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n n ,, 3 = Hnn « All that it cares for is to exercise itself on SS ¥ ! = s ^ lfc ~ i : ss ? & v % doubt be gins to stir . The scientific maturity o nations draws after * ° the holt of scruples , hesitancies , despondences w here £ ™ J ™ ; talitv i « assailed . Shall we consequently trust the convictions Seated W a Svnple impulse of the uncultivated un derstanding of a ? aith clS-like , but altogether dominated by the phantasy ? -or IS we follow the doubt which sc ^ inc reflection cal ^ h- ornjed with the ar-ts alike of speculation and reflection ? Curtain it h tna ? £ soon as scientific inquiry has arisen , it vs no ger po . iWe to . f ± : * e ^ disregard ; thev inust be scientifically answered .- * ^ s I * - , mortality . " . THE COMMON—THE SUBLIME . - ,..,,. ., . the highest the purest is the commonest , the most intelligible ; ^^ d ^^^ Z M ^ f ^^ the more it wanders from the true human path , and is mixed- with impure elements . —TXovahs ,
( special . ; . Roue , 31 st-March , 1860 . " ST . JOSEPH'S DAY . ! ' ' mSE columns ofa daily paper ^ , I thin ] c , ^ ore fiM than ^ tho ^ J- of a weekly journal lor the passing narrative of CiuiEnt events My wish , indeed , in these letter , of . nine to you , has been to tot of those subjects which have sonietlung ^ nrore than a ^ oxnenST interest , rather than to chronicle the trifling changes which ^ S ^ onotoW of Roinan Hfe . Il ^ there , e ^ ed from sending vou anv account of . our recent bmeute till I was able to sltrsfV ^ vn self tlmt it possessed features worthy o more especial . See anSore permanent record . The general character ot the . eve t Tou So doubtless leai-. it ere tliis , from-the reports of your Si ^ "temporaries ; and probably in the busy round of new , at homeoW poor little emonfc—our . one-e ^ e lamb oUi n event—has been L ^ 1 s time well nigh forgotten . * t any rate , . . it is not iny hituition - . to trouble you with a . r . pet t pu of a << thnce-tod tale . The peculiar aspect of the event to winch I . vnsli to call > our attention ' Kites to . [ ho accounts which the Government has thought fit to put forward concerning the occurrence . r ( ¦ The Papal authorities hav * . . as I beaevo , been guilty ol gro&& ille-alitv . of deliberate , cruelty , and of .. y ^ temat . ic perversion . ol truth These are heavy clmrges to bring against the seli-cons itute Vicegerents ot CiiiusT ° on earth ; and it these diarges be true they constitute olVences of no common magnitude , IV the offi&ri statements of the Government , by the confessions ot their owTpa , tis . ms , out of their own month ,, in fucfr , I hold they can be 2 onvii't » . d . We all know the French proverb , Q > u s excuse * accuse . In virtuo of this proverb , the very . fact tluitlho . Papa ^ ^* have taken measures to explain their conduct shown that there is sSthiii- which needs to bo exp lained away , and it m their exphi-¦ « a is facts arc- wilfully and deliberately mU-Htated , we may not . ZBy assume that the aclcnowl . clgm . nt of the truth is felt by the offenders thenieelvo * to cunvict them- of wiong . doinir . Now , there have appeared two accounts of the occurrences on St Joseph ' s day , which . may be regarded as . the ofheial version . Olio is n tho Government Gazette , lUrGionialc tit Roma , the other in a French journal ; the Monde . Vou will perhaps remember / that when the Voters was supposed in France . o » accou of Us vehement pro-papal p artisanship , the MviiUe was started at once nk its avowed successor . Tndued , tho deftinc &h / iw « nay bo i-ejravdoil ns tl . q cluricul " EXT . r . vii , " the Mamie xz certainly the"EusH . v " of tho Church . Wearing the prophet a inantleot tho Clivers , tho Monde is tho aclcimwltHlyed oluunpion of tho Paimov , tho ovtfim ol tho Ultramontane puvt . v . Uho account ot the cmt-ut ' o tf iv « n in this paper } a by far the fullest ot the two ; and , wuiiti . ve ? nmvbe-fliud . « 8- \ o its official weig ht j * uiuloubtoclly mteiuk'd to place the wholu atlUir under the im >« t favwurablo light for tho Piipncy . Let » io show Ili-st what that account is . Thu Uundc commencos with a statement , that the factot a Krnml revalutmnary lnuvoiucnt liciiig intended to tako plnco on the day in aucstion had lon -bo L » n known to t'he ( Tovomiincnt , both h-orn the private infornmtiou of important porHona ^ , and frumtl . o luct that pilurtla were pluoed on tho wall- " excitmtf to revolt . ' Nuw , tho J'iniiiortant poWonayos , ' if Ihf . y have . my existence ut all , imwl bo spioJ , and the fiUtemcnt thnt placml * wore etuck up pubhely is . dUberatcly false . In a fow instuiuvs punei-B wero poatod up and torn down at once , with Uio words Viva yittonoM ! mwnMloxiv \* ten on them ; but no phuranl , unlena . put ui > . » w n deuoy by aCrovornnvunt spy , could contain an inciunnent to revolt , a * all tho revolutionary party , us the papov styles them , are to a man opposed to any ntu . ii . pt at a revolt umlerproHfntcirPMniBtiuicoB-. The more important point , however , is thi « s By this admi ^ ion l | io Clovoi-niimnt are proved to huvf hud full ltnosvledgQ < . l" tho probability of i \ disturbanoo belorohand , and in tho . word « of the journal , iimmtfouiMita were unulo fo maintaining order . " Why , then , . 1 n » k , < UU uot the
povovament for the sake of common justice and humanity , issue a proclamation ordering well-disposed people , to _ keep quiet and not to Sn any crowd , at their own pen | P The Government iiave _ aniindoubted ri-ht to disperse a crowd , however peaceable a one , if they think lit ° The legality of such a proceeding : cannot be questioned , - wl ateva " may be thought of its wisdom . There is , and can be no Scuse for a Government which , knowing tliere was to be a crowd , ana knowing they intended to disperse it ty armed lorcc , took no precSoi s to hifider women , children , and casual strangers , from ? aUn ? £ V i ctims to the brutality of their soldiery . The account then tells a '' cock and bull" story about a number of sudents who "ta « Te ' Deum" in honour of the annexation , at the church of - La Sapienza . " The story is quite new to us , and ^ even . it true , is no excuse for cutting down other people liours afterwards , m aa entfSv different place . The Papal story then runs as lollows ^ : — •' The assemblage proceeded to the Corso . The leaders of the e-itherin- divided the persons present into groups , and marched S ^ Sl fev fashion . It was easy to see that the crowd was chiefly compoHcd of the very lowest class ; in tact , one group consisted entirely of butchers , tanners , &c—all persons ready in us nl the " fe . Two brother ,, named lUiwau , of . violent c . ha- Sr who have already undergone condemnations lor crime , seemed to be in command . "T he " Roman . . y « i * rftH-i »« ,. . con 8 i 4 enng the presence of these two men dangerous , arrested them . The mob , on that became excited ; cries of ' Executioners' C iW ) ^ ere raised , ad the \ gendarmes were hooted and hissed , and had ditticulty m forcin-tf , eir way through the crowd , but at l ^ tsucceededm arriving ., safe With their prisoners . The affair rnigl . t Jave gone no lurther , Kit tlie Voters hlted and insulted a patrol ff' ^^^ J ^? ordered them to disperse . In the meantime detachments of hTench so £ s paraded tfeCorso By about six ^ e ^ owd ^ ased s ^ more and the excitement became greater ; and , intact , tliL demon Xtion assumed a character ; WWiclW it was necessary t . combat . There is hardly a line in this statement , which does not contain a misrepresentation . The Corso was tilled ; > vith one dense mass of ? S ^ paSi i up and down , while the pavement was crowded SSthYiSnde ' rf ,- who circulated , with -difficulty . Beyond a tew y ^ ung W who walked arm in . arm together , there was not and could not have been anything : approaching to imuohing m m ary fash on . The " crow ^ vriw composed of . the most respectable cSses ^ dressed out in their holiday -attireV The presence oi a donbk « ie-of . carriages , some -anile -in length , is a . sutac ^ nt proof as to the character oT the assemblage . ¦ Tue crowd was nut ot the , " uss that wlar knives , or else , in the aifray some ot the ST *» f «> £ ™ would most certainly ha « e been stabbed , yvlnck was ^^^ The two brothers Baubeki are not known of here , and , like , tue Corsic-m brothers , are to be found alone in the brain ot a roinance Sr ter One o \» g man , who * vas arrested for bearing a ywlet m hi'Safc-button , wal , it is true hustled out ^^^^ hut no iniurv whatever was in LiQtod on the s ( ddi . ; r . s . lhe l . tfu , maceu , of th 2 Ed party at Borne , being led by butchers or tanner * Ts too absurd to need Tefulatich here . A whole . nation ot mal .- - contents urdly requires' lea ^ rs , but such leaders as there are , are avowedly nUvIf ocuication , position , and rank . -. J ^^ JTo ' n ' oTo ¦ I must not . give their names ,, though it would be c : sj t > do so There was never any attempt ' to attack the pol . ee and on onK one occasion thnt Icould learn jviwalbw hw-r .. j « od a « they 1 >^; , ^ ° order was ever issued , or at any . ra . to is . ut-d audibly , ioi the mob o disperse . Indeed , so little disturbance was there ot any kind , ai tho "E Colbnmi " A aqiuiro . opening on the to that the c . o . 1 down the street were mi « Yly -umuvare of a ,, x thin j }*™ f ™™ v $ and thponly . reaHon tfiTit the ' assemblage grew bigger o \ n h , . o ' cloclris , t » : it afc this hour , us usual , the dvjvers and xvalUoi * . on « . Pmcioprmnenade passed throvvgh the slrtfot on . thoiv return ho . uc There neither was , nor could have been any French patrol » ent to clear the street ; and , in fact , till tho dragoons charge d , th « . c 10 d were e ntirely igm » ant that anything Imd occurred , or ulse the ¦ crowd would have dispersed at once . « ,, Pi _ .... ¦ ' Thereupmi , " I i-oad , " tho Assessor of ltomo , 31 . lA ^ ; ° f , ' an advocate a man of grout firmness and intelligence , ordered tno TeAZefon foot and " horseback , who had collected in the pah jjc , to disperse the crowd .. This was dono with great rapidity ., «« tlw armed force ,. in spito of hogtlnpi and hissings , rushed o »» tl c ilott 3 and struck thcin with the ilat ot their » woi-dji . borne tow «| J wounded , and Home persona who were m-cbent , irom mere cm » o » , ty eco ved scratchos pr Wui-os . " It is really chikliHh to suppose . that a lawyer , whatever his " llriuiica . or intolliyence w' ^' ^ M give orders to an armed force to qharjye . unless ho ., had iean ttt previous instructions , or that any body oi soldiers would tiiUoi in Btruotiona to uso t ' oreo from an unauthorized civilian . J . U . i Ab ^ ; lo . ni roav choose to olfer himsolf as tho scapegoat ior the Uo \ oi l mont but the public will refuse to believe in his ohinu to tno doubVul honour ! If the 8 < . ldio » only u-eU the il . it of their hJ J how is it that but . wouri-oho and two hundred pommB were «« nill 1 L ° ' that a child wa « out down in its niothur ' Hiiriiia whHo « hu was * ui > b in hoi- ourriiitfe ; tluit , lifteou ye ^ ous were carried to the I „• nnd . tliut , in more than tlxroe inataneos , the " scratches or biuwos recoived have proved fatal P . 1 nl 4 t : , lliw Tlio uooonnt published in the Giormlo ih Xoma . i * ! lollt . ! J the eurne . as tlu » in bubstailoe , excep t , th . it very lew dutui « o wy kind are given , and no muuos inentionod . In both , a lt 0 ^ 'Jf 0 " made , by implicfttion , to insinuate thattlio Prenuh and I .. "l ;" ^ looted together in the outrage * oomniutod i an uiainuiit oi » , * » ciontlv disproved by tho limb , that tionowl CSu ^ on had thongnt > v noSavy to publi . fi vlotoi in ywUTda / i Uuwtte , d « xymg ^ . ronpvt tluit tho French soldiers had roaouod pi-i 6 o «© w lrom tuo
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334 Tlie Leader a * d ^^ [ April 7 ; I 860 .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2341/page/18/
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