[The Roman Question by Edmond About]@TWC D-Link bookThe Roman Question CHAPTER I 3/7
That they are moreover obliged to lodge foreign armies, and especially Austrians, who, as Germans, are notoriously heavy-fisted. To conclude, they say all this is not what the Pope promised them in his _motu proprio_ of the 19th of September; and it is sad to find infallible people breaking their most sacred engagements. I have no doubt these grievances are exaggerated.
It is impossible to believe that an entire nation can be so terribly in the right against its masters.
We will examine the facts of the case in detail before we decide.
We have not yet arrived at that point. You have just heard the language, if not of the whole 3,124,668 people, at least of the most intelligent, the most energetic, and the most interesting part of the nation.
Take away the conservative party,--that is to say, those who have an interest in the government,--and the unfortunate creatures whom it has utterly brutalized,--and there will remain none but malcontents. The malcontents are not all of the same complexion.
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