The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-24

Ths Man In che Red shirt.
A svs-s sss ma: its revolution; 70 every
revolution has Its distinctive outward type o.
symbol Man delights in : sign, and shrewa
politicians seize upon this hunsn weakness 70
arouse the enthusiasm Of the pecole upon
whom they operate This again reacts upon
society, and infecs the fashionable world
which worships only beauty and success. Sue
cess makes beauty. Thus we have no doubt
that the green turban of the prophet gave the
law to the bellies of Mecca and Medina, as the
scarlet pettcoat Of Victoria was adopted By
the beauties Of Belgravia and the queens of Pa
risian salons. Scarlet is, indeed, the fsvorite
heroic and patriotic color. The flag which has
"braved thousand years the battle and the
breeze" is blood red. The lilies of the Bour-
bon gave place to the tricolored cockade, and
that, becoming wholly ensanguined, was swal-
lowed up by the bonnet rouge. Our colonial
flag was pine tree on white ground; but that
being altogether too pacific, Congress ordered
that the armies of the Revolution should muster
under the red, white and blue standard, which has
waved over many a blood stained deck and
hard fought field. The color of the blood
which was poured out In the defence of Ma
genta's bridge and on Solferino's incarnadineA
heights suggested 10 some clever Frenchmea
new dyes, which have become all the rage with
the ladies of the M'Flimsy persuasion. And
now we find the favorite color Of the sons of
Mars turning up in new and curious phase.
The attention of all Christendom is fixed upon
q man who constantly wears red shirt. This
man with the red shirt Is the foremost historical
character of the century. This man with the
red shirt, by name Joseph Garibsldi, has or
ganized and nearly carried out one Of the great
est revolutions that the world has ever seen.
This man with the red shirt will be accounted
among the great captains. The poet will sing Of
him, the painter will reproduce him upon cam
vass the sculptor III immortalise him in marble,
the dramatist will place him upon the mimic
stage, the historian will delight In dwelling
upon character so strong, go noble, so simple
and 30 good as that Of this man In the red
shirt He will 60 down to posterity as man
who was brave as Julius Cesar, prudent a.
Wellip gton, original as Napoleon, unsel6sh and
patriotic as Washington.
And this red shirt of Garibaldi's, is 1t not
already famous? Is 1t not now the rage all
over the Continent? Upon all the promensdes
of the great cities, the dainty Boulevards, the
fastidious Champs Nyeees, the red shirt Is pre-
dominant The red shirt causes the old
heraldic emblsms, the griffns and the
martlets, the lions and the uniforms tho
crowns and tie sceptres, the mobiles coonet
and the baronet's bloody hand, to pale their
Intellectual fires. The red shirt is found In the
cabinets Of emperors, the boudoirs Of queens,
the council chambers Of kings the drawing
rooms Of mobiles. 1t bothers the diplomats,
perplexes the politicians, confounds tho
arstocrats, delights the liberals, astonishes The
old fogies, and makes the friends Of freedom
and progress clap their hands and rejoice with
exceeding great JOY. The red shirt will become
the popular garment Of the day, and will have
great political as well as marked personal
significance.
It's odd, too, the origin Of this new type Of
liberalism. When the Prince Of Wales visited
this city nothing astonished him so much a.
the display of our red shirts. Az many a. six
or seven thousand of our 6remen marched be-
fore the future King Of England, each clad In the
scarlet vestment which has become the reoog.
nized uniform Of the Department. When Carl
baldi was at work making candles on Staten
Island our red shirted fellows attracted his at
tention. Their costume was strikingly free and
essy-their bearing that Of men who feared
nothing, and who would die in the last ditch 10
maintain their freedom-so be adopted the red
shirt as the symbol of the faith that was
in him, and with that and his good sword he
has cut the Gordian knot and slain the monster
which has been preying upon Italy moro than
a. thousand years. And now, when he IA Q
great general, and has Kingdoms to give away,
does Garibaldi abandon his red shirt for q
gaudy uniform, covered with embroidery, and
nonsense No. He knows better than that;
be II still G.. Garibaldi, soldier fighting for
Italy and wearing red shirt Another year,
and we may End him at work In his vineyards
at Capri; but there Is no obscurity for him.
The man with the red shirt cannot hide himself
away; he belongs to the world. The red shirt
will 60 down to pos'erity with the bonnet rouge,
and even our own handles may be Obliged TO
assume 1t, or else be out Of the fashion. What
will the codash aiistocracy, which turns up Ii
dainty nose at the dremen, think Of being COM
PEELED to adopt their uniform. The bare posi-
bility Of the thing makes US shudder; but they
may as well be prepared for the worst.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE SorrHkRS
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party laboring to clear It Of the responsibility
for this existing Southern revolutionary agita-
lion, by charerg II all to the sectional election