Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-12-07
From the Washington Union.
The Enlightened Statesman Pope.

From tne w aShingtoh Union.
The Enlightened Statesman Pope.
Every steamer brings us accounts of
the growing popularity, in Italy, OF Plus
TX, who has won for himself the imper-
ishabe title of the Great Reiormer of the
Age. He continues TO be resnlute in
his purpose of emancipating his people
from oppression of elevating them from
the abject state in which be found them
and Of making Rome what Rome deser.
YES to be-a comparatively free country
He thinks for him<elf-he acts by him.
self; and it has been seen that he tri.
umphs over all the cabals formed against
him in his own domini"nS, as well as the
intrigues oftte agents of foreign Cover.
ernmen,s accredited to him.
The Pope, then n young man, was in
South America when the people of lha,
country were struggling to shake off the
Spanish yoke His sympathies were en-.
listed for Il c cause of the patriots, and
he imbibed sentiments favorable to free.
dom, which have. perhaps. never been
cxtingnished in his bosom. He was i'm.
uIi eor Del doctrine, which manifested
itself so forcibly upon The southern
| portion Of our continent. AT a time Of his
life when it could be effaced by no future,
under no influence or agency. His resi-.
dence in Chill, during a revolution for
political liberty, contributed to mould, lift
did not entirely form, a character at which
the civilized world now stands in admira.
ration and amazement With what phi
lanthropic simplicity with what noble
impulses of humaniiy-with what enlight
ened sentiments Unpopular liberty, does he
appeal TO The King of the Two Siciles, in
a recent letter, to obey the wishes of ST.
Gillian subjects. He tells him, with the
wisdom of a sage and The frankness of
friend, 'you will be compelled hereafter to
yield to their requests, and at time when
the act can have no merit in their eyes.
IL is by anticipating their desires that you
will secure to yourselftheir love and their
confidence. You will never consolidate
your throne by blood"
Whilst constantly occupied in effecting
salutary reformations in the PontiiicaI
Estates, the Pope is not unmindfnl of the
welfare of the remainder of Italy. His
voice, urging the observance Of pacific
and dis2assionate measures, as the only
weapons for achieving good, is heard and
observed from one end of the peninsula to
the other. Fearing the spread of free
principles. the daring ahsoiuIist of middle
Europe, Meuernich. planned the dnw ntalI
Eofthe Pope. and posted All army at Ferra.
Fra as a demonstration OF the manner in
in which it was to be acc0,npiished.--
Nothing dauntcd. however, the virunus
Plus TX persevereG in his good work; and
now we learn that Prince Metternich,
from the outbreak of indignation at an un
lust interference, among the subjects UI
! his sovereign. has quietly withdrawn the
'Etroops and left Rome TO itself. Austria
has enough to DO at home, without inter.
meddIing in the affairs otlta!y. She has
derogated exceedingly from the position
which she occupied, by her dictatorial ant
belligerent department towards the Pope
and she must move cautiousl y hereafter, il
she would avoid consequences fatal to hel
own repose and security.
II is strange enough TO find Great Brit
ain espousing tho caNse Of the Pope
proposing to send, if necessary, feet to
: the Mediterranean for his protection and
support. We have heard it asserted thai
she is prepared to go still further, and thai
: it is in contemplation to send minister
20 Rome as soon as circumstances viii
admit, after Parliament cOnvenes. The
obstacles to such procedure, created in
the reign of Elizabeth, it is thought will
be removed during during the early part o
the session. ii
Rossi, the French minister at Rome
who seemed to be highly esteemed-by the
Pope few months ago. hustled himsel II
laiteriy so much with Italian Inatters,that
: hisgOVernnen ut found il necessary to recall
him. He was considered to be the Tai.
: leyrand of he day; but overacting his
> part, the Pope was compelled to intimate
to him that bis services were offensive
and would not be tolerated.