Year: 1867

The obstacles thrown in the way of the Revo-
lutionary party in Italy seem to swell the vol
ume and ultimately accelerate the momentum
of the current. The Italian people are sort
of chld-race among the nations, not only in
their immaturity in all that pertains to Gov
ernment, but in those causes out of which their
immaturity arises, viz: their superstition, their
love of ease and amusement their lack of
business capacity, masculine energy persist
ence and will Hence Italian revolutions are
a succession of happy or unhappy accidents.
The resistance to be overcome is so slight as
only to seem respectable when COM
pared with the fcebleness lin all but
a leader - of the Party of Action.
It is into the midst of such weak elements that
Garbadi is thrown as almost the only soul
and energy and vitalizing power in the move
ment Garibaldi at liberty is revolution.
Garibaldi imprisoned is counter revolution.
But the imprisoned Garibaldi is again at lib
erty if his words are free. The proclamatlons
of the prisoner are the DEGREES of the in
chOate State that is still in the womb, but
may be born tomorrow. AS with his revOlu-
tions of Sicily and Naples, so it may be
with this of Rome To-day the new State
is but a thought in one heros breast.
Tomorrow it is an emotion that trembles IN
the hearts of thousands Then it is an enthu-
siasm-a riot-a triumph-and, at last, a State,
the brightest gem in the diadem of Italy. 1t is
difficult to believe that the Italian Government
can be otherwise than secretly desirOus Of the
success of the revolution. That, while 1t is a
mere emeute, it should aim to keep up the ap-
pearance Of preserving its treaty stDulations Is
natural. That it should arrest Garibaldi, and
so keep him from launching himself on the un-
certain tide of popular enthusiasm IN the Papal
States, without an organization or an army,
was probably necessary to prevent his iall-
ing into the hands of the P0pc's execu-
TONERS. To suppose that Victor Emmanuel has
more regard for a treaty with his admitted
enemies than for achieving the addition OF Rome
and the Papal States to his Kingdom is to sup
pose that he is destitute not only of common
sense but of ordinary selfshness. The unknown
quantities in the problem are, will the people
of Rome effect a formidable rising so as to
Justify the av0wal of the movement by Victor
Emmanuel VIII Napoleon reGnact the role OF
protector Of the Pope rs in 1919, and prevent
the consummation of Rome's deliverance VIII
Prussia intervene to prevent NapoleOns inter
yention2


The success of the Italian revolution would
be so vast step forward that the hearts OF
all the Protestant, and half the Catholic world,
beat quicker at every symptom of hope for It's
hero. The friends of liberty in England have
sent him words of cheer and comfort which
will have their weight. For words III England
are stronger than men in Italy. The Pope,
who alone of all Powers recognized the Con
fedcracy, and Napoleon, author of the Mexican
Empire, are his only enemies. Is our Gov
crnment giving its moral support to freedom
in Italy or to dcspotism; TO those who were
with us in our struggle or against Us; to Carl
baldi. whose residence in our midst would have
made him Il citizen of our Republic, If he could
have ceased to be a citizen of the world, or to
Napoleon, whose suppression of the Republic
in Italy, in lSl0, was only equaled in Derlidy
by his attempted suppression of the Republic
in Mexico? Is it not time for the American
DcoDlp tO sneak