Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-11-09

bcSisiatulc meeting IN the very capital
where the Conscript Fathers ruled the world
The Republican element of Italy is very
nearly equal to the constitutional element.
ltaly's modern history, as you know, is that
of group of Independent municipal re-
publics. The King is not nearly so beloved
as Garibaldi, but the latter has, although a
radical Democrat, virtually placed Victor
| Emanuel ut tue head of the country.
THE KING OF ITALY AND HIS STATESMEN.
Seeing the inevitable development of pop.
uar progress toward II republic, the King
has tried to connect his family with the
J throned houses OF Europe, marrying one
I daughter to Bonapafte, another to IIaps-
| Ours, and the :hird to the King of Portugal,
and he relies upon these allies to support
him II his people should ever weary of his
| rule. lie has two soldier sons, standing
army of 300,0 men. His Senate is com.
J posed of Peers, not elected, but appointed,
and his Chamber of Deputies is like the
English House of Commons. He rules
through Cabinet, changed according to
the majority in the lower House, and this
! lower House changes its complexion so Of
ten that lie finds it difficult to retain any
| permanent ministry. His greatest Prime
Minister was Il sGrewd, fat good dhumored
| Count named CayOur.
the Conservative, the Moderate and the Re
publican. Ratazzi and Ricasoli are the two
J leading statesmen the latter liberal Pro.
! tCstant, the former Ii crooked, wiry intyi-
gucr, who is thought to take French n,oucy
to please the Emperor Napoleon. Cialdini
and MCnebrca. are soldiers of the regular
army, both Of them Conservatives; the
former a tall thin.tcatured veteran, the lat
ter II swar!hy arstocrat. Occasionally, these
become heads of the Cabinet. The nation
is greatly in debt by reason of its war of
independence, and the ministry have
thankless duty To please at once the tax.
ridden people and raise the revenues. My
own belief is that Italy is entirely fit for
! Republican form Of government; that the
! King is draw back to the progress Of the
land, and that il he would oisband his
great army and trust 70 volunteer system
of raising troops, he aouid reduce the bur,
deus Of taxation and make more happiness,
though he might cease to he King.
Garhaldi, private citizen of Italy, is
the most popular man il Europe. and lie
! submits to the government upon all ques.
tiOus but that of catering to France and
standing aloot from Rome. His personal
enterprise has chiefly united Italy. At
sixty one wears Of age he is anxious to see
Rome enter the nation Of Italy, and so com.
pIete the destiny Of his race and country.
The Pope looks for protection to Spain and
AuetrIn, both crippled and despotic powers,
aud 10 keep them from acquiring any ntlu-
ence IN itay, Napoleon also intervenes in
the concerns Of the country. He looks upon
himself AS he chief author Of Italy's regen-
Grafton, claims to be good Catholic, and
has at various times taken all sides upon
the Papal question. being once Il common
. -.yliIpr ,p.llpst th 4. Pom, Ia. an ihr 81
Il pamphlet dccryiug the temporal power
thcn seeking the Pope to perform his mar
rG9c ceremuny. IN Il word, he is on this,
as uu all questions, the same WCatherCoCk :;
in any case without steady purposes or
principles.
Garibali despises Louis Napoleon. The
one IS an Emperor with the power of an
army, the other private individual, with
= the sympathy Of nation. Having delayed
= long while TO let the King of Italy take
the initiative about annexing Rome, Carl
balCi has resolved to march Oh Rome at the
, head Of his volunteers. The Pope resists ;
: Louis Napoleon threatens to help the Pope ;
the King himself is irresoutely "on the
fence This is the present status of things
, Now all the neutral powers of Europe are
afraid Of Il general war il France and Italy
come to blows. For example, if France
, tights itidy, Prussia may come 10 the help
e of Italy; then Spain and Austria Join
{ France and Russia backs up Prussia. | find
, myself therefore, in Rome at memorable
/ time. There is skrmshng going on all
= round the city. The Garibaldians are over
the I'apal frontier. The Pupcs little army
/ of ten thousand men is standing on the de
/ tensvc. 1t is probable that within week
= there may he grand battle under the walls
= of the Eternal City.
! WAELIKE INSPIRATIONS or ROME.
Beyond these Typographical comparisons
there is no resemblance of Rome to anything
/ but itself Philadelphia is but baby,
n scarcely - breath in time to this Eternal
p City, whose origin is lost in fable. six
1 hundGel years before Christ lived, it was a
i monumental city five hundred yeals before
- Christ it set the grandest example OF rcpuD-
h lic4n power, and to this era belong the names
{ of the Elder BrUtus, Camiilas, Cincinuutus,
r krguius, Maulius, and the Gucchi. The
gaudy empire followed like Il flower upon Il
y century plant, and Rome heapcd up spoils
2, and arts through all thc eras, literally ruling
It the world, and she is the only cong
VI that ever truly did so. The population o!
IS Rome in her heather prime was a million
i and a half. The barbarous nations made
Is her heap Of ruins, leaving here and there
e intact some noble fragment still extant
It Eight centuries after Christ the city, through
d ignorance and piilage, fell to a population
II OF thirteen thOusand--less than Germantown
t or Camden.
'e 1t was whi,c Columbus and his fellow
5 nayigators were pushing toward Americi
J. that feudal Rome arose upon the heather
D. ruins. And while the Quakers were build
is ing philadelphia the city reached its grand
Is est modern rank. Rival mobiles built torti-
is fed palaces out of the wreck of temples
re and Christian art erected a church for every
ID day in the year. The Rome that remains
~ undulating up the slopes of the hills, over
o. hanging the swollen Iber, crouched in th'
hoiows, is Il medley of all the ages OF Eu
r. rope; here a battIemented palace with
cs high donion tower dominating it yonder
of rich Corinth facade, where some chestnu
ry roaster shuilcs his pan upon an altar t
is Jupiter; again strange basilica, half hea
e. then, half Christian a fountain where VA
ly grant COWS drink from the baths of kings
Ie, a column of bronze raised to some Emperor
but pirated by some Pope; an arena wher
Ill YOU can still see the well where the gladia
in tors washed their bloody hands, and prowl
&c ed through their tigers dens statues every
ID. where, mutilated or worked into som
er, garden wall to keep the swine from tn
W. melons and converts, like great factories
d. ] narrnw winding lanes DayeQ with Law