Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-15
From the Cincinnati Times.
The Miserable Condition of Rome.

"The government of Rome expends annually in
charity, 42,0O0,0O0 francs--near eight hundred
and forty thousand dollars Rome is not larger
city than Cincinnati, and dollar there will buy as
much as five here. Paris expends 1926, 900 francs
or four hundred and ffty-nne thousand dollars,
of government money.
Besides, the private charities of the Romans
are enormous. The Prince of Torlonia has, within
the last ten years, given away more than 100000
for various charitable purposes"
The above editorial paragraphs were clipped
from the Cincinnati " Catholic Telegraph, of to-
day Every good, tits said, has its corresponding
evil. II there splendid charities in Rome, and
private mnnifcence of u princely character, there
must OF necessity be an immense amount of hu-
degradation and suffering to call 1t forth Let
us analyze the above statement, aud endeavor so
to compare it with something around about us,
that the appalling picture will be appreciated
Rome expends in public and private charity yearly
say in round numbers, one million of dollars !
Rome is the same size as Cincinnati, but one dol
lar in Rome is equal to FIVE dollars in Cincinnati
consequently, this Queen City Of ours, were it in
as AFFECT condition as Rome, would require five
millions Of dollars annually to support our poor !
What there is to boast of in such evidence of hui
man misery, is beyond our comprehension.
Paris contains over one million of inhabitants /;
Rome, say two hundred thousand or just one-ffth
and yet the pauperism of the little city where the
Vicar of Christ on Earth" lives, requires nearly
twenty times as much relief as the big city of the
continent. 1t should be remembered also, that
none of this pauperism can be charged to Goddess
free schools, Protestant Bibles and preaching, or
Protestant influences of any sort whatever Una
dulterated Roman Catholicism prevails and -four
ishes in Rome, and whatever ofprosperity or mis-
cry exists there is to be attributed to Papal nfu
ence, The awful condition ofthe people Of Rome
Indicated by the immense charities noted by the
" Catholic Telegraph" may be imagined, but we
doubt whether il could be described truly by the
most eloquent tongue.
In further illustration of the fact that Rome is
not us it is generally supposed to be-that even
under the smile Of the Pope, " the successor Of
Saint Peter" and beneath the shadow of the Vat
lean, where daily and nightly the worship of the
Virgin is seen and heard, to say nothing of the adj
oction Of Jesus Christ, the people rebel against
the monstrosites Of Reconnaissance cite the fol-
lowing from the same number of the "Catholic
Telegraph"
A few weeks since we saw account Of a riot
in Italy, on the occasion Of a procession of the
immaculate Conception, in which, of course, the
Catholics were blamed. Here is the true version
Of the affair." given by the Ciriha Canalica;
"For three days before the procession, band
Of rowdes had announced their intention of dis
turbilg the procession. There were insulting mot
Two days comedy was played in the theatre, rid
iculing the believers in this august dogma. On
the day of the procession, some loafers were put
up to blow out the candles which the women
carried in the ranks coppors were thrown in the
crowd, that the children scrambling after them
might disturb those walking in the procession
buckets Of water were thrown on them as they
passed; in one place large bench was placed
across the street; in word, every means Of OK.
tba alarq Il, fIa mil
ployed. Unable TO endure SO much, the people
at last arose and put end TO the disturbance, IN
the way dictated by their sudden indignation and
the rowdes complain that the people were intole-
rantl"
OF course, the rioters were not Catholics Oh
mol The very fact that they acted as they did,
Invested them, ipso fdcfo, Of their Cathocity, al
belt the French Able, who sneercd at and wrote
against the doctrine Of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, at the time Of its promugation, remained
Catholic nevertheless, did also the whole order
If the Dominicans and others, who, by the way,
saw the dragons teeth for that fault, and would
also have felt his claws had not the temporal pow
CT clipped theml
Whether these rioters and rowdi,s were or were
not Catholics In any sense, matters not il Is GER
tain they were Italians, Romans, born Of Catholic
parents, and educated, theologcally in the Catho-
lie faith hint is thrown out that they were pro-
fassed infdcls, Jews or Protestants, yet they are
said not 10 be Catholics That Is nothing more
nor less than jesuitical casuisry aud sophstry al
ways competent TO get the Church or its friends
out of scrape, however startling the dilemma
Whoever writes such paragraphs rs those we
have quoted from the Catholic Telegraph, be he
priest layman, exhibits but little Of that astute.
ness generally credited to ecclesiastlcs and other
Papal agents. Caution ncighbors, caution!
"