Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-02-08
Charges Against Bcdini

Seventy seven Italian residents in New York
city. among them Gsribaldi and other man Of DIS
luc,ion. have published an Address to Bedinl IRE
Pupe'S Nuncio, on the subject of the charges
which have excited 80 much il-Ieelng towards
him on the part Of the German aad Italian portion
of our population They speak as witnesses and
the truth or falsehood of their statement depends
upon the personal veracity of the individuals II
will be seen by the following extracts from the
Address that they accuse Bedn of having been
accessory to the death of Bassi. which Gen. Cass
pronounced, in the Senate, fragrant murder:
You, Monsignor Bedni, dared to enter Bologna
in disguise, as spy, and served as emissary OF
Plus TX. while ne was In Gaeta, In order 10 cor
rupt the iathlessness which the Swiss troops, com
manded BY Gen. Leiour, had sworn to the then
dominant Roman Republic and in that crime
found your life in danger, which was saved by the
protection of that General in whose house you
were secreted. and who obtained from The Clvll
Governor ofBolugna means to remove you private
ly frUm the popular fury by which you were
threatened.
You. Monsignor Bedini, entered Bologna, in the
year lS49, at the head OF an Austrian army, after
bombarding it eight days you entered IN Triumph,
amid the smoking of Austrian cannon, supported
by Croat bayon:ts, as Extraordinary Pont5ical
COmmissay ofthe .fo,r Legations; you arrived
joyful and merry making among the ruins OF the
burning Bologna and the blood of your country
men, at your sumptuous palace; you established,
in concert with the Austrian commandment, the
state of siege; you published proclamation,
which, to your shame, is known to us, Italians
and even to the Americans. because recently pub
lished here You yourself, the new Scylla, tcroie
eith your o,oa hand the lists Of prescriptions, ip
prisOnment and death; and you, yes you , ~.
proved the disconsecration and shooting -
BGssi, in the name Of the Pope. 6.
Bedni We, Italian exiles and s"u 1 ,Ln ,,p
the same cause for which Ugo pss' a.u t"0 =, 40
er patriots were sacrificed. n!eno s'nnP'y )" uo
Justice to the truth BY derdmctig ana Proe'e.A-
ing uou the instigator. 90 operator ana ,Hn"n'a"
| specfnlor of SO NAM good men massacreo w.icn'
as we have said It ,cas in your po'cer 10 mitigate
or prerent. ,t.,.. 4,
The crime of those brave youths was that Of
loving the same country which you betrayed. ana
Of delivering it from that religious and poiltcai
yoke Of iron which you fastened upon it,and which
you are now eadeavoring to extend over his he-
| public. t--t..a
Bednii We never have thought oftaking your
| life Our soul has always been very different from
yours. We we'll know that ifyou were dead the
| heads of the Hydra reproduce themselves. Live
then, but like Cain, everywhere accompanied by
the maledctons ofthree generations; the past, the
present, and the future.
On the other hand, letter, fBedn to Bishop
Purcell, of Cincinnati, is published, in which he
says
| deplore the evil consequences of the atrocious
calumnies propagated with tbs most hideous eff
frontery and believed in spite Of the painest ant
strongest remonstrances of common sense, as if {
puerile credulity could have existed in nation 81
enlightened and SO full of noble sentiments; blu
the consequences of evil are only for him wht
harbors it in his heart who seeks TO propagate it
Bedini is called the Pope's "Nuncio," the pop
ular meaning of which is messenger, but techni
cally the word applies to an ambassador from thu
Pope to an Emperor or King. His envoy tt
smaller courts and Republics is called an Inter
nuncio. Bedn is the Nuncio to Brazil.