The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-01

FOREIGN HoRNETs.-Our amiable fellow-coun-
trymen, who hail from the banks Of the Tiber,
Arno, and Po do us the honor again to fill about
a column Of our paper this morning, with fresh
expression of their Christian feelings towards
Monsignor Bedini. Our readers will doubtless
b delighted with the gentle and rational tone
adopted by the tender-hearted creatures. Some
allowance must be made for Southern exagge-
ration and italian hyperbole but these still
leave fair margin for the display of the natural
temper of the exiles 1t is perfectly obvious
from the tone of the manifesto that if the
Italians in question could find the legate in
some lonely by path, or silent forest, the latter
would spend an excessively uncomfortable half
hour. As it is, it has required all the moral
power of public opinion and all the physical
power Of our police to prevent some such crime
being committed in broad day light in one of
our most populous cities. Attempts have fire.
quently been made; and in every case, the
offence has been clearly traceable to the italian
and German immigrants The question there
fore arises, how long is this state of things to
continue? How long are we to allow our
country to be made the theatre of noisy brawls
between foreigners? A respectable hotel
keeper will invariably expel any two or more
Of his guests who disgrace his house by fight
ing can we not, ought we not, to stretch the
rule to the whole country and try to get rid
of these excessively troublesome pests?
Within the last four or five years, we have
not had a foreigner of distinction here, who
has not done mischief. without any compen-
sating good. Kossuth and Kinkel created
trouble at Washington, and spread most IN
wholesome excitement through the country.
They died out within few months. John
Mitchell came here, and tried very hard to
arouse angry feelings against England: but
John was suspicious character, and people
supended their judgment for short while;
during which the . illustrious Irish patriot"
committed the most complete political suicide
ever witnessed in New York An appropriate
epitaph is now much wanted for the editor of
the Citizen. Then Gavazzi-the fire-brand--
had the talent to arouse bloodshed and strife
wherever he went 1t was only last week that
the Irish rioters who broke into the church
where he was lecturiDg at Quebec and SO nearly
killed him, were brought to trial. Asusual, in
such cases. it was a toss up whether Protes-
tant or Catholic Judge should sit : the latter
won, and Of course directed verdict of &C
quittal. About the same time, the court at
Cincinnati being less under the influence Of re-
ligious bigotry, was holding the police to bail
for an assault upon some Germans; the assault
having been committed during riot caused by
DR.. Bedini's visit to the West Wherever
they go, these foreign visiters create distur-
Dances and find ready auxiliaries for the task
in their countrymen who have already settled
here. Had we no Irish or Germans or Italians
in this country, the duties Of a police officer
would be q sinecure.
Where the religious excitement aroused by
Gavazzi and Bedini is to end, none can tell. 1t
is clear enough that the Protestants of Canada
will not forever submit to be trampled under
foot by few ignorant Irish wretches; and equal
ly clear that the Legate Of the Pope, arriving
here in an official capacity must be protected
from the violence Of bloodthirsty Italians and
Germans. On the latter the violence must ulti-
mately recoil; and when the day comes, woe
then to those foreigners who took advantage OF
our peaceable character to convert our country
into sempiternal Denny brook Fair.