ccordingly he took refuge in France, along with a crowd of exiles
under similar circumstances, and it was there, in June 1831, that the
fruits of his long-nursed musings burst forth, in his address to Charles
Albert of Savoy, "_A Carlo Alberto di Savoia un Italiano_," on the
accession of that prince to the throne of Sardinia. This address has been
justly termed by Mariotti, "a flash of divine eloquence, such as never
before shone over Italy. His companions in misfortune gathered in
adoration, and bent before his powerful genius. Ere the year had elapsed,
he became the heart and soul of the Italian movement. He was the ruler of
a state of his own creation--the king of Young Italy."

Eager to turn his popularity, alike with his abilities, to the best
account for his country, Mazzini now established himself at Marseilles, as
the editor of a journal to which he gave the name of "_La Giovine
Italia_," as the expression of his favorite theory of intrusting the great
cause of Italian liberty to the young, the ardent, the hopeful; and
moreover the unpledged and therefore unfettered; rather than to those who,
grown old under a timid, temporizing policy, endeavored in vain to
disentangle themselves from the net of foreign diplomacy; and who, while
they flattered themselves they were endeavoring to rescue their country
from slavery, were in fact still themselves the slaves of high-sounding
names, and veered round with all the changing views of those who bore
them.

Anxious to enlist in his cause the finest talents of the day, Mazzini
invited many persons of acknowledged reputation and ability to contribute
to his journal; among them the venerable and justly celebrated Sismondi,
author of the "History of the Italian Republics," and many other works of
importance. Sismondi willingly complied, for he loved the high-minded
character of the young Italian, and was glad to share in his literary
labors, in order that he might be able occasionally to rein in, with a
gentle yet judicious hand, the too impetuous spirit which, in fearlessly
endeavoring to overleap every obstacle that stood before it, overlooked
the destruction that might await an error of calculation: he therefore
immediately replied, "If by my name, my example, I can be useful to that
Italy which I love as if it were my own country, which I shall never cease
to serve, to the very utmost of my ability, and for which I shall never
cease to hope, then most willingly do I promis