New-York tribune., 1869-06-07
ITALY.
MAzzINI'S DEFENSE.

from Joseph Mazzini. We subJOin the prlhelp"4 P
TO my ESEMEs: write to declare to my country ion
that the recent accusations made against me ~ SIN
nals prove you 10 be at once immoral, ,S1 them 10
Md. Immoral, because you utter t te ~ lie coustitu-
led autborities OF vast dnancary means Oi an aiS
which you say is devoted to you it anu 5 tbe dsloya
dcvntaI 10 oI,-vet employ against us Iho usioy %
yooncDs ~ sSies and calumny thus proving your ipo
tence with other means anu Stv deceived Throughout
yue County, crcdnlousy accept your accusations ana
believe me and my friends 70 Po Of property and page
" ~, S,nntTy-I do not mean the rev huhoIeu III
nv cTo serve YOU for lucres sake to-day, as tey
uIg9Ss $50 ma tomorrow could we ever accept such
~ The millions OF worthy etlzens Who though they may
az times he isled, are neither caumntoIS nor cortuPt
~ conntry knows you, and Is beginning TO know us
These millions have seen you retire rom power sw9en
with riches and have seen us leave II poorer ah Deqe
TbSy have heard Of Mann turned schoomaster III exile
of the Roman Gen. Roselh living the lie OF poor tOpa
iano for years in silent dignity OF the modesI exsence
of Carlo Cattaneo In Lugano; and or GustaV0 MOdeha
resigned 10 sell hour and cheese IN Brussels hey Date
heard what numbers or our party nave uieu III P1He
exile and they have understood that II we, IKE an
mankind arc liable intellectual error we have neither
vices base envy to satisfy at the expense OF the prop
erty Of others or of our country. ,,
"They have heard the glorious tradition or our kepuO
can martyrs all of whom, from the noble Neapoa1s OF
1882 down to Carlo Pisacane and hosoiho fO' 9leu,
nncontaminated conscience their lips and the serene
raw of hope that ther blood might advance thelr
e grcvbaired and miserable Giuseppe Peroniwhom
you have abandoned in his Papa prison because ne Is
Glorious refusal TO escapehrst to me- when offered to
conrive his flight because he would NOT torssKS @ % s h e
p feT fteen years of suffering they offered him his
liberty degrading conditions ana Iney Iuy uiueI @
stand that while the least unworthy among you are men
Of an opinion, dynastic interest," anu lhCdaOe
OF martyrdom OF saerince we are men oi i Pt i
Many Italians look beyond the Alps, ana view ~ he
publican switzerland speG'TT 80 npopsrY pd nToaio and
widely dfused. Many pass the sea 10 hnd the Iepoi
in life 10 see labor respected and universal education
nearly universal the dignity OF free men IN an ana,
where aeeded such capacity OF sacrifice Ooth IN arms
and money as could never even be dreamed or IN any
of your monarches and they have become cOnVlnceu
that Republican institutions signify law omDpolent;
nnble offices bestowed merit and virtue moral equal
fty promoted by equality OF eduoalon the G0yernment,
and ySiant concurrence all the citizens all matters
Of import to the country and copseqnent & Oh
te moparcbies they spectacle Of arbitrary govern
msnt Oh lHG RDT eorpt6n diSSeminSfed from above Of
labor impeded at every STEP 0Olh IN production ana CIR
observation-disclosures tho masses; and the franchise
denied to the majority and consequently periodical reVo
peace Industry and commerce, but inevitable Wlen DOh
duties and right are systemaucaIly denied; -, ,
''WheD one OF yOur Ministers-Whom Would recon-
uncranmatically deplores in Parliament that mon
that dare to vtupeTae the name of liberty by boasing
themselves her Champion may give occasion TOT lhqutous
attempts that had they been followed by the prcmed
tated eject would have led TO truly assassnke conse
quences,' and adds, speaking OF tho discovery OF con-
eeaed Weapons that needless 90 that these arms
were directed against worthy mcD finally, when he At
tributes the arrests made the power to demonstrnte
army the people do but laugh at ms senseless airma
tions and absurd hypothesef rs wen as at tne asaht
contradiction Of declaring the conspiracy uIected against
an army which you us OF endeayOrnS By every
when the Italians hear you traduce Sicily in tho
eyes OF Europe as capable OF dlspatcmng 200 assasns
laeeoeGtol 70 Guy N ana yo o ho 1R yI fa
calunInating your native land; and judge from your
use OF such weapons that all others fan you that you
are henceiOrward victims devoted to tho goddess Fear
that you are and know you are lost We need not such
arms these 70 prove you both Immoral ana Incapable
| (which of US is dislOyall We who waited patiently
till every possible means OF concord had been exhausted
and when every experiment had been tried, ana every
hone BETRAYED openly separated ourselves from you;
you. who trOd in the blood OF our martyrs by which
silence and the illusions Of whole people who trusted
your promises 10 seat yourselves In powerful and armed
belong not to YOU but 70 the dynasty and to u.s. You
| "You had the prestige Of n name-Rome-sacred
among the people, the historic records OF whose two
epoohs Of civilization were pledge OF the worlds re-
sbec and love- and you have while prostesng the con
tTary annihated that prestige abandoned Rome to the
| French Minister that she should never be yours.
81 would not wear out tie last uncertain remnant OF
life left to me for question merely poitic 10 hasten
by few years or months the foundation OF Republican
q brief period and would leave it TO time aud your
errors 10 do the work for US But though question OF
ment Of progressive ideas, question OF honor may not
DishoaoT Is to people gaRgTene s Which m not iogght d
which, though able 70 do otherwise resigns itsef to for
master OF It's own destiny, consents to drag along in
semblauce OF freedom far as others allow, and no fur
ther, is lost lit abdcaes its power aud It's future.
I've will publish and repubsh through the press open
or clandestne, according to your prosecutions these
words which my friend Iamennalsone OF the holics Of
our party too little remembered among usaddressed to
the people shortly before his death: Know this When
ever I'M extremity OF suffering you determine 10 win back
tbe rights OF which your OpuressOrs have despOed yOu
they will reyle Gsturbers OF order and strive 10
defame YOU as rebels Rebels against whomi There is
10 Rebellion possible against the true sovereign,
the people, and how tho people rebel against tho
privileges for themselves injury Of the people,
impose their dominon upon lem by force or fraud and
when the people oyerthrow that dominion they do not
disturb ORDER they do Gods wors and execute His ever
just VIM
the inyola6iity OF thought Why will you conhscae
tins writing Of mine Why do you make II crime In
Switzerland ~ Danish Has Switzerland ever asked
you Danish any Of Eers, for fear Of Monarchca
No. you will do none Of these things You could not
II you would. You not national government. You
rule sOoy through force do so 30 long as that force
sustains you But complain not II, meeting apostolate
with apOstOlato, the day comes when-in the name or
Rome betrayed or our Italian honor Violated our ude-
pendence cast at the foot Of tho foreigner provinces
bartered away country's finance ruined, army
shamed and degraded our national life deprived OF all
legal expression or pact-we oppose force by force.
a. You are not national government In Italy. Herein
lies sentence the secret OF the actual state OF things
"The birth and growth Of national life in Italy were
Republican, and gave origin to our communes before tho
days Of Rome. Our national life was Republican, and
creator OF the idea OF UNITY IN Rome before tho Empire
and Republican in It's new birth nnd growth in our cities
OF the middle ages, repeating the italian Mission In
Europe and extending the link OF moral unity from
pie 70 people through reIgOh art INDUSTRY ana com
merce All great records arc Republican and nearly
all great uchs WHtntI VI HebIl WeIb
publcans The tendencies and customs OF our civil life,
and OF our dawning social institutions, Republican.
Italy has had patrcians but Patrciae; eOndOerf,
merchant rulers who had raised themselves above their
fellOw-ciZens by arms or wealth. but not an arstOc-
Tacy similar 10 those OF other European lands compact
united, guided by universally accepted leaders, and
directed by single political aim.
"These things have felt bound TO declare 10 yOu in
erpreter Of your fate that you may know what do
believe, and how despse your accusations. aud my
best friends deliberately opposed the immature attempt
which has lately filed with such terror but do not
by this 70 defend myself TO you SO soon as shall
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