The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-12

yernment, and That the Pap6i anti o!ities
wsre t. assstt theii post ssPromgssy a. as
rnoval a the Austrian karriscus, wonlo the
800 men from Antilles have the poWer 10
check the movement Could they ct the
same time do duty at Rome and at Viterbo,
ut Oiyita Castellana, Palestrina, and Oil
the other scattered communities Of the
rPapai territory = And upon the movement
drawing near to the walls Of the city,
and keeping within the bounds of order
and nominal allegiance, could they
even prevent its gaining ground with
In the walls Of the city Itself, and pro-
ceeding 10 The peaceful constitution OF mu.
nicipal authorities and the secularization OF
the Government In the very sight OF the
Vatican3 The Italians haze a talent for
pacific reuol,dions, and the Rond,, committee
are too uary to spoil sure chance by any
violent outbreak. The Emperor Napoleon
talks of guaranteeing the security Of the
Holy Father, but it Is quite certain that, If
left alone and entirely at the mercy Of his
subjects, the Pontiff would personally haue
nothing to fear. Even those among the
Italians who would fain be rid Of the Pope
once and forever would shrink from the
responsibility Of driving him away. A re-
production of the sorrowfnl scenes OF 1913
would be sheer impossibility in our days.
1848 was not a year Of outrage and mad
ness for Italy alone. The murder Of Rossi
and the slaughter of Palma had their colin-
terparts at Vienna and Pesth, at Frankfort,
and elsewhere. The Pope's person is safe
enough, but it isneither the Antilles Legion,
nor even the protection Of France, that can
uphold his authority. The Italians-or the
Romans-are determined to proceed with
caution, and to keep their temper; and it IS
questionable whether even those ,205 hire
lings will he able to provoke them to vio-
lence and bloodshed. Pope Plus TX. Is
fain to assume the attitude of a victim and
to court the crown Of martyrdom, but he
knows that his subjects would not touch
hair of his head. On the removal of the
French garrison the Roman question Will
come to an easy solution the Popc's SUBJ
jects will gain the mastery over their own
destinies; the Pope's sovereignty will be
limited by the walls of the Vatican and st.
Peters. Within that palace and that
church the Pontiff may be as independent
as even the heart of Archbishop Manning
may wish. The King of Italy and all the
Catholic potentates may pledge themselves
to secure his inviolability within those pre-
cincts, and with large appointment con-
tributed by all the faithful and by their
governments, and his picturesque hundred
Swiss guards, he could keep up as grand a
State as would bslit the FiSherman's sue
cessor.
All this may seem wild talk, and may
be liable to the charge of irrelevence, but
it is, nevertheless, what we are most as
suredly coming to. The 5000 soldiers that
the Queen of Spain is supposed to be ready
to volunteer for the Popc's service will
ever be allowed. to land on Italian soil,
nor would the presence of any queen or
empress answer the purpose Of screening
the Pope from harm, as no harm is meant
against his person, and his Kingdom is truly
no longer of this arorld. The demolition Of
the Pdpal throne has been the gradual but
deliberate lrork of the Emperor Napoleon,
and all other influence will be as unavail-
ing to ward off the final catastrophe as it
was to avert the preparatory blows Of
Bologna and Castelfidardo. The Pope
may be off to Malta; he may apply for
hospitality to Spain, to Austria, to Eng
land, or to America; bit he aeM only"
further and fare ,rorSe." None of those
countries can give him temporal SOW
reignty; and he may have at the hands of
the Romans and Italians as much independ-
ence and freedom as he would be willing
to allow them.