Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-09
Eiosucnt Address Of victor Huso on tn.
6icflfan RevoIuffou.

Eiosuent Address Of victor Huao on the
siofiian ReveIution.
On the evening Of the 18th Of June, at a
public meeting at Jersey TO provide for
Garibaldi subscription, Victor Hugo was
present. from Guernsey, and delivered a
most brilliant popular oration upon the sub
ject Of the sicilian Revolution. We mako
some extracts: r. aa W.u
Let there be around thai valiant man, who
is standing erect there in Palermo, FIRE on
every mountain in Sicily-a liRht on every
hight in Europe. have pronounced the
word. The tyrantsl Have / exaggerated
Have illuminated the Neapolitan Govern-
ment2 No wordsl Here are The facts
Pay attention. This Is living history, bleed
ing history. The Kingdom Of Napies-that
Kingdom which now occupies our thoughts
had but single institution--the polioe.
Every district has its cudgeling commission.
Two sbirri-Ajossa and Manfscalco-reieu
under the King. Ajosss cudgels Naples
Maniscalco cudgels Sicily. But the cudQel IL
merely a Turkish weapon. This Govern
ment has, in addition, the instrument of the
nquisition-torture. Yes, tortured Listen.
A sbirro, Bruno, binds the accused with the
head between the legs until he confesses.
Another sbirro, Pontillo, ixes him upon an
iron grating beneath which he lights FIRE.
This is called the Burning Chair. Another
| sbirro, Luigi Maniscelco, a kinsman of the
| chief, has invented an instrument into which
the arm or the leg Of the victim Is introduced.
screw is turned, and the limb is crushed.
This is called the Angelic Instrument.
Another suspends man by his hands and
feet, between two walls, and then Jumps upon
him and dislocates his body. There are also
thumb-screws for crushing the fingers, a
tourniquet for pressing the head, an iron
| ring with screw which almost forces the
eyes out of the head
Sometimes q victim escapes. A man named
Casimiro Arismano was one of these; his
wife, his sons, and daughters were seized
and placed upon the burning chair. The
Cape Zafierana touches on an arid beach To
this beach the sbirri bring sacks. Each sack
contains man. it is plunged into the water,
| and kept there until the man no longer
moves. 1t is then taken out, and he is com
manded to confess. If he refuse ho Is plunged
in again. Giovanni Vienna, of Messina, ex-
| pired in this manner. At Monreale an old
man and his daughter were suspected of patri-
otism. The father died beneath the whip;
the daughter, who was pregnant, was strip
ped and fiogged to DEATH Gentlemen, there
is young man of twenty-one years of age
who does these things. This Young man Is
called Francis II. This takes place in the
country of Tiberius. Is it possible2 1t is
true. The. date 2--ls60-the very year in
| WhlCh VIC llNc. Auu W bnlS Tue IuCL oil yes
terday Palermo crushed by bombshells
flooded with blood, massacred. And again
this frightful tradition of the determination
Of towns, which seems the maniacal rage of
family, and which in history will hideously
unbaptise this family, and change Bourbon
into Bomba Yes, young man Of twenty
one commits all these deeds of darkne is
Gentlemen, declare to you that feel my
self struck with profound pity when think
ing OF this miserable petty King. What hor-
rori 1t is at an age when others love, and
hope, that this miserable creature tortures
and kills
And Garibaldi-who and what is Carl
baldi2 He is a man, and nothing more; but
he is man in the sublimest acceptation of
the word-the man of humanity. He is, as
his fellow countryman, Virgil would term
him, Vir. Has he an army2 No; handful
Of volunteers. Has he munitions7 None.
Has be POWDER A few barrels only. Has
he cannon? Those of the enemy Where,
then, is his strength What causes him TO
conquer2 What does he bear about him7
The soul Of peoplesl he goes-he runs-his
march is stream of fame his handful of
men terrify the regiments his feeble weapons
are enchanted; the bullets of his rifles check
the cannon-balls he bears with him revolu-
ton, and from time to time, in the chaos of
the battle, amid clouds and lightning, like a
Homeric hero, we see him behind the goddess
However obstinate may be the resistance,
this warfare is astonishing by its simplicity
It is the assault of man upon a royalty.
His swarm floats in the air around him;
women throw flowers at bis feet; men fight
singing; the royal army fees. The whole of
this adventure is epic; it is brilliant, formida-
BILE and charming like an attack of bees.
Behold those radiant stages of the march, and
predict to you that not one of them shall
ufsappoint him In the infallible fortunes of
the future. After Marsals, Palermo; after
Palermo, Messina; after Messina, Naples after
Naples, Romei after Rome, Venice; after
| Vanica all