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

" GARIBA

Our readers will have a lively recollection of the
papers
paragraphs which went the round of the
daring the war in Northern Italy respecting an
Englishman attached to General Garibaldi's corps
d'orinee. Terrible stories were told of his coolness
and unfailing accuracy of aim. He surpassed, it
was truly said, even the sharpshooters or "
that
Hun
ters of the Alps." But it was untruly stated
he shot down human laeings for sport merely',
as he would game o
, and was indifferent to ther
cause of Italian independence. We have the honu
of Captain Peard's acquaintance, and, from our.
knowledge of his sentiments, we are convioe4
of the
that he is a fearless and devoted friend
his life'
glorious cause to which he has dedicated
He requests us to give insertion to the folloWing
letter :
" Quartiere Generale del Generale Garibaldi,
Modena, Sept. 5.
"My dear Sir,—An extract from the Daily No!
has been sent to me from England, containing such
gross falsehoods regarding me that I shall fee
obliged (for doubtless they.have been copied.intei
the local papers) if you will insert this nil elliaur
of the statements there made. I had the hdono
of being acuainte4 with the accredited correspon-
dent of thatjournal in Brescia; he knows as far as
he is concerned that they are false, and more then
this, I declare the writer knew them to be so
the time he penned the lines. lst.—' Whenelekr
he had killed an Austrian, he was seen to tiird,
him down in his pocket-book.'' 2d.--, He was kind.
enough to show me his book.' No 2is a gross and
wilful falsehood. I never marked down any Au a.
trian either ' dead' or ' uncertain,' and never shag!'
.any one ' my book,' for one simple reason, thai.n.'
nad none to show. 3d.—' He assured me he 13,:-.0
fosses the utmost indifference to the cause of 'taro
independence.' This is as false as the rest. I Pao
never expressed any feeling but one of devotion. _
the cause of suffering Italy. Had such been the
case I should scarcely have come 700 or 80 followedlilt
to join General Garibaldi's corps, have
shores
him on foot from the banks of the Po to the °o
of the Lago di Garda, and afterwards to the Stelvi
b js
and exposed my life in every one obfulie,,ttso,
engagements, not only to the Austrian u
but also to an Austrian halter—for the a
Deutsche Post announced that I should be hanged
if made prisoner. 4th.—' He is like one mho
those Italian Condottieri of the middle ages, er
made war for pleasure, without inquiringD vf ei.
0:
the cause he served was the wrong or the right one;
Not only is the oppression and tyranny of then' be
trian rule such that in England it can neither
conceived nor credited, but the gross brutalitiesboeth
ercised towards the persons of the Italianof civilised
sexes are such as to be execrated by all
u 0
marked fair Italy for his prey, but
nations. From the days of Attila, the Ile% his
barbarous hordes could not have committed amore
frightful outrages than those of their descendaorg
It has been my pride to carry my rifle in the Plod
of the Italian army, and still greater to baye manser as
under and won the friendship of such 5 1 'l5
Guiseppe Garibaldi. ' Dieu et mon Droit' is Ita 5" ,
have follow
motto. May God defend the right. I
my general through the plains and in,eu.„etilaiion(
as he draws his sword for this noble
Upper Italy, and will continue to follow w"' -8
people.
Attila an
or_
Like the rest of his devoted followers, it main or
indifferent whether his camp is on the ra°lll3l
la the
the plain, on the banks of the Ticino or the . °nth'
Arno or the Tiber. He has only. to sal.' A;„lta the
and the cry that has so often carried par" into our
-hearted oe
enemy's ranks, ' Viva Garibaldi,' will rise from so
hearts through the hills and vales of 1ta9..m0,
my dear sir, yours faithfully, Jars W. ' - ort
l'lnglese con Garibaldi."—Plymouth
and Dev°7ll)
Journal.
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