New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-06

the most diligent inquiry have not been able -
hnd that that there ever was in Rome. or ever
as supposed 70 be, any such plotter Americans
whO have lived here for IL years assured me that
there has been 10 such plOiter here, although It
would certainly be very natural that men snsriina
under the suifsfin-s Of long Imprisonment u
tdey once found Themselves az liberty should tsrn
against the power that had torn them from their
families and blasted all the prospects. plans and
enjOyments Of their lives, by immuring them Ia
Dungeons TIL they became old men, and whose 70
Jesse, at such a ate hour, amounted only to pass
port from the prison b. the grave. That men thus
inlgred should allow themselves 10 be borne Oh
ward 10 the current OF popular revolution, ~ Ger
tainly 10 matter Of astOnisbmeLt Nov fseiy
c0neede tina Plus y. dii release aieH men whon
his predecessors bad imprisoned. TINS, d stand
ing alone and not explained, would be merit
hut he fund when be came 10 the pspal char
tina. revelation was al prepared and resay 70
break out. Something must be done 20 stop It
lie did that something. He released lew prs-
onsrs wrongly held 10 chains. he ERASED the cstch
word Of Reform, bot not sincerely as his cOndlct
has since proved. Or rather as the conduct Of ms
Cardinals he's since proved. The Pope himself
would do well enough II IL were not Tor the Csrdi-
mails. The People. however, took him at his WORD,
aud moved directly forward They THANKED hlm
for releasing those innocent men v no had so long
gr0sned 10 bondage for no crime whatever, merely
for OpiniOn's sake and they went forward IN the
path which they supposed the Pope had marked
out, and u hich he pretended to have marked o1tcr
them to walk in. Suddenly he wheeled about AID
ordered them to halt, which they refused 70 do
sad then came the Revolution. Plus Ninth hed,
called in Foreign troops, and they restored ne
Pspel power. Immediately Plus Ninth and his
Inquisition OF Cardinals seized every Republican
they could find, and have cast them into prison IN
til the two huge dungeons here that OF the lnqui-
siti0n and 81. Angelo, are crammed with hepuo-
Leans. Three thousand Republicans have been
obliged to flee iOr their lives from his vengeance
Thus for every man whom he released he has i'm
pr.soned many more.-Now wish toput 10 Bishop
Hughes this question If ] release one man wrong
| fully imprisoned by my predecessors. and then co
my seif size and incarcerete five other innocent
men, and drive ten more into exile and ruin, what
merit have ?
lam aware that these Wholesale imprisouments
aud these fierce measures OF the lnquistion and
Cardinals have occurred since the letter Of Bishop
Hughes was written. But now that they have
occurred, would ask Is shop Hughes, do you jos
tify these measures Does Plus TX. appear to
,Cu 10 be the same man now that he was when
he frat talked to the Romans Of reform And
sill you stand up before the American people
n0w aud defend the character OF the Papal Gov
eminent
We have new rumOrs here at Rome now every
day, but not any that can be relied upon as true.
The Pope is said 10 be st thia moment at little
village near Naples, where he IS TO tarry tor the
present There ia at present no Visible sign OF
the return of the Pope to this city, ard indeed II s
Of very little consequence whether he does or not
Tor The government OF the Pspal States H. and for
the present will be Just what the French Govern
mept permits aud wills it to be, only that the Pope
and the Cardinals administer it. The French
Ministry will push them on, or hold them back
lust as seems meet unto them. Meanwhile the
Roman people are settling themselves down ne
well 81 they can under the impression that Tor an
80 IL g.. H. VIrr
the French will be their masters Yet at tie
same time there is another view beginning to he
taken by many thinking men here, and It IS not
an impossible one. IL is this. The hatred to &c
C esisstcRl Government is every day growing
stronger with the Romans The French com
mander has been instructed 10 say, and has said 10
Ne Pope that he must grant 10 bis subjects lib
eral Constitution This be AZ present refuses
That has caused high words between tue Pope
and General Rostolsn The inferior officers have
caught the tone OF the commander-ln-chlef, and
the soldiers have caught the same, and now the
cafes and strests resound with anti -ecciesastica
sediments. Thersupon the luminosity OF tie 10
mans toward the French grows weaker every DAY
The r )mans aud French for the last tour days
nave chatted much together. They feel differently
toward each other. They are becoming acqualn-
ted What if they should frsternize by and bye
We sven have rumor that the utimatum Of
France to the Pope has been proposed and hnsily
refuscd-ths too at the ins,igatiOn OF Austria, sup
ported by Russia, who offers TO support, with the
military power OF that empire. the pretensions OF
Austria to dictate the terms Of the Popes return
70 Rome-ihst in consequence OF this the French
army at Rome is to be augmented TO hundred
Thousand men. Such are the on dts here, rs tht
come one after the other. Meanwhile, Rome -
qaiet--ihe French getting on better terms WITH
the people, and the opposition to Eccstiasteal
Government growing stronger rather than wesA'