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Giuseppe Garibaldi: Assembled under the Republican banner, you have redeemed the honor of the common country, elsewhere contaminated by…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
Assembled under the Republican banner, you have redeemed the honor of the common country, elsewhere contaminated by deeds of evil men, and overthrown by monarchical impotency.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Editor's note · Context

In an address to his republican forces, he commends their role in restoring national honor and contrasts it with monarchical failures.

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