New-York tribune., 1890-01-12


And has your Royal House the modern idea p
think yes Victor Emmanuel at least kept
his word Perhaps of himself he not infected
with enthusiasm for constitutional government, but
what he promised as a Sandman he performed
as an Italian
II is easy TO see that he popular. His
statue in all the squares, his name multiplied on
the streets the flags depending from thousand
s,aves mournfully mingling with funeral Grape
in memory OF his death attest that he still holds
the heart of Italy. But was he statesman?
Enough 10 keep a statesman AT his right hand
and abide by his Judgment. That was better
than TO play pseudo-statcsman at first hand. He
would, il is true, in the most important matters.
remark abruptly, 'Cavour you will see TO that,
and leave the room. This | am content to call
statcsmanshp-not to mcddle, but leave great
matters To great experts
" As kings go yes And llumbcrt-iS he equally
complaisant?7
"Ah! Umbcrto! lie is noble. He is quiet :;
You might have thought he had not heart. But
when he came back from Naples after the cholera
the whole cities went out to meet him. could
rot look upon hin. wthout-what you call-emo-
tiOn filled my eyes
Yet you went down into Naples yourself and
claim no credit for it ~
"Oh! | went TO observe. 1t is my business
| knew how to protect myself had no fear
But the king-howcvcr, he will not 90 again.
They will not let him, and he cannot 90 without
permission
But the King has gone again TO Naples, with
permission this time, and gone not to symIathize'
but TO prevent Naples, which seems full of dirt
and sunshine and beggars.
"No,T interrupts an old resident, Naples has
I,f,o Itolu bas Ipup with
bcggars in Naples And | looked more closely
and saw that il was measura6y true. People
livcd-cookcd slept, ate--on the sidewalks, on the
narrow streets. in r7lgs and dirt but they were
busy. and not begging. Zach man was driving
his DONKEY Overladon with pannlcrs of vegetables,
drawing his little handcart, roasting his measure
of peanuts, or perhaps chc,tnutS AZ least making
a sputtcr and smoke, earning or cooking his
living, but not begging
Mr. Gladstone says the most import bcSsar
he met in Naples was sister OF charity, ana can
easily believe il, for she WAS always walking
along the mole, waiting 10 intercept the unwdry
traveller between hi, carriage door and hotel, seek
ing whom she might deyour-ior sweet pity sake
This thrift Is tie result Of United Italy. One
WHO has not been n Naples for hltccl years would
not know II for the same city. And now the new
time has taken the cholera ia hand. Fresh, pure
abundant water has already been brought from
SPRINGS far on into the plasuc,tricl,'n city; and
when Humbcrt and the Time Spirit and the
municipal authorities shall have dug out some
picturc>Qucnc>s, alas, but along with IL tie plague
breeding hlth-bcsmcarcd low-lylns slime and
>quaior Of crampci quarters. narrow alley Streets
and have given instead wide spaces. free sunshine
clear air and clean drainage. We shall have h"'
poor young Conradn with hi, lost life bounding
back again. or any IIohcu,faufen % them all; not
AuIou aud Arra-on carousins in th"E
palaces but we may look for healthy,
happy homes IN which NcapolItan peasant babies
may grow up TO manhood AMI w"m""h''d WIN
strong clean hands. tit To- hold lrcc citizenship
Yet the Queen likes not t' come mthcf. 'A" NrA-
poltans say. come, but seldom and never lets the
ku- come If Size can help it; tlou-a hrrr "ro t''o
royal ui1cr, nr their reception. summer palace
and winter ial,c, very b.-. ,cn Splendid miN-
mcrablc room, al huns with ,i.n and SATIN. nn4-
room and throne ?, ON eor-col, with crimson and
gold And what Is a throne bat -Iltci chair
upholstered IN velvet and st ou a platform covered
with velvet That is what thrones are, for have
III, c,, lated them! Here. too. are painting and
sculpture. valuable aud IutallHplc Victor Linz
manuel. 10 whom no art can -fr tA" sovereign ds-
Iect, and liumhcrt lu marble. and Maria inci'rt
the great and Maria Louisa tie Af'Ic. gazing down
with cDustl.ls equal loitIue>- from tlr lofty walls.
Here roy.. feet may tread. o. 5, they "ll, mosaic
floor o,.4,-tlat lalntIr- i"r ETERNITY "s
Ghir.anlajo va, wisely wont t. call lt-a pictured
and perfect scene with colors rtl. flesh ana action
full Of hfc. floor troIl,4 once hy t.at Ibculs
Caesar ia whose Roman lclsn PoAtiu- Plate Was
Do,c.nor % Judcl, and iicrod ua, lcirlcA Oi
Gall.rc and bis brother Pbiup.IcirarcA % Iunca,
and oi the region % llatuoni saue Li i'.ul'a, in"
IctrarcA OF Abilene. Anld, ana InHp4ds benz the
high priests. From tAc iuiu- vi h.a i~idcr u ''It,
oppl,lir, Ills mosaic Nd~ rescued, onli ic" mar
bl,s mIS~IuL hrIr aH4 tArr'. onl} ulilc p'u,.4ns
needed go restore IFS ancient FRESHNESS. Ia TINS
Iotal palac. III Maple, "a royal diaIu--iuom Mas
prc arcd OF proper shape and size % receive 10 and
uIon th, thrice Imperial floor the Queen may
preside n SD she viii, at Table massive and hand
some OF mosaic ~ SYMMETRICAL ln design, a. vivid
ia TINT a, A. IT had not slept for 500 ycdrs beneath
The a,hr, OF NcsutIus, whence, uoW dwdtIr-, ~
couc> t. tel tine uln'trcnth century Italian CIccu
and American rcpuhlIrdu-Wldi lI' IL "d' he
.iiy Pomiciitls ci upon ihclr mount uu side, until
the mountain swept them away with %, m.pA.tIc
breath but SO GENTLY Wi-u"d incIr home, in
;,hcu aust so fine that colrp>.ou of dlr or water
or any snn"ins tooth oI tlm' c'uI' not rc"c" thrm
crVcd To the ci-er ar oi distant a-rS ana -
new world For thus, all uua"drco, Iompcn anu
MucrIus painted for eternity.
Hui once upon "a time IN Naples the dagger of
thc ,,,sassu sought mbrrto: and NarghrrIt.t Wifc
before She l. Queen. cannot dIyc,t herself of the
dread association. Il was . madman, cral', say
hls ialthfulssuhlects, A.d llumbrri himself ggrs
cycryvvhcr, fearless. AS Why should b" not? No
kim hr by iirval divine right. bat only by that
divine rIcht of the modern world which is OWNED
lv the viii Of The people Nay, If the divine right
If blood sill held sway, il is NOT the throne of
Italv ON which lIumbcri would SIT. hvt tlc throne
Of England, 30 which he Is heir before the English
Queen Descending both Iu a straight line from
MARY Ouccu of Scots through her sen. the first
Jane, Of Eugland, Victoria strikes OH from james
10 the continent with his daH ghter Elizabeth,
while IIuuhrrt derive, from Jam-s's son Charles
through his daughter Henrietta Maria. who wrddcd
the House Of savoy Thus hc has. ~ the outset,
a generation more OF English blood i'm bis veins
'san hns his cousin Of England. When, however.
toward lair Florence and iInmhcrl and Margaret
went up 10 meet and greet her ON her way, !
have not heard that the subject Of the succession
made any part OF their talk England was
tired of her Catholic kings resolved
on u Protestant experiment. and bent