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[ COUNTRY EMMOK . _] JUSTICE—IMMUTABLE , _TJSlYERSAL , ETERNAL IflE _UASCEESTER _^ COUP D'ETAT . '
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» ihe Hberrv to know , to utter , ana to aigne freely accOii . GJ _«®' _dLw , above all Uberfies .-ltaios . _^ Xe time has arrived for every man , calling him-, _*< Chartist' or ' Democrat , ' and who has at heart h honour and character of the People ' s cause , to v out and repudiate the acts and sentiments of a _^ _Tverr numerous , but not the less mischievous set of who for time have been doi
-ons , , some past , ng _Fhrir best to bury the last yesUges of Chartismin the ave of popular coutempt . Inspired by selfishness , _^ fisted with conceit , these men hare laboured to _' _ender the cause they profess to advocate , both hateful and ridiculous . Had they been hired by the _eno--ies of Democracy , to mate the name of Chartism a Ire-word of reproach , they could not have hit npoa my scheme so well designed to effect such an end as * hi mock Conference at Manchester . time that Chartism has been
It is _» ° t the first damaged by 'Chartist demonstrations '— demonstrations not of strength but of weakness . Of all such exhibitions , that which was made last week , m _Winchester was the mo 3 t pitiable . Even the previous _Conclave which met in the same town more than twelve months since , was respectable by comparison _, for , although the ' Delegates * on that occasion _ . numhered only eight , the one half were men of name ajd talent , and though _they-labonred in another _directum to render the name ' of Chartism ridiculous and f cable , they were icflaenced by no _worsen than that which inspired the ! chief concocter recent farce—worse it would be difficult to find / aim of both parties was the gratification / own selfish ambition , no matter ,, at what c ' ¦¦
Democrat ic cause . _^ - _^ , : \ There is a striking similarity between t . abortions to which Manchester may claim the questionable honour of having g iven birth . Both were convened in -violation of the princi p les of Democracy , and the rales and regulations previously acknowledged hy the conveners . Of both it wa 3 affirmed , that they represented the intense desire of the Chartist Party to remodel its policy and law 3 . Many an address , appeal , and flourish of trumpets preceded the advent of each . It was in both instances a repetition of the mountain in laLour bringing forth its _inonsp . Curiously enough , each Conference contained the
immortal number of eight 'Delegates . ' The one _renressnted the ' policy * of compromise and subserviency to middle c ! as 3 interests—the other has been seen to championise the * policy' of antagonism to everybody and everything—the smashing policy . There is this to be said in favour of the first , that it , like Judas , had the decency to commit suicide—and , ' smashing ' itself , did no further mischief . The second has shown itself of a more 'impenitent' character . Per-Eevering in its usurpation , it concluded its smashing career by attempting to organise a triumvirate of stipendiary philanthropists , duly authorised to levy 'black mail' upon all who have not the sense to button up their breeches pockets .
The projectors of last week ' s ' Conference' will , of _course , raise a howl against these who comment upon their failure , aud will not scrapie to denounce all such as' exposing the weakness of the movement ; but the reader will not fail to remember that from the first I accurately predicted what would be the result of the attempt , if persevered in , to convene a _Conference not sanctioned b y the great body of the Chartists . M y reward was a tirade of _abuLe , kept up week after week , and intermingled therewith the
most vain-glorious , assumptions of the unprecedented (' . ) strength of the Chartist party . In tho 'Friend of the People' of March Cth , I wrote these words , ' The convening of a Conference at Manchester , or elsewhere , at this time would be most impolitic . It is morall y certain that such a Conference would be miserabl y attended , would in fact be little , if anything , more than a combined meeting of Delegates from a fewplaees _5 n Lancashire ? nd Yorkshire '
Has not my prediction been fulfilled ? Ten weeks elapsed between tho _writing of that letter and the meeting of ' Delegates . ' During that time _Quintus Curthis , turned showman , has been banging away at Ms big gong , inviting all the fools in the fa ? r to come and see his _extragsdixahy leaps ! The result , alas ! has not rewarded his pc-rseverence . Perhaps the rattle of the _beggisg-bos acted as a counter charm to the sonorous eloquence of the big gong .
Eight Delegates , representing six places , assembled at Manchester on the 3 7 th _inst . The ' members' for the world ' s metropolis were elected by some hundred and fifty persons , or two hundred at the outside—one of them received about seventy votes . The Halifax De legate was tho » elect' of twenty-two _pereons , spectators included . It is reasonable to imagine that the other Delegates were elected by similar fractions ; and it may be fairl y inferred that tho Delegates who took part in the memorable' StuBGE Conference , ' at Birmingham , out-numbered the constituencies of the Manchester statesmen—the constituencies of tho Delegates who assembled at Birmingham numbered their hundreds of thousands .
The speeches of the Manchester'Delegates , ' and the correspondence read , shewed the fallen and miserable state of the Chartist movement . To regenerate and to reorganise this movement , the "delegates re-Solved : — 1 st , ' That henceforth all payments be free and voluntary . ' 2 nd , ' That the Association be governed by a paid Executive of three . ' 3 rd , * To adopt the policy of antagonism towards all other reformers . ' 4 th , ' To make the "People ' s Paper" the organ of the Chartist body . ' I must briefl y examine these several propositions , or asnvy 'friend' Mr . _Fislen calls them , * laws . '
It _ia falsel y assumed that the old system of payment constituted a ' Property Qualification . ' I would thank these worth y legislators to enlighten mo as to the existence of any institution , or any state of society , that ever existed , founded upon the principle they haTe tried to set tsp . For _advantages conferred there must be some adequate return on the pait of the recipients of those advantages , and this holds good of all institutions from a Village Benefit Society to an Empire . The ' give if you like' principle supposes that the burden will have to be borne by the conscientious and zealous who mag not be in a majority . Be that as it may , whatever can be urged in
favour of voluntary payments , more might be urged in favour of no payments at all ; at least , _tlii 3 one fact , that money is obtained , and in course of being _obtained , for _' tLe 'People ' s Paper , ' on the ground that the half of its profits shall go to the movement . The proprietor and friends of that paper proclaim that its success has been without parallel . This , if true , would be quite refreshing to the triumvirate , as they mig ht rest assured that the teachings in the ' true _AjKstolic style' would receive , as they ought ( and much good may it do _theui ) their due _shaieof the enormous profits naturally consequent upon '
enormous success . ' Under such cheering circumstances , it is _si-peilativel y . ridiculous , to say nothing of the inconvenience , to make even a voluntary contribution . Such _: i : i idea can | onI y he adequately expressed hy the popular adt'ge of ' sending _cuals to Ne _* castle , ' or as not- may be more _appropriatel y expressed , ' sendiug gold to the diggings . ' The question may 1 z finally settled b y submitting the voluntary princi ple to a test wl . jcb its ' principal exponent cannot hesitate to adopt . Thtrc can be no doubt that the paltry sum of thrce-? a _« very inadc _^ nat _' _-l y represents the value of the 'Peop le ' s " Paper , ' and that multitudes eve eager to ru with a much larger _sum _. if oulv permitted to act
on _i .... _vjlsntary principle . Let the proprietor try it ° V £ : _
' _< iih audacity worth y of Boxafaste and his gang , these worth y delegates _proceeded to vote , place , and Pay among themselves and to those whom they assumed would be their instruments . I understand _"rtJir . Crowe had the good sense to decline
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the proffered ' honour ' ; ' and-it is to be hoped thajj Messrs . Robinson and _Gammage will , for t | fiir own _^ _sakes , follow Mr . Crowe ' s " example . Mr . _FihIeh hai _£ already taken to the road . - ' _^ -It ia ; a _^ ity _^ . _^ r _thatjt unfortnnateyoung manhas _^ a ' genius forr _^ _cwhicjjl would gain him honourable distinction _werefMtpakja _^ to . his fitting sphere—the ; bO M _&^^ _SJBeoriwitnes & to _thefollowinFdalfcor ' _thisnl _^ _iniSfi "" . _SSJ _^ _fcjHjeitr _. _itttMsacfc a _^ _^ _lawjahd _,. theyW ( w _^ i » tnB » _cttflrbr _^ o the , _^ hearts « _tho _EyraittS _* _ra _4 & osa _^ r _^ torg | ifi _5 _^ Snnfels _wHSValked _^^ _iurtiirft _^ a _^ a . _^^^^ 4 _^ 5 _^ v | p 7 -J ;; .:-v f The - 'Jaw' ' - . in _^^^^ a B _^ l _^ splnjtioji _% _, Bao - : stitute- ; Toiuntary for compulsory paym _% nfs . _p v ima _* V
g ine _thejrembg _^ 6 f . -the * Earl ' of Derby q riaearning _thsLi th . at resjd _^ i 6 » . _% i « carried ! JvveJ _^ _' _^ _TciiAS admire the fervour of a young man _inspired _'V y enthusiasm and lofty sentiments , and whose words correspond to the requirements of the time . But this mouthing rant of Pixlen ' s is simpl y nauseating , and infinitely below the eloquence of 'My name is Norval _, ' and kindred effusions . Such is not tho kind of man to rouso up and re-rallr the earnest , deepthinking , experienced , _working men of Lancashire and Yorkshire : True , he may do for the work of his real mission , _which is not that of _organising the Chartists , hut to canvass for the 'People ' s Paper , ' and ' cadge' for the ravenous beggiug-box .
The ' policy of antagonism ' adopted and proclaimed with such gusto by the' _Delegates' is already in course of being repudiated by every sensible _Chaiiist . When that policy was adopted towards the Anti-Corn Law Lsague , those who were parties to ii had faith in the power of the working classes to aehiovo their own emancipation of themselves , and by themselves , and in advance of the triumph oftlie Leaguers . They vcre mistaken ; and circumstances forced them to makeformal renunciation of that policy ; Shortly afterwards the party at the bidding of one man completely tacked about , and gave their support to those whom the ; had previous !; opposed , / never shared in that Jim _CroWism . itac now that the Chartist party is in no position to fight and win , I will not give my sanction to the
new ' wheel aboHt _, ' demanded by our would-be dictator . Every Chartist possessed of self-respect , every man really anxious for the triumph of Democracy , is bound to repudiate the sentiments of Jones and _Cocercfi . Sentiments worthy of Bill _SyJces , or a gang of' smashers , * but utterly disgraceful in the mouths of Chartist' leadcrs' (?) If suoh men are recognised as' Chartists' it will bo time for every man worthy of the name to _eBchew a title which , under the leadership of our would-be Boxapabie , will come to bo synonymous with all that is ruffimly and infamous . Tho _nnmcbf Chartist must be saved from this last worst _degradation collectively and individually Chartists must speak cut , and declare to the world that they have no share in the suicidal policy of the ' smashers . '
The resolution , declaring the 'People s Paper' the organ and the only organ of the Chartist movement proclaims the real object for which the Conference was convened . The proprietor of that paper saw , as well as other people , that the * Conference ' would be a miserable failure in point of attendance , but he cared not for that if only pliant enough to vote Aim a monopoly of Chartist journalism . Indeed it was better for him to have seven delegates than seventy , for the seven were morally sure to be his partisans . _TVhiie if there had been seventy , or even onefourth of that number , hi 3 selfishness would have encountered opposition , and most probably a _majority
would have declared against a bare-faced attempt to destroy all journals but bis _onai . Is it not monstrousimpudenco in this mushroom adventurer to decree , through his instruments _, that no « = pa _^ er but his own shall have existence , as _jm organ of the Chartist body ? Let it be well understood that the ' Delegates' resolution is directed , not merely against tho ' Star of Freedom , ' but also against such journals as the 'Leader , ' Keynolds ' s Newspaper , ' and the '« Giasgow Sentinel . ' This is a ' uw' to be spurned and spit upon by every friend to a Free Press—by all but the veriest slaves of absolutism and blinded dupes of an infamous ambition .
Here 1 must pause . In my next I will discuss the course to be taken by those true and earnest Democrats who desire not their own aggrandisement , but the attainment of the People ' s Emancipation . Our duties are twofold . We must purge Democracy of the impostors who bring discredit upon our cause . _^ But we must do more—we must to work and what remains of the Executive must set tho example . Let every locality—let every Democrat—forthwith pronounce and repudiate the sham Conference—the triuuivirete , and their master , the Dictator , and let all prepare for a new and earnest effort to restore the movement to its pristine vigour , and give battle , under the old flag , to all tho enemies of Political asd Social Justice .
L'AMI DU PEUPLE . P . S . —At the moment of going to press a lengthy and most important communication has como to band , in which is detailed the eighteen months' intrigues and underhand conspiracy of the _pritco concoetor of the Manchester coup d ' etat . In our next wo will publish it to the world .
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FRANCE . Merciless persecution of tfic Families of ( lie proscribed _Repub-Itcans—Cassagnac ' in a "fix "—Increase of the Nonj urors—War against ihz Press—Bribing the Priests—More Arrests-Algerian " Glory "—Important Resolution of the Northern Powers
[ From our oivn Correspondent . ) Paris , May 26 , IS 52 . A new atrocity has just been perpetrated by the infamous de Maupas , Minister of Police , doubtless with the sanction , and very probably by express command , of his execrable chief—tho traitor-President ; A large proportion of the Tast numbers transported or imprisoned for resistance to the coup d ' etat are married men . Tho condition of their bereaved families may be easily imagined . In fact , no pen can describe , no tongue can adequ & telv tell , the appalling misery into which innumerable families have been plunged by the loss of their natural guardians . For their reliei a
_aumner ot numane persons had opened a subscription , and in certain of the cafes and other places of public resort , boxes were placed for the recei pt of _donotions . Will the readers of the " Star of Freedom" credit the fact , that within the past few days all these boxes have been seized by the police , and that tho persons who havo interested themselves to obtain subscriptions have been peremptorily forbidden to continue their praiseworthy _mission on pain of incurring the displeasure of the police , and risking the doom of thoso victims whose unhappy families had excited their compassion ! Hunger and anguish for the wives , crime for the male , and prostitution for the female children
of the exiles—behold the sentence passed upon these unhappy beings by the "defenders of tho family , " tho " saviours of society ! " You will hardly bo surprised to learn that an order has appeared in the " Moniteur , " announcing that persons will be no longer allowed to approach tho President , " to deliver petitions to " his _HMiness . " Ihe " Moniteur" speaks of " accidents " to be avoided ' Ah ! who can wonder that a particular kind of » accident " ia ever present to the mind of the tyrant ! Come it slow or come it fast , the hour of retribution will come . The red right hand of vengeance will yet punish tho desolator of so many hapless women and children .
In iny last letter l stated that Mole had given "the lie direct to _Granier < le Cassagnac , relative to his ( Mole ' s ) knowledge of Changarnier ' s _desiirns against the President . Of course the worth y (?) and " ready " writer could cot escape the _unplcasan ; duty of puttinc forth a rejoinder . This was looked forward to with considerable interest . The _expectants were doomed to _disappointment . True , there w . - . s something m the sbr . pe of a reply to _Molfi—but such a rcpiy ! First , Monsieur dc Cassagnac intimates that he is insuited and aggrieved ; nest , Lenivstcriouslv hints that a certain _personage who is _dcej _.-lv interested ' in tho matter could _(« f he would ) testify to tile truth of his ( Cassagnac _' s ) romance , and , lastly he consoles himself with the r < _-iiect _: on that " there is a sail more simple and sufficient manner of _answering Count Mole—that is to tell him that he has a very bad memory , " This may bo amply " _sufficient" for the illustrious
Granier ; but , strange to say , it is voted by the public at larire a most _insufficient and cowardl y rejoinder The best of the joke remains to be tcM This " hired bravo" has not merely failed to _vnn the applause of his worthy master —lie has positively incurred that master ' s displeasure . Why so ? Because , by underrating the exploits of the African generais , he has thereby given mortal offence to the soldiery . Ifis first article was literall y torn to pieces in those cafes w _' here the officers of the army " most do congregate , " and his rejoinder has elicited from the same persona shouts of derision .
, .... The unceasing and nauseous glorification of the warriors of « the Empiro" is exciting a general feeling of disgust among the heroes of Algerian razzias . This feoling has found vent in words on the part of a certain de la Pierre , a sub-lieutenant of Chasseurs , who has refused the oath , and givn his reasons in the following terms ;—
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The eagle has _nbtyetMquirod- _^ he . right to _Wea ' t- ; m"ih _^ al 8 ortM _^ disdain ttie _ensigajjiiidw which the soldiers of _^ _ancifnaveVouriiV ' for _thh-ty-sevehtj _« a # 0 _^' _'Mariyilrearts w _^ _Aj _^ _eAhliSe-eMiip illustrated by th ? equally glorious victories _pw defeats of our fether 3 ;' suff 4 raitithe :. jfiir _8 _^ 8 emblaneo 6 _^; _diJdttiB _? W _^' EinsnUtng _< forgetfnlnes 3 of »? 6 thW # Bisfortunes , _. of _\ _tMie ) 'Mef which '' ouc _jancestora at the _^ _rioa _orififeirblbda also covered . _wMglOTy , if that _§ a ? also which durkuj ' . twenty years We h 6 p _>^ we ' have _Carried not _^ withouthonour . ; , v _^ _£ _^ - , : ;! _- _^ f : _j ' _. -. _^ - _^ vV ¦/* General Bedeau ' ' has _W & oVedtbQexample . 8 et ' by _2 Generals Changarnier and Lamo ' _riqierei _^ He has 'refusedio _' tak ' e the oath . _& _%£% _* _$$$ _&* ; , ¦¦ " - _- - # ' •' - The other . dafthe Mmisterldf Pablia Work ' s assembled . the functionaries of . hit" _$ | partment , and favoured thenfe ; with a long harangue _prerrous _' fco administering the oath ; _--and took occasion to lecture the : engineers , many of whom have been ' , ' led astray" by the . "snbversive-iddotrines" of . " . these late-years . " . The employes of the ministry of
firjaneefl at » dtho General •"• Post Office , together with tho ' _he £ d 5 _^ f < _toe ' i _^ lioe ; : ha _> e / all ' s _^ suoh a manner as amply proved that _% ex _^«) uld swear anything . This must be consoling to _Soitwtjw . ' Unfortunately for him there is another story to tell . Every day brings tidings of a new shoal of non-jurers . A long catalogue of the names of _suh-prafects , mayors , members of the councils general , & c , & o ., who have refused the oath , is at present before me . The list inoludes Benjamin _Delessut , late member of the legislative body ; Doctor Chomel , one of the most celebrated professors of tho College of Physicians , who , by refusing the oath , bus consequently resigned his _profescDrship ; M . Baze , ex- _^ uestor of tho Legislative Assembly ; _Odillon Barrot ; M . Oscar Lafayette , _ex-representative , has refused the oath as a captain of artillery , and consequently loses his commission ; two captains of Chasseurs have also refused . The Duchess of _Orloans haB written to her partisans , urging them to use their influence to prevent as many as possible taking the oath .
A subscription set on foot for general Changarnier goes on swimmingly . Many rich people hive put down their names for largo sums . M . Pourtales has given £ 40 D . ** Warnings " to the Press constitute a considerable item in the week ' news . The journals "warned" ( thatis , threatened with extinction ) during the past _fewdays , include they Courier du Pas de Calais , " the " Conciliateur de 1 ' Inde , ' _] the " _Progres , " and tho « ' Gazette de Languedoc . ? , A _jjjstrick watch is kept over the Bel gian journals . Their seizure at the French post-office is a matter of almost daily occurrence .
Wholesale bribery of the priests is one of the means employed by Bonaparte to maintain his tottering power . It appears from the budget that the government proposes to increase _thelstipend of the Archbishop of Paris from 40 , 000 fr . to 50 , _000 fr ., those of fourteen archbishops from 15 , 0001 V . to 20 , 000 fr ., and of sixty-five bishops from 10 , 000 to 12 _, 000 fr . It also _proposesjto increase the stipends of the vicars-general by oOOfr . to improve the position of some of the lower clergy , to increase the allowance to ihe Chapter of St . Denis , and to grant 180 , 000 fr . for increasing the choirs of cathedrals . Numerous arrests have been made in the banlicue , at Boulogne , Montrouge , and Clichy , in connexion with the publication of seditious bulletins .
An cmeute has taken place at the Ecole de Baumur , a military establishment for training cavalry officers . Some of tho scholars took to singing republican songs , and the others legitimist ; so that the battle lay between , '" Tive Henri IV . " and " La Be " e Gabrielle" on one side , and the " Marseillaise " and the " _Girondins" on the other , while the cypher of Prince Louis Napoleon was trodden under foot . General Rarahon , having put down the row by calling in some troops , punished the refractory youths by eigth dayB' of arrest , ife then wrote a report of the affair to General de . St . Arnaud _. who sent back order 3 to increase the term of arrest up to a months ,
M . Isidore Gent , the brother of the barrister , and exrepresentative of . that , name , now undergoing at Nouka-Uiva the sentence of ' trR . ns portation passed upon him by the Lyons court-martial' last summer , was condemned to five years' imprisonment by tho mixed commission . His sentence has been commuted into banishment . M . Gent haB betn removed i _.-om Belleisle _, and sent , together with another political prisoner , M . Claudius Brun , to Havre , to be embarked for England . Tho court-martial at Moulins has pronounced sentence of death against five _individuals accused of insurrection in December . The acccused have escaped , and were condemned in default of appearance .
Another of thoso " expeditions , " utterly unprovoked , and so dishonourable to the name of this country ia now in course of being carried out in the . Little liabylia ( Algeria ) , under the command of General MaeJIahon . Siaghtering the natives , seizing their cattle , and destroying their crops , these are tho triumphs so vaunted of by tho _Cassagnacs , there are the rehoavscls that prepare the French army to savagely slaughter their own fathers and brothers , as witness the December massacres . Heckereu , the envoy-extraordinary , who was too late to find tho Autocrat at Vienna , has goned . after him to Berlin . That ho will meet with a very cordial reception in that city , is not at all likely . It ' is now beginning to _oozo out that French affairs occupied the chief , almost the entire attention of the _Cz-ir and the Kaiser at Vienna . The course to be pursued by Russia , Austria , and Prussia , is the event of " the Empire" being proclaimed in this capital , has engaged the most anxious consideration of die Friune despots . The mere change from the title of "
President" to that of " Emperor "—tho Emperorship for life —would bo permitted under certain conditions ; but an hereditaryEmpororsbip would not . The "three powers " could not recognise Louis Bonaparte as the heir of his uncle , nor could they permit him to transmit the Imperial dignity to his heirs or successors . To rocognise him as the _continuator or founder of a dynasty " is precisely what cannot , and shall not , bo , " " So long as the Bourbon is found whenever a French Crown is spoken of , it is to him it appertains ; any one else assuming it would be an usurper ; that such usurpation , lasting as long as the life of the person , may bo to a certain extent admitting as a fact to which the Powers submit ; but to deduce from it a right of legitimate transmission is impossible . " Suoh is reported to have been the decision of the two Emperors at Vienna , and the substance of confidential communications between the cabinets of Russia and Aus < tria . That the _Prusssian king and cabinet will " say ditto " there cannot be the smallest doubt .
So , you perceive , Mr . Editor , in spite of the resurrection of tbe eagles the horizon of our would-be emperor is not exactly cloudless . " Better an usurper , and aBsassin the master of France , than that the republic—the true republic should live , even though the said ' cut-purse' should don the purple . " Thus say tho Scythian tyrant and his crowned satellites . But , tLey add , "Never snail ho enter our holy circle . and become one of us . '" Emperor "by courtesy " our _Sotilouac may be ; but if ho aspires to more " there will , ( as Hotspur says ) be bloody noses and cracked crowns . " So much for legitimate and bastard _dospots . " A plague on both their houses 1 "
MOVEMENTS OF THE AUTOCRAT . _Nicholas is described as " muoh changed" from what ho was six or seven years ago , being stouter and paler ; ho has also grown bald and grey . On quitting the Emperor Francis Joseph , he embraced him most affectionately , and said in French , "Recollect that I am thy friend through life—unto death . " On the evening of the 18 th , tho Czar carao over from Potsdam to Berlin . The next morning there was a grand military manoeuvre with 30 , 000 troops . When the officers of the Potsdam garrison were presented to him he addressed them as follows : "HowI rejoice to bo at length once again
among you . You know my sentiments , and that I havo always been jour faithful comrade . ( The Emperor is nominal colonel of a Prussian regiment . ) My _vrholo heart was with you during heavy times . You have stood the _troof ; you have remained true as you have always been . I appear among you unchanged , as you are unchanged ; let us remain always good friends , and stand faithfully by one another . Will you promiso that ? " "Yes , surely , your Majesty , " was tho unanimous response . " Well , I ' ac ' cept your pledge , and rely upon you ; it is agreed ; we remain for ever what we have _liithcto been , good friends and true comrades . " Tho Czir has been exerting his influence for th « scifcle . T . ei ; t of theZoUverein affair . Ho has sent a note to
Bavaria , Wurtcmbcrg , and Saxony , disapproving all steps which might lead to the formation of a third group of German States , not headed by one of Mig great powers , becauso such a union would offer a new fioid for foreign intrigue and internal democracy . He desires that tho Prussian programme £ > r tho re-construction of the _Zollw-rein may be received with conciliatory feelings , and no political dissension arise out of commercial questions , _becau- 'e the reconsolidation of the German thrones is dependent on tho preservation of unity in all respects . A banquet of 100 eovors took place on the 21 st in the White Hail of tho Roval Palace , at _Bjrlin . The Cza " ,
wearing a Prussian uniform , sat between the Queen and King , the latter , with the royal princes , wearing the dress of Russian generals . Tho King of Prussia , _rising from tho table , gave tho following remarkablo toast : — " I ' u my own name , in the name of my army , and in tho name ' of all Prussian hearts , I drink to the health , of his Imperial Majesty of Russia . God preserve him to that portion of his world which He has given him for an inheritance , and to our epoch , to which he isindispensalde ! " The Emperor replied " God save your Majesty ! " and a little later rose and said , _•« I drink to the King of Prussia and his nob ! e army . "
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i" M . "de ; Heckelrenf Bonaparte ' s agent , who missed jthe Czar at Vienna , arrjved ab Berlin on . the'luth _. and at once applied for- ' _an-interview with tho Emporor of Russia and the King of Prussia . ; _^ - : \ u lt . i . _r , Tho oni ' peror takes great pains to natter tho Prussian military and _^ _atrengthen their contempt for _civiliaiic ; nov can he fail ' to exert an immense , influence . _^ The Empress of ' Russia , arrived at Wiesbadenon . tho evening of the 23 rd . ' _^ X .,,. _^ - '• v ' . ' _^' ' . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦'¦ : ¦¦ '
_. ITALY .- •"• _v-. _^ _- ' _- ' - _>< ' . 0 : _L ' case of . _edward _" _MURRiYv _^| U # Roue { May 20 th . _^ -The government still maintains the _^ profouh'dest silence respecting tho fate of Edward Murray ; but it has been divulged that be is now in the fortress of Spoleto , a celebrated rocky position and place of detention for convicts . - No notice having been taken of Mi . Consul Freeborn ' s last pommunication ; or of the petition to the Pope ; signed by ; British residents / in Rome , Mr . -F . _has again applied to the Cardinal Secretary ' of - 'State ,. fprj ,. a oopy of the judicial proceedings against Murray , tho" sentence passed upon him by the Consulta Tribunal , and the place of his present confinement . TUSCANY . —A letter from Florence of the Htb , m the " Opinione" of Turin , states that the bronze tables bearing the names of the Tuscans who fell in the battles of Montana ™ and Curtatone havo been taken away from the Church of Santa Croce by order of government . .
MAPLES . —Tho arrivals of tho Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael of Russia has caused groat sensation in this city . The principal streets having been repaired just now , and all the beggars having disappeared , Naples looks quito gay and happy . _^ , _^ SWITZERLAND .
PREPARATIONS FOR CIVIL WAR IN FRIBOURG . The government of Fribourg has determined to take every legal precaution in anticipation of tho designs of the Sunderbund party in the canton . Several companies of the rifle brigade and a battery of artillery have been called out , and the civic guard is consignee . Berne , May 23 . —The greatest excitement prevails in Fribourg . M . Charles has been arrested . He has beea removed to Fribourg for greater security . Several more arrests havo been made , both in Fribourg and the neighbourhood . The collision to-morrow is greatly feared .
AUSTRIA . The Vienna "Imperial Gazette" contains in its official columns a statemeut in which , after acknowledging the urgent nocessity for restricting the public expenditure as far as possible , the government announces its intention to regard frugality as an especial duty . Tho ministers havo submitted the expenses of the several bureaux to a strict examination , and announce reductions to tho extent of 14 , 208 , 290 florins , exclusive of a saving of 2 , 000 , 000 florins on the military budget . It is _singular that this announcement should be simultaneous with tho appearance of the Emperor in tho market as a borrower .
GERMANY . The Prussian Chambers were prorogued on the 19 th of May . A letter from Darmstadt states that the punishment of death has been re-established in the Grand Duchy of IIosso . A letter from Wiesbaden states that a number of foreigners , employed in tho Dieberich cigar manufactory have been ordered to quit tho country within twenty-four hours , in consequence af their having been found to be engaged in political intrigues .
SPAIN . Although the ministry continues by its journals to assure tho public that they have no intention to make any organic changes , yet the language of thoir supporters in political circles , and tho known bent of the President of the Council , are at variance with the declarations of their scribes ; everybody continues to look upon the coup d ' etat as a thing that is only temporarily put off , Mcndizabcl has published a manifesto to the country , which has been widely distributed and eagerly read , he protests against tho country being obliged to follow in the wako of France , and that Godoy ' s conduct should again be imitated .
TURKEY . Insurrection op ihe Arabs . The '' Courrier de Marseille " publishes a letter from Bagdad of the 9 th ult ., which states that an insurrection had broken out in that province . The communications were intercepted , and the mails could not bo forwarded but with an escort of 100 or 200 horsemen . The Arabs are masters of the country from Mosul to tho Persian Gulf .
UNITKD STATES . OUR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE . Candidates for the Presidency—Kossuth ' s Movements-Austrian Itlhumovr—MrFeargus OConnor . Our American Correspondent ' s lettor having by some accident failed to come to hand , wo are under the necessity for this week of borrowing from the American journalsnamely , tho " New York Tribune , " of May 11 th . Perhaps our correspondent considered a letter unnecessary , for we sec the papers are desperately barren . The question of tho Presidential election is beginning to absorb the attention of the rival parties . On tho lOtb of May an _enthusiastio meeting took place in New York , at which the nomination of Mr . Fillraoro was carried . "Up to tho 11 th inst . Kossuth was in the State of Massachusetts . He had been addressing tho factory workers of Lowell , and was received by them with muoh enthusiasm .
His latest visit , of which we havo any notice , was to Concord , where lie was Ua . tids . QrAe . ly treated , aud received 500 dollars . It is said that Chevalier Hulscmann ' s note to tho President previously to his departure from Washington contained a courteous firowell , complimenting him upon tho friondly personal relations always existing between thorn , but intimating that the conduct of the diplomatic relations of the United States by the Secretary of State—especially as regards Austria , nn d himself as her high representative —had not been of a character to commend itself to his Imperial Majesty , and was wanting in the attributes of neutrality and comity which had always heretofore marked the relations between the two governments . Mr . Henry Clay still survived , but his strength was gradually . declining . Destructive fires had occurred at Cleveland , Boston , Providonoo , Baltimore , and Now York .
The " Tribune" says , on authority , that Mrs . Goldsohmidt ( Jenny Lind ) will leave New York for this port on tho 29 th inst . Tho " Evening Post" says of Mr . Feargus O'Connor : — Ibis eccentric gentleman , whose arrival in the Europa we have announced , has been reported in the English newspapers to bo insane . Wc should think , from some ot his earliest proceedings in this country , that the report is not far out of . the way . He strolled into Stewart ' s store on Friday , as we are informed , and , chucking a handsome young woman among the purchasers under the chin , ashed how she would like a moustache ? Ho was ejected from tho premises , and afterwards returned , but did not renew any of his wild tricks . It . is said he left England without the _knowledge of his friends , and that they will eome after him by the next steamer .
LATEST KEWS .-ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC . _LiVEEpooii , May 26 . —By the United States' mail steam ship a iltic , Captain Corastock , which arrived in the Mersey shortly before eight o ' clock this morning , we havo advices from _Now York to the loth inst . Tho screw principle of propulsion has achieved a triumph in the case of the Great Britain . This vessel loft the Mersey on the 1 st inst ., and notwithstanding very unfavourable weather , whioh rendered hor sails nearly useless , Bho accomplished her passage in thirteen days five and a half hours . On the 12 tb she ran a distance of 301 miles in twenty-four hours—a _soeed hitherto unattained by screw steamers . Kossuth addressed between two and three thousand Boston Hungarian bondholders , in Faneuil Hall , on the Uth inst . In the course of his remarks be stated that thoro weronow twenty millions of bonds bearing his signature , and that , when ho cams back from Europe , thoy would be good . . r
WEST INDIES . distress in Jamaica—Alarminy Prevalence of Smr > ll J'o _&~ The Yellow _Fmr—Earthquakes . Litest intelligence from Jamaica reports an anti-sl avery meeting in the parish of St . George , at which resolutions on the depressed state oftlie cointrv were agreed to . A meeting of tho black and coloured inhabitants oftlie parish ot St . James was also recently held , at which a most earnest address to the British people was unaniniouslv agreed to . The address sets forth in true colours the " awful state of destitution throughout the whole island , and energetically appeals to the British people to render them assistance in _tlioir hour of need .
The smallpox was spreading in the island . In the parish oi St . Anne , whore it had only been prevalent one or two weeks , there wero upwards of 4 , 000 cases . The greatest destitution prevailed , and in many instances poor persons havo died for the want of assistance and medical care . __ In Demerara there had been , however , a great deal of sickness , aud the yellow fever , though somewhat _abated , was fcttll pursuing its deadly career . 0 n _he l _^ of A ril a shock of an earthquake was experienced at Demerara , but no damage was done . On the same day , as we learn from the _Barbadoes papers , the islands of _ht . Vincent and Grenada , several hundred miles distant , W _.-re visited with similar concussions .
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AN ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRACY , AND VINDICATION OF THE 'STAR OF FREEDOM . ' Battles are won by the Press as well as by the Sword . The Press is the weapon we are called upon to wield in fighting our battle of the Present , and in marshalling the people for the development of their high and _glorious _destinv in the Future . The Press is our onl y weapon wherewith we can sever the fetters which enshackle Mind , and break the heart-eating , and si _. ul-clestroy ing manacles of _Igno-ance and Crime . The S a onl may lop the Upas tree of Error , but it is the Press ; i | one that caH destroy the poisonous roots that still live on in the hearts and minds of men . The S ; vord may sever the Gordian knots of cunning di plom acy , but it isthe Press which must solve
_cerhiin _in-oblems of social and political progress , Our ! ¦ - f ' W the power of tho _Pressis large and imp licit _, itlias given immortality to the world ' s " thought and experience-it has wrought wondrous changes , and has many grand changes yet to accomplish . We believe that a . true People ' s Press would speelihr ensure the triumph of popular Fuvereignty ; hut the working classes of this country have little or no representation in the Press . Few nre the warriors for _freedom to be found among the dail y and weekly of our English papers . The working _cls _' isses—thosewho have won the wealth of the world , who havi built up the power of all other classes—they have no Press , or , with two or three exceptions , suffer in mournful silence . They who have toiled and sufi ' ered , to coia wealth for others , and who have heroically shed their blood for the freedom of others , are mute on their
own account , and the world cannot understand their dumb pleadings . They grope " in darkness , and yearn for the day ; but their aspirations have no fitting utterance !
The Press of England is almost mainl y in ihe interests _pf-joManimoniteF , and is conducted by men who _thinkih y proxy , and sell their brain in the literary market to the richest tyrant at the hig hest price _. The men who should he the creators and ' directors oi the world ' s proudest destinies , missioned to had the nations from their captivity , are degrading ; their manhood at the shrine of Mammon , and are content to lick up the crumbs that fall from the table _of-Capital .
They sell an immortal birthri g ht for a _miserable mess of pottage . In this comparative dearth , then , of Democratic papers , and champions of popular progress , we hail the ad vent of the * Star of Freedom' with hearts full of hope and admiration . Wo : king men , it is time for us tu speak out , for , strenuous and unscrupulous efforts are being made to damage and to damn this exponent of our I 1 ghts and Liberties , and we must not stand by in _silence . Wc have too few bold mid _sterling advocates of our
cause to permit one to be crushed and put down ; aud we ask of you , fellow working men , a fair vantageground for tho ' Star of Freedom ' iu its uphill struggle . We aBk of you , _according to the old English wont , to give it 'a fair field and no favour . ' In order that you might bo prejudiced against this paper , innumerable lies have been circulated , tho most miserable tricks have been resorted to , and the most atrocious calumnie s have been fulminated . It has been said by Mr . Ernest Jonei . —iind this without tho least foundation—that M . Le Blend was the proprietor of the ' Star of Freedom , ' aud that it wa
bought up by middle class gohi ; to best the poor man ' s pence , and to war against tho poor _man'B interests . If the paper and its priuei _pJus do not give the lie to this ssertion sufficientl y and satisfactoril y , wc tell you that it is a foul aud infamous lie ! Moreover , wo tell you that the man who made this _insertion , has begged and had more money from Mr . Lo Blond , for Ins own private uses , than that gentleman has kindly advanced to aid Mr . Harnoy in purchasing an old organ of tho People , with the view o f hel ping on our common cause . Mr . Jones has repaid generosity with insult and abase ! So much for his virtuous
aud indiguaut repudiation of Middle Class Gold ! Let any one examine the ' Star of Freedom , ' and thou ask himself if this is the . organ of tho People ' s enemies ? Does this fig ht the battle of Despotism ? Is this tho advocate or apologist of landed interest or moncyocraey ? Is this opposed to the onward and upward march of the people out of the wilderness of their long slavery ? Is it not rather tho stem and uublenching warrior is tho _c-tuso of tho People ? Is it not tho implacable enemy of our _destructiou-doaling and destruction-doomed aristcjracy ? Is it not the never-ceasing assailant of tha tyranny of Gold—the supremacy of Mammon ? Is it
not the sterling exponent of the Rights of Labour , and essentiall y the of champioutho People ? Let any one make this examination , and we have uo fear of the issue . Who are the writers in this paper but working men like ourselves ?—men pre-eminentl y calculated to give utterance to the thoughts that are _stirring in tho minds of poor men , in the un written language of poor men s hearts—men who have been educated in the ranks of tho poor , and who have earned their rig ht to teach—their diploma—in tho school of tho People ' s sufferings , and will speak their convictions with fiery-hearted _earnestnei 5 , aud in language which dospots quake to hear .
The ' Star of Freedom ' is a paper which ought to win tho People ' s support : it is . a paper for them to acknowledge with pride . It starts up among us at a timo when all is despondency and darkness , full of heart and hope , full of new fire and the old faith , and eager for the conflict . It comes into the battle equipped for political and social revolution , and strong to aid us to enter the city of our rig hts . Wo know tho writers in the' Star of Freedom : ' they have done and suffered in our cause too bravely to be ignored at the beck arid \ Muiug of any \ mavo or _chariatau , or political Sangrado . We have not forgotten that they havo given hostages to Democracy in the labour of
years . We know their lives also to be worthy of tha principles they teach , and the gloriouB banner whicii they battle under . We also know the calumniator of the _« Star of Freedom . ' Democracy should not , tolerate men who are bankrupt of credit and conscience . More is known on these points , and , if necessary , may bo given to the i world . Working men , let it not be said that a \ hearty endeavour like this to establish a veritable 5 People ' s Paper failed from want of support by r you . We have taken the initiative in this mat- ter , and call upon you to help us . Brothers ,, stand by us , and the' Star of Freedom' shall triumph 1 !
We call upon you Chartists . Wo cull upon you men i of the Trades . We call upon you Oo-operatora and I Socialists , and ask your aid in this struggle , for this i is your paper , and the earnest Rdvocate of all and I every reform calculated to advance the interests of f Labour . We call upon all who aro tho friends of f liberty and the lovers of fair play and truth . We do _l not ask you for money , for we believe that a paper c which depends on the begging box , iB not wanted . . We do not go a begging with the Cap of Liberty in _i our hands ! Wo simply ask you to give the ' Star c of Freedom a fair trial , and , if you approve it , then l lend us a hand in making it known throughout tho o land , wherever Ignorance reigns—wherever Truth a has a friend aud Tyranny a foe—aud wherever r
Democracy is beloved . This can bo done by the aid of ) f hand-bills ; and b y the formation of Local Committees , j , which will see that their respective cities , towns , or ) r villages are well supplied aud p lacarded with _theie weekly contents and other bills . We do not seek toto get up an agitation merel y to sell this paper , for wove cau have no interest in prolonging the long _sufferingag and martyrdom of the people , and it is not the richel man ' s gold , but tho poor man ' s sympathy and aiiic which we rel y upon to carry the Star of Freedom' tote a proud and commanding position , in which it shaikh defy the assaults of its enemies , and be the pride andad glory of its friends . ( Signed ) James Grassby . Jons Petiie . Jons Bbzeb , J , 15 , Lexo . Jons Shaw . J . S . Clarke .
D W _Rurrr . Augustus _Pieucy , H . A . Ivory . Wm . _Milvoud . Gko . Johnson . J- _Coaxes . F . _Farrau . A . _Campbsu . J . Milne . _w - BK / _irirxo . IIexry _Rossr . Jo « x Washington George Tatlor . _Wm . Traters . Afousics Delatorce . R . Levy . Uaac "Wilson , Chairman . Jons Anson , Secretary .
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Notice . —A number of communications _reccivetve too late for insertion will appear in next _Saturday V ''" Star of Freedom . "
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" l AM afraid you will come to want , ' _? aid an old ladv t v I a young gentleman . " I have come to want l \ read , » » J t cre P ; « I want your daughter . " Th e hdy _^ lned _K
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29051852/page/1/
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