The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
6aribaldi.


The mere narrative of Garibaldi's lite
reads like medisval legend or tale oil
heroic times. He is at once the Ulysses
and the Achilles of the Italian national
epic. Long before his name had been
heard in Eurore his exploits, both by
sea and land, had made it word of
power in the new world. Having been
involved in revolutionary intrigues he
quilted Europe in 1886 tor South Amer
lea, only 10 return after twelve years
exile, the story of which, with its stirring
adventures both of battle and peaceful
enterprise, is as romantic as any subse-
quent portion of his wonderful career.
In lS45 Garibaldi returned to Europe,
allured, like SO many other Italian pa
triJts, by Pho Nono's accession. But
though he soon found that his hopes in
that direction were to be disappointed,
Garibaldi did not return in vain. His
share in the defense of Rome against the
troops of the French republic under
General Oudinot and his victory over
the Neapolitans in the campaign OF Vel
letrf served to show his countrymen
that they would not want leader ready
to go all lengths when the time came.
The time did not come for another ten
years, and the intervening period was
one of sorrow and humiliation for Carl
baldi.
After the disasti Gus Roman campaign
ending with the occupation of Rome by
the French troops and the overthrow OF
Mazzini's triumvirate, Garibaldi was
hunted from place to place; two of his
devoted friends were taken by the
Austrian troops and shot without any
form OF trial; his heroic wife, Anita,
the companion of all his adventures and
perils, succumbed to the exposure and
privation of his flight, and the general
himself only escaped from his more i'm
pacable fees to be arrested by Sandman
troops and carried to Genoa, where La
Marmora, who held the command, al
owed him to retire to Tunis.
When Victor Emmanuel made his
peace with Austria, and the hopes of
Italy seemed extinguished for the mo-
ment, Garibaldi once more crossed the
Atlantic and settled in New York as a
tallow chandler. He returned to Eu-
rope in 1855, and in 1859 the war be-
tween France and Austria brought him
again into the field. Here we approach
the better known, or, at least, the better
remembered, parts of Garibaldi's event.
jul career. All the world recollects the
exploits of the Chasseurs DIES Alpes,
whom Garibaldi organized for noun
tain warfare, and led with con summate
daring along the sub-slpine ranges and
to the very summit of the Stelvio pass
before the sudden peace of Viilafranca
put an end for the moment TO the rising
hopes of italian patriots and statesmen.
Still more familiar is TIE story of the
campaign of the following year, which
was begun in Sicily by Garibaldi and a
few devoted followers, and ended
in a few months at Naples, when
the victorious patriot, who took no re-
ward for himself and asked for none,
handed over the crown of the Two
Sicilies to Victor Emmanuel and retired
to his farm in Caprera.
This was the browning point of Carl
baldi's eventful career. Here end not
indeed, his efforts, but his irect achieve
ments, in the cause of his country'S free
dom. The browning OF the edi6ce was
reserved for other hands than his. and
the ask was to be accomplished by
other means than he knew how to
employ.-Loadon Letter.