New-York tribune., 1868-01-04

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nounced Rome forever, and constitutes hersei the
faithful guardian of the Papal throne and territory
To these explicit declarations, made by the Doste
Government whose troops, carrying the tnfeats lht9
execution occupy Italian SOIL the Italians wait ana
as yet vainy, for an answer-wait to know whether
the challenge is to be accepted or whether the
King, his Ministers and Parliament, intend 10
bow their heads meeky and reply to the Pope
Father. we have sinned against thee and our mag
unanimous ally the idea of Italian unityis crime;
we repent, we pledge ourselves to renounce
Rome forever to- protect the Holy, see
alike from Legitimate H. c., governmental or illegti
mate H. e.. revolutionary attacks As yet no sign OF
n resolution prOered by the Government or INSISTED
by Parliament. hlenabrea in his opening speech
weakly asserts that Italy is and shall be; that Rome
to Rome we must never attempt to go without the
consent of France-France the France OF Menabrea,
the France dominant to-day-and that to Rome.
Italy shall never go; that if she attempts it, French
so dieIs will stop her. and this declaration of the
French Government is sanctioned Dy Z3f Voles
against H. What has Menabrea answered to the IN
suits addressed to bis king to the menaces 10 10
the denial of his hopes and protestatonsf Moth
ing. What has the House demanded Nothing. Inc
majority rejected Sella's vote, which was dignihed
without being offensive, firm and explicit wlthout
being weakened by vain boasts or impotent tnenaces
Rome Is ours, said that motion; for the time beng
we are kept ont of our capital. but we do not re-
nounce our right; we must organize ana pTrpIe; pa
tence and perseverance are our weapons. Inc House
rejected the motion What has been substituted
Nothing; the Moderates implicitly renounce Rome.
The opposition taken collectively, waste their time
and strength in striving to prove that kataZA Is
great man, that he meant to go to Rome only he was
prevented and that if he and certain members OF the
Left can only get to power AT VIII go rsnvd snd yTs ne or
two TO the point but they form exceptions To the RUE
Onthe day on which last wrote Bertanl was to have
spoken to the motion which sent, but ne yleiue9
his turn to to Ferrar the Republican philosopher ana
federaist who considers unity ali error but accepts
it the result of the popular Will, as the act1ai
maud account of the blood shed at Montana" He
reproached the signers of the September Convention,
who hoped by the transfer of capital TO escape Tue
demon If revolution whose alliance they had s0ughs
when it suited their purposes bnt the demon followed
them. and Napoleon found that he also had entered
into the fatal alliance He Napoleonl had tried to
break il by violating the Convention, whereas Italy
had carried her obedience to the point OF servty to
plungng the country into debt. to violating every
national aspiration, TO arrestng, lmprlsohing, anu
insulting the men who had made the King OF Italy.
As lie had dealt with Mnghetti and RicasOli, so Fer,
rari dealt with Notwithstanding that he had
been rash when he should have been prudent COW COW
ardly when he should have been brave. Garibald IS
thorn in your side, Sir Ministers you know 1t we'll
Why, who is this mani simple. noble, solitary
genius; you hate him because he Will not do Just
what you want him to, and then stop when you BID
him. You hate him and you fear him, because, by
some magic fascination, he draws the entire natl0n
after him. He cries freedom for Sicily aud the
people 90 and liberate Sicily; liberty Tor Naples, and
the people rise, and the volunteers flock, and the
Bourbon soldiers disperse at his presence. You
pocket Sicily and Naples, and cry enough lie cries,
Rome. You shoot him down; he smiles; me
people weep. He cries again TO Rome!
10 Romew You arrest him. You imprisOn him; your
army threatens to hberate and follow him you call
n foreign army to crush hm-but yOu have not
killed you have not sileneed him yet Tins Is poetry
is iti Well. can't help it. Garbaldi is the living
they not dream of Pic *. q interviewing. Pope
You can't annihilate Garbaldi the people, OF whom
he is the incarnation. You tried TO do so when you
adopted his programmes. Ia; HatyinS % adopted !. you
ti0ns. The orator then handled the diplomatic Tela-
tions between France and Italy. France pretends 10
effect reconciliation between Italy and Papacy.
This is impossible France has violated the Conyen,
ton and shed Italian blood M Montana. That blood
must produce its fruits, must unity Italy IN the
truest sense. so that its words may represent us
thoughts its actions its ideas. The mere abolition
of the temporal power of the Pope would be as no.
thing. As 10 the proc lamation OF Rome as capitai
that signihed little the first step 10 be taken-and
the republican philosopher so often called Gdao'ooo
said it with gTief-was to suspend all diplomatic re-
lati0ns with France. and teach the French nation
that. though their soldiers may massacre ltaaii pa
trots they cannot destroy Italian serespect, ltal-
ian resolution, Italian right!
The orator was vehementy appauded. but no one
seemed disposed TO echo his cOunses; the only pos
sible ones in the present emergency. We are not.
thanks 70 the united imbecility and reaehery OF the
Governments that have misruled Italy from 1850 TIL
now i'm n state 10 make war OH France to drive her
troops from the Roman territory-at least not with
such forces available under the existing sys-
TEN: but we could say: You have outraged aud IN
suited us; we reject your alliance AMI WITHDRAW cur
representative AS for the bugbear of RAID over the
Alps. Prussia is alone guarantee; but repeat,
among constituted authorities dignity, resolution.
and honor are dead words.
out and out Republican profession OF taith. we
were Republicans we set unity above ALL sacrIiiced
our private convictions on the altar of unity Mon
archy undertook 10 lead us 10 our gOa We DelpCu Ill
all things, hindercd in nothing found excuses Tor
its delays fOTgaye even Aspromonte. Ihroughont
this last campaign but one banner was uniuried.
Gaiibaldi sought but to crown Victor Emanuel Ming
from the capital Never again VIII the volunteers
the survivors of Montana, rally round that flag"
Up to Aspromonte you monarchlsts could ueiehu
Yourselves you promise to lead us to Rome. without
saying when how. But by the convention yon re-
nonncod Rome, aud thus violated the contract stipu
lated with the nation. Hence, from that moment
one of the contracting parties-the nation, repre-
sented by Garibaldi-was freed by your violation,
and undertook to execute the national programme;
the success was hindered at Montana AT Montana
was broken the tie that bound the Republicans to
monarchy, and the abyss was opened that separated
the one from the other. You must either jump over
this abyss fill it up. Up to Montana see the ab-
constituted Government. and that of Cart
bdIdsHo; but you cannot. explain the exist
ence of that abnormal fact, nor repair it.
without returning to its origin. T-.e origin is that
the unity of Italy is the productpart of monarchy,
part of reyoution-and IN that agree entirely with
Ruher Hence If wish TO put t out of 1aG way g
of the Republican party, you must take unto your
selves the fullflment of Garbaldfs proTamme-oe-
come yourselves Garibadans AS Tor Napoleon ne
France. With regard to Italy he has always shown
himself strong when Italy has proved herself weak
as in lS49 after Novara with the Roman expedition,
in 1861. with the second expedition after LISA and
Custozza whereas in lSGO after Marsala and the Vol
turno he allowed the annexation of Tuscany and the
Scilics but was silent when Italy took from Papacy
two-thrds of its territory. Hence, if You
aim at being respected, "show yourselves
strong" This was the sum and substance
the debate continues to-day. We shall see whether
the quondam Republicans, after this public declara-
ton that the experiment has failed, will return to
the old flag. Crsp is furious, and is punging deeper
day in answer to some proyocation from Massari, q
Ricasolian he rose to defend himself and Ratazzi,
declaring that they had both done their utmost to
hnder fhn Roman expedition until the 18th October