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Parliamentary Review . The Session Which...
Jnv Jit bod ? that ever satin this country , not excepting the the famous Rump Parliament . Unfortunately for - ¦ - * e have no Cromwell now to kick them out , Mi and lock tbe dosr afterwards . The speech which the Ministry bad prepared for elf cl osing tne sess'on « was strikingly in accordance with ft ft e character of the session itself . Apart altogether fn fitrai its vulgar , slovenly , slipshod , uagrammatical co composition , it was in all other respects a miserable pi protection . The Encumbered ( Irish ) Estates Bill , t \ th e Scotch Entail Bill , and the Sanitary Bill , are tl the only measures enumerated as having been p passed into laws . In order to swell the ust , tbe I Irish Poor Law , which was passed in the closing s session of tbe last Parliament , is pressed into the . i , odv that ever satin this country , not excepting
si service , and by way of making some show , the dist tress in Ireland , the voluntary contributions for tbe i relief of that distress , and other equally foreign topics t are lugged into the speech head and shoulders ; the i ingenuity of its author roust have been exceedingly ] hard taxed to spin such a yarn out of the meagre : materials be had furnished for the purpose , and in i order to eke ont something like a decent number of paragraphs , much is said about foreign affairs , and sortething about" organised Confederacies , to excite my suffering subjects to rebellion in . Ireland . " If the review of the past is barren aud disheartening , the peep into the political future of Lord John Russell is equallv so ; there is no hope held out of
any attempt , or even of tbe existence of a desire to make an attempt , to grapple with the great questions of tbe age . Lord John and his colleagues have carried the laissezfaire principle of modern government to its highest state of perfection . Henceforth everything tbat most requires to be looked after , amended , and regulated , is to be let alone . Parliament , or , in other words , 656 gentlemen free to do what they like , are to be at liberty to make what speeches and motions they please . Lord John holds
that it is no part of the constitutional duty of a Goverament to prepare public measures , or to superintend their passage through the bouse . The whole functions of the Executive Government , according to his new theory , consist in collecting the taxes , spending them , and receiving their own salaries regularly . It is just as well that the country should know tbis , and be prevented from indulging any expectations , which are certain to be disappointed , so long as the present men remain in office .
The worst of it is , that we do not seein any other quarter better men to take their places . We do not mean by that there are not better men in the country , but simply , that in the present state of parties no other administration but tbe present is practicable . The Whig Radical party are numerically too weak , even if thej were united , to susta ' a a ministry of that party , and that they are anything but united is well-known to everybody . On the other hand , the continued division of the two
sections of the former Conservative party , neutralises the chance of either holding the reins of power . The Whigs are strong only in lhe weakness and division of the other parties in the House . To that fact alone can be attributed the political puzzle of a Ministry continuing to exist , and to have a chance of retaining office for some time to come , which is looked upon with general dissatisfaction and contempt by all parties in the country except its own immediate on-hangers .
Mr Disraeli , m his clever resume of the Session , tried to clear the House of Commons from the blame of being accessory to the lame , impotent conclusion of a ten months' Sessiutf . aud to some extent successfully . We have frequently stated our own conviction , that there was no lack of will to work ou the part of Parliament , but that its energies were wasted and misdirected in consequence of the want of clear-headed and business men at the head of affairs to give them a right direcuoa , to prevent useless debates , and to keep them properly
employed with matters of real and pressing importance . In fact , Mr Disraeli' s speech was but an elaboration tlf this statement . But" two blacks don't make a \ jrhite . " Mr Disraeli , in his witiy and sparkling speech was successful in showing the incapacity of Jainisters , but when he added , he had vindicated tbe character of the Commons , he went too far . The Parliament which submitted to become useless or mischievous in the hands of a useless and mischievous administration , must take iis fair share of the blame which attaches to such conduct .
We observe that some of the Ministerial papers are trying to throw all the blame of the long session and its beggarly performances oa those Siamese twins , Messrs Anstey and Urqubart . Undoubtedly , these pragmatical and babbling fellows have wasted a good deal cf time , which might have been more usefully spent ; but , admitting that ikeir speeches as calculated by Mr Osborne , would be equivalent to a five weeks' debate , that will not account for the melancholy failure which every one admits tbe session to be ; the necessity of putting a stop to the ceaseless flow of words ,
" In one weak , washy , everlasting flood . " from such endless sponters , however , appears to have attracted attention in various quarters . A Committee ef the House has reported several suggestions , based principally on the views of the Speaker ; and we observe that Mr O'Connor has given notice for next session of a limitation of the time of speaking , which , we believe , wonld befound most beneficial ia practice . If a man cannot clearly state bis ideas on anv ordinarv subject in twenty minutes , or
half-anhour , Le bad better keep quiet , and , like tbe sdent member , say— " ditte to Mr Burke . " The evil of long speeches has attained an intolerable height . A member thinks he is nothing unless he can keep on his legs for two or three hours , while , in the course of his tiresome , prosy , and common-placeharangne , be will not state a single new fact , throw the slightest new light upon tbe question , or lay down any great first principle by which it should be tested and decided . Lacking tbe possession of quality they endeavour to make it np by quantity .
With a few closing remarks on the session next week , we shall be glad to bid it " good-by , " and consign it to that oblivion or contempt which awaits it in historv .
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To THE EnlTOB OF THE Ko & THEBH SlAS . —SlB , — Would you inform me through tie Kostheeh Stab , the bsst guide to tue United States , North America ! One that treats on the mining department wonld be preferable . "Joars , fcc , A Son of Ton .. —Kewcastle-on-Tjne , 39 th cf August . [ Our correspondent most app'y to the lirectorsoftbe National Land Company , 144 , High Helborn , for a solution of his second question . "Ed . S . S . J Mi-. J . Tatlob , Salford . —lie charge would be four shillings and sixpence . A Land Mekbek , St Helens . —You should hare sent four sliilliQ <; a with yonr communication . J . tw £ » x acknowledges the receipt of the following-sums for the Defence Fund , vii .: —Mr Chipondale , Is . ; Mr Shepherd , Sd . A . F . Ellakd , Lambeth . —We may some time find room for the vert eg . J . S . B . B . —We cannot with certainty advise , butihould recommend to lc t matters take their course , and when brought before the court to state the case , as it has f been done to us- . H . Tatlob , Gloucester , and T . Cabet , Greenwich . — Ko
room < Notice . — All parties holding tickets for Mrs Cnffay's rsffle , are requested to bring tbera to 83 , Deanttreet , on Sunday evening , the loth insf , Tbe Victim " Fob- Mr Maurice Whitfingham , of Wolverhampton , states that a few frittrissentSiontbe 22 nd of August , to Mr Christopher Hayman , secretary , 152 , High flo torn . which has not yet been acknow . ledgid in the Nobthebs Stab , ana inquires the reason , vilivit tas not ? The Libbktt Fchd . — We team that thebalotfortre four freehold houses at Holt , in West Norfolk , will finally close on Wednesday September 2 ( , th . AU friends who intend taking snares , are therefore solicited to forward theamount of the same , on or before that day , to tie secretary , John Arnotr , Bricklayers' Arms , TontridEestreet , Kew-road ,. london . if by Post Office order , nadepajable to Mr Charles Pudderidge , atthe Battle-bridge . Tost Office . 3 . Suits , neir Frome- —We cannot state the reason why your boosseiler has not supplied you with the LiBonSEB . Tbe blame entirely rests with him , as had he applied at the Office , he might have had as many as he required .
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EXECUTIVE NOTICE . All monies received on behalf of the Liberty ii d , will l . c acknowledged next week .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . A depufatfrn fam lhe Directory , consisting of Menrs P . M Giath and T . Guuk . trili visit the following branch ^ deiing the ensuing week : —Monday , lltb . tliefield ; Tuesday . 12 tb , Jkmcaster ; Wednesday , lS-b . -Bamriry : Thursday , U : b , fiewsbwrj / , ard district ; Friday , 15 ± , Halifax , and district .
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Sotrrn Shiiujs . —A general meeting cf Land member * mil ba teld in Mt Dryden ' s Schoolroom , Mill Dam , on Monday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clo- 'i , to discuss the propositions laid down by Mr O'Connor . It is hoped that all ibe members will Dcolrt . —Tbe Chartist members will meetfor the MtereatMr William Ri . ti . We , CampbeP-sheet , at sir o ' clock , on Sunday evenings . — The Land meabdfs will meet at the aame place on Monday evenioga , at seven o clock- Members are requested to par & ar focal levies .
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TO THF . WORKTNf } flf . ASSVe TO THE WORKING CLASSES . * Words are things , asd a small drop ef Ink Falling—like dew—npoa a thought , produces That which makes trjoaaaadi , perhaps million ? , think . ' Biaou .
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THE FRENCH « REPUBLIC / Brother Pbolbtahians , Exulting over the downfall of Louis Blakc , the Tuiks has addressed a series of articles to that proscribed friend of tbe human tace , for the professed purpose of showing the folly and wickedness of revolationary changes ; and the wisdom of , and hap . p ' raesa arising from , the anti-revolutionary career of the people of tbis country . ' The French Revolution , ' says the Times , ' was concerted and executed upon the pretext o ? se : nricg a greater liberty of the subject , and more advanced political freedom . ' Instead nf this state oi freedom bavin ? been established , the TuiKs . m describing the
actual situation of France , truly shows that— 'The personal freedom of French citizens is at an end . The courts of justice and the forms of law are superseded by courts-martial , at which individual ? , arbitrarily arrested , are summarily condemned to penalties which nothing bnt the discretion of the judge regulates . There can be no political clubs , dinners , er demonstrations ; no protests , pamphlets , or remosstrances . The entire press is under the irresponsible control of a military officer , who suspends . , suppresses , or seizes any publications tending to embarrass or obstruct bis policy . ' The Times adds a good deal in illustration of the misery of the working classes , and concludes by asserting that all these evils , oppressions , and disappointments are the
natural and neci * saty consequences of the Revolution of February . The Times thereupon argues that that revolution was both a folly and a crime . Here I mu * t observe—paradoxical as it may seem —that the Revolution was not the work of the Revolutionists . The responsibility of that catastrophewhether a foliy or a crime , or bath—rests with King Smith and his Man Friday , Guizor . The Revolution ot February was the natural and inevitable conclusion of the corrupt and despotic system founded on tbe barricades of July ; just as the Revolution of ' 93 was the necessary result of the grinding despotism of Lows XIV , the prr-fl g * oy of Louis XV ., and the imbecility of Louis XVI . ; and just as the present damnable tyranny—tbe heartless rule ef the workmen-sUying oouroeotsie—is sure to brimtfoith another smuggle . The Times speaks of Lotus Blahc as ' the representative of ideas destined to be effaced as soon
as they were expressed . ' * Effaced ! ' Does the rims-writer imagine that tha' ideas' he speaks of weie massacred in the June slaughter ! or flung into the Seine ? or shot in the cellars of tho Tuiieries ? or have been transported by the autocratic command of Dictator Oavaigsac ? Effaced , indeed ! Tbe ideas * of JUSTICE will , I believe , yet eSacetbe false , plundering , and murdering system which—all the world over—is championised by the truculent Tims ? . If net , if fate has decreed the perpetuation of the reign of triumphant crime—that the labourer shall for ever be the prey of the spoihr—I can , at all events , tell the Truss- ^ riter one thing—that the men who have imbibed the 'ideas' he scoffs itt , are in co humour to succumb to their conquerors ; but , even if vanquished in the future , as they have been already , will , nevetthe'ess , commit their cause to their descendants , in the fervent faith that
• B idy killing tyrants cannot kill Toe public son ! , tbe heredltary will"Wh-ch downward , as from sire to son it goes , By ebifiiog bosoms more intensely glows—Its heir-loom is tbe heart , and slaughter ed men Fight fiercer in their orphans o ' er again . ' The exiting tyranny in France—the destruction of pub ! candpereonal freedom—the enslavement of the press—the misery , proscription , and massacre of the working classes , is not te be attributtd—as the Times falsely as-erts—to tha Revolution of February , but to the fact that the principles of that revolution have not been carried out . It is ( and has hitherto teen ) too true , astbeTiMsssays , that * The poor monopolise aa large a proportion of the miseries
of a revolution as of the calamitiesofa famine . ' Bnt why so ? Because of the ignorance of the people themselves , the treachery or incapacity of their lesder ? , and the intrigues of their ecemies . As I have shown in previous letters , these three causes have all been in active operation to produce the 'D ^ ad-Sea fruits' which , ' fair to the eye but within dust and ashes , ' have been brought forth by the * tree of liberty' planted on the 24 th of February . Speaking of 'happy' conservative England , as contrasted with unfortunate revolutionised France , the Times bids Louis Blanc bend his steps ' from Leicester-square to the Bjulevard ef Lc-ndtn , and
he will find that instead of four shops out of five being closed , the whole line of Regent-street is glittering with the merchandise of the world , and yet animated with the expirirg bustle of the season ' While oa bis London ' pilgrimage I trust that the author of ' Tin Tears' will extend his researches b ? yond Regent street . Let him visit the purlieus of Westminster , the rookeries of St Giles /* , the dens of sin , and shame , and sorrow , of want , and wretchedness , and wee abounding in Cletkenwell , Southwatk . and the Tower-Hamlets ; and existing more or less in all parts of this Babel . If he will do so , I promise him snch revelations ef misery , igEorance , and crime , as shall enable him to silence the Thunderer of
Printinz-House Square . The journey of 'fifty miles into the country , ' as suggested by the Truss , will not improve thepictore of ' happy England . ' Labourers driven from their natural heritage , the land , may be seen—neither few nor far between—at the miserable , profitless toil of stone-breaking , or pining like gaoled felons in Union Workhouses . If the ' fifty miles' are extended to one two , or four hundred miles , Norwich , Manchester , Liverpool , and Glasgow , will exhibit still more appalling illustrations of the'blessings the Truss vaunts of . Blessed may be the spider who sucks the life from its victim , and blessed may be the parasites of the aristocracy who exhibit their' glittering merchandise in Begent-itreet , but not so blessed are
they that have their life-blood drained to glut tbe rapacity of aristocrats , capitalists and shopocrats . Even within sight of the « glittering' heaps gathered together in this metropolis , famishing creatures exhibit their rags and misery , becanse denied ' the right to labour ; * and many a homeless wanderer is even refused the temporary shelter of the inhospitable and filthy casual waid of the workhouse . The Times talks of blocdshed and massacre in France , but let the Times remember the victims of the irish famine , and reflect that those who fell on both sides in tbe June insurrection , numbered not a tithe of those who recently perished by famine , and faminecreated pestilence under the operation of the blessed anti-revolutionary system commended to the admiration of Loma Blakc . The Times of Monday last cantained a note from Lows Blasc , in whieh the writer intimated that a number of Englishmen , partaking his opinions ,
had expressed a desire to give him some public demonstration of their sympathies , which , with all thankful acknowledgements , he declined ; he conceiving it to be his duty to abstain from taking part in public manifestations whilst a sojourner in this country . I consider the illastr / ons exile has taken a wise course in coming to this decision ; although had he decided otherwise , thousands would have been onlytos hapgy to have paid their respects to this persecuted champion of the riehts of labour . The Times of this day ( Thursday ) contains a ' leader * on this subject The Times-writer affects to beat a loss to conceive who the parties can be who desired to express their respect for Louis Blanc ; and wonder * what kind of sentiments or ideas can hare animated them . The rest of the article is an ou'pouring of venom against the exiled patriot , written for the purpose ef making it appear that he isrtsponsible for the blood of the workmen shed in June , and for all the miseries they are now suffering .
The Times asserts that Louis Blanc sought to transfer property from tbe middle classes to those below them ; and that , therefore , the middle classes rebelled . At last , then , even the Times confesses that the thepoency were the real rebels . But it is false that Louis Blakc sought to deprive the middle classes of their property . What he sought was to tOESJrve to the working men their property—the fruits of their industry , hitherto ' pillaged' by the classes above them . It was to conserve , not their own property , but their power of robbery , that the bourgeoisie rebelled , and succeeded in forcing the workmen once more behind the barricades . The combat of June was forced on by the bourgeoisie , who wished to' strike terror' into the hearts of the owners , and thereby put a stop to their efforts to redeem themselves from social slavery .
The Times wants to know if the English ' sympathisers 'include a single person who conscientiously believes tint France wonld have been rendered lets miserable , or Freica prospects le-s gloomy , by the success of the 'advanced' Republicans , Although 1 am cot included amongst the paities , who appear to have been in communication with Louis Blanc since bis arrival in London , yet as I do sympathise with that pure-hearted patriot ; and , I msy add exp'e * , too , the sympathies of multitudes of jay conntrymec , I miy eay , that I have no hesitation in answering the queries put by the Times in the affirmative . I more than believe , lam confident , that bad tbe majority of the Piot isional Government belonged to the ' advanced Republic , ' Franco would at this moment —in spite ot temporary suffering—have been on the high road to real and lasting prosperity snd happiness . As it is , future revolutions will be the natural and inevitable consequence of the triumph of the hour
qeotsie . The calumnies castnpon Louis Blakc by the Times , are quite in accordance with the character of that paper . Tbe exile has one consolatitn—that journal is reosgeised , all tbe world oyer , as the unscrupulous defender cf the crimes of capital ; and enjoys in this counter tbe special hatred ef tbe working classes , as the pitiless and truculent enemy of the rights of Labour .
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Lamabiws has just published a pamphlet ,-addressed to the electors of the different departments oy which bs was returned to the National Assembly , giving an account of his conduct and motiv a whilst ! P 5 » « " * replying * o tn <> ? ariojs attacks that nave been made upon him . On one point , the mal-) K-T J ? . ! J hwebeenbysomepartiesimputed to S » i s ° * lat 8 p « vieional government , Lamar-« J 5 8 - * 5 L »¦ perfectly satisfactory . On all ntnerpomts his explanations condemn him , and must hl / I-W * V nd to any connexion he may have htd with the nltr a-demooratic party . LAMiBiira confesses that in the very boor whioh saw the organisation of the Provisional government there commenced 'the cmfiict between the two r .
RepuHics , -that is the' R ? d' or real Republic , and the Moderate' or sham , Republic . He prides himself on having shown unyielding and successful opposition to those whom he terms ' men of another epoch ; and denies that he ever promised the working classes the organisation of labour . ' Hesajs . ? hat in a speech he delivered to the Socialist wotkmen when ^ they presented themselves « t masse at the ttotelde ville and insisted on the issue of a proclamation promising the organisation of labour , he declared that if ha were to be placed at the mouth of twenty pieces of cannon he would not sign
the phrase organisation du travail , because after fifteen years' study ha had not been able to understand it . Very honest , no doubt . But mutt the massescontinue to suffer because of Lamabtihb ' s tbick-headedness ? Had he been the conscientious gentleman he affects to be , he would not have accepted the post of chief of the Provisional Government , he would have made way for a wiser man . And had the two hundred thousand workmen acted wisely on the 17 ch of March , they would have hurled him and the majority of his colleagues from power , to the cry of * Get yon gone , give place to better men !'
Bnt I shall prove Lamartink gnilty cf something very like prevarication . Granted that he did make the speech he says he did on the 17 th of March , he had at least two weeks previously sanctioned the publication of the following documents : — Whereas , the Revolution having betn accomplished by tbe people , enght to be accomplished for the people ; wh ' freas , the time h * s arrived for putting a s'op to the long and Iniquitous sufferings ef the workmen ; whereas , this eubjtct Is one o £ Immense importance , and worth ; of the greatest consideration of a republican government ; it therefore behoves Frinee to deliberate carefull y , and to best . < w its earnest attention upon this problem which i * now pieced before the industrial nations of Europe , and to consult , without a moment ' s delay , upon tbe means of guaranteeing to the people tko legitimate fruits
of their labour . The provisional gortroment decreesthat a permanent committee ba appointed , to be en * titled the csnunittee for the government ef workmen , with tbo express and special mission to wa'ch over their interest-. In order to demonstrate tho importance which the provisional government attaches to the solution ef this grand problem , it appoints as Preiident of tbe committee , oae of its memb is , M . Louis Blanc , and another of its members , M . Albert ( mechanic ) , to be Vice-President . Workmen will themselves be called open to farm a portion of tbe committee , which will sit at the palace of the Luxembourg , ( Signal ) Lonis Blako , Gainieb Pages , Abmand Mabbast . That the Eepnblic guarantees an existence to every one through labour ; that It guarantees work to every chizm .
It recognises the right of works en to associate among themselves in order to enjoy the full benefit of their labaur . It promises to give to the ouwferjtbe million cuteff from the civil list . . Gabsieb Pages , Loon Blahc . 'The Provisional Government decrees . ' Lamabtibk dors not and cannot deny that he was a party to the decree for the appointment of * the committee for the government of workmen . ' The mission of that committee was to ascertain'themeans' which « ere to be applied by the government to ' put a stop to the long and iniquitous sufferings of the workmen , ' by ' guaranteeing to the people the legitimate fruits of their labour . ' This decree was signed not merely by Louis Blakc , but also by Marbast andGAiutrsK Pages , thesworn friends of Laharti . vb , and theb . tter
enemies of Louis Blako . But the second decree is •¦ till more forcibly expressed : — ' The Republic guarantees an existence to every one through labour ; it guarantees work to every citizen' Tors decree also bears the signature of Gabnkb Paoes . Will Lamabunb deny that decree ? A fortnight later , when surer of the support of the bourgeoisie who were again lifting their heads and already conspiring against the Democracy , as manifested by their demonstration on the 16 th of March , and when he bad commenced his smuggling of troops into the capital , then it appeals to hate suited him to declare himself agsinst the organisation of labour . But he cannot declare away the decrees above recited . They stand in the records of the Revolution and are not to be effaced by any amount of poetical , egotistical rigmarole , even though signed by the once' magio name ' of Lamaetiss .
Lamartine says , 'that oa the sixth day after the R- voluttcn , he had the idea of abolishing the penalty of death for political ( fences , * and he says , ' the tame inspiration descended at ! the same time from Heaven into the breasts of his colleagues . ' lie adds , that affrr tbe abolition of death was unanimously voted , the members of the provisional government ' fell into the arms oi each other , and gave each other the kiss of life . ' I think I see them now ! Mabbast hugging Ledbu Rollin , Abago passionately embracing Locus Blakc , Maws clasping Floods to his heart (?) , Gaesiib Pages doing the amiable by Albeet . and , lastly , Lamabtinb giving the ' kiss of life' all ronnd . Snch a sight wonld have made
even Launce ' s dog weep tears of sympathy , had he besn present . It is tree there is the other side of the picture : —Lahabtihb , Abago Marie and Mar bast giving their evidence before , the Committee of Investigation ( query—Assassination ) , and doing their best to | destroy , both ' politically and morally , the men to whom they had given ' the kiss of life . ' Bnt of course all this is natural , for has not Lamartine said ( see evidence before OdiUsn Barret ' s committee ) that' facta are connected together in political order in the same manner as in moral order . ' No doubt the kiss of Mabbast is as ' connected' with treachery , as was the kiss of JnnAs !
Lamaetwe includes amongst the grounds of his claims to tbe confidence of the bourgeoisie , that he save nothing but' soft words' to the Poles and the Irish , aimed assistance , or any real assistance , he never intended to give to either . And so , as 'soft words batter no parsnips , ' the ' oppressed nationalities' are jnst where they were , or rather worse than they were , from the disappointment of hopes excited by the Revolution of Febrnary , but which hopes Lamabtinb took gocd care should not be realised . On the charge of having encouraged attempts of armed propagandise ! against Belgium , Germany , asd Savoy , Lamabhse declares that formal orders were given and proclamations issued to prevent such attempts , and that when bodies of men were
assembled to make them they were dissolved . He appeals to all governments , and says : — 'If there be one which accuses the Minister of Foreign Aff-iirsof complicity , or even tegligence , in the repression of those attempts , I declare myself convicted of felony . ' This is bold speaking , but is it truth-speaking ? Why it is ' as notorious ss the ton at soon-day' that ' legions' of Belgians , Germans , Poles , and Italians , were openly and regularly enrolled and organised in the streets of Paris . The projected invasion of Belgium was universally talked of in Paris , and will this man , who acknowledges that as Minister for Foreign Affairs , he . had the sum of 293 , 000 francs of secret service money at bis disposal , for the purpose of obtaining information , & o ., will he pretend
that he was ignorant of what was known to every ff onttnin Paris ? No one can doubt that he fenew all about it , and connived at it , not for the purpose of revolutionising Belgium , bat for the purpose of securing the destruction of the revolutionists . Had heacted an honest part , he would have forbidden the enrolment of the ' legion , ' or at any rate have prevented the departure of the misguided men from Paris . He did neither . He allowed the poor fellows to proceed openly by railway to the frontier , where they were trapped and destroyed . It will be remembered that the first detachment was taken by the train across the frontier , and set down in the very midst of an armed force oi Belgian troops drawn up to sorronnd them- Those who followed , though
thej defeated an intended repetition of this treachery and stopped short at the French side of the frontier , were compelled by the persecution of tbe Pro visional Government ' s agents ( o cross into Belgium , where they were shot down or taken prisoners . In this day ' s Stab will be found the names of a number of men who have been condemned to death by the Belgian government for having taken part in or favoured ' the invasion . ' Some of these unfortunate men I know personally , and I am acquainted with the names of others as pure and ardent democrats . Judge then whether I have not got too good reason to feel more than I shall allow my pen to express in the way of disgust and indignation towards . this Lahabtike , whom I shall regard as mainly responsible for the blood of my betrayed friends , if that blood be shed . But perhaps Louis Philippe's daughter may remind Leopold of the uncertainty of forand ia hat
tune , and the instability of thrones , t case the condemned democrats may be spared to witness happier times , whieh must not yet be despsired of . I admit that proclamations were issued against the attempts at * armed propagandas ; ' and , insome instances , armed bodies of men were dissolved . But only after the poor fellows had openly and irrevocably committed themselves ; and when they had only the choice of risking death in battle on tho German or Belgian side of tho frontier , er the certainty ot death by starvation on tbe French side . Lahabiink wished to get rid of tho ' foreigners ' from Paris , beotuse he apprehended that in their rasks the clubs would find allies dangerous to the moderate Republic' lie does not say this , but his conduct can only be thus interpreted . Hi * appeal to foreign governments will not save him from the charge of * wmplicitj . ' If those governments iroukr ,
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fc , * they ^ uld prove his complicity , not with the ' propsgandists , ' but with themselves ( the foreign governments ) to destroy the Revolutionary party , internal dishonour rests on the name ot ioo ^ of ?* lf ^ h 8 vi nK encouraged the risings in 1830-31 ini Poland , Italy , Spain , & o ., and . thenbeirayedand persecuted the actors therein . Lamabtinb has playrd a similar part . The results may have been less sanguinary but the policy of both was thesame . Lamabtinb states that it was he who proposed the organisation of the Garde Mobile , which saved Paris and France on the 23 rd of June , and asks if that wore want of foresight ? No ! It was , on the contrary , proof of a far-seeing policy , though copied from
the policy ot kings : — 'Divide and conquer ! ' The Garde Mobile , taken from the most ignorant and rerkless orders of the Parisian popnlaoe , were sunplied with arms and uniforms , and attached to the government by pay fourfold the amount received by tha soldiers of the line . Theso were the tools which Lamabtinb had the 'foresight' to prepare against the day when the real workmen should descend into the streets , to enforce by arms the fulfilment of the pro . raises made by the Provisional government in the decrees 1 have recited . For this detestable foresight he deserves the admiration of the bourgeoisie . Why ^ fiZno Wtefol as to withdraw from him the 352 ?? e pr 0 Te 8 him 8 elf 8 o * eU en
nfSSf * c ! ew himse ] f ^ y ^ are n ^ SM ? ? : u account of fche J « ne insurrection . He states that' he gave it as his opinion' that tbe workmen employed in the national workshops should be sent to work on railways , otherwise * a battle would ensue on the dissolution of the ateliers . ' Here is an admission that , in spite of the lies contained in tho proclamations of the Assembly , in Odiuo * Baurots committee ' s ' report , ' and in the news papers , trench and English—lhe lies about ' war against society '—' war against property and family , ' 4 o ., the conflict was , in fact , as h » s been repeatedly stated m this journal , . a war for labour , bread , and life . LiMAnriNB next shows how zealously he labouredto fill Paris with troops ; and that he was unceasingly occapir d fcr a day or two previous to the outbreak on the 23 rd of June , in centering with generals , and making all military preparations for combat , Itnever seems to have struck thishnma .
nity-monger , who had been so z ; alous in proposing the abolition of death-pnnisbmente , that the execution of thousands in the streets by bayonets and cannon , was something more horrible than tho gu 1 lotining of a | few isdividuals . Nor does h 3 appear to have thonght that the bloodshed he was preparing for could have been prevented , hadtbejtoveriiment of which he was a member , set abont making good the proaises they bad given four months bafore to the deceived , disappointed , and da » pnirinsr . workmen . The last paragraph I shall notice in Lamawihb ' s precious statement , is the Mowing : — The Republic , inspired by Washington , shall triumph over the Republic of Bitceuf , Robi fspierre , andDanlon ! In other ages , other ideas , other thoughts , other men ! lhii is tho troth with regard to society .
Ft , o ! s will swallow this as a piece of profound political philosophy . If , as Lamabtinb says , the ideas , thoiights . and men of' 93 would be out of place now , how comes it that the ideas , thoughts , and men of ' ? 6 would be in place ? Granted that the ' Republioof Robksfiebre is of the past , the Republioof WabhihOT . wii of the older past . - In fact , the Republioof Washington was bat the Eagli * h Republic of 1645 reproduced and brought to perfection on the American continent . Washington was a good and skilful man , and also a great man for h is time . But he would not suit the present time , no more than would Wallace , tho hero of Scotland . Wallace was a great man for the time , when it was necessary to lead a natio j to the recovery ef its outraged nationality .
But Wallace is m . t wanted now . The Radicals u « ed to toast the memories of' Hampden who died on field , and Sydney on the scaffold , ' but this toast has passed away . Hampden and Sydney were no doubt very gn » d patriots for their time . They were' chosen men' to war against kingly desotism nnd priestly tyranny j but in these times ' we have other fish to fry . ' Washington ' s name shines in history ' s page , but principally becaue be was an exception to the long list of successful soldiers who have abused the power they acquired by arms . Considering the circumstances of bis time , he played his part well in as sistingin the establishment of that politics ! system which sufficed to protect tho liberties of his countrymen , and which has pretty well served the same
purpose up to this time . But already America needs a greater than Washington ; a legislator to provide remedies fcr those social evils which are fast neutralising the political institutions of tho Commonwealth . Republicanism sufficed for Washington ' s timo , but will not suffice muoh longer . The social causes which produce crime and misary in Paris and London arain full operation in New York , produciosr there like effeats . It ' needs no ghost coma from the grave' to enable any man who can think for himself , to predict that the . lay will come when , unless the social sjstem of America is thoroughly reformed , blood will flow in New York as lately it fi iwed in Paris .
TheR ^ publo Robkpierbjs ( that is to say , the Republic whioh ixisted in the time of RensppjEBBB , but pot tbe Republic ho aim ? d at founding ) , was inevitable for its time , but its reproduction would be an immeasurable calamity ; nevertheless , and in spite of Lamartinb ' s theory , it may be reproduced if his nonsense is acted on . The ' Republic inspired by Washington' wonld find neither work nor bread for the starving masses of Paris . The Republic of Babgbuf has never yet been . Babceuf never ruled , he but conspired with a few other men who , like himself , were in advance of their time . The Republic of Babojof is in the future . '
I have heard tell of a 'bag of wind , ' a ' bushel of moonshine , ' and similar anti-substantial matters ; but , for the distinction of being 'full of emptiness , ' this collapsed bladder of vanity Lamabtire ( regarding only his political character ) decidedly bears away tbe palm . ' The earth hath bubbles as the water has , And he Is of them . ' G . JULIAN HARNEY . September 7 th . 1848 .
A Femalb Swindlbr.—About Two Years Since...
A Femalb Swindlbr . —About two years since , Selina Leslie , otherwise Gillard , otherwise Villiers , was tried at the Bristol sessions for having fraudulently obtained a piano from Mr Cochrane , which she shortly afterwards sold at half price . She was then acquitted , and some time afterwards went to Gloucester , where the same person , whose real name is Villiers , has just been brought by the police , before the city magistrates , charged with having obtained several articles of wearing apparel , under false pretences , from Mrs Margetson , staymaker , of Southgate-street , A great degree of interest appeared to ba manifested by a large number of tradesmen , to hear the examination , many of them having been the dupes of the prisoner to a greater or less extent . It
appeared that about a month since tbe prisoner went to the residence ot Miss Mogey , who keeps the National School at Berkeley , and represented that she was in distress , but that she hoped in a few days to obtain a situation as a turnkey in the county gaol at Gloucester . Miss Mogey , who bad been with the family of the prisoner for several years , immediately allowed her to reside at her hou < e , and she remained there until Saturday week last , when she went out on an errand for her hostess , taking with her a little girl who lived with that lady . Instead of returning however , she went to the railway station , and asked Mrlvey , the clerk , for a return ticket to Gloucester , saying that Miss Mogey would pay for it . Mr Ivey , happening to be well acquainted with Miss Mo ? ey ,
gave the prisoner the ticket , and she left in the next train , after having sent the little girl back again to Berkeley . Miss Mogey ' s suspicions were aroused on hearing of this , and on examining her drawers , she found that nine or ten articles of wearing apparel were missing . In the train the prisoner contrived to scrape np an acquaintance with a person who , on arriving in Gloucester , accompanied her to Dawes ' s coffee-house , and requested Mr Dawes to whom he was known , to pay the greatest ' attention to the lady . On the afternoon of the Sunday following , a Mrs Withara . an acquaintance of Mr Dawes , called at the honse , and Mr Dawes , seeing that the prisoner appeared lonely , kindly introduced Mk Withamtoher . andthey walked out together . In
the course of the afternoon the prisoner represented herself as being about to be married , snd requested Mrs Witbam ' s advice as to the choice of tradesmen , expressing her determination to reside in Gloucester The result of this was that the shop of Mr Foxwel : was recommended for dresses , and the next day the prisoner called upon Mr Foxwell in company with Mrs Witham , and made choice of an assortment ol dresses . This was followed by an order te Mr Stratford , cabinet maker , Mr Watts , furnishing ironmonger , Mr Ladkin , perfumer , and several other persons ; indeed , we believe orders to the extent cf mere than one thousand pounds were given to the various tradesmen in Gloucester . A house was taken by the prisoner in the Spato whioh the things
, ordered were to be sent , and the prisoner was to have possession on Saturday ; but , as a depositof £ 40 was required , and the money not being forthcoming , she never had the keys . She referred to a gentleman in Dublin , but , on being written to , no such person could ba found ; and vhis , coupled with other circum stances , led to her apprehension . A . pair of gloves was found in her possession which Mr Foxwell alleges were stolen from his shop ; and also a quantity of papers which throw some light on her history , and show that she is related to some highly respectable families in that neighbourhood . As the felony at Berkeley was the clearest against her , she was handed over to the county magistrates , and by them committed to the sessions .
A water-spout was seen at Woodbridge , on Thursday week , passing from a long cloud along the surface of the land towards Hollesley and Bawdsey . It expended itself in the river , near Mr Pretyman ' s , Ramsholt , carrying away part of an embankment . The fall of large pieces of ice and water at Bawdsey was proffigious , —jSwru Post ,
Present And Future State Of Europe. Panx...
PRESENT AND FUTURE STATE OF EUROPE . PAnxIL The present state ofEurope , the cause of its anarchy , disunion , and confusion , and their remedy , were explained in the first part . The cause of these evils having been discovered : and the remed y m consequence , as previously stated , being obvious , plain , and easy of execution ; and all the materials for effecting the change being everywhere abundant : and
it being the undoubted interest of all the parties that the change should be made in the shortest time practicable , it is now necessary to meet the real difficulty to be overcome before the change can be accomplished . This difficulty is the change from the state of falsehood , and all the evils which it has produced in practice , to an entirel y new system based on truth , and constructed in all its parts , and throughout its ramifications , inaccordancewithits fundamental principle .
To effect this change in practice is a straight forward operation thatmen experiencedintheestablishment of large manufactories , in directing extensive agricultural arrangements , or in the command of combined armies , could readily be taught to comprehend . The difficulty is not to be feared in the practice , which will be beyond all comparison more easy to understand , and far more simple to execute and permanently to maintain in order and govern , than it is now to conduct and control the present most divided , unjust , and disorganised state of society ; the only difficulty is in the creation of a public opinion in favour of the change .
lhe public of Europe is not only ignorant of what this change will be , but it is strongly and most blindly prejudiced , by . the ignorance and falsehood of the old system , against any full and fair investigation of the subject . This blindness to the almost illimitable good which may be now secured for Europe / alone prevents the immediate introduction of practical measures to well employ its population , and put it in a straight forward road to a beneficial prosperity that shall know no retrogressing , and gradually place every class in a much more desirable condition than any class is now or ever has been .
But nature has decreed that half measures now are impracticable , that society must have falsehood in principle , and endless evils in attempting to maintain it in practice ; or it must now consent to have truth for its foundation , with a practice that shall gradually elevate all of the human race to become fullformed , superior , rational men and women , enjoying their natural rights as the first of terrestrial beings , directing the sciences of mechanism ; and chemistry to create for thrm as many unfed and obedient , well taught slaves and servants , as they may wish or desire . And ; what is the real difficulty to be overcome to attain this new state of elevated
existence ? Merely to overcome rank ignorance , by a plain and simple statement of facts which no one possessing reasonable claims to rationality will think of denying . These facts may be thus stated in successive order , that their consequences may be more easily perceived , and their ultimate results comprehended . 1 st . —No man made the general qualities which constitute humanity ; no man combined these m his own organisation . 2 nd . —No man can decide upon the age of the world , the great circle of religion , the country , or the class in which he shall be born , and these decide his language , religion , and habits .
3 rd . —No one can decide upon the character and condition of his parents , his playmates , his instructions ' , or the other circumstances by which he shall be surrounded through infancy , childhood , and youth . And these circumstances combined , compel the individual to acquire the character which they create for him , until the period of life when the superficial observers of humanity say , the individual may then form bis own feelings , thoughts , and
conduct , by his own free will , when all his feelings , thoughts , and conduct are the unavoidable result of the physical , mental , moral , and practical powers , given to him without his knowledge or consent by all the previous circumstances which have acted in their formation , and for which no one possessing rational faculties could attribute to the individual having these powers , either merit or demerit , or suppose that they could be justly entitled to reward or punishment .
As the individual has been so far the creature of the inferior , mixed , or comparatively superior circumstances , which , without his knowledge , have formed him to be what he is , to the period when the thoughtless have been taught to imagine that he had acquired power to will , feel , think , and . act , let us for a moment consider whence his capacity to feel , think , and act , has arisen . Has it not proceeded direct from his original organisation , as g iven to him without his knowledge or consent by God or Nature , and by the inferior , mixed ,
or better circumstances , in which he and his parents have been placed by society from his birth ? Then these , so far , have formed his character for him , and whether this foundation has been good or bad , Nature and society , and not the individual , ought to be accountable for it . If it has been made inferior or bad , the individual justly requires and deserves more sympathy , kindness , and attention by all around , to make amends for the errors of Nature—if Nature can err—and the removable errors of society , of which so far he has been the victim .
5 th . —But facts demonstrate that , from this period of life also , the individual continues to be the creature of the inferior , mixed or better circumstances in which society shall place him , for he cannot escape out of the circumstances previously - created by society . And , as these are , ho is yet compelled to feel , think , and act , aud thus is his character always formed for him , and by the combination of superior circumstances , with this knowledge of
its power over individuals , society may always well form the character of every one , and surround them from birth with such a new combination of superior circumstances , now easily attainable , that all shall be made intelligent , with good and superior habits nnd manners , with kind dispositions , and a desire to promote , in all sincerity , the happiness of all others , and thus to secure his full share of happiness to himself .
6 th . —That wealth is created by industry , temperance , and order , and poverty by idleness , intemperance , and disorder . 7 th . —That the greatest of all absurdities is the supposition that all men cannot be well employed , made to become industrious , temperate , orderly , and good members of society , and that it is easier to maintain and govern them in idleness , with bad habits and under inferior circumstances .
8 th . —That it is now impossible for society longer to continue blind to its present insane condition , or to refrain from commencing the transition state for all Europe , for that which is necessary and best for any one division of it will be found to be necessary and the best for its entire population . And that which is now required to effect this change is , 1 st . A settled peace throughout Europe . Snd . An assurance that no one , without his free consent , shall be disturbed or injured , in mind , body , or estate . 3 rd . That the knowled
new arrangements , based on ge that the character of each is formed for him , shall be immediately commenced to employ all the unemployed throughout Europe . First , to crtsate their own food and all other necessaries and comforts of life for themselves and afterwards to aid general purposes . Second , to distribute this new-created wealth justly for themselves and society . Third , to well form the character of these persons and their children to fit them . to become members of a rational and a very superior state of society . Fourth , to train them not only to be well and
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usefull y educated but to ^ govern thenuirflves locally without expense or trouble iu the general government . Fifth , to pffect these arrangements , by the creation of superior circumstances for each of these objects , separately and combined , on the princi ple that man must ever be the creature of the interior or superior circumstances in which society shall place him . Your space will not admit of more . I will pursue the subject in your next publication , merely lidding that the transition state msy be made easy for all parties . T sgg Robert Owen . . London , September 7 th .
The Spirit Of Charity. Long Experience W...
THE SPIRIT OF CHARITY . Long experience with the though * - and habits of all sects , parties , and clashes , has convinced me that the great defect of soeief >/ is a want of charity for the different characters which different circumstances force up <>/ j all , and which defect proceeds from ignorance of the cause which can alone produce veal charity and bring it into daily practice . Until this can be done anarchy , competition , disunion , and violence will continue
throughout Europe and the world ; it becomes , therefore , the interest of all that the spirit of charity should be made to prevail , and become general in every class , from tho highest to the lowest . This first of all virtues has never yet existed among any class , sect , or party , at any time , in any country ; ' t does not exist a- this dayin any nation , or among any people . How , then , is it to be introduced ? and whence the cause that this universally-recommende' virtue has not been previously attained ?
. It is because all society has been based mi a falsehood directly destructive of charity , and of all the highest and finest qualities Inhumanity ; and false religions , and absurd superstitions , opposed to all real charity , have been substituted for that virtue , without which all other pretensions to goodness are but as sounding brass or tinkling cymbals . Witnt- ; - - the present opposition of the various sects of superstitions to each other , and solel y i ..: ause they know not what real charity is , or ti . V onl y cause which can produce it . But thfs irtue can never be acquired , while the very « rms of it are destroyed by the fundamental " falsehood on which the educated character of -ill ig based—a falsehood made to pervade all then ; feelings , thoughts , and conduct ?
The necessary effect of this falsehood is to pervert and misdirect all the qualities of humanity . The baneful influence of this fahs direction of good natural qualities is now iBxperienced throughout Europe ; but mere especially among the three opposing sects of religion in Ireland . To relieve all nations and people fronKthe dire effects of this fatal falsehood , the " truth ! must be faithfully declared without mystery mixture of error , or fear of man , or disunion and ' wantof chavity i ) will , as heretofore , continue to paralyse every effort to make men cha .
ritable and kind to each other . The truth then is , that the poverty , disunion , ignorance , and crime in Ireland , arise from the want of charity between the three sects of religion which have so long contended against each other for mastery and power , and the mammon of power . These insane contentions ; are brought more into collision in Ireland than elsewhere , and the evils which they produce are more violent and prominent ; but the same want of charity , and the same created opposition of feelings , and the same insane conduct , are everywhere more or lets evident according
to local circumstances , between all the pposing sects of religion this day , as they have been through past ages . The only possible way to terminate these insane feelings , and their consequent conduct , is , not by finding fault with , or punishing the victims , whether Jew or Gentile , Mahommedan , Hindoo , Chinese , or Catholic , Episcopalian , o Dissenter , but by openly and honestly acknowledging the direful falsehood , from which these fearfully-opposing and ever-contending errors emanate , and are made universal . If , then , the want of charity produces disunion , hatred and crime , with their consequent misery—and
charity would create union , kindness , goodness , and their consequent happiness ; it may now be asked , why has it been se long withheld from the knowledge and practice of the human race ? One true reply only can be made to this all-important question , which is , that man is born more ignorant , helpless , and powerless than all other animals ; and his faculty of imagination has been the blind pioneer of his other mental powers . Through this faculty he has been led to believe that , in opposition to every known fac * , he makes himself individually to be what he is , although he knows not how one human faculty is made , or the
compound of his character is created . The supposition that he forms himself to be what he is , and can , b y a supposed free-will of bis own creation , make himself , at his pleasure , wise or foolish , good or bad , is the cause , and the only cause , of a want of charity among the human race ; and also of all the virtues oi humanity which emanate from charity . The present ignorance of all nations , respecting the true formation of the character of afl individuals , is not only the cause of the want of charity over the world , but it is also the cause of the inferior , inconsistent , vicious , and insane character which has been foiced upon all , from their birth .
This false principle , and ignorance of the true formation of character , is also the sole cause of anger , hatred , jealousy , revenge , ill . will , and all their direful consequences . If then Ireland , France , Italy , Germany , and the other nations of the world , are to be relieved from present and future anarchy and irrationality , such change can only be effected by abandoning the supposition that men form themselves by their own created will .
Were men competent to create their own qualities , and make themselves good or badinferior or superior ; if they did not make themselves beautiful in person and perfect in mind , they would be yet more insane than their present ignorance has compelled them te become . Let the British Government , and the Governments on the continent of Europe , now openly and immediately abandon this fatal absurdity , and put themselves in the way of acquiring a knowledge of the scietice of weU forming the human character , and Europe will rapidly become a terrestrial paradise , and its inhabitants wise , rational , and happy , to enjoy it through a long life .
This change in principle and practice , from a false and misery-producing system to an * other based on the knowledge that man cannot form himself , may be now easily and gradually introduced into practice , not only without injury to any , but in peace , with order , and with great permanent benefit to all ; but until the spiritjof charity can be introduced , no permanent success can be anticipated . Robert Owen . London , Sept . 6 , 1848 .
Mr Btrne's Route Next Week.—West Aucklan...
Mr Btrne ' s route next week . —West Auckland , Monday , 11 th September ; Toddles near Byre "! Green , Tuesday I 2 ch ; Coxhoe , Wednesday 13 th ; Kelloe , Thursday 14 th ; Cassop , Friday 15 th . 0 ' Coskokvii . lb . —The allottees intend holding a Harvest Home' party on Monday evening next , S jp , 11 th ; the proceedings to commence at five o ' clock precisely . Several talented friends are expected te attend . Sheffield —Tbe Land members will meet next Meeday evening , at seven o ' clock , in the Democrats
Reading-rooms , 38 „ Queen-street , when every member must be present , as business of pressing importance will have to be considered . Tie committee beg to apprise the members , that tbe town is now divided into districts , in accordance with the resolution passed at the special meeting , held at tbe Motley Arms , and that they will be severally called upon torn subscription , to defray the funeral expenses of our departed friend , Mr Thomas BriggeJ ; it u hoped that every member will contribute according to hit means .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09091848/page/5/
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