Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-12-20
The Evacuation of Rome.

J
ton. The intention of the Italian gov
eminent can be gathered from a late official
paper to the different projects of that king
DOM That paper, bearing the signature
! OF the Chief Minister of Victor Emanuel.
announces that the government of Italy is
bound by its agreement and convention
with France not to interfere between the
! rope and his subjects, but to let the ex-
perence OF an ecclesiastical principality,
without a parallel in the civilized world
/ settle itself. The Minister also states
that the government has a steady filth in
the principle of Italian nationality, and
/ can afford to leave all unsettled QUESTIONS
to Its slow but sure workings. 1t Is like
wise announced that the king of r6lnited
Italy has no desire to mingle politicd with
religious matters, or to assume ani posi-
| tlon or perform any act calculated to di-
minish the spiritual power and infsence
of the Holy Pontitf. Ricasoli, at the
! same time, announces that the bani,EIed
bishops can return to tkeir sees, as the
Italian government desires neither Irivi-
legged persons nor martyrs among its reli-
glous ministers, of whatever creed.
In all this it will be EN- there !, no
! alluslon to the political or temporal power
of the Pope. That there is a party in
Italy which desires % uproot and over
throw the temporal power of the Pontiff
is certain. Bot /: is not certain that
Victor Emanuel belongs to that party.
For reasons having their roots in state
policy, he may not antagonize openly that
idea at present He may think that it is
! possible Tor the Pope to remain in Rome,
and that city at the same time may be the
capital of Italy. More than this, Italy is
bound by the treaty Of September with
France to protect the ''integrity of the
temporal power of the Pope" and Nauo-
leon will put his own construction upon
that clause and hold his ally to It's faithful
| observance. While, therefore, the circu-
lar OF Ricasoli is mute upon the temporal
| power OF the Pope, the Inference is plain
and irresistible that Napoleon would not
have removed his troops without a full
understanding as to the part that Italy
was prepared to take in adjusting the
delicate questions likely to arise out of
that movement.
That France will object to any action
likely TO drive the Pope from Rome is
certain. Napoleon has assumed the guar
| dianship of the Latin race. The Pope is
looked upon as the head of that race. and
so long as Napoleon supports the Pope he
has a hold upon that class which nothing
else can give him. Napoleon aided the
Italians on this theory, and the signs of
the times indicate that he is preparing to
adopt a similar course with reference to
Spain. In this latter case, if interference
is agreed upon, its fruits may fall into the
basket of Victor Emanuel by the elevation
OF his son to the throne now disgraced by
the Bourbons- AS this point cannot be
reached except by the adoption of line
of policy which will encircle the Pope in
its remote, if not immediate consequences,
the probabilities are that Victor Emanuel
will not suffer the Red Republicans of his
| kingdom to drive their revolutionary car
over the temporal power of the Pope
without impediment.
Another reason that will restrain Ma
poleon from giving his consent to an at
tack upon the power Of the Pope is to be
found in the fact that he is at present en-
gagged in an attempt to reunite the Greek
and Latin churches, to place the Pope at
the head Of this spiritual r MON, and by
this means to checkmate the designs of
Russia in the East. This is bold move
ment. But it may be successful, and
this hope will induce Napoleon to keep
the Pope in a position to profit in the
most visible and real manner by circum-
stances that may occur In the direction of
The proposed addition to the power, do
minion, and influence of France as a El-
ropean power.
1t is mistake to suppose that because
France has withdrawn her troops from
Rome that, therefore, she has no further
concern with the affairs of the Pope, or
the Roman States. The convention of
September goes beyond the point now
reached. Should the inhabitants of the
Roman States rebel against the civil au-
thorities, it is maintaine in some quarters
that ''the first duty of the Italian govern
meEt must be to at once occupy the city
with its armed forces, protect the person
of the Pope, and administer the civil af-
fairs OF the States, thus conferring full
civil rights Oh the Romans, and gradually
| Incorporating Rome into the Italian king
| DOM" But it must be remembered that
this could not be done without the consent
of France. Napoleon guaranteed the in
te,Grity of Italian power after the battle of
Solierino, but in accordance with the pre-
vious convention with the Pope, entered
into eighteen years ago, France and Italy
cannot separate on this question of the
temporal power of the Pontiff They
must settle it in such manner as to sat-
isfy the Latin race. And they will do SO.
The task is not impossible, as the enemies
al;Lra of E,ropnh nouunr. and Italian nation