Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-12

fuirs In 1887 IN open parliament tenn
poHtupualy stignatlrod na Qupttro pre-
doui tour highwaymen), the day after
which these quattrp predpm inflicted
upun this foolish enemy the crushing
defeat of pogali, when they destroyed
the whole Italian column,
Is II probable. We repeat, that this
people famed since all time for their
warllko qualltlea and fighting cnpacl-
tics, VIII sit down quietly under this
blow and allow their enemies TO make
military promenade Into AhNaslnihf
The Italians should remember recent
English history, How the EnguHh
spent some a ,200.0 600 IN these regions,
and, nevertheless, abandoned them,
and what the rich English thought an
impossible ana uyorcostly task can
surely, without indlgnity, be dismissed
sa such by the impoverished itallhnn
Bad days aud had news are Ntlll In
store FOR the African colony. liut lot
the moment the victory dngzles the
eyes OF tho unthnllng mob, aud has
strengthened Crispls vascillnting post
tlon, But the new elections, II appears,
VIII not be till May, and much may oc-
cur twixt this and thon, and the
Italians may learn, like the English.
that Fuzzy-wu2ay may be "a pore
benighted 'eethen," hut that he Is "a
fust-rnte nghtln man"
Meantime, wordy war for and
against Criapl wages In the Italian
press, and some laud him as extraVa-
gontly ~ othora doprvclnte him, the
truth lying halfway here, az In all
other mundane matters, Undoubtedly
Crispi haa been n patriot In his time
patriot in days when patriotism
meant conspiracy and revolt against
the powers that be- but that was long
ago, In the day OF King Bomba ana The
Bourbons. Since then he has become a
loyal servant OF the House OF Savoy. has
forgotten that II might often be noblor
20 be In opposition TO the powers that
be, In order that progress may be
achieved, lest one good custom lhonld
corrupt the worldi' has forgotten that
Time marches on and mems ideas
march with II.
Would he have credited II some 40
years ago that he should pass excep-
tlonal laws TO muzzic the press, that
he should declare whole provinces as
In u state OF Siege merely because the
Inhabitants refused TO think with him
that he should violate the constltntIon
and persuade his sovereign to rule by
royal decree Just like Russian Car
and as though neither parliament MOI
law existed; that he should couuette
with the Vatienni TINT the pronounced
atheist should attend church, aud OH,
err things the more2 The grent poet
Cnrduecl. has lately In a somewhat
extravagant eplthalnmium addressed
TO Crlspls daughter, compared him Il
prccidn, the instiRator Of the sioiilnr
Nespers. But was Il not II Procidr
that It was sud "a nifty no outiivef
hlmself'7 Roughly speaking, II mirhl
be asserted that the OLD "a Italy IN,
IN favor OF Crispi. the young oppose,
20 Fin, and this hecanse the young ~.
him as he ~ now, tho old with IA,
glnmor OF his past around him. Thl
f. no doubt why Verdi IL on his slde
The veteran composer has Just sent ,
large portrait OF himself 10 the Italia,
rcmier with these wul da; ITO Fran
SEQ Crispi the great patriot" Mean
while the great patriot has been rattle
unwfh Of late, and his medical adyis
clA nee oFdered him y Few days res