, 1866-07-10

Cur Italian Letter.

Personal NIoTcmentb-'flle New Minis.
try-PeiffIcu3 TroNbies-Chnrareter OF
1s.casoly- Gnribalhi'x Movements
Italian Secre%y-ProGresx Of the War.
Icontspondt pce Of the Chicago Tribunal
M1lAN, June 18th, 1SC6
La Mnrrnora aud his staff, the King aud Ills
household, md everybody who has post or
place in the war have lcll Florence for tho
front. The new Ministry IS probably ut this
been LEFT 10 mnnage It, aud doubtless will sue
eeed in disposiug OF his portfolios.
We have lad m exaccrbation Of political
sores within the week. did not thiuk the
the old parties could awake from the dead !;
and ! do not believe now that they have
arisen. Old personal animosities have brief
struggle with each other over the Ministerial
question, in tact am not quite certain the
battle Is done, Int It cannot break out into
political war. The ease is this theirs is here
m inner circle in politics, which, in the ab.
sencc Of strong parties, managed to control
nearly everything. The men WHO compose
It are ngile In political mattcrs-cau jump as
far as tcas In proportion to their weight; are
HOW conservative and will be liberal this
their want Of principle for It's safety, and can
trace every great Italian victory In the Held
OF In the Council, directly to their own pro-
Lite brains aud fruitful patriotism.
The rest Of us did not like It; and, not
having much else on hand, we devoted the
-and they made so much noise In dying, and
there was go much blood visible after the
fray, that We supposed the lind rid Of the
peskY little party. We were In error; not o
man ofthem IS dead or ever viii die without
leaving sous. Cliqucrs by nature and profes-
Iynr fhnv xrOrk rnnaf inf1Uaf YfnYs1v 1Sr1ar
cover oi great national prcoccnpation.
They are modest and do not want eyes on
them.
When it was arranged month ugo that
Ricasoif should have Nationn! War Cabinet
that IS, one in which all parties were inter
ested, where all political sympat hies would
ceutEc where, IN case OF disaster in the lleld,
all parties would lnd motive for
confidence; everybody was happy. but
the little rascals Of the Consortcria.
arc apparently succeeding in their plan.
Like oil wirc-pul1ers, they began by tying up
some knots. It was made to appear little
too strong Of Democracy to put two Liber-
a.s-Crispi and Mordinl-into the Cabinet, and
they found jewel OF q mau to tnke Crispi's
placo. That arranged, they proceeded to
convince Mordini that il he went into tho
Cabinet alone the country would derive nn
advantage from his sacrifice Of personal Pc
litical feelings. Arrived at this point, the
Liberals heard OF the wire.pullin: and did not
Grafton. There has consequently been o
struggle and tho result Is doubtful. think
the clique will win: Rfcasolf has some wis.,
dom and turn OF obstiuacy, but there Is not
particle Of nerve in Ills whole body. He Is
therefore the most easily managed Of any
lie is, for all that, the best statesman Italy
1lcs to-day. But it Is q supreme folly 10 20 into
20 desperate c war as this with minority
party ID power, when-for love OF the country
-t,e minority party oilers that Its best heads
sb s LIZ Xxx naans n'aey r go'9p Il lis s %
Are likely 10 begin Just In that way-the
vron. way-which We Gun only get out Of by
th: uia OF great revcrecs.
Garibaldi is moving ebout from place to
plnce where his regiments are quaEtered. It
is curious how everybody keeps bis secrets.
Last night the Journals scntentiously report
ed despatch: "Gar1ba1df has lett Brescia,"
bu. nobody seemed to care about spccnlatfng
On his movements. ImentIoned the fact to
friend, who responded, "We have got into
The habit Of believing that only the General
himself lEows what be will do, and to trust
ing that It Will always DO the best thing to
be done"
There was much more speculation about
military movements o month ago than there
is now. Are not La Marnora and Cialdini at
the ueau OIL tle muSt palIlOLlc 1T1ny ever as
semb1ed in Europe? Is not the House of Sa-
yoy-father md son-in the field? OF course
1t IS all rs 1t should be, md idle curiosity on
our part might communicate information to
the AustriaDs. But the silent and reserved
attitude OF CUR people has d deeper sfs.;;ula.
cancc. We are born consplgators. We were
bred on political and revolutionary secrets,
aud our babies could keep them for us. A
foreigner who really gets inside of
US will be struck with this. Chi
non So .angese non 50 iusre (who knows
not how to leisn knows not how to llye), IL
inbred with us-inbred not by natural trans
mission Of character but rather By force of
constant outward pressure. Twenty genera
tIons have had secrets to keep oil their lives.
Love OF liberty and Independence could only
let iiself ont IN plots, inttigucs, revolutions.
Is it any wonder that twenty millions Of us
can keep Cioldirl's secret , The whole army
las moved eastward and we all know it but
it Is not nt this moment Of any importance.
whittier it Is bound. We cherish hope that
| we shall Eight on our stda Of tne Minclo or
| 20 but that Is at this moment Austria's
| sccret. We expect Austria to come this side,
! because she has never failed TO do the wrong
! thing In military matters.
While the armies In Italy are moving under