Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-31
Harper's Magazine.

The July number Of Harpers Magazine
opeus with an illustrated description aud his.
torical sketch Of Mount Desert, now becoming
a fashionable summer resort, by George Ward
Nichols. This is followed by paper which
tells all aIy reasonable being can want to
know about soda.water J. Augustus John
son gives an interesting sketch Of eastern
travel, entitled On the Broutesn Among
the illustrations Of this article are some of
the city Of Antioch, lately destroyed by an
earthquake. Emilio CASTELAR,, in his third
paper on "The Republican Movement in
Europe" concludes his interview Of the Latin
peoples In the course Of the article occurs
the following eloquent tribute to Mazzni
Let us pause moment in the presence of
this man, who persouides an age. His ap-
pearanee has something Of the sacerdotal
His worship Of ideas has given him a strange
and mystic aspect iu manner, face aud speech.
At first sight you would Judge, from his gem
tie, aHable aud yet ascetic manner, the idela
light Of bis eyes, aud the sanity smile Of his
lips, and from the visible traces Of grief aud
of combat in bis face, that he was some mis-.
siouary who had wasted his life in turning re-
bellous souls to Notwithstanding Of sad
ness and wounds received in the battle Of dis.
euchaiued elements and fiery human passions,
but, mingled with this, resignation TO his
martyrdom and a disposition, if need be, to
renew that martyrdom.
remember having seen him iu a humble
house in London, in modest apartment full
of books aud engrayings of the monuments of
Italy. 1t was the 20th Of June 1858
When saw that aged man, weak, wthered,
nervous, showing in his broad forehead space
for ideas, and in his searching glance the FIRE
Of passion still, but modest even to humility,
aud spiritualist even to mysticism, | could
scarcely comprehend how many times he had
troubled the sleep Of the kings Of the world,
though guarded by courtiers aud arms.
He is entirely without pretentious or affec-
tation, His ordinary dress is of black, aud
a wide silk cravat, black also, leaves no linen
visible. Over his coat and wastcoat flows
his thin white beard. His complexion is clear
but pale his lips, perfectly concealed by
moustache, are fine aud shrewd his forehead |
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great figures Of Raphael of Urbino. la it, /
wrinkles you see where the lash Of the tempest
has SCARED it, and in its shadows you per.
ceiye where the weight Of thought has op-
pressed it. The soul is most clearly seen ia
the eyes profound, melancholy, inspired. |
luminous, changing in expression with the
course Of ideas in conversations and shedding |
their serene aud feryid light over the austere
face. Aud the eyes are in perfect harmony
with the musical speech, full Of emotion
which hatters your sense Of hearing with It's
sadness like a melody Of Belliui's, fl organ
for those ideas in which at each Instant the
name OF the country is mingled with the name
of God He has been compared to Robes.
pierre but Muzziui cannot be understood i'll
you separate him from the land where he
was born, and to whose liberty he has conse-
Grated his life, Ideas are absolute, and to
that extent independent OF all time aud place.
b At ideas are colored by sentiments, and
IN sentiments you fnd something Of the
laud which has nourished them, as you
dnd lime in the vine and phosphate in the
wheat The soul Of Mazziui has been
nourshed by the sap and the juice of Italy
IL is thus that he unites the worship Of ideas
with enthusiasm for action an inner spirit.
ualism with a plastic and artistic aptitude
somewhat sensuous and external; the Chris.
tian spirit which believes in God and in re.
demption, which sees the angels establishing
communication between heaven aud EARTH be.
tween creatures and the Creator with all the
ancient spirit, severe, rigid, full of the repub.
lican and patriotic sentiment, capable of sac
rfces for its classic ideal, even to the sacri.
fee Of conscience aud name, like Brutus aud
Cato. He has absorbed the ideas Of Italy as
our bodies absorb the atoms of the planet
Italy is his Beatrice and his Laura. He
loves her with all the loves, he respects aud
veueraies her like a mother, he corrects aud
educates her like daughter and be adores
her like mistress. 1t may be said that she
has been his only vile, the only companion of
his existence, and the only muse Of his genius
Thus Mazzini is, like Italy, the child off
Greece; like Italy. believer in the historic
cal superiority OF his race like Italy, al
pagan in his worship Of the classic speech
aud form like Italy, democratic, deist spr-
itualist, Christian; like Italy, Guelph, i'll
the popes had given her liberty, Ghbeine
when the kings are soldiers of independence
like Italy, dreamer, with faith in miracles,
with Utopan hopes, penitent if prayer aud
penitence serve his work, a conspirator,
Machiavel capable of believing in magic
and of invoking the devil, like Italy in her
desperation, but always great, always heroic,
always inspired--a sublime mingliug Of trib.
une, of priest, of prophet, and always Repub-
lican.
AN intelligent faith will not be swervcd
from its iooihold by every contrary word
or cross-purpose that seeks to affect it. Ill
rather resisis obstacles, and eudelvors to