Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-07


nucleus around which eonscription ha
gathered the swarthy Tuscans and th'
i daFk-hned NsapOlitsns. But while th'
PiedmOntese officers have given to new
Italy their military spirit aRd education
1 they have also contributed all the bru
! tality of dlsoipiine copied from the Aus
trian system aud al the marrow minded.
ness Vhich so distinguish them. The
/ eonseq q1ence is, that cry OF complaint
has ARISEN iD the rest. of the army from
among officers and men that there has
! been inflicted on them too much OF
p PiedmOatese.n The effects Of the ar
Z rOgsnt system introduced by the superior
1 PiedGaont ntese-e of the Ole army are visible
/ to tha extent Of having destroyed that
shection. admiration and e0nfidence
which are necessary between the various
m IA bsEs of az army and which so no.
tabIy exist Ia the French service. Be-
sides this great drawback, the italian
fdEces are deficient in al squipmentA-
In arns, uniforms andratiOns; no Chase
pots Or any other luxpriesfo for them while
rhe trea zury at Florence remains so
empty. L i estimated that in case OF
war to-day Tally could not put into &C.
tion and efficient service 3 larger force
thaa little Sardinia did, although the
army now numbers over two hundred
thOaszDdsmsl. r-
As regards the Italian navy, 1t is en-
tirely lackihg in material End men. The
maritime organization existing in 1865
was sqUe!ehed in the combat a. Llssa by
the m mismaCagsment of the celebrated
Admiral PeFsauo-celeOrated for having
been court martis!sd on account of that
defeat.
Gen. MenabFes, the actual premier Of
the Cabinet, has always proven himself
3 very shallow statesman, and is regarded
by MS counTymen as entirely unified
for such al important office. He was
nothing under CsyouT, although q gen.
uiae Pieam0nteSe and 3 mathematician
of some note. He fills high functions to-
day solely because he is shown to be 3
mere instrument in the hands Of La
MsTmoFs, and, through the latter, OF
Napoleon III.
On the other hard Urbin0 RAtazzi,
another Piedmontese-sn the honorable
men of Italy are nov from one province
.znd the lea Ter Of the opposition, is
really q capable maa and the only states
man which the country Of Caveur can
now boast, RstsZZi left the Premiership
not long since because ne wished to |
throw himself into opposition TO Louis |
- dHylEg-s lie 10" AOdA1 JOW NANo al |
with Prussia, goes in for |
the party Of action hesded by |
and Gsribaldi, and hereby |
hangs q tale. ali the Italian statesmen |
have over and over again avowed that |
their country is naturally and fOTcibly /
IN maintaining the good 1
wishes and the alliance OF France. To 4
therefore, the singular op-
position moved by Signor Rstszzi, it
must be borne in mind that he has been
3 mere instrumental OF attack
against the empire by means Of the su-
geriOr viii and skill Of woman, and
that woman no other than his wife.
This lsdy, though q cousin of the French
was bsniEhed by him from
4ris ct the time CT the coup d'etGt
From that date she has continually kept
3p 3 gserTe de femme against the Tuile-
-ies and has never CEASED to enlist on her
side of the arena all whom che could
muster. She has emphstically enlisted
Der husband, Signor RaGsZzi, Who is =
very stout opponent, and, whether on
hat secoult or otherwise, it is true that
he never hesitates TO express her conf
lent belief and knowledge that poor
Victor Emanuel is q born bloekhead and
hat fair Italy viii soon be republic.