The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-09-20

! the unsuccessful rcvolutionists are hardl,
less atrocious than those which Mr. Glad
/ stone has disclosed Tor the excc,ntion o
the British Parliament, rs perpctrated b.,
the King OF Naples. Emile de Girardin
editor of Lc Prsssc. in Paris, and mem
Der 81 the National Assembly. has lstel,
write" for his paper M account of the po
liticsl dcSpotisn ut Rome. which Is full q
trightuI details. Ills description OF the
prisons into which these political offender,
are thrust is II horrible picture. Describing
the common room where the prisoners Hr,
crow ded together, he calls il
4 hidcous sly Of Infection, misery, DIES
olation-- where human beings are heaped
together like unclcau beasts, in loathsop's
filth aud from some poor wretch despair
cxtorts two sharp a cry. n hundred weigh,
of iron is attached to his feet; but not be.
fore he has received n more or less severe
scourging on the shoulder or loius with
sticks or rods. This lattA punishment, n,
Illuminating as II is savage, is called the car
dISii0. and IN the good old times was IN
tlict,d publicly on men and women "aked
The sqneanish deccncy OF the present gov.
crnors oi Rome. no longer daring to make
public show oi this 'cvoltin. cruelty, they
n,nk. amends 10 their sense OF duty by con.
timing II To the rccesscs Of the a,ls.'
The allowances Of food l. $. scanty, that
Cita'din says within lew days six persons
literally died oi starvation IN their cells,
two attempted snici'tc 10 relieve their pangs
and two went rasing mad. Al night he
says that twenty men nre crowedd into one
room destined To- only ten, with but one
snail aperture for light and air at the dis.
lance OF seven feet from the ground, aud
TINT the only tolici from pesiilen,ial iut.
naec in the hot hight of n Roman summer
Was by taking turns IN mount on each 9th
e''s should To &C, breath of air. The
black hole OF alculia was but little ini-
p,o,enrnt on the horrors al snch con.
inement.
III. on.ncrs for which these crueltlcs
were inflicted were sunctimes of the most
trivial kihd. The suspicion oI mauuiactur
mg ii'c"o. ks Tor celebrating the auniversa-
" ut the i,rrnl,l,c, is one nj ia. crimes toi
whleh pa T., of Young men were exposed
to tar waist ol these in'lc,ions. Aiding n
~ IN ~ " i'lfubiitaH WIN anb'Nti, W. ""'i
without ny proof OF the charge, Girsf,iln
says that one ,onn. man was cruel,
sruu -cd. then Immersed IN unugeon,
i'"in which he vas dragged altar my two
DAYS 10 III" n'iimary. " reduced almost Ia
* hi"n h., n wasting fever, and H., the
lc.1ati"'' which nli.,, -iS pound weigh,
oi iron, attached to his feet nigh, aud day
bad worn iu,u the flesh. aud the crawling
vcrniu had n,nde fostering snrcs.'
such development rs these and those %
the a:,ocilics Mt Naples. viii aion,c the in
disuatlon al all Europe. They are mad'
b, men 1T eminent position, on the resp"n
slbillN oi their own names. and will create
u ia III nj horror wherever they are read
Such iongs can otly he maintained by thu
pr, s,nce oi an ovcrpoweliug military iofc'
furnished by the cslIosal strength of Nuslfia
aud nided, for III. time, hy unnatural Frencl
occupation of Rome. How long they cau
continue is "A problem which The luture cat,
onl, solve tor ,s,li, but we may venture
Ia anticipate ihHt fierce aud bloody reac-
ton will follow the moment that Austria
gets occupation elsewhere ior her armies
OF sooner, when the Rcpohlic of France re-
call. its srn, from the protection OF dies
p"lism ia Italy.