Thus far, that which has been done in Italy has been of a local character; but nothing more can be done, in the way of completing the independence and unity of Italy, without bringing the patriots into conflict with Austria.  That power still is supreme in Venetia, which is one of the best portions of Italy, and which can be held by no foreign sovereign without endangering the whole Peninsula.  Were there no other reason for seeking to redeem Venetia from Austrian oppression, the safety of the rest of Italy would demand that that redemption should be accomplished.  Venetia, as she now is, is a place of arms for the chief, we may say the only, foreign enemy that the Italian Kingdom has or can have; and that enemy has a deep and a peculiar interest in seeking occasion to bring about the new kingdom’s destruction.  If Austria should succeed in conciliating the Hungarians,—­which she might do, if she were to act justly toward them,—­and a change of government were to take place in France,—­and changes in the French government have occurred so often since 1789 as not to be improbable now,—­she would, through possession of Venetia, be enabled to commence a new Italian war with the chances of success greatly in her favor.  The Italians, therefore, are compelled to round and complete their work, in getting possession of Venetia, by that desire for safety and for self-preservation which actuates all men and all communities.  A nobler feeling, too, moves them.  They feel the obligation that exists to extend to the Venetians that freedom which is now enjoyed by all Italians except the Venetians and a small portion of the Pope’s subjects.  They would be recreant to the dictates of duty, and disregardful of those of honor, were they to leave Venetia in the hands of Austria.  What their feelings on this momentous subject are may be gathered from Garibaldi’s address to his companions-in-arms, when, having completed his immediate work, he withdrew from active service for the time, in November last.  His words point as directly to an attack on Venetia as his landing in Sicily indicated his intention to overthrow Francis II.; and that attack, according to the Patriot Soldier, is to be made under the lead of the Patriot King, Victor Emanuel.  A million of Italians are called for, that it may be successfully made; and that number ought to be raised, if so vast a host shall be found necessary to perfect the independence of Italy.  After what we have seen done by the Italians, we should not distrust their power to do even more, if no delay should be permitted, and full advantage be taken of the spirit of enthusiastic patriotism which now animates them.  That Garibaldi means no delay is proved by his naming next March as the date for the renewal of the mighty crusade in the course of which already such miracles have been wrought.