The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

" GA.RIBALDI'S ENGLISIIIIAN.

Our readers will have a lively recollection of the
paragraphs which went the round of the papers
during the war in Northern Italy respecting an
Englishman attached to General Garibaldi's corps
d'oriee. Terrible stories were told of his coolness
and 'unfailing accuracy of aim. He surpassed, it
was truly said, even the 'sharpshooters or " nun'
ters of the Alps." But it was untruly stated that
he shot down human beings for sport merely, .
as he would game, and was indifferent to the
cause of Italian independence. We have the honour
of Captain Peard's acquaintance, and, frota coed
ur,
knowledge of his sentiments, we are convinche
that he is a fearless and devoted friend of tlife.
glorious cause to which he has dedicated hiowing
s
He requests us to give insertion to the foll
letter :
" Quartiere Generale del Generale Garibaldi,
Modena, Sept. 5. ,
"My dear Sir,—An extract from the Daily News
has been sent to me from England, containing suel
gross falsehoods regarding me that I shall
feel
gross (for doubtless they.have been copied Into
local papers) if you will insert this Tey denial
of the statements there made. I had the honour
of being acquainted with the accredited correspon-
det of that journal in Brescia ; he knows as far as
hens concerned that they are false, and more than,
this, I declare the writer knew ;hem to be so at
the time he penned the lines. lst.—`lVhenevkr
he had killed an Austrian, he was seen to lord
him down in his pocket-book.' 2d.—` Hews as kind
enough to show me his book.' No 2is a gro
wilful falsehood. I never marked down anY
Ausd-
trian either ' dead' or ' uncertain,' and never sli°wei
any one 'my book,' for one simple reason, that
had none to show. 3d.—' He assured me be Pre
fesses the utmost indifference to the cause of Italiane
independence.' This is as false as the rest. I have
clasuhsoe should scarcely never expressed any feeling but one of devotion.
_.
othasee
to join General Garibaldi's corps, have followes
sscuaffreeerliynghalvtealoyo.moH7aodo such
case tililei
him on foot from the banks of the Po to the eller!
of the Lago di Garda, and afterwards to the Stelvoill:
and exposed my life In every one °f bullets,
engagements, not only
.to the Austrian bu"b.t
but also to an Austrian halter—for the -a
if Deutsche Post announced that I should be banged
made prisoner: 4th.—' He is like °lle ho
those Italian Condottieri of the middle
made war for pleasure, without inquiring
ages' mho
whet e
the cause he served was the wrong or the right on 7._
Not only is the oppression and tyranny of the Autos
trian rule such that in England it neither %..
conceived nor credited, but the grossbrutalities. ex,
ercised towards the persons of the Italians of re'd
sexes are such as to be execrated by all eivillsbas
nations. From the days of Attila, AttilahHun, bis
marked fair Italy for his preyi but an,'
ore
It has been my pride to carry
barbarous hordes could not have committed
frightful outrages than those of their deseendrilauls;
have served
of the Italian army, and still greater to
under and won the friendship of such a. m_au,
,0
profit' is 1
Guiseppe Garibaldi. ' Dieu et num f lltawye a
motto. May God defend the right. I have -° .° f
s o
my general through the plains and mountain
my rifle in the rail_
Upper Italy, and will continue to follow him as long
to.
or
as he draws his sword for this ritesnoble-heaou_'
Like the rest of his devoted followers,
indifferent whether his camp is on the mountain.t.re
the plain, on the banks of the Ticino or the Po tij,,
Arno or the Tiber. He has only, to sal,' Avanthe
and the cry that has so often carried panic int°
...,r
enemy's ranks, ' Viva Garibaldi,' will rise fron! °it%
hearts through the hills and vales of Italy. 1 ai),
myrn
gdieeasre sir, yours
ihai fciaii.p_full4,,noJuotilliNa n 7.bereg;rt
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