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Jwra 12i, 1852.] THE IiEADER. 557
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SOCIETY OP THE FRIENDS OF ITALY. The fir...
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PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION. THE SOCIALIST U...
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DpOrt it in general . ; but when they give these ideas as the particular-expression of the sentiments of the Chief of the State , they expose themselves to the reproach of infi * Selitv of exaggeration . They thud adopt , in fact , anoffi . cial language which giV'es to their articles an importance which they should never have . « When the Government wishes to make known its vari able thoughts , it cpnfide ^^ them to the Honitetir , it ? only orffan . te & publication in any other paper cannot engage it 8 5 -responsibility . The article of tho Qonstitutionnel of this day obliges tis to make this declaration . " It -will be observed ' . that this evasive answer tacitly avows oamuch as it deiries ; it leaves ( Jranier de Cassagnac ' s
assumption © f direet reference to the President ' s opinion un touched . Thereupon the Constitutionnel , in the person of Doctor Veron ( whose style of journalism preserves the character of his Patf Seenault ) , mainta ins the accuracy of M . Granier de Cassagnac s statement , in spite of the official denial , in a n article composed of a curious mixture of pomposity , Wfctemess , snivelling , and servility . It appears that since the re-election of the President on ' Jjec . 20 , Dr . Veron had ceased to have any personal interviews with the President ; but in his place M . Granier de Cassagnac had constantly derived from ( jbnversations with Louis Napoleon the ideas which regulated his policy , and these were faithfully
reflected in the . articles signed by M . Granier in the Constitutionnel . Upon one occasion , notwithstanding the high source from which , these communications issued , an article was refused . But he had not the least doubt that all of those productions had been authorized by the head df ^ the state . Such , at least , wsis the statement of M . de Cassagnac , whom he implicitly believes , notwithstanding the Communique" of the ffloniteur . The Doctor then declares ifc to be high timef . to clear up the mystery attending this official signature , and tofind outwhether the nojk . es that are stamped therewith , emanate from the President or fioni the Cabinet .
This article was followed by a paragraph , signed by M . Crranier de Cassagnao : — - . "It will be remarked that the CdmmuniquS in the Moniteur nl no respect disavows the policy which we think it the interest of : the Goyernment to pursue with regard to Belgium . A . Gbanier be Cassagnac . " "For- ' r this perseverance on the part of Dr . V £ ron , the Constitutionnel received a . first " warning" from the police . Dr . Voiron does not let slip such an occasion of lofty pathos as a " warning" to the Constitutionnel / but , acknowledging tho pain he feels at a reprimand which menaces the existence of a journal hitherto devoted to louis Napoleon , still persists in tho exn-ression of his belief
that M . Granier de Cassagnao s articles , objectionable in themselves , were dictated by theGoveijkment , and on that account alone admitted to publication . In corrpbbration of his belief ho appeals to a note addressed by M . Macquard , secretary of the Elysee , to M . Denain , the gerant of the paper , for 100 copies of the number of the Constitutionnel which contained the first article directed against Bel g ium . However , in obedience to tho warning he has received , he closes the Constitutio / nnel against M . Granier de Cassganac .
But the tragedy is not yot played out . To prove the gratitude of prmoes , the Constitutionnel receives a " second warning" from the police , in consequence of tho second article of Dr . Veron ' s : and at this moment , the broadsheet , par excellende , of the coup oV 6 tat \ s exposed to immediate suspension , or even suppression , liko any more independent journal . What a lesson for the drudgos that do the dirty work of despotism ! So much for the " ¦ oily gammon , " of Dr . Ve > on , and Granier do Cassagnac , the Jonathan Wild of Napoloonism ! Tho Chateau d'Eu was seized by tho local functionaries on tho 6 th inst ., in virtue of tho decree of Jan . 22 . The officors at first knockod and demanded admission , which
waB refused by tho steward of the Duke of Nomoura , who had given him peremptory ordors not to open the gatos . Forcible entrance was then obtained , tho objeot of which was to prevent tho salo of tho furniture announced to bo sold in two days by command of the Duko . M . Bartholemy Saint Hilairo , of tho Collogo of Franco , lias refused to take tho oath . Tho President paid a visit some days ago to tho Invalides lo oxamino tho tomb of tho Emporor . IIo romarkod with much surpriso that two of the bas-reliefs ' represented , subjects conncotcd with tho Orleans fUmily . In fact , upon one of theae Blabs was sculptured tho Princrt do Joinvillo locoiving tho remains of tho Emporor at St . Helena ; and
on * . othor , Louis Philippe rccoiving tho same remains 'it Paris . On a preceding visit , Louis Napoleon had remarked to M . Yiseonti , tho architect of tho tomb , that tho ws-reliofs in question woro anything but indispensable . m- Y iseonti replied that they figured in tho programmo Hottlcd by the Council of Civil Buildings . Tho Prince turn expressed his dosiro for thoir removal . Ho was inoroforo not a littlo displeanod , upon returning to tho i , ' I find ^ at his wish had not been complied with , mifl left tho chanol in no vnrv ninnsunt mood .
Wo loam from Vienna that tho ordinances on tho prows Jiavo boon published , and arc loss severe than was expected . " Pwncipal artiolos aro— -first , that political and religious ini rul ! i i mu 8 t d « P 08 » t caution-monoy to tho amount ot mil . rin 8 » ft «« secondly , that journals of a dangerous mi . ° cllftfaotor can bo " suppressed aftor two warnings . JLJio journoy of tho EmpreBB of Russia to Schlauzonbad iw i " . by toytd journals as a continuod ovation . ¦ " * . Ji , milqdo Girardin , in tho Prosse , reiterates liia aesor . > on that in March , 1848 , Gonoral Chanjjarnior propoHou ! . ° ai'U-llollin to nhh fcimsnlf nh thn lirtacf of 12 . troopo ,
W vade E » gl » nd , and to proclaim tho republic . Ho hnn i r a 8 seHs ^ at tho ffonoral frequently boa sted on tho iZ ? i s 2 * tho National Asaambly of having mado tho prooPtlt * Sr that » 8 cortifiod by tho dieintercBtcd toBtnnony fpi" « ftth ! o <» ( do la Promo ) . Thus tho Hfory routs . « nni , r , P « lootionH are hitherto in fiivour of tho pro-. Jfto trial instituted by tho govommont on tho demand
the Nation , took placo at Brabant on the 7 th , The defendants were charged with writing and publishing an article characterized as an outrago upon the Presiaeht . The jury acquitted both the accused . The Moniteui" Contradicts a rumour that the government had determined to forbid work on Sundays , It will only set the example of repose . The _ Berlin correspondent of the Daily News reports the increase of Jesuitism in . Protestant Prussia , whilst all freo dissenting congregations are rigorously prosecuted .
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Jwra 12 i , 1852 . ] THE IiEADER . 557
Society Op The Friends Of Italy. The Fir...
SOCIETY OP THE FRIENDS OF ITALY . The first annual meeting of this Society was held in the Music Hall , Store-street , on Wednesday evening last—Mr . P . A . Taylor , the Treasurer of the Society , in the chair . Notwithstanding the extreme wetness of the evening 1 , the meeting was exceedingly well attended by members of the Society and their friends . The chairman having opened the meeting , called ori the Secretary to read the Society ' s First Annual Report . The Report gave a full account of the proceedings of the Society during the past year , and contained also a balance-sheet of the Society ' s receipts and expenditure .
Dr . Epps then moved , and Mr . E . Craufurd , barrister , seconded , a resolution to the effect , " That the Report now read be adopted ; and that the gentlemen forming the Society ' s present council be re-elected members of council for the ensuing year , with power to add to their number . " This formal resolution having been put and carried , M . Mazzini presented and read an address of thanks and congratulation to the Society , drawn up in the name of the Italian 'National Committee , composed by himself , M . Jaffi , and M . Montechi , and signed also by M . ' Quadrio and M . Agostini , as secretaries of the committee . M . Mazzini , before reading this address ,
explained the origin of the body from which it had emanated . The National Italian Committee , he said , had been formed on the very day when the Roman Triumvirate resigned their powers , the very day in which the French entered Rome ; it was destined to be a perpetuation in exile of the activity of the Roman Republic , a Icind of link between the _ pa » fc and the future ; and it had been , at the very moment of its institution accepted and empowered l > y a large number of the representatives of the Roman assembly , and by a large number of the most influential men in the Roman dominions . These explanations and the address itself were received by the . , audience with the most
enthusiastic applause , —the appearance of M . Mazzini being hailed with , long and continued cheering , which was repeated at the close of the address . Professor Newman then moved the second resolution , as follows : " That the recent alarming successes of despotism , civil and ecclesiastical , make it the duty and tile interest of England to be ready to incur sacrifices for continental freedom , and espocially for the freedom of Rome , which has been unrighteously overthrown by foreign interference , in order to keep up tho temporal Papacy . " In moving this address , Professor Newman made some highly valuable and interesting observations , which were all the more effective from the evidence afforded
by them of tho extreme fairness and candour of the speaker , in the midst of his strong feeling . Tho resolution having been seconded hy Mr . Henry Jeisen , A . M ., was unanimously earricd . Mr . Georgo Dawsou , M . A ., of-Birmingham , then moved tho third resolution , which was as follows : " That it is incumbent on tho constituencies of this country , on tho evo of a general election , to bo prepared to tost tho opinions of candidates with respect to tho lending questions of our foreign policy and relations , and to require from thorn declarations on those topics , us explicit as those they aro in tho habit of demanding on homo questions . " Mr . Duwtfon addressed tho audionce on this resolution in his usual striking and happy mitnnor . Ono of his hits told with particular oirect . Speaking of tho
pecuniary compensation in tho Mather case , and of tho conduct of Lord Muhncslmry in regard to that case , ho compared England at tho present moment to a dog who first presents himself to bo kicked , and then turns round to tho kicker , holding a tin canister in his mouth , that halfpence may bo dropped into it . Mr . W . Slmen having seconded tho resolution , it was carried , and tho mooting thereafter soparatcd . Tho Society of tho FriomlN of Italy now outers on tho second year of its existence with renewed onorgy . It in to ho hoped that , in tho words of tho Report road at tho meeting , thirt Society mny continuo to exist and to flourish as long as it is nooded , and that it will not bo dissolved till that hour when Italy shall no longer rcquiro foreign friends , and when tho national Italian tricolor hIuiII wave , us it did before over tho walls of Rome .
Progress Of Association. The Socialist U...
PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION . THE SOCIALIST UNION . Articles of Agreement { Ada do Soawtf ) . Tith umloi-Hignod , Lotria . itaAiro , Etimnwb ¦ Caiibt , P « erm Lmitonx , yiolding to tho doeiro of many of their brethren in proscription , actuated by tho hopo © f
being useful , and thinking to accomplish a duty , havo agreed to the following : — Aet . I . They wish to form a Society for the publication of a weekly journal , under the title of " Free Europe ; " a quarterly review , under the name of " The Socialist Union , " and occasional pamphlets . Akt ; IT . The purpose of the Journal , the Review , and the Pamphlets in question will be—1 , To encourage the peoples to brotherhood , and to record the social progress in Europe . 2 , To defend France , and to publish interesting facts respecting her state . 3 , To expound French Socialism . 4 , To make Socialism known ' among the different peoples , and more particularly in England . 5 , To assist the proscribed in finding work .
The Society will publish a Socialist programme m concert with a council of co-editors . Aet . III . Every article of the Journal , and of the Review , will be published simultaneously in French , English , and German . If , however , at first , the publication in German should entail too many difficulties and too great an expense , the Journal and the Review would appear in French and in English ; but the German Review would be added as soon as feasible . Art . IV . The three associates will manage and direct in common . The Firm will be Louis Bianc , Etienne Cadet , and PlERUE I / EROtTX .
The signature of the firm will belong to the three partners conjointly . In case of the absence of one or two of the three partners , the signature of the two partners present , or of the one present , will suffice . Art . V . The partners will engage regular co-editors for the editorship . They will accept articles that may be remitted to them by any person giving his name . Art . VI . The place of meeting for the Society is the office of the Journal . Art . VII . The Capital of the ' firm is fixed at a Hundred Thousand Francs , or Four Thousand Pounds sterling .
It is formed by all persons willing to facilitate the enterprise . For that purpose 2 , 000 subscribers * warrants ( bulletins de souscriptiori ) are created , of 50 francs , or 21 ., each . These tickets will be extracted from a stock-book , and will each bear the number of the order . They will be signed by the firm , and attested by ono of the trustees hereinafter mentioned . Art . VIII . The undertaking is for none concerned a speculation of self-interest , but a work of sympathy , of generosity , of devotedness , in behalf of which tho associates invite the concurrence of all friends of progress .
The subscriptions , although they give a claim to tho premium indicated in Article XIII . below mentioned , aro considered as donations , and are , consequently , not reimbursable , except in the case provided by Article X . Art . IX . The list of subscribers will be published , omitting tho names of such persons as may desiro to remain anonymous . Art . X ^ The journal will not commeneo publication until subscriptions to tho amount of ono thousand pounds ( 25 , 000 francs ) shall have boon paid up . If tho journal should not appear before tho first of August of tho presont year , tho subscriptions would bo returned to tho subscribers .
To that effect , tho total amount of subscriptions will bo dopositod with a banker , in tho name of tho trustees , and will remain inactive till tho publication of tho journal , which will consequently tuko placo before tho first of August . Ana . XI . Independently of tho capital of 4000 Z . ( 100 , 000 francs ) , 500 foundation warrants ( bulletins do fondution ) , of 3 i . sterling each , aro created , constituting a sum of 50 p / . sterling to provido for advertisements , prospectuses , and all othor preliminary oxponsoH relating to tho undertaking , which forms the object of tho protiont association . Tho subscribers of this class will boar tho titlo of Founders ; tho bulletins which will bo dolivorod to them will bear tho mime of Founders Warrants , bulletins defondation .
TIicbo bulletins de fondation will uo , lvko tho btdletins de sottsoription , drawn from a stock-book , re-( jistre d , souche , and Htampod with tho signature of tho firm , and tho visa of tho trustees . A correct statement will bo published of tho di « - posiil of tho last-named fund , which can in no caso bo reimbursable . v
Art . XII . Every subscriber of oithor class will rocoivo tho journal , gratis , for ono year . Art . XIII . All tho operations of tho socioty will "bo for cash . Art . XIV . All oporationa of tho Hooioty will bo ontorod regularly into a register , or registers , daily . Art . XV , Statements of receipts and expenditure will bo published in tho journal every threo months . Art . "XVI . Tho annooiution will exist till tho first of May , 1854 . It may bo prolonged by the conjenfc of thr « e wsuocitttw *
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Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12061852/page/9/
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