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The Refugees. We Have Already Recorded O...
and # H * t they , the refugees , could not declare ttie crimes of 1 S 4 S ft > be thd virtues of 1855 . 9 * his is the exact s & batance of the declaralaori , We are not seeking to revive the memory of ' tfie < 7 o ^ o ( FEtaC . We desire only to know Wiiijifc parts of the statement was False . What part of ifc was so violent as the language of the Untes arid every other London organ ( " with one base exception" ) in December , 1848 ?
Would the Jersey refugees haye been expelled "kxsk they reprinted the letters of An English-Tnan ? These are grave questions . We , who do not think our liberties so secure that we may afford to violate the principle on which they rest , wish to learn upon what authority thirty - seven gentlemen , some of them of European reputation , and all of high culture , have been driven from Jersey , l > y an edict as absolute as tlie Airman of a Pasha .
It is to be remembered that the original paper in VHomme has not been translated at length by the English journals . Colonel Pian-CiAsri , one of the editors , affirms that the text was garbled , mutilated , misrepresented . The public , at all events , must be set right on this point . On another point there can be no doubt . Xi ^ ncli law was openly advised at the
indignation meeting in Jersey . We do not suppose that the hooting natives of the island were conscious of the murderous nature of the proposition ; bub it would have taken away their right to complain had any illegal action been committed . The self-elected champions of law , order , and decency are not the proper authorities to recommend personal violence , tumult , an 3 the risk of bloodshed . It has been
established , we believe , that a large police force was required to prevent the citizens from destroying Colonel Piakciani's house , with Californian ferocity Incendiary and libellous placards Avere posted , with no effort , on . the part of the officials , to suppress them . Some of the high-minded loyalists are reported tip Wve volunteered to betray the refugees to the iTrench Emperor , or to sink them ia the bay . Great moderation was ascribed to certain military enthusiasts who were merely disposed to commit an act of felony , and effect the destruction of the refugee printing-press .
It must not be supposed that all , or a majority of the Jersey people concurred in this policy of violence . Several of the magistrates , iji'wyers , and merchants of the islands , called upon the doubly proscribed ( the word " proscribed " being at last naturalized in England , ) persons , assured them of their sympathy , and bade them appeal to public justice . A protest on a . larger scale was afterwards made against the Governor ' s abuse of his authority , which , however , appears to have been sanctioned by Jjord Palmeustok .
"While wo arc upon this subject , it is proper to notice the- ' efforts made by a section of persons , loud in tongue , but whoso influence is inappreciable , to fasten upon M , Mazjji . ni a i charge of venality . The chargp , formally pyeferre ^ , has been formally investigated and disproved . The proof , too , is of a nature that fixes upon the originators of the accusation the disgrace of a deliborato and unmistakeablc prevarication . In itself , the statement was too absurd to need repetition ; it was
discredited by tho source whence it camo , and we should not notico it , were there not grounds for thinking , that a total contempt of the calumny might be misconstrued . Free at al times to criticise tho policy of Messrs . Ivossutii and Mazzini , tho English liborals- appreciate their charnotor , but arc not surprised to boo it assailed by tho itinerants of Birmingham . Tho character of these underling-agitators is presented by Mr . J . A . Lanofohd , forniorly
their honorary secretary . They have concerted " an organization of scurrility , defamation , malignity , and abuse . " There is yet health in the industrious classes .
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Schemes In Italy.. An Intrigue That May ...
SCHEMES IN ITALY .. An intrigue that may lead to most calamitous and disgraceful consequences , if public attention be not in time directed towards it , is at present going oa in Italy , secretly countenanced by France , and , we are afraid , not sufficiently discountenanced by England . Its object is to place Luciei * Murat on the throne of Naples , and even to extend his dominions northwards as far as the Po . The remainder of Italy , including Lombardy
and the Venetian territory , is to be given temporwi'ily to the King of Sardinia ; but of course it is foreseen that between this new power and France , despite the promised protection of England , it will be impossible for any state to hold its position long . The two Bonapartist dominions will therefore soon join the two frontiers on the top of the Alps , and the blessings of slavery will extend without interruption from the cliffs iu sight of Dover to the mountains in sight of Malta .
There has been a good deal of talk in the press , and in various continental circles , of this scheme ; but it does not seem to be generally known or admitted that the Pretender is moving heaven and earth to procure adherents ; that his agents are at work in all quarters ; that he has emissaries in Sicily , in Naples , at Rome , in Tuscany , but especially Piedmont ; and that the precious constitutional press of that last kingdom
—as tho Opinions , the Undone , the Fiemontis actively engaged in applauding and propagating-the ideas on which this culpable conspiiacy is based . It is necessary to add , that the Diritto , a truly Liberal paper , yet strictly Constitutional , has had the courage to make a dashing charge into the enemy ' s camp—^ -as a punishment for which the Government , at the instigation of the French Representative , has commenced a prosecution against it , under pretence , that it has insulted the Emperok . Insulted the Emperor We should haye thought he had been hardened to that by this time .
Our private letters from Paris and Turin , tell us that many persons , long accustomed to watch the course of public events , remained doubtful whether this fatal scheme was really approved by the French Government , until a paragraph appeared in the Moniteuv , denouncing it . Certainty then succeeded to doubt . ISfo one , who knows the steps of Louts Napoleon , indeed , can hesitate to believe thai to bo true which ho
publicly and solemnly asserts to be falso . It is not necessary to repeat his history , to ransack documents , iu order to prove what we advance . Every one knows , that tho Roman Expedition , tho ( Joup cPEtat , tho Assumption of the Imperial Crown , the Wnr in the East , were precedodnot merely by official pcrjurio' . i , but by multiplied , and apparently , gratuitous and wanton assertions of a contrary policy . In this , consists tho art of the great Modern Man . If ho could guide
tho world thus , to peace and happiness , and prosperity , and virtue , perhaps , we would absolve him . But is this possible ? Do wo not , on tho contrary , see signs , on every sido , that immorality in high places generates greatly immorality bolow ? Is it not eelf-cvidont , that ho who will Ho , must apologise for that Ho when a Crown is at stake—that ho who commits or approves of a public crime , is not a safo person to trust with a secret or a purse ?
Secret , and therefore more dangerous , support of tlio French Government—pusillanimous or corrupt connivance of tho Piodmonteso Government—stupid carelessness of tho future , in our Cabinet—with these aids , can wo wonder that Lucibn Mubat i 3 active and confident—that his
party" ir inibiMt atio ^^^ Ties ' most remarkable fact . in aUthis-r-for the conduct of France is not remarkable— - ^ istheccxtraordinaiy attidude of the Piedtriontesfe Ministry . No Parliament , it is true , is on foot to watch them ; and the King is broken down by illness . They re , therefore , free to do as they please , and this is the use they make of their freedom . At least , so says our correspondence . We are almost inclined to hope that the Ministerial pressnot celebrated for integrity—has , simply been allowed to rnn riot by accident , and that th & articles which have excited the fears and indignation of our Liberal friends have been launched
from a distance , with something inside to weight them , as is usually the case , in sending such light rubbish . Perhaps , a Morning Journal , read by ~ club politicians and fine ladies—also by chambermaids , —could inform us how their matters are managed . There can scarcely be two opinions as to thecharacter of the actual Government of Naples . It is abominable and intolerable . It must be changed , or checked . But is the only alternative a new tyrant , not able , not clever himself , but who has a mighty protector who is ? Verily , the situation of Naples is less pitiable now—when
there is , at least , a chance of some immediate change for the better—than it would be under the heavy Bonapartist gripe , expecting- release only from a general European conflagration . The true liberals , who bear their exile with dignity , all protest against this infamous project , and profess themselves willing to wait for what the future may bring forth , as they are not disposed to buy a moment ' s breathing-time by Landing over their country to a more ignoble and unintellectual tyranny , than that which now stifles it . The weight of a Bourbon is heavy enough , they say ; but what is it to the weight of France ?
The author of a pamphlet on the Neapolitan Question— -written with some temper and art , just published iu Piedmont—professes to prove that Naples has nothing to expect from the liberal party it possesses ; nothing to expect from Victor Emanuel , and that , therefore , it must throw itself into the arms of Lucien Mukat . Upon this , up goes the cry iu the Ministerial press of Turin ; and ia society , too , wo are told that Ave have here a masterpiece of reasoning . They do not so much admire the style , the
moderation , the main body of facts , as the logicthe irrefutable logic . Great judges of logic are these gentlemen ! Heaven help the country that is guided by such masters of syllogism ! Do not they live under the shade of a constitution ? Cannot they reflect that if a republic be impossible—and it appears for the present to be impossible—and if tho Bourbon be intolerablewhich he seems to be—there is something better to do than to go begging about all Europo for the first Prince , Prexendkr , or Pander , who will
consent to play the Bouruonian gamo over again , with stranger antics ? The present King may be constrained to abdicate . Oporto ia a good refuge for Into Sovereigns . Ho has sous ami brothers in plenty . Tho hereditary Prince , the Duke of Catalina , would not do ; but ho ln \ s live sons by a second marriage Out of these n puppet might bo chosen . Wo could give hints from England how to pull tho strings . Is not this a more reasonable way of settling the question , than to assist in exalting another adventurer from tho back shuns of London or New York
to a thro no , tho stops of which lie may slain >\ itl ) blood , but tho cushions of which , when successful ho will stain only or chiofly by debauch . We cannot expect to convince tho wretched oxilos who have given thoir adherence to this scheme . Any means will appear good to them by which they may hope , even on their knee * , to creep back into their lovoly country . They will even agree to assist iu oppressing it . i ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 3, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03111855/page/10/
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