Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-03-30


00Iorc1 IN rive commerce fair start, and 4
chance for competition wItli oliicr olateS' ti's
load must be removed.
These extracts will answer our purpose IN
conveying an idea of the feeling and opinion Of
the bod;' of merchants with regard to the past
and present policy Of the Commonwealth, and
suggesting the wisdom Of those principles
which we hold to be inscparablc from CONNER
cial prosperity Let the power Of the State
protect all departments Of industry alike; let
the public burdens rest on all alike; let all be
free to follow their own schemes, according to
their own will and judgment; and the impulse
thus given to commerce will advance it in every
direction where it is profitable or Desirable
With every step it takes, unlettcred it will
shake of some badge Of inieriority which has
heretofore proclaimed its dependence.
Italian Politics.
The prominence given by some tcleSraphic
DISPATCHES to a student riot at the Roman
University, caused us 10 ransack our European
files in order to ascertain the true character o
facts, which, in the present situation OF affairs,
seemed to deserve particular attention. 1t is
proved by the history Of the modern rcvolu-
tons Of Europe-a Paris, i'll Vienna, in PeStli,
and in Bcrlin-tl,at a stir among the students
about political matters, is rather an umInouS
sign, inasmuch as those young men arc wont
to take their stand in politics, more iroEl 4
generous feeling in harmony with the wants
and grievances of the masses Of their country
men, than under the impulse Of party tirann:u,
vrcs. We cannot pretend to argue, how
ever that the recent riots in the Roman
University come up to this standard. They
arc worth notcing-and that's all 1t hap
pcncd that the par,isaliS UE the Papa! govern
mcnt, being very anx;uI;S 10 obtain tcnoIslra
tions in behalf of the court of Rome, sent ad-
dresses TO be signed by the two Universities
of Rome and Of Macrrat;. In the latter Uni
vcrSlty the address was chcerlully and 'nan-
imously signed ly the Theological College,
modified by the legal and philosophical iac'lI-
ties, but was strongly Objected to by the Me'-
cal Students The Rector" Marquis Accoucl-
ii, then issued prrcinptory orders that the ad-
dress should be signed, and the signatures were
obtained. SO, at Maccrata the partial resist.
ance was easily conquered. But AT Rome, I'M
der the very WINS Of the government, thealialr
did not pass off so smoothly. Of the Goo stu.
dents who were at the University, two hundred
were intended for the CLERGY, yet II WAS found
impossible to collect Us many AS hundred sig
tmt,lrrS Int the opponents Of the temporal
government Of the Pope, not satisfied with the
advantage Of being in L large majority, actually
rc$ortcd to personal violence, and expressed
their high di>plcaS,rc lay few slaps au'l cuffs
administered to the 5 .nrrs. In fine, great
row took place in the library, where The dis
scnting students caught one Of their fellow.
students, promoter Of the address, soliciting
and receiving signatures. They assaulted him,
and the tilncly arrival Of the " Rector alone
rescued him from much injury.
The storm waS now turned against the "Hec-
tor" from whom the rioters wished to take the
paper containing the signatures. The Rector,
however not having the address in his posses
sion, was kept AS an hostage, whilst two of the
students, with note from his hand for the ad.
dress, went 10 the house Of one Poggi
man with whom the address was deposited
During the interval Mattel, the Cardinal ard
Dean ofathc Cardinals, entered the palace and
tried c6nciliating llaranguc, but was compel.
led to beat h,sty retreat before Il squall Of
shouts and misses. The two messengers then
came back with the address, which was taken,
torn to pieces and burnt. As soon as tie
aUto da;tc was cosumnarc, the uproar sub
sided, the cries Of 'ltaly' and "Eictor Emma
nuc' We're set mp, and the noiSy aSsemb|age
dispersed.
This alr1gmcnt, we think, fairly suHS up the
principal traits Of the riot, which has been re-
ported at some length in the English papers.
1t would appear that the Roman student re.
tans Il good deal Of the school boy. Their
riot was only manly III the respect that they
did not give vent to any abusive and cUmtrlrne-
liouS languagr; did not utter any cry against
the Pope himself, and made lolcrably good end
Of Il thing rather badly begun, in Scl'ara-
ting for their respective quarters with cries OF
Italy"
\ more digniiicl protest WAS IL take place
about week afterwards. The Papal Govern
ment, anxious to rIl;,cc the impression which
might have been wrought upon the minds OF
the community by late events, got up solemn
visit of tn" Pope to the Roman University.
The Swiss OF the Vatican, the gcnlarIncs and
the Mirri, the professors in their gowns, the
Arch Chancellor, tue i'rcfcct, all were there
An address, written in latin by Cardinal MiSsl
the Professor Of Latin and Italian cloqucnrc
WAS To hc presented to the Pope. The address
purportS TO demonstrate proposition coll
,lc,nnc,l by variuus councils, and even hy ca
non law, viz: "fhat the temporal power ol the
PoprS was instituted by Christ, and is, there
fore, interchangeable, eternal" That principle
is now set down under the Latin rlbric, hoc rt-
gi0.en dirinitWs datum The address had been
signed the day before by the professors asScm-
blcd on the occasion Of a funeral mass. The
names of three Of them were wanting, and the
address was handed to them on their first al'-
pcaring at the University. One Of them, "'o-
vanni Pcrugini, Professor of the Text Of Canon
Law, read 1t, and turning TO all the professors,
sail that "the formula dirinit"S d"tH'n w;'S
false, and was condemned by the church that
he, Us Il Professor Of Canon Law, must oppose
il, and enter his public protest against II;
that he would also protest against any compul'
sion that might be rcsorted 10 TO Obtain his
signature to such document. rs one OF the
professors
No disturbance, however, took place, and
fine pop.'s visit was remarkable for nothing