Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-14
Progress Of she 1nsurrscsiou in sieilY--,
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Progress Of she Insurrscsion in sioilY---
GaribaIdi in Fl0rendes
The accounts brought by the North Briion Of Carl
iA1Dfs movements in Sicily are conhictng, but it I
seems pretty clear that he has taken the city of /
Palermo and held it at last accounts. The reports
from Messina state that order was maintained, but
every thing was ready for an outbreak in case /
GARBALDI succeeded in entering Palermo Tins
news conflicting as it is, inspires the belief that
GAEmkLDI has carried every thing before him, and
that nothing But foreign Intervention IN favor oi
Naples can sasve Sicily to its crown. The chances
are, indeed that the BOURBON dynasty viii be ezpeL-
ed from both scilies, and that Italy viii be united
and free from one extremity Of the Peninsula 70
the other.
The Vienna correspondent Of the London Tines
asserts that the opinion in Austria was that Sicily
was rretrieTably lost to the king Of Naples, while
it is notorious that the Siciians dsafected to-
wards their Neapolitan tyrant and are almost cer=
tain to second the troops Of GARBAIDL
So rapid have been the progress and success of
the insurrection says the New York Herald, that it
carries Us on in advances Of events Before we have
certain intelligence that even Palermo IS captured,
we are led to inquire what VIII be the next step
taken whenever GARIBLDI is master Of the principal
seaports VIII be lose time in giving political effect
to his eonquests, or will he at once invade the main
land ana take advantage Of the enthusiasm excited
there by them Judging from the impulsiTe char
acter of the man, aud his usual tactics, we should
saw that he will no sooner have hoisted the national
coors on the walls of Paerrao and Messina than he
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to same chances that awaited him in his descent
upon Sicily If Naples be freed, no time must be
left for foreign Intervention to stay the course of
the instruction and to confirm the existing dynasty
in the possession Of the remaining half Of the fair
dominion which they have so shamefnlly enslayed
and oppressed We perceive that Austria has al
ready sent 1otilla of armed steamers to tie Nea-
politan coast with what object remains to be seen
It may be intended merely to afford refuge to the
royal family in the event Of their being compelled
to fly from the impending revolution. But it may
also be used to defeat the efforts of GARIBALDI and
his volunteers to effect landing Matters are now
Fastening to a crisis which vii compel the Euro
pean Governments to show their hands. Naples
once freed from her oppressors, the means and man
ner Of her deli7erance may serve precedents for
the liberation of Yenetia and RomeI
'WhOm the gods intend to destroy they first make
mad This appears to have been the fate of the
late and present King of Naples FERDNAED the
Second, succeeded TO the throne in 1880, in hs
twenty-frst year. Immediately after the French had
expelled his relative, CHARLES the Tenth and, nc
doubt says the Philadelphia Press, this lesson was
not wholly useless to the young King. He com
meneed his reign by publishing an amnesty for al
political offenders, declaring thst he would appoint
the best men to Office without party distinctions anC
promising reduction and economy in the State ex
penditure.
This was too good to continue, and it lasted, fol
less than two years. From 1882 to lS4S, ne was
positively the most absolute and imperiOus ruler IL
Europe and held the reins tightly that, in Janua
~. I848. serious revolt broke out at Palermo
| Greatly alarmed, the KING safe at Naples, made
large promises to the Sic;lians-none Of which HI
kept, though he swore to a new Constitution, anC
perured husef by abrogating it, at his earliest op
portunity. After more than a years contest, 81
cily was once more subjugated, and, once more, tn
King was absolute. From that day until his death
| in May, 1852 King BoMBA, as he was nicknamed, ex
ercsed tyranny the most horrible IN his dominions
The ablest and wIsest the puresr and most ylrtuou
of his subjects, without distinction Of age, rank,
! sex. were imprisoned without trial. exiled withou
accusation, and executed without evidence.
The present King, francis II, has followed hi
fathers example-fOllowed it so closely that eve
Lord JoHv RUSSELL aristocrat and King-lover thoug
he be, warned FRARCIs, in the name of England, tina
his misdeeds could only have one termination, name
". his expulsion from the throne of the Two Sici
| lies
It is not improbable that if GARTBALDI should sue
coed in detaching Sicily from the Neapolitan domn
IONS it will be annexed to the Sandman, and publ
| opinion in Europe has already suggested that tn
most fitting Yiceroy of VICTOR EMANUEL wOuld b
| GARIBALDI himself.
Sicily, it is worth notice, was given to the Duk
oe Savoy in l7I3, by the treaty of Utrecht whic
also conferred upon him the title Of King Of Sicily
| and he was actually crowned as such, at Palermo
on Christmas eve of that year. But he retained hi
crown only short time, Sicily being given wit
Naples to CHARLES VI, Emperor of Germany, in l72
and finally erected with Naples into seParat
Kingdom, by the treaty of Vienna, and given I
Prince CARLOS, Infante of Spain The Duke Of 81
voy. when he lost Sicily IN 1920, received Sardini
as an equivalent with the title of King. In lS4
when the Sicilians had nearly recovered their ind'
pendenee, they invited Victor Emanuel, then Duk
| Of Genoa, to become their sovereign. He IS IN
fair way Of now realizing their desire, and, indee'
It would appear as if ere long the whole of Ital,
with population Of thirty millions, will be rule
by one sceptre, in the hands of Victor Emanuel, vii
will thus become one of the greatest Of EurOpea
| mOnarchs.