New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-16


them. To make sDy reform u 10 make con-
cession 10 the mscontents-concession shows
" fear. To ackno xle &c tesr IL - douo" tue
/" force Of the enemy. open the dnor IA revolution
al and start for Gsets, where We iiud very o'd
lodging. Don't let US bulge. know the house.
it i. Dot nav, but IT will last longer than your
" Holiness, provided II IL Lot repaired. Aiter Us
=" the deluse-we have not any chlldr-A
The material wealth of the country Is naturally
varied and great It's agricultural capabilities sre
extraordinary. Bad government, bad sdmini>tr,-
iiou. bsd institutions, stand in the WAY of their
development. The state of agriculture Is lowest
the nrsI est Ia Rome; class OF Independent farm
ers could in 4 few years make the campsgna ot
Rome as healthy as indie pendent farmers base made
our Western valleys; tue uaIsris could De plowed
out. We're the Government not stesdlly boxing
back. Asyou remove from Rome, agriculture in.
proves; on the Ad atic side Of the Apennues land
and people are vsibly better cultivated th,n on the
Mediterranean slope. Our sutbor once asked
venerable crleslsstic 10 explain how II was that
the activity aud prosperity OF the people seemed to
be IN direct ratio 10 the square OF their distances
from the capital. The country is not neglected.
BIZ replied, and if ii is the fault lies with the
Pcp-s subjects; they are INDECENT by their
% nature, although 81 Ais monks exhort them to
Labor" The next chspter is filed with srgu-
ments from facts and reasoning to show that these
intelligence, and other qualities requisite for tue
acceptance and maintenance of good government.
1t deserves especial attention from those ~ho would
Like ~ see = constitutional rule established bat
that they are sure the Romano have not capacity 10
live under lt-trom the large class of timd Liberals
who, among US, sre represented by those who are
" as much opposed to Slavery IS anybody "-and do
not oppose II at all, ana consequently sustain II.
While the partissns of the temporal power OF the
Pope do not deny that IL Ia in theory unrestricted
despotlsm they declare that 10 fact II IL psernally
mild--that the country must be beoetcently ruled
whose population decreases by one-thlrd in q
years. But that of Greece increased threeiold
" between 1872 aud 1853; yet Greece has a de-
" testable government Ms, latter myself, have
" sufficiently demonstrated. See his La Gree
- Contemporaries and lie R0ts des Mortgages.
&" Increase of population proves vitality of the
:" race, and not socitude Of the administration.
4" shall never believe 40, 900 children were born
between lcl6 and 1853 owloa to the intervention
=" of the priests." As for paternal mlldness, take
from NJ About's abundant stock Of facts these few:
The prisons are full; IN the course of seven years,
there have been 6O capital executions at Ancona,
ard leo at Bologna. NJ Rsyneyal, French EN-
bassador at Rome in l-J6, regrets that the Holy
Father never fails Ia soften the rigor of SEN
"tehces." Our anthor inquiries whether the
" softening in the OF these Austrian usilladcs
" consisted in wrapping the musket-oalls IN
cotton ~
But We are not TO conclude, from the crowded
state Of the prisons and the number OF executions,
that justice To ordinary criminals - promptly adj
mDstered in the Roman States. 1t ia administered
homeo pathicaly, or net at all. The Austrians
shoot and the jas coDfne political oIeoders.
Prices Indeed, are set on the head Of noted ban
dts and handsome sums are offered as reward OF
cherry to their coniederates but few are caught
the roads and villages insecure to travellers and
inhabitants. There four violent deaths per day,
or in that proportion, in the States OF the Church
the statistics of 1853 will give you the figures An
assassin pursued by gen d'armc is safe II he can
reach u church, hospital convent; when he
sets foot on an eccesisstic domain or any clerical
property, OF can clutch the loose robe of n pass
ing monk-how churches abound and saunterlng
Cspuchins, all know who have been 10 Rome; the
landed possessions of the church and clergy, badly
cultivated as they are, amount IN value to 800 NIL
lion francs in country where everything but
money and justice is cheap. II the assassin IL
caught and tried, condemnation 10 difficult; II he
be- condemned, here comes in the ameioraton Of
rigorous sentences. II the criminal has been guilty
al Oense toward the church or priest, that alters
the case. A half wItted creature was caught one
day on the staircase of the Vatican with fork in
bis hand as Antonelll passed. The Cardinal who
has besettirg fear of assassination was not hurt;
the poor wretch was tried and executed sum-
marty.
AnIonelli is the real Sovereign of the Pontifcal
States and of the Supreme Pohtf. lie was born
In the mountain village Of SOnnnO, famous nest
of robbers, celebrated IN the history of crime,
says our author than oil Arcadia in the anuas Of vi
tue Brigaudage was the occupation, the trade
aud commerce, the IesOnrcrs Of the community.
In the latter part Of the reign OF Plus VII, and
during the reign of Leo Kill. the ordinary pursuits
of the villagers were interrupted by pursuits Of the
gems d'srmes, so that the youthful GIacomo was
turned from what NJ. About implies was his natural
vocation OF brigandage by the occasional spectacle
Of grim heads Of that profession, deprived vi body
and members, grinning down on the boy from the
town gates the moral lesson that some other form
of dishonesty would be- better policy. 80 be en-
tered the grand Seminary at Rome: that is the
only gateway TO political position. He soon dlstln
guished himself obtained the favor Of Gregory
XVI, which vas better worth than al the Curis-
tian virtues, and became successfully Prelate Mag
istrate Project Secretary Of the Interior, and MIN
ister Of Finance Minister Of Finance at Rome
if he at all understands his trade gains more In six
months than all the brigsDds Of Sonoino together
in twenty years. Under Gregory be was Il Reac-
ZIONIST 10 please the Pope Under Plus k, at the
outset, be was Liberal to please the Pope.
The red lat aud portfolio were the recompense Of
his new opinions He acquired the full confidence
OF the new Pope, who earnestly desired 10 correct
abuses, ard was afraid If correcting them too
thoroughly. He served both the II would and
the dare not" of bis Holiness; as President OF
Council of State, proposing reforms; and as Minis
TER, adjOurbiDg them. No one was more active
than be in preparing the Constitution Of Ioic, nor
in violating II. He cent DuratdO TO combat the
Ausrians and dsay wed his agent as soon 81 a. Was
beaten The ASSASSINATION OF Rossi set him 'efiousy
10 thinking. One does not take the trouble 70 be-
born at SOnnino for the sake Of letting ones sell be
murdered on the contrary. H. put the Pope aud
himself in safety at Gaeta, where be came 70 play
the part Of Secretary Of State IN parbus. From
this time dates his full power over the Pope, his
restoration 10 the esteem Of the Austriars and the
a,,,ra oon.;.,.,cv Of IN. conducf M ON. hence