Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

254 DANGER IN 'fHE DARK.
fabrication, and made for certain sinister motives, and
the disguising of his real mission.
That these Italians. did not entertain groundless
suspicions upon the subject, subsequent events fully.
proved; for when, to avoid further exposure, Bedini
ran away from this country, he took a vessel directly
for Europe, instead of going to Brazil.
About the time he cowardly skulked away from our
shores, it was ascertained that the Pope of Rome had
sent him to the United States for two objects, viz: the
organization of a secret order of Catholics, called
SANFEDESTI; and to wrest from the hands. of certain
disaffected Catholics in Philadelphia and Buffalo
church property which was their own; but who, contrary
to the usage of the Romish Church, held the
property instead of giving it up to the priesthood.
In the first object, that of setting on foot the Sanfedesti
order, this agent of the .Roman Pontiff sueeeeded
; in the second, he utterly failed.
The Italian exiles in New York, and certain disaf
fected German Catholics in Philadelphia, say that the
Sanfedesti is a more dangerous order to civil and
religions liberty than even the Jesuits. At anyrate,
in Italy, so far, they out-herod Herod, and out-jesuit
the Jesuits!
Upon his arrival at New York, Bedini took up his
quarters with Dupin, his kinsman and old associate,
from whom be had many years been separated.
While conversing together relative to Bedini's mission,
Dupin remgrked ;