The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-11
THE MADIAI FAMIL Y.


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H. the next place the report is, evidently enough,
onesided and incomplete. 1t does not give the in
ctu1ent MOI the testimony of the witnesses, the
summing up Of the public prosecutor, the finding
Of the court; and has, evidently enough, been fur
pished by some OF those " English gentlemen pre-
sent at the trial, or on their one sided statement
That this report has none of the characteristics
of an official document is obvious enough on
M face 1t commences with an eulogium on
Professor Bolognin and Count Guiccardini,
Cor their Professionalism. II next speaks Of the
,v;tness Pasauale Asacci as "a traitor among the
Hajan puritans.' 1t speaks Of the presiding judge
=, being, during the whole trial, very bitter
AGAINST the culprits Of Judge Cocchi being "the
same one who received hard rebukc during the
State trial of Guerazzi;" Of the presiding judge
bidding Rosa silence, with a stern look" and then
again as appearing somewhat mlder;'' and Of the
English gentlemen composing the audience as "being
struck with the simplicity and sincerity of the Madias
Then again, "he conduct Of the Madas during their
trial did them the greatest honor and awakened the
admiration OF the audience"
All these features showing only appreciation Of
The Eadiai, and only condemnation of the judges,
with the suppression of the indictment and the testi
mony against them, of the argument OF the prosecu
tor and OF the finding OF the court which is always
a summary Of the case, together with the well
known chara cter OF the Bt0ad NOUela newspaper
which if mistake not, was itself lately condemned
for some breach of the Sandman laws on the
suhect-show clearly that the report IS no more
official" OF by authority, than the proceedings
IN Metropolitan Hall were; and hope for the sake of
truth, that you will have the candor to say So now
that your attention has been called to it, and tne
more particularly because the real official report
has been sent for to Florence, and cannot be long IN
coming to this country, when beyond all doubt, the
final stopper will be put upon this already suff-
GENTLY improbable story that the Madiai have been
condemned for reading the b be-, and the whole
humbug will be fairly laid on the shelf along with
Maria Monk Kossuth, Sleivegammon, and other
fossils Of that sort. Yours, OBSERVER.
AReply to Archbasbop Hughes' Letter.
Your Grace must not be surprised at receiving so
much attention. 1t is one of the penalties of great
ness to be exposed to such things. If you had not
made yourself SO conspicuou. for aims already graft
fcd and higher ones yet to be accompished-for
the Archiepiscopate in possession and the Cardinals
hat in expectaton-I am not sure that what you say
ana do would arrest quite much of the public
lice az at present In common with many Others,
have read with some care your letter to the Free
MANS Journal of the 10th inst, in relation to the
'Aadiai," the meeting in the Metropolitan Hall, y
religious liberty etc., ETC., and must say that
vas not little disappointed. My dear Archbishop,
many more such "deliverances' as the one in ques-
ton, and that notable lecture on the Decline of
Professionalism, made just you we're about to set
eat on your late pilgrimage to Rome, will not aug
nent your reputation either for logic or prudence.
The exordium of your Grace's letter was not hap
py To attempt to ridicule the meeting in Metro
politan Hail. held for the purpose Of expressing SYM
pathy for poor and humble, but nevertheless, very
worthy people, who are suffering for doing what
every in these United States has the right to do
namely, to impart, by reading the Bible to his "a
nily and friends, and endeavoring to lead them to
adopt his views of the Gospel, and act according to
their convictons-very i'll became the high and
sacred Office to which you claim to have
been called by the Saviour of men and
because similar meetings had been held in
England it poor logic to take it for granted that
that meeting held in imitation of them and
through admiration OF the English aristocracy. 1t
not prudent for you TO talk in this way because
your cherished antpathy to everything that is Eng
hsh. Your Irish origin will account for this. Had
you been cognizant OF the facts, you would have
known that to initiate the English in this matter,
TO have anything to do with any movement because
Il was English was the last thing that would have
occurred TO any of the gentlemen with whom origi
mated the meeting. On this point you are all wrong
/ beg to assure your Emnence.
As to ragged schools for the poor children
which Ireland not England, sends to our shores
which RomaDism, not Professionalism, has made-our
tersup of the meeting at Metropolitan Hall. are not
Indifferent. They are doing much in many ways 70
care for them, but in more Christian manner than
the creating Of ragged schools. But all this is OF
mail moment; let advance TO more important
topics.
sympathy for the Eadai and other sufferers, (or the
rights of conscience in the matter Of region) In the
Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and for giving utterance
to those principles the subject Of religious liberty
which every true-hearted American both holds and
such sympathy. Nor can your Grace find any dis
epancy between the objects set forth in the call for
the meeting signed by thirty distinguished Protestant
gentlemen, and the statement of facts, resolutions,
and series Of propositions presented TO the public
the occasion. The meeting was called for the pur-
poses Just stated, and no other. As to what your
Eminence says about the Object being to abuse the
Roman Catholics OF this country and excite prejudice
and animosity against them, etc, nothing more
true was ever uttered by any man, and can scarce
ly think that you believe the assertion. You have
marvellous tact for going of into whatever may d.
vert mems minds from the true state Of the case,
whenever by % doing you can strengthen your
caufe. Nor was there anything said or read at the
meeting which could be justly considered calcuat-
Cd to excite prejudice against the Roman Catholics
Of this country. No one dreamed Of holding them
accountable for the acts Of the Grand Duke of Tus
cany in relation to the hadia II is true that the
spirit and history of Rome, rather Of the Roman
Catholic hierarshy-for it Ii the Roman Catholic
Church, the people being nothing at all and having
nothing TO do either in Die determining of doctrines
G the administration Of discipline, a. you well
know-were spoken Of freely by some Of the speak
ers, who endeavored to defend the Grand Duke Of
Tuscany, by saying truly that be is not much to
be blamed or held accountable, for the infamous acts
IN question as the priests around him, and especially
Pro Mono, who could by word terminate all this
persecution Some hard things were said about
She hierarchy Of Rome, il must be admitted but they
were just u y also true thst your Emnence was most
earnestly called on 10 join this movement in behalf
of the poor sufferers, and exert your great influence
to incline-by addressing him yourself or prayIng
his Holiness 10 do so-the heart Of his ducal majesty
10 leniency and grace. Surely there was nothing IN
all this like premedteted plan, OF any effort TO
excite prejudice against Roman Catholic fellow.
citizens. The expressions Of DR.. Behune in favor If
them OF the strongest character and they were
M real, a. heartfelt, a. they were strong.
No, sir; there not speaker on that occasion
who mad nj holding mn tho Roman Cathotica nj