Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-27
slsnor Bedini iii. Aim aud object.

NcsJTs EdifOTs:
You ask in yonr paper Of the o. Of this man, who
his caused 10 much disturbance in land and WHO as
gone of amidst general howl Of contempt AMI hatred
what was his object in comngS"
lie the Pope am bassilor 10 Brazil for he bss
not gone to razi lac no, accredited this govern
mcni, for he had no credentials TO display.
His object this IL has been the aim OF L Disb
ops of the Church Of Rome have vested in themselves
the property Of every congregation nnder their
They ASSERT that the people who build church with
their own money have right to that church tut that
IL should belong 70 tho Bishop, aud he should have the
supreme control o! il. Now the Bishop Is accountable to
no one hut his MASTER the Pope; and whatever Bishop
possesses hc having taken vow Of poverty charity aud
obehicnce) belong to The Pope aud the Cardinals
Now this dortrlne is directly al variance with all our
American feelings aud opinions il is utterly
with the spirit Of freedom Aud Bishop Hughes Of New
York. aud other Bishops have had trouble in
or forcing certain churches 70 give up hci. right Of
property. The church in Builo has refused all socita.
tons and every threat II wa. supposed that frrs
from Rome could persuade aud overcome these American
Roman CItlOics aud ajDc terrify them into aubns
sion. u was true he had put down. with great cruelty
the efforts made for freedom whilst l,s wai Coy,tuor nI
Bologna and had tortured horribly patriot who had
been priest-but this II anything recommends
ton 10 those who sent him.
The fact that these ctuctics were committed and that
Ugo Bas was thus tortured proved by the dcclIfa.
ton Of Italians resident IN New York.
Signor Bedni tailed In all his efforts. Wherever he
went he excited Indignation His presence anil the re-
which we feel a, the sight Of poisonous serpent 1t is
true the lnrya LEFT at home nut "the nature
Of the beast affected. This thun was his oh
ject TO increase the power Of the Bishops IN this free
land Of aud thank God he has ihcd aud failed g.
| ANONYMOUSLY.
Any who read the letter Of his published in the
Dspatch must have tho character Of the inan The
blicd rage aud the mock pety IN IL reminds Of that
lusrious person called Pccksni whom Dickens has ere.
ied as the prince Of hypootites Pecksni having been
proved liar aud scoundel aud accused his face with
these small virtues mildly observed to lis daughter ere.
mind me, my dear pray TONG my accusor" Pecks.
nn Beini SYSTEMATICALLY makes small donation the or
phnns OF Cincinnati and takes occasion publicly say,
In his letter. that he intends 10 pray for hls Hccusor &C.
&C. IL IL most Pecksnian letter and should be sent
to Dickens fully embodJng what he only attempted TO
express. II a fortunate mistake that such man was
sent upon such mission for man Of good character
might have accomplished disastrous a purpose. We
hope TO SEQ more such inuiguers among us we
advocate the right Of every to worship 10 his
house OF prayer, according tho best Of his belief And
we look upon the churches Of people % much the
property Of the congregations who worship in them,
the court house the capitol b the property Of the PEG
pie OF the county State. We opposed to
tra.e power In this manner, aud think that Bishop
should possess all the churches than the Pres
dent Of the Uuited States should all tho Public
Buildings OF tue country. LC.