of the galleys, besides the possessor being subjected for the
remainder of his days to the suspicion of being connected with
revolutionary factions. The smugglers, albeit accustomed to danger and
little susceptible of fear, refused to have any thing to do with it;
nevertheless its distribution was effected far and wide; copies were
dispatched from Marseilles, by merchant vessels, in parcels directed to
persons at places fixed upon for the purpose of receiving them; they thus
reached the Committees of "Young Italy" in each city, and were by them
transmitted to the subscribers, that is to say, to every one conjoined to
the cause; thus the Society itself remained in the shade, while the
journal, passed from hand to hand, was every where eagerly perused. In
many places it was left, in the obscurity of evening, upon the thresholds
of the shops, and at the doors of the theatres, _cafes_, and other
frequented places. Never was a periodical paper edited with such marvelous
activity, or circulated with such unshaken courage. The leaders risked
their heads in its service, and not one of them hesitated so to do. In the
same manner has the clandestine press at Rome, since the reinstatement of
the priestly government, fearlessly pursued its task of exposing the
cruelties, injustice, and meanness of that government in its every act--and
the cardinals have not unfrequently had to go to breakfast, with what
appetite they might, after finding on their tables a sheet, of which the
ink had not had time to dry, wherein their unworthy deeds were set forth
and commented upon, in the accents of all others strangest to "ears
polite"--that is to say, of _truth_.

The effect of "_La Giovine Italia_" upon the public mind became more and
more developed every day. Genoa and Alexandria were the first to show its
influence. Turin, Chamberry, and Lombardy followed. Central Italy, crushed
for the moment, remained passive; but the flag of republicanism was
unfurled, it only waited the moment to lift it up, and that moment came,
every way, too soon. The government of Charles Albert was the first to
take hostile measures against Young Italy. It saw that the influence of
the party was beginning to spread in the army; and it immediately pointed
its cannons against Genoa; three persons were executed in that city, three
at Chamberry, and six at Alexandria; while Austria stocked her favorite
fortress of Speilberg with such as were objects of suspicion, but agai