Fellow-citizens, let not a man in Italy omit to contribute his mite to the national subscription; let not one fail to clean his gun, so as to be ready, perhaps to-morrow, to obtain by force that which to-day they hesitate to grant to our just rights.
He urged all citizens to contribute financially and prepare militarily, anticipating that force might be necessary to secure rights currently denied.
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