New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02

emoluments Such was Carmagnoa, VINO de-
serted visconti. Duke of Milan. and took COM
mand of the Venetian troops which were expected
TO cbastisc him. Other States had had experience
with these mOney-naking generals and had to put
up with them the best way they could Venice
waited patiently until suspicion became GER
tainty that Carmagnola's delays were Intentional.
Then he wac politely invited to visit the city
He should have known better than u put himself
within reach of the Council Of Ten. He was lured
TO the palace of the Doge and had hardly time
TO see his error and to exclaim. u" am lost man,
before he was in prison from which he emerged
only to be beheaded. Such lesson was not lost
en- the class of men to which Carmagn0la DC
lOngeI. Thus at every turn Venice Is found
dealing with the same problems which her neigh
bors had to solve. The difference was that. how
ever FIR she followed their methods her COM
mercial shrewdness sooner later led her into
byway which she trod alone. Even In the main
facts of her political development there were
features at the outset in the character of the
popular assembly which marked its kinship to
those in other cities. Bot whereas the begin
nings OF o,igarchy were jealousy watched In
other cities in Venice they came in the gus" OF
"a profitable investment for the State. When
Venice sent the Inflated expedition against the
Emperor Manuel the people must have felt that
they were themselves 10 blame for the disaster
and for the attendant bankruptcy Of the State.
To raise the money the city had done what had
possibly never been done before Created ponded
Understanding debt What could the people
say if the creditors began from that moment
t. take q more prominent part in the Govern
ment: if at length they or their descendants as
sumcd exclusive CONTROL if, finding combina-
ton of public affairs and private business onerous
they delegated the control of the state 10
smaller number and this committee chose sui
smaller one OF course il cannot be saiu 'h''
this was literally what happened. The narrowing
impulse came from within the aristocracy, ana
was never felt by the people as thing Tor which
they were collectively to blame. On TINS poin'
the history of Venice is a lesson to every other
nation, and particularly to every commercial
nation.
Mr.. Browns defence of the COuncll OF len
seems hardly ADEQUATE Almost any secret ma
chinery of assassination could be excused on the
ground that it had legal SYSTEM rules ana
statutes Of its own. The mystery that attended
the acts of the Ten, and subsequently Of the
Three. were in themselves enough to account Tor
the phostlv dread which in the lapse OF centuries
came upon the people. Speaking Of the fosc1ll
family. and of the atmosphere of conspiracy which
about the middle Of the sixteenth century nc9ah
to pervade the city, Mr.. Brown REMARKS: we
have reached the period in which the nopi" cf''e,
after winning its battle against the people anu
the Doge. fell victim to Il haunting terror oi
itself. TO q blind dread Of its own members, whch
cen only be explained mark the lame anu
mpotent conclusion" on the suppositioh INV
Venetians lived in terror lest their State shouiu
suffer the doom of all its Italian ncighboiS' anu
mass under the domination Of single ruler
Terror may cause insanity in an individual: IL
NAV cause something not unlike insanity III th'
State But il is never the fear OF the in'"re
that has this malefcent power. II il tine present
dread If every act Of the C0nncii OF len 'oi
the centuries that it existed could he Jn,tihon
NEVERTHELESS the secrecy Of ii was II crime which
sooner or later had to he expiatcd. Ii separated
Venice from all the world II put tho marx OF
Cain upon her and subjected her justly to the
hitter insult of a man like Galeazzo Sforza. You
are alone. and all the world is against You, not
merely in Italy, but also beyond the Alps Res
assured your enemies are not asleep. Take sooo
counsel, for. by God, you need it, know what
I am SAVING"