The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-09
Tho" Hermit Of Csprera."

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for the reading thinking portion of tn
French people, introduces rs once again t.
the wouuded Achilles of the Comm a ists-
to the Mazsini on horseback of the Carbona
1.-THE crazy South American buccaueeI
Joseph Garibaldi.
part taken by Garibaldi and his red -shirte,
followers during the Prussian war.
lie and they, it was given out, were t
save France, were to drive tho hated inva
der, the wild German boar back to his ma
tive forests. Dion, helpless in the hand
OF her own children, was to find safet.
from tho strong arm of the resistlcss " de
liverer of crushed nationalities."
AND what was the truth in the face o
all this vaporingf Let M. de Freycine
speak. No one will question the correct
ness OF Count do Segur's commission of in.
curry; but first let us hear NJ. de Freyci
net:
10, You (GaribaldD are the only one who create
dImcult1es and cause disputes as justification
OF Your own inaction. do not conceal from
you the fact that the government is not al ali
satisfied with what has passed. You have not
b8ur6aki, and your presence at Dion has not
| afforded the slightest impeachment to the ad-
| vance of the enemy.
To these shameful reproaches the &c hero
OF Aspromonte," had not a word to reply.
The modem gasconading Pistol ate his
french leek in the most prudent silence.
Bat the disgracefal exposure produced not
the least alteration in the noble programme
which he and his sans culottes rascas
found 1t to their interest to carry out.
Inc levies OF money and provisions
made by these marauders, whom, in a mo-
ment OF despair, France consented to re-
celve upon her soil, caused an impoverish-
ment and an amount of misery to the I'M
happy people to whose deliverauce they
proiessed to come, in comparison with
which the exactions of the enemy sink al
together out of sight. The report of the
Count de Sagur will satisfy the most ar
dent rcvolutionists as to the character of
!hese false allies, upon whom poor France
in the dark hour of her fife madly relied
for help. In these calm pages of fatal ac-
cusatlon it will be seen that the cts of the
Garibaldian " army of deliverance" resem-
pie more the atrocities committed by troops
during the first frenzy after the successful
stormng of some town than anything ap-
preaching to the conduct proper to con fed
crates ana allies. No honest mind, we feel
assured, Will be able to repress it's indigna-
ton at the spectacle revealed by the Count
de Segur.
French regiments half dead and starving,
Garibaldian allies" carefully wrapped M
from the cold, and fed on the best French
officers, with that noble Christian valor
that always distinguishes them, sharing in
every suffering aud deprivation of their
mon, and % General" Garibaldi in luxu-
rious travelling carriage and literally, like
q sort of republican Dives, "feastipg
sumptuously every day." A contemporary
assures US that, in the midst of all the des-
Dlation and want of the French troops at
Autun, Garibaldi insisted upon fish being
brought at great expense from Marseilles |
Tor his daily use. But let US give the very |
words, for they are too good to be lost, |
and express in q nutshell the stern Roman |
habits of this pure Republican
ne enjoyed himself everywhere and always,
while France was in mourning Richly paid, |
with luxurious equipage, feasting free of ali |
insisting upon being served with ey-
Dry delicacy, with fish from Marseilles, then a |
great luxury, and which he was never weary |
u calling for. " The general, dear Sella, (thus
wrote the chief officer of his staff to the com
nissary,) the general is passionately fond of |
ish; sent by you it will be sure to please him.
Tor you understand this matter very we'll"
And this was the fellow who, in compa-
ny with Bordone and Frappoli and some
other heroes of the stampede at Montana,
solemnly engaged to give good account |
Of the well-trained legions of "the largest |
in the world"
Drowning men clutch at a straw and |
France in the last moment OF her apony
herself to believe that GariSaldi
and his mercenarics might possibly save
ler. The result was precisely what it
lster. No wonder therefore that we have
d the French Chamber n very fe4Eid de-
'cription of the Italian renegade as fol-
ows
M. PERRoE-The friends of General Carl
'aldl have been rather too hasty in their
praise of his services. For eighteen months
he commission of inquiry has labored to bring
o light the truth as to the part played by
General Garibaldi in the national defence.
heir task is Mt length accomplished, and in a
ew days you will be able to judge for your
elves the work of the commission. Then Won
viii not fail to see proved to demonstration
hat IT the disasters of Sedan and Metz have |
ost france two armies calamity for which
he empire alone is responsible, the interyen.
ion of General Garibaldi caused us the loss of
third army. that of the east, commanded by
he gallant Bonrbaki. The responsibility Of
III this rests not only on Garibaldi, but upon
hose also who entrusted him with a position
rhich he tcdS not ,corthy to defend. And, gentle-
men, when you shall have read for Yourselves
he evidence furnished in our report, l shall
hen be ready to hear the defence and the
praise of General Garibaldi which his friends
nay have prepared, and l premise them o
Meeting here at this tribune.
This is pretty strong and tolerably
rushing for the fsh-loving " hermit :" but
tter NJ. Perrot came the Marquis de Fran
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