Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-03-21
JOSEPH MAZZINI.

4 recent telegram announces the death.
at Pisa. Italy. of Joseph Muzz:ni He was
bnrn on the 2S;h June. 1908, n, Genoa,
where his father WIS physician and a
lectarer on science u, the university. He
received Il thorough education for the law.
which, hnwevcr. he soon abandoned for
the purpose Of engaging in politics. He
was remarkably eloquent speaker and a
fervcnt thinker. and IL was not long be.
fire he became extremely popular with
the young Gcnocse and obtained much in
fuence with them by addressing them
through the columns of the Genoa Hi,li-
Gator. n journal which he himscl: establish
ed. aud in which. under cover of literary
criticism, he endeavored to arouse his
| coumtrynen to agreement with his OWN
political views At that time the Italian
ccvcrnmcn, suspected every literal of con-
ncciion with Carbunarism, aud the Jour
nal was soon suppressed. to be followed
soon by the l.eghorn Indicator. in which
he gave cold assen; TO the views of the
romantic rcvulutionists who held with Man
zoni. This Journal also was suppressed.
and M,zlin occupied his time in writing
for the Florence AHtiol?gy articles signed
AN Italian which he afterwards collect
cd and published in three volumes. In
1880 he was apprehended on the charge of
being connected with the Carbonari. and
after six months imprisonment in the for
trcss Of Sayona was liberated on condition
that he would leave Italy. He then went to
Marseiles, where he founded society and
Journal both called Young Italy" and
whose motto. God and the People. -
cxprcsscd the principles b. which they
were actuatcd. The Sardinian Ambas-
Sadcr succeeded in getting Louis Philippe
to order Mnzlini's banishment. bat he clud
ed the law for nearly year. aud surrep-
ttiously published and distributed his
Journal But at last he was forced to leave
France and go to Switzerland. where he
organized an armed expedition ngain,,
Savoy. which tailed through the neglect
or teachcry Of Ramorino. to WHOM the
military command had been intrus,ed =
In May. 1888. he launched another army
into Piedmont, where II was defeated and
dispersed. as was also another in the fol
lowing year. MaEziai los. all his Influence
and lay iu hiding in Switzerland till 1886,
when he went to London. aud there sup
ported himself for several years by hi,
pen and established newspaper called
Apasfotaio l'epotsse. and devoted to thu
interest Of Italian working -men. When
the revolution of1SlS broke out in France
he went 10 Paris. where he presided owe,
club OF l,alisns which was pa,rouized b,
Lamartinc. Shortly afterwards he remov.
cd 10 Milan. where he orgaaised svolu,ion
AIRY clnts. notably the Circolo Naziouale
aud bitterly opposed the annexation o.
SLonrbardy 10 Piedmont; his journal. III,
f'esptes Ifaty created division among
the pairi:as which precipitatcd thc rum o
Lombard Independence. After the fall
of Milan he joined Garibaldi. and vile,
Rome was declared republic he wa.
chosen deputy to tile Constituent Assem-.
bly, for Lcghvru. where &e was received
with acclamations, and where he an.
uonnccd. in famous brochure, that the
war of kings had cndci-tha, Of the peo-
pies begun, After the murder Of Ross
and. the fight Of the Pope to Gaeta III,
Mizzini party became dominant, aud Miz
Eini suddcpiy appeared a, Rome. wher,
lie rcmaincd master Of the situation. On
the 18th March. lac. he exhorscd r.re-
publican Rome" 10 ally Itself with .'mo
narclical Piedmont" and on the 23rd q
the same month he became Dictator b,
the reorganization cf the Triumvira,e will
ArmellIui and Safi. lie organized nj
army Of 5,t0o men. and with them pre-
pared to govern and defend the newly es
tablished republic. He preserved an,
protected al the old religious forms, and
in 50 far, scted the part OF conservative
After sustaining che siege Of the Frrnc'
under General OuGinot rs long as posi-
bic, he proposed to Curry the war into ,h
provinces the Assembly refused to d
this, shewepon he m,grily resigned hi
POSITION among the Tsiamvirs. and ven
10. England after remsinmg far time Il
Switzerland. In london he strongly ad
fSocsieaa Italian unity 1in ls5u. witI
kcssuih and Ledru- Rcllins he ccu,racse,
. the famous Missiui loaa ;" which had 70
9 its stJsss and. whxh saeeeeae<ia in ssseesia
! , ncw Italian insarsscsiou. which hrek
! out in February. 1883. and was scrmiua
tca hy The .siessEy of The Auslxiaas
ies' he orgsaissd ~ sxrsdisieu 10 sesc