Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-16
tuNMINICATlb
The Late King OF Naples

communication Justitying and applauiin.
the acts and doings of the late King of \,
Piles. and, for one, am not willing that H.
communication referred to. shall 20 upon IN
files of the Gazette unnoticed. viii Won
me the favor. to publish the enclosed exrr,.,,
from an article from the London Saturis.
Review. and much oblige, N
Alexandria. June II, 1859
THE worst man in Europe is dead ana +,
is idle to regret that he should not hav. ~
Cured the visible penalties of his fal,.b. -,
and OF his obstinate cruelty. Orlirs,,
criminals. even if they escape the semen, :.
OF the law, suffer Il lifelong punishm.p, T..
their chronic terrors, and in the general -.
probation Of society Justice is nar,..,,.
INDICATED whenever the offender j. 49,,
scious of his crime and of the degrad,t y.
which he has undergone or meritei Ii.
indeed, the object OF all penal Justice. ryc,.
in It's wilder form of revenge, to bring HON.
by force to the most hardened conseien,.
conviction OF it, baseneSs and guilt; ami n,
villain who dies, not only in external mr.,
perity, but III the enjoyment of compla,.,.
self-rlghteousness, leaves behind him All ,a.
satisfied loathing which might have been A.
peased by his condemnation to tho dun.
or the scaifold.
The Ldsza,One PdtuiiH, ~ he wa. ne.
named by Giusti, possessed something otr,.
vigor which becomes Il tyrant, in addition
the pertiiy and ferocty which form the IN y.
prominent features Of the character Tbnu,.
personally deficient III courage, he had lear
ed in the latter part of his reign to l..
with the calmness Of ripe experience
imaginary political dangers. When he 49,.
told that the nation would rise against M.
rule, or that his torture OF innocent m.-
would provoke the indignation Of Eur
he calculated rightly on the preponierll
Of his military force, and Oh the imp,tcr..
of mere opinion. His sagacity pcrcc.,-,
that England aud France would never n.
together even when they combined in VIII.
drawing their representatives from the Cur.
of Naples. In the affair of the C4yitq,. II.
pursued his course of insulting injustice 20,
Ill it became necessary TO yield 10 the r-
monstrances of the English Goyernm,a.
and he Enthusiastically perseyerei III q.
fusing 10 satisfy similar demands on H
part OF Sardinia. TO the diplomatists pi +.
Paris Congress, who recommended him
reform his administration for his own Sea-
rity and interest, he answered with imrrr,
nable logic. that force and severity were q.
most certain means of enforcing Submi,,
upon subjects. His irritating proof III.
the Imperial Government of France w..
similar in character 10 his own, thru.
strictly true, must be- condemned n ~ A.
Of useless mprudencc. When it l., add
that the Neapolitans themselves ron>lir..
the King the least Objectionable membe,
his family. the .ucumiast of the drcra,-.
must admit that he has exhausted all leg.
mate sources of eulogy
Many potentates in former ages, ani ".
or two in the present generation, have vIo.'
ted constitution after swearing 10 malnam
it. The King of Naples, a. if from dl>Il
terestcd love of ialsehood, took unuerr,sar
oaths that he might enjoy ut the SAME TN.
the advantages of absolute power and tn
conscious pleasure Of falsehood. Early m
1913, Ferdinand ii. embarrassed all h..
neighboring Soyereigns by the VOLUNTARY
grant of liberal Constitution, and shorty
afterwards he protested to General Pepr su'
others, his firm resolution to take part III ti'
national rising against Austria. As 50
as the troops were IN position to serve u.
common cause, the King suddenly recalIt
them; but when he took advantage If n d,
turbance to suppress the liberties which b.
had granted, he seemed to exhibit, by on
more swearing to preserve the doomed CT
stitutiOn, u sort of gratultous supcrtctatI
Of perjury. La this instance however, BIZ
hypocrisy had purpose, for he wa bent 20
preventing the victims who had tru tel hh
promises, from eyading the fearful con-.
qusnces of their credulity. The subselutD
prosecution of POerio and Of his compani.0'
in misfortune, is as Familiarity known II, ID.
unrelenting malignity with which the Rpys
vengeance was carried out. innocent
known to their prosecutor to be innocent
and for that very reason beyond the res
of pardon-they lay for eight or nine year
in chains, exposed to the caprice OF Pe'''
officials, and deprived of all the extepn
are among the first conditions of endurao.
life Only few weeks since some of then
were met here and there in London society
accomplished and courteous gentemen d
firm and moderate opinions, without tam
of the demagogue, the fanatic, or the c'..
spirator Some had grown old IN letters.
had wasted an recoverable portion Of the1
Iives-and one or two emerged rs mata''
and thoughtful men, from the dunge
which they had entered as boys.
1T must not be supposed that the oppTr'
sion of Naples was exhausted in SIM
process, however numerous its objects. ~
the Continent and in Sicily, all but the io'
est classes were ruled by system Of teri
and demorali2ed as far as possible by the p.
enlargement Of political dclatiOn. IL Is u.
more necessary to stigmatize the memory
Ferdinand III. because his crimes were pr
porous and successful. lie had crushed J.
slstance, he had silenced remOnstranrc, o.
from his own subjects, at least, he hal AZ
parently nothing to fear As if 81 proyrtl
tenacity of his good fortune, he died On ID.
eve Of it's decline-ietir et10m opp0rt"nd'.
mOytis. A few months more Of his re-.
would probably have facilitated the oG
break Of domestic conspiracies under H.
fatal patronage of France. The danger
still imminent; but it may possibly b" ave.
ted, if the successor Of the tyrant, thouta
deficient in vigor and originality, prove,
be accessible to salutary couns"I-. ~.
grant of constitution and the frank "i 3.
ton of liberal and national polIrT h.'
still. save his dynasty, notwithstanding "
shameful annals and its degraded char"tt''
to be useful TO the cause Of Italy"