The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-03-03
ST. CLARSVnLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH, 3 1854
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The Adde'S of the Italian ExiIes. :
, A large number of Italian exiles in Ne,
: York have published an address to MonsiQhu
Bedini. They say they have remained silen
during his tour, "heleving that he would no
have had the audacity to deny what had justl,
been attributed to him." The late debate II
the U. s. Senate, wherein Bedini was pro
nounced by Mr.. Cass to be as free from blam,
in the death of Ugo Bassi as he (Mr. Cass'
was, has caused them to issue the address
They charge Bedini with having been q
party to all the cruelties and executions which
grew out of the suppression ofthe Italian
Revolution in '49, and they give the names oil
a number Of republicans who were executed
imprisoned and sent to the galleys, for the
part they took in the revolution, either by his
direction or with his sanction.
They quote the following paragraphs from
the "History of Italy, from September 18th,
ls4s, to December 3lst, 1885," in corrobera-
ton OF their statement. In volume I'd, chap
ter Ttb, page l4s, is the following:
"And prelate of the Roman Cufia, educa-
ted in Vienna, Monsignor Gaetano Bedini, in
quality of Commissary of the Pope, published,
amidst the smoke Of cannon and blood, his
proclamations of consolation and pardon, If
Piety and religion, side by side with those of
Wimpfen, who appointed Goozhowsky Cen
eral Commsndent, sanctioned martial law,
condemned by courts martial, sentenced with
shootingan hanging"
And further on vol Sd, chap. s, page 1903:
"Father Ugo Bass, surprised by the Aus.
TRANS on the road, was conducted in heavy
chains to Bologna. There, by mock forms
brought before adrum-head trial, he was sum-
marily condemed to death. Before he UNDER
went the fatal punishment, HE WAS *DfS-
CONSECRATED BY THE ECCLEsIAS-
TICAL AUTHORITY; and, on the 9Th of
August,a double vengeance was consummated
OH the Monk of Bologna; fof the iron Of the
priests and the lead Of the Austrians cooper.
ated in the sacrlegious homicide" The head
chief of that ecclesiastical authority was
Gaetana; ;Bedini.
Appended to which is the following expla-
natory note:
*(Note in explanation to Americans) Dis.
conservation (in Italian, sconsecrazione. J sig
nifies skinnng those parts of the hands, fore
he nd and crown Of the head, which were tou-
ched in the ceremony of consecrating Ro-
man ecclesiastic.
Accompanying the address is the following
DECLARATION.
I, the undersigned Giorgi Giuseppe, a ma
tive Of Bologna, declare, that was arrested
in Mantua for political affairs, in December,
ls4s, and conducted to Bologna, to the pri.
sons of La Garcia.
further declare that Gaetana Bedini was
the Governor Of that city. remember that
was consigne6to to the disposition of the Aus.
trian General Marziani, who kept me during
twenty-five Successive months in prison, with.
out giving me hearing. l then made
petition to Monsignor Bedni, requesting him
in his quality of Governor, to interfere in my
favor. / did not ask for mercy; I asked for
Justice, that is to say, asked to be esaini.
ned.
Monsieur Bedni received my petition, and
after several days, sent 1t back to me, with
the following words written:
"Iam astonished that Generat Marsiani
has not yethad you shot"
have not preserved that document, be-
cause, under the impulse ofrage, I tore it
with my teeth. But swear before God that
this is the pure truth, as too we'll remember
all the particulars.
GIORGr GIUSEPPE.
New York, January 30th, 1854.
The address is signed by II Italians now
living in New York, who are represented to
be good citizens and truthful men.