New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-20

| signed Tor lis aDO1llOn are TWO. fHst: because
the Concordat was virtually null and void from tho
first moment, since in 81 the statute not having
been abolished the Ministry could not abrogate the
fundamental laws of the State without consulting
| Parliament. Second: That even il the validity or
the Concordat were admitted II would not be fitting
for the Government 10 maintain in force treaty Of
| such a nature with State which has not only
fused to recognize its existence but has even kept
I'D official relations with Prince, the decadence Of
whose dynasty has been pronounced by the country,
and that too in the person Of citizen (Bsrgagli),
whom Tuscany herself has declared a rebel, and
whose property she has confscated. FARM has
already anticipated in the Emilia the first contem-
plated provision of the new law. On the 10th be
Issued the following decree:
Considering that the poverty in which 20 many OF
the paTocbal clergy sunk s offensive 70 the ma
iesty Of the priesthood and the dignity Of civilized
people-consdering that the working portion Of aha
clergy, who identify themselves With the sOrroTs
and wants Of the people, merit the socisade Of Free
national government, the right OF tthes ana OF aims
which tho ministers of religion employ by nghs OF Gus
tom or law, at certain times or places soobsbed
Those priests who have the care Of souls and whose
benefces do not produce an sGnua rssurn ?, o. ns
l20 dollars) can apply 10 the Governments aad OBTAIN
subsidy to the amount Of the above-named sum-
All this will show the determination which exists
on all sides TO presenta firm. uncompromsng frOnt
in this struggle with the Papacy. This is the deye
opment of the system naugurated by Sardinia ID
lc5 when the suppression Of the religious corpora
,ions was decreed and the lands were sold to aug
ment the stipends Of the body, vz the rustic
clergy UP to that moment sunk in the greatest pow
erty. What happened then will happen now. All
| the resources Of the benefited hierarchy viii Dc
brought to bear against their poorer brethren Tho
question will be fiereely combatted ~ the retro
grade press but the country IL far 100 micn 10 ear,
nest to waste precious time IN the perusai OF Pea-
tions and remonstrances or IN giving ear TO those
bishops who are Welding 10 what Ricasoi happily
termed "an infelicitous desire for maryrdom," BY
| fomenting treason and disunion, and offering up
public prayers for dynasty that long suffering
I country has at length elected and abiured.
| Mondays telegraph brought US an unIooked-for
piece of ntelligence-s ministerial crisis al Eaples
| Now this is phenomenon which, rare in any abso-
lutte government, is in none more rare than at Ma
pies. II was the fixed policy Of the late monarch
to retain existing ministries in Office till death
revolution solved the question Of their Dismissal. II
il said that he explained this policy by adducing the
time-honOred proyerb Of the tat and the lean pg-a
meet and becoming apOthegm for the sanity Bomba.
In this respect however, the reigning monarch has
deyated from the footsteps Of bis sire, in which be
has so regOusly followed in other matters, and tho
last few months have witnessed the rise and fall OF
four successive ministries. Now in the absesce Of
almost all reliable information from Naples, wide
field is left open for conjecture; and certain occur
FENCES ut Rome, when viewed IN connection with
the men who are leaving and assuming Office, lend at
least color of probability tO the following explana
ton: When the pamphlet of La Gasrroniere set
tied at once for the moment the re1ata questro
TO whether the Congress were to step in a5d tell us
how everything 10 be made square and comfort
| able, the King, giving way to his religious ardor
and vrtuOus indignation, joined in the crusade OF
Rome and Austria, and united in the protest that
was dispatched to Paris. Then arose the distant
grumbGng of that artillery not altogether unknown
| TO the Cullens, Veulots, and other partisans
of Ultramontanism, cast by unlucky fate upon q
| generation eight centuries too late to appreciate
their merits. Unable to check the episcopal thun-
der without mourning the Odum Of the clerical fac
ton and the dsapprobaiOn of the King, and too
keen-sghted not TO see the direction Affairs would
take if a rupture with France ensued, Filangen
began TO take thought for the morrow. Bot there
ia an additional and stronger reason for biz
resignation, if there be any truth in report which
pretty generally current here and at Rome that
a treaty exists between the POntfcal Court and
that of Naples, whereby the latter has consented 10
furnish the Pope with body of troops TO replace
those which the Emperor, yielding TO the request OF
the P0pe-yery easy of Interpretation on this sappo
sition-has consented to recall.
This explanation of the resignation OF Fiiangieri
ia also recOncilable with the choice Of the Minister'S
who are said to be about TO succeed him. The
names of Troja and Murena need no apOlogist wher-
ever bigotry and political pandarism usurp the
place of patriotism and independent thought. It is
now that the Government of Naples, ever friendly
to beBghted and despotic absOlutism, Identifies
itself with the sinking cause of the temporal power
and the most ultra absolutist principles. The
possible solution may be that the Pope may succeed
in retaining what he has got yet lost, and Naples
succeed in losing what under other circumstances,
che might yet have retained.
The London Morning Post (which has the credit Of
being the organ of Lord Palmersonl has eonspleuous
editorial upon the policy of England and France in
the Italian question. II says
we announced at the beginning Of the year that 3
virtual alliance had been effected between England
aud France for the settlement Of Italian affairs We
expressly sated that the two Governments bound them
elves by treaty, but that their agreement was the
su of the force of circumstances and the dctaon Of
public opinion This ailisncs-every day drawn
cloteIeready begins 10 produce evident and tangible
nsequencos. Iis Iow formally determined that no
intervention shal take place III Italy, and tho. the
people shall be left TO their own devices. IL ie
therefore, sgreed that the States Of Central Italy
shall dispose Of Themselves Fresh elections are "a
be held and tie assemblies resulting from popular
choice ee to decree the xaon of their eonst
tuents the SaTdinan kingdom The French troops are
10 be withdrawn from northern Italy and from Rome az
an early opportunity. Ii Is secret thai Austria,
having regard TO the Western Alliance, and her own
serious difficulties, has given Up all hope Of retrieving
her position and influence in Italy, and not emily
sheaths her sword, but puts il ASIDE. An atemp,
Will be made TO induce her TO grant reforms 10 VeDe
tia Of which she is still left mistress. The Pos; adds
that the stubboness of the Pope bids fair 10 deprive
him of the whole of his temperatures. Naples groans
under heavier Tyranny than ever, and tho cries OF
Venice are loud enough 20 strike ears however
may shut them. The Italian question: then being like.
ly 10 take siill ~ ger proportions our best safest ana
most benefcent policy that line OF strict duty BY
which this time last year might have prevented
war, and by which we may now guarantee the pe8oe
of Europe. That line is: No foreign Intervention,