Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-14

. Prom the P, pslo d 'Itsiia, February
An hour Of great events and new battles sp-
Z proachss with rapid strides.
And this is the moment chosen 10 complete
the dissolution Of the southern sTmy-a disso-
luton which costs infinitely more than was
exnended on its composition. OF that army
nothing now remains but reserve Of officers,
who will be placed in csntonments along the
Alps. A strange proclamation Of General
Sirtori put the seal TO the whole work. pro-
clsmatiou that speaks Of honor saved, as il
honor had been in danger; a proclamation
that resembles the nissrioTde amen Of the
priest ever the defunct body.
The southern army bss ceased to exist from
the dsy on which Gsribaldi left Naples. And
from Marssla to the Volturno, the honor Of
the army was more tAan saved.
We stand now as we stood at the opening OF
1859, with this single difference, that at that
time we were confronted by a war with Aus
tria to-day, a European war is preparing
Z against rs.
The battle field in 1859 was, from its com
meneement, restricted to the plains Of LON
bsrdy; to-day it extends from the Rhine TO
the chain Of the Lebanon, aad to the fields Of
Egypt. At that time volunteers from their
country were accepted row they are sent
back TO their homes The former kingdom OF
3 600 600 bad an army o. $1,000 men the
new Italian Kingdom Of 100000 has not
250.000.
The FIRST italian Parliament is now being con
voked, and ali possible means have been en-
plovsd to exclude those who had most ably and
hrsvely co-operated in the victories OF 1860.
If the government be a party the Parliam ent
must also be held for party. From one end
OF tue peninsula 70 the other a shower 0f fe-
rocious calnnRies, or low defamation, Of cow
ardlY falsehoods, have darkened the atmOs-
phere. The men who hitherto denied national
unity, and still deny it in their acts, have
bounded on their ours to drag through the land
the bleeding phantoms Of 1873 against all those
who Inscribed their banners with abolition Of
the punishment Of death, declaring them par
tisans Of war at any cost, as il it were in our
option to avoid war when nothing remain
ed to Us but the necessity to prepare ourselves
for war.
The masses are confused; movement is para
lived 10 the face Of Europe Italy does not
vet exist, because she has not yet the force
that can represent her. The men Of Nice and
Savoy govern they are omnipotent; our affairs
are in the hands of the stranger. We are
Joined, not with France, but with Napoleon
we are alternating from Us the only liberal na-
tion il Eurore-EnCland; we rsnounce the ir-
resistible impetus Of the peoples power we
form alliance, bound hand and foot, with a
European csup d'eiGt.
And Rome and Venice?
We 90 noe speak Of Gasts, which is form
OF the second class.
When the parliament consents to be merely
a notary's Office, when we are willing 10 fight
the Napoleouic battles to the last drop Of our
blood, we cannot complain If, in Italy or else
where, the scenes Of Nice and Savoy be re-
peated if liberty be renowned as a base
thing il the sale Of generous populstions be
sanctioned; II the Mediterranean be conceded
as a French lake; If, or among a people who
love us and suffer, We concur In the foundation
Of a new Napoleouic dynasty; when we are
content with phantom OF independence, and
willing TO incur all the risk Of a European
coup d stai, we shall psrehanee get Rome or
Venice this year.
Such is tie policy OF She Count Csvour. A
policy dark and bszardons beyond all belief.
We shall have war and We are unsrmes
hence, as instruments Of foreign ambition, un-
faithful 10 the nations right-escrifcing il
required, the unity Of the eountry-accom-
pliees, perhaps, in the sale OF friendly peoples
we shall sustsin'a war, which, in fact, does not
regard us-a war that will disgust the English
with Us, stifle the movement in Germany, sub
ject Hungry to dyHasty cupidity, consign the
east to Russia and France, and put an end to
liberty throughout Europe.