The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-22

the same time, he told me that not satisfied with I
writing 10 the Pope, be had also sent telegram |
TO his HIS Hollntss expressing his resolution.
This he did IN order 10 anticipate the publication
OF the decree. On the following day u letter
from my friend informed me that the Cardinals
letter had been sent through foreign official
medium to the Vatican, though | think nov
that It passed through the hands of Cardinal
Autoneli, and that The decree had been pub
lished two or three hours after the arrival; that
Is to say, the letter was presented at 2'30 p. NJ,
and the decree appeared in the official gazette
the same evening; TTntBne trg, etc. The case
assumes even a worse aspect when it is remem
bered that the submission of the Cardinal by
telegraph must have been received tweutyfour
hours earlier; time enough existed for dellbera'
ton and this interval instead of giving birth
to sentiments OF Christian charity and forgive
ness, was occupied, on the contrary, in conl-
pletlng that system of persecution which had
been 30 long praCticed against his Eminence.
The publication OF the decree, notwithstand.
ing his declaration to the Pope that it might
render his return impossible, did not, ho wever,
ultimately affect the resolution of the Cardinal,
though, Tor few days, II gave rise to some
serve for ner were questions which he tte-
quently asked, DO you think they will pro-
ceed to eXtremities with me, or shut me upP
Evidently great apprehension existed in his
mind az TO the reception he would meet with,
and the conduct that would be observed towards
him; and such was bis dominant feeling up to
the last moment before he lett for Rome. He
dreaded also the possibility OF his being COM
PEELED 10 sign some form OF recantation which
his conscience would not approve. i will never
do So he often and energetically said 10 me;
'besidee, bave nothing TO recant-I have never
SAID or done anything against the Church; if
] have anything TO regret it is the having
expressed myself in strong terms in writing to
his Holiness, but my provocatlon was great. l
was justified in doing so. No, l will never sign
any Tecantation.' Your Eminence,' veutuTed
to interpose, will no longer be CARDINAL
DADdresa when you arrive in Rome. You Will
then be surrounded by influences which you
have the strength resist TINS mnph
l have written from my own knowledge; as to
that which beell his Emnence on his return to
Rome / can speak only on the authority of
otheTs-Tell-intormed and trusty persons, how
ever, be it said. One OF the hTst efforts of his
enemies was 10 procure his signature to recanta-
tiOn OF all he had written but this he Indignantly
rejected. Another person was employed to
effect the object, and more modified form of
recantatlon was presented TO him, which be
finally signed, 1T being understood that as a
CONDITION he should be restored to his bshopric
and abbaCy. This was never done. ] will not
dwell on statements which have not the means
OF verify ing az to how Cardinal D'Andrea was
confined TO his house for some time after his
arrival in Rome watched by spies in his ante
chamber-and for a long interval refused an
audience of the Pope; these things were gener-
ally alleged but 1t is undoubtedly true that the
system OF treatment adopted towards him was
one OF offensive and VeXauOus cruelty. Under
such influences, and removed from the restora-
tive air at the Mediterranean, it is not surprising
that he gradually siCkened more and more. His
| Naples; but the selt-cOnstltuted physician Of
body as well AS OF the soul would not permit it.
| i am dying said the Cardinal to his friends
| i want fresh air. the air OF Naples, but they
| Will not let me have it, And so he fingered on
| week after week, until the public feeling was
! lrIitaled by the lnhumanity which was practCed
! towards him. To counteract this feeling, was
! informed by one who was IN position to know,
| q C0nl7fluhlque had been sent to, believe, the
| GlO1nde "a Roma. saying mat the Liberals had
| been spreading false reports as to the state of
Cardinal DAndrea's, heath, that he was
many taking. his drive. This article was
never published, for death stepped in to
contradict its assertions, and there was only
! time TO WITHDRAW it. was in Rome while this
! victim OF heartlesS persecution lay yet un.
! buried, and from those who were COgnizant of
! them. l received the following deta ls:-On
! the 18th OF May he sought and obtained an au-
| dience OF the Pope; the interview was described
| TO ne as having been OF "A most excited charac-
! ter, so much SO as to produce evidently alarm.
| ing effects on the Cardinal At the close of the
| audience, his Eminence returned TO his own
house IN state of intense excitement, and
passed a great portion of the night in writing to
the Pope. OF the details of that letter heard
nothing, but it is probable that a subject which
formed part OF the conversation OF the pre-
ccding day, the Withholding from him his
episcopal tights, was introduced; be that
as 1t may, the letter was reported
10 have been most severe in its character and
such as Popes rarely receive. 1t was sent to
the Vatican on the morning OF the l4th OF May
and at midday the Cardinal went out for 8
drive. The carriage was proceeding by that
long road which leads from st. Maria MaggiorC
to s. Giovanni di Laterano, when the coachmar
felt the checkstrng pulled, and turning round,
be perceived that his master was i'll. Rapidly
he drove him home; physicians were sent fol
Immediately, but it was evident that the last
scene of the melancholy tragedy was about to
be enacted. A confessor was called in, and
before the day had closed, while performing the
religious offices prescribed by the Roman
Church, Cardinal DAndrea ceased TO breathe
In Rome, as elswhere IN Italy, reports
we're rife of poison Such modes o
accounting for sudden death in that country
are by no means uncommon, but in the pre-
sent instance there is no necessity for haVinG
recourse TO such a solution OF an apparent mys
terry, when another and a much easier one i:
ready at hand In the same chamber in which
the body lay was found port or permit tt
visit Sorrento, and afterwards AK. Alas, i
came too late. cruel policy withheld 1t unit
IT was useless, and until he was summoned be
fore the high power in the presence of which
regal and papal crowns are humbled in the dust
A post-mortem examination of the body of thu
victim has certified that the Cardinal died o
tubelCular phthiss ana angina pee .ors
thus in a few words summing up and certifying
long series OF cruelues. HIS Eminence lett be
hind him quantity of valuable old plate,
library of il ,000 volumes, aud mass of manu-
scripts, which have all been seized. What hi
opinions were on religion and political matter
the world Will, therefore, never know"