of tile liberties Of the people. the
Austrian government, contrary to the system Of
every sood government aud to that religion and
its principles:
Hhtrea<, As by !;o,nan Catholic priests, ia
consequences Of their Involuntary celibacy, aud
BY men ant women belonging 10 the uumbtr-
ous crimes We're committed, whlle they joitcr in
fdicness aud thus do deeds which are contrary
t. luHa1i aad divine laws, u7j to tllr principles
Of that religion;
lAfr<as, lie, in consequence Of lis purely
worldly ambition, is the cause Of slavery anil
houdsbed, contrary to the principles Of that
religion,
before God and men, that, u I will no longer
ne subject CT an apostHte, desNot, q bloody
minded tyraut and IN ambitious ruler; aud rs
the principles which I sucked in 4. the breast
O. my mother, are not his principles. but tile
pr'nciples Of divine mercy. lese, concord, aud
n'an who is abhorred by the whole world, aud
that hereby return to the pure, true, ,and genu-
inc religion Of Christ.
Letters accompanying this Declaration say
that in all the cities Of the Rumagna, Of tue
l'uchics Of Lombardy and Piedmont, the docu-
nlcnt is generally circulated aud almost uni
rersally eigned. Itis read aloud in the streets,
the coleo-houses and places OF amusement, in
the face Of priests, policemen and soldiers, and
no ono Of either class questions the right Of
the people 10 do with it as they will IN
Genoa the reaction against Papacy is 50 slroug
TINT, within the year two Protestant Churches
havo been opened to Il crowd Of worslppers
III tile reformed and purified faith. 1u Turin,
tho same advance has been made, and in
Pineso1e ono new church marks tue progress
ol enlightened opinion
As long as the Italians uphold This declara-
tion' which they arc subscribing, there is no
room for the I'ro:estant world to doubt that
their war against the dcspotis,n both Of Roman
Hierarchy aud Of the State, will be successful,
They strike at the root Of the tree thai has
borne them bitter fruit; they put out the fires
in the old PaPal shop in which their chains
hare been forged Heaven help them IN their |
endeayor after ihe life Of freemont