New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-10
TILE ELNG or THY.
consequence

The first King Of Italy is dead. The gallant
prince who succeeded to the throne OF Slr-
diEia, in the midst of defeat and disaster, IL
1919, ended his life yesterday afternoon, III
the palace Of the Quirinal. AT Rome. The III
tcrycnng twcntyHinc years are 80 crowded
with the event, winch have shaped his per
Son history and The fortunes OF United Italy
that they seem to embrace the work of many
generations. Rarely has man OF ordinary
intellect. of limited ambition. and OF rather
awkward executive capacity. been thrust, 10y
tic irresistible force Of circumstances into 80
romantic and glorious AN historical career.
He was fortunate IL the time OF his birth, AMI
fortunate, also, i'll finding great >iatcsmdh-
Cavour-at his side. when the abdicdtion
of hi, unfortunate flasher transferred To MN
the unwelc0mr weight of crown. In SPIT" oi
thc participation of Sardinia III tdc Crmcan
War, which was not popular throughout lttiN
in spite Of the marriage of ihc Princess Clotliic
to Prince Napoleon; even III spite OF the
transfer Of Savoy and Nee TO France, hc be-
came almost without designing il, the repre-
sentative OF Italian Unity. State aitr: state
Tell to him, as by an inevitable grayiation
and when, III 1860, at Teano, near Capua,
Garibald first greeted him rs " King Of Italy
| the great work was practically finished. The
speedy possession of Venice and Rome were
assurcd-al that has since happened is the
logical result of what was then achieved.
Although at times extremely unpopular with
this or that party in Italian politics, Victor
Emanuel always retained firm hold upon the
affections of the people, through his dauntlcsS
courage and the simple sturdy honesty of his
hat .t fi.n I.tit nj
Goito and Noyara he was almost forclbly re-
strained by Ills officers from rushing upon GER
tam death, centred the faith Of Northern Italy
nDon him. While Lpmbariy was still Aus
titan, the common people discovered that the
letters OF the composer Verbs name core
spondcd to the initials OF the words IGf0r'O
Enoaneic, lie UItaHa Nictor Emanuel, King
Of Itaiy), and they avoided the vengeance Of
the supprcssiyc police ny shouting |iW |GH!
when ever anything OF that composer was played,
sung. or even whstlcd. Bat The favOritc epi-
tibet bestowed upon the King by the people
was II Re GdldRtaOm0, the Brave King
Il tile which will be current among them for
many a generation 10 come. y certain coarse
element in his nature did not make hm any
| tie less popular among them. Even when the
burdrnS which came with The new nationality
bore hardly upon them, thry felt, instructive
". that his work was also difficult, and preached
paticncc TO one another. Possibly q greater
man would have possessed less cohesive in
iluoncc.
The stability of the Kingdom OF Italy will
not be shaken by Victor Emanucl's death. Al
| though but ten years have elapsed since Ven
ice completed its boundaries by sea and land,
and six years and Il half since Rome became
the capital, the Italian people learn rapidly.
| Their patriotism is easily developed, ardent
and persistent. AS citizens OF IA great Euro
pcan Power. very few OF them will ever dream
OF again dividing their country into cluster
of insignificant and probably oppressive States
! Prince lIumbcrt. who now succeeds as King,
has never been popular, but Of late years he
has at least shown prudent regard
for the general opinion. He il now
thirty-four years Of age. and the father of a
third Victor Emanuel Of eight. His wife, the
Princess Margherita of Savoy, is idolized By
the whole Italian people: her grace, her good
ness and intelligence have won their unrcserved
faith. and they look TO her for the wisdom
which shall guide the new king. This is a
very fortunate circumstance, in the present
stage of Italy's history With intelligent
and experienced statesmen, on the one hand,
and beloved and trusted queen on the other.
King lIumbart will be assisted or controlled,
- the ease my be. The impending death OF