, 1866-03-31
FROM ITALY,
Our Florence Letter.

G$OnE-ANN0EN
duties Of the Papal Sltaatlon-Dap.o-
mAt1c D1m meu1tleA-A Speck s.f War Be-
tween AuaIrla and k'Fuasln-Electtor1
Of Mazxlni to Pasltameot.
(Frum Our Special Correspondent
FLORENCE, March Sd, 1885.
The ministry hare come out OF the battle
in.Parliameot Is had anticipated In former
letters. They get vote Of temporary cona'
deuce. The Issue Was this:. The Finance
Minister asked leave % collect and pay money
Tor two months without the authority OF reg
ular bills Of supply. 1t Is Of our Par
lament TO Erant these temporary supplies
without mixing in any political questions.
Such bill Is called a purely administrative
measure, and heretofore the Parliam ments hare
passed them without heaitation. There haye
been somewhat too many of these liEs In the
last five years, and a portion Of the Left has
become restfrc under them. On this occasion
there Kas an unusual degree of-opposition,
because of the soneHhat Irregular return Of
La Mosmora' to the Ministerial Bench Ac-
cordiugly the Let discussed the political
question 50 freely while nominslly debating
the question Of the temporary supply, that
the Ministry was forced to accept the issue
and ask vote Of confidence. Many efforts
were made By RIcasoli and other true cQnser-
,vatlvcs 10 avoid direct issue, nud they did
finally modify tho form Of the measure 10
such an extent that enough Of the opposers
Of the Ministry, who did not wish to make q
political issue on necessary financial bill, to
make a majority we're induced 10 shut their
eyes and vote the money while protesting
against the confidence"
The conflict Is therefore postponed and time
is given for thu organization Of a new con-
sentative party. It is believed by some that
the Iberals Crfspi, Mordint and Monciui will
have Ratazzl for Prime Minister. The plan
would put new blood into the veins Of the
governing party, and would arrange parties
On basis more nearly suited to the changed
state oi public opinion. But doubt whether
VIC reach this Combination this year. Ratazzi
Is as wise statesman rs We have, bnt be Is
rather TO; Of t the &c cameron s tgpe' and people &c.
the leader Of the Let>. is hardly Conser1a-
live enough for such a 1usfon.
: The Papal Government has at last lifted up
its voice aud cried On The subject of the
French abandonment Of Rome. It Is quite
6trarge how such big takers kept silence 80
long: But it Is probable that they believed
the French eyacuatiou would not take place.
To the Emperor they are sail to have used
this eort OF language: "You have no busl-
ness here. Your presence Is an insult. But
you dare not 20 away, 1or your
French subjects are our religious sub
jecta. Go away and leave Rome too hot 10
hold tho Holy Father, and we viii make
Franco too hot for you" or course this
frightened nobody but the priest ministers
thought it did, aud relied on intimidation.
Bat when lew troops embarked at Civita
Eccclla for home, Antoneln found voice and
addressed TO his Nuncios near the Catholic
powers That very pitiiul t4cry.baty'' despatch
which you will see In the English journals.
It is regarded here as the best argument on
our side Of the Roman question which has ap.
pcnred for long time, and We arc confirmed
in ntir purpose to erect monument to Anto-
nelii on Capitol Hill, at Rome, as soon as ne
get there. Look at the absurdity," we say,
''ot having q king at Rome who must be de-
Tended agHinst Romans By 1o,Oo0 foreign SOL
diers; Of maintaining as power Govern
ment which has no power at all Of keeping
up pretence of sovereignty in court which
cannot man ship Or arm brigade.
But it Is replied that thu situation Of the
Head Of the Church is very peculiar, that
you cannot reduce the Pope to the condition
In short. there is something very tetchyn
about the whole matter Of HOLY Father,
and human reason is too shallow to get to
the bottom Of the matter And this last Is
pcrhape true at all events, the logic Of auch
a nondescTipt government as that OF Rome Ia
Aulle InCs'u!FscHEuoiH4el III eut4 HI AEt ~ ours.
The evil is that the Romans are misgovesncd
by tho force Of the bayonets Of civilized na.
tions, and that Italy is Kept in turmoil BY the
presence in her bosom Of the central offices of
the great party Of Reaction. II the Pope
must be King In order to be Bishop; If he
cannot save souls without the power to I'm
pover5sh bodies II he cannot do the proper
thing ior our interests in the other world With
out wasting all the worldly interests OF
part Of us; why. then 1t were better to find
out what Is the minimum OF earthly loss we
must pay for eternal gaia, and located hts
Holiness on Eome island with Just that num-
ber OF unfortunate subjects which II is neces-
sAry be should have in order to saye our souls
from everlasting Tire.
What is particularly dEscourasing about
this despat.h oil Antonelli is the fact that
The Romans are so very bad, despite the best
Instructions and the most plons discipline.
Here are men who had the sweetest milk when
they were babes and were fed on the strong
est meat a6 Eoon as they could bear it-men
whom the Pope and bis predecessors have
made, with the smallest possible hIndrauce
from The sinful world without, on the most
lovely papal pattern-and ret they are very
naughty men, who cannot be trusted by their
dear Father. On such facts as these the
French occupation became 20 very absurd
But Of ali absurdities, the most absurd Is that
Of sending 1o,ooo French, Spanish aud Aus
trian Ch1istiuus there in Their priuate capacity,
to guard the Pope against the installations
of bis Roman Christians. 1t is a political re-
duciio ad aIsurdum which must set Europe to
laughing at its folly By and by.
The rumors Of an accommodation between
Italy and Austria continue 10 be repeated.
Bismark is squeezing Austria; Austria Is
throwing s0ps to Hungary; the French En-
pcrur Is always on hand to mediate; there Is
a row in Rouman1a, and new deal OF Kings
There Is talk oi ANNUAL reduction OF nll our
way. Quidnuncs put aTl these together and
conclude that Veuetfa will be put tempora-
tily in a state Of betwixt-and- -bctweenEty, md
gradually pass over to ItnlF. Rumors hy now
and then that Prussia will fight Austria On
that Danish plunder matter, and that Italy
will Of course take hand IN thrashlng her
ancient and constant enemy. To avoid such
disag1eeable eyents, Austria, 1t is said, has
Tor Italy, and Napoleon pleasant
for these and all other questions.
! stntc the ease rs the newspapers put 1t /;
but / see no ground for believing there will be
any fighting Here We are steadily moving to
ready to defend the line of the 70 at days
notice, and enough more troops to secure do
nestic tranquility. We need no more, aud
begin TO see that biz army Is an expense.
We show that poor people caruot afford TO
run.
since Last Rrote Jon, AnZzini mas oeen
elected Deputy by the city Of Mess1na, after q
close electoral battle. At the same time,
news comes from Londcn that the great pa
triot couspirntor Is gradually sinking toward
the grave. It is to be hoped that his election
to Parliament will lead 10 the withdrawal Of
The edict Of punishment still out against him,
In time 10 permit him to die In the land for
which he has thought, 1aborcd and suffered
80 much. He could never adopt himself 10
The ideas on which We are governed, and
probably would refuse to take m oath Of nj
fegiancc 10 any earthly prince, but, though
he would not be Deputy or subject in
Italy, 1t were wiser, think, to nllow him to
return and sec with his falling eyes how much
of Ais aspirations for Italy have already been
realized. At nll events, Italy can III afford
that 60 pure patriot should die Ia exile, and
no enc really believes that his impracticablc
Ideas would now endanger the Slate or the
monarchy. sPERo.
The Law Of 1inpeach ment.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
have noticed In several journals l
believe, in the TR1RusE-an opinion expressed
that the acting President was not open TO iu-
peacl,meat upoa my statement of facts now
known to the public. VIII you allow space