The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-14
DALLAS, TEXAS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING 80 July n
ITALY Ann ,mE CENTENNIAL


II II said that tho Italian Govern
mont declines 10 participate In tho
Centennial Exposition, Tho reason
assigned Ia, that II will DO TOO OK
ponalVo. However excellent th's
excuse, aud 4 Is IN excellent one,
for u government heavily burdoned
with debt, aud its people with lNSee,
Americans will regret tho absence
Of tho Italians from our great cen
tonnal banquet, next yenr' For
thoy have u sincere admiration, not
only for tho Italian genius, M Illus
trated In tho works OF tho old mast
crs of painting, sculpture and mu'
sic, but infinitely moro for thor
modern achievement, In raCcoasiul'
ly osiablIahinga liberal ind pro.
grossivo government, throughout
tho entire ponInsular, and depend
ont inlnnds. About sixteen short
years ago, tho American traveller
found Italy divided into numerous
petty Kingdoms, dukcdoms and
prlncipalitIos; and with tho cScep'
tion Of Sardinia, each dominated
by u uco OF hereditary rulers,
whose principle Of government
was 10 hold their subjects in
subsection with tho bayonet,
squeeze ~ much money out
of them M possible. Along tho
northern boundary, from tho Swiss
lakos TO tho Adriatic, Austria held
Lombardy in tho grasp Of hcr mail
cd hand, aud tho City OF tho dogcs,
once tho mistress of tho commerce
of Eastern Europe, groaned under
the rule Of tho rapacious carpet bag.
gors of Vienna. Further South,
Tuscany, tho native land Of Dante
and Michael Angelo and Gallulio,
was tyranizcd over by ils grand
duke, an olf'shoot of tho long Tipped
Hapsbnrgers. Still further South,
ward, II degenerate descendant OF
Henry w., of France, played the ty
rant over magnificent Naples and
fruitful Sicily; and in tho Elerna
City itself, tho people, no longer the
naughty race, whose oagIos, in.
scribed with tho proud $, ?. q. r..
(thc Senate and PEOPLE Of Rome)
and borne in triumph through
out Tho civilized world, row groan
cd under n government, whose hcad
however paternal and infalliblc, as
spiritual ruler, had, in the course o
centuries, reduced the country, out
side of tho walls OF Rome, TO ,
desert, and the people within then
to pauperism. Az for liberty, it no
where existed, except in gallant lit.
tie Sardinia.
Whore the Maratine Alps slope
down to the Ligurian plains, wa.
tered by tho turbulent Pc, il
situated the beautiful city of Tur.
IN, which, until about sixteen years
ago, was the capital Of the only free
country in Italy. Brave little
Sardinia; OF all the countries of that
beautiful land, had kept alive the
spirit of liberty. With boundaries
conterminous with those of Aus.
trian Lombardy, tho Government
OF Vienna, thon perhaps tho mos,
powerful IN Europe, was unceasinu
nits open attacks and secret in.
trigues, against u State which Sc. &C
pern'cious an example of liberty tc
the down-trodden subjects of Other
Italian governments. But fortu
nately for Italian liberty and unity
Sardinia had a ruler, who was no,
only brave in the field, but was wise
in council. Besides, no had for /,
primo minister, the ablest states.
man of this century. Although the
antithesis of Bismarck, in his fanda.
mental theories of Government,
oayour was like the great Prussian
"a MS lar reaching schemes for ma
t'onal unity. 1t was with him tho
great central idea, around which.
revolved all his statesmanship. In
1888, he visited Paris, and so magi.
cal was the influence Of his genius
over Louis Napoleon and his minis.
tiers, that tho alliance betwoen
France and Sardinia, which the
next spring, eliminated in the joint
declaration Of war against Austria
was concluded. At Magenta and
Solfcrino the allies, broke the grasp
of Austria upon Italy, and effected
the annexation of Lombardy 70
Sardinia.
Then followed in rapid succession
the annexation Of Tuscany, by the