Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-05-30

.aHQ nirfeLcl At attalA-As AAk@tIf was -
reply. The king shut himself up BENTle
surrounded his residence with soldiers. n
z king, finding be would Be shipped fer e
gland, gave ln. Tie queen Esnt to Fisnni
ubsTs, - year A. disd Of q brokth hes
because he Congress Of 1874 rrfussd 70 tai
Naples : On MvRA4. A yssr later, Box
: PARTS was sent to EIba, Lord BtSrIcK n
turned 70 England. the ~Viear-geueral's pow
wa st an ed, FEEprNAED rssunedhh powe
TIE liberal ministry we're replaced by sbs'
= ~lutists, bat the king, in bis speech on II
!" opening Of the chambers in 1914, said 81 n
D gard the constitution with feelings Of the tel
asrsst assctlon.7 This was the beginning
new troubles.
The treaty Of Vienna restored FEnDNAE
TO Naples; three days after that treaty va
signsd, be entered into a compact with Aus
!, tria that he would admit Of nc innovation
not 10 sccordancs with he prtrGes ssopfs
= bv ausfria n tie f~atraal gOreAnsai % z
y lalsaa proriHoss. A vicerov was spPointe
FOR Sicily, a mere tool Of the Nespolits
Y court To newspapers vtrs 81 suspended
he printers were sumnoned before one Of h
. ministers and Threatened with the EaleFs 9
tbsv printed anything without the knowledg
2 and consent Of the government. Obtaininl
r n. eonssut q he English Minister, Lon
b c.srrruEAsH-a high Tory sbsolutist, whs
! 4.5 By his own hands. cursed By the mass o.
Z The EngIsh peonls. o. whose liberties be Wa
, ~. snemv-the king. In December, 1916, de-
elsred Naples and Sicily enc kingdom, ana
announced that h took ne whole offAs gorsrA-
neuf in his oisa kands. Like the rest Of The
Bourbons, On bis adversely be had learned
nothing, and forgot nothing.1 This act can
eeTed the sieIlian consultation; the legacy Of
Count RosrH, with an rs glorious attendants,
vas s~xtingulshsd By this bad and peuured
nsn.
The natural consequences ensusd the PEG
pie, high spirited, independent, and iTspressi-
BE vutaTiss q liberty were diseOntsnisd. Ia
$50 a rsToigtion broke ou., king FERD,EANp
called in the aid Of Russia, despotism was re-
established; executions, exile, im~prisouments,
md eohfsestions followed. In lS25 The king
died Of appoplsxy, bis son FsASc1s succeeded
hin, be was a puppst OF h. Jesuits and a des-
pot. In 1880 FERuISASD II assembled the thrsn
Il twenty years Of age. Being The nephew Of
L7UIs PHILIPPE king ofFrsner, that monarch
urged him to mate concessions 70 bis subjects.
FEEDISASDrepiiedtha liberty was fataIto the
BOurbOns, that bis people had no asosssfiy 70
ASK for fhszsslpes, be would be king alone.
and alwSys king. he Of course showed 10
symnsthy towards the Institutions Of Sicily.
and was consequently 50 unpopular there that
when be visited the island be was received
Eith eoldnsss. This filed him with bitter per-
sonal hostility towards the unfortunate sieil-
ians5 and be took care they should feel the cen
'squsnees. In 1887 the cholera RACED in Naples;
believing it contagious. Sicily, like other M
lions, established quarantine. The Nespolran
government rssolutely brOks the quarantine.
sending to Palermo a ship filed with clothing
and aeeOutreuens Of soldiers Who disd Of the
Lalady. Immediately tie disease broke oui.
Palermo with a population o. a hundred an {
seventy thoussnd persons, lost thirty thousand
y the dreaded cholera. With tears for de-
ceased relatives were mirg Cd bitter curses on
be ling, who was regarded a. their murderer.
fhs peoples wrath was irrepres,ibls; IN 10
iurrection broke out. The oppottunitT was
not lost; the hirsling Swiss regiments cut dow.
be unfortunate Insurgents with bloody havoc.
Over a hundred persons we're afterward exc
Gated, and great numbers Imprisoned. State
AID ecclesiastical nhers were filed with Bour-
bons. the lower priesthood were made spies,
and the secrets o. the confessional we're vio-
lated Martial law became 3 permanent in
sutufion. TaEatiou was made oppressive,
monopolies we're e~rsslsd; tie proceeds prinel-
Pally went to Naples. The people were in
poyerishsd, agriculture, trade, and manufae-
lures lsnguishsd, roads we're neglected, the
highways swarmsd with bandittl, towns fell 70
ruin, the polio. spies were everywhere, the
press was under a s'riet censorship, education
vas discouraged, and all testimonies Of re-
'pset 70 The msnory Of eminent Sieiuans
strictly prohibited astrelsonabie
We have traced the changing fortunes Of a
noble people for seven hundred years. Its fate
vas q ehequered one. Is suferinzs were the
consequences Of lis virtues. It Fell into The
hands Of evil men and became a signal martyr
in the glorious cause OF liberty. Deeper and
sunk the torturinE weapon directed BY
he hand Of tyranny. With a rare and holy
soustsney, the s eiians continued true to
the impulses Of liberty through all. The dss-
pot might inprison and kin, bat be couu not
God bless such a noble people. and
give them eventually The success they are now
struggling Tor.
Wehavs Followed he S~icilaas 10 e sad and
era In their histOry-iarknsss,
'ouoW, and almost despair envelope them.
he next scene in he historical drama is TIE
and eventfui era ofIs4s. in the wonder
I'd occurrences Of which Sicily bad a prominent
Tomorrow We shah trace its course
through that period Of revelation and kingiy
iiiainy, bringing the history down 10 The time
.hen, as the recent Europssn sivisss have
Us, the heroic G~ARfsALDI rEshed
Isif-sa-hheingly to the aid OF oppressed Sicily.