▁enjoyed ▁important ▁supp or ters ▁including ▁Sir ▁C ull ing ▁E ard ley ▁E ard ley , ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Evangel ical ▁Alliance . ▁ ▁Ris org imento ▁Following ▁the ▁revolution s ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁in ▁the ▁Italian ▁states , ▁Rome ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁Italian ▁national ists ▁who ▁established ▁the ▁Roman ▁Republic ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 8 4 9 . ▁Ach illi ▁travel led ▁there ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 8 4 9 ▁and ▁continued ▁his ▁Protest ant , ▁anti - C atholic ▁and ▁pro - n ational ist ▁propag anda . ▁On ▁ 2 4 ▁June ▁ 1 8 4 9 ▁he ▁married ▁Joseph ine ▁H ely , ▁the ▁young est ▁daughter ▁of ▁Captain ▁James ▁H ely , ▁whose ▁family ▁he ▁had ▁be fri ended ▁when ▁in ▁England . ▁ ▁The ▁Roman ▁Republic ▁fell ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 8 4 9 ▁when ▁the ▁French ▁took ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁re inst ated ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁IX ' s ▁political ▁authority . ▁Though ▁French ▁president ▁Louis ▁Napoleon ▁had ▁requested ▁that ▁the ▁Pope ▁grant ▁an ▁am n esty , ▁Ach illi ▁was ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁Card inal ▁Vic ar ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁by ▁the ▁In quisition , ▁in ▁the ▁Cast el ▁Sant ' Ang elo , ▁for ▁pre aching ▁against ▁the ▁Catholic ▁religion ▁and ▁taking ▁part ▁in ▁revolution ary ▁ag itation . ▁There ▁August in ▁The iner ▁attempted ▁to ▁recon vert ▁him ▁to ▁Catholic ism , ▁to ▁no ▁avail . ▁Lewis ▁T onna ▁and ▁other ▁London ▁evangel ical s ▁can v