The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-01-23
Address of the Freemen of Cincinnati to
80 the American Citizens.

i AMERICAN CITIZENS: The arrival in this
town of the Pope's Nuncio Cardinal Bedini,
brought amongst us painful recoIlectons
>, The name of Bedini recalled to our mind
the tyranncal death of Ugo Bassi the free
and eloquent Italian monk; who, by the
authority of the said Bedini, while Cover
nor of Bologna, was deprived of his liberty,
and soon after of his life.
! Ugo Bassi was not the only Italian patri-
OF, who fell, sacrifice to the despoism and
tyranny of the king of Rome, but like HIM
many brave man, for having dared to utter
the words of liberty and freedom, were
hanged, poisoned or thrown into the castle
! O. ST. Angelo, there to die "a lingering
death, or to live life Of torture and suffer
ing.
American citizens, of whatever persua-
sion you may be, YOU know the history of
/ the Popes, and of the church of Rome It's
written with the blood of millions of human
beings, barbarously murdered, burned, hang
led, poisoned, and otherwise sacrificed to
! these ever bloodthirsty tyrants. We say
ever blood thirsty, because the inquisitions,
the massacre Of st. Bartholomew's day, the
assassinations, and poisonings of Pope Alex
ander the VI, (Borga,) and the hangings Of
GregoriuS the 10Th did not suffice to quench
blood. But not saying a word of many
Others of those Roman Popes we point out
Plus the TX. to YOU, who, calling in the bay
lonets of those whom he terms infidels,
caused those he calls his children to BE-
butchered, and threw himself into the arms
fof crowned assassin, who, like him, order
his people, without regard to sex. age or
itin ic oil
than our words may be.
Accustomed to live in this our adopted
country, under the protection of your free
institutions, and bound TO you by reciprocal
and social Obligations, and by the common
ties of brotherhood, we could not see Jesu-
it, like Bedini, sent from a despotic king. an
emissary to this country, under the cloak of
spiritual guise, to incite amongst "a portion
of our citizens and fellow countrymen, dis
union, dissention, discord and hatred against !
the other portion, by misleading their
thoughts, poisoning their minds, and cor
rupting their morals, to the end, that they I
may be used, at a. future day, to overthrow
the republican institutions of this country,
for which your forefathers bravely and nobly
fought, and which noble views Of liberty
are incompatible and can never be reconciled .
with the existence and schemes of despotiC I
pope-king, who is the firm and superciious,
if not the only supporter and most fervent
apostle of despotism, and without which he
cannot stand.
In order, then to bring to light the char
acter of Bedini, while making his flying
visit to our city the other day, and let that
portion of our fellow citizens know his for
mer doings, the society of freemen, on the
25th day Of december instant, resolved upon
a public demonstration, by going out in a
body from their Hall, through Ninth to Fifth
street market, as peaceably as possible, and
there to read aloud, in the presence of the
effigy Of this Bedini, his murderous actions,
and then quietly to retire. 4
To that end they left their Hall at half
past ten o'clock in the evening and marched
in procession in an orderly manner, until
they reached the corner of Plum and Ninth
streets.
This demonstration. of course, caused
large company of ladies and gentlemen to
follow on with us upon the sidewalks. 1t
was Christmas night, and the streets were
filled with walkers.
On the corner of Ninth and Plum streets, I
one square from the Cathedral and the resi-
dence of the Bishop, where Bedini lodged
that night we We're met by the police force,
one hundred strong. The riot act, if need
there were was not read No word of Der-