The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04
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When. during the last ysar, the ltaiiaa com
patcattons began first 70 assume sormidabsl
proportions, = moet eloquent writer IN Black
-cssfs Maxasias, proved, faAniteiy % Ms OWE
satisfaction, that Tie 1taliaas were utterly In.
capaAss OF sslf.eovernmeat, drawing HE coo.
clusions from ~ history Of Italy through Z
long succession OF ages. All attempts at real.
izinr the golden vision Of l(achisveal. n
which united italy, Sovereign and inae,jen.
dent OF all foreign domination, stood promi.
nent Ia the foreground, he denou mead a. tn
merest illusion Of IN overwrousht fancy. Tn
all time the several States had ouarfeIie,
eternaily when Independent, and had never
1,ossessed suficient patriotism to unite aeains,
\ foe from abroad. OF course, what had hap
pened SO often before, would happen once
again. The Italians were mere children in
taste. wsre paxAns In religion. Incapable of
any deep or lasting sentiment, they were al
tssaatsay the sport and the victims Of each sue
ceeding passion that arose aud agitated them
for the hour. Devoted TO shows, gewgaws, the
fine arts. pictures, poetry and song the manly
virtues of fortitude, endurance. and persever-
auce. were strangers to their cline, beautiful
beyond expression, but beautiful only In de-
cay. Jeremisds Of similar character formed
the burden of The songs Of the London press
for months, and the strain was eagerly caught
upon Ibis side Of the Atlantic until the heart
sickened with the mono;onous chant.
II ever any people, by their actions, gave
the lie to evil augury, the Italians have done
So. For nearly twelve months. that portion
Of them which was supposed to be most Pc
culiarly subject 70 the moral disease repre-
scented as affecting all Italy-Tuscany, Mo-
deha, ParsLa, Ferrara, and Bol0gna-have
been literally without government: or
rather, they have been under q temporary GO
vsrnment, which they themselves established
and to which their obedience has been entire.
ly voluntary. In NO quarter Of the world has
there reigned, at any time. greater degree of
order, quiet, regularity, and obedience to the
laws. Never did any people give more signal
proofs OF their entire capacity to govern them
selves. Without having committed a single
outrage, they quietly took possession of their
several government Il, and allowed their tyrants
to depart in peace, without offering them the
slightest insult or injury, although they had
them completely in their power, and the hearts
of thousands Of them were still bleeding from
the crueliies they had inflicted upon their
friends and relatives. There is a moral SUBJ
Unity in this forgetfulness of self manifested
by highly passionate race, smarting under a
thousand wrongs. in the hour of success, that
may challenge all history for a comparison
1t is to the glory of Italy that not one act Of
her people has occurred since that time, to
mar the beauty Of this transcendent spectacle.
She has proved to the world that she is capa.
BILE OF managing her own affairs, even though
her capacity be tested by the sternest ordeal
that the wit of statesmen can devise. No
"ther people that ever existed, save alone this
American people after the war of the Revo-
luton, ever gave such signal proof Of their
right to rank among the highest in the scale
of national worth.
The returns from the elections in Tuscany
the Dnchies and the /Emilian provinces, show
that the popular mind is all running in one
direction, and that is in favor of Italy one
aud indivisible, a mighty power on the
earth. Independent Of all foreigners, relying
only upon itself. The people resisted the spe-
cious bait Of an independent kingdom, thrown
out to lure them to destruction. Even Flor
ence, the capital of Tuscany, illustrious
among the States of modern Italy as Athens
was amoO the independencies of ancient
Hreece-even Florence, the most factious and
the most ambitious Of capitals in former DAYS.
has laid aside her jealousy of her sister cities.
and votes almost Unanimously to become one
OF the cities of United Italy, undistinguished
by the residence Of the monarch, a mere pri.
vate city OF mighty empire. She .orgets that
she Is Florence, to remember that she is Ital.
ian. One OF the chosen themes of the British
press was the Jealousy with which the former
capitals OF the Italian States would regard
each other, and 1t was boldly foretold
that Florence would never yield prece.
dence TO Turin, or Milan to Bologna
The late vote is the proper answer to these
Vaccinations. With every temptation to a..
sert provincial independence-each with a
history to itself-operated upon BY a thousand
sinister induences-Tuscany, Parma, Mode |
ma, Ferrara, have all forgotten their claims in
me general desire TO form portion of great
Aationalempire, and under the universal belief
that such an empire alone can secure them from |
foreign domination. The vote has been more
nearly unanimous than any other recorded in
history. Outof 900 registered votes in Tus.
cany, 366.OOO went in favor Of annexation.-
In the <Emilian provinces, the vote for an-
nexation stood, in round numbers as follows:
In the Roinagna, 2O3,OOO; Modena, 1860;
Parma, $4,000. We do not recollect what the |
whole vote was, but scarcely any voted in the |
negative. In the town Of Bologna, where the |
Inhabitants number but $1,000. 1900 votes |
were given for the popular cause. The most |
remarkable circumstance connected with the |
voting is, that throughout the Legations, the |
rural clergy took part with the people, and |
headed them on their march to the pQlls.
Richmond and Lynchbury Railroad.
We are much gratified to announce that the |
General Assembly passed at Its recent session
a bill chartering company to construct u |
railroad from Richmond to Lynchburg. The
bill appoints Messrs. THOs. w. McCANcx
JAS. LYONS, II. w. Fax, Jos. II. ANDERSON
II. L. KENT, u. H. LONDON, and q number Of
other gentlemen, AS commissioners to open
DOCKS OF subscription to the capital stock of
the company, amounting to &I,OV,OOO. When.
ever ,OO0 shares are subscribed, the companv
may be organized, aud proceed with the Nm.
dertAking. The route Of the road Is to be 10.
Gated through Chesterfield, Powhatan, Cum.
beriand, buckingham aad Appomattox to
Lynchburg.
A straight road ID. Lynchburg is q scheme OF
very great interest 70 this city. Under that
policy which has made VirginiA sort Of me.
dunn for travel 70 the North, routes have
been matured which pass by the largest city
10 the State, and which divert aud carry away
70 Northern cities the trade of that section Of
the Southwest upon which we chiefly RELY for
the maintenance Ut 40 extensive commerce in
Virginia. In other words, our State is ira.
versed. as It were. with tubes through which