The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-21 00:00:00

vituperation, the incident has brought out one fact,
at least, which might otherwise have escaped pub-
licity. We know now, almost directly from his own
lips, that the Emperor of the French has seen this
great demonstration as we ourselves have seen it.
He thinks our reasption of Garibaldi has done US
honour as a nation, and he admires the feelings it has
expressed. No one who at all accurately appre-
ciated the Emperor's character could have doubtei
that these were the oantiments he entertained, hut-
we are nevertheless glad to have them authen-
ticated in his own words. There can be no
personal estrangement between great men, and
the English people wonhl have sunk considerably
in the esteem of Napoleon if they had not done
homage to Garibaldi. ,So far, therefore, Vol
has come out of the evil tOat was intended; and,
for the rest, although Mazz.n.i's name has, contrary
to the advice of the Turin jourL al which is suPPused
to represent the opinions of ti
1e Party of Actio°l
been irrelevantly interpolated in a welcome given
expressly to Garibaldi, we rejoice tal know that the
great body of the Italian residents i.i this country
have readily obeyed the injunctions their illustrious
chief caused to be conveyed to them before hip landed.
They have well comprehended theirobi igations both
to Garibaldi and to England, and we owe atoll our
thanks for contributing, by the attitude they took
up, to the freedom and cordiality of our *aospitalitY•
We have done what we could, in our osrn ways 5°
make Garibaldi feel at home with us ; and now
that our guest is on the eve of departure, we are,
also in our own way, taking thought for him to I
matter which he appears not to have himself co
bn.-
sidered. Garibaldi is a poor man ; and though ig
poverty is honourable to him we. must be permitted
to think that one who has devoted his lite to a holy
cause deserves, at least, to be placed out of the reach
of all pecuniary anxieties. That is how we look at
such a case in this country. Therefore, having
resolved to present to the General some testi-
monial of our respect and admiration, it h.as been,
as we think, well determined to make it a
substantial and abiding memorial of the 11.111-
pathy of the English people. The meeting
at Stafford House has laid the foundation of a Bub'
scription which will, we cannot doubt, be raised to
a sum England need not be ashamed to offer as an
expression of her sense of the services of General
Garibaldi has rendered not to Italy alone,
but to
every nation that breathes the air of freedom-
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has been no segregation of classes or parties
in the reception and entertainment cf the Italian
patriot ; and the same rule will, we trust, b°
observed in what is the sequel and the seal ,
our hospitality. The half-million of people
greeted Garibaldi Ns hen he entered London must
admit that the Duke of Sutherland has nobly re'
presented their welcome; and as he, too, haad
initiated this subscription, they will nnderstan,
that it is open to all who honour a disinterested
soldier and a good man. The object appr°veo
itself. Unhappily we cannot entertain the be%
that Garibaldi's visit to this country ,has tende,o
to re-establish his health. It seems, indeed, id
have been forgotten that he was an invalid, se.,
he has suffered more, we fear, than he will OW;
from the exertion that has been imposed upon
him. But though the General returns to CaPr.e!s
without having attained the chief end of his 105,1;
he will not, we venture to believe, regret that ',
undertook the voyage, which has made him b?tt.ei;
acquainted with a people who fervently e6l,„t
that his life and strength may be preserved '1;0
the service of the • country he raised from to.,
depths of oppression to the independent and Pr
raising position it now occupies.