Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-10-03
The Arrest of GaribaIdi.

An intense excitement in the political
circles OF Europe has been created by the
arrest of Garibaldi, on the frontier Of
the Papal States. 1t has caused serious
outbreaks at Milan, Naples and Modena,
after the Italian Government had sup
pr essed all the preliminary riots OF the
Garibaldians, and thought quiet had been
restored throughout the country. But
the recent disturbances do not have the
appearance of tranquility. The great
Iiberator himself remains firm in his
termination to risk everything for the
liberation of Rome. In prison at Alex
andria, he issues communication, In
which he emphatically re-asserts the
right of the Roman people to emancipate
themselves from government they de-
test, and the right of the Italians to keep
themselves, and makes the eloquent ap-
peal to his followers not TO recede from
the position they have taken on this
question. In the excitement which has
seized the people of Italy, nothing is ap-
parent that is calculated to gain friends
to the government, but there Is evil
IDENTIFY much that will add new strength
TO the party of Garibaldi. The acknow-
Judgement made by the Pope to Emperor
N apoleon, of his obligations for the ar
rest of Garibaldi, will influence and ex-
cite the Italian people to much higher
pitch than before.
There is no doubt the English and
French papers will proclaim all honor
to Victor Emanuel, for his prompt sup
preston of the revolutionary attempt to
give Rome to Italy, and that nation to
Democracy. For the accomplishment
of this purpose the lion-hearted Republi-
can has been arrested. The King hates
Garabaldi as men spurn those only to
whom they owe their elevation, but
whom they can neither reward, nor cor
rupt, nor control, The King OF Italy,
owing his kingdom to Garibaldi more
than to any other man, feudalist at
heart as well as in position, he is FESTIVE
under the great enthusiasm and love
which the people, in all sections, pay to
to their cherished republican leader,
who makes no concealment of his con-
tempt for the traditions and glories of
monarchial rule.
The King is bound by treaty to de-
fend the Papal States but it is we'll
known fact that no king ever enforces
such obligations excepting Of his own
because he fears his power with the peo-
pie. There is no Italian knows better
than the K ing that Rome is indispen-
sable to the unifcation of his kingdom,
and that the people of the Papal States
are willing to be freed from the oppres-
sion of the present government.
The arrest OF the leader will delay the
event, SO necessary for the uniy of Italy,
but cannot postpone 1t long. Events
are greater than Kings and National
creeds than parchments. 1t is beyond
the p over of the Emperor of France or
the King of Italy to defeat the inexor-
able purpose of the people, that the tenn
poral power of the Pope should be de-
stroyed. A great and patriotic man Is
Garibaldi, so far led astray as to hold
himself above all governments, even
above that which it has been the only
practical aim of his life to sustain, that
he subjects himself and his followers to
arrest by his own friends, and does all
that Is possible, unwittingly, to delay
the liberation Of Italy from French
patronage and protection, the bane of
all others which Italian statesmen most
fear