New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-16
THE REPUBLICAN, ALLIANCE.
NY JosrPif MAzHNL.
Prom Che Atlantic Monthly foT February.


followed IN pursuit Of that future We should be driven 20
despair Of both
W. tr yeiee wsr 70 regain own Tertiary and our
~ t,opficr had become necc si sy-the supreme ana
soe csodlfion both of security and honor AL men it
,hot unt the national question was solved, and Italy
secure from foreign attack stable internal organza
ton Of the country possible All felt that if we de-
sired 10 place ourselves in condition which would ea
bic us IN the probable case Of the noDuflment oil te
September Convention, TO- concentrate all tho ioices "
the country upon the solution Of the Roman question:
was OF mo first necessity TO ourselves aghs' m
Austrian INVASION by gaining possession oi 'i'0
Eorc and Carnie Alps. .,r
The Venctians, owing 10 the e1ertions ol our P''y
we're preparing for insuTecton The runouS s'''o :,
italian finance inperatively demanded such Ioioi anu
such economy as were impossible OF reahzito' ~ e -
the DanOolean sword Of war was slsPc"'o" V'0. ~
heads IL had become impossible ior our ''o,'''H "
hold back any longer without serious 1k' Aou'" "'
decided upou Had they really "ieoV' 'iV'oi! ""'
tain. ,.Aaa
,,o,,,ssd ,,,,,Ies Of money Obseqious Parliament
and n c,unirv resigned 70 any amount OF msgoVefhneh'
rovded only the promise Of action was kept war once
deoarad le whole Of Italy rose up IN fereht q" eh'u
sas,n and ready for every description OF Sacritee III
blood money .Aa
o,sstor al the field demanded unlimited powers both
f,nancal and POLITICAL they were granted Reinctny
ana only uDe the pressure Of pubic opinion IL demanoeu
tweDtv thousand volunteers; seventy thousand eagerly
answered the call 1t demanded that ali paftleS shou
signify their adhesion to the it was done II de-
mandod Of Gabad the support Of his name ana the ana
Of bis genius without conditions; he gave both.
These concessions, 50 bndly made 10 power that had
rpeaiediy betrayed alike the desires and the rights OF
the nation were mistakes; but our present purpose Is
only to show that the monarchy obtained everything IL
demanded and everything that was necessary foF the
overthrow Of every obstacle in its path The MAJORITY o
the repubicansabet fun OF dstyust and evil PRESENT.
entbolieyed that although the national question or
unity and the internal question Of liberty were basedupon
one and the same principle, yet their field OF apDnca
ton was different; they held that by uniting with the
MONARCHY In the endeavor to manepae upward OF TWO
millions Of Italians from foreign yoke, they ala not Tor
single day Indicate their right of republican aPOstoate
and tbey considered that that right would be strength
eped ana confirmed by the fulfhent Of the duty Of com
batting Austria in old OF their Italian brothers. They
nembered that tho nation, although sim unprepared to
adopt better system Of internal government was eagerly
desirous for war; and they knew that the true method
for those who sought to educate and convince the nation
could be that OF holding themselves aOot Iney
knew that IL left i'm the field, tho monarchy would
In case of triumph assume the entire honor OF te sic50r
Lm engcndercd in the national camp by the sc PafS9h
danger and how immense the disgrace Of Nap0leOnc
intervention in the Italian war; they knew that the mon
archy would invoke that intervention on the slightest
pretex and they considered IL their duty TO deprive the
monarchy OF all such pretext ny affordng all the
sistance and ali the men required They therefore has
tened 10 action in the ranks Of the volunteers.
The monarchy entered the field with three hundred and
modified national guards, thirty thousand volunteers
and the whole nation ready TO act 0s reserve upon ter
ritOry every single man was sworn foe 70 tbe
Austria had one hundred and fifty thousand men IN
Italy. The With Prussia rendered II impossible 20
Augment that number In any case Yet moTe on each
side Of the Alps each side of the Save by the shores
OF the Danibe along the CaTpahian chain in Hungary
Gacia, and Bohemia in serVa-haifO OF the population
OF which ia under Austria-amOng the Roumain Tacea
large portion Of which Is in Transylyania-ln the Banat
and other Austrian provinces, among the southern STA
tended Iuyria-Italy had allies at hand; all Of them
ready nay eager, and eDtreatng word of encourage
these things Agents from those provinces in
respondenre and contact with u.s. and with the Govern
The war il rightly conducted, would have carried dis
solution into the very heart Of the AUSTRIAN Empire
nent Of the nations II would have gained for her those
indissOluble alliances founded gratitude which would
have opened up the path of Italian economic progress IN
the East IL would have constituted Italy nIstcass
power and rendered her arbtress OF the European ques
In this Inc first war to be fought with our own forces
Heaven set before us glorious opportunity OF canceHg
That stigma of yassla which has oppressed aud
down our langutd existence since Niairanca ard oI
transforming that existence into vigorous life the life of
tors
In case Ike ours, national republican government
would accepted the vast and holy mission set before
them. blessing and adoring the God Of Italy. national
government would have felt that Italy only eXisn yir
tue Of the right Of revolutions that she had naugt to do
with dipOmSes, naught 80 do with treaties and ALI
ances With those peoples called like hersck 20 the
conquest OF their freedom that her banner Is the
banner Of prncplc-thc principle OF mathematician
they woud have boldly raised that banner IN the face Of
friends aud foes.
national government would have understood that in
order TO preserve the country from ruin OF repeated wars
and TO VanquiS Austria not once but forever IL
cesary TO smember her. and that this necessity for the
dismemberment OF the Austrian empire pointed out the
Danube. Vienna, and SOuthernblayona rs the objective
points OF tho war.
national government would have instantly cOnvOked
an Italian paTament-liad none such been already as
sembled-and'bade them watch over the internal security
OF the country ana Keep open every pain through when
cid might reach the holy war; saying TO them Watch also
over IA. and that neither from weakness inca
pacity We Gtil in our sacred mission.
A nationil government would have issued prOelama.
treaen readiness as our reserve force 80 iOngas we
do duy and go forwards and he also ready to punish
us should we offer to draw back while one inch OF Italian
A national government would have addressed another
nS To- gS a2Tse the Italian army is your army TS
yours the pOrs along the eastern coast of the Adnatc
We viii form tie alliance OF freemen with you"
national government would have opened unlimited
gaTian egons and the thousands Of PolessOns Of the
last nsurrcct0nnOw wandering over Europe 1t would
have placed them with their national flags In the van.
guard OF army; then, leaving two ntrenched camps
behind 10 guard LOmbardy and the extreme Pc, would
way OF Layb and Udine TO Vienna would have given
the command Of our fleet TO Garbad and, when he had
destroyed the enemys fleet, would have poured fifty
thousand volunteers beyond the Adatc into Croatia aud
Had this plan appeared too daring-whch however, it
was nOa national government would have arranged TO
have an inSurre oDary outbreak precede the war along
the zone Of the Alps and first occupying the Trentlno to
tts furthe6t frontiers By the regular troops would have
broughthe main body OF the army into tho field between
the Quadratcria and Venice; in either case eOntrying
simultaneous movement by the volunteers In Southern
SiavOnia
Tho monarchy h0weyer-as II DESTROYS Of proving 10
Europe that lnsurgent Italy would have other allies
than the agents Of despOsChOse for its sole Aly Biz
arck, wko being decided to make upon Austria for
his own porPoses would have afforded Italy all The ad
any effort on her part
The monarchyas II dFeadng above all things that The
people should acquire the consciousness Of their own
erengheleyated dstrust into system; dismissed the
pertemcnt; sanctioned exceptional laws against the
press, and against s public meetings or assOcations IL
first refused all aid from the volunteers and then when