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

luiiouize Naples. but, the scheme fell to
tbs grsund. aad be retained % I0ndos.
in lS64 as Atisnpt was nsads to implieate
him .Hith Ledrp-Roliins in she3 0rsini plot
10 assassi,,aie Lsuis Napoleoss and though
the charge was net pressd lac -as con-
demnsd TO perpetual banishlnent fer con-
tunsacy by the Paris Assizcs. Of late
yeaEs hs has interested hi,nselfr more or
less actively 10 politics. and at the ssd OF
February, 1865. he vas elected ut Messi-
ma Deputy to the Italian parIiamcns. but
his election was annullsl al the session Of
March -. sInSep.smbsr followipg be vas
reelected IN shc. same city. sithoas sh his
.oppopen, was General Medici. q His man
ifost9csg bccaspe more and ,nere bitter
against the policy Of Victor Em,ssn-
uel. and he opeshy demanded the forfei-
ture Of the House OF Savoy. iH 1865 he
was clected Grand Master u the Italian
| Masonic lodges. In the sasse gear were
pab.i.hed the regulations of the Cniver-
! sal Rs pab,icsn 4 Alhance, OF which he was
leading spirit. aud one sf the objeets of
, which vas to bring about an immediate
instruction in Rome. q scheme into which
General Garibaldi openly entered. In
the midst OF these Pr"para;ions for the
great event Milzini fell seriously i'll ut
Leghorn. aud it Was long before be reeov-
cred. His cvavalcseeEee was the signal
for tho outbreak of new political agitatiuns
connected with his name and influence.
aud 10 1869 u plot was discovered AZ Mil
an ia which he was engaged. ami which
was exposeI to the Italian Parli,mcnt by
the Munster Of the Interior. The plot
had been prepared Oh Swiss territory. and
this tao, led the Swiss govtroment to for
bid Mizziui To appear IN any of the cam
tons on thc Italian frontier. aud he was
ordered to leave the canton Tcssin in May
OF the same year. He thea again return
ed to England. where he has since passed.
much of his time engaged in writing es-
says for various periodicals.
In the minds Of many people the name
Of Giuseppe Mizziui WIS at one time al
most syuony mous with conspiracy, Cirbo-
narisin, aud revolutionary schemes OF all
sorts; but his career. w.'cn regarded cool
lv, do,s not seem Ia warraU: any other
conclusion than that he Was an arjcut re-
publican who wished above all things that
Italy should be united and free. With
this object in view he male use of every
means Mt his command TO accomplish his
purpose. I.is necessary to difference him
clearly from the Carbonari. the lnterEa-
tional Society. and simply destructive or
ganizaiions. 1t is true that ne was Car
bonaro at one time. but simply FOR the
purpose which the following extract from
the las. edition of his works sets forth =
II was at that time unable to found any as
sociation of my owh /; and in the Carbo-
mari | found boly Of men in whom
however inferior they were to the idea
they represented-though ght and action, faith
an! works, were identical. Here were
men who, defying alike excommunica-
ton and capital punishment. had the per-
sistcnt energy to recommencc and wave
fresh web each time the old one was
broken; and this was enough to make me
Join nv name and my lahors tn theirs -
Ills purposes aud cha racter have persistent
| II been misrepreseated. anl even Amer
leans who should understand. are general
ly sally at fault in regard to them. lie
was neither atheist nor destruclionist a.
his recently published articles in the C1n-
temporary H. rieV and the Fortnightly
plainly show. lie held himself a;oof from
the Internationals. whom. By the way.
Gariboldi has lately joined: and what
Garibaldi regarded rs his foolish conser-
va,ism gave rise to quarrel of long stand
ing between the two ltalisn patriots. which
lasted down to the day of Mazxini's death.
Especially in latter years he se,-ns to have
been altogether too conservative and or.
tholox II please any Of the more radical
des,ractionisis; he was simply man ~
grca. abilities wao devo,c! his life to the
one end of establishing his ideal Of repub.
licanisn in his native land. and Who made
everything else subservicnt to this q, he
published several works among which ar,
Italy. Austria~ and the Pope" 1s45
Royalty aud Rcpablicanis,n in Italy "
1850; :. be Italian Question aud the Re,
pnhlicans." 1881 ;"Daies of Man" 1862
Life and Writings" 1856 i-6; and ..Ad,
dress tn Pope Plus TX" 1865. He diet
in his sixty. fourth year.