The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-14
LETTERS TO The EDITOR

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works have come to my table at the
same time. Both aer regarding Italy;
for over thousand years Italy had
been broken up into a host of small |
and inconsequent states, for which |
various nations of Europe often
scrambled and fought. But with the |
overthrow of feudalism by Napoleon
Buonaparte there was political
awakening in Italy, which gradually
grew into a sense of nationalism; but
Austria had secured the northern part
and held it with vice-like grip; the
Pope claimed to be temporal ruler,
and misgoverned several sections;
Naples tyranized over Calabria and
Sicily; and there were several Duchies
and one tiny Republic. Meantime the
Dukes of Savoy, with unbroken line
reaching back over 800 years, had be-
come King of Piedmont and Sar-
DINA. In the reaction after Napol-
cons overthrow absolutism in person.
al government held high revel all over
Europe, and the individual states of
Italy all had their full share of tyran-
ny. Between 1880 and 1883 several
parts of Europe, including Italy. had
spasm of reaching after liberty.
which was sternly repressed by the
men who claimed to rule by "divine
right"
My two books, or works rather, tell
how Italy had other and later spasms.
and at last succeeded in throwing off
the political yoke and securing con-
stitutional government.
One is 1.-THE Life and Times of
Count Cavour" in two thick volumes,
by William R. Thayer of Harvard
University The other is "The Life of
I Garabaldi" in three volumes; each
treating of a seperate period in the
struggle for Italian liberty; this by
George Macaulay Trevelyan, grand
nephew of the English historian Ma
8 caulay, and son of Sir George Otto
h Trevelyan, who has written SO ably
y of English and American history COW
y ering the period of our Revolution
h since my boyhood, when was en-
Il amored with Motley's dutch Repub'
i. lic," have l been so well-bound as b,
these two works; one by an American
the other by an Englishman. Cavou
was born in the Nobility, but was thu
peoples champion for free govern
r ment; he was the Prime Minister o
g Victor Emmanuel I. who with ~
&c years of royalty and war-lordnes
behind him, was yet an open-minde'
y and honest man and ruler; and whe'
Il he had inherited constitutional forr
H. of government, and sworn to uphol
y it, he would not smother or try t
D. overthrow it, Notwithstanding tn
D. advice of many greater rulers, VIII
G almost threatened to make him do 81
because his example was such crit
icism of their conduct.
A Beginning with about 1880 Mazzir
became a prophet for an Italian H
public, and while honest, disintereste
ey and intensely liberty-loving, did NJ
b. secure what he desired, but did set
in action those influences which brougl
es. about Italian unity and liberty. Gar
,r- baldi was born of the people, and to
he lowed the sea. some years with su
on cess, early becoming ship-maste
and he was inspired by Mazzini. vi
ter tor Emmanuel and Garabaldi in cour
rs. of time became warm friends al
mr. mutual admirers, remarkable ia
re which had much to do with the OF
NV come. Carabaldi was born soidi
md seemed to know by instinct how
18th do a right thing at the right time a
18th in just the right way. But he was
dismal failure when he tried Ct
IL government; here then was an int
esting situation; Cavour, Mszzini
Carabaldi, each named Joseph.
trinity of great men; neither OF tn
fully trusting either of the others,
nes- Cayour making use of the other t.
'iey NAPOLEON III, we'll named "the Lift
nity overthrow the French Republic,
sl'ef therefore did not favor Mazzini
that Carabaldi, but in his dislike OF A
re- tria would join hands with Cav
able and Victor Emmanuel to drive Aus
OF out of Italy. The authors OF these
o'ey historical works have had access
ons' enough of the state and family pal
- to get we'll behind the scenes OF tn
IS. days and show us how masterf
the Cavour made use of Napoleon
trict who had strangled the Roman
ID to public of central Italy in lS49
" of b. fore he overthrow the Sec
{ the French Republic; we also see
uild- Cavour let Mazzini preach ho'
o,,os .h,,,rted al his plans for rev,