in a manner equally unassailable. I have watched some trials
throughout their whole details; I was obliged to confess that necessary
precautions for the verification of facts--all possible guarantees for the
free defence of the accused, including the publication of the
proceedings--were taken."

BRIGANDS--BANDS OF ROBBERS DISPERSED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

"Much is said of the brigands who, we are told, lay the country desolate.
It has fallen to our lot to pass through the country, in all directions,
without seeing even the shadow of a robber. It cannot be denied that, from
time to time, we hear of a diligence stopped, of a traveller plundered.
Even one accident of this kind is too much, but we must remember that the
administration has employed all the means in its power to repress these
disorders. Thanks to energetic measures, the brigands have been arrested
at all points and punished. When in France a diligence is stopped; when in
going from London to Windsor a lady of the Queen's palace is robbed of her
luggage and jewels, such incidents passed unnoticed; but when, on an
isolated road in the Roman States, the least fact of this nature takes
place, the passenger, for a pretext, prints the news in large characters,
and cries for vengeance on the government. On the side of Rome the attacks
which have taken place at distant intervals have never assumed an
appearance calculated to excite anxiety.

"In the Romagna, organized bands have been formed, which, taking advantage
of the Tuscan frontier, easily escaped pursuit, and were for a time to be
dreaded. The government declared unceasing war against them, and after
several engagements, in which a certain number of _gens d'armes_ were
either killed or wounded, these bands have been in a great measure
dispersed. The Italians always depend for the completion of their projects
on foreign support. If this support were to fail, then they would adopt a
proper course much more readily than would be necessary. Meanwhile, in
England and Sardinia, the organs of the press should cease to excite the
passions, and Catholic Powers should continue to give the Holy See evident
marks of sympathy. But how can we hope that enemies, animated with such a
spirit as influences the opponents of the Holy See, should put a stop to
their attacks when they have been made in so remarkable a manner?"

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