The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-08
THE REVOLUTION IN PERUGIA AND ACTION
OF THE PAPAL TROOPS.

Meanwhile an awkward episode In the war has occurred
ents 10 the Pepa service attacked Peruga last Mon
that an obstinate resistance made that after three
bous' fighting without the walls the swiss forced their
way into the town. but that the combat continued for
hours longer in the streets that their conduct al marked
by circumstances Of great brutality, leading to fresh
rspg and to fresh street fights the folio wing day. and
that the town s Low In state Of sege This intelligence
suggests several serious Considerations.
we have never fer moment doubted that IL formed
pa CT me Austrian tactics to represent the security OF
the Pope and the tranquility Of bis States
linked with the domination CT the House of Hapsburg
over the whole Italian peninsula The Language which
the crest Ghbenc bard haa put into The mouth Of the
widowed church. the Departing cry, "My Cesarl my
Caesar why hash thou forsakea me?b ia stlI the Ian
guase II the napifes.ces CT Vienna may be believed
that most fifty expresses the language of the Vatican
abandoned By her Tenonc Champions. The importance
ne loica programme 80 frequently urged by the Empe
ror Napoleon en- the attention OF the Papai government will
row be seen in i.s real light though the present may
no pe me most ning oment for s realization In oae
ece Oh mat programme, in the substitution Of lay for
clerical administration is contaipsd The great remedy
he oeep rooted and vice branching abuses Of Papal
RUE. these abuses are 10 be swept way whiis.
'be aprtuai dominion Of the Pope shall remain un.n
pared, the establishment of law and order 10 central
Europe be reconcled with regard to the feel
ies OF the whole Catholic world, II must be done By
rover which, whist repfessbtpg the interests Of civil
progress, recoRnsts ana reveres the authority Of the
faoi see ust not be forgotten that the revo ltions
q TUSCANY, Modena and Parma have their civil aud
tocal, quite as much as their national siie and tha,
me ceiestalion with which the Austrian domination
Tes alTsys viewed has been nmeasurab,y increased
ouIg the ast ten years by the closer alliance formed
ret~een Auftria and Roue Some months sgo we had
occasion to refer 10 tic remarkable views Of ~ Ssvsg
no tbe present hnster Of Ecclesiastical Affairs for Tus-
capy aud to the suggestive examination by The late Count
koss OF the policy pursued by Napoleon towards the
Court oi Rome II Is needless TO say these views are
shared in their fullest extent By the Guseros the Pepo
u.s. the Pasons, the Faynis and oil the other ointment
70! mfp Who new stand forth most prominent cham.
poLs OF the national causewhose Influence has been
gwen AID 1hose services eyelded 10 the French and
saionan monsIchs That several Of these distinguished
and nost patriotic men nave been already dispatched by
me eo soVeregnB TO dhor Mt parts OF the Papal States
there 10 exercise he local Influence due their character
ana pofon amply proves that whatsoever turn affairs may
hke N The cominons OF the Pope, effort will DO ne
discipline and order at this trying crisis and TO inypire
The with the firm a2furanco that It's termination must
tecure al the civil benefits OF which they have been go