The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-26
,HINDTClTTON OF CARDLNAL ANTONELLL.
THE INSULTS orFERED IN ROME TO HIs
MEMORY. ~


MEMORY. ~
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We should repute it the greatest baseness
to be silent any longer about the proceed- :
ings commenced before the tribunals OF
Rome. to blacken the memory of Cardinal
| AntODelli, and co offend Indirectly Fine
J.. TX, who had him for SO many years as
Secretary of State, and who would never
yield to the designs of the powerful who
urged him to get rid of him.
| If Cardinal Autonelli were still living,
| we would certainly have risen in his de-
/ fence. And shall We be silent because he
is dead 2 Far from us such baseness.
Who institutes these proceedingsf
woman who wishes to appear illegitimates
aud seeks on every side documents to die
honor her birth. And the motive OF these
proceedings, what is it The desire to
participate in the supposed millions which
| lawye.sf Political enemies OF Carcloal
/ Antonelli, who always hated him when hv-
! ing and do not respect even his ashes:
| We say frankly, that If AutonefH Was
| what they paint him to day, hls memory
would not te DETAINED in this way. The
when alive, and the hatred which tbey
maintain for him when dead, is for us the
most splendid apology OF the Cardinal. Let
us write briefly the history of this persistent
defamation of Cardinal Antonelli.
1t commences at Gaeta, aud Bianchi-
that Cardinal Antonelli is q relative of the
famous brigand, Gasparone, solely because
this latter was born in Socino!
The Presse. of Paris, prints the "Letters
! of Hermit" and repeats against the SEQ
retary Of State the most villainous coDtu-
melies and the most audacious calumnies.
But he nobly despises them and proceeds
| upon his way.
Behold then come Giuseppe Mascari, with
his "Affairs of Naples" }" and the relation
ship of Antonelli left aside, be- contents
| himself with writing: 'The Most Eminent
Cardinal Antonelli is the type of cardinali-
tal cunning, and the future historian who
| will have to write of him and his political
acts, will have, do not Doubt, to repeat
with Dahlmapn, that it is III very truth a
difficult thing to excel cardinal in knav-
cry" Up. 1857
Il This seems little to Farni and to Gio-
berti, and the one 10 the Roman State and
the other in the Renovation, add thou
sand accusations; the one proclalming him
q rengenade liberal, the other calling him
solemn hypocrite, the other prociaimlng
him a man most avarlcious OF money, and
ready to sacrifice every thing, dignity,
honor and conscience to base interest.
The dictionary of vituperation being ex-
hausted, the assassins rush forth, and one
of these on June IL, 1855, waits for Anto-
D0ln To OeScSnQ Juo eLepS Vi 1bo APoStOhO
Palace, attacks him with a sharp weapon,
aud tries to kill him. Thanks to Divine
Providence, the stroke failed. The assas
| sin, abjuripg all the secret societies, died
with most cOnsoling evidence of repentance.
However, the calnmnies against the car
dinal continued, and it was said that he was
. the head OF q ring in the Roman Bank, and
he was accused of enrichiDg himself and
! his relatives; they called him u greedy
speculator, and they charged him with
bavipg seized petitions to the Pope, and in
fine, with having raised to fabulous price
} the rent of houses in Rome.
Cardinal AntOnelli, knowing himself to
be pure, let them talk on. And, in fact,
when his enemies became masters of the
Eteruai City, aud had in their hands all
. the documents and papers, they were una
BILE TO find anything that on this point
could in any degree dishouor Cardinal An
. tonell. For if they bad in their hands one
single thread of proof, oh how the noise OF
1t would have filed Europe
= Before, however, entering Rome they
. beaped upon Antonelli the greatest possible
o disgrace, hoping to force him tn their party
q And then, laying aside their vituperatiou,
g they tried praise. On March %, 1850, the
' Count di Cavour wrote Co Cardinal Anto.
peln, praying Kim to advise the Pope to
: consent 10 the VcaIiate of the KING Of Sar
! dinia in the Legations. And he praised IN
\ the Cardinal 'thae security of Judgment
4 which came to him from his lofty under
e standicg 80 long exercised IN the admlnis
tra;iou OF the greatest interests of the
State"
y Do you know what Cardinal Antonell
:, replied to the Count di Cavour. He replied
:, :, on April ., 1860: "The events recently
p enacted in the provinces of Bologna, Fer
|. rara, Forli and Ravenna are of such ua
ture that they can not furnish the Holy
3 Father, Vicar on earth of Him who is the
Author of Justice, any reason for concur
9 ring in the consummation of the most fla
q q grant injustice"
7. This reply took away from Cavour al
e desire to make a second attempt bu
d after his death the Baron Bettino Ricasol
e wrote to Autonelli, beseechiDg "by thu
trust which the Holy Father reposed il
:; him" to give to the Holy Father usefu
q counsel, and he said: "To the sentiment o
d the true interests of the Church, there car
n not but be united in the mind of your EN-