The new Interior Minister, Luigi Carlo Farini, promoter of a federal state organization, on a visit to the South, raised alarm in Cavour, writing: “But, my friend, what kind of countries are these, Molise and Terra di Lavoro! What barbarism! Far from Italy! This is Africa: the Bedouins, compared to these louts, are the very embodiment of civil virtue. And what misdeeds!” Cavour would therefore change his mind starting in December 1860, favoring a solid unification of Italy, shelving any plans for decentralization.
