ABSTRACT
Cavour had his way there would have been no immediate sequel in the south to the war of liberation in the north. With the absorption of Lombardy, the Duchies, Tuscany and the Romagna, all that war and diplomacy could achieve had been achieved. Garibaldi was interested, however; and unlike Cavour he believed in the impossible. He wanted Venetia, Rome and the Two Sicilies, and he wanted them united into an Italian kingdom under the flag of the House of Savoy. Cavour was desperately afraid of such a possibility because it would have meant civil war in Italy, and a civil war which, if it came to it, Cavour would feel compelled to fight. Contrary to Cavour's expectations and hopes, Garibaldi succeeded in Sicily. Cavour's aim at once was to get Sicily annexed to Piedmont. The Neapolitans showed no inclination whatever to 'liberate' themselves.
