The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-08
NIAzZINI AND ITALY.
From the N. Y. Times

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Signor Mazzini, writing from his exile in
Switzerland, has published a kind of political
manifesto in the form of lengthy letter
headed ''Io My Enemies. He has recently
been forbidden by the Swiss Government to
reside i'll any of the cantons bordering on
Italy, and hence, apparently, though not
avowedly, arises the burst of fierce and pas
sionate defamation which he has addressed
to the I51bHBd of Lugano. He avows more
absolutely than ever his belief in the neces-
sity of republican institutions for the vel
fare, or even the existence, of a united
Italy, and he denounces more bitterly than
ever the existing rCgime. While express
ing his firm conviction that the establish
ment of republic in Italy is but a ques-
ton of a few years, to be brought about in
the natural course of events he more def
antly than ever avows his intention, and
that of his party, to do all that lies in their
power to overthrow the Italian Government,
and to place the doctrines and principles of
republicanism before the people. If the laws
of Italy forbid them to organize publicly,
they will organize in secret. If they are pro-
hibited from openly advocating their views,
they will do it by means of secret societies. If
their demonstrations are repressed by force,
they will continue to arm, so that when the
day comes ''when we call upon the people to
choose between us and you, we may not weakly
fall unaTmed into the hands of your police.
your carabineers, and such of your soldiers
who still remain enslaved and deceived,
and fail to unite with us in action" He re-
pudiates assassination, nddenies that 'rebel-
lion is possible, save against the true soyer-
eign, the people. Italy, he says, is republican
by tradition-the birth and growth of her
natural life were republican, as also her
social institutions; her proudest records have
been those of her republican days. and her
greatest men have been republicans.
Monarchy and its concomitants have been
implanted in Italy ''as the period of her
moral decay, under the auspices and armed
protection of foreign traders" And, though
he regards the purely political situation one
which can only result in the triumph of
Republicanism, he intends to strive, with all
the power and energy he possesses, in order
to save the italian people from the ''gangrene
of dishonor' from which they suffer during
the existence of monarchy.
This is strong language, and if Mazzini
were still the political power which he once
was, would be dangerous in the extreme to
the peace of Europe. But at the present day
it is little more than sound and fury. If the
existing institutions of Italy are in reality
alien to the genius of the Italian people, the
fact will soon be made manifest without
MaZZinian agitation. And whatever the faults
and shortcomings of Victor Emanuels Gov
ernment, we fail to see that Signor Mazzini
and his friends hold out any reasonable
prospect of establishing any alternative
government that could at once develop the
freedom of Italy, maintain her unity and
preserve the friendship of her powerful
neighbors. There are many things in the
condition of Italy at the present moment
which gives cause for anxiety to her best
friends, but we fear we cannot look to Signor
MaZZlni for its permanent amelioration.