Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-03-18

III teasiiHn Ihyui.iim.
b q claass 10 IL tlzss-
sgnai beiHasn Alstua A.
Isdd ths reuonls of ths ~,
quiation, which, uiih -.
pubic documents, had bee. -
NieHnA many years aeo -.
b thcir cid resting plzoena.sl
where they arr hoW frtslr
position q the siula,t
Angusie BaxEum has Fasr,,,
Cd . brief account of ths.sr -.
which ne learn that the Ih1-i-s
nothing specially b. a. ~ -
natter Itvas q State ana -
Inquistion. The special -.
tribunal Was originally % a.
prevent. and not b. puhEAd-
Gus revolution of the Stat -.
Republic 30 foreigner Ua
evil which the government 80
IN reasons b. deplore, anlt
against And Commissior, -
sition, issued for that puu,o.. :.
toned occasionally from af-'
subsequent 20 the establish.
Council Of Ten. But \.
bunal existed ~ q permanen, -.
till the Goth Of Septemhef. lSE
the Council Of Ten detsnnib.l
pointing from among is oup =.
a committee Of Three. ubo.,
duty Il should be 10 discover ~,
lish the betrayers Of State s,7,.'
special cause which AZ TIA, -
time moved the Ten 10 tslss.
was the discovery that five trli,-
Of whom were put 10 doa,b I,
crime, had, in the year 1888 =.
formation 10 the Mussulman a
signs Of the Republic. Tbs
" Inquisitors Of State was M
given them till towards the ai
sixteenth century, at which IN.
attributions and functions wen
increased and il became d.
10 take cognisance Of anythingT,
that threatened either the er,,
internal well-being of the State
period above mentioned. it had
the practice 10 select two oftbs h
itors from the body Of the Ten NJ
from the Ducal Council. Tbf n
mer were styled 1.-The black Ibou-
from the color of the gown thT,
and the latter, who sat ALWAYS h
the other two, and wore a ssre
was known as 1.-the red IBg--
And Signor Bazzsni remarks A.
grim contrast ofithese costume. n
names TO which they gave ra 4
buted no little 10 the terror viii I
the tribunal was regarded by Ii, /,
tian populace. The proceeding {
Inquisition were conducted accrE,,
no rules, save such as might in Son
gree grow out of the habitudsd
own court were always warppdl-
found mystery were entirely secN
as regarded process and sentens
were inappealable If any cilils
any rank Of life disappeared, andr
quiry were made respecting himWk
the ordinary officers of justice, tin
fully sufficient answer TO all such q
tons to whisper with bated breah
the individual in question had beg
rested by the ofiicer-the "fante'
was called-of the Three
1t is indeed not surprising that
q tribunal should have been locke,
ON with terror. And SignO b.
declares that he shuddered as he ors
those dread registers, which were t
veal the arbitrary sentences, the da
proceedings, the executions carried
in the silence of the prison, the mys
GUS disappearences, Of which the ten
Three had been the authors. And 2
was his surprise in discovering CO.
of procedure tOlerably regular; a de
ed leaning to mildness and moderat
in the punishments method of trt
ing the guilty severe indeed, but
cruel disposition to pardon, exc
u a.
in cases of reconviction for the s
, offence and a desire to prevent cr
rather than to punish them, ii it :
! possible. HefOund, he tells us, but
. cases of capital punishment, and a
!; as his Investigations went, but on
death inflicted by prison, and one q
in which the tribunal had wished {
endeavored, but had failed to put
death by that means, culprlt VINO
n beyond their reach. Only, says Ny
t Bazzoni, in matters of State Vel'
9 Inouisitors more severe than moi
S notions might deem iustifable Sl
h they put to death Albert, the Ssas
o of the Republic, for classifying iR'
: tiers Ducal.