The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-02


tai of united and consolidated Italy. The
Mayor of Florence on Friday last waited
upon the foreign Ambassadors residing in that
city to bid them o respectful adeu, from
which we think it probable that yesterday his
beautiful city was officially vacated as the
headquarters of the King and kingdom. The
King meantime on Friday last was welcomed
with an enthusiastic popular reception in
Naples, en- route to the eternal City," but
| whether he will be there tomorrow or the
next day, or the day following or some other
day, we are not exactly informed. 1t appears
to us that he shrinks from the decisive step of
extinguishing, by formal settling down in
Rome, the last glimmerings of the Pope's tenn
poral power. AS temporal sovereign the
reign of Pho Mono practically came to an end
with the departure of the protecting French
| army and the entrfe of the Italian army of
| occupation last summer but still down to this
time, with the Italian King and government at
Florence, the Holy Father has had at least
the shadow of sovereignty over Rome, though
limited to the Vatican and the Leonine City
Now, assuming that King Victor Emmanuel
and his Ministry and central State subordi-
| mates of all descriptions, and the diplomatic
corps, are about to enter Rome as the Italian
capital it is evident that the Pope, resting
upon his protests, will be constrained to sub
nit to his temporal displacement, will yield to
the necessities of the situation, in the hope
by-and-by of some outside Intervention in
his favor sufficiently powerful to reinstate him
in his temporal kingdom. We have heard
ton of retiring to the Island of Corsica on the
approach of the Italian government, and so
we think that rumor may be regarded as an
invention. The latest official statement OF his
position and his purposes in reference to the
occupation of his little kingdom and his capital
lished the other day, from which it appears
that he has no consent to give to this Sub
Alpine" usurpation, and no compromise to
make with the robbers OF the ''sub-Alpine
government" In adhering to these declara-
tions the Holy Father in Rome, in the presence
of King Victor Emmanuel as his temporal
sovereign, will lie in novel and unpleasant
position, aud the King, who processes to be
good Catholic, will also be in an uuplea SAINT
predcament.
This state Of things cannot last long. From
all our latest dispatches on the subject we
conclude that the Pope, having defined his
opinions and his position, will quietly submit to
the strong hand for the time being, and will
avoid as far as possible, all causes of
offence to the Italian King and government,
about for rescue. Some Of his faithful
clergy in France have already petitio ned the
National Assembly to intervene for his rein
statement in his temperatures, and there are
two possible contingencies upon which this
reinstatement may be attempted. II may be
attempted in the event of the restoration of the
Bourbons, and it may be attempted in the
event of the restoration of the Bonapartes
The late hdeous Paris Commune, in all lis
remorseless hostilities, was most remorseless
in its wrath against the Catholic clergy; and
while this levelling Commune was distrustful
of everything in the shape of established
principles of law and society, it was most
venomously dis.rustful of the Catholic peas
antry of France. And here We have the
explanation not only Of the popular strength
of Napoleon the Third in his 1'lf6iscites and
of the recent reaction in France in favor of the
Bourbons, but also of the hopes of the French
clergy Of French Intervention in behalf of the
Pope and his restoration to the patrimony of
ST. Peter.
The Catholic peasantry of France are law
abiding, conservative people. They constitute
the commanding strength Of the French pro-
vinces in behalf of religion, law and order
against the revolutionary ''reds" of the cities.
The strength of this conservative class of the
provinces against the ''reds" is apparent in the
present National Assembly, and its anti-social-
istic spirit has been very effectively displayed
in the terrible suppression of the Paris Com
mune. Hence these memorials to this National
Assembly from the French clergy for interview
ton in behalf of the Pope. Doubtless, too,
the Pope expects, after the re-estabshment of
the French government in regular form, king
dom. empire or republic. a helping hand from
France, even, perhaps, if necessary, to the ex-
tent of armed Intervention, as in lS49, against
the Roman republic of Garbadi and company.
We apprehend, however, that in regard TO
the fulflment of any such expectations the
Pope will be disappointed. We think so, for
while, with a regular establishment Of
French republic there will be no interference
with the occupation of Rome by Italy, We do
not see how there can be anything beyond
diplomatic experiments with the restoration Of
the Bourbons the Bonapartes. Germany
has taken the place OF France az the arbiter
of Europe, and Germany, with her fifteen