Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-11


Interesting from Sicily.
GARIBALDI's QUARREL WITH La FARINA.-
According to the telegram received here to-day
from Palermo, Col. Medci's impending attack
OH Milazzo had decided the King of Naples to
give orders for the complete evacuation OF Sic
lily by the Neapolitan army, and their with
drawal to his continental dOmnions. Although
this telegram stands in need of confirmation
it seems beyond dispute that Garibaldi's cause
is working on, dispite the disease his troops
suffer from, and the diplomatic intrgues his
Govern ent is pestered with.
Garibaldi's open breach with the Cavour
party, viz: the expulsion from Sicily of La
Farina, the notorious marpiot, and of Signors
Gricelli and Totti, Coricans by birth, and Be-
napartists police agents by profession has
given rise sto very contradictory comments on
the part of the European press a private
letter OF Carloads to London friend, which
has been communicated to me with the per-
mission to state its principal contents in the
Tribune, will leave no doubt as TO the real
bearing of the case Garibaldi's letter is of
date anterior to his decree of the 9TH inst. by
which the three aforesaid plottera were sum
marty removed from the island, but it fully
explains the points at issue between the Gen
eral and Mnister-between the popular Dicta-
tor and the dynastic Grand ViZie- in one
word, between Garibaldi and Cavour The
latter in secret understanding with Louis
Bonaparte, whom Garabaldi stigmatzes as "cet
homme Jlur that false men) and with whom
he toresees "the necessity of measuring his
sword some fine morning"-Cavour then had
determined upon annexing, piece-mca such
slices OF Italian territory as Garibaldi's sword
might cut out, or as popular rsings might
sever from their allegiance. This process of
piece meal annexation to Piedmont was to be
accomaned by simultaneous process of
'pOmnpuSatIOn' SpponH AC
Savoy and Nice had to pay for Lombardy and
the Clutches, SO Sardinia and Genoa were TO
pay for Sicily every new act Of separate an
neXation calling for a new separate diplomatic
transaction with the protector of Piedmont
a second dismemberment to the benefit of
krance,quite apart from the outrage on the in
tegrity and independence of Italy which it
involved, would at once have put an eXtin-
guisher on the patriotic movements at Naples
and Rome. The conviction spreading that to
coalesce under Piedmontese auspices Italy
must grow less and less, would have enabled
Bonaparte to maintain at Naples and Rome
separate governments, independent in name
but for all practical purposes, French vassal-
ages. Hence Garibadi thought it his princi-
pal task to cut off all pretext for French diplo.
matte interference, but as he understood, this
could only be done by preserving to tie move.
ment its pure popular character, and divesting
it Of all appearance Of connection with mere
schemes OF dynaStic ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Sicily
Naples, and Rome once liberated, the moment
would have come for merging them into the
kingdom of Victor Emanuel, if the latter
would take upon himself to keep them, and
defend them, not only from Austria, the enemy
in front, but also from France the enemy in
the rear. Relying, perhaps, somewhat too
much on the good will OF the English govern
ment, and the necessities OF Louis Bonaparte's
situation, Garibaldi presumes that SO long as
he does not annex TO Piedmont any territory
and exclusively relies for the Liberation Of Italy
upon Italian arms, Louis Bonaparte will not
dare to interfere in open violation OF the pre-
texts upon which he commenced the Italian
crusade. However that may be, this much is
sure--that Garibaldi's plan, whether successful
or not, is the only one that, under present cir
cumstances, hold out any chance of rescuing
Italy, not only from its old tyrants and divi.
s0ns, but also from the clutches OF the new
French protectorate. And to battle this plan
was the special errand upon which Cavour had
dispatched La Farina to Sicily, supported by
the two Corsican brothers.
La Farina is native of Sicily, where, in
lS4S, he distinguished himself among the rev
olutionists by his hatred against the republican
party and his intrigues with the Piedmontese
doctrinaires rather than by real energy or
memorable exploits. After the failure OF the
Sicilian revolution and during his stay at Tu
rim, he published Voluminous history of Ita-
ly, in which he did his best to eXalt the Savoy
dynasty, and to SANDER Mazzini With soul
and body bound to Cavour, he imbued the 'Na-
ton Association for Italian unity" with a Bon
apartist spirit and having become its chair
man, handled it as an instrument not for turth-
erng but for impeding all attempts at indie
pendent national action. 1t was quite in keep
ing with these antecedents that, when the first
rumor got atloat of Garibaldi's intended expe-
diton to Sicily, La Farina ridiculed and revil-
ed the very idea of such an expedition When
nevertheless, immediate steps were taken in
preparation of the bold adventure, La Farna
put in movement all the resources of the "Na-
tonal Association" with a view to obsruct it.
When his opposition had failed in discouragng
the general and his men, and when at last the
expedition sailed, La Farina, with cynical
sneers, INDUCED in f0rebodings of the most sin.
lister kind, making himself bold to predict the
immediate and total failure of the enterprise
So soon, however, as Garbaldi had taken Pa
lermo and proclaimed himself dictator, La Fa-
rina rushed to join him, being provided with
commission from Victor Emanuel, or
rather from Cavour which gave him
power to assume the command of the island
in the name OF the king, directly after the an.
nexation had been voted. Being, as he him
self admits, despite his i'll omened antecedents
at first most courteously received by Gariba-
I'll, he at once began to assume the airs of the
master TO intrigue against the ministry of
crisp, conspire with the French police agents,
rally around himself the aristocratc liberals
eager to close the revolution by a vote of sep.
arate annexation, and propose, instead of tile
necessary steps for the expulsion of the Nea-
politans IRON Sicily, plans for the expulsion
from the public administration of the Mazzi.
mans, and other men not to be relied on by his
master, Cavour.
Crispi, with the undermining of whose min.
stry La Farna opened his intrigues, had for n
long time been an exile in London. where he
was counted among Mazzini's friends. and
made the deliverance of Sicily the allabsorb.
ing subject Of his exeriions In the sprino nj
1909 he went under Walachian name and
character to Sicily at great personal risk. visit.
cd every great town there, and planned nm in
surreclioi for the month OF October. The events
OF the autumn delayed the instruction. first
tlll November, and then ill the present year.
In the mean time Crispi applied to Gari6aldi,
who, while refusing to excite an instruction,
gave the promise to aid il after il had once
broken out and SO Tar consolidated itself us to
prove what were the real feelings OF the Scl.