The Life of General Garibaldi: Translated from his private papers; with the history of his splendid exploits in Rome, Lombardy, Sicily and Naples, to the present time.Garibaldi, Giuseppe
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The Life of General Garibaldi: Translated from his private papers; with the history of his splendid exploits in Rome, Lombardy, Sicily and Naples, to the present time.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882
"No more political distinctions! no more parties! no more discords!
Italy one, as the people of this metropolis have expressed it, and the
gallant king, be the perennial symbols of our regeneration and of the
greatness and prosperity of the country.
"G. GARIBALDI."
Victor Emanuel and Garibaldi entered Naples together, on the 7th of
October. The following animated description of the scene is from a
letter of that date.
"King Victor Emanuel and Garibaldi entered Naples together, for it would
have been a grievous thing if, as had been feared, the apostle of
Italian liberty, the man of a century, had not been united with the
sovereign on this great occasion. When they left the railway _en route_
for the cathedral, there were Victor Emanuel and Garibaldi on his left
hand, and the pro-dictators of Sicily and Naples sitting opposite them
in the same carriage. The suite followed, and all along the railway to
the Duomo there was a perfect ovation. The streets, which are very
narrow, and scarcely wide enough to admit of more than two fat persons
abreast, were festooned with flowers and evergreens, hung from window to
window; pictures, tapestry, banners, and all the adjuncts of a great
_fête_ in Naples were there, but looking as _triste_ and downcast as
heavy rains could make them. On arriving at the Duomo, or the cathedral,
the piazza of which was beautifully decorated, his majesty was received
by the authorities, and conducted to the high altar, amidst such a storm
of shouts and applause as could only be compared to the storm which was
raging outside. 'Viva Victor Emanuel!' 'Viva Garibaldi!' 'Viva Italia
Unita!' Such were the cries which rose, not from one, but from a united
body of many thousands, who waved their hats, and handkerchiefs, and
flags, as the royal party advanced to the high altar; and this in the
cathedral church of San Januarius, the special protector of the
Bourbons, whose favor (the saint's) Baron Brenier not long since
requested as an honor for M. Thouvenel.
"The king did not take his seat on the throne, but stood a little
below it, and wiped his hands, and then his face, with his
pocket-handkerchief, and then looked round with that bold, undaunted
aspect which indicated an iron nerve. Shortly after, the ceremony
began, and his majesty knelt at the _prie-Dieu_ (a stool for
kneeling), whilst Garibaldi, the pro-dictators, Farini, and others,
stood behind him. The _Te Deum_ was sung in magnificent style.
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