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    throughout the trial it is assumed as a self-obvious fact , that Santcni De Angelis , and Latini were not only not guilty of any intrigues against the republic , but were not even open to any reasonable suspicion of such an offence . It this was so , I am struck with an obvious dilemma : either the Anziani , who . signed the Mayor ' s report " , believed the charge or not . If they did believe it there was obviously some primd facie evidence of its-truth , and then the case comes at once under the category of political offences ; if they did not , what conceivable motive induced four respectable men to sign a charge against three of their fellowcitizens against whom they are not even asserted to have borne

    any private grudge ? T hirdly , the facts seem to show , that , however hasty the process necessarily was , the prisoners were tried by military law , and executed accordingly . This is denied all along in the judicial statement , but yet , with a glaring inconsistency , we are informed , that though the whole matter was a private intrigue of Salvatori's , yet one witness , name not given , represents that somebodv told him that Garibaldi only consented to Santuni ' s execution in consequence of Salvatori ' s urgent representations ; and from the whole context , it appears that the case was looked into , and the final orders given by Garibaldi and De Pasqualis , who could have had no private interest one way or the other .

    Lastly , we are told that on the 30 th of May , a printed notice was published , stating that Santuni had been shot , in virtue of a judgment by a military commission , as guilty of agitating for the overthrow of the republic , but that De Angelis and Latini had been pardoned , because they had been deceived and seduced , and were the only supports of large families . " This statement , however , is dismissed at once , as unworthy of notice , and as contradicted by the evidence of Latini . m It is indeed possible that all these seeming inconsistencies and improbabilities may have been accounted lor by the evidence on the trial ! They are not accounted for by the official sentence , which is the only information afforded to the public . The court then sums htest doubt be enter

    up , with the conclusion that " Not the slig can - tained that the wilful calumnies and instigations of the prisoner SalVatori were the sole and the too efficacious causes of the result he had deliberately proposed to himself ( namely , the murder of SANTUNiand De Angelis ); and , therefore , unanimously sentences Salvatori to public execution at the city of Anaqui . Vincenzo " Fjenili and Luigi Grassi are condemned to twenty years' labour at the ^ allies . There not being sufficient" evidence to convict Fanella , Federxci , and Teresa Fenili , they are to be ( not acquitted but ) kept in prison foi six months more , and Gabrielli , whose only offence was that he told Salvatori where the priest Santuni was to be found ,- is to be released provisionally ; while Garibaldi and De Pasqualis are to be proceeded against in SalvatoRI was executed on the 10 th of September , 1851 . Fenili and Grassi are probably still labouring at the galleys of Chita Vecchia , and will have leisure to appreciate a papal amnesty .

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    June 9 / 1860 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst , 551

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    Hanover , June 5 th , I 860 . fiPHE inspiring success of the Italian constitutional party cannot JL Jail to exercise an influence upon the liberals of Germany , whose — - ^ ctn ^ or ^ -French-in ^ sion ^^ pressive yoke of their domestic tyrants . The National Association , which has had to struggle against the indifference of the people to their individual liberty , and against the open persecution and secret machinations of the princes , is again in the Held , though not very vigorous at this moment . It is a settled belief air . ong the politicians of this country , that war with France is inevitable , and that all questions of domestic policy ought to be deferred . The organs of the Government turn the fear of invasion to good account , preaching passive obedience , and patient endurance of excessive taxation for the maintenance otthe ever-enormous standing armies . Although this language may be justified by the uttitude of France , it is difficult to understand how the union of Germany is to be effected by strengthening the hands of the princes . The present aims of the National Association and liberals generally are not quite clear to me when I find their acknowledged leader , M . Vox Bennigsen , expressing himself thus in the Hanoverian Chamber . On the motion for an extraordinary credit to maintain the ICncgshereitschaft ( partial war-footing ) of the army , which was ultimately

    agreed to , M . Von Bicnnigskn said : It was , indeed , to bo regretted that the country should be scourged with such heavy demands for mere military purposes , nevertheless it was not to be avoided ; and considering the political situation of Europe , every power of Germany ought to be better prepared for war than it is . Heavier demands , continued Von Bennigsen , will have to be made shortly that cannot bo met by loans—the taxes must in every country bo greatly increased to cover the disbursements for these excessivo armaments ; and these armaments , oppressive taxation , and never-ending alarms must at length exhaust the patience of the nations , « u » d drive them into war , to seek relief from their burthens and fears We must now go on with our aririamerits at any Cost ,

    against the machinations and encroachments of France and Russia . It is to be hoped that the middle and lesser States will give up the system which prevents the union of all the forces of Germany in one compact mass , while at the same time it is destroying the resources of the countries in detail . The enormous demands which must unavoidably be made soon upon the financial resources of Germany , will oblige the princes to break' with that system of absurdities which has prevailed during the unfortunate period of reaction , and to come to terms with their subjects ; the political

    parties , on the other hand , will perceive that their internal dissensions must be postponed , to enable Germany to meet with united strength the dangers with which she is menaced . The coalition of Prussia , Austria , the rest of Germany , and England , is the only means of withstanding the threatened aggression . " M . Von Bennigsen may be regarded as the mouthpiece of the great liberal party of this country . It would seem as if they had given up all hopes of obtaining the union by peaceful agitation , and now look forward to a military dictatorship .

    On the 27 th May the King of Hanover ' s birthday was celebrated with great ceremony by the court party . A great many promotions took place , and a number of decorations were conferred , the enumeration of which fills six columns of the Gazette . The new Prussian Gazette lately announced that the Prince Regent of Prussia had informed , or caused to be informed , the President of the Chamber of Deputies in the presence of the President of the Council and the President of the Upper Chamber , that in the deliberations of the Second Chamber the position of the Sovereign of Prussia as Supreme Chief of the Army had not seemed to be duly appreciated . His Royal Highness felt it necessary to invite the President of the Chamber to discountenance , in future debates , all remarks tending to dessemitiate false ideas in the

    country upon a question of such vast importance . This statement , which at first was doubted , has since been confirmed by a semi-official article in the Gazette , wherein the Chambers are taught the distinction they have to observe between the rights granted to them by the Constitution and the prerogatives which the same Constitution has reserved to the Sovereign as Commander-in-Chief of the army . The Chambers are reminded that the Constitution only permits them the privilege of voting the supplies . It is the first" time they have had occasion to deli berate upon a law concerning the organization of the army , and it is to be regretted-that the debates were not ; confined within the limits of their privileges as settled by the Constitution . By this it appears clearer than ever that the Prince Regent , in spite of his fine words and liberal ministry , is resolved to have only a ¦ . nominally constitutional Government . The representatives are now denied the right

    I of exaiilining the projects for the reorganization of t ) ie army—projects which , if executed , will extract money from their pockets and carry off their sons . The Kreutz-Zeitwng , or Tory party , is o course highly gratified at this dignified step of the Regent ' s , and begin to look upon him . as their own . About a year and a half a « x > , I wrote that it was the cue of t he heir to the Crown to play the liberal while the Sovereign himself played the despot . The King of Prussia lives longer than was expected when the Prmce to <> k the helm of Government , and the mask is becoming too wearisome . I am only surprised it has not been thrown aside before . It is somewhat singular that the ex-minister , Mantepffel , should think the present moment opportune to break his long silence wiEE a justificatory address to his constituents . Manteuffel has never since his retirement from the Ministry opened his lips . in or out of

    Parliament , to the numerous and bitter attacks which from tune to time have been made upon him . The wind seems now inclined to change , and behold M . Manteuffel ready to lay himself at the feet of the Recent ! The conclusion of his address will serve as a clue to the whole of it : — "It has delighted me" says the ex-minister , "to observe how widely the conviction is extending that it is the duty of Prussian patriots and true Conservatives to rally round not the standard of a party , but round the banner of * ¦ Royalty by the Grace of God , ' i . e ., despotism , and to break once and lor all with . of

    the deceitful hope of employing * Parliamentism ' for the purpose pursuing selfish party interests . In the dissemination of these sentiments , may God still lend his blessing . May wo all more and more learn to humble ourselves in his Almighty hand , that He may elevate our country in liis own good time . May we not forget that He resists the haughty , but has pity on the lowly ; and may we further be ever united in our prayers and in our love for our King and master , for the Puince Regent , the whole Royal family , ana our dear country . ... M Manteuffel . ¦ know

    I have read this gentleman ' s address very carefully . I something of his government since 1848 , and come to the conclusion which I dare say your readers will come to on reading the above extract , that ho is a most wretched plagiarism upon the worst of the Tartujfes . The address is too long , and not sufficiently interesting for a translation . Even the Kreus Zeitxuuj condemns it . , - » ,., i . i , a * u « The Regent 1 ms been to the Rhoimh provinces to attend the ODeninjr of the two lines of railway from Bhigon to Sarrehnick , and from Sarrebruck to Troves . He was every where received with enthusiasm , according to the journals . At Sarrebruck , in proposing a toast , His Highness expressed himself to the effect that Prussia would never consent to surrender a foot of German territoryJ o liny foreign power . The Prefect of the Moselle department , Baron Jeannin . and General Monge , Commandant of Mots , were at Sairobruck , to salute tho Prince Regent in the namq of the E S ^ ffi C ! W J- " 4 » l »« d the statement pub

    till the tribes of Germany , crushed by taxes and tho . utter rum oj trade shall unite for war . In the middle and lesser States , internal dissensions have at last led to a complete disgust of home politics ; the personal animosity to which those dinsons > ions have given rise has driven many honourable and influential men into retirement . Besides this , a most fatul and effeminate love of peace or dread of war lias seized upon tho middle and trading classes , which has enabled the Fronoh Emperor to d \ ipo even tho lenders of the liberal party in England . This must liuvo an end , and tho nations must unite

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 9, 1860, page 551, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2351/page/19/