New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-02
ROME IN AUTUMN,


| pIGNANT-pIsCoRD IN THR GovERSNIENT.
| TFRoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEl
ROME, Oct. 26.-The magnificent autumnal
weather which has prevaiedin most parts of Europe
Is causing the commencement of our Roman season
to be somewhat later than usual. As yet only few
Americans or English have returned to their Winter
haunts and the Pinco though looking lovely is stall
well nigh deserted. But few years ago, when
Roman habituG returned thither after their Summer
rillCggidtrd they sure to find everything In
and about the Eternal old city exactly as they
had left it, az they were to find 81. Peters
and the Colosseum in their places. But now
the first thing on returning is to see what
have they done ~ People accustomed to the
American even to the English rate OF progress
would say that little enough has been done. But
for Rome and Roman ways the Summers work may
be considered pretty fair one. Monte Cavullo is
completely cut through, to allow passage TO the
Via Nazionale though the whole space of the road
way is not yet eScavated. Hardly day passes az
the work without some or less important frag-
mcnt of antiquity being turned up. But do not be-
eve that there has been any very find during
the Summer. Two or three edilces, on tho vast
scale on which buildings are still conceived III
Rome, have been commenced IN the Via Nazionale'
and the tower of the American church has been
completed. And very well il looks The bells which
are to ring from it that to Protestant wor-
ship that will so grievously offend all Catholic and
priestly cars not yet in their places.
While all the rest of Europe is in a ferment about
the Developments of the Eastern question, which,
though they continue developing" with the ut
most rapidity, do not yet to have succeeded
in developing anything very clearly we are here
much more busy with and interested in the prepare
ton for the general election of representative depu
ties to the Chamber, which Is fixed for the 9TH of
November. That at least is to be the day of the
first voting. portion only of the new Chamber
will be elected on that day. For according to the
Italian system Of election, in cases where neither
candidate has sufficient majority of the constltu-
encv ballot has to take place a week later between
the two candidates who have the largest number OF
votes; and that is defnitive. As such ballot
always has to be rcsorted to in a great number-per-
haps the maorty-of cases, our new Chamber will
not be named till the 10Th. The Goth Of next
month has been fixed for the meeting of the new
House.
As to the issues Of war OF peace, on which the
whole attention of most OF the countries OF Europe
is so intently engaged it is little that be COM
municatcd respecting them from the Eternal City.
The kilograms which are daily flying about Europe
and all the correspondents Of all the newspapers are
continually asserting that Italy has taken this or
that step calculated 10 indicate the line of policy
she will pursue should the settlement of this eternal
Eastern question come TO the arbitrament Of blows
She is asserted to have come to private under
standing with Russia She has given 1t to be IN
derstood that in the of any territorial changes
in Europe she should look for " compensation in
the Southern TyrOl where the language is Italian,
and where the sympathies Of the population are in
truth to a great extent Italian etc, etc. But al
though Italy is very young kingdom, there is
very old aud time-hOnorcd Italian policy which no
section of the nation is in the least disposed
to forget-thc policy OF doing nothing rs
long as doing something can possibly be avoided.
And have been obliged elsewhere to throw cold
water upon all sorts Of sensational kilograms and
assertions by continual assurances that they were
"canar,lsD 'mare's nests,' bosh" in short. The
Italian Government has, | think / may venture to
say, done nothing in the matter. Phrase, however,
is everything in these matters; and we will say,
therefore that the Italian Government has re-
served its entire right to free acton'-lust as Mr..
Mcawber did when lie waited to see what would
turn up"
As TO the elections there is little-I may say no
doubt that they will result IN somewhat increased
majority for the Left and the present Ministry. The
abusive employment of the civil servants of the Gov
crnment of every class protects, sub-prefccts syn
dies and magistrates of all sorts, for the purpose of
influencing the elections, has been carried to far
greater excess than Italy has hitherto. No
former government hats been free from this blame.
But no Minister ever used his power SO recklessly.
audacousiv, 80 cyuicaIly as Baron Nicotcra, our
present Minister OF the interior, has done. And it
must loo understood that the object in view gives
rise TO a system OF terrorism and tyranny which is
absolutely iutolsrale. Tie thing acts in this way.
Some employee Of the Goyemmeut-the prcsi-
dent of q court OF first instance, we will sup
pose, with q young family and very poor, as
al Italian civil servants necessarily are-at
Verona say has always discharged the duties Of his
Office ia q thoroughly competent manner and to the
satisfaction OF ms townsucu. But he has always
been known 98 q Moderate anA his political! sympa-
thias with that party. Ii is very evident there
fore that hc cannot be advantageOusly used as an
election agent IN thc liberal interest at Verona
auch agents. however, are imperativeIy needed in
Verona. wht' for the most part is strongly " Mode
rate" ,n its politics. But at Syracuse in Sicily, say
where tro general politics are strongly liberal, the
"NoGrraf," magistrate can do harm. He is
therefore crushed to despair fine morning by
Sudden intimation that he is translOcated' to SYRIA
cusc! Think oft! First, the expense of moving a
family from Verona to Syracuse, to man
Who has not a penny before him in the world.
n is absolute ruin. Then the upr0otng of all
nabituies all social ties the change from a thriving
well-o.dercd, peaceful, law-abidng community to
comparative harharism, material, moral, and social!
And that for wife ana sons and daughters as well as
for oneself! The sentence is only one degree, and
hardly one degree, less were than would be one OF
cop,,ittal 10 the gallrvs Al" vet this cruelty has
duIing lac last month two been committed whole
sale for the purpose OF operating upon the elections
Aud even the representation given above does not
include the whole or perhaps even the worst part of
tLo OWL The Minister and his immediate advisers