New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-13
LF.sons from Other Days.
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r. 'ihcN are tTlNtb 10 INC Ndii--tiN'' '''N'''
.rinnais cravng mercy" Tiie was the coarse oouh
sci al "A New York jouInal To Abraham LinS"ib as 70
set ont t. meet Commissioners. We al kho" Low
web lie acted hs part in seeD' nance wv" ,ri,S
s,rit than lad thus hissed lis paity ycron ny VIZ! ~
advice Can my ono havo conteWp.a'eI . So ~
phase II tie gross presumption wren governs ..
motives il guides the movements 81 or iOcs VIZ '
benr persuaded thst hoy are people lndlcHhY oH,I
ert n .m ourselves, He and his fd"s scfats came WIN
clustering Voc TO-" aS their commentary on the am
Of tfsse 10 reprosuuted Peace on enItAgood VIII
70 Iaou.' u was Ffankensiein Inceiing N"Vu
Samar.t1n; IL YVES tie run cdt'm on MAd.otit !"
answer The Pc robiscur # Paula rics to blu
r. Dam; a Bolnbaeses TuriOs0 face 70 lace WIN hu
maaity Nud ia all die ii was thoi OGgy Character
istic cad I, ororg h!y representative.
'Ihey are driven the wg-treGs them ns Grimm
craving mercy" Iec;oring. insoeut "oros. worthy
Of eli sOuTce Worthy OF The doom taat a" al's en-,
cs, ia al tines i las awaited, ana itl hot, on
sisilar travad0 1t Gas so in effect that The L0RaoH
Mroxg Gouc siscc dcfGucD spoke 10 George III, lew
months before 10 had 20 treat bis rebel crihlhbs aS
honor,l equals IL precisely 80 i!at hls tnlera
iesty spoke 10 lie tyrant Geser' in the January o.
lrs: and Ct ~ it9arlanG has sur'Ned lie ultb, 10
dis hour: q throat far lees auC"e'ous Ia inc n'cnt!
voice Of Germany under lhe circumstances OF 1e Nun
fiere Syss M Il s i'm the GGscon % the day 10 Us
IL was ,los exactly Francis OF CaT1ara "Toet tht
Genoese 10 orDal, ioTeYer' Tue wicket Irplo'" VI
Venice" shattered hopeless, aid AT oar mercy.
There is something significantly GpphchOie l" curftht
events ia this coincidence ami for that reason II
worth recOpD,ing OR foes h"ye utterly igu"red tnc
r3iv mol e lessons u home history, and have Wiuly
closed ineir eyes 10 the most go wing pages -
what were Orf common TecoIdS AS uns' tI"t We
have here t. offer ~ Oh purely ioiegh '"u"cl"n' ~
would dinhess affect them more than any paa ts o
history wiich are merely Of NAIVE growth No' oi
.ly p'ssble eject on them. however but for what
teaches ourselves. We are led 10 present one oi
be mos, suggestive aDsT o. history 20 such Datgdt
advice as cneered Lincoln on hs way TO CITY FONT
Toward TIC end Of the year 1879, me .coct..S nel
been reduced 10 src cxienites tla not sohtary "a!
of 1oVe NeAtened the dense gloom then hanging over
tbr,r DESTINY The battle of POa shattered tier
armies end IN OF Cloza crippled their power that
T. als -4e rrr srN
Tie Uncd arnameuts OF Genoa ana ladCa h'a eiec'eu
al this distr ~ succession 81 bflhht 'oi"fl1s ~
az aggressive var Ga the 10Th Of August lJ,9 ran
o de- Carrsra wrote TO his capital that the gallant We
netians. were pushed to the wall aud must be treated
without mercy .-
ever since and these croakeB were suddenly 30 htner
Gus throughout the Venetian Republic as 10 Include
learly hall Of its civilians. Less Gu behalf OF humanity
than of their remaining interests these caused an EN-
bassy ~ VsA the triumphant enemy not 70 rue lor peace
ION honorable terms" bu on eay terns. panic was
them and in III naro2ysn they gave theif
doris blank sheet OF pap let the leaders Of the united
ornaments hi it UP they pleased ony allow them
shsdow Of the substance tbey we've too ready 70 SUI
render-and that was all. But that sbnd"| fegpittu
the recognition Of nominal Independence OF Venice
This was slight boon. hut 1t could mol be oie at Dc
The arrogant Genoese were ini hGsheu Hltn N'.t1,y
ana painting 10 complete the ruin ~ their ryal. " 81!
foot Is on their necks" wrote Peter Dora to Genoa:
they are sung for mercy in the gqise OF peace; bat
am deaf" Nothing seemed easier thah 70 push Ga aug
paper" proof positive not only of the humiitlon
but the lew Gays Ah4pI
forever Therefore lie replied TO the ambassadors IN
these words: ION God's faitn gentlemen Of Venice.
von shall Iqrc no pace until we first put rein upon those
uugdlcl horses II hGt gre on The porch OF your
Tvangaist ST Mark Your saljugatOH ce1G.,fy. We
shall keep you quiet. Take buck the prisoners yon
would 1--WE up. shali presently come ond let them
and al the Others out.
do not imagine thet we nre here deecrbing eighty
dscused The speech which was heard ie other day OF
Fortress Monroe. TIE words and policy Of the short
led tyrant Of five centuries ago, might. indeed. be
cfi founded WITH their modern reproduction But We
arc speaking 81 The yeritahe Peter Doris commander
# the Geuoesc and not of Abraham Lincoln; 81 TIC
spirit With which they said ana the manner OF saying,
ages agO away Ia Itaiy: They oie driven 20 the wall
--treat them Criminals cfiyiug mercy" These
words were then lrocsy what they now. insolcnt
ly lrryaio. Tho Nenei4n Commissioners carried l'n
back for he consideration OF their de- pairing comrades
They repeated 10 them The b1d, meEcilets words.
war mi 'ty ciecilIc shock Inc u'lk tMom was III
once Illuminated Nv has Ssf patriotic lightning, and
there was no, Ventian craven enough g. hug The
tnpOr he wag iaely 30 eager TO embrace; d8nay and
disrrIat rs IT y magic ie from their hearts. and IN
staYty they gfugd themselves for the SINE. thry
would EOb.y DO ala rIaye'y de for Nenetia and ndc
pendenoe II ves %,I mot tor mersIauons krp
race with tleT rcsndc0 tidor iie united orahncnt.
wers quickly upon them 70 achieve the victories that
. were 20 make good their naughty and ineAora.le
threats.
MANY terrible aud uncertain conflicts succeeded; bu
thelc no more dismay IN tie teuitian ranks o.
people. All Was bright, deepest, harmonious deter
uinauun II umphed-they u0uh not BE- coHqVtred
and they oore not Within i've months Of lis icaI!i.
tbIeat Peter Doria paid vith his life rcribuuve Pen
atty FOR bis lHsO'euce, beo!c tie walls OF ChlCIi il
Gys months the Gl.but-yarqui-hed Ncpians die
lated tLer OW telms 10 their prematureiy eIultan
foes.
IL was the eCero,c and hesrtlcss answer ftLe Do
which saved Venice, not only from her relentless
enemies, but whet was unworthy OF her within her
self That wi- the spark that Tic her expiring hope
ard revived her, hole being. Resoutc in her reeui
nation sic st pped forth selfrelint and OILY drew
back victorious. The peace which neI foes scoIifuiy
denied her. che compelled them humbly to sue for oi
such terms - she peasod allow. Beholdi history IS
reenect.nr Of subimest spectacics. this verJ
day o. tbs very SOL.
| Gen. Ru,ier's Revelations.