Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-18

The Present State of Nnples-Tbe Barbnr-
Gus Condition and SuhiectiOn of the PeO-
pie. rr -.
A correspondent of the Providence (R. I.)
Journal writes as follows from Naples, on
the 10th ult.;
Surrounded by the grandest and loveliest
natural features, and possessing within itself
some of the noblest architectural monuments,
Naples is at the same time one of the least
fortunate of cities. The fourth, If not the
third metropolis in Europe, in respect to pop
ulation, the character of the largest portion
of its inhabitants is such as to excite feel
ing of commiseration, if not of horror. The
capital of no civilized country in the world
can present so large proportionate aggre-
gate of poverty, ignorance and filth, as the
chief city of the kingdom of the two Sicilies
In the midst of the most beautiful nature, as
well as the highest civilization, man sriStS
here iH the lCorSt condition of bdrbdriSm. Men
of the masses are not here beings to be i'm
proved, but creatures to be used for the ser
vice of others, or mere animals to be kept in
subiection. .Ht N'
Incidence and uncleanliness, lying, OBJ
scenity, and every species of crime, make up
the lives of tens of thousands of the people.
The palaces and poor-houses, if not in splen-
dor, rival each other at least in extent of
scale but the prisons in magnitude outdo
them all. Within and beyond the limits of
the city of Naples are vast structures whose
use, one is told, is to keep from the light of
day, and the society of honest men, not a
small portion of the subjects of the despotic
sovereign of this misGoverned realm. Only
the fires of Nesuvius seem sufficient to purify
such a mass of moral and material corruption;
and it may be in the order of Providence that
this city of Naples handled in Natures soft
est and most luxurious lap, may some day
share the fate of beautiful but sinful Baie,
Pompeii, and the other cities whose ruins lie
scattered along these shores.
The King is every day strengthening his
military arm; and well he may, for full thor
oughly he is persuaded that upon the number
and fidelity of his soldiers rests all his hope.
The army ROtO consists Of more than one hund-
red and forty thousand men; one, indeed, tghich,
in numbers and in discipline, takes rank among
those of the third if not the second, class in En-
rope. viii this army remain faithful? Viii
it be able to bear the shock of all the new
conyulsions that may come? Being princ
pally Italian, can it long resist the influence
of the strong feeling of nationality and idef
of union which is so rapidly spreading anC
gaining the control of intelligent and patri
otic Italian minds? The Infection has already
in fact, seized upon this body, and who car
tell how rapidly or how far it may extend By
the time that the new war; which is now i'm
Gently been arrested, and have commences
serving their term in the prisons of the State
1t is q crime to love the country more thai
the King. 1t is crime to be punished to low
Justice and right more than the bad law
which an absolute sovereign reserves to him.
self the sole right to make.
As the young sovereign drives through the
streets of his capital il is interesting to notice
such exhibitions of loyalty as come from diff
ferent classes of his subjects. have repeat
edly seen the King driving himself in al
open four-wheeled vehicle, with singh
companion of the court, and one or two foot
men. The signs Of recognition from the citi
zens were not frequent, certainly by no mean
general. The people seem 10 regard the Kan
such is not the condition of feeling with tn,
head of the State toward the army. AS thu
King passes the military stations, and the
soldiers give the salute, by roll of drum anC
flourish of trumpets, the Kings hat is sud
denly pulled off and carried very humbly il
the hand until he has driven quite out c
sight. In contrast with this, the naughty al
of unloading pride toward the people
marked. The King knows that the army
his only hope. If that fails him, his fate
fixed; and, like Pope and Dukes, he must fe
from the wrath OF the people which he an
his Bourbon race have so long oppressed.
Regiments of Germans and Swiss continu
to be formed. Their hard, stupid faces on
can easily distinguish in the mass of olive
skinned, dark-eyed Italian soldiers. Maple
swarms with troops. Their constant march
ings and counter-marchings give additions
liveliness to the streets of city, which, wit
population of more than half million,
sufficiently busting and noisy. The troop
are for the most part strong men, well-feC
well-discplined, and well-conditioned; but
is melancholy sight to see so much physic
energy thrown away, or made the instrumei
of despotism. There can be no hope for pop
lar liberty in country in which law cann
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