New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-06
ITALIAN AFFAIRS.


your columns my reply to the calumnies Of Sigma
against the Roman Republic, I am encouraged
again to trespass on your patience BY sending you
a few observations touching system Of misrepre-
sentstion which has beea iasd)asly disse minated
,hrougboutihis country, as likewise ia Europe.
The Arstocrstie J esuitiosl party seems to be es
peciay Interested in distortilg tie Italian question
not DOL, because 10 involves the immediate well
tohg Of some twenty five MILL ins ofhuman beings
bot likewise because from rs religious, as y ell as
from IFS geographical position il could not fail n
exercise en- immense influence upon the cause Of
civil ard religious liberty throughout the entire
world. BY most ar,ful misrepresentation tbs
party endesyors to prve re Liberals Of the sym
patty Of Ameri an ireemen.
In mcnarchcal countries It is s-1ii3a'iy ino1l
cdtsd emmg ihe people .bet they on shi T. be over
vlelmed with respect ard gratitude whenever the
Prince reliuqlisbcs some small portion Of ms
power as q IN ans &C pres -vins the reminder
Let us ms zine thar . joint stock company bad
deros..,d THEN faa5s or other va.asJ.es in the
hands Of an agent, ard this agent were % take it
into he head 10 appropriate the whole 70 his own
use leaving the company in q state Of restitution.
! Let US Imagine tUht tlls agent lchllai
/ company might come AMI forciby take back It's
property, were to hire band of raitsns to protect
! him. and tllst this mercenRry gang were TO beat,
imprison or kin the poor, deirauded merchants.
/ Let us ims CINE that their friends and neighbors,
having united 10 assist them, this dishonest agent
rather than risk fight were to restore 70 the
company 1.-THE of bis plumber and then were 70
have the efFrUntery 10 tell them that they ought TO
be grateful for his generosty-what would yousay
Of such fellow
Such - precisely the relative position Of People
and Of Prince. The oppression OF the Pope IS even
more odious, for he, uniting the temporal to the
spiritual dominion, destroys sll confidence between
man AID man. all affection in families, and works
upon the superstition Of the masses, using for Po-
Htcal purposes the power he aims to exercise as
head Of the Catholic Church, and shatting men out
Of heaven for not obeying his authority as king.
But not TO enter upon theological discussion,
which is cut Of place here let US class the Pope
where he so obstnately insists upon being In
cuded) among the temporal Princes, and let as i'm
partially weigh the conduct OF these Princes to-
ward the People.
When the oppression Of the Italian Government
had in a. risen TO such excess that the Princes
could 70 longer Withstand the popular mJvemeut
/ these Princes acting under the advice OF a British
1 peripatetic AmbassadO placed themselves at the
| head OF the Liberal party-to lead and 70 Mtslead
| il What else could be expected from Jesuts =
! When were Princes ever known 10 have reformed
| themselvesl
King Ferdinand Of Naples commonly called
Bouba is the most cruel tyrant Of the present day
| even past ages cannot show a worse one. Once
! he gave way 10 the popular viii aud accepted the
Constitution Unfortunate day Had he nOt done
that act Of deceit, he would have been sweptavay
and would not have had the opportunity, shortly
afterwhrd 70 betray and 10 exterminate those
men who hsd saved his crown and his life. No
sooner had the noble generosity OF the too coniiing
multitude removed from his ccwardly soul the fear
4 o,,1 I'D hat aN ,t1l
with IMMUNITY consPre against the nation, than,
together with his Jesuitical companions, he laid
schemes for enactiDg modern 81. b artholemew.
Through the insirumen,alty OF the priests, who
from the affairs declared that their religion was in
danger, this iniGuitous clique worked upon the
superstition OF the LsZZaron exciting them by the
double motive OF religion and OF pundcr. Lists Of
! the doomed families were distributed by the conf
| dental agents of this modern Nero The police
| marked the houses devoted 10 destruction, whila
| lice agent carried destruction from dwelling 10
dwelhng, promiscuousy massacreing men, women
| and children, and plun1ering their houses. The
soldiers Of this rOysl tiger aiding the bands above
alluded TO- usversed the city, attacking every
poi Liberals, who, with the courage OF despair,
| congrega ted together for mutual protection
The Swiss troops recruited almost exclusively
from the ranks of the Sonderbuudl surpassed the
others 10 ferocity. AS specimen, can cite one
| circumstance; About 400 Liberals having taken
I refuge in a house, these barbarans contrived -
break down the star case 10 prevent esca PEI th IN
setting FIRE TO the building, all persisted IN the
flames This conduct Of the Swiss was the more
surprising since they had but few days previous
shown marked sympathy with the Liberals The
change was brought about by the subtlety OF the
! Jesuts, who, by sending agents Of their own under
the disguise OF Liberals to quarrel with the Swiss
| brought them against their own enemies under
feelings Of personal irritation. The responsibility
Of these atrocities lies, therefore the shou
4 de If M a IN Ot
| the troops
Such is the rule Of the X ing of Naples As an
undiseuised tyrant, he is less dangerous than some
others. He acts up 10 the maxim that the King
dom is his by Divine right and like a certain Ing
lish Duke, Re says, Can not do as will with
my own1" A few days sooner or later this mon
ster must fall amid universal execratOn.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany has shown himself
to be at heart as great tyraDl as his bruthor-n-
law Bomba; bat be is more cunning. He formerly
abolished capital punishment for all crimes-even
for murder-yet ct the same time, wi,hOu; risl,
bsnished 10 the most unhealthy parts of the Ma.
remma all persons suspected OF Liberal opinions.
With true Jesuiticsl hypocrisy he thus subjected
his victims to greater suffering than II ne had hand
cd them over AZ once 70 the executiOner. Though
be had solemnly engaged 10 uphold the COnstitu-
tion, he nevertheless clandestiney abscoDded-
issued incendiary proclamation exciting the
TUscans 70 cut each others throals-snd, on end
ing that they bad too much good sense 10 listen to
his exhorsauons he invoked the Austrian interven-
ton. The desire of the mass Of the population was
% unite with the Roman Republic, but the intrgues
| Of British diplomacy and OF the Piedmonsese Cana
rlis, operating uPon the weakness of some persons
| oiilfuenoe IN the country who allowed themselves
| 10 be nlised by these promises and menaces, the
much desired union deferred. The Grand
Duke returned 10 Florence, supported by Austrian
/ bsyoneis, and he Jesuits became masters Of the
| field Who were their FIRST victims Those very
persons whom they had mystifed, and through
whose culpAble weakness in listening % their hon.
eyed words they had returned to power The
British Embssssdor who was mainly Instrumental
in this restorson-whO the first person 70 ftte
the entry Of the Austrans-lost sil influence under
the new order Of things, that he is as 5asiy
empl0yed ct unmsking SIS he was before az crest-