The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-06-24
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The following Is the London T,m1' estimate
Of tho character and smvic. OF the great
italian statesnau;-
From the time that the armies OF Rsvolu.
luionary France. undS the command o' q
young conqusror, poured down like devhsts
tisg torrent into the plains OF Italy, aad only
stopped their victorious career at the very OK
trsmity Of the Peninsula, up to tho present
moment. the history Of Italy hs besn one Of
brief triumph crul vicissituds. and deep dis
appointment. Too invasion Of NAPoLEos
reused her TO . dream OF liberty which was
dissipated sven before tho sham Republics to
which II wAs TO be ihtrustet were called Into
existence.
Ia ths very darkest hour Of her nssd aud her
despair ater Eovars had crushed tho last
hopes OF Piedmont, there arose = man unhk,
any of those to whom Italy hal hitherto look
Cd for tep. Ia Count CIyoun she found, At
ter the expectation Ct m,oy centuries exactly
the man whom she eedoi.
With great po wers Of miu5, uadinching in-
dusiry, indonitable p,rssve'anc,, aad the IA
Guilty OF Influencing mon, whether in mssse, or
a. Individuals, Count CAvoUH seemed sx-
prexly made and NAKED BY fortune for tho
part which be WAS destined to pay. Pisi-
mont, vi h q Just instinct, rec ogniZsd in him
the man VI tbs hour .-,he man whose mission
il vas TO raise her from the dust, ard finally to
italian unity. Tho Minister addressed himself
to the tA.k with indefaisable vlgor and ensr-
NY. lie thoroughly grssped and conprshsuded
the wants VI hB country, and sci hin slf TO
work to remedy them.
Judging that No nation could be free and
happy which suffered itse.f to bs the slave of
priests, he boldly set at defiance the prstensiona
Of Rome, and laid the foundations OF the edit 70,
which other hands are to rear, Of truly Ma
tionsl Church. Under him an army broken
and disoiritsd was reorsaniscd and reconstruct.
cd. and whsn Europe was called TO arms In the
Crfmsa the providsnt Minister claimed place
among the forces Of Europe for the troops Of .
purely italian Power. Piedmont took her
place In the Congress Of Paris, and inticatod
the claim of the Italian ,tion to sit In council
with the leading Powers Of Europa Ths great
Minister spared the treasure o. his ,untrym,n
a. little As their blood. A vast d,b. was a.
cumulatsd-a debt apparently disprop por Il ionsts
TO the resources Of the nation but CAvouR
did not heed IL, tor. though Homiually acting
for Piedmont, be felt that he was really labor.
ing for Italy. A. last, sftss long years OF pa.
the fsted moment came. The shells oi ORsisI
exploded, and the Emperor Of the French
awoke 10 the conviction that Italy could no
longer be neglected. That astu HI ths Enp,r-
or and CAvoUR met at Ploubisrcs. and an in
tssvisw took place between them, the secrets
Of which will nov probably never be revealed.
Who dos not know the rss!2
And nov, just as Il would ssem the
plans 50 long and 50 ably natursd were
about to bc brought to completion, just
a. Count CAvouR sensd about 70 reap
the fruits Of q life Of labor and OF
ef success such as no other living man had
undergone and sr rjoysd, just as Austria ss,med
inclined 10 despair OF hsr fortune In Vsnetia
snd France to relax her iron hold upon Roms
/, he hat ks
chances Of war and policy has grown din, the
head for which the chsPlst et Victory WAS
already twined has fallen hslplsssly back,
the rsins have glided from ths fngers Of that
strong right hand, aud CAvosR. who, but two
days ago, was . living prsssncs, . mighty
reality, an all-cervaiing iunusnes, Is nov
nothing but name, q memory, and . regret.
shall bend IT. What hand shall take up the
task whore he has put II down. The warts
OF the time arc imperious, its dangers numer-
GUS, Its difficulties oil but insupsrAbls.
II is, indeed, improbable that country nav
| to self gevsrnmsnt should contAiu another such
man, but even If Italy could find another Ca
voua among the circle Of her statesmen he
lost. 1t would be ssdsr 10 rs-crsats the
man than the feeling that he excited and the
loyalty that he comm landed.
Italy has netd d-n country had ever more need
| of a great character to serve as ths object Of
| her faith aud her confidence. Old belisfs are
shattered, old traditions are set aside. and the
new existence which has dswnsi upon Italy Ii
too strange and too little understood TO dis
penss with embodiment In some person loved,
veneratsd and feared. The Church will not bs
Glow to see In the death or her great adversary
the finger Of an ayengiug Providence. Tn,
MAzzINIAH party, the curse Of their country
will spriag TO life, and Italy will learn In sact
successive crisis Of her do,tiny to understand
the full measurement Of her bereavement.