Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-14
GaribaIdis Appeal TO the Patriotism of
the SicfIiau W0men,


According to letter in the Paris Presse
the want of seIfreliance and persevering
energy of the men of Sicily has occasioned
Garibaldi some disappointment, and has led
him to appeal to the women in the follow
ing proclamation;
Liberty, the most precious gift Of Provi-
dence to peoples, has been gained for Sicily,
| thanks to the manly resolution of the Sieil-
ians, and the generous aid of their brethren
of the Continent. Liberty, difficult to gain,
is more difficult to keep, as all Italy for
ages has experienced to her cost. Sicily is
not such a country that there is no need in
| her case to recurfo foreign histories to find
| examples of all kinds of civic virtues, and
the women there have at all times displayed
courage which has astonished the world
From the women of Syracuse, who cut off
their tresses to make ropes of them in the
old Roman days, to those of Messina who
encouraged their relatives to attack bonn
harding host, there are valiant deeds of this
sex in this island. The Vespers, also. an
event'unparalleled in the history Of nations,
saw fair islanders fighting by the side of the
combatants for national independence.
l myselfQ recall the occasion with emo
tion6 in denouncing from the palace of Pa
lermo to this generous people the humiliating
pretensions ftheir tyrant, heard a groaning
repeated by the women who crowded the
balconies, deep enough to turn an army
pale, and the groaning was the desth-sen-
tence of tyranny.
Sicily is free, it is true single citadel
only remains in the power of the enemy; but
eleven years ago, Sicilian valor achieved the
same result; and yet that free land, through
not having chosen to make last effort, fell
back into slavery, was trodden once more
under mercenary feet, and brought to a
worse condition than before the glorious
revolution. Dear and gracious women of
Sicily, hear the voice of the man who sin
cerely loves your beautiful country to which
he is bound by the affection of his whele life.
He asks Of you nothing for himself nothing
for others; but for the common fatherland
he asks your powerful assistance. Call to
arms the Inhabitants of this island, and shame
those who cling to their mothers or sweet
hearts apron-strings.
La Carroll, of fPavia, rich, noble, and be-
loved matron, had four sons. One died at
Varese on the body of an Austrian whom he
had killed; the eldest, Benedetto, you have
at Palermo, SCARED with the wounds he re-
Geiyed at Calatafmi and Palermo; the third,
Enrico, lives, though his skull was split open
in those battles; and the fourth has been sent
| TO join the same army by that incompatible
mother. Women, give us your sons, your
| lovers Few-the struggle will be long and
| doubtful, and full of danger for all Many
we shall conquer without battles; and you
will see realized the hopes of twenty gen.
erations of Italians; and / shall restore to
| you your dear ones, bronzed by the battle
| field, crowned with the aureole of victory,
and blessed even by those enslaYed and suf-
fering peoples who have sent forth their sons
to win back from you your country.