The Portland daily press., 1867-01-22
Maxzlni,s Mansfesto.

Joseph Mazzini, the italian Moses whose
restless spirit will not permit him to enter in
to the Promised Land, the free and united It.
ally OF his dreams, who remains by choice in
exile in order to enjoy the largest liberty Of
criticising the government of King Victor EN-
manuel, takes that liberty in the last number
of the Atlantic Monthly, under the title OF
"The Republican Alliance" If the throne OF
the King could. be overthrown by magazine
articles, this paper bombshell might TO more
harm than is usually accomplished by fire
crackers. As the case actually stands, it will
probably have no greater effect than the new
bulla from the Pope, which is daily expected.
1t is singular circumstance that at the very
time when Pho Mono is filing the earth with
the noise of his lamentations, In view of the
Liberal tendencies of the King of Italy. Maz-
zini lhts his voice in woe because of the Con-
servatism which sits embodied upon the
throne, and which in his view has irremedi-
ably disgraced Italy. Here is his arraignment
ofthe Government which, whatever its short
comings, has achieved the liberation of Italv-
a substantial fact which Mazzini's ardent but
too explosive patriotism could never quite
compass, as it is well to remember:
In case like ours, a national rennbl;con
government would have accepted the vast and
holy mission Sc. before them, BLESSING and
adoring the God OF Italy. A national govern
ment would have felt that Italy only exists in
virtue o. the right of revolution: that sbn had
naught to do with diplomacies. naucbt tn do
with treaties and alliances, save with those
peoples called, like herself to the copouest of
their own freedom; that her banner is the BAN
ner OF a principle-the principle of national
ity--and they would have boldly raised that
banner in the face or friends and foes. ="
A national government would have under. |
stccd that, in order to preserve the countrv
from ruin OF repeated wals, and to vanquish
Austria, not once, but forever it was necessary
to dismember her, and that this necessity
for the dismemberment of the Austrian en-
pire pointed out the Danube, Vienna, and
Southern Slavonia as the objective points of
the war. fl.-taI =,
A national government would have in
stantly convoked an Italian parliament
had none such been AREA assembled-and
bade them watch over the internal security OF
the country, and keep open every path through
which aid might reach the holy war, saving
to them, Watch over us, and see that neither
from weakness nor incapacity we fail in our
sacred mission. t
A national government would have issued
a proclamation to the Italian people, saying,
Hold yourselves in threatening readiness as
our reserve force, so long as we do our duty
and go forward; and be also ready to punish
us should we offer to draw back while one inch
of Italian ground remains to be conquered.
A national government would have address
ed another proclamation to the peoples now
subject to Austria, saying to them, Arise |
the Italian army Is your army; yours the
ports along the eastern coast of the Adriatic-al
beyond Istria, which we shall set free-across
which sea we will form the alliance of free
men with you. nraai Is o5af -H;Ta
A national government would have opened
unlimited registers OF volunteers would have
organized the Hungarian legions, and the
thousands Of Poles-sons Of the last irsurrec-
tion-now wandering over Europe: il wonld
have placed them with their national flags in
the vanguard OF our army; then, leaving two
mtrenched camps behind to guard Lombardy
and the extreme Po, would have sent two |
hundred thousand regulars to push on by way
OF Laybach and Udine to Vienna, would have |
given the command OF our fleet to Garibaldi, |
and, when he had destroyed the enemy's fleet, |
would have poured fifty thousand volunteers |
beyond the Adr'atic into Croatia and Hunga- |
ry. li "a
Had this plan appeared too daring which,
however, it was not-a national govern ment
would have arranged to have an insurrection- |
airy outbreak precede the war along the zone
OF the Alps, and first occupying the Trentino
to its furthest frontiers by the regular troops, |
would have brought the main body of the ar
my INTO the tield between the Quadrlaterial
and venice; in either case coutriving SIM
uitaneous movement by the volunteers in |
Southern Slavonia.
Ihe monarchy, however-as If desirous Of |
proving to Europe that insurgent Italy would |
nave no other allies than the agents of despo-
tism-chose tor its sole ally Bismarck, who,
being decided to make war upon Austria for |
his own purposes, would have afforded Italy |
all the aid she required from the mere force
of things, and without any effort on her part. |
The monarchy-as If dreading above all |
things that the people should acquire the con-
sciousness of their own strength-elevated |
distrust into system; dismissed the parlia-
inent; sanctioned exceptional laws against the
press, and against all public meetings or asso-
Citations. 1t first refused all aid from the VOL
unteers, and then, when compelled bv the
public excitement to accept them, Tmited
their number to twenty thousand then. ur1ed
again by the threatening attitude Of the neo-
PIE, agreed to accept double that number. bat