THE MISSION TO ROME. 87 



The Triumvirs to General Oudinot. 



" ROME, June 1. 



" Monsieur le General, We have this moment 

 received, with surprise and regret, your despatch of 

 May 31st. 



"The difference of opinion between the General in 

 command and the Minister Plenipotentiary of France 

 was not an event for which we could be prepared ; and 

 as this difference of opinion arises with regard to a 

 convention the spirit of which is in entire harmony 

 with the explicit aspirations which recently emanated 

 from the French Assembly and with the well-grounded 

 sympathies of your nation, it is a very deplorable occur- 

 rence, and one which may result in the gravest con- 

 sequences, the responsibility for which does not rest 

 with us. 



" We hope that in the material interests of Eome, 

 as in the moral interests of France, this difference of 

 opinion will speedily disappear. 



" For the Triumvirate, 



(Signed) "JOSEPH MAZZINI." 



I replied as follows to the Triumvirate : 



" June 1, 10 A.M. 



" Gentlemen, In reply to yours of this morning, 

 containing General Oudinot' s letter and your reply, I 

 have the honour to inform you that I adhere to the 

 arrangement signed yesterday, and that I am starting 



