, 1859-07-18
The Para1 Government aud Its Sub-
tcctn.


RoxE, June Is, ls5s-1lc sangu;nary fcrocity
displayed by the eo.ca'led Swiss regiment in the
PuI'al service which storncd the rrbellious city
of ieruSia on the :!Utli inst, singing, burning
aud psunderinS as If in m cnemy Is country, has
already produced such In impression in the
utner rcyoltcd provinces. that many cities and
Towns, seeing no hupc Of support from either
the Frencl, Or the P,cd.nontcse aficr tic c1pcit
declaration Of those two so.creiaEs, and de-
SI'uarlug Of maintaining 4 separate indeper.
Ience, have sent in 1Iirir acts Of submission
to the Supreme pUntlH.
The ,ntutitants Of Ferusia l.arins been twice,
but fruiiiessiy, summoned TO return 10 their al
cs1ance by The Pope's Envoy, the Advocate
Lattunzi, himself native Of t'erngia, the column
under Col, schmidt advanced IL the assault
The force consisted OF two battalions Of the
Swiss regiment, l,snp strong, 500 Roman ill.,
taniry, twu pieces Of artillery, mud company
Of gendarmes. who were placed III ambush o.
the road 70 Fiorence. The .t,acl was made ii
lhrce Of the gates, aud onr Of them WIS spcedil.
uurst open by q cannen shut, attorliug pas
sage for tic entrance of tie troops.
An obstinate, though an irregular defence
vas made, and the ciuzens retreated, fghtn.
with inferior arms anl ammunition, to the Palaz
20 Communalc, situated in the middle Of the
Corso, ptarly milo from the original point ol
attack, where the conflict suou came to IN end !;
uut not tkc rcnGe!nl fury Of the so!diery, who
burst into the houses whence they had becu
;ired On, and committed tic u.ost dreadful cx.
ccsscs.
icout*punIraacs Of tie " r. T1mcs.1
AI,As, Junr -. 1851
! expressed a very strong opiuiou s0t,c time
@iucc, tLnt the King Of pietimout would not br
Allowed to incorporate nuy Of the territory be-
longing to TIC fopc, and the very ambiguous
>z.duct Of Cavour in not accepting, ret not re-
.using-not incorporating tue revo1e1 cities,
yet sending royal commissioners, cuntrastcu
with the autograph letter from the french Elm
pcror to the Pope guaranteeing lis temporal
Ion'inions, shows clearly that the people aud
Vicinr Emn,unuel are u Que mind, aud tue In
pcrla1 liberator Of nnotller- Justly or unjustly
The massacre ut l'erugia is attributed to these
sort u Lalf measures. Ferugia, say the Milan
csc, hAs given the flower of her youth to d.ht
the warol itA!ian independence on thr Lombar
plains ut the iustgAiion Of Piedmont Thu
flrnei Emperor, in his proclamation, calls OH
:ht ItallGAx 10 organize theBlseives-to rally
round the banner Of Victor Emmanuel. Thr
terugiacs hare done this; the temporal author
sty oi thu Pope is rs hateful to the Italians rs
The Austrian yoke; tue logical result Of the cx-
,ulsiun Of the Austrians is tic downfall Of ihut
temporal 1u1niuiun aud will France and Pied.
mont pcrn4lt gang Of hired Gu. Threats to mnr-
der the Fcrus1ans left thus defcncctess ly the
Absence Of their brarest ones. 1t cannot be !
let most feel that it cau md will be, and hence
;hc bitter feeling that exists. Ut course the
4strcd against the Sw,ss Is boundless, but thcn
~ Itay Il Swiss menus i u,tIcenary rut1icu WHO
soa:d murder his own fathcr for gold, so these
acts do not excite surprise; but the Tact that a
*ord from Piedmont or from Frnuce could have
stayed the bloody deed, aud tl,ut that word was
auspoken, has created public sentiment which
nothing but redress to perugia will cdace-