Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-05
.GARIBALDI And HIS SONS.

eenville- Murray, in Continental Times.
IF one wished to summarize the char
acter of Garibaldi as tersely as possible,
one would describe him as man with
the heart of lion and the head of a less
redonbtable animal. But it Is impossi-
BILE to do Justice to a great man in
couple of lines. The truth is that it is
not Garibaidi's head that is small but
his heart that is SO large. The moral
qualities in him have dwarfed the intel
fectuai Consumed through half life
time with a burning sense OF his coun-
try's wrongs, he lost the power OF dis
cussing political questions with calmness
He coald scarcely he blamed for failing
to see that Austria was political neces-
sity; or that even treaties which i'm
posed foreign yoke npon Italy repre-
sented international engagements OF
the most solemn kind and could not
be flung ,ato the fire at a moments no.
tiee without imperilling higher than
national interests. His trade has been
to fight, not to criticise-to do, not to
think. 1t was Mazzini who
''Bade the conquoror go forth.
And launched that thunderbolt OF war
on Sicily, Naples and Rome. The one
thought out the idea Of united Italy /;
the other worked it cut
Siste uiator, heroa calcaS. That is the
mood in which one should approach the
examination of such character as Carl
baldi's: thankful that 1t is indeed he
ro one has to deal with, nor vainly re-
GREETING that he is not critic into the
bargain. If the utterances OF the old
warrior have been Incorporate OF late
years, one must make allowances for the
effervescence Of the spirit which car
ried hlm to victory in 1860. Had he
then reflected, Italy might still be
awaiting her savior. They laughed at
Turin when be sailed for Marsala. THAT
poor Garibal,li,' said Victor Emanuel,
as he lighted cigar, "he,ll infallibly
get hanged, and then what a tine fhner-
al we shall give him" A few months
later Garibaldi saluted him as King OF
Italy. "Ah, Garibaldi, how do yon
do 7" was his Majesty's only reply AS
matter of fact, the easy-going monarch
was rot particularly pleased at the adj
dition to his responsibilities. The indo-
lenee and apathy of those whom heshed
his blood to raise to honor-these Carl
baldi has always found the most troub-
lesome obstacles in his path. No won
der he hates Opportunism and Modera-
tion. Too often he heard them prated OF
while Poerio aud Carafa languished in
the dungeons OF Bomba.
The zeal of humanity has eaten him
up; and let it always be remembered to
his praise that the liberator of Italy Is
man before all things. He is friend
of every country and his own. Let a
nation be in trouble and Garibaldi will
come to the rescue. Itmatters not that
the nations troubleis of its own making.
He will even forgive that nation the
wrong it may have done to Italy. How
bitterly Garibaldi felt the annexation
of Nice to France he showed in other
ways than by the issue of flaming proc
lanlatlons. A friend of mine was once
in conversation with him, when the
General took out his cigar-case. AS he
rendered the contents, "they are aii,"'
he SAID, "that is left ME of my country"
for they were OF Nizzan manufacture
Yet when France lay well-nigh pros
trate after Sedan, Garibaldi indignantly
secuted the idea that advantage should
be taken Ut the situation to strike u
blow for the recovery Of Nice and Savoy.
He did more receiving small thanks
from Generals who wonld have prefer
red the ruin Of their country TO its de