Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-04

A letter from this parsonage to the Roman
Catholic Archbishop Of Baltimore, is published
in the !" Catholic Magasinen It is dated at
London, nth February.
The greater part Of this letter is too vague
and ambiguous for our comprehension; and yet
it contains some Ineligible points. He thinks
he was lucky to escape ASSASSINATION IN this
country. He is bitter against the "eviLdis-
posed y whom he found here" certain refu-
gees' Ho says:
sob, what shameful pages will history trace
in their regard and in regard TO those who
concurred with them in these street orgies, and
those. too, who knew not how to restrain
them!
They abused, first, the most unbonndcd
and generous hospitality; and afterwards, the
credulity Of nation which il already great,
and which aspres to dcstinies still greater. If
they could not claim that abused nation ms an
accomplish, they rendered it at least response
Bile for what took place before it's eyes, under
its laws and on its soil-namely for a most
savage attempt, capable of causing any nation
whatever to descend thousand degrees in the
scale Of its dignity
"The nation redeemed itself greatly, it is
true, in the really courageous and true words
which its Senate spoke in defence Of, and re-
gpect for, the Envoy of Rome; it was in that
moment that one capital rendered itself entire
" worthy of the other; but cannot help re-
fecting that, Notwithstanding, such words did
not avail to put stop to those furious outrages,
or even to protect my life from the same dam
gers | supposed that o Government would
act upon and in harmony with those noble
words to which will never cease rendering
the tribute Of eulogium and gratitude; but the
hopes thus awakened, and, in finc the promises
given, resulted in nothing; inaction became the
servant Of the delirium Of few, and those even
foreigners, and was obliged to be convinced
that for more than one palace in Washington
the inscription dictated by Job would be most
appropriate-- fuisssm quasi non ESSEN I
81 must render an account to my sovereign
of tho effect ut least of his most kindly intend
ed letters, but the silence Of those who received
them will explain my own silence; and this
discourtcous and insulting lesson for the Sow
ereign of Rome will not be lost on any other
chief of nation and of State who may ever
wish to lavish civilites and courtesies from the
other side Of the Atlantic. Certainly, it is not
thus that great nations are governed and
served There is, indeed, common code for
them all nor is there an ocean to divide them
in the fulflment of their paramount duties, for
the fragrant violation Of which those who rule
or represent their destinies are obliged to an.
swer The Judgment to be passed on this af-
fair, the nations of the two worlds have already
formed and not some miserable bribed and
shameless print on the banks. Of the Ohio or of
the Hudson"
The writer proceeds to rejoice that his way
was not scattered only with roses" and to
bless Those thorns which mortified itD He
says
They are the blessed seal which qualified
it, and rendered it more holy. Let them plant
the indignity which perfected it in the very
quick of the heart; the field which received
that seed will not delay to bring forth abund-
ant and blessed fruits. Nia granuni trumenii
cddens an terra morfuum ftterif, ipsunl soittm
manet. Could there be words more true and
more consoling than these, for one who was the
object of the anger of hell in the exercise of
ministry all Of love and Of peace
The conclusion of this letter is peculiarly in
teresting To understand it Alright, the reader
must remember that when French bayonets had
extinguishcd tho hope Of liberty in Italy and
invited the return Of the Pope, who was then
what Bedini now so thoroughly scorns-"a
refugee va good old fancy portrait in oil was
made to produce wonderful effects upon the
popular mind, by rolling it's eyes, whether of
its own yolition or not we do not propose to
determine for others. The Nuncio says:
Meanwhile, for more sensible proof Of
my gratitude, and of pious remembrance,
which mfy recall my journey, send at the
came time to your Grace and to your col
leagues o number Of pictures of the Blessed
Virgin of Rimini which | caused to be there
expressly engraved, the engraving being done
from dagucrreotypc taken from the wonder
fnl picture itself, and given me by the pious
and jealous Bishop Of that city. That portent-
Gus moving Of the pupils took place precisely
during my civil jurisdiction, when ! presided
over the Government of Bologna.
Without pledging divine faith on this SUBJ
ject, since believe that the only authoritative
sentence Of the Vatican has not yet interviewed,
still, how much force in itself has faith-all
human though it be--in favor of the well-es-
tablished prodigy; and the diffusion Of pic
ture 80 blessed and 10 full Of celestial inspira-
ton, | consider will be grateful to Catholic
hearts, and, more than grateful, useful and
eficacious for their piety.
Eyes this beautiful contradiction will also
appear at the sight Of this picture, 10 wit, that
30 many who yielded 80 prompt credulity to
the false and most injurious narratives of one
individual, will glory in being the most incred-
ulous in resisting tho assertions Of thousands
and thousands who have testified to the pro-
digions movement Of the eyes, and who through
o sudden and irrcpressible emotion found their
own eyes in tears and their hearts in commo-
ton. Having blind and most prompt faith
for calumnics and for falsehood, they will have
mono whatever for the most marvellous truths;
and throwing themselves with full appetite
and without disgust upon tales which degrade
and corrupt the man who believes them, will
profess themselves too experienced and too sa-
gacious not to reject with scorn and contempt
the faithful relation Of events which ennobIe
the human species and console it putting IL in
more evident relation with the Divinity even,
Of which it bears itself the image since the
first moment that the vital breath was given
to the clay Of Eden. But this is language lost