The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-10-15 00:00:00

GARIBALDI IN FRANCE.

The Times, in a leader, thus notices the arrival of
Garibaldi in France: -
One can easily enter into the generous instincts which
prompted Garibaldi to undertake a journey to Prance under
present circumstances; but it is difficult to expect any good
to come from it, for himself or for the rest of the world. Ile
has been at war with France all his life at Porta Panellist°,
during the agony of the Roman Republic ; at Aspromonta and
Montana, in times more auspicious for Italy. He deems it
heroic sow to show his magnanimity to • fallen foe—to take
up the cause which the Gods have forsaken. Be wishes
to save the French nation the humiliation to which
She, in the Seinen of her power, subjected his own
country. To the enemy who robbed him and Italy
of Nice he wishes to secure Alsace and Lorraine. The France
he once fought against, he maintain., has nothing in commcn
with the France which lisa now won his sympathies. His
grievances were all against Monarchial France,—against the
"supentition of Monarchy,"—and lie comes to bear arms
for the '• Holy Republic." It Is true the French expedition
against Republican Rome was originally planned by Repub.
can France; not by the France of Preeident Nap Boon. I.llt
by the France of President Cavaignac. But with Garibaldi,
and with many of his fellow-bellevers, a Republic which
does wrong is not the right Republic. . . .
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Such being Garibaldi's goodwill, what, we may elk, is his,
power to help? He has been described as "suffering severely
from the wound in his foot, and herdiy able to walk without ,
the help of him friend." Fur were he even the Garinaldi
of Como or Marsala, hits perhaps tho last man in the world
who can help France. What Garibaldi brings with him is
• " lion's heart," but what France wants is a head.
Garibaldi is by no means destitute of military talents, but
there never was a worse strategist. He won the Two Sicilias
at the head of • mob which straggled in a long line from
Marsala to Naples; and he was beaten back from the Tyrol
the moment It was found out that his tactics consisted of
mere headlong dash and haphazard audacity. If Gsribaldi's
presence at the head of the French Arndt* do not make con-
usion worse confounded, it is only bec.anie disorder has
reached a depth not to be exceeded by anything deeper Gari-
baldi is huts man, not a leader of men. But France labours
under no lack of men. Indeed, French patriotism never tires of
enumerating the elements of supposed strength on which,
after so long a continuance of disasterk she may still
reckon. M. Garnbetta, who, alighting from his balloon,
has come to breathe a new soul Into the Government Dela-
Ration at Toms, and arrived there on the same day
with Garibaldi, tells us of the immense force in tu
and materials of war which he had left in the men
splendid condition in Pule. Not only are there
140,000 combatants under arms, and 3,000 guns on the
tweinfe alone, but so hot has been the fire of the garrison
that the enemy has been "prevented from establishing the
smallest " work." This clashes strangely with the intelli-
gence which reaches us from impartial Correspondents
at the German HeatiQuarters, according to whom
the redoubts at Clamart, Chatillon, Menden, ttc.
en In the most perfect order, and reedy to open Iln

on the aborted notice. II Is vary possible that the besiegers
and bealeged know little or nothing of each other's doings
hut we cannot understand how it is that the "Impre,oged
soldiem " of M. Gambet ta, exceeding half a million in number,
have for these last ten days condemned themielves
complete Inactivity. The fact is, as our torrespondei.t
at Tours tells us, that the cry Is not for men, but for" a
man"—one to save France not only from the Prussians,
hut el, from htrtelf—one either ahle to crgaulse
victor. or to bring France to accept a defeat. Such a
man France has, perhaps, In liamdoe ; and Him could either
break loose from the Prussiana at Metz, or come to such
terms with them as might enable him to bring AU army out
in that state of thorough discipline aril erliciency It has
evinced In so many actions, he might still attempt to master
the fearful elements of dissolution that are at work every-
where, and which the very pressure of a foreign occupation
Is hardly able to keep under control.