New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-16

whether the Holy Father interceded with
that tyrant 20 procure relaxation Of the
shocking cruelties which he inhicts on wor-
thy and honorable men of eighty years OF
age. accused Of no other crime than prefer
ring constitutional monarchy to absolute
despotism And vet the successor of St.
Peter might appropriately have asked mercy
for those venerable unfortunates. They
are as truly OF his flock, and ought to be tar
more so, than that crowned butcher and tor
turer. The time once was, when the Ro-
man See did not implore grace In such cases,
but, in the name of God, religion and hui
manity, commanded it. That time. it seems,
has passed away.
The subject of this royal conference was,
if the reports are correct, the cesslon to
the Pope of corps of Swiss mercenanes
now hired as guards by his Majesty Of the
! Two Sicilies. There are twelve thousand
of these gentry, and the King is said to
have consented to let the Pope have only a
third of them Ii remains to be seen
whether the French will accede to this ar
rangement, and allow the new guards to UNI
dertake to preserve the liberty of the Holy
| Father at Rome.
II is undeniable that the Pontlfcal Gov
eminent is filled with anxiety on account OF
| the presence Of the French in its cap
ital. We have now in our hands copy,
published in lie P,lote dc LOndres, of a
confidential note addressed by 1t to the
Austrian Cabinet, in which this feeling Is
EXPRESSED without reserve. I'VE cannot
regard without horror" says this note, " the
abyss in which the Government of his Ho-
Illness would find itself plunged, il change
should take place in the French policy,
whether from successful insurrection at
! home, or from the connivance of the French
army in a revolution overthrowing the Min
/ listers and menacing the life OF the Holy
/ Father. If, on the other hand, events were
to follow their regular course-it the
democratic principle were to receive
more vigorous development, and another
sort of men and ideas should succeed him
who now directs the destinles of France,
the consequences resulting from the new
situation of the French army at Rome
would be no less threatening and no less
! dangerous" This being the case, the
surest way to get out OF the difficulty
would be to have the French leave
Rome, and Austrians come and take their
! place. And this the former ought TO agree
to. since they came to Italy with the ex-
press object of restoring the Pope to power,
and should now be willing to do what Is
necessary for the security and pennanence
of his authority. Besides, why should they
object is not the Imperial Government
An Italian Government I" says the note. Or
if they will not agree to this, they ought at
least to withdraw to Civlta Necchla, and
allow Neapolitan force to occupy the city
But if neither of these points can be gained,
the note inquiries if it would not be advisable
10 have sufficient body of Austrian and
Neapolitan troops at hand, TO march upon
Rome at the least sign of trouble IN con-
nection with the French elections, or be-
fore. ard overawe both the French army
and the native reyolutiOnlsts.
Meanwhile, in the unhappy capital of
Catholic Christianity the process Of shoot
ing, banishing. imprisoning and scourglng
men and women is kept in frightful activity,
while the exasperated people wait in desc
lation and despair for the day of recon-
pense. and desperate individuals seek with
the dagger for vengeance upon those fore
most in their hatred. Men hitherto un-
touched by suspicion are dragged from
their pursuits to prison or exile on the most
bascless accusations, while others are pro-
hibited from speaking TO suspected persons,
from leaving the city, from leaving their
houses after sunset, going to the theater,
receiving visitors, &c. &c. The prisons
are filed to overiowiDg, and new ones
have been prepared without the walls,
whittier through the day one sees their pre-
destined inhabitants led manacled along the
streets, while the police arrest all whs turn
to cast a glance Of Pity on the sufferers.
Such is the state of things at Rome. And
the men who DO these things presume 10
brand the democrats as anarchists, assassins
and destroyers OF society.