New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-16

no Utopans we do not condemn nohiISny az aii o
M T. me better form OF government. Like the Papacy'
monarchy had In certain nations an historic ~ me 1a
fioDal unity; In England 1t stood between the rising c h
mons anu pt In Italy monarchy has represented
any clement OF progress has never dehtnea ltsel Win
the life Of the country IL entered l MN ,9 H.
ever was and is merry 20 france SPAN, a
ouis Napoleon fall it would sink again under one OF 'nc
monarchy inscribed any Of those historic pages
as,Dias M fbe country Our wOOcOmbers have played
more brilliant and useful part IN Our sn h e dssed
our kings put together 1ho eOnunes WHEN ui pe
The eeTns OF Italian civilization before me days oi kole
were republics composed Oh n9a -, h ~ % lin mis-
OF Romes true greatness, ana OF her sItllu @
sion Was republican; the Empire came later ana came
but to usurp and dsnemOss ~ was ,s QUA Segcai6
republican banner, that our people oYcIinastereu Wv
feuda nobility, and 1t was Donea pgPuIg and
that our arts, industry commerce. coiou lie
iiterature c1ow fourshed and were difused among tue
49, Inn, ~ time protested by dagger, conspiracy, or
men and handed down to us tradition Of liberty even
amid Tho darkness Of slavery were reppbhcans and re-
nhIlcans are they Who in our day, have treasured
IN tho promise contained IN that traditiOn ,rL..
Monarchy never achieved augt sner dor onU 10
or unity OF the country II has always persecuIea to
apostles ST both and only when 1t perceived the result 90
DO inevitable has sePPeah se Soy and
destroys the o and moral greatness that shouu sPns
The true Ttopans-stupid and ignorant Utoplansare
they who spite of the naturalaw WHICH ordans tnat
fhe ms
national traditions formulated by an instinct of the ~
fuTe and this Instinct Is republican all over Europe NJ tho
present day, imagine TINT they can wSrH Uu5 e al wno
Vised monarchy unsustatned by pOwcliul h1slocicy
destitute Of all great memories, Witheut SPARE Vl s
nius without faith in its mission or poWcf-ln al
things mere cOpyist Of the foreigner. 81,
without faith in its own mission or power heein ne
the Of that corruption when Woulu, Weio h'ol
archy 10 last destroy the very soul OF our people
the same time tins - Ge ir reason why II l. pO'O0
our monarchy feels itself foreigner in Italy 1t has
Of the fatality by which 1t Is pursued II ieeis tat
IL not beloved even by those not believers bt oppot
tunists the barbarous word Is OF her own Iorsg, VIZ
from lust Of power, greed Of gain, or fear OF imperial
The monarchy dI,triss inevitably and lrrefocably dis
trusts. the people Hence the Necessity ~ y ' % ocs
gng for foreign adthe necessity OF begging NAV ad
from despots that they may be ready to step In between
il and the dreaded demand Tor hoetyi henco ,he ht
sy " servile concessions IN Order 10 preserve tal n
uance ind the necessity OF constituting Tie GoNerlneht
as Government resistance; hence the necessity OF
a permanent standing army, WIN Sucn loaleIs a,u
u OF organization 80 calculated as 10 render an
Instrument OF repression, and transform Us functions INTO
those of machines hence the necessity OF IfeIS
plan Of national Hnnaucnt, or the organization OF in
litla on the Swiss or American systen hehoe inc
OF creating IN mmcnse mob ot einpoyes-h s9,l On cin
army hound the dny OF watching over and falsyng
public opinion in the interest OF the Government Renee
the necessity OF Keeping al thec', except VIC EnCNt
grades undcrpaid, which creates constant cieinrht
To fraud and wrong hence the necessity OF c0upnR the
weak by means OF place. lhuAsllal cQh''s,loiS pu W
private pensions and Of terrifying the strong 10y means
OF exceptional laws the squestTaiion Of newspapcr nna
arbitrary prosecutions hence inc nec's sS 9i hEodS
an Irritation Of the Catholic element ana therefore OF
lNn
INV liness 10 boldly cui the knot 81 the Roman Quc
ton and the necessity-sad lesson Of immortality OF hail
ING with applause those dcstrer from the opposite camp
deserving only OF contempi hroe me necessity Oh si
rounding the monarchy with ministers ana mon u,sofd
o IT, petty traditions ana W foreign allies; hehce tue ne
ccssily OF supplying the expenses o us af,ci ehs
ence 6y progressive increase of loans and taxes hence
the necessity ~ restrictions the suiftpge, the press
and public associations ana oi impeding rs m9oh a. pos
sblc the liberal education OF The people, ana the htt ca
An rse and other dire necessities are the logical
sequences Of state OF di,tlst ana Isu lhcg are we
iv doomed 70 fcar and resist You may change as
Won win tho individuals a. the head OF the Government
we evils we have but slightly sketcbed wiz do
GREASE lwayA increase IN inonsiiy. II f. tine cause
Tho Government must BE- converted into an educational
institution Of liberty and progress The eo,orin,cnt
bound promote every branch Of mdiNdual ana cOur'
NeRctiyity, u must hccoms Tue hPR,oh Of pli,
W bc 80 I'm ON, aitn|tle n,ora law OF DUTY according
10 the fnlflncut " which each shall Dr. Judged. pun
sh4d promoted Ia office ana the inNioahlr irNcrn'c
for those ii ,hts which sprin. from duiirs fulfilled
IL nust be n government which. by the nature It's
constitution, cannot have any motives or Interests diit, r
eut from The general aim and common welfare and n
regard Themselves ~ securities or the fuiihcht ~ Ih
aim and consequently responsible Tor Tue "es OF Tue
The name Of This Government Republic
ii g. the sole possible solution Of the problem which
now totents Ialv Mn.t falpn, ar al heart con, need
OF tbiE but for various reasons. they conceal IT,
We declare il, an the more decidedly ana deliberately
for having long kept silence None save the nicn-
tonay unjust can accuse IA of having shown IN eAciu-
eiyc and uiolcant spirit We have patiently submitt
await the result Of the tnl the nation chose 20 give
monarchy; the greater number ~ have actively
aided aud assisted the monarchy; Of M have inter
posed any obstacles in it, PATH some Of IA have
ried our nbuegatOu f1g 20 overlook the increase N
vigor which success would have afforded Ia the in-tiu-
ton. and TO poiut out to tho monarchy the means By
which srcc. ss might have been secured.
But this ttial must come 10 an end.
country which, after seven years OF dclu-ions ana
dccep0n, sti submits " di,hOLOr for Itself it, army,
We have not deserved thg dshonor and we win NOT let
Italy puish. We now therefore speak tho severe Ian
mo DemoI7Itic partyyieiant sentnc 81 the country
lis bcuCeforth bound 60 adopt the Republican banner,
which We hereby raise with the deliberate determination
never 10 lower again In the state to which the co-
try j. reduced the duty Of the Democratic party
solves itself into action or education.
action T. not understood The present duty Of tho Demo
cratic party, then, Is 10 educate the people, and orem
Der that the basis of all education Is truth. italian De
mocTacy Is bound TO teach the truth, trusting That it viii
The friends of monarchy win ten you Chat the people
and that before found Republic, We must have q
people possessed Of republican habits and republican
Tell them that monarchcal institutions viii never teach
Republican virtues that only Republic can create Re
pubncans That the institutions of country precisely
u, most potent means Of public education; that The
sudden earnest affirmation Of a great principle and
solemn truth has q Transforming power over the peoples
Who witness IL that the tendency Of the mass is tO look
upward 10 be guided by example and TO shape their own
conduct upon the example set by the governing power;
that 1t g. therefore, important 10 reform the governing
power and 10 publicly teach by tho very programme OF
the nation that the surcst means OF curing thOscaicted
by epidemic pestience ~ 10 remove them at Onse from
the infected atmosphere into purcr air, though
purified 10y tempest
Toi them that peoples may transformed and taught 10
act according the characcro of the initiative taken IL
ken by a yiItuOus and determined minority; that the
French people were more corrupted by the deprayty Of
the regency and the reign OF Louis XIV than
nOw and that they transformed by the initiative
taken by the minority and were led TO perform such prodl.
es OF yaOr that yet bow down Though wrongly
at the present day. before France.
Tel them that The affirmation and the official acts of
the republic In 1879 transformed Romans aud Yeneans,
In way superior to the Romans and Nenctians of the
present day. into population of heroes both In yalOr and
sacrifice, and that tho history Of all nations snda times
confirms these examples.