The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-03-26
Naples.


state of things in that capital as. if possible,
more dcplorsbe than ever. Scarcely day
passes that dUzns Of men are not arrested in
tn. public Streets on suspicion that they are
opposed tu the governln'n Of the King most
OF the public coff-e knus"s have ben closed B.;
order uf The police the doors of the places Of
public amuspm"ni have BE- II ordered to BIZ shut,
and the usual festivities in c,lebrsriou Of tn.
Kings birthday have been forbidden. The
prisons are overfowing, so that the police are
puzzled whsrr 10 lodge their daily victims; and
tie King hms II fenced round with gisrIs aud
ntinrls. r'm"rns shat up in his palace, afraid
tosiir abroad FIR fear ha' som one will iinitat
the example of Milano. and with better success.
Every avenue to his residences al C,snria is
Iua dpd by picked mn. distinguished f,r ,h ir
blind ub-di nee 10 the royal will. and aiinira
tIun Of ,hr pr III system, NJ ci IL II. no mat.
ter what his rank nr calling is permitted To en
ter Cos rita without soldier 70 watch i'm; aui
all those whose IN ans will allow them have
left Naples dud gone 20 d distance from that
city OF shtf'ring AMI dongr to avoh the risk
of b'ing plunged into sum. du g"on. on th-
uFHHn'ltlltli VI lHt IlSt IhilCt SlN dlll-
mostly trv may incur. A similar state #
things j. re N,te 10 exist in Sicily. Transpnr
t ito, OF >usp crsi lib erals" 10 The arid isl Is
of tn coast is n'w rrsort-d TO as the best n
OF diSposing Of tn offenders, thrr, b-ing no
lOn-er room f'r them III tn prisons and sci
,lom 10 S day pass that one or more OF tn II
unIurtun lie IN n. untried aud uncrnvi,r-d q,
4, lI l.
rcution,r al the mere nod of the royal Iicuien.
| ant.
| Dafto entreaiy anil r-nonstrsnce from what.
ever source il may com; Careless alike Of tn
good will uf his subjects, his own p rSnnaI hour
or and dignity, aud the opuinn Of Nh civilized
world; not even the terror of as ssshation
! which makes him almost as Close prisoner a
any of his prosecuted subjects, can inuce him
to relax his crurlirs, or sbale the grning
TYRANNY OF his govrrnm nj. The most he cat
be induced 10 dn is, TO permit that few poi'i
cal prisnnrrs--C tIlu Pn-rio aud orh-rs--m,y br
trhn>p ported 10 SJunh America. wher- the hrg-n
tin. R public has sgrerd 10 give thrm II portion
OF land an asylum. To obtain this prr:nis
sion TO b., killed 10 a land 5000 miles dis an
from their own fair Italy, they must consent Il
brand themselves with falls hool. and sign
declaration that they quit the kingdom Of ihri
own free will and accord. Few, il is said, u
the more prominent offenders vii submit 10 thi
degradation. They prefer their dungeons, tn
lash and the chain, 10 liberty purchased at tn
price Of reputation and selfesleem. They d,
not btlieve-prrhaps they are right--that tn
present state of things can las, long. rhry be
lieve that The popular hatred cannot much lon
ger endure the seventies BY which the people ar'
trodden down aud prosecuted, and tnat impris
onmrnt anL transportation 10 p'nd colony
lent for the purpose by the Argentine Republic
will not subjue the public discomfort. aud IT
cnclle the disafftctrd to the rule OF their op
pressor. Lord John Russell, who has just re
turned from tour in Italy, drew vivid ant
lamrnlable picture of the condition of III
Peninsula, and of Naples in particular. HI
bIanes the British government tor having dom
too much, aud yet too liIllr in the alf,irs .
NApIrs. and attributes he increased crutIties o
King F.rIinana TO the empty remunsrrances o
Lnrd CIarn,Ion. Whrrhrr this be just con
cusion or not il is admitted on all han s. that
were Francr and England to declare that the
would net interfere b-iween King Bomba al,
his sujrcts, nor alluw Austria to interfere
furtnsh would not elupse Ofler such decsra
: tion. before the Nnapuilans would make an a
tempt to obtain for themselves that inprov,
:, government which they profess to desire, bll
which their King obslinaey refuses to grsll
ihem-N. Y. Jour. of Com