Worcester daily spy., 1861-07-16
@Orrester 9ailg Spg.
A Visit TO Garlbaldi.

just returned from Caprera, | give you the
assurance that Garibaldi, whom foreign pa
pers described as sick, is in the best of health,
full of hope ior The cause of freedom and
ready to take part in the imminent struggle.
had the opportunity OF conversing with him
on political events, past present, and future
and found him well informed as to all ques
tions in the west as well as in the east, giving
his clear and unbiased judgment about men
and events in telling words, in which the
cheeriulness and dignity OF his character find
most happy expression Mentioning Amer
lea, he spoke with the greatest sympathy tor
tde rights of the nation, but he could not con
ceal that, tor the present moment, he takes
the struggle to be great political war, not a
war of liberty, though the cause of freedom
must ultimately be advanced-by the victory of
the Union of which he has not the slightest
doubt
IL know the difficulties. he said, (which
prevent the federal government, even now,
from proclaiming the liberty of the slaves ;
but so long as the legal existence of slavery
is acknowledged, the war remains a political
war. Had it been otherwise, | would have
offered my sword to those who are willing to
put down that degrading institution, which
know sufficiently from experience in Brazil"
l expressed my opinion that he might prob
ably soon find an occasion nearer home once
II hope SO, said he, "and am fully aware
tNat the cause OF liberty is the same all over
the world am ready, with my friends, 10
90 to the assistance oi any people fighting ior
freedom as soon as | am called Tor do not
wish 10 be an intruder. l go only where
know that | am welcome"
"And how do you desire to be called? 2" ask
ed l.
"There is but one way of calling me-" he
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ever desperate may be the struggle, l will 90
to assist those who rise for liberty, whether in
Greece or Hungary"
He spoke with deep feeling of CayOur's
death, to whom he had but few days before
his illness written a long letter about the
means whereby the unity OF Italy is to be ac-
eomplisbed, protesting against foreign assist
ance Italy is great and powerful enough TO
do the work herself. She does not require
either the help or the permission Of France to
eXpel foreign oppressors. His opinion about
the French emperor remains the same as it
was before the Italian war.
''Were he the genus his followers proclaim
him" he said, che would use the force and
prestige OF France 10 make a powerful alliance
with England and Italy, TO which Portugal
Greece, and Switzerland would at once, and
Spain soon afterward, adhere, and force Aus
tria to evacuate Venetia, and to establish the
legal independence OF Hungary. These prin
cipal causes OF war once removed, he ought
in concert with his allies to abolish the fleets
and the system OF standing armies and make
it possible that the enormous unproductive eX.'
pendture for warlike purposes and armamenls
should be employed for industrial and COM
tnercia enterprises for the construction of rail
roads and canals, and for the education of tile
working classes. For tine defense of the differ
ent countries the citizens themselves must sut.
fee, as we see they do in Switzerland aud in
the United States.
Garibaldi is now patroniZing the plan OF
some philanthropic English ladies, who are
trying TO establish insane asylums, ragged
schools, and provident societies i'll Italy, espe.
cially at Naples and Palermo; he has wiIt.,t
an appeal to the Italian ladies to enlist their
cooperation in this noble scheme, not merely
for the object itself, but to turn the attention
of The Italian women 10 their duties TO their
country, since in Italy the customs OF the peo-
edncaIeoI IntiHence Of the pri, sts, the system Of
OH uhusi uespVtiC gUrernments have
clrcumscribed the sph4ra AZ .s ~, - - =
than in England or America. The mothers
OF the present generation are mostly influenced
by the priests; Garibaldis own mother, of
whom he spoke with the greatest veneration,
was educated by nuns; still, when lie saw her
for the last time, at his return from the Roman
expedition, she blessed him with the Words
N'O~ "t "AN a'S INV uONo
his duty does well"
Garlbaldi habits are regular and irreproach-
able. He rises with the sun. AT four in the
morning We saw him walking to an clubhouse
where he takes his cold ablutions; then he
drinks cup OF milk and goes to his garden TO
hoe corn, beans, and potatoes, plant and water
his vines and fruit trees, among which are
chestnuts from Sicily, olives from Nice, fig
trees from the Romagna, and a few orange
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Sassali. AT eight he takes coffee, and returns
again to his garden, where he works as hard
as any laborer. AT noon comes his dinner
hour, with the most simple fare, soup, meat
vegetables, and fruits, but no wine for himself.
He remains with his friends in conversation
after dinner, especially if he has lady stors,
TO whom he extends the most refined polite.
ness.
After dinner he reads his letters, of which
he receives bags full every third day by the
way OF Sardinia. Carpaneto, his old friend
and secretary, late consul at Tangiers, who in
lo49 gave him his hospitality for nine months,
and lost his official position at that time Tor
having sheltered the outlaw, writes a portion
OF his letters, but all the more important WORK
he does himself. II worried or excited by
political or private tidings, he silently returns
10 his garden, and dispes his annoyance by
manual labor. AT eight i'll the evening he
goes to bed, or reads Italian or English poe
try.
From time to time lie goes to Saridina for
hunting excursion, or goes fishing on the sea.
His sheep, cattle and asses interest him much,
and he likes to speak with the marines of
Maddalena, and the shepherds, who often come
from Sardinia TO visit him. Every fortnight a
steamer arrives direct from Genoa, bringing
always dozen or more OF friends, companions
and admIrers to Caprera; old carbonaros, of
lo2l ccnsplrators OF 1881, at that time young
Italians, now gray men his l'eutenants from
Montevldeo; his friends from lima. his COM
panions Of Rome, and his officers of the glorious
Slclllan expedition, not to speak of party chiefs
from Italy, POLAND, Hungary Germany Greece.
from the bulk OF that INVASION which for three
days is Hospitality received at the hern,tape Of
Caprera. Some OF them are lodged i'm the
humble house Of the hero, small and adorned
with the simplest furniture such as we meet
in the houses of farmers. Those who cannot be
lodged at Caprera, go TO the hotel OF the neigh
boring island-Maddalena They come in the
morning to Caprera, where Garibaldi receives
them with the greatest cordiality; they dine
with him, play the Italian game of ball, seek
corals on the beach, accompanying Garlbaldi's
son Menotti on his fishing expeditions, or work
in the garden, and return at night to NADIA
lena. On the fourth day the steamer returns
from Porto Torres, and carries them back 10
Genoa.
The active outdoor life of the hero, his neat
habits and the simplicity OF his fare, together
with his abstinence from wine, keep him re-