The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-27
THE ROMAN QUESTION.
Another Proclamation by MazzIni.

M. Mazzini has issued the following address
to his tellow-countrym ymen;T IL T., ,o,u.o,,a
Any sense OF dignity remnant 1 & OF old ola Italian
your fathers feared and made them gTeat9 II there
is, prove iE, and prove IL quickly.
make or mar the future Of nation. Your acts will
or hail in you the Italian nSton risen again to teach
the world the lesson OF civilization OF liberty and OF
iron strength or Will. Choose; now or never more.
The situation Is clear incontest@ble, and visible
Rome is ours. God and man declare it. From
Rome we inherited the language that procaims us
Rome sprang the tradition that calls us to be natlon
thousand years of glorious memories have conse-
Grated her mother OF Italy, and centre of unity.
From Rome we gave law TO the world; FIRST from the
seat of life now profaned by Impotence aud I'm posture
Ours has IL been proclaimed by the greatest minds of
leon; ours by the martyrs to who from Cresoenzlo
SeT ours sSe was declared by the Para@en and % IN
hypocitical homage to the truth oy him who is even
yet your Ing and ours by the aspirations of the en-
a handful Of fOrsign Inv ipy@deEs I'D G have descended
for the second time TO you and to all Europe. Rome
No country in Europe would endure such an In
suit win you endure it Wnl you permit the
Italians do not fight; we are heir uncOntested
No, by the soul of Pier Capponi. Oh, Itaiansl let
the tocsn sound and let that sound procla aim ma
you save that which sinks a nation In the mre-in
GSa Sa o WAR Ss U order
arms ammunition, money, horses, volunteers. sol
Gety daring Wiling ana Capable, you mdst rst
make your country your own, and free yourself from
The war m ust spring from the insurrectIon. w.
In The face of existing facts all Edeluslon is sin
Our monarchy might have had the initiative starting
from Rome.
Our army might have preceded the French to
Rome.
Our monarchy allowed our volunteers to form In
nsutc cient strength to begin the struggle: then pre-
vented them frog forming In sufficient fierce to con-
our monarchy twice Imprisoned GaribaldI as q
Rebel Il chose the moment of foreign Intervention TO
form semi-clerieal minstry hostile to all liberty
IL dissolved the Committee of Aid; II passed the from
popniations Dor Who had invoked Italy through the
pebiscite IL witnessed unmOVed the slaughter or
lalansi u retIeu rom % Ihe p0sIohms m II nag ocGupleu
Italy. and the honor of our flag.
Is there one among you who would share our enter
No, q monarchy which begins by yielding up the
sepucbre Of It's ancestors to The foreigner and ends
with LISA And Cusrozzs, can bring upon you nought
but evil, perhdy. and shame, Hasten II you trng
SEEK your country salvation 10 separate youe tate
irOmit. Freemeh now delivered from dlstrust, and
fearing no betray throw yourselves esolutey into
| the truggle and conquer.
| You win conquer by Heaven France numbered
arohs In lsague against her, and conquered.
when for two 10 ng months we held thirty thousa nC
French soldiers IN check, In lsi9.
These invaders do not represent France; they repre-
sent despot who has seen his designs overthrown
resisted, and who is rapidly descending the steep
| ruin. France is burning to revolt, anG anxousl!
awaiting resistance 10 enable her TO deal him tn
Italians, to Romel TO Romei Therein is the bap
tam of our nation. There, when this nag OF victor
Is paptsd ON the Capitol: shall an Assembly, the cleo
OF the people dictate the pact destined TO put an
to the lingering crisis brought upon , you ey IN
| NoVemberS s.