The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-20

IcIlCu NlCIOTlSS over Wy ulus e'hu
Benedek at Magenta and Solferino in
1859 were crowned with the peace OF
Villafranca and Zurich, which annexed
Lombardy to the House Of Savoy. The
leaves of the artichoke were begin
ming to disappear. The Romagna which
Plus TX nobly refused to sign away
was also forcibly annexed.
Papal States Invaded.
Garibaldi meanwhile invaded Sicily,
and entered Naples after a series of
almost bloodless victories. In Sep
TENDER of the same year, treacher-
ously lending hand to the Garibal-
dian bandits, 10000 Sandman troops
under Fanti and Cialdini crossed the
boundaries of the Papal States with
out a declaration of war, and inflicted
a crushing defeat on the Papal army
under Lamoriciere and Pimodan at
| Castelfidardo, to the southwest OF
Ancona, a defeat which subsequently
| led to the fall of Ancona itself. This
was followed by the annexation OF
Umbria and the Marches sanctioned
| like other anneXations of the same
kind. by the farce of plebiscite car
ried on under the bayonets OF Sardl-
MAN soldiers Shortly after Garibald1
hailed Victor Emmanuel King Of Italy
at Teano, for the RE Galantuomo'
had entered Naples from the north,
seized Capua, and in spite Of the gal
liant defense of Gaeta by Atlantic di
Rivera, which gave that officer Euro,
pean reputation, forced Francis III to
abdicate and take the road of exile to
Rome, where Plus TX nobly repaid the
hospitality he had once received at
Gaeta. Victor Emmanuel was now
practically master of Italy from the
Alps to the Straits of Messina. Ven
ice was to be gathered in" in the
war of 1866 between Austria and
Prussia.
The Pope's friends were gone. Haps
burgs and Bourbons could help him
no more Napoleon, though at times
Irevolting against his slavery to Ca
YOUR and Cavour's policies, and will
ing to undo his work in the odious
soon be helpless, for he would neeC
every French rifle for the invaded
fields of France. The little "Patri
mony Of Peter" was now all that was
left of the Papal States. CaVour dice
in 1862, calling on his death-bed fol
the spiritual helps of that Church h
had treacherously assailed. But he
had given the watchword it was too
late to recall Victor Emmanuel mus
make Rome the capital of Italy.
Elaboration" of Rome.
1t took eight years to bring Victo
Emmanuel to the Eternal City. The
scruples of the PiedmOntese monarch
terrified at times at the thought of hi
contemplated treachery, the conven
ton between France and Italy binding
the latter to respect the Papal terri
tories, and the French to Withdraw
their garrison from Rome, helped t.
delay the final catastrophe. By 1866
the French troops had left Roman
soil: Garibaldi again appeared on TIT
, scene, formed committees of insured
ton, and attempted the CELEBRATION
of Rome. Ratazzi, the new Premier
, looked on, then interned the rattle
Garibaldi escaped. Napoleon and thu
French Catholics, to their honor, cam
to the help of the Pope, and with
g small detachment in conjunction witt
! the Papal Zouaves defeated the GAR
baldian freebooters at Montana, Nc
vember 1867. The victory filled tn
Catholic world with JOY. But Plus Il
> knew that the last act of the TRACED
was drawing near Rome was to-
close and alluring a prize for the dis
ciples of Cavour to let it slip from
their hands. In the -PrusSial
War Italy looked to it's own interests
Prussia, at the price of Italian net
trality, allowed Victor Emmanuel t
march upon Rome, and Napoleon, sor
pressed by Germany, withdrew hi
troops from the Eternal City.
Temporal Power Closed.
The conspirators now had free play
| III lldl 1dtdl Sulul1Sl VI lOlO, L olAd Y
San MARITIME brought a letter to tn
Vatican. with the devotion Of a sOr
the faith of Catholic, the loyalty G
5 a king, and the heart of an Italian,
: Victor Emmanuel informed Plus /,
E that he intended to occupy the Papa
/ States. Heartless and Illogical cor
j clus;on of a hypocritical exordiun
: The Pope answered single word
/. E'Might then comes before right" an
f lawaited the bursting Of the storm. O
a September II, General Cadorna'
! troops crossed the Papal frontiers, o
E September 20 they we're batterin
J. down the gates of Rome, at whic
+ General Kanzler, by the orders of tn
t Pontiff made but nominal resistance
J. fso as to spare the effusion of useles
!. blood A few hours after the invader
s marched into the Eternal City. Victo
n Emmanuel had now his capital i
# Rome, but through fraud and hypt
|. crisy, by spoliation and robbery. TIL
r Pope was a prisoner in the Vatican
i The temporal power was no more
II Of that temporal power says Lecky,
It Protestant writer, mo pen can writ
a the epitaph, for no imagination ca
It adequately realize it's glories. In tn
e eyes of those who estimate the grea
e ness of sovereignty, not by the e:
tent of its territory, or by the valor {