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Oct. 13 1860] The Saturday Analyst and L...
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THE BATTLE OF VOLTUHN T O. NOW that w;e ...
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THIS l^IANOIPATION OF THE KU.SSIAN " -3J...
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Oct. 13 1860] The Saturday Analyst And L...
Oct . 13 1860 ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . 859
The Battle Of Voltuhn T O. Now That W;E ...
THE BATTLE OF VOLTUHN O . NOW that w ; e have full particulars of the battle of Volturno we find fresh . reason ibr admiring the . popular hero by whom the- victory has been obtained . According to nrilitiiry priiiciplejs Garibaldi ou » -iitt ) 'li ;\ yo been beaten into fits ,-as it was in the power of the young gentleman who' still calls himself King of the Two Sicilies to outnumber the patriots by two to one . The twenty-one thousand men who accompanied or followed their sovereign to Ga ' cta . Avere the elite of an army of four times that number , or , at any rate , comprehended the best troops in the Neapolitan service in point of discipline , and the most determined to adhere to the ancient cause . With less than half this number Gahibaidi occupied a position that only a daring commander would have ventured to take with so small a force . If successful he might destroy the , communication between Gaeta and Capua , and isolate the royalists in the latter fortress fro in . the rest of the country . On the other hand , if defeated , there was nothing to prevent Francis II . marching into Naples amid the acclamations of the base and cowardly populatioa which that city contains . ... As a game of chess , Gaeibaldi placed himself in a position of defeat , and must have made a hasty retreat if the Roj-alists had not given him time to dig- ditches , throw up earth-works , and fortify his little army so as . to render it possible fora small force to resist the attack of one double its size . It is , as yet , a . mystery why the Royal troop : s gave their ciiemy such a chance , as we should fancy the men who , fought so gallantly when the day of battle , eame would have been walling to act with greater celerity . Fortunately tho 7 delay did occur , and the Garibaldians had time to make dispositions ' . which , rendered it . possible for victory to remain in their hands , although the odds were still " in favour of their adversary to a frightful , extent . , ; According 'to the testimony of an eye-v , itne-s Gariualdi was more excited than tisual , his face was red with heat and excrtibnr and his voice altered by strong emotion . The great chief was fully aware that the turning point of his expedition : had arriyed , and his ebndxict exhibited that felicitous combination of extraordinary daring and sferatigie caution , by which military genius is so remarkably characterised . The plan was almost rash in its conception ; the mode of execution cautious arid precise Gaiudaliu ' s problem \ vas no less than bow to enable 10 , 000 troops partly composed of weak-headed Sicilians , and partly of the / worthless Neapolitans , to resist double their owji number , commanded by the lviug in purson , Stimulated by fanaticism as well a-s by hope of reward , aiixl still more By the conviction , that the light would be one of desperation arid sluughter , from which ' they could only hope : to escape by being the winners of the ( kiy , Mount btm Arigelo , eommaiidiug the coiii ' . se of the Tpltuuio , avus the chief point o f Gakibaxdi's line of defence , and here lie placed twenty-eag'ht guns with Genoese artillery irien , and Colonel , Spangaro ' s corps , who well justified the choice their leader had ina . ie . Gauji } a . l » i is said to luxve visited this post at least fifty times . The Royalist attack . ' appears to have boon well-/ planBcdAnd ¦ ' carriedout ¦ iyith great enqirgy . ^ ixtejn thousand rncii assailed' the principal positions , while . five thousand more inarched on , Madclatoni to take the patriots in the roar and cut off their retreat , A t Santa AJDma tlvQ lioyalists were at first successful , and at San Augeio they seem to have taken several , positions , but , they were u ^ ain repulsed at all points , and as the , famous clespatoh of Garibaldi said ther . b was " victory along the ¦ whole lino , '' Xn point o , f desperation the battle equalled airy thing at Magenta . and Solferinp , whole , regiments were swept away With grape shot , or cut . to piece * by . tho ii ^ ingariau hus . sarjs , vv'liio are reportod to have " Killed thojn , like flies . " JDui'mg" tho hoat of tho jfight no quarter Avas givoivand tho slaughter was tor-tffip . GAitrj . iAi-i ) r was at all points , directing 1 and pnocniMgirig tho patriot army , and after tho battle had rag-od all diiy tho lioyt . il army rotumed to Capua and Quota shorn of its proportions , and , as wo ahoxiM imagine , in no . spirit to renew tho contest with its triumphant opponent . Fivo thousand pnNOuers loft in the hands of GAurnALur , a Bavarian regiment cut oil from retreat , and some throe thoujsniidf killorianc ] wguudod will diminifilj . tho . fpVQ 9 of Fa an c i a 11 . to nbP ut' thirteon thpusawl ' mcjn ,- .. who qan havo up hopes of rotripving' tho fortunes of tho -miaovublo young man , upon , whowo hend tho guilt of nil tho carnage I'OStS . . ' ' , ¦ ' . . ¦ ¦ , 7 ¦ During" the fight GAUUiAum roocivod , "reinforcements from Naples , bringing 1 hia numbcrfl up to lil ' teon tlvousund , but it appears that . ninny of tjiom woro mciro boyi ? ., and tuldng all qirpumataiiiCQa iht ' u cpiifjidorucipn , tiiife buttle of vuluntaors dqsprveg tP rank ai ^ ong the mpst brilliant iu ) d uhpprtant yf the jrinijilittivy achievelrionte of oiir . tirjtxe , 'JPhe 0 al ^ bi 1 un § t ¦ ' . . ' . ¦ ¦ ' , ¦ > . ¦
fought nobly ; indeed as a correspondent of the JDaily Neivs say , " except the Sicilians and the Neapolitans of the city of I ^ ap les , every man did his duty with enthusiasm . " This is ¦ al arge and important exception , for the Neapolitans of Naples ' and the Sicilians were of all people the most interested in | putting- an end to the abominable despotism under which they - have so long suffered , and their miserable behaviour in battle maybe taken as an index of the degradation to vvhich they have sunk , and will afford an idea of the trouble they will j give the Sardinian Government , when it attempts to rule them as a nation of free men . - . The moral effects of the battle of Volturno will be felt all over Italy and over Europe- Up to this time the success of Gauibaldi has been partly . attributable to the cowardice and indolence of his opponents . Now , these opponents have made a determined effort to retrieve their position ; but nevertheless , a regular army , fighting with desperation under the eye of its Sovereign , is thoroughly defeated by half its numbers of patriot volunteers . Nor was the triumph obtained by any piece of good luck , or fortunate surprise . Hour after , hour the contest was maintained with unabated vigour , and it was the I steadiness of the Garibaldians , and their indomitable perse ^ j verance , that achieved the splendid result . Within a few i days , ClALUTNiiii the centre and ^ Garibaldi in the south have j raised the Italian prestige , and the Austrian Kaiser knows that | the men ' who muted L . vmobicierk and cat the royalist army to : j pieces will not consent to stop .. until they have rescued their j Venetian countrymen from the li . apsburg- yoke . Diplomatists ] may bully and cajole , Cavour may appear to listen to their advice , but the victory of Volturno sjpeaks : to the heart of Italy ; and Austria shews , by her constant hurry of preparation , .. that she is quite aware of the impossibility of escaping from another contest ; except at the price of abandoning what is left of her Italian power . ¦ ; The Sardinians , accordincr to tlie telegram , are entering the Neapolitan . States , by request qf the populations , of the principal towais . Against , this Kussia , Atisti-ia , and Prussia protest ; bub will either of them do more ? Russia shows symptoms of resorting to , the rationaleoiu'se of-abstaining from interyientiQn , . Prussia Ayill probably pause l > efbre she ranges her Protestant forces on behalf of the Pope , arid . Austria will have to see . A ictoizE > r > E : vxi ; Er . gr 6 \ viugstrongeivforthe coming deliverance on Tenetia , or repeat her previous bluiatler of anticipating . attack by cornniehqing war . ; As we jDr . edicted , Francis Josewi has shown the . dishonesty : bf "insvprofessions in favoiir of constitutional reform j . aiid the ' state of his ; Empi ' rc renders a crash of some land inevitable . WiU he wait for it , or hazard another desperate throw wilili the dice-box of war ?^ These are questions np . one can answer , as tho deciyioii rests with a despot , silperstitiovis , . igDoniiLt ,. and obstinato , top . conceited to learn anything in p'i-osp ' xjrily ., too stupid to bo taught by adversity , and too •'' ' treacherous for . 1113 " one to trust . , ' ..-. ... .. .
This L^Ianoipation Of The Ku.Ssian " -3j...
THIS l ^ IANOIPATION OF THE KU . SSIAN " -3 J & ftFg , v W ^ - IAT has boeonxe of the . project of omaiicipating the long-suffering MujIks V A : year or so ago , numerous were the sanguiu ' e poUtioians 1 who considered tlie qliestion as ; oiie aitogethw *' Settled , arid ^ wh o spared lio . fc theijt ' censuxe for those that dec ; ii )> cd to believe iu . sncix hot ' hasto in the accom ; - piisliiile ' nt of the gveat soeiivl change . i « t the seveuthyeaj . ' ; of ti ' io reign of the ' reforming autocrat ; Al ^ xandick II ; has avriyeel , arid the progress mado in the work of libpratiop . ia stiil very iniinitesimal iri ^ leetl ' Not that wo . wisli to be uiidorsfcood , by thus calling attention to the slowness' of the procedure , that we altogether dospau of a favourable issue * ^ Tho . enslavement of thy nuijority of a nation , in the ¦ bond ' s .. of sbrfnge , is too cryhig J . ui ovil . ; the desii'e foiMnaiitiinissiori . from the degracUng and harsh thraldom has entered top deeply the uiiacl of the peasant population , at least in the North' and the South , not to lp . rOe , sooixGV or , later , the solution .. of the . qiujstipn . ' ' Bud , for tho salco of truth , it is necessary to make known the real aspect of things , and to faithfully describe tho agencies which are arrayed against progress , instead of . allowing public opinion to bo Itscl astrayTby highly coloured pic- turos , wludji byiio means , r ' opy . e . s ' enfc the , real fltate of things in \ llussia . ' . ¦ . , ' ' . ¦¦ ¦ ' 1 ' ¦ ¦/• * ¦ ... In dealing with matters lkissiari , it i $ necessary always hrst , /¦ to clissipato a 'lmsj . 6 of misvoprosontaUows before a oloor view is uffovdycl us of what h rouUy going on . It is , Qi > eofthe ,, distinguishing twits of despotiMin , that it tmahroucla alUlnngs . witli ' whlQh it is oonneotedin a ; d ^ lt iWd , arid , that » t oven renders . ' oblique t ) ho viQWs of nm who eee ^ honosHy alter 1 t ^ l ¦ l ) h . ¦ ¦^ Wh 6 W 'i i » s ¦ ¦¦ i ! ftlUlipc ^ ^ : th ¦©¦ cWwwh'mft won ; so . .. ,:
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 13, 1860, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13101860/page/3/
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