New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-21
GARIBALDI AND SICILY.

spectinc the movements of Garibadi are now ex-
Ilaned, and there can be doubt that that gallant
captain has devoted his sword and his life
in most perous enterprise for the freedom of his OPP
pressed eounlrymen. Oaribadl, our correspondent
1T Turin yesterday informed the public, Set sail IRON
Genoa on the light of Friday last, and expected
to reach the Slcllian coast on Sunday with him 90
chosen few OF those Cacciatori dele Alpl whose eX-
plOts achieved this time list year AT Como and Va
re against better soldiers than serve King Francls,
fresh in memory, and "a number of officers who
acquired the General confidence III his South Amerl
csn and Italian campaigns This little band to be
in meuiately followed by another, which, without JUS
tiiymg tie description OF an ''expedtonary eorPs
ddrMte," since apIlied 10 1t by the Pdirse, Will
doubtless prove strong enough supposing il TO effect
h,nding TO enable GarbaIdi to give organization,
unity and firm basis to the patriotic movement, aud
to secure the ultimate triumph of the nation the
BsuTbons, iis deadl'est enemies Inc great want OF
tie Sicans il firearms and leaders accustomed TO
create which the work of the late Kings life, one
fJr which he has received considerable credit, has dis
ting ed sef in the recent conflicts only by bar
barity and of discipline. 10 plumber houses and
moEasteries murder women and Children aud lire
towns makes up the OF its bravery and skill. lie
private and authentic letters of English travellers are
full Of contempt for the military character OF the royal
soldery. Still, when large numbers OF them well pro-
yided with artillery into collision with small
bodies Of alarmed insurgents, they generally though
not always get the victory.
Expectation viii now be strained to learn the for
tune vi Guribalds expedition, what obstacles 1t
encountered sea, and what reception the coast.
The telegraph informs Us from Paris that the Sardinin
Government has ordered its vessels oil Sicily TO OPP
pose the Generals landing. We trust, for the sake OF
he reaoe of Europe, that TIE Sandman commanders
may be- 90 unucky not TO fall IN with the General.
The situation OF the Piedmontese Government would
be difficult enough il Garbaldi 10 fall IN an un-
slc e. siul to succor an Italian population
struggling with oppression, while the King was recely-
ing tie homage OF Central ltay but the active inter-
yeniiOn OF that Government 10 cut oil aid from Sicily
would destroy tie moral aud political influence OF Count
the direct pt off
new Italian kingdom into the hands OF extreme and
violent men. Certainly the Sandman Cabinet has
most difficult duty To perform. Up to tins time has
enoeaN Ued jealousy, III the Lace VI the greatest dis
couIagemeLt To effect the emancipation and ndepend-
ence Italy by amicabe negotiation with the Nea-
poian government
To an Englisbuan there ID something absurd, almost
leading to doubts OF its sincerity III the proposal 70
laInonize constitutional liberty with the rule of the
BourbOns at Naples Yet IL has been adopted AT Turn
in good faith and prosecuted seduously. The coOper-
ton OF the Two siclles with free Italy il essential TO
the full Independence OF the Peninsula and that in
depeideee has been uniformly sought by Piedmont in
ureieience to all selfish territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, only
Hose wi have from the rs misunderstood the policy
OF that kingdom be surprised that II should seek 10
secure tie aid of the Southern Kingdom 10y diplomacy
i:,tler than through revolution. Inc chances ot
cess must be admitted are, and always were, of the
smallest, and we can quite sympatLze with those who,
locking merely ut the desc rts of the NeapOlltan Gov
eminent belray the most lively impatience of negota-
tiuus with thai desposm. Std, the Pledmontese Coz
erumcn has had III ties To perform, and mas faithfully
enGeayored 10 large them. The time seems now
to have come when will be difficult for 1t to maintain
the forms OF friendship with Government which
is blind the teachings OF history and deaf to the sg
geslions OF patriotism.
The tyranny of the Neapolitan Government becomes
more fipatical and bloodhlrsty every day. At Paer
NO citizens are executed in crowds suspicion.
Carni place OF ~ 00U inhabitants, IL given to
tie flames after a ruthless slaughter, and after tue
Young women of the place have been violated in the
churches. To keep friends with the Government
which autl OrlZes these atrocities, Count CayOur has
to exert himself in direct opposition to the wishes and
hopes Of tie nation. The nuskes the produce of the
Ghiitaldi subscription fund.- We've not 10 be had from
the arsenal of GENOA, where they had been deposited,
when they were wanted and III letter from Turn, 1t
is said, although know not with what truih that
tie Lance OF that fund lying in the hands OF banker
al Milan has been attached in the OF the Govern
melt. OF course thls cannot 20 on. Count CavOur
nay chOole his own way Of working for Italy, but he
cannot work against her, to please a inn
Ior,ant neghbor than King Francis.
The Pdfrie has osicniatiOurly announced that by
what he has Just done, Gen. Garbald has commit
"ted an action which falls within the application OF
" tie laws OF piracy" We fail To perceive the pur-
Iose of this information, which is, moreover, quite
ru eriuous. We did not require TO be reminded the
terlls which are uniformly applied alike 10 the hisest
aud notest enterprises rregulaly undertaken by pri-
waite iIen atGsi those who have, by birth crime,
accident, leeome invested with the supreme All
tbority IN Stale. Traitor and pirate ugly words
invented to describe ugy dredstne sacrifice vi great
interests, hhhlioh peace, monarch rule, 10 private
ambition aud personal aims. They have no moral
meaning, and scarcely technical meaning in lhe
pIeseni case. y deyout mind might wisely adore the
Divine power IN any stroke when should sniie down
once for all Tie bas hemous anarchy which, although
crowned at Naples, has, by It's crimee placed itself
cut OF the pale OF all systems and sanctions of law,
which Isl ever coneup lntu the pence and happiness
of mankind. 'ialibaldi movement may not DO pleas
ing 70 all Governments, but Il tx at any rate, 'ialiaI
The General IL the agent of no one He gocs-not
Ike Gen. iAmoriciere, TO defend pseudo-theoerey,
with the consent Of AN Emperor reigning by tho
viii OF the peopebu, against the Will OF his Sovsr'
egn, SIMPLY in The interests Of freedom and order, NO
other natlop-Englsh Austgnn, or French-has any