Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-22
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TIE siCiilAS BEvuIrTIuN.

THE siCiilAS REVOLUTION.
Even the Neapolitan government, reckless n. i,
/ - q! statements, does not venture 10 deny thu
! uniycrsahty of the Sciliau nsurrec ton The old
! prctencc. that 1t IL only party, few dIscnll.
tented spirits. who have rovoltea a.an. the con
stituteI Authority, has IN this case never been al
yancol. Tho facts arc too inuch against such mn
assertion. " la,Gver may b. the Gaze in the city
ui naples aud IN Tho continental domiaions # the
Hing, it has never been pretended that any part or
the Scllian peop., is IN favor oi Tho royal author
T.. la the pr1camaiions whiul, tho Neapoltau
General puts forth IN Sicily he never appeals to
the sympathy Of any class Of the people Ilo cuiis
upon The ARMY to stand by their cnlors aud al.
jures the hlellnns AS nation to remain faithful to
the thfOae; bat he never tells landowners or tra.
de~meI, or peasants, that they thons lves have ~
grievance, and that their interest is to remain
faithful to the royal authority, Both from tie nd.
dresses whlch the Kings pihrer, have ssued tp tho
people and from their desraleh9s to Naples. We
aie prepared To learn that the entire land NJ stor
raey, midlo c.ns and peasants. are carrying ON ~
war io the kalie against the reval forces.
Various aui contradictory accounts have l,cn
rccei oi respec'ing, tho State of affairs nj pacru,
IL seems however, 10 be certain thnt tho iroop.
were stIll coHned 10 the citadel, aud that Carl
hlldl hol the town 20 as 10 keep them wi,hin
their works. An artnisiice wns a..tced up1p un.
Ill reference 10 Naples should deern ian wheth-
er tbc kin9 willing Ia agree to l,e term. ,,t
the capitnlation. The hing whn ior the li,nc Ia
spite ol agitation IN the capita hnvc been
buoyei up 10y the hope Of French or Austrian IN
teryenion. rntnscd to agree to the terms whah
were arranged on board the Hannibal. Tn. ar
inisfce, which wn@ cnuclulcd Oh The 2oin u May
was on the II cl June prolonged for ten ,nv>
more. This delay viii hardly alter ,ie position oi
the comhatants. Tho King Of Naples ha. not
many troops to send. Tho position Of III,
capital aud thern disrlo;s,i the kinsdam bi in:
taken into consideration. On the other ha i eve
ry day will add t. the strength Of tirabaldI il-
troops have besa hastily raised. and have been ON
ly once pnlrr fire. They form but u small por-
ton "t the islanders who are fpcking To ls staIi-
dard Wben the taking oi Palermo and the con
facmcnt Of the troops to the citadel become nova
the instruction will spread. and numbers vii.
Join the pntrpc party who If the victory hnl been
gained at once, would have remained q4lelv n
home.
Indeed unless the Kings troops are largely re.
iniorced, they must lac soon forced to surrender
Confined as they are to two or three points Oh the
island and without the means OF Obtaining food
except by sea- the contest cannot be u long one.
should the Scilians not take their positions
by assault. Only one hope remains for them the
intervention Of some foreign Power Such an
Intervention has been solicited in more quarters
than one, but we cannot think that anywhere
there is an idea of responding to the invitation:
cned to make IL diversion from Trieste. But
Austria, though obstinate enough has still tue
prudence Of all conservative Powers. 1t is impos-
siblo to suppose that Austria will Lc mad enough
to interpose where she win have against her not
only the feelings Of the whole liberal forces in Eu-
rope but also the whole strength of her French RI
val and the reprobaton Of the British government
The ships of this country will certainly not be ~
lowed to interfere as long as the quarrel is conf
ned to an Italian monarch rs ts subjects; but il
would be strong trial, even OF English patience
if we were to Austrian frigatcs landing troops
at Palermo and Messina. France. which, having
been lately the antagonist OF Austria feels herself
bound to oppose any undue Interference Of her ri
val, is likely to be even more more moved by any
naval movement in the Adriatic. The court of
Vienna could only show its impotence by an ex-
petition in aid.of the King Of Naples. An inva-
sion Of Sicily is n far creator enterprise than u
march from the Ticino to Turin. Let Austria
remember how it Jared with her on that occasion,
and not attempt fortune an element OF which
her forces only exist by suterance.