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" JUSTICE— -IMPUTABLE , TJNIYETKSAL , ETERNAL . THE EMPIBE AND PEACE . Tns last act of the tragical farce of which the bastard BuonAp-irtjb is the hero , is rapidly drawing to a close . There will be aTO + hcr scene or two . This * day ( Saturday Oct . 16 th ) the impostor is to make a triumphal (?) entry into Paris . He will be received with < * enthusiastic acclamations , " by his brigand accomplicesIns praetorians , gend ' armes , spies ,, priests , and Decembrist
, rabble . The lie will be trumpeted through the universe , that Pans entire Paris—has placed her neck beneath the foot of the assassin . Perhaps , that scene , -will conclude the performance . It is not unlikely that the conspirators will proceed to the Tuilleries and there and then salute their chief as " Emperor ; " pretending to elect him by " popular acclamation . " Or it may be that there will be one more scene , —that the arch-hypocrite will affect to restrain the hireling devotion of his adherents * and will once more submit ! . ;« . « / . lo 4 ™ ° -. '" + n 11 . 0 iWUinn nf " TTnirarsal Rnffracre : " in which his " claims ' * to the decision of " Universal Suftrage ; " in which
case eis ; ht million of votes will elect him to the throne ! This is already announced : the number of . votes is already decided on-, there will be eight millions , and no dissentients , —save , perhaps , some few paltry thousands to keep up appearances . It would be useless to discuss this premeditated fraud . All the world knows that any such vote will be a lie : witness the recent mock-elections . In Paris , under the new " Constitution " (?) there are 80 , 000 inscribed voters . Of this number 42 , 000 responded to the appeal of
the Society of the Revolution , and tho dictates of their own sense of duty , and refused to record their votes . . Besides the above , there was a section of 3 9 , 000 moderate Republican ' s who appeared at the balloting urns to give their votes to the anti-Buonapartist candidates . The candidates of the Government could muster only 21 , 000 votes out of 80 , 000 ; and this notwithstanding that Paris has been " purged " of the most ardent Republicans to the number of many thousands ! Where elections
have occurred in the departments , the like significant spirit has been manifested . At Montpellicr , out of 13 , 000 electors only 1 , 250 recorded their votes for the Government candidates , the remaining 11 , 750 electors abstained from voting . At some of the municipal elections the electors \ have abstained en niasse . Yet when the question is put , " Shall Buonaparte - be Emperor ?" there will be the required eight million votes . Mister Bm » Mfautiv knows how to turn to account his adult-education among
our " west-end" black-legs , pigeon-pluckers , and thimble-riggers . . Whatever may be the peculiar and particular features of the last scene of this grim , blood-smeared comedy , the finale- promises to be immediatcAmd exactly us the arch-traitor desires . The very name of the " Republic" is to disappear , and give place to the " Empire . " Every preparation lias been made , every sign of Imperial usurpation and Imperial flunkeyism is ready . Apparently , never was fortune more propitious in bestowing her smiles upon trinmnhant crime .
But the newly . manufactured throne will stand upon a volcano . The newly-crowned tyrant will live in constant terror of the doom which , sooner or later , must overtake him . When least expected , the hand of the tyrannicide , or the arm of popular insurrection , will smite him to the- earth , and , punishing his crimes , avenge Humanity . ' There can be little doubt that the Marseilles infernal-machine affair was a police-plot , designed to subserve the greater plot of the Emp ire . " If satisfied that it was really a Republican conspiracy , every true man could entertain but one sentiment , —that
of regret at its failure . The mawkish sentimentalism that feels or affects to feel-shocked at the thought of a * tyrant falling by what is commonly termed " assassination , " is worthy only of contempt . Of the two courses , it would be preferable to see Buonaparte brought to punishment by solemn trial and formal execution . But whatever end the Future has in store for him , one thing is sure , — that the hour lie ceases to afflict the earth with his presence , will be one of jubilee for not only frenchmen , bftt men of all nations who detest crime and perfidy , and desire the onward progress ot the human race .
Among the principal features of Buonaparte ' s tour m the South of France , there are two that demand some words of comment : 1 st . the blasphemous adulation with wliich he has been received by priests and prefects ; 2 nd . his " pacific speech" at Bordeaux . It would be unbearably nauseating to repeat only a hundredth part of the disgusting " adulation with which priests and prefects have done their best to make religion hateful and their own country a subject of scorn to the world . As a specimen , take the following '' 'loyal" parody on the " Lord ' s Prayer . "
Oar lvin , ? e—You who are in power by right of birth and by the acclamation of the people , your name is everywhere glorified ; may your reign come , and be jwrpel ii . "Jled hy tlie immediate acceptance of the imperial crown of the great Napoleon : may your firm ami wise will W : fone in FntncK as abroad . Give US this day our daily bread by reducing progressively the custom : ? duty , so as to } K-: ' 5 » . H , ihe entry of nrthiles which are necessary to its , as also the exportation ol whai is superiiuoiis . Pardon us our oil ' enee . s when you shall be certain of our repentance , and that we become better . Do not permit us Jo yield ( o the . temptation » r cupidity and piaee-himling , but . deliver its from evil—that is to ;; ay , from swat sol-Wim , from vicious ipachin-. j , from Hie excesses of lite press , frwn eh -ffsr . s'S < u" even * kind : and continue lo ma Ice it more and more a matter ol
hoiiotii' u <« practice of morality and of religion , respect for authority , agriculture , and industry , tin- low of order and of labour . Amen . And the following : — . ' j " Monsrigueur , —The Government of the world hy Providence is the most perfect . Prance , ami Europe style von the "Elect of God for the accomplishment of His designs . It . belongs to no Constitution whatsoever to assign a term to the Divine mission with which you are invested . Inspire yourself with this thought to restore to the country Um & e tutelary institutions which preserve the stability of power and the destinies of nations . "
Ihe authors of the above morceaux are too modest . Why do they stop short at paying homage to a liar and an assassin as the " elect of God ? " why do they not go a step farther , —dethrone God himself , and oifer up their pure-hearted worshi p to one so well fitted to be the Lord God of such wretches ? They would not hesitate to do so if they thought that was the better * card to play . But that might he too gross for the stomachs of even priestled peasants , and so the pious scoundrels content themselves with sycophancy that might have disgusted even the mad-brained son
oi Macedonian Phillip . If it could be believed that the utterers oi' the above sentiments represented France , it would be high time all hope of such a country , —a nation , of grovellm ** ; i P P ^ Vilor t nim tnc V 1 ^ nor"de ever ( in this world ' s l - wmftt ' to perdition . Indeed , despair of our common fay would necessarily overcome even those disposed to be Mi
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most hopeful of a better future . But these blaspheming priests and prefects libel , insult , and outrage their country ' s name : and at the bar of inexorable Justice they will yet have to answer for their crimes , One of the great faults of the Revolutionists of February , was that of fraternizing with the priests . - The reader cannot have forgotten how those holy hypocrites bestowed their benedictions upon the "Republic , and moistened the " trees of liberty with their ( crocodile ) " tears of love . " The Republicans will know better next
time . Unhappily , the day has not yet arrived in which men will exhibit sense enough to abolish priests as a class , treating : all pretenders to that craft as conjurors and fortune-tellers are now treated . But , at least , the Revolution may , and must , denude this corporation of impostors of all political power , and punish with inflexible severity every attempt of these jugglers to perpetuate the ignorance and servility of the masses . On the other hand , the . educator must be made the chief moral guardian of the Republic . Knowledge and Public Spirit are the sureties of Freedom .
Remembering the career of the first Buonaparte , it is only natural to associate the idea of universal war . with that of the Empire , The nephew of his uncle knows how to suit himself to his audience . In presence of the arsenal of Toulon he is warlike : on the shore of the mercantile port of Bordeaux , he is as pacifigue as Quaker Sturge . At the-banquet given to him by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce , he gave vent to a careftilly ' prepared speech designed to announce his " acceptation" of the Empire and his devotion to peace ! Like a Brummagem counterfeit , in imitation of his uncle , he had bis fling at the " Ideologists . " " It seems , " he added , " France desires a return ¦ to the Empire . "—[ " Yes , — Yes ! " prolonged applause , — " Vive VJSmpereur ! " ] lie proceeded : —
There is one objection to which I must reply . Certain mimdsseem to entertain a dread of war ; certain persons say , the Empire is only war ; bul I say the Empire is peace [ sensation ] , for Prance desires it , and when France is satisfied the world is tranquil , [ enthusiastic cheers ] . And then he added , that " like the Emperor he had conquests to make , " he wished to ' conquer by conciliation , all hostile parties : " (?) to " restore morality , religion , and opulence ; " to " cultivate waste territories , open roads , dig ports " * * * " Lastly , we have ruins to restore , false gods to overthrow , nnd truths to be made triumphant ;!* ' [ Prolonged applause . ]
Though unable to conceal their misgivings , this speech has been received rather favourably than otherwise by our daily journals . If -they could only trust him ! If they could only take his word , why then the Empire might not be so bad . Anything that would ensure the peaceful progress of commerce would be preferable to new convulsions , whether of . a Royalist or Republican character . Suppose so . Imagine the peace that would exist , —the peace of death and gagged despair ! The lying hypocrite talks of
conquering by " conciliation , " while not a day passes that does not see new victims swept into prison , driven into exile , or shipped to Cayenne . Suppose . him Emperor , even if inclined , he dare not amnestize his victims : for if he did , three out of every four who might return would deem it an indispensable duty to devote their first hours of liberty to his overthrow . There can be no peace , truce , nor terms between him arid the soldiers of the Revolution . That he well ¦
knows . Hence he must continue to rule or reign by terror : — "Thrones got by blood' must be by blood maintained , " The peace , therefore , reserved for France under the Empiresupposing no foreign war—will be very like that enjoyed ( ?) by Rome under Tiberius . : And throughout Europe generally , the holy alliance of despots . will drive the iron of oppression deeper and deeper into the Heart of Humanity . Italy , Hungary , Poland , Germany , will be prostrate at the feet of the banded homicides .
~ I ^__ * 1 _ .. ? I T J , « IxMnlrAii 1 ^» n *\ % \ t-i \ f ] / " » VI 4 / " \ -n /\ l 1-V 11 nh Ai'Aft / lilll ^ itrAn -wrrt I I Exiles will die broken-hearted on foreign shores ; captives will perish of-slow torture in their dungeons ; wives and children will hopelessly mourn for the loved ones doomed never to return . There will be peace , such peace . as reigns in the tomb ; broken only by the clang of the axe and the ring of the bullet despatching to their gory graves heroic-hearted men , who will continually a-ise to aim ii blow at tyranny , inspired by the hope of arousing the downtrodden people to action . Accursed be such peace , though welcomed bv our traders , writers , and other recreants to duty . —
I love no peace which is not fellowship , And which includes not mercy . I would have , Bather , the raKing of the guns across The world , and shrieks against Heaven's architrave Rather , the struggle in the slippery fosse , Of dyinc men and horse * -, and the wave Blood-bubbling . # # * * — -. wi Such tilings are better than a Peace which sits Beside the hearth in self-contenteri mood , And takes no thought how wind and rain by fits Ate howling out of doors against the eood
Of the poor wmderev . What ! your peace admits Of outside anguish while ifcsiu at home' ! I loathe to ( nice its name upon my tongue—It is no peace . 'Tis treason , stiff with doom , — 'Tis gagged despair , and inarticulate wrong . But our " bestpossible instructors" mistrust even such a peace —the only description of peace Buonaparte can confer upon Europe . And well may they doubt him ! He is the very incarnation of perfidy . 'Did he not , in 1818 , solemnly swear to maintain the Republic and uphold the Constitution ? Did lie not , in the form of repeated asseverations and assurances , from time to tune renew that oath , persevering in bis hypocrisy up to the eve of
the 2 nd of December ? And did he not then shamefully violate , set at nought , and trample upon every obligation he had contracted ? Did he not add the ferocity of the assassin to the cunning of the midnight burglar ? How then shall he be believed ? Blind and idiotic must be that man or that nation that would place the least dependence on the word , the least confidence in the most solemn protestation , of Buonaparte . In the course of his southern tour he . has not hesitated , wherever it was likely to serve his purpose , to appeal to national prejudices , barbarous passions , and that thirst for misnamed " glory " which is the bane of France . Contrast with his peace-preaching at Bordeaux—in those . Pecksniffian phrases which would draw tears from the eyes of Elihu Burritt —his acts within the last few weeks . In his budset for 1852-3 .
there is provision made for additional land and sea forces . In the French dockyards and arsenals they are working night and day . Enormous war steamers are being launched , and the French navy , generally , is being placed in a state of formidable efficiency . The army is kept in the highest state of preparation for war , and , like hounds in leash , the heroes of Algeria and the Boulevards are ready to spring in whatever direction their " Emperor " mav indicate , whether the gajne \ e Belgium , Switzerland , or England , His scribe ?
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talk of " effacing the stain of Waterloo ! ' » And wearTT ^ his professions of peace ! It niay be that pace at the out t ^ W best ' calculated to establish his throne , us it will & mv ( f i . V M In , port of the timid , calculating traders . But the day will ^ * ¥ supposing opposition within completely crushed , ho ' rmi . sfc JilT' Wll ( '! v ment for his army beyond the frontier . " Glory ! " will lJt . /) ' cmi ' ^ word , " Vengeance and Plunder ! " the aim of ' ^ roxAV -viitp ' ^ torians ; and then , woe to England if she be not prepared ' ' ' '' " ^
, Our ridiculous militia , an increase of the navy , additions t defences ,. & c ., will be but insufficient preparation . ' - The best °° tion will be , to summon the national spirit , now dead or e ' i , 'J ) rep ara - renewed life and action ; which may be done by establishin , / 1 " 0111 ; . of rights , and giving to all classes the opportunit y Und the iitlu ? " } to defend their homes , institutions , and native soil , p ,, ^ ^ le , ) t England may , if she will , gather to her standard the alk ^' nations . She has but to hold out the hand of fraternit y , andF ^ will rise en masse . In the exercise of the dut y we owcYo' hiih ^' ' rests our country ' s . surest safeguard . mm }\ L'AMi DU PEUPLp
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16101852/page/8/
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