The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-10
dwelling of the Monument to MANN,
the Dictator Of AS.
The Macmillan Monument
at Trieste.
Kaiser Wilhelm and the Gar
of Russia.
VENICE, March %. 1875,

II was the magnetism OF his example and the I'M
selfish devotion OF his associates and supporters
that charged with new life the long dormant
spirit or liberty that for years had been crushed
under the Austrian domination, until the lion OF
St. Marx had become the symbol OF apatnetic
submission ana a changeless relic OF the prosper
GUS days OF the past mocKing the steady and
hopeless decline OF the provinces and city. To
the sturdy old fishermen who sleep In the sun at
the base OF the hon column. gtatuesque types OF
emotioness humanity, with faces as cnangeess IN
line as the carved heads on the columns OF the
Ducal Palace compile xions pallng in the intensity
OF color the rudy brown marbles OF the carved
ornaments; to these human statues, whom de-
cade changes only by adding richer tone to the
weatherbeaten skin or deeper furrow to the
cheek. 1t seems but yesterday since they gathered
on the Razzetta to demand OF the authorities
the liberation OF MANN and Tommaseo and
by their impulslve courage made the thought OF
liberty possibility. They speak with enthusiasm
or the glorious days OF Marcn AS, when they left
their bright sails 10 flap idly In the sun on the
rlva and joined the merry crowds tnat tnronGed
the Piazza to rejoice at the prospects OF speedy
liberation from foreign oppression. They remem-
Der the riot OF the workmen and the assassna-
ton of the Commander Marinovicn IN the short
season OF despair that followed the first popular
demonstrations of JOY. They heard the faint cries
OF ..Vipd San Maroon on the morning OF the 22d
or March, when MANN, with his few followers,
boldly occupied the Arsenal. and without loss OF
blood gained q footnold for the new Republic
From the decks OF their own clumsy boats they
saw the soldiers swarm up the sides OF the cor
yette Clemenza, and the winged lion take the
place OF the crown al the masthead. The events
that followed, the formation OF the government
the long, weary blockade and siege, the nnal re-
duction OF the city, the flight or MANN ana the
Austrian occupation-furnish texts Tor endless
tales droned out in the musical patofs OF the
fishermen, and from the lips OF these living spec
tators one can gather material Tor popu-
lar history or the revolution or AS full
or color. full OF fact, and or double In
terest because it is the testimony or these
men whom one can look upon only as changeless
among their fellow men, as the stones OF the rlvas
among the shifting sands ana OATS OF the agoons.
Vita them liberty means perhaps, cheaper food
and better market for fsh ana produce; their
memory OF the siege may be marked only by the
scarcity or provisions or the lmpossblity or sail
ing away to the fsRing grounds; but In this new
and changed Venice, with us Giudecca and Canal
san Marco Iull OF shipping from every civlliz ed
port in the world, with the long black forms OF
the finest steamers that foar moored at the very
doors or the Ducal Palace with the new docks,
the restored palaces. the general evidences OF
prosperity and awakened commercial enierprlsei
In this city OF the day, full OF the spirit OF the age,
one nnds In the fishermen alone human coun-
terpart to the soidlty and conservation OF the OLD
town, and In them alone does one meet In a SUI
perficlal search every trace or the people that
lived on so listlessIy and submissvely before the
awakening in As.
In 1858, on the ed OF March, the ashes OF Manin,
VINO had died In France eleven years previously,
were deposited, with great ceremony, In tom
porary sarcophagus In the Church OF st. Marx,
and a new and more worthy receptacle or the
honored remains is now prepared on the north
side OF the church, where they will
be shortly placed. The celebration In
'0s was OF most solemn and i'm
posing nature; the festival OF yesterday, the
anniversary OF the establishment or the Republic
or AS was a lively ana joyous one, Tor In the
presence OF the city and provincial authorizes,
delegates from the entire kingdom and foreign
countries and an immense concouTse or yenetlans
q monuments 10 the Dictator Daniel MANN was
unveiled, orations were delivered, poem recited
aud a general patriotic jubilee held. The monu-
rnent is erected IN front OF the house once occu-
pied by MANN, In a small square, formerly known
as the Campo san Paternian, now enlarged by the
removal OF o block Of buildings. and lately chris
tened Piazza MANN. AS early as 1860, few days
alter the entrance OF the Italian troops into
Venice, a committee was appointed 10 collect
subscriptions for a monument 10 the President OF
tue Republic OF '4s. Forty thousand francs was
collected and to this sum the municipality added
fifty thousand, and IN 1871 closed concours was
held, to which many distinguished Italian sculp-
tors contributed. The judges decided in favor OF
inc sketch OF Professor Luigi Borro, ana the
sculptor set ABOUT the work Immediately. When
the model was finished IL was sent to the famous
foundry OF Herr Muller. in Munich and the bronze
cast was successfully made ana put ia its place a
day or two ago. The preparations Tor tue un-
yelling were made with the greatest care and
with excellent taste. The square Is small. the
number OF people to be accommodated was very
great, and consequently advantage was taken Of
every foot OF uuoccupied ground TO construct
tasty balconies and raised stands for spectators
seats. The canal in front OF the Casa MANN
was covered with platform and a draped pavil-
ion erected Tor the use OF the authorities and
prominent guests. The other three sides OF the
piazza we're lined with raised seats and balconies,
Transforming the square into o large auditorium,
capable OF containing several Thousand people.
The adjoining houses we're one mass OF ricn dra-
perles and banners the Gothic windows or The
marble palace, gorgeous with crimson nrocade and
gold ringes, made most charming boxes In this
open-air theatre, and long before the ceremonies
began the carved balconies were full OF ladies In
gala dress and the platforms loaded with the O.
oulty OF the province, delegations from neighbour
ing cities and the Invited guests. Away up among
the quaint cnImneys enterprising Italians
swarmed TO look down upon the scene; small
urchins chung ike mpets to the sides OF the canal
that runs through the Piazza; every available
projection in the neign0oring buildings had its
human pendant ana black forms clustered like
bees at the remotest windows that gave an out
look upon the scene. Tue narrow, crooked alleys
that lead IN q tangled network in all directions
away from the Piazza we're damned with patriotic
natives In the best OF humor and In the gaudIesi
colors, com bned with that wonderful aptitude loI
hideous contrasts that cnaracterizes Italians.
At the appointed hour procession Of the vet
Grams OF ls4o the various societies or the city and
several delegations bearing banners and gnttern0
trophies and accompanied by platoons OF imposing
gendarmes, filed slowly through the dark alleys
and under the low arches into the crowded little