New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-31

of Freedom must tend 10 dlspei o. Ignorance
and correc, the errors Of its votaries while Slave
~ only ls ads from bad TO worse. lften centuries
of such rule as now prevails here have nowise
qualified this people for SehGovernment, what
rationsl hope is there that ten more such would
Ge il, ia reform is ever to be effected, 1t can
not be commenced too soon
AS to the actual government OF Rome ard
her dependencies i, could not well be worse
The rulers fully understand that they are under
no obligation to the people for the power they
exercise, nor for the submission which It CON-
mands. The despotism which prevails is un-
modifed even by the hereditary despot's natural
desire TO secure the throne TO his descendants
by culilvatIng tie good viii OF his people. The
Pope Is nominally sovereign, and all regard him
as personally pure and good man but he exerts
no actual power IN the State, his time and
thoughts being wholly devoted to the various
and complicated cares OF his vast Spiritual en-
pire. Meantime, the Reactlonist influences so
omnpotent with his predecessor. but which
were repressed Tor time after the present Pom
tifI's accession, have unchecked sway IN the
political administration. The way the present
rulers of Rome read History Is this" Plus IX.
came INTO power Liberal and Reformer, and
did all he could for the promotion of Republican
and Progressive ideas for all which his recon-.
'pense was the assassination of his Prime Minis
ter. and his own personal expulsion from his
throne and terrltories-whch is quite enough
Of Liberalism for one generation we, at least
will have no more of it." And they certainly
live up TO their resolution. IL is currently
ported that there are now Serenteen Thousand
political prisoners coniiLed here, but nobody who
would tell can know how many there are, and
presume this statement Is gross exaggeration.
significant only as an index OF the popular feel.
ing The essential fact is that there might be
Seventeen OF Seventy thousand thus imprisoned
without publicity known accusation OF trial,
save at the convenience OF those ordering their
arrest and with no recognized right of the ar
rested 10 Habeas Corpus or any kindred process
Many OF the best Romans of the age are in exile
for Llberty's sake. | was reliably informed az
Turin that there are at this time Three Hundred
Thousand Political Refugees IN the Kingdom of
Sardinia nearly ALL of course. from the despo-
tisms Of Lower Italy Europe Is kept tranquil
by a system OF terror, which Is efficient while
tie spell holds but let it break at any point, and
all viii go together
The Cardinals are the actual directors of State
affairs here and are popularity held responsible
for all that is dislked in the Government They
would be likely to fare roughly In case of another
revolution. They are privately accused OF I'M
moralltes. which men so powerful and 50 un-
popular would naturally be. whether with or
without cause | know no facts that sustain the
accusation
A single newspaper Is now published IN
Rome, but have heard it inquired for or men
toned but once since came here, and then by
a Scotchman studying Italian. 1t Is ultra-de
spotic IN its spirit and would not be tolerated If
II were not 1t is a small. coarsely printed sheet,
in good part devoted to Church news, and TO the
progress OF conversion from the English TO the
Romish communion There are very few for
eicn journals taken or read IN the Roman States.
Lynn or Poughkeepsie probably Newark or
New Haven certainly, buys and reads more
newspapers than the entire Three Millions of
People who nhabit the Papal States | could
not Learn to relish such a state of things. |
have ust paid 50 20, (more than half OF 1t to our
American Consul) for the privilege of leaving the
domnions of His Holiness and shall speedily
profit by the gracious permission. H.G