The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-24

Ills BE- hoped that the next steamshipthat arrives
in Tie United States, will relieve the public mind OF
the doubts and misgvings which asitate it, concern
ing the real intentions of the government Of Louis
Napoleon in sending large French force TO Rome.
The message which he delivered to the Legislative
Assembly gives us no information on The subject,
nor cen we gather IRON any other source, what the
real purposes Of The French government are, any
Information that would enable us TO unravel the
mystery which envelopes that extraordinary pro-
ceeding. The same doubt is INDUCED In by the
Romans themselves. They cannot imagine that
The French republic would march an army to crush
people who have maniully struggled TO accom-
plsh what the people Of France themselves accom-
plished-to put The yoke of the oppressor again on
their necks and reduce them to the scrvitude from
which they emancipated themselves. But the APP
pearance of a French army at their doors, and the
demand of General Oudinot for admitance into
Rome, withoJi assigning any reason for such a
strange proceeding, certainly did not augur well,
and force was used 10 prevent such entrance. The
French army was repulsed, with considerable loss
in killed and wounded; and, at the last accounts,
was encamped outside of the city, awaiting the
renfoYcements promised by Louis Napoleon, and
dispatches as TO the next step to be taken in this
mysterious and suspicious business
The Romans announce their determination to
maintain the attitude which they assumed as soon
as the French army made its appearance, and to
Perish sooner than to submit to the intervention OF
France for the restoration of the Pope, as their
temporal sovereign They are determined, they say,
that the Pontf shall never again be their sovereign,
come what may; and equally determined to resist
any army that will undertake to oppose them =
,ulx, H.,
ments for resistance Seventy thousand men are
ready TO repulse those who dare attack their city;
and they have declared that Rome shall be de-
stroyed, and that they will perish in its ruins sooner
than they will submit to any Intervention, with the
reinstatement of the Pope in view.
This being the condition of things in Rome, we
would not be surprized to hear of desperate
struggle having taken place before this time. It is
evdent, from the temper and determination evinced
by the Romans, coupled with the spirited and sue
cessfu resistance which the French army encoun-
tered on first appearance, that If General Oudi-
not should again attempt On entrance into Rome,
bis progress will be contested inch by inch, and
that fhe eventually succeeds, it will be at the rum
Of Rome; ard the complete destruction Of that
ancient city.
The news by the next steamer may, therefore,
he looked for with great interest. 1t IS astonish
ing, the extent TO which some Of our American
journals sympaihize with the dethroncd Pope, and
desire his restoration. Those papers condemn the
Romans for deposng hiln--tcrm them robbers
and incendiares, and laud his holiness to the skies.
We should like TO know what the people Of Rome
have done TO merit such opprobrious epithe;s.
Their conduct since they formed their republic, has
been characterized by lofty patriotism and spirit
deserving of the highest commendation. How
can American journals or American citizens con-
denim the Romano, without censuring their fathers,
who, in former age, lifted the sword against a
foreign oppressor Such inconsistency is inexcu-
sable, and smacks but little Of that democracy
which we talk SO much of. The Romans are right
in the course which they pursued, and, with the
help Of Providence, they will succeed, sooner or
later, even should France oppose them with her
whole military power.