, 1876-11-08
perpetrators of tlts attempted robbery nt tho
relnainR uf Americas most luyclt President will
SOON be brought to illstrc.
FOREIGN.
ITALY.

L III ~ II
Tua CATHOLIC coSURKss At notnuSA CLOSED
ny TIE CIVIL AUTi1ohiTIEs.
CorrvspoEsfeace ksto }or* 7Imts,
ROM, Oe&. H.--Thn City Of Bologna, which,
after fsomc. wna by fnr tho most Important of
those Of tho former Papat possessions, Ina long
shown itaelf pro VI tic rs,tst radical in its anti
papal Rympathica. Fur several ycnrs past llnge
Catholic Congresses, am! this ycar Bologna
WIS clluaell ,s tho l,lAcc Ut reunion. THO In
prcss!on among Italians Il, Tint these meetings
Of Cnthnllr delegates aro ,reant as dc1uonstrn.
country, and some Of the proeccllngs In past
years lage Just'ilcl such ~ opinion. The Con:
greee, In cunning togethcr the present week, la,1
hardly completed fta organization lcfnro II
became evident TINT the feeling Il, the town was
90 strongly agaf,at 1t, That, unless tho autl'..
ties tuuk aecltlel stand in one Bflu or tic
other. tho r!sk ,yas great Of public confusion.
Tho Church Of tl,c 1rinita bud been transformed
into hal, Of reunion, and the presiding oillccr
gatcs were 'uany Holding very respectable
position in The Catholic party, a,il there wcro
pfcscnt 1lalf doxcn cr nore. Bishops. The
sow Of hostility OH tho part Of thu public bcgat,
on Thy 'i1s. day, by ths gathering u large ni,n-
salutfng with htsscs and i,ow1l,gs tho inctnl,crs
us they canlo out Then. from tile windows Nil
over the town NUS hung out tho national tEng,
friends of lid Pope II tho G. old staies M of tic he
Church. 4 -processiot1 was formed, followed
by confused crowd, which moved to the resi-.
denca Ut The Project fOr tho purpose OF asking
ts for s s 81 ,,a 81 e p psass 81 tho
to DO closed. Fron, every sldc wcso heartl cries
Of "DowM With the prtests! Down With tho
Catholic Congrcssln III tlic evening sueccedcd
n roisy demonstration. under tho windows ol
the houses Of SONIC Of Tie nluro conspicuous
promoters Of the Catholic movement It soon
tccafnc evident, ly tho number Of those taking
part IN tho demonstration and their condition
o. citizens, In what direction the cur
reut Of public feeling was goncraly set, and tho
l'rcfcct gave tho order for tho Congress to be
clnacd. There was the cl.o!co between viola-
ton Of the right Of reunion, conceded by the
the population, which might have I'D to ucts Of
VIOLENCE. There has been au apparent violation
Of the principle OF liberty upon which tic
Italian State ia founded, md which l!as already
produced 50 fnany good results. We here cafi
pardon this single violation Of right. Il there
IL crime that sincere Lover Of is country call
not forgive, It IL TINT act Of c1ass or party
which which Is rc4dy t9 invite NJ, an army u foreign
it's unity md independence, md tic
liberties that have been won by nlany sncrlflccs
and centuries 1t humiliation. And every Itnlun
knows TINT scll Ii the cnl to which thu efforts
| Of tho clerical purity are directed.
The memory 0f tic cruel fate Of ugo Bassi ia
still ullye In Bologna, md TINT must always re.
main among thu darkest passages In the history
| Of the papat Administration Of quarter Of u
century a,;o. Tho action Of the population Il,
tho recent proceedings has been criticised by tho
organs of conservative or rcactiouary Views, but
WI nil know that tho object is one ilearly lopc-
less,-tltnt of tho revival, butll within and
beyond the borders Of the country, 'oE mn 1nliu.
cnye nun. exhausted, OF legitimacy md temporal
rule. Italy l,as uEadc prrtty Thorough trial Of
the euro prescribed by tc pontiH for the Ills Of
sotlety and tho State, md Is rcady to fun the
| risk of tho experiments mAking BY Erylan1,
| Germany, and tho United States,