us word proceeded from the palace of Jerome Napoleon, on whom
merciless history bestows a more opprobrious epithet. As a matter of
course, it was repeated in all the revolutionary journals.

The command of the new force was offered to the brave and experienced
General Lamoriciere. At first he hesitated, the cause of the Pope, as
regarded his temporal power, was already so much compromised. Finally, on
the representation of the Reverend Count de Merode, he gave his consent.
It was pure sacrifice. No success could add to his military renown. And
success was impossible. The general distributed his soldiers, from 20,000
to 25,000 in number, in small bodies, throughout the towns of that portion
of the Papal States which still remained. This was a judicious
arrangement, as far as internal peace and order were concerned. Neither
Lamoriciere nor the Pope had any idea, so firmly did they rely on the
hollow professions of France, that a foreign army would have to be met.
The general spoke words of encouragement to his willing soldiers. "The
revolution," said he, in an order of the day, "like Islamism of old,
threatens Europe. To-day, as in ancient times, the cause of the Papacy is
the cause of civilization and of the liberty of mankind." The infidel
press was excited to fury, and showed, by the violence of its writing,
that the comparison of the revolution to Islamism was but too well
founded. Were not both alike ferocious? Did not both spread terror and
desolation in their track? Weigh them together--Islamism has the advantage.
In addition to all its other barbarities, the revolution violated the
temples of God and the abodes of prayer. The followers of the prophet were
commanded to respect every place where God was worshipped, and every house
where dwelt the ministers of His worship.

The organization of Lamoriciere's army was now so complete that a friendly
convention was entered into with the Cabinet of the Tuilleries, and that
the evacuation of Rome by the French garrison should commence on the 11th
of May.

This was not at all to the liking of the revolutionists. M. de Cavour, who
had complained so loudly at the Congress of Paris that the Pope had not an
army sufficiently strong to render unnecessary the protection of France
and Austria, protested against the formation of such an army as soon as he
saw that it was seriously contemplated. He denounced it to all Europe as a
gathering of adventurers from every country, and fe