accused of coldness, and who had in fact witnessed with
indifference the aristocratic and royal revolutions of 1820 and
1821, arose with enthusiasm and with a true power of
self-sacrifice at the cry of _St. Mark and the Republic, God
and the People_! These words contained for them a guarantee.
They awoke in them, even unconsciously to themselves, the
all-powerful echo of a living past, a confused recollection of
glory, of strength, of conscience, and of dignity.

With such elements how would it be possible to found a monarchy
surrounded with an aristocracy? How can one speak of a balance
of powers, where there are but two forces--foreign absolutism,
and the people? How could one organize a constitutional
monarchy where the aristocracy is without a past, and where
royalty inspires neither affection nor respect?

It will surprise many candid readers to find Mr. Mazzini repeatedly
declaring in this book that the republican, or, as he calls it, the
national party, are not responsible for the disunion, which, at a time
when the whole nation was armed against the foreigners and might have
driven them from the country, turned its forces against its own
citizens. He gives proof that his own advice was for union till the day
of victory, and _not till then_ for discussion as to what party should
reap its fruits. Whether to monarch, or to people, he affirms that he
was ready to submit; he asserts repeatedly that it was only after having
been betrayed that the national party set up for themselves; and he
expresses his belief that even now, when a union of princes has been
seen to be impossible, the leadership of a single prince would be
accepted by all, supposing such a fitting leader could be found. He thus
describes

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THEIR DETRACTORS.

They have said, and they say again, without taking advantage of
the favorable position in which events have placed them:--Let
the nation arise; let her make herself mistress of her own
territory; then, the victory once gained, let her freely decide
who shall reap the fruits. Monarch or People, we will submit
ourselves to the power she herself shall organize. Is it
possible that so moderate and rational a proposition should be
the object of such false interpretations, in a country which
reveres the idea of right and of self-government? Is it
possible t