Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-01-21
3edini, the Nuucio,

1t Is one, we care say, OF h'gh eccleslasticai
power, and conferred npon none but those of
great merit as Catholics, and possessing extra
ordina.r y TALENT
In Cincinnati and other places, Bedini has
been threatened b. the mob, and serious dis
turbances have resulted. We have not as yet
glanced at even an outline Of his history but
from paraG raphs in the paper, we jadge that he
has been a warm friend to the Pope in all his
difficulties, particularly during the revolution
when the latter had to fly from Rome, a: which
period Bedini is accused OF being instrnmen.
tai in "bntchering' many prominent men Of
the revolutionary party. or "mantyss Of liberty"
AS they are termed. And now, that the
time has about arrived when this individual
is expected in New Orleans, We perceive that
Judge Lynch has there, likewise, opened his
court.
The Crescent publishes a document, embra-
cling the following incendiary appeals, copied
from handbills stuck up in the city--and com
ments upon it in u strain deserving Of much
commentator.
The English portion ff English it can be
calIed) of this lawless document, is literally as
follows:
"SIGNOR BEDINI, THE BUTCHER OF
BOLOGNA!
Is coming to this city next week; We have re-
ceived here General Layfayette, kossuth. kinkel
and other heroes for freedoms with unequalled en-
rhusiasms: the escape of FIR. Meagher. O'Brien,
Smith and O'Connor, those patriots of green
Island from a tyranic prison has been greeted
with the utmost joyces; Bedini, the tigre, who is
guilty OF the murder of hundreds of patriots. there
wifes and children in Italia. who ordered, that Ugo
Bassi the patriotic Catholic priest be scalped be-
fore he was executed, will thus abominable SER
want of despoty receive the same honoIs, as the
heroes of freedom, or will be followed the action
Of the Brewers of London against Haynau'
Then comes, in Frsnch, the subjoiped ap-
peal TO the passions of that nation:
.SIGN. BEDINI. HORROR! HORROR!
&.4rripai Of the monster BcdSi! Of the assas-
sin of Bologna! OF the nangman Of Ugo Bassi!
"What has this Bedini done? What has he
done! He scalped Ugo Bassi. He skinned hS
hands! After that punishment, he caused him to
be strangled. He assasinated women and chill
dren. This is the monster who is walking in
triumph through our towns, a; if to brave us, as if
TO say TO us, Lo, It's thus the friends Of Liberty
should jptrsated! Men who have hearts. friends of
humanity. ~treeGlen, will you suffer ii is insulter
of the people, this apdacious wretch, 10 prolane
our soils No. You will treat him as men treat a
wild beast. The people of London chastised
Haynau, the people Of New Orleans will chastise
Bedinih
Next comes, in Italian, the following:
aITALIANS,
"The renegade. my lord Bedini, the assassin of
Ugo Bassi, the betrayer of the liberties OF Italy.
is about TO arrive in New Orleans. Italians!
Receive him as is fit. DO your duty" "
And here is the German:
"LORD CARDINAL BEDINI, THE BUTCH
Err OF BOLOGNA.
"This wild beast, who as papal legate in
Bologna. suffered to be murdered with the cruel
ess tortures hundreds of men. women and children
of the republican party. who allowed the head
and hands of the patriot Ugo Bassi to be skinned
before he was beheaded, is travelling about in the
United States. and will, in the course of the com
ing week, exhibit himself in New Orleans. The
fists of the brewers of London gave to Master
Haynau. the hyena OF Breschia, a proper token
of their sympathy shall not the same honors be
awarded here, to Master Bedini?' q
Now, we sincerely trust that there are in
New Orleans a sufficient number of good and
l%aw-abiding citizens to prevent any such an
outbreak as is here threatened. It is at once
perceived, from the language Of the above
placards-not even that in the execrable Eng
lish-that neither of them were written by
Americans. And the question should be, not
whether Bedini is a worthy or an unworthy
man-whether he is a friend of liberty or the
tool Of tyrany-whether he caused to be "butch-
cred" men opposed to the Pope's authority and
struggling for their freedom, or whether he
did not-but whether American citizens, and
good and peaceabIe citizens of all nations. are
prepared to look l~istIessly on and see a mob
drag to his death perhaps foreigner who has
visited US in a holy capacity, who trusts to our
protection and to our laws, and ofwhose private
history or public acts, we know but little and
should care less.
Let those in New Orleans who love our
institutions-and no city is more truly patriot
ic-declare. by the strong.arm, that all sects
of Religion in this land, and the friends to all
sects, shall 60 where they choose to 60, and say
what they choose to say Of their W faith
and above all, that Religious riots, or riots
out Of political or religious feeling,
through erents in a foreign country. shall never
occur here-and Bedini and all other men may
walk the streets of that proud city in perfect
safety.
UTThe Baton Rouge Gazette has the follow.
ing items respecting the Legislature and its
members:
"Night before last the city was full of candi.