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Excerpt from Memoirs of General Pépé, Vol. 3 of 3: Comprising the Principal Military and Political Events of Modern Italy The Court, the Congress and the Ministers declared at first that such a demand was inadmissible; and afterwards, the revolution acquired such strength as to oblige them to come to a determination to employ an armed force to repress it. The means of repression adopted were worthy of so weak a government, and the reply given to the Palermitan commissioners was as tame and irresolute as those who framed it. As I have already said, the command of the expedi tion to Sicily was offered to Florestano. My brother refused this charge, but the King himself interfered, so that it was impossible to disobey. Colletta likewise states that my brother accepted this honour in spite of himself. But as this historian rarely relates any fact with entire truth, he adds, that Florestano was selected for this command on account of his name thus wholly keeping in the background all recollection of his so justly esteemed military career. Amongst the reasons which rendered him reluctant to assume this command, was his extreme unwillingness to hear the same name rife and general in the public ear, upon the two shores of the Straits, which circumstance was calculated to awaken the supposition that my brother and myself were actuated by feelings of ambition rather than by disinterested patriotism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections th