Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VI, Number 17, 27 April 1867 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

The Secret Government in Rome.

Durinp :he monih cf Lk K me wafj «u<vfs-ire'y in*Jndated w; ♦ h thrre publicflfioriS cir*ulatetl hy that rny*?'*rio'2s aeenry, wh <*h no one ean hut cvcry nne ci>conntcrs Of th»**e. one i« an n*owe<i ofijri.il act, U»anng the name of the .\ it»onal Coi:jinin< e, whiie of ihe other. one has in<Jeoi! U.eu to proeeed frou» a so'jr:e fore?gn in »orne to thi« body. Take the«e, howervr, together, and we beliere we sball bave a prrtty accurate jummary of the more or le« con«rerginc streams of feeling that p*»rmeate the Lil*rn| pany in Kome at thi* mosi critical moment. The rtcognized document is an adJress to the Komans, signed bv the Cornmittee and d3ted the 14th ol December, in wh:ch. while congratulating the populniion and ltaly on the final emaneipation of the country from foreign oeeupation, the ciandestine gorernment urges ihe people not to give way to impatience. but to await in trusl the hour when it will be called to realize the ful6hnent of in long pent-up nspiratior>!«. There is nothing- very remarknblc beyond its general tonc of moderation in this nppeal, whieh, indeed, iecalls to minel the coiourlcss Innguage ?o often apparent in the address of our pnrliamentary candidaies. in thrir an.\iety to avoul givinp off*ence. Great in the eontrast with the other document. whieh, though profesj«ing to be but the ittdividiial addres« of a Frinr Oiusto to ihe Komans, hns l>een »ndorsed by the Committee. with an n(»jM*r»detl recommendation of ita tenor. Th;> latter i.H an nddr?ss cnuched in |.»r»cu:ir»e »o maL r nifioent in colouriiiL r , ?o forcib!« in cx|iresMons, and emlx>dying ideas so •iubtle, ti»at it must perpk*x the hard British mind t<i helicve it a bror»d sheet destined for popu!ar efTect. We have here the gn»nd utt?rance of one who declares himself an ltalian in tibre, and a man of the altar by conviction, and who, inwardjy persuaded that the two are perfectly compatible, speaks to his countrytrien with thc e!oquence of an npo.iile, aml the peculiar aeeenl of u mind soturated with the hletided intellectual fiuid of a Danto and a St. Thomas Arjuinas. But who. then, is this Friar Giusto ? That is a qucstion whieh we cannot answer; all we i'eel sure of is tliat he is a man of a burning eloquence, and that the whole cast of his writmg?i is st<tmped with the mark of a genuine ecclesiastical origin. After carelully peruaing the compositions bearing hi« name, it is impossibie to consider them cnumerfeit prot!uctions. They are pervaded with those touches whieh are beyond imitation and fabrication. It is now rather rnore than a year since this mysterious monk'a voice was first heard in Knine. Then a painphlet of a few sheets »ssued from the i\'ational Press, at the head of whieh it was stated that the writer wus 11 a member ofthe high clergy residiug in Kome." This was ulso nn addrcss to the Komnns on the part reserved to them in the ultimate working-out that great revolution whieh was to prove the " sj/nthesis heUeeen rcligion and nationality rhere is, however, a certain lav element in Kome whieh it cannot be supposed will lx? rontent with such general and rather nbstrnct views nt this moment, nn olement n»ore disposed to look al>oiit for concrete iiu'asures and active operations, than subtle spcculations. This element, however conservative in othcr sympathies, W)uld yet concur nt tirst vvith tho party of action m so far that it wouhl bc mdisposed to remain perfectly <)uiet, l»ut r.»ther seek to extnrt from the Government fome positive concessions. This view has becn propounded in a pninphlet entitled, The Senate of iiome aiul thā Pope, distributed clandestinely to a large extent in Kome. Upou the title-page stands, •• In JEdibus Maiimis limna" but vve believe this superscription to be as counterfeit as the signature at the end— 41 Stefano Porcari." The pamphlet was printed out of Kome, and without the eounivance of the Koman Commiiiee. The intontion <»f the brochuro is to draw attention to tho historical antecedents of the munic»j*»lity identif>ed with the Capitol, and to engage the Komana to revive it in its nncicnt prerogativt s, as an instrument towards hridging over the gulf between the state of things that exists and thnt state of things whieh ltalian unitnrinns look to. So far there is nothing to obj*ct to this poWicution. But nt thc end it conUiins n direct invitation to the Komans to proceed to the Capitol the day nfter the lnst French soldier has» left, and there, in the face ot Europe, n*constitute of their owu nuthority the old histortcal eommune whieh so often hnd waged war on, d( fied, and drlven away Popes. Now, in this prx>jx»sition there lies »nost undouluedly.howeveroverUid with historical precedents, a direct revolutionary suggestion, the cxecution whereof would almost unavoidcd!y prccipitate a elaah. in spite therefore of tlie mnny e.\cellent points in l)iis painphlet, we believe that the Koman Comimttce decl»tied to authorize its diflusion, on the ground that its concluding recommendations constitutevl nn objectionab!e appeal. Nevertheless, the pamph!et wj»s diffused all over Koine by somc clandestino inaehmen,-, whieh oo this occasion worked with as mueh rapidity *nd ert<ctivenessßSthe one onlinan» ly sct m moūon by the recogntzed Coinmittce, a circumstance whieh g«ves mueh to thmk oflf what we hnre been to!d is trtie. then it is nupossible to doubt that a second secret organixation exists in Rome outside the aeknowletlged Couimittee, whieh represents tho morc admnced «nd impatient sec(ion, itnd u hieh, to judge frora this specimen, might nt a gtven momeni be in a posiūon to uttempt a cmtp de muin on its own impulse. At all events» >ve *hink ourselYes not raislaken when we affmn that the distribution t»f this pamphlei was the work of hands not acting for the Coramitte«. whieh was averse to its puWicatton, so that here there would be something that m»ght at a late moment lead to a practical disruption of the Libeml party in Kome into tvro organixed sections. working on diflerent plans, and towards distinct ends. These three publications raay, therefore, he taten to i*present very adequately the clcments at this momcnt penrading Kome, aud certain to harc to be taken into account in any calculations of what is going to happeo there.