The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-24

with supreme authority the other oh1pains In
Po was authorized soisiy With New to recover Sr
the Holy See the district Of Poesine II was NOT for
powers. II was for no national benefit that the Pope
blessed that army and sent them forth. bat to
Gsva,z performed weIi the part Of chaplain and in ali
@ vi Tnsse s ,n the army went he for liberty
IN paternai b0ndsthe expulsion Of all foreign oppres
sors and the leaving of Italians manage their own af
fairs without Austrian dictstion and powder. In the
watched and compelled to live In seclusion He was
seized and imprisoned and singu]ary released When
the french army entered Rome he prescribed man.
and diligently hunted but under the protection Of the
Amercaf hag and the good onices of the American
welcome him in England. He has united with no Protes
tant denomination He says he is a member of the
primitive Roman Church, founded BY Paul He is now
Italy as soon as he do with safety and again
preach to the multitudes of his countrymen.
meeting-He had paper be said, put into his hand.
homD Dr. Patten, who intended to have come here to.
% would rsS to thsn Of
heeveI accordingly read the notice but prefer giving
he following biSaphicai ;kstch prepared for the
with the subject
BIoaRArHIcAL SKETCH OF FATHER GAvAzzI
Aessandro Gasaxsi born at Bologna in 1909 and a.
the early Of sixteen entered the Order ofst Barnabas
n which he rapidly rose TO distinguished position.
theory but exempliaed the practice of eloausnce in
the pups Of that capital and subsequently in most Of
ihe principal cities OF Italy The advent OF Plus TX gave
unfettered scope to the liberal and enlightened views
hitherto compressed among the italian clergy fore
most among the upholders of tho papa policy were
Ugo Bassi and Gavazz both Boiogncse The rs appear.
ance Of Gavay the political was on the news of
the Manese insurrecton and the discontinue of the
Austrians throughout Lomba,dy. being celebrated in
Romc when the students the University seized on the
eloquent priest carried him their shoulders into the
pulpit OF the Pantheon and called ON him to pronounce
the funeral Grafton Of the patriots killed at Milan The
orator at to the height that great
and became the trumpeer of freedom throughout
hn tr Arad a
cassock and is the decoration which he has worn
during the whele campaign, and unsuled on
for weeks crowds of citizens gathered within that
gigantic structure which became arena of patriotic
the national energies and conferred him the Office Of
Chaplain General to the forces then organizing by the
levy Of volunteers and the formation of ational Guard
In that capacity he marched from Rome with sixteen
thousand men, and after short hestatng halt on the
frontiers positive orders came from the Vatican and
private instructions to Gavayz himself to move forward
and act against the Austriens The onward march of
the Roman army was succession Of triumphs to the
ton clothing provisions hcres ard all the unateiel de
gnerTe, from willing population. lie the Hermit
Peter OF the whole crusadethe life and soul of the
suriecton AT Venice in the great of st. Mark lie
harangued day after day. congregated thousands and
filled the Vensan treasury by the voluntary oblaons
earrings and bracelets and the wives Of fishermen flung
their large silver harpns into the military chest and
the resutof his exertions. When the Roman division
ordered to fall back Father Gavazy made Florence
ring with his s sShoaoIs @ to uphold the caase The
tions, gave orders for the forcble expulsion of Ga
vazzi from Tuscany. He took refuge in Genoa but
the Eoosnese having broken into open mutny against
the Pope on the Sth August and formed a pro-
vi.ional government, Gavaazi was recalled, the
ons His return triumph and order was restored
by his presence. On the fight Of the Pope the forma.
ten OF republican government, and the convoking Of
the Roman Assembly, GayazI confirmed in his pre-.
vious functions of Chaplain General the forces and
began his preparations for the approaching siege Of the
hv o1f.tv
commensurate with the coming warfare. He formed
committee ofthc principal Roman ladies' TO provide for
the wounded, princess Begiojoso Countess Paavcino,
and Pisacane at their head sperintend the surCi
cal ambuances during The whole struggle At the lu of
ns nens e 70 Kn a. sGs % OF K1
his 10000 men, hsd advanced far Vclletri, the
hs an s sh e. s rs head S the
fight of the invading arny assisted the dying az the
disabled Of both idcs Returning into the beseged CAPT
tai he sustained the spirit OF the inhab ants through
out and at the bastons and in the front OF
the battle. At the fall of Rome he received honora
BILE testimonial and Sagf conduit from Oudnot; and while
his companion, Father Ugo Bassi shot by the Aus
trans without trial and against the law of nations at
Pologna he suffered to depart by the more civilized
owes his salvation 10 Vice Consul in Rome Mr.. Free
man. the American painter In London he lived in re
in the language Of HIS beloved but down -trodden
lard, until few of his fellow exles, anxious
the eloquent voice which cheered them
in their hour Of triumph, clubbed together the pit
tance OF TO room the the
result has been the potent blast Of indignant oratory
and the trumpet note of withering denunciation with
which he assas the Roman court The bold freedom
Of his structures derives immense importance from the
fact he sets forth of their being in accordance with the
sentiments of large body of the young clergy Of ay-a
Kind Puseyism menacipg utter ruin of ultramon-
tame ascendency at home while it seeks to triumph in
England and in the United States.
After The reading Of Or. Patterns paper the Chairman
read letter from Rev. Dr. Urwick Of Dublin commend.
ing Father Gevazz after which, the
Rev Ir Cox addressed the eetng-He said that this
Ctoffh pro
one of whose secretaries with them here tonight
He considered it generic and ecumenics than
the Council Of Trent Iaughter.) This meeting would
produce great effect, and be heard in London Dublin
ard in Italy itself He generally in favor of ag
ttop though there are seasons when such is necessary
and this he thought one OF them lie would say nothing
dspmaeng to his friend when he said that this meeting
would re great even II Gavazzi was not here The prn
cile which 1t convened would of itself have in
euccd this audience to attend. lie did not see in
the movemont-he saw only God One of the greatest
herecs in the world according to the Roman Catholic
standard, Saint Paul himself. They were however,
ina country where they had the right Of maintaining the
motto Lilsya e. n1tols Liberty and our native
SOIL DR.. Urwick is Irshman, and one whose soul
big as his boey little Qaughter) Ee was
glad to get sch signature and va as Dr. urwicks in
favor OF his friend who here. Father Gavazz had
made great change in travelling across the Atlantic
but how much greater moral change must be effected
from the physical and moral malaria Of Italy. Why
did they love liberty here He loved liberty,
vation. The Apostle James calls the Gospel the law of
liberty" What pancgyrci They needed liberty
that they might read the Bible. (Appause) God has
been pleased to give revela ton n the nobest way,
without Iagesnry, in his blessed Bible; but want
freedom to read it. freedom to understand it. and freedom
to propagate it everywhere. (Applause) 1t
generous sentiment to love the martyr who pers his life
and his liberty in behalf Of Christianity. In this coun
try they had some distinguishing pecularities which
make thcm not the envy, the proper model Of all
tiobs. He knew Of nation which had not prosecuted
TIE Jews except the Americans and he would ask any
man TO tell exactly how they treated synagogues at
Romef Who put the yellow cap upon the Jew2 Who i'm
founded him NJ night and pounded him in tho morning
ifh was not in his plase9 Qauehter) How many ap
believe what ho did not like to believer Shall
it. be that in this country they could no. think.
lie would tell his respected friend John, Archbishop
Of New York-who he believed, muilled up in
Metropolitan hall at the Madai meeting-that he
would he glad TO him. and meet him on this plat
form, and would welcome him and treat him kindly He
would be glad to see him also in his house. in Brooklyn
the water, where they all enjoy freedom, al
thovQh il is but village of hundred and thirty theu-
sand Inhabitants lie r Cox) called here behalf
Of the vast orty Of bis coun,ymen from the Pacific