| Show proehl proclamation ma nhon khon oss of oes PU g V ic t ort manuel i t to r il I 1 kne ite i esthe to copl bouthern it italy A aa a solema boie sole mh momert nt forth e ory orv anil for or the destinies of the country I 1 address my word to you people of southern italy who having laving in my name changed the state send me deputations of every class of citizens magistrates and representatives of your municipal bodies asking to be restored to order blessed with freedom and united w with it in my kingdom I 1 will tell you by what thought I 1 am guided aided and what is my rhy consciousness of the he duties ties which a man placed by provi providence denn onan italian throne ought to fulfill fulfil I 1 ascended the throne after a great national calamity my bly father gave me a lofty example by abdicating the cro crown n to save his own dignity and the freedom of his people charles albeit fell sword in hand and died in exile 11 Hs s death associated more and more to the destinies of my family with those of the italian people who for so many centuries have given to all foreign lands the bones of their exiles as a pledge for res restoring toting the inh inheritance erstad ce of every pation nation placed placed by god within the same b and an joined together toge ther thet by le the bond of a common language I 1 educated by that example exam pPe phe and the memory of my father was my guardian star 1 ifould ouid never hesitate in my choice between a crown and the word I 1 had hail given t f strengthened freedom in an epoch not very favorable to freedom andi andl I 1 wished that as it developed itself it should take root in the manners of the peo people F le for I 1 could never harbor any jeal 0 of suspicion of what was dear to my Y keople eople by bv preserving freedom in piedmont religiously respected the heritage heri herit tace aee which the prophetic mind of my august father had bequeathed thed to all italians by representative franchise by popular education by the freedom of trade and industry I 1 endeavored to increase the well wel bing being of my people I 1 wished that the catholic religion should be respected but also that every man should be free in the sanctuary of his own conscience anda and by strengthening civil authority I 1 openly resisted that obstinate and scheming faction which boasts to be the only friend and guardian of the throne but which aims at ruling in the name of kings a and d placing lacing between the sovereign and the people the barrier of its intolerant passions this system of 04 government could not be without effect on the rest of italy the concord between the sovereign and the people in the purpose of 0 national independence and of civil civi and political liberty the paril parliamentary ame neary tribune and the free press and the arny army which had bad preserved its military traditions under the tricolor raised piedmont to the therann rank of standard bearer and arm of italy the strength of ot my monarchy was not the result of the arts of clandestine policy but of the open influence luene of ideas and of public opinion I 1 vas vs vas thus enabled to maintain in that part of the italian people which was united under my scepter the notion of a national leaders leadership bi eg emonia whence was to spring the colcor concordant harmony of the several provinces of one single nation italy ta ay iy was able to understand my conception when she sha beheld my soldiers sent into the welds fields of the crimea beside the troops of the two great western powers I 1 wished thereby to acquire for italy the right of participating in all acts concerning the interests of europe at kt the congress of paris my ambassadors were able to speak for the first time to eurove europe of your sufferings it became clear cleaf to al all alt men baom the preponderancy anca or of Atis austria tiia in italy was ina injurious f urious to the balance balanced of power in europe and what dangers beset the independence aud and freedom at 0 europe so long as the rest test of the peninsula was su subject to foreign influence my bly magnanimous ally the emperor napoleon lii illy felt that the italian cause was worthy of the great nation he rules the italian soldiers s ol 01 diers fought nobly bes besides ides ldes ahn uncoil unconquered qu ered erea legions of france the volunteers hastening from all italian provinces from all italian families under the cross of savoy showed that an italy had invested me with trie right of speaking and fighting in her name policy put an end to the wa war albut but not to its effects which went on with their development following the unswerving 0 10 loic logic ic of events and of 09 popular movement had I 1 been actuated bythan ambition which is ascribed to my family by those who do not consider the nature of the times I 1 could roul of have been satisfied with the acquisition nf rif lom bardy baray buti but I 1 had shed the precious blood of my soldiers not for myself but for italy I 1 had called the italians to arms several italian provinces had changed their form of government to join in the war of independence a war opposed by the pr pences aces after the peace of villafranca ianca those provinces asked my prote protection ebion against their restoration of their former governments it the events of central italy were the consequence of the war to chwe bad called th people if the sy system steni of fore foreign agn intervention was forever tobe banig banished hed fr from 0 italy I 1 had a duty to lecog t nize and to uphold the rights of those people legarry to utter their vote I 1 withdrew my government they made an orderly govern ant I 1 withdrew my troops they organized regular forces and with each other in 1 unanimity and civil virtues they rose to so high a reputation and strength that nothing but the overbearing u violence of foreign arms have subdued tle tie them thanks to the wis dam of the central italian people it th the e monarchy peor idea gave a moral gul gui guidance ance to that peaceful popular movement thus did italy rise in the estimation of civilized nations and ana it became clear to all europe that the italians were fit hit or seif self government bahen I 1 acate accepted d therann ther thel annexation e ff knew wha what tEuro european peah I 1 ai ivars was about to meet sit nt I 1 could no ng t break the had bad g gaven T yen to e italians liay in my war those who would charce charge me with imprudence should calmly consider what would become of italy on the day in which monarchy should appear powerless to satisfy the want of a national reconstitution ution the annexation did not change he e substance of the national movement vt hut lut n assumed new forms by acce accepting ping from the popular right those fine and noble provinces I 1 must most loyally recognize the a application blicq of that principle nor could I 1 measure it by the rule ofay private private feelings and inte late support ox stat that principle ifor 1 ifor for the good of italy made the sacr sacrifice hice fice which cost my heart tile the dea de dearest resh areat I 1 renounced two hofft ribbia provinces of the kingdom bf my ancestor I 1 have always given those italian princes who wished to be my bemas gerals ne mals rals sincere counsels resolving however that if those couns counsels were vain fain 1 I would ou meet N ue danker danger to watch which their blind blindness nest hest would have urve elapsed by accepting the will of ita italy Y 1 it t ani vain that I 1 hollered to the gracd duke tuscany u lr alliance beroa before the war ivar in vain aften after a e r the peace I 1 defered offered the hig big it pontiff torl 1011 tiff I 1 am I 1 venerate the head of 0 f t the he Q vod von 0 0 my mif fathers and of my people to take takk upon ysela the of umbria and the march ma rehm T A I 1 11 it wab was evident that if those provinces which vh were only restrained by the arms of torl foreign e hirelings did not obtain the security tt of trtat civilized government which I 1 proposed they would sooner or later break out into revolution neither will I 1 recall the counsels given for many years by the powers to king ferdinand of naples the judgment which whA was pronounced against his government at the paris congress naturally prepared the people for a change it if the outcry 0 of public opinion and the efforts of proved fob foi to be e of no avail I 1 offered the young successor of that king an alliance for the war of independence but there also I 1 found souls closed against all italian feelings minds darkened by passion and obstinacy it was natural that the events in northern and central italy should arouse mens minds in the south in sicily the ax x cit ement broke out oat into open insurrection A abt began for freedom in sicily when hen a brave warrior devoted to italy and to me general garibaldi sailed to its aid they were italians could I 1 ought 1 I to have pro pre vented them the fall of the government of naples strengthened in my heart the conviction that kings icings and governments should build their thrones on the love and esteem of the people the new government in the two Sicil ies was inaugurated in my name but some of its acts caused apprehension lest it should not in every respect well interpret that policy which is represented by my my name it was learned earned I throughout italy that thai under the shade of a glorious popularity of a long tried honesty a faction should muster which was ready to sacrifice the forthcoming triumph of the natural cause to the chime chimeras chimaras chi ras of its ambitious fanaticism all italians turned to me that I 1 might avert this danger it was H as my duty daty to do it because in the present emergency it would be no moderation no wisdom but weakness and imprudence not to take with a strong hand the direction of that national morein movement ent tnt for aich which 1 I am responsible plon lion sible sibie before eur europe I 1 ze have v e sent my soldiers nt th q marches and umbria and scatter midhat habil s orteiz inoa of f people 0 p le af pf f andton and tongues glues which h had bad gathered t herd berd there as a new str strange aDgre phase of 0 foreign intervention and the worst of all I 1 have proclaimed italy for the italians and will never allow italy to become the nal nest of cosmopolitan sects assembling there to hatch reactionary react reactionary ionar fonar Z plots or to further the objects of universal ry people of southern italy my troops march into your country to strengthen public order aider I 1 do not come to impose my my will upon you but to see that yours is is respected yo you will wili be called freely to manifest it may inlay the vote providence you u will deposit in the urn be inspired by that providence which protects a righteous cause what ever may be the course of events I 1 tranquilly await the judgment of civilized europe be caused I 1 am convinced that I 1 havo haeo fulfilled my duties as aki a king ng and an italian my aly policy may not perhaps ansbe be useless torge to reconcile one e in evrope elirose the progress of the people with the stability of monarchies I 1 know that in italy I 1 close the er era a of revolutions VICTOR EMANUEL farini given in Anco ancona nathis thib this october 1860 |
