The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-11-09

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a river in his rear. The Russians are
posted in three strong bodies. so that they g
attempt TO cross the river slmuitane- NJ
ously at three points. a.
The Turkish force in Bulgaria now II
numbers ITO, 1000 men," te
From the Washington Union. d
More Trouble with Austria-Felix A
F0resti.
The Piedmontese people are the most 8
progressive, the most liberal, the most Il
enlightened in Italy. They have long q
been, even though under the house oil
Carlo Alberto, republican. The monarch 9
was hypocritical and selfish. though. now !
that he is dead, we will say a brave game I
ster. He staked his head and throne for
the sovereignty OF Italy against Austria.
In his youth to carry out this design, he
became a conspirator, and one OF the
Carbouari His friends were such men as
| Silyico Pellico, Maroncelli, E. Felix For
esii, (our present consul to Genoa, In the
dominions Of his house,) Conditioner.
Buonarotti, and others equally distinguish
ed-ar Austrian. Like all born OF mon
archie blood, he sold his friends. They
got the dungeon. he the crown OF Sardinia;
! He lived on, with CLEANS OF sorrow anc
patriotism, from hypocrisy to hypocrisy,
from baseness to baseness. Ia l849 this
wretch's life of evil in the name OF liberty
was drawn by destiny's hand to a close,
and fate shut down her scissors. lie adj
yanced, whether f~oolishly or treacherous-
" is not known, across the frontier OF The
Pc, TO meet at Novarra, with half a ''grand
army" the thousand Austrian legions OF
: Radetskv. He was defeated. He add
Gated for his successor. now king in Pied
/ mont. He fled, and died miserable some
where in Spain,
lie was a dishonest man, brave OF his
' person, with intentions, as to ultimate OBJ
!. iects, selfish, but Italian and national.
E His crime was. that he was a, the mercy
: of England and OF Lord Palmefston.
4 They who trusted in his youth. in its
aspirations for freedom, in its supposed
sincerity. gained chains. not thrones.
/. They were condemned to death. What
n the New York Tribune calls the .'clemen-
e CIV" of an Austrian monarch did not kill
n them. They were condemned. it seems.
d by the same authority, first to the "Pozzl
n Tor wells) of Venice, which had. since
a the DAYS of the French revolution. been
closed, being considered too horrible for
nse." We thought it was in the Piombi
or leads, dungeons ON the roof covered
d with lead, and hot, under the sun .of Italy
> as ovens. These dungeons, from wells &c
ovens, were kept for the purpose OF hrs
~ freezing and then broiling republicans BY
Il way OF change. Napoleon closed the"
or up alter his great campaigns in northern
10 Italy, as beneath manhood. for Napoleon
ID was a man. Austria restored them IN tul
ne rost and full blast. Here were the copart
II. ners Of the late King O. Sardinia lone Y
IS, a turn for some years. The rest OF tn
be- story is told so well by even the wing New
ce York Tribune that we give it:
he "The clemency of the Emperor subse
M. auen,ly COMMITTED the sentence 10 chain
ia, in the fortress of Spielberg; and upon tn
mi death Of the Emperor Francis in 1886 tn
ed new sovereign allowed the prisoners {
rte State to leave for America, where the
The were brought on board of the now tamou
on corvette Hussar. On the occasion OF tn
,h. coronation Of the Emperor, a general an
or. nesty was issued for political offender
,et. and Foresti was allowed by Austria 10 r
ion turn TO Italy. He did not, however, tai
81. advantage of the permission. In the ca
ov- ly part Of the pohtifca,e of Plus, tx. |
nsi was recalled by a decree sent to the ma,
i'd. or Of his native place; so that both Au
lei. tria, which had condemned him, al
,tv. Rome, of which State he was a nativ
have oficislly withdrawn all opposition
nc. his return 10 Italy. How, then. can I
,es\l government Of Piedmont, against WIFI
md State Foresti has committed no oifenc
I'D and within the borders Of which he h
never entered, fairly refuse TO acknov
edge him as the United States consul!"
While in these dungeons, for from IL
five IA years, some Of these men produc
things memorable. Pellico wrote his sple
Md did se~ntimentalism, now classic throue
ga. out the world, known as MY prisons
Or. Maroncclli was carried to Paris on his
cisl lease, and the iron chain, rusting throu
the his bones, had to be cut out by Fren
surgeons, in the presence OF a madden
and execrating world. Some three or fc
passed into Sardinia. the kingdom OF In
brother conspirator, Charles Albert, re
high in his government, and at this pr
ent moment hold exalted and response
: IN positions in the army and the ministry
.na. the King OF Sardinia. E. Felix Fore
alone selected America for his future hor
He was a Ferrarese in the Papal Stat
, h. a Judge, by invitation Of Austria, in Pol
~, al the age ESQ says the New York ii
une) OF "a. He was an eminent lawJ
!" He is now, at the lapse Of seventeen yei
a great, noble, and learned old man.
aa, is an Italian, exquisite in taste and CT
no cism, profound in history. politics. and
mundane learning, glorying in the be
the nru - Ia,.s,o ha oolIad old and
ne is u nal,as.;a - h;s wav One of
most conservative colleges on this co
stan nen,-,hat Of Columbia, in New Yoi
lilies. has long since elected him a professor