The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-24 00:00:00

CAS. I am.

Buu. I say you are not.
CAS. Urge me no more, I shall forget myself;
Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further,
Buy. Away, slight man
CAS. Is't possible ?

Brutus;
I said an elder soldier, not .a better
Did 1' say, bettor?

BRIT.

If you did, I care not.

Cis. Da not presume too much upon my love ;
I may do that I shall be sorry for.
Buy. You have done that you should be sorry for.
There is no terror, Cassius., in your threats;
FOR I AM ARM'D SO STRONG IN HONEMTY,

THAT THEY PASS BY ME AS THE IDLE WIND,
WHICH I RESPECT NOT.

Are not every one of those familiar and noble and
eminently beautiful words of BRUTUS, exquisitely
applicable at the present moment, when placed, as
we are now placing them, in the mouth of GARI-
BALDI ? And as to the very mission with
which GARIBALDI has recently hastened to
Turin from his Cincinnatian or Washingtonian re-
treat in Caprera—that mission being simply the
maintenance of the interests and the vindication of
the rights of his valiant companions in arms,
the historic band of Volunteers or GARI-
BALDIAXS—may we not, in distinct reference
to that mission, cite here the very words that im-
mediately afterwards follow, transferring them
(bodily as they stand upon SHAKSPERE'S page)
from the mouth of BRUTUS to the mouth of GARI-
BALDI?

GARIBALDI is addressing himself variously to
the representatives, whether military or diplomatic,
of the Piedmontese Government :
BRU. I .did send to you
For certain sums of gold, which you denied rae ;
For I can raise no money by vile means ;
By heaven, I'd rather coin my heart,
And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring
From the hard hand of peasants their vile trash
By any indirection I—/- did send
To youfor gold to pay my legions, (Cassius) ?
Which you denied me : was that done like Cavour
Should I have answeed Cialdini (Caius Cassius) so ?
When Garibaldi (Marcus Brutus) grows so covetous,
To lock such rascal counters from his friends,
Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts,
Dash him to pieces I

Our too easy prediction has been verified to the
letter. Not fewer than 279 members of the British
House of Commons voted themselves cowards
Voted that they dared not face the unbought or un-
controlled votes of those who had elected them.
Voted that they could not venture to stand upon
their merits. Voted that, that if the electors gave
their suffrage freely and indifferently, it might
appear that their present so-called representatives
were unfit to represent them. What an exhibition
is this before all Europe of what our boasted re-
presentative
Government really is Last night
our House of Commons proclaimed to all the States
who have just acquired representative constitu-
tions, and to those who are struggling to regain
constitutions they have lost, that a large majority
of the House relied solely on unworthy influences
for their position. Two hundred and seventynine
members tell all Europe that they are afraid of the
electors.

We amused ourselves among the first things
this morning, by turning to our great Anti• Ballot
contemporary, to see whether any fresh arguments
were to be found against us. The " great dis-
couragement inflicted by the break down of the
American Republic," was of course one. But we
must really ask our contemporary to make its
choice whether there is the Ballot in America or
not. It has written column after column to prove
that a real Ballot, such as Mr. BERKELEY asks,
such as is in practice in Australia, does not exist
in America. But directly America goes wrong, it
is assumed that there is a Ballot_ there, and that
the " break down" is due to the Ballot ! The 7imes
cannot play fast and loose with facts in this way.
If the Times stands by its old reiterated state-
ments, Mr. BERKELEY has no reason to be dis-
couraged by the American " break down" what-
ever. If the Times has been right hitherto, the
Ballot can have nothing to do with it. 1

But if we allow our contemporary the conve-
nience of playing on the blacks as well as the
whites, and admit, which we do, that to the extent
to which the Americans 'wish, they have on most
occasions and in most States a free ballot, though
not so perfect a one as it might be,were independence
less common than it is—we may yet challenge our
contemporary to the proof that the Ballot has any-
thing to do with " the break down." The negative
evidence on the point is really conclusive, for never
could there have bees greater political excitement,
more virulent charges and accusations, and louder
demands to "amend" the constitution; yet amidst
all this no one North or South has uttered one
word against the Ballot. The Democrats
were defeated so grievously that they justify
secession by their defeat, yet they do not
dream of charging their defeat on the Ballot.
They ask for amendments in the Federal Constitu-
tion, and they construct a new one, with some im-
poi tent, probably wise, political differences from
the old one, yet no one ever mentions giving up

the Ballot. Whatever is to be modified, whatever

is to go to wreck in this " break down," the Ballot

—the symbol and instrument of electoral indepen-

dence—is to be preserved. It really eeems like the
indestructible, sterling metal, which is found bril-

liant, free even from rust, after a shipwreck or

conflagration have destroyed so much around it.
There seems something spicy, however, if not
very solid, in the observation that "Mr. H.
BERKELEY has devoted his life to vindicate
the right of every rogue to vote as he
Pleases." We naturally, however, add, "and
not to vote as another rogue pleases."
yy 0 vtvtsinlY should not be much concerned to we,

his unworthy assailant the 'violent words of objur-
gation so unbefitting a soldier-contemporsiy.
Apply the position now occupied in regard to
each other by CIALDINI and GARIBALDI to that
traced out by the master hand of SHAKSPERE be-
tween CASSIUS and BRUTUS—two elder soldiers of
that same Italian soil : reading for Cassius—
CIALDINI, and for Brutus—GARIBALDI.
CASSIUS. Brutus, bay not me,--
I'll not endure it : you forget yourself,
To hedge me in ; I am a soldier, I,
Older in practice, abler than yourself
To make conditions.
BRUTUS. GO to; you are not, CUSSiILS.

BRIT. Hear me, for I will speak I
Must .1 give way and room to your rash choler ?
Shall Ibe frighted when a madman stares ?
CAS. 0, ye gods 1 ye gods ! must I endure all this ?
BRr. All this I ay, more : fret till year proud heart
break ;
Go show your slaves how choleric you are,
And make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge ?
Must I observe you ? must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humour ? By the gods,
You shall digest the venom of your spleen,
Though it do split youl for, from this day forth, .
I'll use you for my mirth, yea, for my laughter,
When you are waspish.
CAS. Is it come to this ?
BRU. You say you are a better soldier :
Let it appear so ; make your vaunting true,
And it shall please me well ; for mine own part,
I shall be glad to learn of noble men.
CAs. You wrong me; every way you wrong me, ,