Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-07
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fHe Prominent statesmen and
Generals Of the New KingdOna

Z rhe Prominent Statesmen and
, Generals Of the New KingdOna
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The recent revelations and rscrimina-
! htioGs touching Prussia msde in the Flo
renee Psrlisment by Gen. della Mar
{ mora have been Interpreted not only as
a symptom OF approaching war on the
: Continent, bQE as signifying that the
army OF Italy has alresdy been secured
by The French Emperor to assist ia ear
: Eying cut his projects. HeweYeE this
= msy Ds, the revelations referred 10 have
! sttsined srch notorfety as 70 Justify 3
gsanee INTO The record OF present Italian
4 Alfonso della Mzrmora, the most con.
spicuOus Italian since CsVour, IS Pied
= montese by birth, Of noble family and
over sixty years Of age. HerYas reared
10 the Academia Militsire Of Turin ana
entered the army OF Carlo Alberto IS
fieutena ant of cavalry. AT the disastrous
eastle Of \ 0vArs. .mA1S49 which ferced
The sbdicstiOn of that sovereign sad
= crusted to the ground Italian aspira-
tiOns, La MsrmOra acquired the reputa-
ton that be hss steadiyA borne ever
since-tbAt Of 3 brsve and stubborn, bus
Incompetent fighter. Notwithstanding
this iHcOmpetency, 50 unmistaksbiy dis
played, he was enabled not only to rs-
Isin his position in tue army under the
succeeding King, Victor EDsnuei II, r
but to rise By dint OF uneQus.led coursge /
and energy to the military and political
/ eminenCe he has reached Of late years
. Cayour knew well his defects, vet he
I could DO 10 D5tteE thaa to lift him Up into
. chief command as War Minister in his !
I Cabinet, and make him the armed repre-
I sentative OF the " Italian question: y IN .
: the face Of Europe. Accordingly ne was
sent with fifteen thousand troops to to
CTimes, where he was enabled to scQuit
/ bimseif passsbly well, owing to the very /
Slight part he took in the proceedings .
/ against the Russians. During the cam
! paign of1S59 he was reduced to the status .
/ sf sn sEtOmstOn, nominslly cam manding .
the Italisn wing OF the allied army. Mar .
shBl Neil and Napoleon III were TOO well +
acquainted with the Ttsliauissimo .
General to allow him any real control .
over his sixty thousand men on such an
important field as that of Sollerino.
After NilsfTsncs, Is Marm0ra resp
peared prominently in 1885, both ss Prime
Minister and GeneTaliissimO OF Italy.
In the beginning Of that year he formed
the alliance with Pfussis to expel the
: Austrians from Veuetia; and, in &C.
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vas forTarded 70 him from Berlin for
the guidance Of the Italian army. Bis
msTck, it seems, also believes IN sutoms-
tons. But Is MaTm0Ts, thus rQdely
wounded in his own cOnceit, disregsTded
M0ltkeis plan, blundered heEdlODg into
the very heart Of the Quadriiateral and
allowed the Au5tgians to inclOse him in b
their steel trap st their leisure. CODse-
QGently, while the battle Of Custozza ex-
hi5ited an Improvement In fighting on
the rsrt Of the italian soldiers, It only
proved once again the military incapac-
ity Of their Oid ulertinet eommanoer.
Since then La MaTmOTs Ess seen diil'
gently engaged in explaining away his
defeat; and ais recent revelstiOns IN re-
gard 20 the plan, policy and general
tTeatmeGt inflicted on him by Bismarck
appear to have been a asoothing balm unto
himself and his compatriOts. He hss
siWays been warm partisan or the
French sliisncs, or rather tool OF the
French Emperor. 10 politics Ls Msr-
mora wss esFIy forced TO join the liberal
school OF CavoUF, who taught him the
most liberal principles with regard to the
rights Of property aud person as illDs-
trated by the noble counts famous eject I
men5 OF the priests, monks snd nuns
from their churches and converts in
AO0E-O9- II - nu4 5tEAESt1 LA6A Sto4s1
that he should be devout believer in
brute force, miliJsTily disciplined and
applied to the execution OF " N5era!
on g Ike scale. O0e Of G
MS fayorite p8stimes when Orgsniz- !
ing the Sandman srmy consisted 10 /
himself 10 the pettiest sud g
most Insignificant details Of the ser s
vice; psTsding the Ssrdiuians ia C
the streets one day sTrsyed ia 8 certain
set OF coat buttons, = certain formal cut )
OF beard, aud in certain uniform c0lOrsr {
and then reversing or altering the dis
plsy the very day alter. SUCH amusing C
experiments in the steps TO attain
fDsIiiy OF ideal Of uniform for King u
VictoI's troops would last for weeks 4
aye, for mouths-at q time but never at T
sBy time CiS the grave and busy La c
MaImoFa pay Ssttention to the satiricsI o
cuts and JOKES Of the Ffschfett0. He IS q
By no means popular with the Itaiisns; =
vet, though he Is now reduced TO 3 sian Il
pie depOty's seat in Parliament, 1t Is not q
unlikely he will sg1in loom up in the C
highest military and political position a5 Q
the prOtege Of LCus Napoleon. De Is q
notorious for looking down g
wards UpOn Garibaldi & Co., snubJiug e
downright all volunteers" Regular s
troops are his pets. In his estimation Of &
the regular army-which he claims 70 I
6avs created he carries the well known s.
Italian sensitiVsnesS sni t0ucAiDess to o
au absurd degree hence the superiority q
30 marked Of the French officers and y
soldiers over his army in 1853, snd upon d
the plains of LOmbaTdy, aroused his G
to the fsmiDg point. Whist ?
between the latter aud the chsrge OF IL \
gratitude cast into their teeth from n
France, the Frenehman - is almost as
a. n
opiv fgtely "the German" The scale fs
may pCssibly slightly incline towards ~ G.
FT0ncese because u TsGescO was out Of V
ali conscience tO1 brutal; still the lt8l- 8
isns voeiferously decline all bonds OF II
to any nation whatsoever, on q
the ground that a great nation Cf the d
first wsteT cannot permit or accept Gic b
fati0n from the foreigner" They claim P
rhst the new kingdom, according 70 tne q
IGlid-fdrI da-Se doctrine OF Carlo All 81
oerto can and will suffice unto Itself. 81
Just AS loudly on the other side do the b
french constantly assert their utter ina. A
DiIitv TO Understand why their Emperor A
sacrificed their blood and treasure Tor e.
such vagabonds and UdurieJss as . those I
LtaliaDsiD So runs the little quarrel 10 b
he great Latin family. II remains Tor y
the Emperor to explain the why. Per t
laps be may some day. q
Not 50 notorious q warrior IS LAMAR 81
mora, but far more competent and sue d
5essful one, is Gen. Enrico Cialdini. This e
latter General, long before the wars OF Il
lS5s560-'66, had actively served ~ the o.
armies of foreign governments, and had b
received high rewards for his gallantry 8
n battle. His list Of decorations, grest- s
y augmented Of late years, Is endless, 7
aud his gala uniform displays sn une- 81
lusled number of medals, grand crosses, O.
ribbons, eGe. During the campaign Of e.
1859, and especially ST the battle o' Pa g
estro, he distinguished himself over sti
The other Italian Generals. But his B.
greatest achievement, the one which ts
Jpread his fame extensively, wss his de- v
eat, in 1850, Of the Pope's army under 9
Lamoriciere. To defeat not OILY Pope'5 Z
army, but st the same time the most re- o.
lownsd and able French General OF the n
isy, elevated him 20 the highest pima Ii
3ls ia the eyes Of his cOuntTymen, while ci
Ii secured him eternal dsmnstion from Ol
Plus TX. OF course be went up high on "a
.he list OF excOmmUnicated, and fulmi- q
mated along with King Vittorio and Z
Count CRvOur. 1t must be recollected In u