GARIBALDI AS A SPEAKER.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1992, 24 May 1875, Page 3

GARIBALDI AS A SPEAKER.

From' the following address of Garibaldi to the men of Eome some practical lessons may be learned: —He said:—" I have travelled over a great portion of the world, and "in every oountry I have visited this truth ha? been manifest to me. Out of every hundred emigrants who mate their way to America ninetynine find employment as workmen; while on the other hand, literary men and men of book-learning are often put to great straits, and even obliged, to share the working-man's table. lam now an old * man, and can work no more, but I can *—' 'giye you advice. Once upon a time the Kings of France had their scps taught {i trade, and I advise you to follow the example of those kings — (laughter) — apcT teach your sons to work. Do not be led away by the mere ambition of raising them to a higher grade of society; let the carpenter t'eacli his son to be a carpenter; the blacksmith, a blacksmith ; the bricklayer, a bricklayer. I understand that you desire I should speak to you regarding politics. I can say but little, for lam no orator, but those i are in error who say you should take no part in politics. Politics are the business-off many,'and-as ■we are the many, and r the 6ther3 the few, {h^ey are houpiehbjd- affairs— {t'ffitfi cti c«sa tp p.$ —anft.we ought to pay attention to them.. Some," continued Garibaldi, " are lnplined to-think that, cooled >by advancing years, I am less of a revolutionist jhgji in, former days i this is not so : my jflca.s have in no way changed- since XJnderstand me, I am' always a reTolutipnist wiien it is a question of evil that good miry •enter. You will expect; me to say something rega.rdipg \\iq religious question. I phould be soiry to say anything to offend tb,ei moral sentiments of any one, .but Eome is about to enter upon a new era of civilization; and substitute the true re- - ligion for that which is lying and superstitious. The Papacy, in all truth s l must sayi'has been a great instrument of civilization in past times.. To it we owe the preservation- of many ancient monuments of art and precious manuscripts, •which but for its action would have perished; but it has accomplished its tror,k» its hour 5 has" passed, ' and its ministers:' niust shortly follow their predecessors, the sacrificers to Jupiter, Venus, and other false gods of paganism. This will follow in due course by

moral mcaus, and without violence, from which lam altogether averse. Be as tho Eomans your forefathers were— steady, umlaunted, unflinchiu£, persovoring. Imitate the English of modern days, and particulai'ly in tho surious purpose they throw into all they do—in what they call ' steadiness ' [here he used the English word]. In riiy opinion, the English bpar a greater resemblance to the ancient Eomans than any other modern people. Nothing daunts them; whatever they desire to accsmplish they set about with an earnest, steady will, which seldom! fails in obtaining its end. They are never; beaten down by misfortune. Follow in their footsteps."