Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-10-07

We should always feel disposed to contrast the
difference between our own People, living under
n government ,berlzed aud froe, with the people
OF other countries, where human rights are not
secured 10 the masses of their inhabitants. The
correspondent OF the New York Tribune sojourn'
ing 10 Italy, gives a degrading picture OF socIe-
" IN that beautiful but despot -trodden land.
While The bountes of Providence are showCrcd
upon II with protuslon, and lts Whole sufiace GOV
cred ith the inexhaustless riches ofNlturc nan ;
Insgoyernment blasts The happiness designed to
DO conferred upon his fellow creatures. Under
date Of Naples, May 1913, this writer says:
"You have heard Of the bright eyes and raven
tresses ard music- like language OF tho Neapoh-
fans; but can assure you there IS none OF II
here i g. among the lower classes. HE only
difference | can detect between them and our
Indians is that our wild blooGs the more beau
,itul of the two. The color is the same, the
hair very like indeed, and to the 'soit bastard
LATIN they speak, II is one OF the most aboml>
nable dialects ever heard. know this is rath-
er shocking ones IDEAS of ltatIan women. /
am suro | was prepared To view them IN a laN"r-
able, nay even poetIcai light; bat AMID ali ine
charms a nd cXcitoments OF tins romantic land, /
could not see Otherwise. Tho old women are
hays and the young women dirty stp-shod STAT
terms Talk abou, bright eyed Italian MAIDS!
Among our lower classes there are i've OeauHes
TO one good looking woman here. II is nonsense
10 expect beauty among population that live IN
filth and eat the vIlest substance to escape the
horrors of starvation. Wholesome food, comfort
able apartments, and Clearly clothing, are lndis-
pensibe to physical beauty; and these the ltal-
ians, except the upper classes, do not have The
filthy dens into which they crammed, the
battered garments in which they arc but halt Ind,
and the haggard faces of hundreds of united wo-
men and children that meet me at every step as
l enter the city at night, overthrow all the pleas.
ures Of the day, and | retire TO my room angry
with that political and social system that requires
IL, do q tt1t tF1 ut hpF
NAV die OF surfeit The King OF Naples has
fine palaces whIlo thousands OF MS SUBJECTS have
not one blanket.
Men talk of travelling when the mind IS ma
iured, but | advise every one who wishes to en-
10Y Italy to visit 1t before he has ever thought
OF the irregularities ana mtoerios OF tac world
Let him come into this beautiful chino ~htlo the
INA g,nat,on holds supreme sway aud lite IS d
golden dream. lie then will see but Ills temples
aud arts, hear but the voice OF the past, aud
grow enthusiastic on a sod where every stone =
"a monument, aud every wall history. could
weep wnen | see the havoc tba; ~ ranny and a.
urice make Of The happiness OF man. Why - ii
that those thousands around me should weep auC
suffer and die, that one lazy Prtude may gorge
ousIx furnish fine pa Iaces he enters but five time:
ayear? Why should I.azzaroni multiply to be
cursed by every stranger, merely that ie" lazy
mobiles NAV turn a whole country INTO beanutu
villa TO gallop drought Italy abounds IN lovely
scenery, and is rich in classical associations; ba
he must be stupid observer or heartiess one
who can and feel nothing else. As | wan
dered through the grounds Of Princev noble,
enjoy the beauty aud taste that surround me, un
I'll mounting some point o: view | look down OF
"A lovely country filed with halt-ed n, md thel
I could hang him on one of his own oaks. Their
stands a glorious stature, but under II lies sof
terer There is magnificent Church, but on ii
ample step are heaps of rags that each onvelop
living suffering man. Bat viii close By que
ting the language Of an Italian, who after cor
versing with me long Tune on ibts subject, dFo'
long sigh and sail mus, wait our tme.-
"patience ami trust are the burden Of the Trou
badour." Ies-patience and confidence 10
the ridiculous farce OF Kings will have an ond
and humanity ye, shake eff lis rags and asser
and take It's long withheld rights"