The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-09
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y Arrr HrxsxoxIl, relates that on . particu-
~ rer.ston. when his hsro, the fsaowned Don
nr,rorx px La MAxcHA.wHs riding through a /
s.rs.In wood, inteAt upon The fulnilment Of
~. .rsat duty Which hs had voluntarily as-
.uued Of rishsing Ill wrongs and undressing |
All grievances, befng startisd BY cries Of dis. |
tress not far oG, and gaIioping 70 the spot he |
discovered peasant engaged In the eedifying |
Amusement OF sccorging = servant lad, and |
Immediately compelled him TO desist. A
grand arbiter In all such cases, he enquired into
the subject matter Of Disagreement between |
the rartics, and received from both statements
Of grievances which did not differ from each
other n xrea, deal moro than is common on
euch cccasions The master complained that
The servant was d lazy rascal. who received
his nav. and ate his mutton, without render
ing aay "a uivalsnt IN tho shape Of work. The
servant retaliated, by denying the statement
:. to,o. aha substituting one of his own, to the
affect that while the master compelled him TO
work like a galley slave, he starved him into
the leannsss Of mummy, and that whereas
ofysois per week for his services, he had, though
having faithfully served him many weeks, not
only never seen the color Of his coin, but had
on the contrary been severely logged las per
example1 when he had demanded the same.
The knight with degree Of inpartiaiity quite
equal 10 anything Of the kind which we find
recorded Of a modern jury, having heard ooth
sides. raye iudgmentin favor of the plaintiff,
LAT ID uofo mi release
him from durance vile, but to render unto
him, wholly and In good faith, the sum OF
which he professed to be defrauded, ana from
that time forth, to forbear the punishment OF
stripes for any and every offence, on pain OF
his kniehtly displeasure. Finding the MAJOR
~ ed. an the side Of the judge, the peasant s"ai-
Ioxved his modification with the best grace ne
conld and promised punctual compliance
with the terms of the command. Saashed
with the humility Of his submission, the knight
took his leave, and pursued his Journey Iuii
OF exultAtion in the success OF this essay 70
fulfill mission which he esteemed the most
glorious that was ever entrusted to man. very
different, however, were the feelings OF the in
diyidual in whose favor the knIghtly preroga-
tive had been exercised with so much appa-
rent success; for no sooner had his protector
rotten beyond the reach of hearing and sight,
than he was once moro seized by his master,
stripped to the buff. and, in the expressive
language of the translator, literally flayed
alive
The moral of this tale is pointed by the his
tory of Sardinia during the last twelve months
For the greater part of that time all Europe
rang with her cries of distress. At last a
champion appeared, to redress her grievances
and compel her oppressor to do her justice
His blows were heavy, and delivered with ra-
pidity. The culprt suffered from the inf1ic-
ton but before he was sufficiently humbled
10 lay aside thoughts Of revenge for the future.
or sufficiently reduced in strength to render
fresh aggressions impossible, the knight-errant
gave over the infection, and who knows what
is next to come Other enterprises of still
greater difficulty present themselves. Prus-
sia is 10 be humbled; Waterloo is TO be avenged |
another defeat may PROSTATE the power OF |
France, another French Emperor may perish |
on the Rock Of st. Helena; and, in the mean |
time, the power Of Austria is still unbroken, |
her troops are as numerous as ever, her ambi- |
ton not less than it was before her late re- |
verses, and her animosity kindled to the last |
extremity of deadly and unappeasable hatred. |
In the absence of her champion, then, what
becomes of Sardinia Without a fortress to
protect the eastern part of Lombardy, with
bat twenty -four hours march between Milan |
and the Mincio-with her prestige in Italy ut |
terly gone-with no friend to look to in the |
hour of her distress--how long will she be en- |
abied to maintain that indepe ndence of which
her friends 80 justly boasted but two months |
ago, or resist the overwhelming mass Of Aus
irian power to which she is, and must CONT
nue. to be- exposed Infinitely worse is her |
condition than 1t was before; If Austria pun
ished her with stripes then, she will scourge
her with scorpions now. The weight OF
her thumb, hereafter, will be heavier than
her whole loins heretofore No country had |
ever such cause to cry, "save me from my
friends" |
The folly of attempting to make any per- |
manent change for the better, as long as Aus |
tria continues to be an italian power must b. /
evident to any man who will take the trouble |
10 reflect for moment. Italy, said General
Bo.APAnTE, in 1896, must be conquered in the
North-that is to say, the Austrians must be
driven out before it can be conquered. That
he regarded all else so easy Of
accomplishment that 1t might be done by
couple of divisions. Otherwise, it will be
easy for the Austrians to overturn, whenever
q convenient opportunity offers, any arrange
ment that may be entered into without her
consent, or not in accordance with her inter-
est Already, since she first began to NEEDLE
in Italian affairs, she has lost Lombardy thir-
teen times and recovered it twelve. That she
will recover it thirteenth time, whenever
the present Emperor Of the French dies or
changes his policy, or whenever government
with views different from his may happen to
rule In France, is palpable enough. In the
meantime, the present arrangement, rs far as
II IL understood, leaves her completely
mistress OF the peninsula. She is in
possession Of Venice, the four fortresses
upon the Mincfo, and the Adige; she
has three hundred thousand troops be.
tween those two rivers already; by means of
her three railroads, she can indefinitely in
crease their number, whenever it may be
Judged necessary. In the confederation she
will be omnipotent, for the Pope himself is
supposed to sympathise with her, as there can
be no doubt that the King of Naples does
Then the Grand Duke Of Tuscany, and the
Duke Of Modena, who fed to tho Austrians
upon the first suggestion Of agitation in their
State, are to be restored, and observation-disclosures
murmur, there arc half million Of Ffench |
and Austrian bayonets just across the Pc. to |
drive them into submission. Sardinia with
Lombardy, will represent e.OO0000 Of people |
in the confederation Austria. with Tuscany, |
Nodena. the legations, and Naples, Will rep |
resent Ioooo,eoo. II Austria WIN il the Con- |
stitntion Of sardinia never can be restored. |
ana that she vip win II, thers cannot be the |
shadow IL Z doubt for there 10 nothing SO
dane.rors o osspetisna - representative |
torre 81 sov6fnuaent and nothing which the |
s..retan 81 Austria In particular so thorough |
= deassss ~ any man doubt that she
IN naxs il in hsr power to crush Sardi-
- "a NY moment she may think pro-