The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-27

the great bulk of the population of State, are. in
the kingdom of Naples, both ignorant and apa-
thetlc, and are more apt to be influenced by the
opinions of their clergy than by the counsel of
the revoutionists. To what extent they may
have become animated with more patriotic and
independent spirit, by the example set them in
Northern Italy ; by the almost universal enthus-
asm with which every alusion to the soldier King
VICTOR EMMANUEL is greeted elsewhere, aud by
the famous exploits of the indomtable GARIBALDI,
1t is impossible for us, at present, TO say; but if
they are not greatly changed from what they were
few years ago, the liberator of Sicily can have
no reason to expect much assistance from them.
1t must be remarked, moreover, that the despotc
authority of the Neapolitan Bourbons has never
been exercised, to any very grievous extent,
against the masses. 1t is the men of wealth and
Intelligence; the men who claim the right to
'hink, and TO express their thoughts; the men of
education, and consequently of liberal ideas, who
have been seized and thrust into dungeons, sud-
denly, secretly, and without any form of
trial. The victims have been the Poerio's,
ana men Of that exalted stamp; the meaner herd
nave been far oftener fonded than oppressed; not,
however, because they deserving of favor, but
from motives ofpolicy. The dependence of the
elder Bomba for the safety of his Capital, in the
event of an insurrectionary outbreak was quite as
much upon the ready obedience to his orders which
would be yielded by the very dregs of the popula-
ton as upon the fidelity of his troops. When in
surrection was menaced he threatened to let loose
the LaZzaroni, and the fear of their excuses al
layed more than once the rising storm. That
magnificent egotist, DUMAS, who is at this time
cruising in his little antastcally arranged yacht
along the shores ofSouthern Italy, accompanied by
his dogs and monkeys, and a doubtful piece of wo-
manhood who answers TO the name of Amile conveys
the impression that even the elder Bomba' dear
friends, the LaZZaron have br,Ur.a to ato"nnh sun-
porters of GARIBALDI, and clamor much more loudly
than their betters for united kingdom of Italy.
Ifsuch should indeed turn out TO be the case and
q similar should be found to pervade the
provinces, the Court of Vienna may soon have &C.
casion to provide lodgings for another illusrious
exile, and Italy will have ample reason to rejoice
over the expulsion of another despot But fore
shadowings of this kind, however much they may
charm the Imagination, are not to be accepted as
prophecies upon which undoubted reliance may be
placed. Much is yet TO be accomplished before
Italy exult in being free ''from the Alps to the
"Adriatic," and what remains to be done chiefly
depends upon that slenderest of all threads-the
life of one man. In peaceful pursuits, or in carry
ing out by pacific measures grand scheme of
| ional policy, the tables of any Life Assurance
Company will show how many years that man
might possibly have before him in which to COM
plete his appointed task. But war plays sad havoc
with statistics of vitality, and where a soldier
like GARIBALDI is forever TO be ia,fHa foremost in
the fight, a single sword thrust, 5rA chance shot,
may work such changes in the programme as those
who speculate confidently upon the course of fl-
ture events have failed to take into consideration
Naples may be speedily liberated by GARIBALDI
from the thrall of the Bourbons It is quite prob
able that she will be so, but the certainty of the
fact the future alone reveal. Granting too that
Napleswill be freed Venitia yet remains in the pow
er of the Austrian Kaiser, who will fight desper-
ately to retain possession of the last and farest OF
his Italian dependencies. If he too is forced to
succumb to the conqueror of Sicily the tide of
battle will next sweep over the Southern States of
the Church. and such great events as these can not
be brought to pass, as some predict they will, in
| the course of few weeks, and may possibly, in
the act Of consummating the work so well begun
provoke general European war.