The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-11
European Affairs.


more menacing than 1t ever has done. We had
hoped everything from the revolution which
GAalBALDI was conducting with so little
bIoodshed from Palermo TO Naples. 1t was
evident to us that the people wished to rid
themselves Of a detested tyrant, who had dis
eraced the age in which he lived, by cruelties
that would have been regarded as too mon
strous for belief had they had they not been
proved by evidence which 1t was impossible to
controvert We believe in the right Of every
people To choose their own form OF govern
ment and ii was evident TO us that the people
of the Two Sicilies did not wish the BOUR-
: BoNs TO rule over them. We desired, above
all things, TO see Italy independent and united,
from the Alps to the Straits OF Messina We
knew that could only be accomplished by the
exercise of the utmost prudence, and that pru-
dence we believed GARIBALDI to possess. His
great qualities we still admire. We are not
disposed to withhold our tribute Of praise to
his brilliant courage, his tactical Skill his love
of his country, and his entire disinterested-
ness We regard him as patriot ready to
lay down his life on the altar OF bis country
but we begin 10 be very fearful that he has be-
come intoxicated with success and that his
vanity has gotten the better of his judgment
at the very moment when he ought to have
the fullest possession Of his reason.
Who was the man that gave to Italy a
chance of retrieving herself2 Beyond all
question, the Emperor NAPOLEON. Who was
the maj that prevented Austria from crush
ing the popular movement in Sicily the mo-
ment it begunl The same Emperor NAPOLEON.
Austria, twelve years ago, overran Piedmont,
and Frustrated her apparently beyond the
hope Of recovery. What prevents her from
repeating the blow at this time? The fear of
NAPOLEON and his terrible legions. But for
them, Sardinia would never have acquired the
tran.padane provinces last year. They stood
BIZ and saw that Austria did not Interfere
Under the auspices of NAPoLKoN, Sardinia
was rapidly expanding into great Kingdom,
embracing the whole Of Italy. The doctrine
of n-interyention, which he established,
enabled GARlBALDI to accomplish his mira.
Giles.
la all his projects for the regeneration of
Italy, NAPOLEON was seconded by the King Of
Sardinia. That monarch had endeared him.
self To all Italy, and all Italy desired him for
its King The great statesman CAvoUR was
his adviser. They worked together for the
general good of Italy. They saw that it would
be ruinous to attack Rome, which France was
pledged to defend. They besought GARIBALDI
not to think of it, since it would ALLEVIATE
them from their mighty ally, without whose
aid in preventing others from interfering it
was impossible to save Italy from INVASION
They besought him not to think OF attacking
Venitia, since it would bring all Germany,
we'll enough disposed to let them do with the
rest OF Italy what they liked, in a body upon
them.
From present appearances, it would seem
that GARIBALDI is determined upon a course
W hch must render futile all efforts to con-
soiidate and secure the independence OF Italy.
He proclaimed, in Sicily, his intention to free
all Italy bat we hoped that he meant nothing
more than to regenerate the Kingdom of Ma
Piles, 10 annex il to Sardinia and TO leave the
rest 20 the slow but sure operation of time
Since he has arrived at Naples, however, he
has left no room to doubt what his intentions
actually are He sets at defiance the wishes
of the Emperor NAPOLEON, to whom, what.
ever may have been his Intentions, Italy owes
more than she does TO all the rest of the world
In letter three or four lines long he demands,
OF his own sovereign, in the naughty tone of a
conqueror TO asubject King, the dismissal of the
great Statesman, to whose wisdom and foresight
he was indebted for the opportunity to immor-
tati2e himself in Sicily and Caiabria. He pro-
claims his intention TO enter Rome at the head
of his victorious army, and there to proclaim
VICTOR ExANURL King Of Italy-a proclama.
ton which supposes his raw levies capable of
defeating the formidable legions of NAPo.
LEON, scarcely cleansed from the smoke
of Solferino and the troops of his own king
who stood side by side with them on that
bloody day. His programme extends still
farther than this. He is TO hurl his irregu.
lar troops against 100000 Austrians, lying be-
hind the famous quadrangle Of fortresses,
aud backed by all Germany. He separates
a'lnseil' h's', from ms own king, thereby pro-
dueing an inevitable disunion among ~.
Italians, when their whole united ,,r.n..s
not match for Austria. He render. i. =.
possible for the French to come to the .,a :.
Italy. When be has thus weakened ana a.
yidsd his forces, he concsives the idea ~ a.
'Ag what all OF Them united could not AZ.
compiish. He goes even farther than thi.
but little time ago, ali Italy was unani.
nous Ior consolidation under VIoToR EXAM
uEL' Uhaer The influence Of MAzzrNI. II an.
pears Ina. ne now thinks Of erecting Nanlex
INTO Hrpuoiic. He derives no wisdom from
the LESSONS OF experience. He forsets vhs,
the doctrines OF MAzziHI did once nefora for
Italy. He has no memory OF the bloosx ~
cesses Of ten years ago, cuiminatins In ~.
murder Of Count RossI. He hugs IN. D.
Republican TO his heart and pardon. RI.
for having once before turned ali the ho,..
Of his country TO dust and ashes. All thi.
appears 70 ~ Like the superIauve Of mad. |
ness.
In the meantime, new Holy Alliance
iooms gioomfy In the distance. casting In
dssk shsdow across tbs sntirs oonsinsat Of |
Europa. AustriA Russia and rrussls haye /
met y eoseiavs - warsaw. Thsir psogramms
y ths enppreseicp 0f free principles throush.