The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-07-03

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man is doing well, and long may he live
to reward the filial affection Of his parents.
This case may be but one among hum
dred. Where the innocence Of the convict
is clear there should be pity for his youth,
and some proper means taken to win him
back to the paths of rectitude and honor.
| A Lively sketch of Count Cavour.
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| HIS POSITION INFLUENCE AND CHARACTER.
From the Turin Correspondence Of the London Times
| Count Cavour is, beyond dispute, one sf
the three great statesmen Of Europe-Lord
Palmerston and the Emperor Napoleon III,
being the others. The loss of this man, in
the present circumstances, would be for
| Italy irreparablee Count Cavour's strength
does not lie in his principles; indeed, he has
tno inexorably fixed principles; but he has
an aim, clear and definite aim, the great
ness of which would have turned the head
of any other man ten years ago--to make
Italy one and independent. The men, the
means, the circumstances have been and are
indifferent to him. He has marched straight
always firm, always alone, sacrificing his
| friends, his sympathies, sometime his re-
nown, and sometimes his heart. Nothing
has stood in his way The suppleness of
his mind is astonishing. He divines every
| thing and is seldom mistaken-not as to the
| truth but as to the success of a matter He
unites the solid calculating English temper
ament, with the cold, unscrupulous, often
ungenerous political genius of the italian
character. Count Cavour is mixture of
Sir Robert Peel and Mrchiavile. He has
something Byzantine about him--the strata
gem, the subtle logic, whose conclusions are
sound, paradoxica as they may sometimes
appear. Read his diplomatic notes; it is i'm,
possible to be right, or even wrong, in more
Brilliant, solid and convincing fashion. One
is struck and dazzled even when one is not
convinced. a
| his ART.
4 Count Cavour, who unfortunately, has not
always the art Of understanding men, has al
ways the art Of understanding situation I;
and it is this maryelo,ls faculty that has con
trbuted to form the Italy of to-day. As a
minister of a power of the fourth rank he
could not create situations like the Emperor
Napoleon, or reckon on the strength of a
great nation like Lord Palmerston. Count
Cavour had to fnd.a cIi:ice in the policy OF
| Europe, slip in, spring mile, and cause an
explosion. 1t is thus that he has conquered
| Austria and secured the aid of France and
| England. Count Cavour threw himself head
foremost, after having measured the depth
and calculated the advantages of the -
The Crimean expedition, his attitude at the
1 Congress of Paris, the cession of Nice, the
invasion Of the Papal States last autumn,
have been the consequence Of this vigorous
temper of mind. As the man of foreign af
fairs, he is strong, he is on a level with the
situation, with the men ofhis time, and with
the time ITSELF e
The man of home affairs is less complete
less finished. Count Cavour has general
knowledge ofthe affairs he has enlarged
ideas, clear and liberal ideas, but he wants
the practical ability to set them off to the
best advantage. Besides, he is often unfor.
tunate in choosing men. Witness the series
ofagents he has sent into Southern Italy
Nigra excepted. Count Cavour feels him.
self above detail, which, however, is impor.
tant in administration this is the vulnera.
ble side Of his policy, for in foreign affairs nc
one disputes his ability.
MS SELF ESTEEM.
There is yet another point which some
times startles onein Count Cavour's conduct
and that is his self-esteem Count Cavoul
knows HIMSELF and knows those about him
he esteems them little and he makes the
mistake of letting them see it. He does not
tolerate equals, not having been accustomed
to find many. Every one who is brought
into contact with him must bow, and resign
himself to be moulded by that strong hand
Now any one that does not consent to be
abused by Count Cavour is classed, without
further ado, among the enemies, or, rather
his adversaries. Add to this his short and
abrupt manner, careless of other peoples
susceptibilities, the sarcastic smile crystal.
ICED on his face, his habit of giving orders,
his bourgeois appearance which does not
even give him chance of success in his
little polteness and batteries towards those
whom he wishes to wheedle, his abrubt OF
embarrassed way of speaking, his sharp and
metallic voice, which makes bad first i'm.
preston, and his petulant, jerky gestures,
and you complete the picture of man who
would attract you little if you were not at.
tached y him by other bonds.
i IN PARLIAMENT.
i Count Cayour conducts himself in Parlia.
ment absolutely as if the opposition had no
existence, as if he was in his drawing room
among his Enthusiastically when he is
bored. He talks, he laughs, he turns bis
lback upon colleagues, he lolls, be yawns,