The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-09-29
TIE INTERNA TIoNAL IN ITALY.

| The Liberal Journals in Italy have latel,
been much occupied by the affair of thu
| death of David Lazzaretti, the republican
| fanatic of Montelabro. 1t lie impossible t,
Socialist, and that he owed his power ovel
| Thousands of dupes to HE skill in taking
advantage of the widespread disaffectior
entertained by the masses against the pres
emit Government of Italy. The socialistiC
society, of which LazZaretti Was the head
lie only one of many associations, all formed
of persons who believe that under the new
regime the people are worse of than they
were under their former rulers. Property
is virtually conhscated by the present
grin dirg taxation. Life and possessions
are Insecure owing TO the prevalence oil
brigandage and assassination. The action
of the criminal courts appears to be para
lysed by the refusal of juries to convict
persons accused of crimes sgainst public
ORDER The jury which WAS impapelled at
the assiZes of Beuevento AGO uitted and set
free by their verdict the men who, last
year, under the leadership OF ore Csfiero,
set fire to houses and burned municipal
archives, killed carahiueer and committed
divers other ou:rages in the name of the
Social and Universal Republic. The Der
sogliere, commenting on this notable fsi!-
ure of justice, ascribes it to the Influence
of the international" or Communism
which seems to be established in Italy in
all it's fitness.
Everywhere" it says, 'in all the social
orders are the germs of a lamentable DEM
clifton and the signs of q mournful deor-
der, here under the form of violent
saults, there under the form of acts of
brganGage. In one city the malady Ia re-
vealed in the shape of disordered finance,
in another by the war of factions; and if
perchance an individual has the courage to
penetrate beneath the surface and to give
the alarm, he is forthwith denounced as a
or madman, or worse. An
easy school of government has found but
one remedy for the evil, namely to let
things alone, and let them proceed without
With pompous phrases of
rhetoric these Statesmen place the fual
scope of Government In the assisting as
inert spectators at the development of
every sore into a cancre, at the progress of
every error, and the free course of every
evil.'
The time may come, 30 asserts the BerSGg
liere, when the Revolutionary movements
will be found not go easily queled as at
or Arcidosso, and when a
greater sacrifice of life than was offered at
will be required to restore
order. "We do not believe that an exag
gerated idea of liberty, 30 exaggerated as
TO become oftentimes impunity or licence,
s sufficient to confront the thousand needs
and perils of modern times, nor that it can
be a panacea for every evil. And the
Government which contents itself with
acting on this absurd idea is not Govern
nent, but an academy"
The BerSdgliere, which 80 unceremon-
ously exposes the incompetency of the
present Cabinet of Carroll to preserve the
from ruin and Ianarchy proposes
ss remedies for the existing evils firm
and vigorous administration irrespective
Of party bias, the amendment of the ad-
of the lave, a thorough re-
form of the system of taxation, extension
Of railways, and relief for the bankrupt
municipalities. Bnt these measures are
who'll YIN sufficient to arrest the evil, which,
IA the BerSGgliere confesses, ia attacking
The life of all material prosperity in Italy. |
The destructive and fatal doctrines of
socialism cannot be com bated by railways
and by financial schemes.- The avowed
programme OF socialism is to substitute
anarchy for authority, contracts for laws,
collective for iudiv!d aat o~nership, love
for matrimopy, nan for God, ard the uni
OF labor for patriotism" The
meaning Of the last phrase is ob-cure, but
there ia little room for mistsking the fol-
lowing appeal:
Let Us rice against the oppressors Of
humanity. All kings, emperors, presidents
Of repuo.ice, and ali priests of all religions,
are tie real enemies of the people. Let
1s Gea;roy along with them all inetitu
tions, judicial and political, civil and re-
ligious."
1t is evident that the internatioualists in
Italy, who thus thirst tor anarchy and
regard as their chief foe Catholic
ism and the faith which the present Gov
eminent in Italy has done Its utmost to in
jure and destroy Catholicism alone can
defeat socialism and check the spread of
doctrines which sap the foundations of all
thrones. And yet this very Catholicism,
which internation alism rightly feels to be
it's strongest enemy and its chief obstacle
to the overthrow of all governments, lie
looked on with hatred and hostility bs the
very Governments it would cave from
ruin