The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-06
THE RkroLur1osIzrxs pAPAcE.
Leo XIII. Trnnssc-msnE the Ksnedoa OF
Italy into n Repubttc.

tht VI wv "''''' INV oVVNo V'sA"eS
prejudice to learn tho truth. WIN MIN TINS
philosophy lads to serene impartiality Like
all great geniuscs. he is as sensitive as a
woman. impossible ns an anatomist. clear
headed as philosopher. and tender as enid.
In the language OF Tur1uety. Leo MIL really
feels himself "thc highest expression OF hu-
manity.' Entrusted with COSMOPOLITAN IDEA.
he is also its guardian. His Office places him
above all national and dynastio interests:
and that is tho reason why. the day when his
ideas first encountered the opposition Of the
monarchy. when he fet under tho velvet Of
an insinccre sympathy the steel OF q
combat to the death. ho placed himself on
guard. His first response was TO re5mpha-
size the maxim. "ne eieHi ne clettori." Con-
scrucn,ly, Italy began to look upon the fu-
ture under n republican aspect When the
faracy felt obliged to resist royalty. why
not prepare for the republic
new regime would not DO encountered by
party traditions or tho bonds that bind and
hammer the monarchy When Rome conse-
Grated tho republican regime in France. repub-
icahism lost the rcuulsivcncss which it had In
tho eyes OF tho conservatives. In Italy tho re-
pubic would be eminontly federalst. In the
spirit OF the unitod States The political or
E"niznuon o, Italy has been cursed with the
lml'h'ion Oh the contradiction OF France-that
admirapie UNITY. that masterpiece In history.
that RESUME SO marvellous. unattainable as the
Italians say OF centuries. But would fiat mn.
tionnI ,ormon. 60 ntn,i.,i,,, "ou.u ma. . mu
nation that fashioned it in its purest style,
suit a people scarcely born. having in their
p'o"u 'he co"i"luhaiish OF the mluule ages
and the sectionalism OF tho later periodp
A superficial creation must always la mara
ni'.crnst. IL the United States had not organ
lied their strong Constitution upon now
foundation. it, instead OF building a modern
,,.nsio,, ,,;+h iii ~. ,o,,r. 49, ~ ~,
mansion win ah tho comfort and oil tho
granitelike solidity that belong to 1t. they had
me. -, .t ' y. iu''' , c,Vi, W.,
,aas."n wou.I .ney nave rsaoneu t"at bril-
worlds Fair vii, hc tho radiant n nothsnsiss
How 10 Il with 7. alvy In no,it,os sho hasD,,,
France: in philosophy. literature. and habit Of
criticism she has borrowed from Germnnv.
s nos 49, -, .,a, .m uin'aus'
colored garment. the pieces Of which belong
to foreigners. It ia probable that. n the
Italian unity had been constituted one year
later than it was. tho improvised states
man would have followed tn, vssr ex.
ample OF Germany. whose resusctated unity
leaves plenty OF room for provincial senti-
men. =, anu 'hs nnol's oi ioea,i.eu au,ohons
But this smotheriny OF oil traditions. this bru-
i;hor,ias .his ., ra,c. nns da,na.ars .rnori
oHes fns strange ana deEper
mni T ' moud. was s. tremendous bunder
tbs Fac Each hs town hHS its destiny nPd
Athers and Spnr5a or commercial repn6c
sG Iyre anu sdor rSn eaGG Ts' t there Is
ness and tbs stnstion hat Form tho irresist-
me ,ta i9r the artist tho
w Ws ne them sbulld not tbis historical blum.
nof +. n onc as soon ms fdnr MEI1
the ser riv pn tho nr n wbh
been abolished Sy that zat E'sh Which, H
TIE monarchy is the ylsine sign and symbol
i se aS - cear that aras ah wn ,s
o ro2 '1r me y q the
many hss "s the H of Ike 81 soSth
.nd the republican autonomy of the cities Of
' Th nti IL tho nroh,om Tn III. o,a .renub,con
eS"n put t destined to become freq IN
an A.. I'VE nave assns
;rnnr Nsri,nn in sit nnon t ~ s
az cent riItzntion viii fhe renniirnn f"rm
out OF hatred Of the Pore TO rebniid the old
communal cjitice Womb no in his onininn y ~
favor thn rsunny and the Uhnrchi whirh wnuiT
Menrft from thi, rs.estot Iishmcrt ~ iihertW
That Jictatsa thia soImfion n tho renuh,io
sim plv Iesirrs To- be the servile Imitation OF
ths monarchy, what is the use OF going to the
GUS. OF which Bertani has been the authorized
AMI ras ncrtod voi"n ca ia for n faHeral rannh
e in wh"h Home the Uathoic cIty tie pstrl
IT, own n sovereignty. This plan .outi have
on re IN" right road anG 81 nlucSinW frHm aer
Tnson, tho IeaJiy thorn Of tho Tontiacai nues-
ton II i u"t ne"nssarr 70 maIe in astnil n
sketch Of the CIV WORKING Of this rrob"m or to
,vr"s Of tits form nre Known But something
which is loss known is that this reorraniz,,.
ton would admit OF tho fuli and Vigorous
gossomins Of ali tho Genius Of Italy, What
this mathematicaI unity} The unformity
has become snirocatins. Cast into the snme
rentrm!izntionn has been the moral and in.
tall"ctuaI thyllnxora Of Italy. The present
reg has 6ccom" tho property and almost
| noni"rance of Naples has corrupted all the
| imnrov!srd morhnnism. Tho strong disci.
i?nra-dy. the graceful and brilliant fancy
| and Of Ieshori.. tho refined and purely clils-
sic nIernnce Of Florence nil these gifts have
| been half buried and :he Italy Of the present
! day resembles n falow land. Left to her
own forces and her native qualities under the
prntectorat" OF n central power for the gem