Then
follows one of those ejaculatory paragraphs, which
tract-controversialists generally, and X especially, delight in. "You!
yes, you! applaud that Parisian insult-monger, who after having robbed
Rome of the provinces, that give her power and splendour, and having left
her a city maimed of hands and feet, with a frontier two fingers'-length
from the Vatican, then speaks of Rome thus degraded; he, I say, this
author of yours--this legislator of yours--this Parisian of yours, speaks
in the words of _Le Pape et le Congres_,"--and so on, through a labyrinth
of exclamatory parentheses. "Moderate" is overwhelmed by all this;
becomes convinced and converted; and, after the fashion of Papal
converts, out-Herods Herod in the ardour of his zeal. He volunteers to X
the following original view of French politics: "I can understand the
anger of the (French) journals because France has been so unfortunate in
her Italian enterprise. She promised, she advised, she threatened; and
promises, advice, and threats are alike dispersed in air. She promised
and placarded on all the walls the independence of Italy from the Alps to
the Adriatic. Where is her promise now? She promised and published
through all the Churches the freedom and integrity of the Papal
dominions. Where is her promise now? She advised Piedmont, she advised
the Duchies, she advised the Romagna, and her advice was neither received
nor accepted.
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