Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-06

Enthusiastic Demonstrations in New York.

The celebration of the independence
and unity of Italy in New York few
dsys AGO was characterized by won
derful enthusiasm. General Sigel anC
MANY distinguished gentlemen made
speeches at the festival. @. A
Signiago presided and thus eloquent
Iy gave utterance TO his emotions:
SeigniOr NestOre Corradi, the Presi,
dent Of the General Committee, made
q few PREDATORY remarks in italian
after which he introduced the orator
of the day, SeigniOr G. A. SigniagO
editor of Grenada, (Miss.l Sentinel
The Seignior, the New York StH
says, is handsome young man, with
very eloquent delivery. He spoke
in Italian, and carried his audieneE
by storm. The following is literal
translation of the SeigniOr's remarks
Bsg0Ued CSnDatri0tS, Sons of ItdlsI-
After several decades OF years spent In
cold exile; after long yearning,
hoping, praying for my dear country's
greatest hope, its noblest object, and
to day its proudest boast-Italy united
and Rome its capital-I find myself
amidst my patriotic countrymen to
bless and glOrify at last that great
event. loud applause. Hopes
which YOU often feared had been frus-
trsted, have been amply realized.
The blood Of your fathers, brothers.
and friends, that saturated many a
hard-fought field, has ripened those
hops into this full fruition. The
struggling of our patriotic leaders,
under fncalculable difficulties, in
organizing bands of our countrymen
in every part of Italy-in persistently
treating with stubborn rulers-in
plotting every means to urge on our
eause to its issue, has not been vain,
for all that they had sought has been
found. Italy Is now all that they
hoped her TO be.
OUR NATIVE TRICOLOR.
now floats alike over the "headlong
Anio" and yellow Tiber; over the
seven hills and Eternal Rome; over
the arches of Constantine and Titus,
the Coliseum, and the palace of the
Caesars; over the beautiful bay of Ma
ples, the "Queen of the Mediterrane-
an;" over Genoa the Superb, the rest
ing place of Columbus; over historic
Milan, and classic Pisa, Padua, and
Modena; over Mantua, the home of
Virgil; over the Sabine hills, the Sa-
bine farm of our immortal Horace;
over Hadrian's villa and the ancient
Forum: over all that our noble ances-
tors bequeathed to us; over our Just
and natural boundaries; over our own
hearth, the tombs of our bygOne he
roes, the Iegacies of our pioneers in the
arts, sciences, and literature; and ever
the battle-felds OF our warriors. /
would imagine our wild Alpine peaks
and mountains grow more gigantic
amid the atmosphere Of freedom, and
looking more proudly over our regen-
Grated land. Who would to-day dare
tamper with the eagle that wings its
flight therefrOm? Loud applause
Ny dear compatriOts, it would be
an uuwarrantable eXsctiOn on your
mart to expect me in this hour, on this
occasion, while celebrating such an
event. to deliver an Grafton in form
and expression worthy of the event.
When ones heart is brimful of dar-
ling lows his utterance is impeded, and
his soul rather seeks relief in being in
coherent than in OverbUrdening him
self with set forms of speech. Ny
mission to-day is an honorable one.
and attributable to you, for which /
sgfve Won my sincerest thanks. Being
President of this Convention, and of
our local society, am reminded of
the days of gloom and struggling
when I was assigned little Offices
wherein I had to participate and
teach others to do the same; the val
liant efforts made by
DE ANGELS AND GIUSEPPE MAZZINI,
when they proposed to overcome ev-
erv obstacle that lay between the pa
triotic and grand designs Of RienZi and
Cavour and their accomplishment.
Then had little to hope for, little to
boast of. Ny country. from north to
south, wss tTammeled by petty dig
sentions among imbecile rulers, called
dukes, grand dukes, princes and
kings. The completion Of a perfect
unity seemed then q hopeless task.
House quarreled with house; cities of
one principality were bitterly antago-
oistic, until the whole peninsula, in its
decentralization necessarily grew clam
.orous for a NATURALIZATION union.
An such an emergency, while ruin
threatened Italy by leaving her the
victim Of monarchs' caprices through
n. e weakness ofher feeble and conflict
inc sNlements, her duchies and petty
lri5gdo vus, thousands of her sons, true
of beer+ and loving their fair
homo in I, entirety, strong In pur-
nose and brev q as their fathers, band
ed beneath the flag OF union and re-
solved in snita n. all opposition, at
anv risk. at snv mi, Ne, to see Italy one
and and Roma % its its Pcsnits''. Before that
great and y1yes eccor5 r,iisb, d thousands
OF Italy's sons were compel, VI ~ seeA tSl-
wdfuo.n f.r,v.a. 49, - 'kHLu DN
fleeing to France, England ano aus aus
trslia; and here In this glorious la VI
PRoUDEsT OF THEM ALL,
how many an exPatriated rebel
leader spent his long exile. Thou
sands were doomed to drag out their |
noble lives in tho gloomy dungeons /
Of Castle st. Angelo and In those of /
Naples and Sardinia. Many a jealous |
patriot, In those years of struggling,
of sacrifice and OF sorrow, never re-
crossed alive the dark portals of his
prison. Some have written their /
oountTy's wrongs and hopes upon the
the fetid dews of their dungeons;
some refused the pittance of convicts |
"a tyrant's bread-and died slowly /
without the consolation Of their /
friends or q kindly word. Then,
though they may have been of noble
name and estate, their bodies were /
refused any but the graves Of thieves
and assassins; their wealth con nfiscated 4
and their names obliterated. But To-
day, in this free and distant land, we
will raise a shrine within our hearts
for those forgotten and prosecuted he
rOes. With the eXultation of the !
cause they died for, their names and /
memories will revive, and they will /
live on in the brightest records Of our
new destiny. Here the speaker was
overcome with emotion.
Italians forever, forever, honor
the noble ones who have lived and 1
died for Italy-who have struck the /
blow which made tyrants crouch and /
sni--ender to the demands and wishes |
OF an i.qiured peopiel Praise and ven
Grafton to
THE SHADE OF COLA CAvOUR;
deck We his grave with the choicest
laurels and the fairest offerings OF the
EtGarden of Europe" his well-loyed |
home, beautiful Italy! Enshrine his |
name first In the archives OF our
oou untry and in your grateful hearts.
Let such names as Rienzi and Cavour /
prove a tonic to your souls whenever |
evil threatens our native peninsula. |
Honor the names Of Giuseppe, Carl /
Ibaldl and Mazzini, who never de-
serted the standard whereon was writ j
ten "Italia una Roma Capitalize
Teach your children to love and eX-
tOl the memories of those heroes who |
fought the campaign wherein our |
most glorious triumph was won