, 1866-09-07

III OASpotOU 0hcN Il AiS VIZ OOONAN
ingly did, and thus by the very prepare
ton for war it was found possible to pre-
serve peace. This is ingenious, but no
body is taken in by it. The honest truth,
which might we'll have been avowed, is
that the RicasoIi Cabinet saw the folly Of
renewing the war about trif1es when the
substantial object was obtained. The
sensible part Of the nation shares this
view, and, although somewhat annoyed,
takes the disappointment quietly. The
Radicals, on the other hand, are furious,
denouncing as traitors all Generals and
Ministers, past and present. The only
small successes Italy has had in this war,
the only bits Of territory won by the force
of her own arms and the bravery of her
own soldiers, have been in the Tyrol,
and it seems hard to have to give them
up. 1t appears to have been necessary
to use a little urgency with Garibaldl 10
induce him to withdraw from the nook of
The Trentino which had cost him and his
followers much toll, privation, and suf-
fering, besides a large number of killed
and prisoners. AS lately as the 9TH inst.
he received Geographic orders from Head
quarters to concentrate his corps in the
pUSlllOUS LG ndu WOu, duu lWO udyS ldtcIt
on the 9th, came another despatch saying
it was an imperious necessity to conclude
the armiStice, that, to obtain it, the Tyrol
must be evacuated, and that, by the Kings
order, he would so take his measures as
to have Withdra Wn all his troops across
the Tyrolcse frontier by 4 o'clock on the
morning Of the 18th. An analogous move
ment, he was Informed, had been already
commenced by General Medici. The
Garibaldian officers, of whom many are
now here, are naturally grieved and in
dignant to see Iheir %cOnquests thus relin-
pushed. AS for the journals Of the ex-
treme party, they foam with fury. eve
have Generals and Minister'S" screams
the Sole, "who for a command in chief or
for a portfolio are always ready TO drag
the nation through the mud" 1t calls
upon the country TO drive from power
''the infamous men who have betrayed
our troops, who have debased and humi-
lated US. And what will then become
of the La Marmoras, Persanos, Petittis,
Della Roccas and many others?" This
is rather a mild specimen of what one
daily reads in journals of hat stamp.
But they are not many, nor are they in
IlueuCIal, ana some OF the chiefs OF the
party they represent will support Gov
eminent and have even accepted employ
ment under it. There is sufficient good
sense in the country to preserve it from
Disturbances. The Italians have a happy
knack of persuading themselves that their
defeats are more glorious than other peo-
pies victories. Although most of the
papers do now plainly talk of Custozza
and LISA as reverses, they are never
weary of Wanting the bravery of their
soldiers, which nobody, that I am aware
OF, has disputed. 1t would, perhaps, be
more discreet to talk less about the pos
session of a quality without which a SOL
der is disgraced, and an army an armed
herd only fit to be driven to the slaughter.
Neither the friends nor the enemies of
ITALY doubt the valour of her troops, but
it is clear that some of her leading Gen
erals have still much to learn, and that,
as there is little chance of their learning
it, they will have to be shelved. But the
spirit of the Italians is hopeful and elias
tic, and when they come to have Venetia