The Shasta courier., 1861-07-13

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The Late Count Cavour and Garibaldh
Count Cavour, the Prime Minister of King
Victor Emanuel, and the first statesman Of
Italy, ifnot of Europe, died at Turin ON the
.sth Of May last, aged 54 years.
The name Of Cavour is forever connected
with the new kingdom of Italy and Sandman
prosperity, dating from the overthrow Of
Charles Albert at Novara, and will remain
during all time one of the richest chapters in
the worlds history. The battle of Novara
is fairly considered the turning point for the
new and glorious race in the cause of liberty
and material greatness of the new kingdom.
The Austrians had overrun Italy, from the
Carnic Alps to the bloody field of Novara,
where Radetszky laid the old monarchy Of
Savoy PROSTATE at his feet. From the battle
field of Novara the Sandman Constitution
rose full panoplied. Charles Albert was
forced to abdicate, and shortly after died in
Oporto, and the people teok the reins of Gov
ernment without the ceremony of fighting for
the same. They enacted that their legisla-
ture should be based on universal suffrage,
and that all processes of the courts should be
conducted on the written law, and that all
citizens should be equal before the law, and
that no taxes should be levied without the
consent of the representatives of the people.
Our readers are aware that both Garibald
and Cavour were actors in this grand drama
of the nations peril, both having been cho
sen members of the Chamber of Deputies af
ter the abdication of the king. The public
conduct of these two eminent men was wide
ly different The voice of Garibaldi was fol
war, war to the knife, and blood to the hilt
The late Count was for peace, so as to estab
lish on solid basis constitutional monar
chy, opposite to the Austrian despotism, ant
which he believed could only become grea
through the influence of time and peace
Garibaldi tore away from all restraints ant
brought up at Rome, where the small bant
under his command performed prodigies o
valor against Austrians, French and Nea
; poi;isns The story OF his cutting his wa,
through the besiegers, and endeavoring t.
reach Venice, his ultimate shipwreck ano
dispersion on the shores of the Adriatic, thu
burial of his heroic wife, his perilous Aigh
to Genoa. his escape to the United States
his coasting exploits between Peru and Cali
fornia, &C., are too well known to require
repetition. With the solitary exception ot
Sardinia, Italy was in chains at the time Of
his departure.
All the reforms and Improvements in Sar'
dinia, under the Constitution, were matured
and presented under the auspices of Cavour
The late Count held the Bureaus of Com.
merce, Agriculture and Finance. In 1853
he became Premier, and then followed his
struggle with his Holiness, Plus XI, until the
establishment of religious toleration, and the
abolition of monastic orders.
The chief object of this great statesman
life was to humble the pride of Austria and
expel her from Italian soil, and to unite the
various States of Italy into constitutional
monorchy, and realize for the third time in
the worlds history united Kingdom of 1t.
ally. The difficulties that surrounded him
were immense, but his energies proved a
match for all obstacles. Under his auspices
Sardinia was raised to the rank of sixth
power, and her armies were put in motion II
the Crimea, when Nicholas essayed the dis
memberment cf the Turkish empire.
With the campaign terminating in the
peace of Villafranca Cavour and Garibald
resigned, and the latter fastened to revolu
tionize the Two Sicilies. The harvest tha
resulted from that effort is that Parma, Mo
dena, Tuscany, the Papal Legations, Matches
Naples and Sicily are now free, and form NJ
inconsiderable portion of the Kingdom o
Italy.
Cavour did not remain long idle, and the
first great act was the cession of Nice t.
France. As to the propriety of this act 9
great deal has been said pro and con. fol
onrself we believe that it was the wises
course that the exigencies of the time de
manded, and gracefully was it assented to-
No doubt the late Count dine the best thing
for his country that the case permitted of.
The late Count Cavour was free, generous,
and hospitable; very wealthy, he having a
private fortune of over IS, ,000, 900; was very
fond of the indulgences of the table, and his
premature demise is in a great measure at
tributed to this. His loss is severely felt in
Italv.