The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-23
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY, OCTOBER ". 1870. :
The Pope and His Enemies.

that the furt Ter defenceof the Eternal City
was impossible, his Holiness was standing
in the great red hall of the Vatican. Around
seQsssi, amOngst others Cardinal Atonelli.
Aft1N further end of the hall stood in uni
form sall the members of the diplomatic
body, Monsieur Lefevre, the Chancellor of
the French Legation, excepted. From the
moment the action began they waited anx-
iously for the decision of the Pope. With
one voice they had advised his Holt
ness to abandon all ideas Of resistanc&rf1at
it would be successful was impossible,
it would sacrifice life certain. A sd
protect would, they thought, suficisl y
proclaim the views of the Pope; and Count
Arnim, the Prussian ambassador, offered
to be himself the bearer of such a protest
to Kanzler's headquarters. Nor were the
diploaatic body alone in giving such ad
vice, for Capdinal Antonelli had expressed
he same views. The following details we
tdho from the Roman correspondence of the
London Daily Telegraph:
When, in the early morn, the roar of the
italian artillery broke in upon the stiffness
of the scarcely vanished night, the Pope
rose from ais bed and at once sent for Car
.dinal ADbonelli. and the General of the
body had arrived 1.-THE Vatican. During
the Ave &ours Of CA Conflict. his Holiness
did NOT 'betray unus1 emotion. In ap-
pearaDce he was calms and even gay. He
walked up and down the hall, occasionally
atopping>at one Of the windows to look
abroad on the scene without. At few
minutes before ten o'clock Count di Car
pegBa, the messenger of General Kanzler,
was usbered into the presence of the Pope.
HeTold his Holiness that his sad mission
Yves to inform him that, in General kanz-
leE's opinion, resistance was no longer
possible. The Italians-said the Count
had occupied almost all the gates of Rome
which lay on their line of attack. The
Villa BuOnaparte was in flames; FerrerO
and Maze de la Roche were advancing on
the Piazza Colonna. Resistance would be
madness. In few minutes the Romans
would be surrounded by $4,000 troops.
The Pope looked at Cardinal Antonelli,
and after few minutes silence, said,
"Your Eminence was right; it cannot be
helped. / have been abandoned by Catho-
lie Europe, and must yield. Never mind.
My glorious predecessor, Plus VI, and my
self were once forced by the revolution to
leave this palace, but we both returned
Revolutiosary Italy and her revolutionary evolutionary,
Council with their bayonets. must yield"
Turning then to Count di Carpegna, he
said, $50, and tell General Kanzler to
capitulate; make haste" Scarcely had he
uttered these last words; when Count Ar
MIN stepped forward, and offered to ac-
headquarters at the Torlonia.
sThanks, Count; accept the offer; in three
days the representative OF Prussia may OBJ
tain betterferms. Your help will secure
this result at least" added his Holiness,
with somewhat sarcastic smile. No doubt
he intended to allude to the letter of King
William of Prussia, in which his Majesty
declined to arrest the march of the Italian
troops. When Count Arnim entered the
large and magnificent hall of the Villa Tor
had been just made by the 34th Battalion {
of Bersaglieri. The Count was followed i
by Count di Carpegna, an old man of about {
sixty five, the Marquis de Mestre, and by I
another officer of General Kanzler's staff. f
Count Arnim having introduced the nego- G
tiators, and exchanged few words with t
General Cadorna, withdrew. Cadorna at I
once granted an armistice, and said he was
to discuss the terms of an hon g
enable capitulation. The main points of e
troops should be sent to their homes by sea, Il
at Civita Vecchia; that all the Il
native troops; including the gendarmes, d
should likewise receive their congo; that c
The Squadriglieri should be also sent to il
their native land-those, however, except il
Dr. who had been implicated in charges of c
or other crimes. These were d
20 be delivered into the handssof justice. Fl
OF course the honors of war were granted t.
BY Cadorna to the garrison which left the
Piazza San Pietro yesterday at noon, with
arms and beating drums. The whole of
he Papal army defiled before the Italian il
army; but this was sight which no civilian K
vas allowed to see. Arrived at place called +,
Macao, the Papal troops gave upstheir arms, u
,he officers retaining their swords and their
personal luggage. The conduct of the "
Louaves when marching before the Italian
roops was dignified and warlike; they ut I'll
cred not n single word. The Antibians, c;
however, who followed, were less silent n
They began to cry, 'Long live the Pope =
n few months we shall return" This, 81
vas soon stopped by General Kanzler's or Il
Ter. The native troops, artillery, infantry
avalry, next defled before the victors in W
ad silence, without uttering a single cry. .
The Zouayes, when disarmed, were directed 81
o Civita Vecchia at once; not even the II
Ulcers were allowed to go to their lodgings. o.
;adorna had received information that if al
he French returned, the people would IL
1assacre them-so great is the hatred of u
be Romaas. III
The day before yesterday I had an OPP n n.
of speaking to half-a-dozen of as
le Zouave officers, who, for the most part, al
re- members of the nobility of Bretagne %
nd Of Belgium. They had, they told me, r.
n Ii