, 1860-04-24
v0RK OF THE PEOPLE.

So MITCH is gained. Tho 1talian question
the Roman questionable limitation Of the
temperatures Of the Pope-have been stum'
bling blocks for more than two hundred and
fifty years. They haye been tho cause OF IN
Vulnerable wars, Of the keenest exercise OF
the diplomatic art, and Of countless treaties;
but, as in the case Of Our elayery question at
home, every war, every diplomatic effort and
every treaty has but added complications to
what seemed to be incxtricab]y complicated
before Relerrsd to the people, tho settle
ment is easy. We see the result in Northern
Italy. With degree Of courage tempered
viii, canton, so unexpected in nations Of wider
and deeper culture in the art Of self'govern'
men. as always 10 be the occasion Of
surprise: with rare patriotism and still
rarcr unanimity, tie people Of Tuscany, Parma
Hodena, L,cca and Of tho Romagna havo u1'-
dertaken the solution Of the difficult problem
over which statesmen have halted; and the
keenest human vision cannot now see that
they have not achieved success. Needing,
first Of a1l, a. degree Of national unity that
would give them numerical strength aud moral
weight against any foe, they resolved On an
ne1ation to Sardinia. THIS they have peace
fully and honorablr accomplished. The King
dom Of Northern 1taly, under tho rule Of the
humane and patriotic Victor Emmanuel, to-
day numbers nearly thirteen and a-half nillions
Of people, animated TO tho last man by a love Of
country that nothing can rerress, and bya lovo
offrccdom llat nothing will overcome, Needing
constitutionalism as Tho iuitial point from
which their proposed reforms might flow out,
they recognise and adopt the Institutions Of
Sardinia rs the nearest practicable attainment
Of Their want. Feeling Is drag which they
could no longe. pull after them, the assumed
supremacy Of the Roman pontiiI, this they have
thrown ofrand stand in IN attitude which means
defiance Of tue bulls and anatlemas which he
may utter And all this is quietly and harmo-
niously accomplished. A New York election
for Mayor would have caused more r;oting,
moro disorder, more blood than have been seen
in Northern Italy since the day Solferino was
fought; and 80 earnest has been tho spirit Of
the people and so rcsolutc their determination
to uphold what they have wrought out, that
though 10 monarch is satisfied, none dascs
interfere to prevent the ripening Of the fruit Of
tho tree which the people hare planted So
much, then, has been gained: In the farce Of
opposing forces, civil, ecclesiastical and mill
tary, tho sovereignty Of the Italian people LAS
had its full scope-has worked out its own
cure for the ills which war, diplomacy and
popery have confessed themselves unable to
remove.
There Is another act in tho drama. Italy is
not yet an unit Rome, or rather the tempo
ri power Of the Pope. 1aid like nm incubus
upon the Eternal City, must feel the touch Of
the popular sovereignty which has emancl-
pated Lombardy, tic Duchies and the No'
magma; and Naples, get governed by de-
scendant Of the Bourbon who has made The
sltars Of every family smoke with the blood
Of some one offered up in sacrifice to the de-
moniac spirit ly which ho was inspired, needs
fortnight Of revolution, the wholesome les
son Of the quicl.moring guillotine in the hands
Of tho sdns 'es1lot'es, and then her way along
tho path which the Nonhern States Of the
Peninsula hare trod, is easy. The indications
now are that the day for Rome and Naples is
not far of.