New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-23
THEODORE FARMER on THE ITALIAN
WAR
MoSIREUx, Switzerland, June %. 1879.

MoNTRBtN, SWtzerland, June -, 1917
To al ne GOOD Pc pie Of the Tcny oyAA Cossrcsaa,ss g.
cisty, Ptc-Ee GssSnh-sd:
Young Men and Women, and Men and wome. ~
longer young: Far of in body let me salute yea -
face 10 face in spirit so indeed we are for teeI -
ne you if my eye read your welcome and familiar
faces, and saw there Whist you have been doing the
last i've months. A year sgo, when told you of the
great osk trees lear by about large as JOAN p.
Hale 10 circumference who stood up before you
the urit o. measure, | had a dim presentimest
that should not be with you bodily at your
next annual mee,ins--for then felt the approach
Of the evils which have SO disturbed me s,ncs and
wa, long in recovering from the night fatgues Of thss
fest al day But did no, then think that whes yos
should again look at Wellington Hill, 100 or 800
feet high the Pic du MIDI, 10000 feet high, sheeted
with snow would seem to me. How little do
We know what shall happen That tall mountains
passes for nothing in this Alpine family Of gIaots-"oks
IN nj my wludow all day; and all night long glttsu
white in the surrounding darkness; then bushes roey
red morning comes up the sky. The snow shifts
ana It's top and sides trom day to day; bus
never wholly disappears It's said. can throw wal
nat from MY chamber into the Lake Of Genevs, whose
blue green waters so fair all day. Handsome vine
yards all around me here; yet their crop is not 10
lair own Indian corn--the Pocahontas OF the
vegetable world the great American Express vt tho
cereal grasses. The chateau Chllou il within fifteen
minutes wak-buIt y rock in tho lake a few yards
from the shore, where the water Is 800 feet deep-Ay
say Ii is very old; there castle there, used ~
prson in $50, aud he present structure was put IN
its present shape III l!io.
A romantic little village full of old houses with ts
grey church. perched ON the side OF the mouu
tam, or two hundred feet above my head. Most
picture, que the pie asant places where the lines Of
my present lot have fallen to me- 30 good comes out
OF eYll
The people here seem contented and happy, AMI look
INTEL gent and vntuous; they work less than We, sarc
= h. MT ia A.
ture but by tie toll of many generations. Eos while
IN New England, our last cultivation of the soil Is not
30 year, old here you count the tIumphs OF industry
by thousands ot years think the vine Guilty. aed
here before the tine of julius Caesar not to speak OF
corn and other needinl things which human toll wooed
of this sunny land perhaps 5000 1000 years ago.
The coil II poorer than what you sand ON, and moro
stony too the Slopes are sleeper than the most abfaps
d,sCents about you. Bat labor cOnquers all the steep
ountan sides notched into terraces, whose SIDES
protected by the stones which once numbered tho
ground; the shores lined with stone TO Withstand
the pashiDga of the uneasy lake. The soil is
rich 10y DIT, and bears enormous crops OF costly
grapes. 4 love to see the Indian corn scattered
6ere ard there among the vines. Nothing is lost;
foot Of coil, no ray Of sunshine on a wall, but
al apicot, peach or grape is rlpeDiog there. US
has Lot driven Beauty on, men are no. cootent with
the sublime # nature, they mist have the handsome
arttce Of flowers. Pink, hOllyhocks msrigods,
gill; flowers aud the qnecuy bloom in all the little
gardens ln the hOMely windows Of st one cottage
III the narrow street Of MontIeux, You will find
fLer show Of cacuses than AL tropie Santa Cruz now
preseuts it, proud and lazy inhabit ants equally
inca pabe and regardless Of beauty. Here, too, all IL
pcace-t Is the INCIDENTS Of peace have been speak
itg Of Bat only ~ miles oil, as tbs crow flies. arc
tie futposts Of tie Alcsi two armies, numbering
800. eco men, drawing near to Kill each Other and
before thee lines reach you suppose they will hsve
REDEEMED the ground with dreadful murder. No doubt
the AustT!ans are the Devil to Italy; their name "
Legion, ard they have possessed many sad year
damnoi Icd,sck, a. the Italians call them. Now,
Napoleon Ill., the Prince Of that class Of Devils the
very Beelzebub comes to cast them ont. II 10 good
to set nd Of the Oid GermaH Derd. even if now
French turns him of Ia this rough fashion, IL u
kind that goes not out, except by fire and sword.
rejoice therefore, 10 every French victory-t gives
Italy some chance tor freedom, though hope Little fr
there elitte Ia iODs.
You and may be thankful that our land Is not trod-
den by the boot of var not yet mean but the days
will come when also must write our great charter
Of liberty in blood. No na,ion in Europe has dlhi
cut problem to solve as America none has greet
contradiction in the national consciousness. Tho
spirit of desposm has Odgmept in the United States
Of America; $50 go Shareholders keep 900 900 IN .
degrading bondage which Europe only knows in hsr
ancient story, MT from present facts. Bsslce tness
are $50 co Uupkers enrrenched behind the colleges,
courts markets and churches of America who aso
armed their way for the defense Of this desPotism.
and deadly hottie to all the institutions OF Demoo
4 great struggle goes on in Europe to- lay, in az
Europe. The ac.usl local, confined TO snail
part Of Italy Il may become general before you resd
this note, md be spread al over the land-fof Tho
causts NJ ryheTe. IL ia the great bsttls Of
man kind against institutions which once helped, but
now binder the progress Of huhani y; human ns.nrs
sgainst the iin atoms Of human history On the ono
side the progressive instincts Of the race, demand
Ing GeYelOpment-the enjoyment 81 their nI1ral
rights; on the other the ecclesiastical and Political
cyua-tes which nov pO,sefs the seats OF power end
the weapons Of hority and ray TO mankind, 'rhus
far bu. no farther" We all know how such quar-
Iels must enG Human instincts are constant fofoe.
continually active, wearing out, while cyaas.ies
perish, and ale not renewed.
The Pope with his Christianity viii go where the
Pont,iex wen. v.ih hi, Hesthenism; ard enc BY one
the desposms o. the kings will yied TO tie consttn
uoLsl Governments Ut the people. "rorward' Up.
ward :" il Gods word If command All snrones, Ell
markets all churches which stand IN tho way, VIII -
,rodden under foot % men The past r9 Of maak nd
is ,,ruosle win the elements and battle sgass. s
Own ruler; bu, the handsome yineyeI Il Of Swzex
land and the cities Of Europe ara the reset. Of
tha. strugg!r; the Constitutional Governments q En-
gland Old and New, the nunphs VOL In IT, 1t bat
i. Aas the i,,ht continue fer years, perhapa
| ar generations. BIT peace - sure 10 at last
In tn grea European strife nd nc man da res appeal
10 America for encouragement. iler 900 so slayes
her attempts 10 revive the African saw. trade her
principles which ay wasts the principle 4 Democracy
and Justice, her chuches lssguei with the stesers f
uep are arguments for cesycti.m an against a Re.
pubic. No doubt AGstIi. j the hi sdmcst State Of
CLn tisn Europe The ncst medley al and despotic;
lgb. enters Ru-r's, aud welcome whil Austria re-
| pes the dawn Of aay. But .hs despctsm has
| no, slsNe While democratic fnsIca chains one
seventh 81 Der poyglgt0n aud IL 90 600 men for
sale. France the al Of ri. mg Italy America tho
helper q Austria, which wou hold back the void.
Even IN yoVr festivities, De A! friends | beg you Ia
remember hs, Ard nct be- 'irmndtl OF what we
the world 'ius' you viii enjoy the day before you
end retaIn home the wiyeg f.. your de!gat. kno
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