New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-01
THE ROMAN LEGATIONS.

Tie principal provinces forming the Roman or Pa
pei State ere called Legations from having been for
centuries administered or rather ruled by high dig
nitary Of the Church. generally Cardinal. WITH the
special title of Legate of the Pope Legates have
likewise often been cent on special missions to Catholic
soveregns and in such cases they have been endowed
with powers nesrly equal to those Of the Pope him
self for settling all secular and disciplinary conflicts aud
difficulties. Legate sent from Rome for the admin
stration Of any province Of The Papa State represents
in his person The m secular power Of the Pope, and is
unlimited in respect of administrative matters and of
civil and CRIMINAL justice A Legate is the supreme
commander OF the army in Lis province and in word
be is endowed with al the rights anl powers Of an alb
solue sovereign Sometimes persons of Inferior HER
sIchical rank have been sent SubLesates, but with
cut my dimnutiOn Of authority
In Ii sway. tho LegotiOns-of which Ferrara. Rs
ard Bologna form the principal cities-were ad-
u nistered up to the events of 1913. Whatever may
have been the reforms intended by Plus " they
not carried out and the Legations of Old have been
governed by Papal Commissioners and by them alone.
Such Commissioners when sent out in times Of trouble
as in ls4s-49 possess if possible, more ALSO
lutte and discretionary power Such Legate or Com
missioner to Bologna in the spring of 1919 was Arch
bishop BEDlNL
After siege aud partial bombardment of the city
during eight days, the Austrian troops under the com
mand OF Gen. GorzkOwsky, entered it May 10,
ls49. The state Of siege was proclaimed by the
military commander; but the Papal authorities
were neither suspended DOR hindered in the e1-
eTcise Of their various functions Archbishop BEDIS
supported by Austrian bsyonets, represented in
Bologna the Pope and his secular and disciplinary
power The agents OF this power pointed out 10 the
military, Ausnians what individuals were 70 be
rested, imprisoned judged by courts martial aud
outed. Ameng great number OF persons Of dideren.
sex and aye designated victims and killed was UgO
Bassi coasecrated Catholic priest la the clsnor Of
contradictory assertions put forth both by the aceusers
and defend ers of Mr.. BEDINI without any legal do:u
ment either to prove dsproye the bloody deedwe
obliged in order to form Judgment as to the facts to
to the rules of common and to our know
edge of the proceedings generally observed in such
cases.
Tie Austrian commander who took Bologna went
there to uphold the power of the Pope Besides. it
wss the army of Catholic monarch and indeed Of
one called the Apostolic Emperor, which thus came
in TO restore absolute power the ruins of popular
liberty. Catholic priest taken prisoner even with
ID Lls Lcbos-NAltH ho"tFtE, Was not proved 10
be the case with Ugo Bassi-dOes no; lose his lndel
ibe character Of priesthood As such, he is not sub
iect to any eyl or military power and any act Of per
sonsl violence used against him is sacrilege This IL
known to every Catholic, and was 30 - Gen. Corr
kowsBy 1t is therefore wholly out Of the question
that be should hsve commiteda violent outrage against
tie lawful power in whose support lie had stOrmed
Hocgus. He would not have trauplsd On tie spr