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^ January 1, 1848. THE NORTHERN STAR - 7
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^ January 1, 1848. The Northern Star - 7
_^ January 1 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR - 7
Colonial Ana .Toretgn.
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France. The Journals Announce Four More ...
FRANCE . The journals announce four more Reform dinEers , viz ., at Chalons-sur-Saone , Grenoble , Rouen , and Vienne . At Chalons the number of subscribers exce eded 1 , 700 ; at Grenoble , 1 , 100 . At Rouen l . SOO Sersons -were present . Among them were twenty _epnties , 1 , 4 . 00 electors , and nearly 400 citizens eligible to seats in the Chamber . The Paris papere indignantly advert to a measure _which the Ministry adopted on Thursday . Some 200 Polish refugees , after presentin g Prince Adam CzartorisM , on the occasion of his / ete-day , with a medal commemorative of his services to their cause , had determined on giving him a dinner at Le Mardelev ' s restaurantin Rue Richelieu . An hour only
, before the banquet was to take place the police prohibited it , and when the company arrived ( it meluded the Prince ' s family . Prince Snlkowski , Count _Stablewsrri , and their ladies ) they found the doors closed . Such as remember the first years that followed ' fhe revolution of 1830 . and watch the revolutionarv feeling now reviving in France , will consider this precede a very rash one . It is ascribed to an anxiety on the part of the Court to gratify the Russian government , and the imputation will obtain the more credence as the Commerce adds that sixt y Poles , selected anion' those who keep up the most active intercourse with their country , have just been dep rived of the pecuniary support which France affords to so many political exiles .
The French Chambers were opened on Tuesday by Louis-Philippe , in person . The following are extracts from the worthless speech of the Citizen-King . _Gestlexek , _Psebs and Deputies , —I am happy on fisding myself again among you not to have any more to deplore the calamities which the high price of _pre-Tl 5 ioas has _indicted on our coaixtry . Prance baa endured _tiero Tilth _acoarEga that I could not behold wUhoutdeep emotion . Sever in such circamstances have public order 6 _nd the freedom of transactions been so generally _maintained . * * * * A special bill will be proposed to you for _reducing the price _« f salt , and diminishing the postage oa letters te a _decree compatible with _, the good state of onr finances .
Bills on public instruction , prison discipline , and onr cus toms tariffs are already submitted to yonr deliberations . Other bills shall be presented to yon on _Tarious _important subjects , particularly on commercial property , mortgages , the Moat de Piete , and the application of £ ariDS 5 banl £ 3 to fresh improvements in tbe condition of ths working classes . It ia my constant wish tbat my government should labour , with your co-operation , in develop ing at the same time the morality and th 6 welfare of the people . Hy relations with all the foreign powers give me the confidence that the peace of the world is secured . I hope that the progress ef general civilisation will be every _, where accomplished hy a good understanding between governments and people , without impairing internal order and the good relations between states .
Civil war has disturbed the happiness of Switzerland , Hygovernment had come to an understanding with the governments of England , Austria , _Pnusis , and Russia , ia order te offer tbat neighbouring ana _friendly people an amicable mediation . Switzerland will , I hope , acscowledge that respect for the rights of all , and the maintenance of the basis of the Helvetic Confederation , -can alone insure to her those enduring conditions of happiness and security that Europe wished to guarantee to _Str by treaties , 4 * * * gentlemen , the more I advance in life the more I dedicate with _devotedness to the service of France , to tbe cire of her interests , dignity , and happiness , all the
_actirity and strength which God has given , and still vouchsafes me . Amidst the _agitation that hostile and Mind _passions foment , a conviction animates aud supports me , which is that we possess in the constitutional monarchy —in the nnion of the great powers of the State , sure mean _t of overcoming all those obstacles , and of satisfy . ing all Interests , moral , and material . Let ns firmly maintain , according to the charter , the public liberties end all their _usvelopsments . We shall transmit unim . paired to the generations that may comeafter ns the trust confided to us , and they will bless ns for having founded sad defended the edifice under shelter of which they will lira happy and free .
National £ narda and troop 3 of the line were drawn ap on both sides of the way the whole distance from the Tuileries to the Palais Bourbon , whilst on tbe Place de la _Coacorde , strong detachment of municipal guards kept back the crowd of spectators as far as the first fountain . The speech produced an unfavourable impression on the Bourse . The more that the speech was read and discussed , the . more gloomy became the Bourse .
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B 33 CLT 3 OF L 0 HD PAIHERSIOK ' S _ISTERVENTIOir . _LifBOs , Dec . 15 . The election of < 3 epHtie 3 for the province of _EstremaduK , including the districts of Lisbon , Leiria _, and Santarem , commenced on Sunday , and closed yesterday , at the municipal chamber of this -city , with a result for which you have been already prepared . The Cabralista list was unanimously _adonted . the Septembristas having retired from the poll and the Ministerial candidates not having been able to command more than three or four , or , at the most , a half-dczen votes . In the other provinces of the kingdom , similar proceedings took place at the same time ; but theugh we are not officially _ac--coainted with the close of the elections , we have 530 doubt that in all plaee 3 the Cabralista triumph Is complete , and that the Septembristas have acted ia accord with the Lisbon Committee , and refused to -rote . The correspondent ot the Times , notorious
fer his anti-democratic sentiments , admits that . all Portugal is one rotten boron-h , and the government that h _33 power , or the faction that possesses _iiauence , can name all the deputies with aa much eise as before the Reform Bill the proprietor of Old Saram could select his representatives . I am fully aware that the law is most defective , ' and that the whole proceedings are a mockery of constitutional rights . He adds : — 'I see already symptoms of the coming storm , and I must anticipate that the defeated Septembristas and _Realistas will appeal , ere long , to another tribunal of one-sided Cortes . I hope sincerely that my views are erroneous , and that Portugal is not again doomed to undergo the horrors of civil war , but I can see no other alternative for trie I ? a . tn . lea to adopt , sis they Eiu-t either submit to the government of their adversaries , or _resart once more to that appeal which wuld have Uen in t he last instance crowned with success , if the English fleet had not interfered at Oporto , '
By the arrival of the Iberia , at Southampton , on Thursday , we learn that the Portuguese cabinet resigned on the 16 th . A new ministry was _iromeuiateij funned , under the presidency of the Duke ot Saldanha . The whole of the new ministry are of the party of Costa JJabral .
SWITZERLAND . The electio 2 for the Grand Council of Fribourg , Rcently concluded , gives a large preponderance to tie Radical party . They h & ve fifty members , the church party eight , and the middle men ( or timid politicians , as the Radical papers describe them ) number fifteen . _Messra Muheim and Cathri have been elected _depBties to the Diet for Uri . They are both liberal , but the first named is said to be a moderate man . _^ Bep . se , Dec . 19 . —The election of the Council of State for Lucerne took place yesterday . Most of
tke elected are Radicals , including three members of the Corps Francs—Martin Arnold , Edward Schneider , and Dr _Steijer . M . Koff was elected _Avoyer for _184 S by _fifty-seven out of eighty-five _yoices . The election would probably have fallen upon Dr Steiger , but he positively refused to be put in nomination for it . M . Casimir Pfvffer was elected President of the Court of Appeal , and M . Jaq . Nager , Chancellor ; the latter was se-Cietarv of the Court of Appeal under the late regime . ' Dr _Steiger has been elected deputy to the Diet .
Lower Unterwalden has now elected its deputy in the person of _Landamann Wursch , a moderate Liberal . Upper Unterwalden has already returned M . Michel as ii 3 deput ? . . ., „ A letter from Milan of the 23 rd , g iven in the _hu-22 _aiL _Gazst cz of Switzerland , announces that General _Salio-Saglis , Col . _Elgger , and his sons , hive received employment in the Austrian army . The correspondent of theTMES , speaking of the canton of Schwytz , _saya : — , .. Itis a singular fact , with regard to the people of this canton , that on the 20 th of November ( before tbe taking
« f lucerne ) , the populace turned out against the Jesuiti _, broie aU the doors and windows of their convent , and _vren ransacked and desecrated the tombs of the dead . It may bi questioned whether the people knew exactly _tteir position and what they were > fight for when their _etstons declared war against the Diet—for the _govern-OQts of the respective cantons strictly prohibited _^ pub lications of all tbe memorials and _proclar _^ _tioas of the Diet—drawn np iu a pacific and _«* ttilistory spirit anterior to the adoption of _mijtery measures—and their very existence was not £ CQsn by tis people of Lucerse till after the entry of _fes Federal army , whea thev were posted on the walls _«^ d rcaa b y thousands . This is a fact I can speak to as _^ _aiamyown knowledge . The following address to the Diet has been sent by _Messrs _Qoinet and Michelet , the celebrated French _profeagr a : — TO THS KZXBIKS OF TBE BELVETIC MET .
_^* pleased to aoespt tha _confratubitioiii and the _hO-° S ? eof two men who were the first to oppose in their _^* a Mnntry the enemy yen have just driven from yours . *& cue more than ourselves can rejoice at this victory , _^ _ffiOTe admire the moderation with which it has _beem _^ _aiueted . _^ _Otthave consoled Franc *! Fathers , ancestors , and _^ _fcters of Republican liberty and ef the future govern . F _>' . Qt of Switzerland , continue te present to the world _" _Wtkfaltndition . "Mitt _CtlabrU , Poland , and other parts , of the world _^ with the blood of our martyrs—the martyrs of _^" y—jet In Switzerland , where liberty _reigaa . _trrBm-** int , tbera it neither bloodshed aor » lolenee , aad _psiEB j _*«* u * . In this fact let _nlUee and _wknowlettgethe _^ eof _Qod
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That our enemies , ia the consciousness of their real weakness and their imminent rain , should show _themsslvei furious and barbarous , hi & thing _easil , to bo conceived . But for ourselves the future is our certain heri tage—neither contention nor war can disturb the tranquillity of our hearts . May you perierere ' . Show yourselves superior alike to the conflict and to the _rietory » By this great example lay the foundation of a new law for Europe . Let your triumph over yours elves mark a magnanimous era . leu feel just resentments , but you will subdue them . Those among you . who have suffered moBt may enjoy the glorious privilege of being the first to forget . If we , jour admirers , whose , hearts have fought in the same cause with you , may he permitted to allude to ourselves , we would say that having both been occupied in writing the revolutions of France and Italy we have in common derived instruction from that stud * .
The reign of terror appeared to ns like a steep staircase of which it is impossible to descend the first step without descending all , and the last step is the abyss . In the name of fraternity _descend not the first step 1 Should any reaction break out , the Sovereign Council , so wiBB in the employment of force , would show the same prudence in limiting its abuse . The national unity which you seek and desire would , as well as humanity , be compromised by any partial violence . Men of Switzerland , cement your Hnity by clemency ! We are , with respect , your devoted brothers , E . Qciset , Professor in the College de Franco , T . MicHELM . _Professorin the College de France . Paris , Dec . 12 . 1847 .
GERMANY . _Abolthox op the Censorship of Bavaria . —A joyful sensation was created in Munich on the evening of the 16 th ult ., by the unexpected announcement that the King of Bavaria , of his own free wi'I , had decreed that irsm the lstef January , 1848 , the censorship of the press , as regards the internal affairs of the kingdom , was to be abolished . The royal decree bears the date of December 16 th , 1847 . is signed by the Kin ? , and countersigned by the Prince of _Oettingen-Wallerstein and the other ministers . The importance of the victory of Swiss Radicalism is acknowledged on all sides . A correspondent of the _Daimt News writing from Vienna , after having stated some interesting facts concerning theprogres of _Liberalism in Hungary and Bohemia , adds : — ..
The Vienna triumvirs do not , however , underrate the difficulty of their position , nor are they blind to the con . sequences of their persisting in their usual policy . Tbat it will lead to bloodshed is beyond doubt if tbey persist , For the _victory in _Switzerland -will inspire a wish once more to try the strength of tbe liberal cause , and _preparations are making to uphold the old system by force of arms . Regiments are equipping and completing on all sides .
ITALY . Rome . Dec . 14 . —After a long and stormy debate in the Vatican parliament , yesterday , the hall came to a most important Yo te , and , by a majority of twenty to four , decided that all its deliberations , speeches , acts and individual votes , should be published , and nothing kept unknown save on tha occurrence of ' _mest urgent motives . * With the exception o the Romas Advertises and the stupid old Biabio , all the Roman newspapers
rejoice in the downMl ot the _htriss aonderbund , and vindicate the measures of the new cantonal government . It i 3 well known here that all religious orders have not been sent out of Fribourg ; we happening to know that in that town there are at this moment Francisan and Angustinian friars , monks of St Bernard . Carthusians , sister Cappuccines , _Yisitaadine .=, _Ursulines _, and hospital nuns , all in full popularity . The Coueixr de Mabs eillb has the following correspondence : —
I informed ycu in my preceding letter of tbe _demonstratiOD which took place under the windows of the consul of Switzerland , in consequenee of the defeat of the Sonderbund , and I spoke of _thedeip annoyance which it caused to Pius IX , Some lines of disapprobation have been _siece published in the Dubio by the government . YesterdBy _erening a writing appeared , signed by Pietro _Gcraldi _, a _vtry learned and respectable man , _exhorting bis fellow-citizens to moderation aad prudenee . He inveighed with force against the manifestations of the night of the 3 rd alt ., aud conjured the citizens to be on their guard against all instigators to trouble , who are always ready , he obsirvee , to _seiza on the slightest pretext to bring on a civil _rrsr . This production had scarcely got into circulation when a conBidirable crowd
! of young men collected together , and hurrying to the public criers , fjreed it from their hands , and tore it in pieces . Tbey then barst out into vociferations against the author , and against the Jesuits . As the outcry continued some persons proposed to go and burn down the printing-office whence the writing had issued . Torches were then procured , and the crowd were proceeding to . wards tbe printing-office , when numerous detachments of the civic guard arrived and prevented them from going further . The same evening , abouteleven o clock , the Transteverins attempted to excite fresh disorders . The Lieutenant Colonel of Carbineers hurried to Cardinal Ferretti , who ordered the drama to be beaten , and ordering out dragoons and other troops dispersed the crowd .
Italian journals bring word of the death of . Napoleon ' s widow , Maria Louisa , Duchess of Parma and _Piacenza , who expired at Parma , on the 17 th ult . The principalities of Parma , Piacenza , and Guastalla will now pass to the Duke of Lucca , under the terms of the treaty of Vienna of 1815 . It appears that the day after the death of the Archduchess the people gathered before the Palace , crying' Viva Reform ! ' _* nd that a deputation wontup to the regency and presented an address , demanding a new Constitution , with various reforms , and the organisation of a 'National Guard . 'The Piedmohiesb Gazette also states that a serious riot took place at Lucca on the
Sth ult . Disturbances are said to have _aka taken place at Modena , owing to the Duke ' 8 refusal to enter the projected Italian Customs League . At Naples , on the _lb'th ult ., according to a letter of that date in the _JournaldesDebais , a riot of apolitical nature took place , which required the interference of the military . Several of the rioters were severely wounded ; two gendarmes were serioualy hurt ; another had been killed ; a police soldier had also been _Blain , and two more were suffering from dangerous wounds . Considerable excitement prevailed among the populace of Genoa en the 19 th ult ., respecting the continued presence of the Jesuits in that city .
A popular manifestation ia approval of the triumph of the cause of the Swiss Diet , similar to that which took place some days previously at Rome , was enacted at Florence on the 9 th ult . The Alba of the 10 th ult . gives the following particulars : — Last evening a popular demonstration took place on the occasion of the triumph of tho Helvetic Diet . _Abeve 20 , 000 people collected on the Place da Cathedrals , and from _thesce marcher ! in platoons down the Rue dea Cordenniers , the _Dueal Place , tbe Rue des Serragli , maintaining silence all the way until tbey came to the house of M . Drouin , of Geneva ; there several natives of Switzerland resident at Florence had collected . All the windows were illuminated . The crowd then shouted Wit h enthusiasm in favour of the Helvet . c Bier , the iadependence of the Confederation , tbe expulsion of the Jesuits and the Fraternity ot Nations .
M . Drouin presented himself at the window , surrounded by his friends , who waved flags and raised Cheers for * Italy , * * LeopolS II ,, * and the * Fraternity of Nations . ' A depntatlon _thea advanced to M . Drouin , one of ths members of which spoke as follows : — « sir The people of Florence " are desirous ef manifesting their joy oa the subject of the triumph of the Helvetic Diet and the Federal arms . As there is nolegal _representative of Switzerland at Florence , it is to you , in your capacity of pastor , that they have thought it right to address their felicitations . We consider the
triumph of the Diet as that of the principles of legality and nationality ; we lament that this triumph should have been obtained at the price of a contest between brothers ; we do not applaud any party , but a principle . A _nosious wesd had grown up in the glorious fields of Sforgarten and Sempach ; the weapons of the Confederation has rooted it up ; and peace smiles _egain in Switzerland from the Alps to the Jura , from the Rhone to tbe Rhine . May this popular demonstration bind more closely together the ties of fraternity , which should unite all tbe nations ef the earth , and insure tbe triumph of liberty and nationality , '
M . Drouin briefly replied , and the crowd after again cheering , retired in an orderly manner . On the 17 th the Pope held a secret consistory , at which 20 Spanish archbishops and bishops were nominated . On this occasion the Pope is reported to have expressed his deep regret at the defeat of the Cstholio union in Switzerland . These sentiments appear to have created considerable uneasiness among the Liberal party in Rome , who imagine that hia Holiness is no longer so ai dent an admirer ef reform as he was supposed to be a lew months ago . The process against the leaders of the demonstration , which took place in Rome some time ago , in favour of the Swiss Diet , was about to commence . One of the persons compromised _injthis affair , is the son of the celebrated _Cicer vacchio .
Prince Metternich ha 3 addressed two notes , couched in similar terms , one to the British government , and the second to his Majesty Louis Philippe , apprising them that the Emperor of Austria has defyemrned to" increase ; the number of hia troops in the kingdom of Venetian Lombardy .
_UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . m Liverpool , MosiuT .-We received this mommg , at an early hour , Boston papers of the 6 th ult ., and New York of the 4 th ult ., by the arr _^ alofthe Boston packctaship Mary Ann , Captain IL A Patten . By an arrival at New Orleans , on the 24 th Nov ., advices had been received from Vera Cruz to the 18 th , and Mexico to the 9 th of November . . A large train , numbering 600 , which left Mexico oa the 1 st of November , arrived at Vera Crus on the 15 th without molestation , save a few shots . Hill's company at Rio Frio , and General Lane 8 at Puebla , had been active ferreting out haunts of tne guerillas . Nothing positive is known of the whereabouts of Santa Anna . Many believe he is secreted near Vera Cruz , waiting an opportunity to Bhip eff in a British steamer . A revolution has broken out at Guadalajara in favour of the election of Farias to the presidency , A sanguinary engagement ensued
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hetween his troops and a mob headed by priests . In the action General Ampudia and many others of Farias ' s party were killed . The church party was victorious . Paredes is at Tulacingo , and has openly pronounced in favonr of monarchy , seconded by the garrison at Mazatlan . Some of the Mexicans have still an _unnnenchable hatred forthe Americans , and express no desire for peace . An anti- war meeting had been held at Cincinnati ! on the 24 th Nov ., at which resolutions strongly condemnatory of the war , as unjustifiable , unnecessary , and unconstitutional , ' were unanimously agreed to . By the arrival efthe Prince Albert at Plymouth on Friday , we learn that tbe Hon . R . C . Winthrop , of Massachusetts , a Whig , was elected Speaker by a majority of one , at Washington , on the 6 th ult .
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THE FRATERNITY OF NATIONS . 6 REA . T PTjfcLIC _DEMONSTRATION IN NEW YORK IN SUPPORT OF POPE PIUS AND ITALIAN LIBERTY . ( Abri ged from the New York Tribune of Nov . 30 th , 184 . 7 . ) Last evening the Tabernacle was filled to its utmost capacity by an attentive , an enthusiastic audience , assembled on the occasion of a public demonstration by the American People ofsjmpathy with the beneficent and benign measures of the present occupant of the Pontifical Throne—Pius the Ninth . On the stage were many eminent gentlemenamong them the Mayor of the City , Bishop Hushes , Rev . DrPise , Hon . C . C . Cambre ' kng , with a number of Members of Congress .
Several military companies were also present—the Scottish Guard , particularly , made an imposing appearance ; while the excellent band of another company discoursed choice music , including our national spirit-stirring airs . The meeting " was opened by Robert Hooan , Esq . who , prefaced the reading of the call with a few appropriate remarks . The occasion , said he , appeals not only to our cherished sympathies as a mass , but to * ur feelings as citizens of the freest Republic that ever exUted . We should prove recreant to our glorious _dectiny if we did not testify our sympathy with the progress of Freedom in other lands—and particularly in Italy , whose liberty owes its being _chiefly
te that person who drew his first breath in fair _Italia ' g genial air and sunlit clime : Pius the Ninth . ( Applause . ) He aims to make Italians freemenand fwe , the freemen of the fair domain of Amerioa , appreciate his efforts to enlarge the civil and political privileges of his people . Dr _Hogan then read the call , mentioning that t * it were appended the names of over TOO of the mest distinguished citizens of this metropolis , ne closed by moving that His Honour the Mayor be chosen Chairman of- the meeting—which mot ? on being seconded by Henry Grisnkll , Esq . was adopted _, and
Mr Brady , on assuming the chair , briefly addressed the meeting in substance as follows : —The occasion which calls us together is ope of great interest . The eyes of the whole-woiId are turned to Italy with the greatest anxiety , and this demonstration is the most appropriate that could be made by Republican America to express her sympathy with the efforts of the present Pope—who deterred neither by the machinations of the wicked , nor the imaginings of the timid , strives to secure to his people the inestimable blessings of freedom . Let m tender to him evidenee of our cordial sympathy and hearty co-operation with his beneficent endeavours . Distant as are the lands of Italy and America—wide as is the ocean that rolls between—yet this onr evidence of heartfelt sympathy will reach their ears , and be wafted back to ns with the blessings and the tears of a happy and prosperous people .
A host of vice-presidents and secretaries were then elected , after which Mr Devereuxread lengthy and interesting letters , apologising for non-attendance , from Ex-President Van Buren , Hon . George M , Dalla ? , _Yice-Prealdent of the United States ; Hon Reverdy Johnson . Ex-Governor Seward , Hon . Thomas H . Benton , the Venerable Albert Gallatin , Hon , John C . Spencer , Hon . Edward Everett , Hon . Rufus Choate , Hon . Washington Hunt , Governor Pennington , Chief Justice Hornblower _, General Gaines , and Beveral other distinguished gentlemen . All the writers breathed the most fervent aspirations for the complete regeneration of Italy . The band then performed the ' Hymn to Pius the Ninth . ' An address prepared by the committee was then read by Horace Greeley , Editor of the New Yobk Tbibujjx . It was a 3 follows : —
TO HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS IX . Vessbable Fatheb—The people of these United States have observed with profound interest the _cirenmstsnees _which attended and the events which have fallowed your elevation to the pontificate—an interest which has ripened into sympathy and _unmeasnrea admi _. ration . On behalf of a portion of this people , we tender you an expression of those sentiments of regard and emphatic approbation which are cherished by all . We address yon not as Sovereign Pontiff but as the wise and hnmane ruler of a once oppressed and discontented , now well-governed and gratefully happy people , We unite in thlB tribute , not as Catholics , which some of
us are while the greater number are not , bnt as Republicans and lovers of constitutional freedom .. Recent as is our national origin , wide as is tbe ocean which separates onr beloved land from yonr sonny clime , we know welt what _Itaij ; was in the proud days ot her unity , freedom , and glory—what she has since been while degraded by foreign rule and internal dissension—and we have faith that a lofty and benignant destiny awaits her when her people shall again be united , independent , and free . In the great _worfc of her _regeneration , we bail you as a Heaven-appointed instrument ; and we ardently pray tbat yonr days may be prolonged until you shall witness the consummation of the wise and beneficent policy which is destined to render yonr name immortal .
But , Venerable Father , we know well that the path you have chosen is one of extreme difficulty and p > ril . Onr own immediate ancestors straggled through an age of dangers and privations to achieve and consolidate the blessings we now so eminently enjoy , though favoured with a leader such as has rarely been vouchsafed apeople striving to be free . In the world we now inhabit , it is divinely appointed tbat virtue shall be tried by adversity , and that enduring glory , like freedom , shall be accorded only to snch as by unshaken fortitude , no less than courageous effort , prove themselves worthy of tSe precious boon . We , therefore , the countrymen of Washington and Franklin , of Adams and Jefferson , are well aware tbat you did not enter upon tbe course you have chosen without a deliberate renunciation of ease , of security , and of aristocratic favour . Wc know that you most have already resigned yourself to encounter the
machinations of the crafty , the hatred of the powerful , and—most painful of all—the misconceptions of the wellmeaning but deluded . We know that you mast have calmly resolved to encounter the untiring hostility and dread of all the UDJust or _tyrannical rulers who assume to lord it over any portion of the fur Italian peninsula -all who fancy tbat social order consists in tbe main to . nance lor themselves of _Ihose " _condittons of luxury and sloth in which they have hitherto uselessly existed— -nil whe fear or selfishly offeet to fear , that religion must perish if not upheld by the fleeting breath of emperors and kings . And more formidable than all than these , you must have girded _yourself to encounter , and by God ' a help to overcome , that fickleness and ingratitude of multitudes just released from benumbing bondage which could clamour in the Wilderness te be led back to the flesh-pots of Egypt—which among the _cotemporaries and even the followers of our ' Savioar _eonld leave Him to
bear In solitude the agony of His Cross—and _which in your case , we apprehend , will yet manifest itself In unreasonable expectations , extravagant hopes , impetuous requirements , and inmurmurings that nothing has been earnestly intended because everything has not already been'accomplished . That you will be gnided and shielded from on High , in discharging tha _transcGndeat responsibilities of jour position , we will unwaveringly trust . And , Venerable Father , dark as the clouds which envelope the present may be , we do know that the sunshine of the future will overpower and dispel tbem . To say no thing here of the clear assurance , _fest anchored by the Eternal Throne , that no generous deed or endeavour can ever be really defeated or fail of its ultimate reward , we assure you , from joyful experience , that the
blessings of constitutional freedom far outwolgh all tbe perils and sufferings through which nations advance to their achievement . 8 hert as our national life has yet been , it has already demonstrated to every thoughtful observer the immense superiority of liberty to despotism , as an element of national growth and social well-being ; it bas shown that the rights of persons and property mBV be better seoured under a government which guarantees rights and powers to all than under any other ; tbat the agitations and acts of violence which are incident to human frailty or injustice under any form of government are far less frequent under ours than any other ; snd tbat whatever dangers may assail or threaten us have their origin not in -an excess of liberty but tbe contrary . So much , at least , we feel that wo are amply justified in saying , ia view of your position , tho pirilfl it braves and the anticipations it justifies .
In defiance of superficial appearances , we do not upprehend that the mailed cohorts ef despotism are about to _ba set la motion against you . The ago in which wo live is one ef moral rather than physical warfare—in which the artillery of the press commands and silences that of tho camp , —in which opinion is more potent than bayonets . We trust , therefore , that against any direct and open resort to force and bloodshed , you are shielded by tbe panoply of good men ' s approbation and _sympathies throughout the length and breadth of Christendom . But should these expectations bi disappointed , let tbe
rash aggressor beware . Tbe first shot fired in such a contest will reverberate from every mountain , summoning the brave andnoblB from every clirao to stand forth against injustice and oppression—to bailie for freedom and mankind . In such a contest , no one familiar with the history or character of the American people can doubt that their sympathies will be active and not wholly fruitless . That Italy will be spared the devastation , and Christendom the guilt and scandal of such a contest , we will not harbour a doubt ; but in any case we will now that thlg _testlBiviiioJ _^ _theiaterestandattmiia _*
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tion with which you are regarded by twenty millions o people will not have been wholly in vain , We are Tenerable Father , yours most truly . _1 E 80 LDTIONS , 1 . That we regard with the highest interest tho progress of free institutions in all countries ; and _copei-ially in one to which we are so much indebted as to Italy , whose laws and whoso military and civil polity have penetrated the institutions of half the modern world . 2 , Tbatthe past history and the present condition of the Italians have made them the objects ef peculiar intercst with all Christendom . Tho renown of ancient Rome—the glory of the Republics of the middle agesthe arts of modern Italy—the mournful history Of H < r struggles and her sufferings-nave maae her fate an object of especial _solicitudo with all scholars all lovers of the beautiful , all admirers of heroic deeds ! and all Republicans .
3 . That no freeman can look coldly on _tfco present struggle of the Italians for national independence and constitutional libert y ; that our hearts havo been with them since the first moment _when the cry ef freedom was utt ered ; and wiil beat for them until all Italy is free , from Calabria to the Alps . 4 . That we _present our most hearty and _respectful salutations to the Sovereign Pontiff for the noble part he has tak n in behalf of his people ; that knowing the difficulties with which he is _sorrowed at home , and the attacks with which he is menaced from _abroad , we honour him the more for the mild firmness with which he _hasovercome the one , and the true spirit with which he has repelled the other . 5 . That the cry of Freedom again in Italy is a sound nhich will summon the brnve and tho free of all nations to encourasro with their voices , and to _assiBt with their strength , if need be , the Ittdian people in their struggle for liberty and independence .
6 That'Peaeehath her victories nohS 3 renowned than War ; ' and that the noble attitude of Pius IX . throwing the vast influence of the Pontificate Into the scale of wellattempered freedom , standing as the advocate of peaceful progress , the promoter at once of social amelioration , industrial developement and political reform , unmoved by the pnrade ' of hostile armies hovering on his borders , hopeful for man and trusting in God , is the grandest _spectacle of our day , full of encouragement and promise to Europe , mora grateful to ns and more _glorloua to himself than triumphs on a hundred fields of battle . Tho reading of the address was frequently interrupted by loud applause—and it was subsequently adopted by acclamation . When
Hon . Bekjahih F . _Butibr addressed the meeting on the occasion of _presenting the first reeo _' ution ;—We have assembled tbis _evening ns freemen t « express our deep and _heartfelt sympathy with Pius the Ninth in his endeavours for the regeneration of the Italian people . That America should feel an interest in the progress of freedom in any part of the civilised world is not singular—indeed , were it otherwise , wo should be unworthy of our blessings of the largest measure of civil and religions freedom . The reforms introduced into the civil adminis' ration of the Papal States by the present able Head of thfse States , and the concessions ho so wisely and freely made to popular liberty , have awahened throughout the American Republic an unfeigned sympathy and elicit universal congratulation ; and I rejoice that
we are here assembled this evening to give utterance to our sympathetic thoughts . Here are many persons of _foreign birth—tpeaking various languages —uniting reli gions of every creed , and without abating one jot or tittle , of faith or belief—who merge all before the altar of common liberty and emancipation . ( Great applause . ) It ia . to use the words of one of Ireland ' s greatest minds , the lofty sentimentsnot . the inconsiderable advocate—which have called out respect and applause . The speaker then passed to a brief review of the distinctive character of Americans in giving utterance to their sympathy in sreat reforms—and particularly to the hopes which the steps taken by Piu 3 IX . toward the regeneration of the Papal States have inspired—measures hailed in all parts of our land as well as in Europe as the most cheering signs of the times in which we live . In no part of the world is reform so
desirable or attended with a greater prospect of _usefulness—immediate and collateral—as in Italy . Mr B . then proceeded to a succinct review of her ancient advantages and present condition—the ancient dominion of her capital as mistress of the world , stored with trophies of ancient and modern art ; and now she possesses , through her Chief Rnler , ah influence over millions of the human race not possessed by any other government on earth—and he is making proposals forthe enlargement of universal freedom . The speaker then _planced at the ii . _fluence of these movements of the Papal Government . In process of time , other governments will be formed on the same liberal sentiments , and these will conduce to national independence and constitutional freedom . With a few more remarks in a similar strain , Mr Butler closed , amid mucli applause—and was followed by
_Thkodork Sedowick , who offered the second resoluion , with preliminary rema > _ks in a strain of earnest eloquence—reviewing the action ot the Pope ; the past and present condition of Italy , and her prospects for the future : the commingling of different men of different countries , and speaking varied tongues—perhaps a _gcorb in number—and all united id one common demonstration of sympathetic feeling —and adverting finally to the general character , and the present and ultimate effect of such testimonials of sympathy ef one Nation for the patriotic endeavours of another .
Joseph S . Bosworth , Esq ., spoke to the third resolution . The speaker entered into a brief view of Roman history , which be divided into three periods . The first the Republican ; the second , tbat from subjugation of Tarentum to the battle of Actium—in this Republicanism was destroyed , _ by increasing wealth , luxury , and selfishne . _sa ; the third period extended to the division of the Empire , and its entire subversion in the West , embracing about 500 _^ years . In treating this subject a good deal of historical knowledge was displayed , and from the whole the lesson was deduced that in a pertect equality of po itical rights , with no distinction but such as talent and virtue might create , with equal and exact justice pervading the whole , could only be found the security of good governments and of popular progress .
James W . Gerard , Esq ., said that many year 3 had elapsed since he had attended a public meeting . He had , with all his heart , been ready to join on this occasion in _exnresssing sympathy with the people of Italy and their great Head , and wish them God speed in the noble rare of libertj which they had entered . The people to whom this resolution was addressed were descendants of the _mighty race . of old . And Rome was now only receiving that which for five long centuries her people so nobly enjoyed . The present Romans were worthy descendants of their
ancestors-They came of a great and glorious race , and were their true children . Next were the people who sent thia salutation to Italy , Here , in this metropolis of the New World , 4 000 miles across the Atlantic , people of all nations and sects waft to the head of the Republic of Rome ( as he _trusted it soon would be ) their combined sympathies and salutations . ( Applause . } Mr Gerard then went on to speak of the lofty character of Pius IX ., and concluded by expressing the hope that the resolutions would be passed with unanimity .
The Hon . Dudlrt Sjuden seconded the resolution Sanvbi _, Jokes , jun ., Esq ., rose to move the fourth _resolution . When ] should be the time that the terms National Liberty , Constitutional Freedom , ' would not excite to their deepest throbbing , every American bosom . The gentleman who had before spoken bad eloquently said that we had been indebted to Rome for the discovery of this continent . Great as was our debt for Columbus , it was still greater for the great examples of virtue in which our forefathers sought the models of the institutions they were about to establish Nor were we indebted to Rome for free institutions only , bnt we had drawn from her many of thetermB which are aa familiar to ns as household words ' Senator , Representative , Veto , ' were all old Roman words ; and could we . be indifferent to a _struggle for _national liberty and constitutional freedom in old Rome , to which we owed such a debt of gratitude . It was the privilege of this generation to witness the rekindline of the sacred fires of liberty on these very
altars from which wo lit our own . Robert Keuy , _Esq ., rose to move the fifth resolution . It was a bold resolution , which could be offered nowhere but in aland of the brave and the free , and nowhere more appropriately than in a country , which in its own revolutionary struggle received the sympathies and the aid of so many noble spirits . Tbe cry of freedom in Italy would ring like a trumpet through the land , and be answered back from every plain and mountain . It was not the object of the resolutions to incite the people of Italy to rush upon a career of revolution . They would not procla m freedom to those who were not prepared for its blessings and its duties . It was by the peaceful influence of such wise reforms as Pius IX . was introducing that the people of Italy would be truly prepared for perfect liberty . But while they pointed them to the future for the full attainment of freedom , they would tell them that if the armies which
encompassed them should march against them , it was their duty to resist , while they had strength to resist , and the hands of _fretroen would not be wanting _toassist them . But the tradition and the SDiritof liberty are still alive in Italy , and there were m ore patriots there , like _thsse who had on these shores sought a refuge from Austrian prison ? , and the knowledge of this fact gave them hope for Italy . There was hope for all the oppressed nations or Europe . It might be that the eagles of liberty would rise from the _Capitol ' me to spread over the land , even as the eagles of ancient Rome carried conquest and enslavement among all the nations whither they came . The emancipation of Italy would be the signal for the emancipation of all Europe . Hungary , Bohemia , Poland , would follow . And if . informer times , the voice of Peter the Hermit cou'd summon all nations to attempt the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre , so the voice of Italy , in behalf , of freedom , could not fail to colleot the world for its
achievement . , ., . ., David Dodlbt Fieid , Esq ., rose to move the sixth and last resolution , and said—The first battalion that should cross _fchePo would be the signal to ? that war
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of opinion which would result in changing the whole face of Europe . Viewing the Pope aa a temporal ruler , and as the spiritual head of a hundred and sixty millions of men , hia importance could not be exaggerated . And his voice was on tho side of freedom and free institutions . No longer could it be said that the friends of freedom were the enemies _ol ' order ; the soverei gn pontiff was the great Reformer ! This was the dawn of a new day , not for Italy only ) but for universal man . On the suggestion of the secretary , John C . _Devereaux , Esq ., Sig . Felix _Foresti was then called for and addressed the meetin g in the Italian langua"e in an eloquent manner , expressing his sense of the unexpected honour done himself , and the impression
made upon him by the numbers and enthusiasm of the meeting . He then went on in the most animated terms , to respond to the expressions of sympathy which had been made for Italy . After this , he turned to the Italians present , and having called on them to be worthy of thia feeling on the part of the community in which they had lived , he went on to speak of their own country and of liberty . Thia , he said , was no dream , no sterile nor useless thing . And already in Italy it was so , there its fruits were even now substantially apparen ' , inciting them , if need be , to contend and die in its defence . Signor Foresti spoke with an elocution as admirable as hU remarks were glowing and ardent , and concluded with the _eheers of his countrymen and theapplause of the whole audience . ¦
On the motion of James W . WniTE , Esq ., seconded by Mr James II . Titus , it was resolved : — Tbat the address , resolutions , and such other parts of the proceedings as might be judged advisable , should be properly attested and forwarded to Rome , to be delivered to his . Holiness , through some appropriate channel , and also that the whole proceedings should be published . After this , the band played once more the hymn to Pius IX ., and then tho immense assembly quietly dispersed , highly gratified with all that had taken place .
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' The quality of mercy is not strained , It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him tbat gives and him that takes , ' 1 , _tflCDOUlu IJIUi _lUttb _J £ 1 VCB ( _IUU 111 U 1 _II 1 UG _taifeS ,
SB . E 8 FEUE . Mv dear Sir , —In the _Stlb _, ef _IhaQOlh of November there appeared a letter containing _animadversions on a paragraph of my letter , No . 2 , on National Organisation , which runs thus— ' If a brotherhavo erred , it is the duty of Chartists in particular , and of all men , to stretch a point to forgive him . ' Tho writer appears to imagine that we . cannot forgive a brother who has sinned against us , without becoming equally guilty of his error , or at least approving of his misconduct ; for he says , that by forgiving a brother who has erred , we show to the world , that we ore ' willing to purchase support at the expense of truth and justice . '
By what process of reasoning he has arrived at this startling conclusion , I am entirely at a loss to discover . Docs my suggestion for the practical adoption of the noble principle of forgiveness justify this rash assertion ? Ii the noble , godlike principle of forgiveness , which is inculcated by the most exalted philosophers of ancient and modern times—which is one of the most beautiful traits of Christian character—which is sanctioned , ay , commanded , by God himself— ' Forgive your enemies 'to be for ever held up as noble and good merely in theory , and is it to bo denounced , and that in no gentle terms , when we make an attempt to carry it into practice ? Is not this moBt inconsistent ? What do we mean by oar prajer— ' Forgive ua our debt 3 as we forgive our debtors , ' if we think that our debtors ongbt not to be forgivan ? We do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mere _; . '
It does not follow , though we forgive a brother who has erred , that we are to hide from him that we do not approve of his misconduct , or to use no means to prevent future errors . I do not mean to say that a man who has proved , after repeated experiments , tbat be is fairly beBt en crime , should be trusted with the funds of any local or general body , or placed in a responsible situation among us , but I do affirm that we ought not to make a public exhibition , in meetings of our association , of that man s depravity or his crimes . After his depravity has been fairly proved , we should intimate to him , at his own house , that he cannot be allowed to remain in a responsible situation . We should reason with him on his _misconduct , and endeavour to reform and not to debase .
The reviewer farther asks , in reference to my suggestion of forgiving a brother who has erred—* Have not our enemies acted upon this principle in punishing Chartist offenders' Bid they not stretch a point in transporting Frost , Williams , Jonea , and Ellis ! ' & _zc . Unfortunately they did indeed _strotch a point , ' but it was entirely in the wrong direction . They did not stretch a point to forgive them , as I hope we will do to an erring brother—they stretched a point to condemn tbem , entirely in the wrong direction . If they had acted on my suggestion—if they had acted on the Christian principle of forgiveness , which they' all profess to venerate—the results would have teen diff . rent . They have just done what my suggestion is meant to prevent , so far as the Chartist body is concerned—they have inflicted a punishment ten thousand times greater than the offence .
But what does an honest man want of his fillow . men more than justice V asks my reviewer , I answer , if be commit an error—and Whatman can say , I am Jn . fallible ?—he traveB your forgiveness , and tbe mere fact that he does crave it signifies repentance and that he deserves it . * It is an attribute to God himself :. _ _Airdfarthly power doth then 6 ftow _likest God ' s , When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , man Though justice be thy plea , consider this—¦ That in the course of justice , none of us Shall see salvation . '
As to the nature of tbe offences to be forgiven , these will be knows when tbey arise In tho cours « of agits > . tion ; but I may mention , that however a man may _differ in opinion as to method or expediency , and may even violato some rule laid down by the local body , as a mat . ter of expediency : though his conduct cannot be approved of , yet it may be forgiven , Was it wrong iu Mr Feargus O'Connor to forgive Dr _M'Diuall ; and generously , nobly offer to forgive all those who had sinned against him , in connexion with the Chartist cause . Examine thenature of tho offences which they committed , and follow Mr O'Connor ' s noble example . My reviewer ridicules the idea of many of 'her Ma _jssty's jail birds , ' after being libtrated , joining such a _merciful association .
- The Rev . T . Spencer said at the Birmingham Conference of April , 1812 : — ' A man might be convicted of felony , and yet in after years be a good and honest man . ' So tbs > t the idea of a liberated'jail-bird ' becoming a member of a Charter Association , is not so very ridiculous after all . Mr ItobertBon , I see , _orjeets to settle all charges of a local character , hy the fair and impartial mode of arbitration . Mr R . is completely mistaken , if he imagine that I mean to keep the general body is ignorance of such charges ; because the reading of the minutes of committee at the general meetings , would put them in possession of these ; bat tbe _principle of arbitration is recommended to _prcvant these charges from being brought up and discussed at general meetings . And my reason for that Is , because I hare ever seen it tbe case that the discussion of purely personal matters at these general meetings has generally produced a deal of angry feeling , the consequences of which are not so soon forgotten .
Ihe time of tha so general meetings can be better employ ed in lecturing and hearing essays , & e „ than in theae personal matters , which can be settled by fair arbitration . Mr Robertson , who _eoa * _ends so strongly for ' Justice to all , injustice to none ' should ba the last man to object to the just principle of arbitration , where the accuser and the accused Jhave an equal number of friendB , | and , therefore , an iqunl chance of having a just decision . Mr It . says , 'B ut in their political capacity , Chartists have no business to interfere with the private character of a number , unless he is proposed to fill some
responsible situation , < fcc ; * so that , after all , ' her Majesty's jail-birds , ' on being liberated , are at full liberty to 'join such a merciful association . ' Tbis is just what I contended for ; that _pei _aonal charges should never be made , unleBB it were through Imperative necessity . Depend upon it , you will find the _generality of men too roady to scandalise a man ' s character , without requiring the assistance of ihe Chartist Association , whose endeavours should rather be to _cimiat the bonds of brotherhood , to season justice with mtrcy , and prove practioally that
' Forgiveness to tho injured doth belong . ' I trust that Mr R . will be as ready to adopt any really good portions of my letters , as he has been to point our what he thought worthy of corrective notice . I trust he is now busy endeavouring to arouse tho energies of our Plymouth brethror , and to show them that all our hopes of success is in the effectivo manner in which the people support a proper system ofNatienal _Organisation . I remain , my dear Sir , Yours firm and faithful , Pao _Fathia . November 29 th , 1847 .
[ As will be _percoivedjjby the date of the above , 'Fro FatriaV letter was sent to us same week's sinee , Frees of matter , principally occasioned by tbe proceedings in Parliament , compelled us to postpone its insertion .- It is only fair to say that the _abovs is a curtailed edition of the original . If' Pro Fatrla' intends to send any _further loiters , he had better do so during tho Par . li & montary recess . We muBt add an earnest request to P . P . 'to study brevity . ]
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MILITARY CORONATION , OR MONARQHY AT A DISCOUNT , TO TBE BD 1 I 0 B OF THB HOaTHKBH STaB . Sir , — -Whilst record ? declare the common origin , tbe common brotherhood of man , a strange fatality baa perverted this truth , and man have been deified into kings by the folly of their brother men . Strange crea _tureo have these human deitiej proves , end _queeriy have
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they recompensed the degrading prostration _ofthoaloTeS who made them . I know not if ' their _fantas'ic tricks before high heaven doth raak _^ the angels weep . ' I know It made tho pioas poet , _Cewper , write : — " Qaevedo , as he tells his _sobar tale , Asked , when in hell , to see the Royal Gaol ; —Approved their methods in _allother _thinas , ' But wh * rs , ' said he , ' do you osfine your Kings . * The guide pr < sen _' . s the group full to his view . ' Indeed ! ' he cried , ' There :. re but very few !' His b _' ack interpreter the charge disdained , _'Fiw , felUw !—there are all that ever reigned . " Whilst another declares : — I OW _, _fjw _havs _relsned who ha \ e not been a scourge _, irom mighty Nimrod down to tho Fourth George . ' Of a George I am about to relate a rectus humoroOT , but telling fact
. To tho Georges as well as to the rest of these specimens of the _ganus-floiao , the vain idolatry of the r brethren erected statues ; the images of these occupied the grand tquares of the chief cities , and even tho sanctuaries of temples , _dt-To ' ed in co-partnership also to tho Great Supreme . One of these statues occupying the spacious green in our citadel , representing tho Second George clad in majestic robes , graspieg in his hand a roll , ( perhaps the withheld rights of the ptoplo _. ) wore a grotesque appearance some three or four weeks since . Oo the evening when tbe guard was set for the night , his kingshi p _append as usual fill _mnjratic ; but lo ! at tarty dawn , the _offictr in command , on his ac customed early walk around the ramparts , observed a something that ' commanded his surprise snd attention . What _wns it !—in the dim twilight fome remarkable objects appeared ! « White _I'Whita . by God ! ' ' What , What !• — ' Bannem ? Banners ?'— ¦ D . imned Tricolour _P
— ' Citadel surprised V— ' French ? French V— ' What can it be t' Joined by the . _scrgonnt-major , tiny _procicd nearer to perceive amid the _obrcurity of . morn the cause of all tbis surprise and horror . —Wfcen oh ! greater surprise '—oh , greater horrrr!—Tell it not in Gath !—Publish St not in the streets of Ask _.-lon ! No white of » tricolour was it , but only military jesting with a statue of Royalty ; forthe raised eye-glass of the ob » _erTing rmcial conveyed to his horrified optio nerves , the Impression Of . some stupendous white _pots-de ehambre wherewith great George bad been bedi eked as a travelling pedlar in aarthenware . Oae pot-de ehambre in tho extended band holding the scroll ; one on bis head as a he _' met , or earthenware crown ; and me on his shoulder knot ; whilst some _fragmmts at hia feet , showed that _thenight winds had made some havoc of a portion of his _Mojestj ' _t stock in trade of _unmentionable chamber utensils . Horresco referent—Oh , Tempora . ' Oh , Mores ] Objebveb , Plyiuoutb .
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THE LAND AND THE CHARTER , TO THE SDITOtt Of THE _NOKTHIBN STAB . _Sia—Through the columns of your valuable jonrn » I I solicit the attention of the members of the Land Company to the following _fact!—riz , Tbnt not one out of every twenty of them contribute anything either by labour or pecuniary aid towards facilitating tho progress of the People ' s Charter ! ! This , sir , is a melanclwly . but an indisputable truth . Trae , tbey lavish unbounded praise upon , and pass unlimited votes cf confidence in , Mr O'Connor , all of w ! ich and much more he truly deserves _; but the sort of confidence Mr O'Connor would like them to display would lie , for each of them
to use every available means at th . ir command to enable him to accomplish that object for which throHgh life he has consistently struggled ; viz ., to get the six points of the People ' s Charter enacted as the law of the Ism ' . This object _oace accomplished , and the deplorable and debasing position which the sons and daughters of _toU now occupy , would be _snporseded by a better and _helirr system ; for then the working classes could deliberate upon , and devise means whereby to promote their own . welfare ' ; whereas now they are degraded slaves both in body ana mind , fearful to promulgate their opinions , lest the iron hand of capital should crush them and deprive them of the means of eking out a miserable
subsistence _. Did the members of the Land Company fuel half as much anxiety about their political rights , as they do about getting a prize in the ballot , the holy , glorious . and just principles of the People ' s Charter would soon become the law of the land . It ' s strange that the _Lind members should by their apathy impede the _progress of the Land Plan to which they are wedded , if not through principle at least through interest . Their inconsistency is inexplicable ; their conduct cannot bo justified . Do unto others aa you would others should do onto you , Is the golden rule of religion which the Chartists have long _ac ' . d upon , but which the great bulk of the Land _mvu _^ _r :. seems very reluctant to adopt .
What was the ostensible olject Mr O'Gornor had in view , when he first established tbe Land Plan _? Was it not to give Britania _' a slaves a _praetical foretaste of the great benefits and advantages which would be wiihia reach of the people when they got possession ot political power ? Was it not to remove the surplus labour out i the _overstocked artificial labour market , and thereby enable the workman to _prccuro " a fair rtmuneratioa for his labour ? Did not Mr O'Connor antleipato that the Land Movement would give a mighty impetus to the agitation for tho Charter ? tbat by tbe aid of Buch a powerful auxiliary we would be enabled to snatch political power trom our tyrannical oppressors , and thereby secure tho political freedom of the people at large ? _Tes , sir , to obtain justice and _happineet for the whole , Mr O'Connor is ardently struggling , but the _majority of the Land mesibers appear to feel but little interest in that gentleman ' s _political _tfforts * ; beyond _piying their contributions , and endeavouring to get possession of their allotments , they seem disposed to do nothing .
In conclusion , I fearlessly assert- that it is the duty of every member of the Land Company to aid in accel _. ( rating the progress of the P _. _aple ' s Charter , because when passed into law it would enable Mr O'Connor , and his _co-wi _rkers In the cause of human redemption , to restore the land to the people to whom it rightfully belongs ; and withoHt tbe possession of which the working classes can never be made truly happy , independent and freo . Secondly . Because it would level the inequalities , and law—made distinctions which at present prevail ; and Thirdly—because it would reduce the many excellent maxims which are frequently propounded by religious hyprocrites to practice , and thereby establish a system of pure and gena _' me religion . ¦ Yours , in tho cause of universal freedom . Thomas Almond . Stanhope-street , Westminster . -
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THE BARNSLEY CONFEDERATES . TO TUB _EDlTOa OS THE _nOMUEBM STAU . DE & a Sta _, —The following appeared in the most conspicuous part of the _Dmjlin Register of tbe 18 th : — ' MB JOHN O ' CONNi _!! , ! AND THE DEMOCB 4 TIC COHFEDE . B & TES OF _BiBNSlET . ' A statement having appeared in Mr Feargus O'Connor s paper , the Nobtbebm Stab , intimating that Mr John O'Connell had been assailed with maledictions by his countrymen in Barnsley , for his conduct on tbe first reading of the Coercion Bill , we have great pleasure in complying with the n quest of our friends who signed the following letter , to give that statement tbatunquali . fisd contradiction which , they do . 'Respected _Shv-We oarnostly hope and trust you will be to good as to insert the above lines in your valuable journal , as we are constant readers of it above twenty years . ' Lawbence Cleaby , Patrick Reii . lt , 'Felix M'Gitibe . '
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' TO MB JOHN O ' COMNEIL . ' It is with the deepest regret tbat we , the Irishmen of Barnsley , and the supporters of Mr John O ' Connell and his late lamented and patriotic father , have had onr attention attracted by a _paragraph that has appeared in tbe _tfoBTHEBN _Stab on the 11 th nit , accusing ns of blaspheming , and pouring down curses on the head off our noble and spirited leader , Mr John O'Connell , on hia late proceedings in the House of Commons on the Coercion Bill , Sir , the followers of Mr John O'Connell are , wo assure you , quite of a different character . They are men who attend to-their religious duties , _ond we hope , with the assistance of God and their pastor- , they follow the rules and oblig & tioEB of Christianity , and the greatest of those is to lovo all mankind . They curse no one . How far , then , are they trom cursing him whom they trust and love ! ' Sir , as the followers of O'Connell , we assure yon , and all others , that we deny taking or having any active part in the proceedings referred to in tbe Stab , nor did we even know that there were , as they call thimselves , Democratic Confederates in Barnsley , until this aiticls appe _* _rod . In conclusion , let us add , we believe the honourable membor for Limerick to be the pride of hit country . _Lawbehce Cleabv , Patbick Reiixy , Fans _M'Gdibb '
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I am the person who wrote the report alluded to in ths above letter , and before replying to the base , ljing , hypocritical cant , of those good Pharisees , I cannot but remark , tbat the great pleasure expressed by the editor of the _RroisTSB to give it publicity , h more of the poor , pitiful means adopted to damage the growing popularity of Mr O'Connor in Ireland , and thus perpetuate tbe delusion of the sham patriots of Conciliation Hall . But , as an Irishman , from tbe utmost recesses of my bear * , do I thank the brave men of Nottingham for choosing s representative , _-whose labours in the Hi-use of Commons havo already torn the dark veil off the people ' s eyes , and will ultimately lead to the total expulsion of those phw » -
beggars that have so long been the curse of my unfortunate country . The Register may reiterate the taunt of Mr John O'Connell , that Mr O'Conner is stained with the violence of Chartism , thinking it will have its tff _<*& on those who merely know of the name 88 something to bo dreaded , through the misrepresentations of _desiguinj demagogues , but they canno t say that hia hand is Bt « ia « _d with tbe people ' s pence , nor with the _government patronage of bis country ' s enemies , Tho ' Irish leaders of the present day must steer a straightforward course , for tho first time in their lives , or otherwise leave the way for him who muBt evidently attract the attention aad Win the esteem of every honest Irishman who has hia country ' s welfare at heart .
- Sir , I have often heard tell of tbo three tailors of Tooley-street _, who commenced an address by saying'; We , tbe people of England , ' but London is not without its rival in tomfoolery , for here we have a complete sub * _stituto . in ths persons of the three ( rearers of Bogae-rows
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01011848/page/7/
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