, 1870-11-11
FLORENCE.
Romo The Capital Of Italy!
The Government and the Pope

,vrr,u n.R SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

5rrnu o.R SPECIAL CoRREsrnNprsrI
FLORENCE, Uct- n,
att., the f;.s, ebulltiou OF Joy for tho lib
49,, ,;,r of Rome. Italy snd fl11euea have re-
t.,,- 81 IN THAR nasal c.lrnntga. A1d al watch
.,gar,r ina coyerpment - it slowly ptocAeds
IL xecuAtinc Rome and heE provinces m
irving 10 solya many questions that yet r.
main. and, IN preparing for tho t1ansforuoN
nj tha cxpita1 to cur ote1uM metropolis
!" Pou4n Cdpi.dk i"-tDese efo thn magic
rords that now mako every ltsliAn hoatt tnfaA
with 10y !; th.t has bsaa our thonSht. our
dream, eyer since the fAu Of the Roman En-
n,.e. ard Dsnts and Patszr,ch haTe immofael-
lied with their rBzses the great naflona1 aso'-
xssion. And get What dif1cuisie1. what suner-
ngs, ,;haye We not had to 80 through! scsi-
fold and prison, t5rant and praestv all have
been against us, bet still Italy has Won, And
now she II united, and Rome is her capitall
Ard vet, in spite Of this rapid progress, Te
arc not sit free from men, and d4re say =
government, that believe it possible to- con-
olliAte Eewly-tisen Italy With what reminds
her of tho bifterest parts OF her great
history xho hope shts he who blessed the
4onssac4o OF TefuEia, the bombErdesp OF
Rome in 1913. thouId now bless that Italy
which has been made free by those very men
whom he aud his predecoss ors murdered, i'm
p.lsoued, e1iled, and cursed. Italy is gener-
Gus people may forgive. but mover forget.
The blood OF cur marty1s IL too sacred to Us /;
th.ir memory too cherished. for IA to forget
50 oaa,t7 the kIiea:Jy tyrant Who made them
4lie., Let him live feaceAbls IN the patAoe Of
the Vatican, let hiul continue to be supported
nstion. should have no,hing to do. with
Inn. To; Italy he must only be ,
citizen. Thtse things, 50 natural
il Themselves, haye not been understood, or.
better, have not hesn wanted to De Under
ktoou By iht rs men who NO : form the gov
erpmsnt Of KtDg Victor Em1nusl- They have
rot get deaibtea in treating With the Pope,
who 30 many ti1nea has made shen c1eAfly
uudesst1nu that lie will not have anything 10
40 with them. Truly the siruation Of tho
royal 1ss1lan Government toward Plus Il is
very embarrassing, il not ridiculous p.ssioX
The PapAl .stohtisra WITH the greatest signs Of
An1ty and OF protection To the Holy Father,
they were obliged to ep:et Rome through i
breach In the wall, In the midst OF the Pou IT,
,cal bullets. But tho latter wcsa not sufficient
did not very much like his tntors, and they
began again to make love with him." ~ VS.
would say in Italian, but old Plus keepa
hut IN the Vatican, and to i'll
their generous Offers answers With
tbs infallihe Non possunsus." What hope
friends, will think that Tho best way of getting
rid Of them will be that Of quitting Homo aud
Italy. His, last 1ct to show th&t he will never
te reconciied with the Italian Government
has been that Of proEocuing the G;nmenica1
Cuuncl, because OF the s0rrilegious spolia-
tlou he mas been subjected to. IL il ssid that
Pro Mono has the inteation Of guing to Trent
to preside there orer the council that. there
fore, will become tbs second Council Of Trent.
Wa shall ses
-1S$
in Florence IN these days on special mls-
sion from the French Rapublic !: lie came
from Vienna, and left for Tours, where he hiss
already arrived. Our diploma tiats gave him
dinner. and IT is sad he decl .rvd that, H.
thouah yiolent opponent Of the unity ot
Italy. 10 nov had entirely changed his opin:
thinking, but think it rather late, nor very
| epor tAneou1, especially atter Sedln.
| Hia m1esion, however, has not seemed
very fortunate. Tae great popular hero,
Giuseppe Garibalfi, IL, as you vii! certaiulY
| volunteers bare followed him, but fow Of his
beat oftieers, for they d. not see the use Of
going 10 help what cannot be be'pei. Carr
baldi, ~ he al1aya has done, has actod geusr-
ouslyt even too generously, tuTati the m.
tion who bombarded Rome in 1873, aad triad
course he has taken has not been too wise,
ana We could Lave rather wishad he h.d re:
maineJ at Carrora: but. now that he is II
France, every good Italian wishes him sue
ctee. 90 that again he may coser with GLORY
the cou1try to which ho bsiougs. Nazziui ID
Al last free. He WAS comprised in the amnes
| t. that pardnued ailthose accused for p3lis1
cal causen. He is now At. Geneva. bis Iaust
town. but has declared that he does
not acrept the amneaty OF tho
King, ard will. ths1e efore. lesye Italy sg2in q
Voluntary exile, and wait un il Italy, no more
profaned BY monarchy. will call him buck.
Gpl grant that Mazzina's hopes pc realized $50
that The greatest Of Italian patriots may hsEe
Witnessed Ill the rapid progress Of his country
from the most n iect tyranny aud diaunion to
the most perfect liberty and unity.
At Nice III IL quiet. although the hopo Ia se
great ~ ever of being unised again 10 Italy
| The going Of GaribslI to France has made
the Nica1ds hope that, with his help, they rna5
/ peacablY Obtain what Otherwise would have
only been effected with bloodehod. In Gals
b1ia We hAvo l4d several ssvefe shocks ot
earthquake, that hsvo ruined many ,owus
1t d villages Catanzaro and kossann lart
suffered very much. va do NOT yet know The
exact number Of dcad in this dresafnl ca!anit,
| 10 which the southern extremity Of our PENN
Hula is so very much suhjrct.