New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-24

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Ro'
From Rome the stories are too sad Tor
thought, but they refresh hope From time
to time we have recorded instances of the
wild and whimsical freaks of the suPersu-
tious and stagnant Dotage which maltreatS
Rome and tisfgures history. Not that all
the men are d0tards. for some. like the Car
dinal Alteri, are Young, a shame which W
are sure every Young man must feel. The
wearing Of hats or hair in particular way.
the asking friends to refrain from smoking
tobacco being a great Government mono
nolv-the slightest eccenuicity of costume
or the most fantastic suspicion of Spy, are
sufficient 10 subject any one, foreigner or
native. as in the case OF Mr. Brotherton, an
Englishman, and Mr.. Tornguist, Swede,
and Mr.. khyn, a Dane, as well As Ger
mans, French, and Italian gentlemen otother
States. to the soyerest beating and imPrlS-
onment. The Young ErcOli, condemned
for twenty years to the Galieys, was
80 beaten by the Sblrr' or Spies, that
extreme JUNCTION was ordered for HIM IN
prison, and it Is supposed he will not sur
viye. The master of the eating-hOuSe hay
inc testified that the youth spoke more IN
lest than earnest, was arrested for perjury,
and viii probably 90 to the GalleyS also.
Cardinal Antonelli has restored a kind of
rack, by which the victim IS stretched upon
his stomach, and his back lacerated by 4
thong. No wonder an Italian Poet cries.
in despair: " God is dethroned, and the
Devil is the order of the day" Nor Is it
better in Tuscany The last accounts re-
cord a riot, for even the spurued worm
turns.
The Conservative correspondence OF the
leading English and French journals tells
this story of universal tyranny, and universal
lvsees lurid signs in the sky. Even that ia
nous Jackal of Tory taste in England, " orr
oun correspondent" of the Times, coniesseS
the ominous aspect of affairs, and the
Italian letters of the Journoi des DebatS re-
peat the tale. There can be no doubt Il
the threatening aspect of Italy, and now
mark the stern justice OF events
France went to Rome to counteract the
Austrian influence there BY that act
Austria was enabled to return to Italy and
to tread in the tracks OF her old tyranny
France went to Rome TO reSeat the Pope,
and guaranteed, by the expressed under
standing of the Assembly's Committee, and
by the Presidents letter, certain integral
reforms and political progress.
At this moment Rome is a political ruin;
finances exhausted, faith broken, timidity
and imbecity holding the hands of France.
France went to Rome, not to participate
in the overthrow of the Republic but in
the interests of" genuine liberty" France
entered Rome over the Inangled corse of
the Republic, and at this moment the sol
diers of the Republic are subject 10 the or
ders of Roman SJrri, the meanest Tools of
Despotism and, as if to chagrln still more
the pride Of France, the Roman Govern
ment is already amorously ogllng Austria,
feeling the essential insecurity of a des-
potic Papacy supported by Republican
aims.
1t is useless to push the moral further
But we should do great injustice II we failed
to state that from the moment when
the noblest and most valiant men in Oudl-
not's army, recoiled from his proposed at
tack upon Rome up to the last blush that
mantled Frenchmans cheek at this dis
grace. there has been the proioundest pro-
test against this whole Roman policy'in the
breasts Of most high minded Frenchmen.
IL is the fault of men who, lp-Oyal to Re
public. regretted the Monarchy in their
hearts: Of weak men in a false position,
those most pernicious of enemies the fault
in fine which has thus far been the fatality
of the French Republic, thg commlttal Of
It's Government to the hands Of men who do
not believe in it. The French policy in
Italy has been more than a blunder and a
failure how much more, the pages of his
tory next 10 be turned will show.
The friends of liberty will have stern
satisfaction in the state Of things we have
now indicated 4 satisfaction like that
with which William Tel bent his bow in
obedience to tyranny--because 1t was the
last drop in the cup and in the deluge Of its
overflow the Oppressor would be swept
away "The old story" you say. Yes,