The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-22
Death Of Connt Cavsur-. Sketch of His Life
and Eubtlc Career,


Union.
Death Of Connt Cavcur-. Sketch of His life
and FubIc Career.
On The sixth day OF 1uus, Itilv lost her
drSr, almost her only sta tesm4u Victor En- l.
nnel lives 20 rule for her, G4rihald, 10 IL ht
for her, but Cavour shall think for h~r no
more. If IN the past complications of the
ittiLan quee tion our American instincts AVE
attached Ms to III" sid of the faithful ex
ecuuve aLd The fe1rl-ss milttary founders OF
| the young Kingdom, rather than to tha N tn's
| who's" diplomaey TOO often appeared bloc king
| ~" F" heels OF uni aud empire. let u row do
jnstice TO Cuyour. t. II g caution oi Il Fthius
| element most rtreiy found ia combination
| wi n these trait---a w .shius tou L. -, Ihsn
! love ct country
| We cannot d0ubt that the .h1ee repr, seuta
| tIFs men 1t modern Lady have Away h-ld
| one com a1cn utlrct III their deep hetrts To
| 'lctnI Eh1nnei, 'iarihtldt AMI C,vDar tx
| ted bpt si' gle aim-UAit.d Itrlv t.
| reach that ann 4 long ~uu per louS lturu..s
was demanded-t Journey through th- cav
| ern OF I'd tradition, grim, nrspouc power
| ~ d popular ignorance, s-iiI dark WITH th-
| longest settled ti2ht OF medleval TINS How
| To IeArh h Il was lhe quest Mime the cav
| trH-bi1W lt u,-Upen II from end to rud tv
| she Il tyl's land vonr aim will be visthi- -
| ~tid Il Tib III Shall we quarrel win ia
viur II IL preferred 10 take ~, iik,. ii ue 9
| Thts-ns 'h@ clue OF p -tient negotiation I"
| fulIOm IL wit0 true ana deicata handling, step
| nt step, through darkuees Into nlght7 Let
| MS do, as nearly us possible, the impartIai
| justice OF history To II mind WI hich succee,ied
| ia isee pihg on his counIrS's side, in h,r sc
| verest struggle, the gre,test, perhaps the
| least Ideally uns-lli~h of influential mon
| archs, albeit he could not strike with tn
! sword Of Garjh adj, nor rule The popuI 4r
| heart wit The pies ilge OF A Victor EN- tnu~l
C"mitio GI taNDur Was ,ru in Tursu on
| thr ii h Day OF Jnly, 1909 His father was a
| large merchant, ennUbied by Carlo Alberto,
| ana lett the young CtYour an ample fortune
| bout has t~Hnty fifth year CaIuIlIo ptId Il
| vlslt 10 EhglaHd, whose promintnt men aud
| inSli uti"tAs proved 81 strong an attraction TO
nlNu ~ ways active aud raves tig ttlug, tina
| hr remained IN the county IUr several yetr~.
| During THIS period he puSDei his researches
| al al directions. He Il constant and rayA r
| VIsitOr 1T the debates III + Ornament, / Close
b erver OF The more ptrkhng cnrren Is OF
/ English social life, with whose leaders his
Hne presence and geninS Immediately LII tde
| AIM Il greet ftyOrlLe, yet unaltered by the
| biludI> hments Of gay society an 90 ualiy dill.
geut student Of those manufacturers ,u,i that
| commerce which are the true subs tratum OF
| Ehgi,ri greatness
| Ia The agriculture of England he took IN
| dee pest ia terest, and many OF the hints winch
| he derived fGom Brush farmers were trea.
| eured mp to hear seed hereafter i'll the Im-
| prOYement OF Italian husbanury, through the
| Agric cuitnral ASSOCIATION which he founded
| IN sardinia on his return. Already, in his
| youth and among foreigners, he began to be-
| regarded as al encyctOp6dtc mtn-oHe who
| cultivated himself IN all possible and valuable
| direc uous-oue tined 10 become in ali OF
| Them an authority tor reference.
| III 1872 U,vour returned 10 Turin. lie was
| now IN his opening prime-thiTty- two year >
| OF aGe-gltted with The strongest natural
| i0y. ers OF conception, Judgment aud eA-cu-
! ZION, Geve toped To- their utmost by his Eng
| ll>h tralliihg and enriched by the stores of
| fact and conclusion brought back with him
| !TCm Lu3 IaEi ot his suJUru. He possessed, ,
moreover, one element OF success wittiou /
=, Al s4It
every day iii otDer men OF genius, wou ld have
| been OF little use TO hin. He was heuilhy.
Up TO the period OF his last illness he had
| hardly known 4 days indisposition Ills frt :
| gahts was aim oat famous that OF GAR
| D1lCl, and his capacity tor sieepless work
worthy To be compared with that of Napo-
| leon t6e First or PalmersJon. His hahItual
Qu.lEtuIn of sleep was but four hours a q ty -
W { may understood the strength of his con-
sututIOn VIXEN learn that after six sue
| cee>lVa bleedings foE the removal OF the con
| gtsuou winch nnally proved fatal, h had 20
| little idea OF his peril II call his .ntnlse-
| rial colleagues 10 his bed and hold villa them
| Il conference Of several hours upon the mat
| tiers OF the realm
| With suca Il constitution Cavour, in 1912,
! comm need that great ltt'iIn work which
| ceased its activities ele ven days ago-mhich
| shall never cease in It's fruits. His ruling
grand idet+ was the aCclim .tion of T. ee iusLi.
! tutions on the English model, in an Italian at
mos here.
| Almost INN! adja'eiy he founded the agricul-
! tural society of when we have spoken Its
| membership sooa rose to two thousand. Not
| only dih In!s society afford "A nucleus for the
| rSve2Tctt= ~ ali niEfS In JereStad IN the s;1e-
| cElhtS after Which It was named, out Il home
| and Il dtb+',uZ school tor the Italian friends
| OF liN"ral govern msnt, Otherwise without a
| railylug point.
| With the crisis Of lSi7 both absoluti tism and
! government ofaH KINDS we're threatened with
| destruction. CavoUT, It ine alike to anarchy
aud oespotism, in conjunction with other
prominent l ilian ib-rals, now established II
| RisorgllnSn TO, ithE Resurrec tiOu,) Il journal
| exponent CT thO-e prlauIpies 10 which lie and
| his party have always been pledged. As the
| storm grew thicker he brctma th- mouth piece
| or All m0dern liberals, aud was The first to
| proclaim Srrdinia's great want-a cunStiru-
! tlOn. tayOur himself wrote - the X ing
| Strongiy "rgtuE the nect ssity Of that ne.ts-
ure, aud WI'hIn Il week II rrWlris y trlo Al
6elto, as .e knew. gran ted Il
tlEunr entered the SiTdIDitn Chamber OF
| UtpGiirs al lS4J and seated hImsrif .Inon
the nnder"lr UpPosi'lon SJ"u after tht Mn
| istry Of Agriculture an & ,mnerce W ls con
terred 0pon h!tu, ~ y hen, "a 1881 was added
that OF FiuaAce l.. 1852 he b, ctue p sid. III
OF The Council, and WIN The exception of Il
short retirement III is55 has filled that pI c.
ever since. In tn CIim,;in war h took sides
! 'gainst RnsSin tie signed the nantes 20 Oi
Sard,nia during JhI< iatt-r pend, and was
one OF Der Two representatives, 4. he Peace
| Congress Cf Paris, i'll 1886
Prom that time nis mtnI~try has unitorml !.
supported France, and Set itssit .lgn!usi III.
/ policy OF Austria His strong sul port OF NJ.
poie Onlc ar..s, hardly less tn IN III uuequIyo.
| cal iud:ca ious OF selfish iutere- Z, have pro
cured and cOullnued The po oWpriui aid II tht
| French arms IN the struggle OF united Italy
| While his p1ilcv ot cannon IN thr matter o
| Rome altd Venice may niVa been The r, II K u
! ths ipO!eunl- mind, no less taaI his slrols
| NATURAL rrnciiyity to the use of diplomat,
| means.
| CavOuT's part iii the last Italian struggle is
| too iFe>h III every mind t. need re- WliLlDg -
His record ~ o. >peCIallY smur.tbla III iag u
! puihL-he did not hesitate u dissent from tha
| e pdrte se't ment ct \ great question il,
! ToiFed IN the peace OF Niiidiranca. Napoleon
| was the friend OF Cayour, hut CaVour lndg
| ntutly resigned the day after the treaty va
| S!gdgu.
| He dies 1T a strange time. Italy needed hin
| more than ever beture--unless, VprHars, it Il,
| within the plans OF Providence tnat the vas
| res snits expressed in lahan unity are 20 b.
! attained by the rude sUur'l OF the soldie
! rather than he subtle peu OF the dtplomat.t {
| II inIS b. 81, be died opu0rLuueIy. BUT b,
! this Is It may, his country mourns the nobies
| statesman she has known since the Iii Medici
| The 1RIsH CITIZESo OF GEuKaIA-The 4 t
| lantt Intellig-ncer, publishing lately an ap
! peal from Coi. y. A. Lochrane, remarked
| The Irishman is noted ali the wor Id owe
| Tor lis love OF liberty, generous and patriots
| ardor, and MS high sen OF right las tIce ait
| honor. Our Irisa telIo W citizens ali over IA,
| South are responding nobly 10 The call OF ou