The New York herald., 1870-09-14


wood, who, fresh from the Lunatic Asylum,
stabbed two men In beer saloon yesterday
during q momentary return of his malady.
Italy and the Pope.
Jsaly goes to Rome, as she needs must,
since she Is driven by power quite as strong
II with better motives than tho power In the
proverb. Without Rome the kingdom Of Italy
is simply an acephalous monster, and this the
people feel and see. Suppose this lop-sided,
half-made-up monarchy, that lives feebly in
the sufferance of its subjects, should resolutely
stand still in view of the present position Of
Rome. Then the Italian people would go to
Rome without the monarchy, and the Roman
people, rising as at Viterbo, would declare the
Roman republic With republic in Rome
there would be another in Florence, another
at Venice. Italy, through and through, would
be stirred by sympathy with the Roman move
ment and Victor Emanuel would have time to
take trip to Wilhelmsh1he. 1t Is because all
this is inevitable and obvious and has the force
of the people behind it that the monarchy goes
to Rome. 1t goes to occupy the only point in
Italy from which 1t can govern the Italian
people. But, going with this provident, cool
view Of things, 1t goes, Of course, without pas
sion or enthusiasm for or against anything or
anybody, and especially without hostility to
the Pope. It would be pleased indeed to hold
Rome in partnership with the head Of the
Church, considering its mission as the leader
of the people amply filed by its seizure Of the
common governing machinery and by the
dating of it's DEGREES on the Capitoline HILL
This is well enough for government which
only does what it must do, and that has an
amiable desire not to shock anybody and
though it will not thus please the revolutionary
party its action will be accepted as satisfac-
tory by the great mass of the Italian people,
who do not the less adhere to their religion be-
cause they do not want its priests to be dis
turbed with the disracting cares of State. But
how will it suit the Pope2 Not in the least.
He will not accept any arrangement save
under pressure Of necessity. He will not for
mally resign his claim as temporal sovereign.
Should he go to some other Gaeta he will have
to wait long for the coming of the power that
will restore him to his throne. An abandon
ment of Rome now would be far more momen-
tous than was the same act in 1848. In those
days France by assuming a strong position to-
ward the Pope, made the first step toward
putting Austria out of Italy, and worked effec-
tual divorce between Austrian and Papal
councils France was thus left the only friend
of the Pope, and that friend can never help
ceeded to the post, has trouble enough at
home. If an Orleans prince placed oh the
throne of France should assume reactionary
attitude toward Rome barricades would 60 up
in Paris.
It is therefore perilous for the Pope to leave
bis capital, so far as relates to the possibility
of his ever returning, and of course perilous
for him to stay, so far as relates to his tenn
poral Independence. What can he do? 1t is
reported that Victor EmanuePs government
will propose to him to make Rome the stake
of game of pSe6iscituna. This, if accepted,
would be very impotent conclusion, for the
King would simply bargain without his host
1t is not the people of Rome that are to be
considered in this matter, but the people of
Italy. 1t is the nation that wants the city,
and it would not stop even If it knew that the
sentiment Of the city were against it, though
it in all probability is not. Plus the Ninth
will not go into an election in which, even if
he won, his success would be wrested from
him by third party outside; and the King
will not commit himself to possible abandon
ment of Rome in circumstances that would
which he now crosses the frontier. 1t is clear
what Italy must do, but difficult to see whittier
his infallibility will drift.
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