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uuu buhsIueS VI tue 1IfoShtts ol iiallan Free.
dom and independence we copy from letter Of
Edward Search TO the Boston Liberaior. Mr..
S. remarks that, while he likes Non Resistance
in the abstract, be dont see how The tyran,s
who now devusiale and desOlsie lilly are TO bO
put down on that principle. He quotes from
some recent publication as follows:
There was on insurpction in lilly, in 1890,
Naples, The properly ofIhe king of tho Two
sciIlies.' Il was put down by Austrian inter.
vention.
Tere was an insurreciion in Italy. in 1891
in Piedmont, the properly Of the King of Sar.
dinia., The present king, Charles Albert, then
Prince of Carignano and heir to the throne,
was implicated 10 the movement, was It's nomi.
nal leader. Austria inIerlered, and the insur.
reciian was put down.
Austria was alarmed for her own property in
Ialy.-Silyio P4lco, Maroncelli, and others,
were conductors Of and contributors 10 a Jour.
nal Of no special political purpose but which
aimed at raising The Italian character, they be.
ling llalians. secretly, aud not unnaluralIy, de.
string the regeneration Of Italy. They even
wenl so far as 10 cnnducl their literary criticisms
in more Than usually liberal and comprehen-
siye spirit. This was treason under the patrr.
nal rule Of Austria. So PeIlico and Maroncelli
were condemned TO fifteen years, imprisonment
in the fortress Of Spielberg. PeIico's account
Of his suffaungs, written with the utmost eau
ton and forbearauce, has been widely publish.
ed. Mos! Of our readers are probably acquain.
ted win it. and have read Of his louures under
the 'Leadsn Venice underline hot sun Of an Ital-
ian Summer, iormentcl by everlasting swarms
( Of gnais; his removal 10 a cold damp cell when
! the winter approached; his bare plank for bed
at SpieIberg; his prison Diet Of black bread and
stale lard aud water called broth: his books ia
4 ken from him, forbidden 10 speak 10 his fellow
prisoners, stripped naked periodically to be
searched BY hts ja0rs his fearful bodily i'll
nesses and mental agonies; these need not here
/ be repeated. One fact may suffice TO show all
the means BY which Austrian supremacy has
! been maintained in lilly. y
/ The confinement 10 Spielberg has caused a
lumor in MaronceIli's knee. In the beginning,
/ the pain was not excessive, only compelling
/ him 10 90 lame. Afterwards, he had difficulty
in dragging his irons. The tumor grew daiIy
worse, increasing to an enormous size, and in
panluness. Lseches, issues, caustic, fomen.
raIions. only increased the pain. lie could nei-
iher digest orsleep, Sgrew lrghtlully emaciated.
What he Suffered during nine long months il IS
not possible TO describe. AT length the phys-
clan declared that il was necessary TO amputats
the leg. He was asked if he had courage to
undergo the operation. He was ready. But
they had TO wait eight days for permission from
Vienna. Eight days! And when the permiss-
ion arrived, and when the leg was off, the sur
geon found that no provision for the operation
had been made in the prison. The sufferer had to
wait TWO hours while they sent into the town for
bandages. The wretched cripple remained in
prison on his crutches.
There was conspiracy in Piedmont, (which is
not called Auslrian,) in 1888. Not an insur-
rection, but conspiracy, which was prevented
from breaking out-A few words, imprudentlv
uttered in quarrel gave King Charles Albert.
the same Charles Alber who was concerned
& betrayed The rebellion Of 1921, clue TO the
conspiracy He adopted terror as his system.
Arrests were made by wholesale, wherever
there was the sightes! suspicion. The consp-
racy was so general, that conjecture could hard.
ly fail 10 hit upon some seriously compromised.
Then commenced, under the auspices Of the
present king series of horrors worthy Of the
days of the lnquistion. Military commissions
were appointed. The prisons of Genoa, Turin,
Alexandria, Chambery everywhere, indeed.
were filled: and intervals were allowed TO eapse
between the arrests and different cities, in order
that an air of probability might be given to the
report that the arrests were made in consequence
of Information divuIged by different prisoners.
Out Of doors, the most alrocious caumnies were
circulated, 10 excite the public against the VIC
tins. Within the prisons, everything which
hatred and villany the most experienced could
devise was brought into operation, 10 obtain con-
fessions and accusations Of completely. Some
were told that their guilt was known, but that
they would be pardoned if they denounced their
companions. Diners had poison (atropos beIl-
adonna) infused into their drink, to weaken
their nervous system, and so break down the
slubbornness Of their minds. Oilers had pre-
tended conspiraors placed in their cells, 10 warm
them into their confidence under the guise of
sympathy. One man Miglio, who was betray-
ed by this last process, had man thrown into
his dungeon who, with tears in his eyes, lamen-
ted his implication in the conspiracy, more than
all regrelling that he could find no materials for
writing TO his family, though he had The means
of communication. MigI 10 opened one Of his
own veins, and wrote few words with his
blood. .-.
+ This letter was the main evidence on Miglio's
trial; and ON such evidence, so obtained, he was
sent at Genoa. Galaier, the Governor of Ak
andria, had sought extort revelations from one
of The accused, named Vocchieri. lrritaled by
his refusal, he loaded him with insults. After
his sentence, he again urged him to confess,
saying, thai so urging him he was doing the best
he could 10 serve him. "The besi you can do
for me" said the prisnor, sis to rid me of your
odious presence" Thereupon Galateri kicked
the chained man in the abdomen. The only fa-
vof demanded by Vocchier was that in march
ing to the scaffod, he might not be compelled
to pass his own house, wherein were his wife
then pregnaut-his sister, and bis two lille chill
dren. Il was refused him. His sister has been