The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-16 00:00:00

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THE SUN.
LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1862.

GARIBALDI is still slowly working his way on
,owards Messina. Our calculations several days

since, as to the probabilities of his route, are being
to the letter fulfilled. Instead of diverging to one
of the southern ports of Sicily, and thence making
a dash to get suddenly to the mainland, meaning
the peninsula—the General is slowly, but steadily,
advancing through the mountains towards his ori-

ginal destination at the eastern extremity of the
Caltanisetta has been passed through.
Thence trending slightly to the north-east, Castro-
giovanni has been reached. And from Castro-
giovanni, the popular hero has advanced to Piazzi,
attended by about a thousand of his volunteers,
The Royal troops being still upon the track of the
Garibaldian force: affecting great eagerness in their
pursuit, but in reality-, though for a very different
reason, taking GARIBALDI'S guiding motto, for the
time being, as their own—to wit, jestina lente. As
we said from the first, as every one recognised clearly
enough—the Royal army would think twice before
closing in deadly conflict with the recruits marshalled
under the banner of GARIBALDI. While GARI-
BALDI himself finds it advisable in many ways to
lengthen out his proceedings, for a moderate inter-
val at least, so as to gather his forces together more
effectually, so as to get them more within the grasp
of his command as it were, so as to be enabled the
more effectively to hurl them at the right moment

in the most advisable direction, like the pebble from
the pouch, at the head of the Gallic GOLIATH.
Delay at any rate is so far preferable as the guid-
ing principle of the momentary policy of GARI-
BALDI, now in arms with his followers in the in-
terior of Sicily, that precipitate action just now
upon his part could hardly by possibility lead to
anything but some frightful disaster. With delay
it is impossible to say what advantage may not
arise, for him and his, out of the imminence of

the crisis. All the other leaders are in a glaringly
false position! Can any one for an instant venture
to gainsay this ? The EMPEROR is in a false posi •
tion ! The POPE is in a false position ! The KING
is in a false position! And so too is RATAZZI—SO
too are the whole of his colleagues in the Italian
Government. The popularity of our hero
altogether surpassing that of any other nota-
bility or notabilities, throughout the whole
of the Italian peninsula, from the shores of the
Adriatic to those of the Mediterranean, from Cape
Spartivento to the range of the Carpathians.
GARIBALDI has himself, of course, blundered, it is
true, for once into a decidedly false position, and
that but just now. But so also, we repeat, have the

others done long and long ago. And while they
are all of them consequently in this respect at least
pretty much upon a par—GARIBALDI, RATTAZZI,
VICTOR EMMANUEL 11., Plus IX., and NAPOLEON
lll.—the popularity of GARIBALDI lies in the hearts
of 25,000,000 Italians ! This alone is an immense
advantage to him. And while this is a fact alto-
gether undeniable—while the love and admiration of
the Italians for GARIBALDI are feelings cherished in
the bosoms alike of the Milanese and of the Neapo-
litans, of the Tuscans and of the Sicilians—GAßl-
ßALDl is there, in the centre, of Sicily among those
thickly-wooded mountain fastnesses at the head of
some 3,000 armed followers. Strong in his geo-
graphical position—strong in the enthusiasm of his
adherents—strong in the popularity of his cause—
but especially strong in his own great name, in
his undoubted honesty, and in his magnificent
disinterestedness. Wild, impracticable, and ex-
travagant his whole enterprise at this moment ap-
pears to be. The odds are seemingly dead against
him. He has been virtually pronounced a Traitor
by his Sovereign. He has been disclaimed by the
Government. He has been again and again con-
demned in the chambers of the Legislature. He
is at this moment being followed by the royal
troops,s word in hand,with the avowed determination
on their part, to put him down, and to put an end
to the movement he has originated. But while this
is so—how many of the Italians are there, how many
are there of those 25,000,000 who are secretly heart
and soul for GARIBALDI ? How many of them wish
him well—even in this new enterpriser All that is
wanted for the manifestation of this good will is the
discovery of a suitable opportunity. It may come at
any moment. And it is for this reason that Delay
is obviously to the advantage of GARIBALDI.

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