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Mabcb 25, 1848. ^^ The Northern Star. 5
Mabcb 25 , 1848 . _^^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
Camp Meettxg Of Cllartists And Repealers...
CAMP _MEETtXG OF CllARTISTS AND REPEALERS AT OLDHAM EDGE . A camp meeting of the _peDplesf Lancashire and Cheshire , for the purpose of _promotina the Charter , " " as held on Sunday last , on Oldham " Edge . ThiB meeting , again a fra ernisation of Chartists and Repealers was solemnised ; Mr Feargus O'Connor , * M . P . ; Mr Councillor Doheny . of Dublin ; and Mr W . P . Roberts , attended . Tbi 3 meeting ; drew together a larger concourse of auditors and _spectators than has been witnessed in any part of this district for many years . The Chartists and Repealers from an earlvhonrin the morning might be seen marching into Oldham , in . orderto swell the multitude expected to be present st this great open-air fraternisation . A considerable Cumber of _persons also went from Manchester , _AahtoB , Stalybridge . Middieton , and other places , bv railway , to the scene of action .
The announcement of this intended gathering of Chartists . from the two counties , excited the most -vehement alarm among the authorities , _who _swure in-iOO special constables , who _=-ere statiened in the Town Hall —( a pinny _watchinsr a giant !) - and the most anxiius directiena were issued by the magistrate- * . _Oldbam Edge , the place of assemblage , stands about a mile out ofthe town . Here , on the side of a , s'mewhat rnpged hill , having a narrow base-Ekirted by the high-road , the people beeanto _assem , ble , and at about half-past twelve o'clock , _iicmense throngs began to ponr in neon the selected spot , both along the _broken fb _' t-path on th _^ ed ge ofthe hills and _alons the lower road . As the hour advanced , the stream of incomers becarre continuous . The scene wss animated and picturesque in the extreme . AI ! whe were there without a single exception , conducted themselves with quietude , order , and
decorum . Shortly before one o ' clock , a large body of persons came pouring in , headedlby a band of music , which had been _brought from Mmchester . Amongst this arrival were a number ofthe leading local _Cha-tists _, who at once betook then-selves to the temporary platform , whieh was placed atth e baseof tbe hill . Shortly afterwards , the clouds began lo gather in dismal blackness , and in a few moments a sharp Shower of wird-driven rain fell on the _parent audience . In about ten minutes the rain past off ; a momentary gleam of brightness burst through the clonds ; ard the multitude sent up to heaven a . Bhout—a thrill ng vehement shout of jo _^ , as though thankful tor the . < taring away of the rain . Mr Richibd Pillixg , of Ashton under-Lyne , the veteran Chartist , was called to the chair , to the no small deh ' _cht of the meetine . The Chairman told
the meeting lhat if tbey intended to curry the Charter , they must be prepared to stand more than rain ; they must be prepared to make sacrifices . _Democracy was advancing throughout all Europe ; and they had to thank the brave French for the manner In which they had carried their revolution . If the whole nation would act together , and determine to will it , as France bad done , they might depend upon It they skould see a great change in this countrv tro , Jamf . _^ I / b ach , of Manchester , proposed _^ the _first resolution : —
Thst we , the people of Lancashire and Cheshire , in public meeting assembled , being convinced that this country can never enjoy p _rpetual happiness and prospfrity until the whole of 'he people are possessed of their natural rights—namely , tne election oftueraembers of the legislature who are to make the laws by which all the people are governed—do therefore pledge ourselves never to cease agitation until the People ' s Charter _becoiaes tbe lavr of the land _. The speaker alladed to the present condition of tbe country , and especially of the _working classes , as of itself a sufficient reason why the changes which they sought should bs brought about , so as to give protection to their " _ndaatrv . The time had arrived when they conld afford to treat with contetr . pt the
p 3 tty scorn that would keep them out oi the constitution . _Theysousht , however , not merely for their own liberty , out for tbe diffusion of liberty ail over the globe . " After speaking of the inherent rights of man . Air Leach emphatically declared , that as they sought for nothing more than justice , they would sot , by the sacredheaven above them , be _satisfied ¦ with anything less . ( Ghf ers , and a cry of ' We will haTeis . _tso . ' ) Mr J . _Clieke seconded the resolution . _MrDom-vr said that he was an Irish Chartist . { A voice : * Ton ate the belter for that . ' ) lie came there noi only to lender bis friendship and aid , but to ask them " if Irishmen w ere bnrchered whether _Englishmen would not stand bv and reverse them ?
{ Loud cries of Yes . ') He thanked tbem for that response- Ha had often met in his own country meetings as large as that ; but he had never yet met with nun of truer faith . He would go back and teli his countrymen , tbat in that magnificent spectacle free-born Englishmen were ready to swear brotherhood with free-born Irishmen . What interest have they _arartf . None . ' Bit , ' said the learned barristir . ' if a charge of _caralrv is _raade along lis _siMtf , ihall I hS _TiSOy 10 Say that ialf a millien of men in Lancashire swore fealty to Ire . land , in the fase of d 3 V . on the _open hUI , that their j cause end oars is one V ( Load cheers , and shouts oi « Yes . _* eg . ' long und often _repeattd . ) Help us , said the
speaker , to get Ireland for tha Ins ! . ' , and we _silifielp yon to get England for the English . ( Cheers . ) This was the timefor Chartists and _Rfpealers to get their own . "Wiih thim he should ask for the _Caarur _, and nothing bit the Charier , for thera ; and he as & _etUbeni to say , 'Ireland , aad all Ireiand , for tbelrisa . ' Ke wa 3 accredited from Ireland to make that > _-. _&* r . Did thev accept it ? ( Enthusiastic cries of 'Yes . ') France was inarms ; France w . _iild fraternise with them . _The first act of the yonng Republic wa * to acknowledge their Charter in everutnnc France has tbe _Char'er now ; Swi « _z = jland has * tie Charter now ; and thep _^ pewas raising up a throne to _Hberiy in tha Vatican , and he would be their ally . ( Loud cheering )
At this point of the proceedings , a great shout was f _alsed . Fur down ths road , a coach and roar was seen driving along at a rapid speed , end the vehicle was followed by a vast body of peop le . In a few _mossents . the carriage stopped opposite the platform , and from it alighted ilr _Fergus O'Connor and Mr Tv . P . Roberts . The _cr-eering was _veEemsnt and _loag-continued , Hr _Feasges _O'Cossos —That dsy was a proud one for England and Ireland . "What he had often prophe-Eied had come to pass , that the people ef both countries mnst units before tbe oppressors ef both would give liberty fo _batb . . That _grtstiaeeting was not only to rr .
present labour in tbe House of Common " , but to ta . se the iron hoof of despotism from the privileges of the people oi England and Ireland . ' Why were ths working c ' _asse 3 kept in unwilling idleness , while tha greatest of all raw materials , land , was in idleness ? Er _^ _ry man willing to labour , ought to have labour , and there was ample labour for all on thc land . The Lind Plan , howevtr , wss only scc : ianal ; tbe Charter ¦ would ranks it national . He should be glad to see a million of Xational Guards placed in their own castles and sentry boxes , aa-i who would then i & _re to _cosje to them I This wss a sacred dav and a sacred cause ; and let
each man swear witb him to high Heaven , uncovered , with Li , ia * _c-fij sever iosba . t : djn _ihecansexntiifrcedom hsd been obtained . ( The multitude uncovered toama _^ an _? aa indescribable scene of enthusiasts took _placaj Was not _itat chciplire ! Was _evtr t _' se word of command attended to mors protnp _' . ly ? If there should come dark and blfack and _sanguinary news from Ireland , he should BOt _cccfine his defesce ol Ireland to the _llcnse of Commons . Hi did net know how tho people of England _Ti-onld-feel if he were to-morrow or the next day _seizsd
* by the law , _stttapt _' _ns to do justice to them , He did not know how his children ( the _people ) wonld feel if their father was torn from them . Every house would appear as if it hsd lost one of it 3 inmate 3 , _hecansa he believed _tbst he was , snd deserved ta te , at all times _present to their sfii « _-tisns . The resolution was carried with applause . —Mr O'Connor , Mr Roberts , and Mr Doheny htr .- drove iff in the carriage end four , followed by the cheers of this enormous multitude , loud and loog _coatinued . Mr TlANiEr , _DosovaS moved the next resolution t—
'That we believe tbe _legislative union _bstween Great Britain snd Ireland _bss brong ' nt about by fraud , bribery _, intimidation , and corruption ; and that it h as , been the _csnse of misery , starvation , and death ; and we are of opinion that the time hfcs cow come when that Union ought to be _rtp-aled , and hereby p _ledge ourselves to n _* - Eist our Irish brethren in the accomp lishment of that desirable or . jrct . ' Mr _Thomis IUseik , of Manchester , seconded the mo-4 ion , which was agreed to . Ur Wxb 3 _, of Stockport , moved an address of congratulation to the French _peeple , which was eeconded fey Hr J . B . _Cooptr , of Manchester , and carried . The _meetiniT broke np peacrfully and _quietiy at about haU-ptsi three o ' clock .
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t > _ . "ie shareholders of this branch ar ? _requSd to . tt _™* * < L _™^* f *»«? ffl ff , Tr for thee _ection of offc _' cers , and other _imP" _^ nt bus _,-ne _« rm _TnosrTpv even "ng _Bext . March _zaih , at tne a _" r _* ig _4 _SU _^ d . The Chartists of this Sft y _^ _' _commeKthe _^ _- _^ _lueSof out England , to wait on the . ** " resP _^ members rf _Grat-nc-ioad , Bermondsey . _t _? r u _To * _-n w » _-i delivered a _lee-EisrscTOX Lase . — Mr John We = t « , _ . . ture on the principles of the Peoi _*» C _* J « _> which was enthusiastically cheered ; * . * _« _£ _^ twenty new members were enrolled . It w " _^" to h _« ld a general eut-door meeting on _^ _Muty , AprilB . _^ _* * - ~ _*
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TUE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . A crowded meeting ! of this association took place on Monday evening last , at the German EFall . Drurylane , to hesr a report from Julian Harney , the delegate appointed to present the society ' s address to the Republican Government of France . _Ci'izen IIesrt Child wa called to the chair , and in a few remarks introduced Jcliak Harset _, who said , Citizens , a reportofthe mission of the democratic delegation to the provisional government of the French republic , has ah ready been twice made public ; first , in a joint address , published in the names of the three English members of tho _^ _eiegation ; and secondly , in the speechf s _> _-f _Citizens Jones and M'Grath _. at the public meeting in the John-street Instituteen Tuesday
, last . Wbat I have to report must of necessity he , to some- extent , a repetition of what ha 3 _aheidy been made public . The address to the people of Paris , which , emanating frem this association , received the sanction of the Chartist ; Execative , was adopted by the Metropolitan Delegate Council , and by a great public meeting in the Westminster-road—that address was also-adopted by the ' . German _Working Men s Association . The _' report of thc delegation published in the Northern Star , borethe signatures uf _Citizens Jones , M'Grath , and myself ; but three other names should have been added thereto—those of Citizens Schapper , Bauer , and Joseph Moll , Citizens Schapper and Moll , in conjunction with myself , represented this society of Fraternal
Democrats ; and Citizen Bauer represented the German Society . Hf > re let me pay a tribute of respect to ! he three brother ? I have _jast named . These mtn nre known to yon all . Esiled from their own country they had £ sund a refuse in this land ; more than a refnge—they found * homes . " You know how ardently they laboured whilst among you , to intellectually and morally derate their countrymen whom accident , the pursuits of business or labour , or political proscription had driven to England ' s shores . And they did not confine their philanthropic labours to their own countrymen . Even before this society waa established our German frknds had proclaimed the principle , ' All men are-brethren , ' and opened their 8 ficicty to men of all lands . ( Applause . ) The
Englishman , the Frenchman , the Scandinavian , the Swiss , the Italian , the Spaniard—all were welcomed . More tbas that , in the land ef iheir temporary adoption—Englasd—they were ever ready to give a helping hand fo the English proletarians in their _struggle tor regeneration ; and my countrymen owe a debt of g ratitnde to Carl Schapper _and his cornpa f . riots for their generous co-operation whilst amongst us ; aEd should circumstances arise to call for a practical manifestation of our gratitude to them of theita . I trust that that manifestation will be shown in such a manner as will convince eur absent brethren that we have not forgotten their past services . ( Applause . ) Our three brothers are now in Paris , labouring day and night to organise their
countrymen for the regeneration of Germany ; and I _bslieve that the hour is not distant when Germany will become one vaBt Republic , in which the proletarians shall enjoy their rightful ascendancy—thenscendancy over privilege , —the equality of all . ( Loud cheers . ) To return to the delegation , on Sunday , the oth of March , the Citizens Jones , M'Grath , Schapper , Moll , Bauer , and myself , presented ourselves at tbe gates ofthe magnificent __ Hotel de Ville , which we found under the guardianship of a raised body of National Guards and the Guard Mobile . The _frremostseatinslatthe ante was a member of the German society , who iamediately recognising Citizen Schapper . at once admitted us . It was an _eshilirating sight to witness at every public building ,
working men in their ordinsry dress shouldering their muskets as the guardians of order , public property , and the R ? puhlican government . After traversing several magnificent apartments of the palace of the people , we were ushered into the presence of three members of the government . A copy of the address in Freneh was read by Citizen Jones , and the original address I then placed in the hands of one of the Republican ministers . No doubt , you have all read in the NoninEBS Star tbe reply of Garnier-Pases . He expressed the gratitnde of the provisional government for the sympathy of ths English Democracy , ar . d the e mviction of the _gove-nmei . t that the _Epg'ish people would never permit the English Government to make war against Republican France . "Fate care to tell the _Enelish
Chartis s , ' said Garnier-Pages , ' that in the provisional government you have found the liveliest sympathy . Tell tbe English Democrats we admire their principles , and respect tbeir party , and that from such the regeneration of society is to be expected . ' Similar seutiments were breathed hy Garnier-Faces , thronnhont bis speech , at the conclusion of which the depuration withdrew , the whole of us crying Tive la PXepulliqve . 1 This day of our arrival in Paris was the day of the public funeral of the _roartvrs of thcrevulution , whena hundred thousand armed men followed to their last resting-place—beneath the Column of July—the remains of the men who bad _glorieusly died for liberty , and at least two hundred thousand spectators expressed their unanimous homage to the fallen champions of freedom , whose names wiil be remembered through all
_time—« For though above tbem close the silent _gravp _j A deathless _glorj vraits Ihe m & _rtsr ' d brave . ' ( Cheers . ) Unhappiiy , I did not witness the funeral —a misfortune I shall ever regret . Over-exertion in your cause had made me very unwel I before I left England , and , on my arrival in Paris , I frund myself utterly prostrated . I Tallied sufficiently to allow me to accompanv the other members of the deputation to ths Hotel de Ville ; hat the same evening I became more seriously iil , and was compelled to take to my bed . where I was laid up for a week . On Sunday , the 12 < . b of March , I was sufficiently recovered toaecept an invitation to breakfast with the civil Eovernor of the Tnileries , arid a very civil governor I found Citoyen Imbert , for he very civilhi _regaled
myself and friend Schapper with a moss superb breakfast , served up on what teas Louis Philippe ' s erockeri . ( Cheers and laut-hter . ) The knives , forks , and other articles , were all marked L . P . ; and the scene cf our breakfast was the reception-room attached to the Prince de Joinvil _' e ' s apartments . We visited a great number of rooms in the palace , including Louis Philippe ' s council room , where it was decided that there shpuld be no banquet ( laughter ) ; the hall of the Marshals of Francp , wherein we found that the portraits of Soult and _Bugeaud had been torn from the gilt frames , and utterly destroyed ; and lie throne room , where all that was left of the accursed emblem of monarchy was the _easonv . I stood in tbe cftntre of ihe spot where ,
a month ago , Louis Philippe ' s throne was , and I uttered a prayer , not loud , but deep _, that the hour might speedily cctne when every throne in Europe shall share the fate of the throne of Louis Philippe . ( Great cheering . ) But to mo ths most glorious sight was the magnificent galleries occupied hy the sick patriots wounded in the three days of February . ( Hear , hear . ) It was indeed a sight not to ba forgotiea . Had _Louis-Philippe and Ga ' zi ' triumphed over the people , the wounded patriots would have been sent to the guillotine or the galleys ; but happily t . e Republic triumphed , and the disabled combatants for liberty find their every want supplied , and their every pain assuaged in the palace of that ver y tyrant against whom they rose . ( Loud
cheers . ) Glory to the _Frei-eh Republic ! Glory to its hero ' c sons , may they triumph over all their enemies ! ( Renewed _applause ) Anxious to return to England ai soon as possible , I had but little time to gratify my sijjhtwith the beauties of Paris ; or to make the _psrs- ' _-nal acquaintance o" the distinguished men at the head of the French nation . I , _however , had an interview on Monday , the 13 th , with one member of the government , who shall bo nameless , 3 nd with another patriot , _possessing not less power . The former assured zr e tbat this revolution would be thc salvation of tbe peo ; d ? . ( Cheers . ) Tbe ultrademocratic chiefs had devoted their lives to the good work , ar . d they were determined that any conspiracy of th ? . _bourgeoisie to impede the march of equality ,
shonld ba met by all the force efthe people . ( Bravo !) Frora the other patriot I heard the gratifying intimation , that the government expected to have within a m " nth the support of 200 , _000-armed and organised working rren of Paris , enrolled in / the National Guard ; a force _.-riffideat to put down ever / conspiracy against the Rapubb' p . ( Loud cheers . ) Both these patriots _strongly _r-spressei their good wishes for tbe _suieess of the Engash democracy ; both declared that the firot wish of all true- Republicans was fraternity with the people of nil Dationn , and especially tha people of England . ( Applause ) Were the English people once free , said f hey , France and England united could redeem the world . ( Renewed applause . ) Brothers , we respond to that
sentiment , wc swear fraternity with the heroic people of France . ( Great cheering ) Among the very few public buildings I found time to visit was the Pantheon , where I paid my devotions at the tombs of Voltaire and _Rossecau . To thc first mankind will be for ever indebted for the good service he performed in _UBilermining kingcraft and priestcraft ; to the second the human race are __ still more indebted , for his labours for the elevation of the people . ( Applause . ) i The hand which thrust from Rousseau ' s tomb bears aloft the ever flaming torch , poetically asd truthfully proclaims that the philosopher of Ge neva , ' Though dead yet speaketh ; ' though himseP dust and ashes , the light of his matchless geniu 3 Still illumines the world . ( Renewed applause . ) The
acts of the provisional government entitle the great men at the head ofthe French republic to the gratitude and admiration of the world . The abolition of the punishment of death for political offences—tbe abolition of flogging in the navy—the abolition of aristocratieal titles—the commission of natifnal recompenses—the commission for the organisation of industry , and the institution * f national workshops , are a few ofthe many acts which have elevated tbe republican government above—far above—every other government in the world . ( Applause , j From ' uecommission forthe organisation of labour will , I trust , spring the social redemp tion ofthe proletarians . ( Cheers . ) The arming of the People , the enrolment of the working men in the National Guard , ensures ( the stability of liberty . A people
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armed must be a people free . ( Applause . ) Then observe , the National Assembly will be based upon the suffrages of all . Every man of twenty-one yeatg of age may be an elector , and any man twenty-five years of age may be elected , if he possesses the confidence of his fellow-citizens , Theie is the Charter . We have been meeting , talking , and writing for tho last ten years and have not yet got our Charter ; the French with three days work have obtained the Charter and something , more . ( Loud cheers . ) In their financial arrangements the provisional government have also done well as far as they have gone , I question , however , if they have gone far enough . The great difficulty of the government is to find immediate ! employment for the masses thrown upon the
streets by the cowardly and conspiring rich . If that conspiracy goes on the provisional government must do what perhaps it woald have been well to have done within twenty-four hours of the proclamation of the Republic—take possession of all banks , rail ' roads , mines , fisheries and gas-works , and all closed factories and workshops , in the name of the nation . ( Loud cheers . ) There is one step thp provisional government ought to take immediately , that of confiscating tbe property of the rich who fly from France The FreBchman who deserts bis-country at this moment is a traitor , and should ba treated a 3 an enemy . ( Great cheering . ) A great outcry has been raised against Ledru-Rollin for his celebrated circular to the Revolutionary Commissioners , but I defend every word of that circular as essentially necessary for the defence of the liberties of the Proletarians . The bourgeoisie made a demonstration against tho
government on Thursday last , but the following day the working men , the proletarians , the brave _fellowsjin blouses , rose in theirjtens of thousands , and in their hundreds of thousands , marched as fighting men march through Paris to the Hotel de Ville , to manifest their confidence in the government , their support of Ledru-Rollin , and their stern determination to crush , if need be _. the counter-revolutionists . It is my intention to propose this evening an address to the brave men of Paris , thanking them for having saved the Republic . ( Loud _eheers . ) And now , men of London , how much longer are we to remain slaves ? Within sig ht of the English shore Frenchmen have established a Republic . _^ Throughout Germany , revolution i 3 sweeping away privilege and tyranny . Everywhere the people aro triumphant . -Even in _Auslria the people are masters and that grey-headed de-. il , Metternich , hashad to fly , like Don Juan ,
• Sent to the devil soinewhat ere bis time . " In _' every nation liberty is beating down despotismin every nation but this . Shame unon us if we endure our degradation much longer . In my opinion the National Convention ought to have been summoned for an earlier day than the-3 rd ot April , the delegates ought to have been sitting now ; but at any rate let us be prepared to meet tbe delegates when they do come . Let every man sign the National Petition . Let every man prepare his friends , neighbours and fellow workmen , to accompany him in the grand procession on the 10 th . Let , i . that procession be so strong in numbers , tbat neither thieves nor policemen shall dare to disturb the peace . Let every man whether he ba leaderor follower , remember that the great revolutionary virtue is ehkrgt . If we are energetic , we too may win equality , liberty , fraterni ty . ( The speaker resumed his Beat amidst loud cheering . )
Julian Harney immediately rose again and pronosed an address te the people of Paris which will be fuund below . _Ekkust Jo . _fE 5 , } tn a speech ofsome length delivered in his usual forcible and eloquent manner , seconded the adoption of the address . He dwelt particularly upon the necessity of the men of London organising themselves ior the great procession on the 10 th of April , and taking such steps , when organised , as would ensure the respectful consideration of their demands on the part ot Lord John Russell and his colleagues . _Citizen Jones ' s speech elicited bursts of enthusiastic applause . Julian Hakkky proposed there-organisation ofthe Council ofthe Association . A new council was elected , the names will bo found attached to the addresses below .
Itwas then resolved that the Council be instructed to prepare and immediately publish an address to the British people , calling upon them to take example from the patriotism of their French brethren , aud like them win their liberties . A member of the Association moved a vote of thanks to Julian Ilarney for his excellent performance of his duties as _delegate ofthe _society to the French Republican Government ; together with thanks to the other members of the delegation . Ceakle 3 Kees seconded tbe _resolution , which was adopted by acclamation . Julian ilarney having acknowledged the compliment , the meeting adjourned .
ADDRESS OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ( ASSEMBLING IN LONDON , ) TO THE PEOPLE OF PARIS .
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1 F < ICALIIV , LlBSKTV . llIU ' _r'fiH . VII' ? . Heroic Brother Citizens , — Three weeks ago we congratulated you on Tour _glorious victory over an _inlamous Minister and a . Royal tyrant ; permit us now to congratulate you on your glorious moral victory over those intriguers and conspirators , who have wickedly attempted to strangle the Republic in its infancy by opposing themselves to the march of Equality . In our former address we paid a well-merited tribute of respect to the soldiers of the line and National Guard , who refused to shed the blood of their brethren , and who , by fraternising with you , the people , accelerated the destruction of the fallen tyranny .
We have now to express our deep regret at the recent menacing manifestation of an illadvised portion of fhe National Guard , who , misled by intriguers , criminall y attempted to overawe the Provisional _Gfovernment for the purpose of enforcing the revocation of certain measures inimical to the pride , prejudices , and _aristoerat ' cal interests of a few , but necessary for the security and welfare of the many .
We congratulate you , noble people of Paris , on the invincible manifestation of your strength and your patriotism , exhibited on the 17 th of March , in support of the Provisional Government . Morally and peacefully you have nipped the _Z'OKn' / _eo ' _s-conspiracy in the bud . On the 24 th of February you wrested liberty from a king , * on the I 7 th of March you proved your ability to defend that liberty against all conspirators .
You have served the true interests of the people of every land—accept this expression of our gratitude , We desire to make known to you that we heartily approve of the circular of the Minister of Public Instruction , addressed to the Piimary Instructors ; ami the circular of the Minister of the Interior , addressed to" the Revolutionary Commissioners . Be assured that those who cry out against those circulars are the enemies of the people .
Impressed with a strong conviction of the patriotism ofthe entire members of the Provisional Government , we are" loth to make any personal distinctions ; hut when we see one man specially singled out for denunciation and proscription by the enemies ofthe Proletarians , we think it our duty to call upon you to protect that patriot with your lives , if necessary . We are informed that the cowardly and infamous intriguers , who pretend to apprehend a 1 reign of terror / are themselves plotting to commence that' terror by demanding the assassination of vour true friend , Ledru-Rollin .
In all past revolutions the privileged classes , discomfited for a moment , have regained their power by assassinating the true friends of the people , See to it , men ot Pans , that this time there shall be no mistake ;—see to it , that the men who have devoted thenlives to vour service , find in your bodies a rampart against all assaults , and in your arms an avenging defence against their blood-thirsty
enemies . By abolishing the punishment oi death for political offences you have magnanimously spared the lives ofa host of traitors , robbers , and exterminators of the people , who well deserved the severest punishment ,- but we entreat you to bear in mind that if the enemies of Equality oppose conspiracy and force to reason and justice , and direct the weapons of assassination against the patriots whom you have elevated to the command ofthe Republic ,
it will be your duty to strike to the dust the intriguers and assassins , and mnke a terrible exmple of those who may attempt to prevent your political and social regeneration . Heroic brothers , the victory of February was but 'the beginning of the end . ' _^ reat tri als are before you , but by virtue , * ; energy , union , and confidence in yourselves , you may surmount all difficulties and defeat all your enemies . Be vi gilant , watch and work unceasingly , The regeneration of the human race
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depends upon you . _Brothers ! you will prove yourselves worth y ofyour glorious mission !
Salutation and Fraternity ! Vive k Republique ! _Signedjiythe Secretaries and members of the Council on behalf of the Association . Gr . Julian IIarnet ,- | Ernest Jones , _Charees Kee . y , Edwik Gill , Collin Reynard . i « . „ ., . _Hwrer _Baiiromp , - 1 * «« at _BritBIB . John Overton ,
IIbnby Cuild , Thomas Lucas , Mark L . _Buunis , ¦> , William Pebkibb _, \ p Alexander _IWuller j " rance Charles Mon , ) n Charles _Pmbsdbb , J Germany < Charles Schabelitz , 1 c ., , , " _Wuliam Krell , / * * _""tzerland , Pk teb Holm ) ,. . _GusrAvusLusn BERG , j 55 Cand " _" avia Ldois _Oborski , Poland . Francis Ntitrai , Hungary . t j Xk _HlhU * Bluhm , Russia . London , March 20 th , 1848 .
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_^ The Council assembled on Thursday evening , when the following Address was unanimously adopted : — THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . ' Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . '
Brethren , — -The columns of the Northern Star have already put you in possession of our Address to the Provisional Government of France , tha same means have also furnished you with the particulars of its presentation and reception . On u s now devolves the duty of congratulating _, you on the realisation of a wi 6 h expressed in that Address . The glorious principles of our Charter have been proclaimed by the Provisional Government . Those principles are about to be embodied in constitutional form by the National Assembly .
Thus does the success of the brave people of France encourage us to renewed , to untiring , to energetic exertion , for the obtainment of the Charter . Shall Englishmen remain the slaves of political and social ! misrule , now that France is free ? Shall we abide quiescent under the infliction of political tyranny and social spoliation , while our brethren of France are consummating their political ri ghts , and bursting the bonds of their social degradation ? In the name ofthe rall ying cry of . the French —in the name of those symbols to which the entire honest heart of France responds—in the
name of Equality , Liberty , Fraternity—we invoke you to cast from you the stigma that Englishmen " know their rights , but knowing , dare NOT maintain . " To the task , then , of political and social emanci p ation . Sign the National Petition * Proclaim everywhere the Charter . Prepare , in every manl y way , for the achievement of Ei ght , and the ovei throw of Wrong . Ton , the working classes , are an enslaved people . Political monopoly and social rapine are your binding fetters - . Burst these fetters ; every means equal to that end are justifiable . For an enslaved people , every acl tending to emancipation is liolv , is
magnanimous . Need we cite the acts of the noble Provisional Government , the chosen of the revolutionary and "Republican working men of France , as incentives to exertion on your parts ? Behold some of them in contrast with those of our imbecile and oligarchical Government . The sovereign people , in their magnanimity , have proclaimed , through their
generous Government , the abolition ox the punishment of death ! The servile apologists of judicial murder have , in tbe House of Commons , declared its permanence in these countries ! Monarcbial and oligarchical constitutionalism finds its befitting support in judicial murder . The mundane incarnation of hell is as relentless as its satanic archetype . To the greatness _nf the _sovereign people belong the attributes of mercy , justice , and fraternity ,
The Provisional Government , confident in the republican patriotism of all its citizens , have decreed the rights of citizenship to the soldiery of France . These will vote , therefore , for representatives to the 'National Assembly , whose duty it will be to give practical embodiment to the principles for which the people have bravely fought . lVhafc _^ think the soldiery of England of this ? Consistent with the enfranchisement of the
army , is the decree which abolishes flogging m the navy . Thus the soul-toned Government of the People have restored to these two important sections of the nation the rights of citizenship , and the dignity of manhood . Oh how the enlisted slave of our army , and the impressed sailor of the navy , must curse llie oligarchic rule , of wbich they are the victims and the tools , when they learn the emancipation of the soldiers and sailors of France ; and when they reflect , and feel , that to tbem , the cat-o-nine-tai ! s is still the "insignia of command , and the agency of obedience .
Though not oi those rensonevs , who limit their expectations of the benefits from Republican Institutions to the mere economy of Government expenditure , we , nevertheless , exultingly direct your attention to the acts of the provisional _'Government in this matter . To cite the instance of the Ambassador to this country will suffice . That functionary now receives 400 " . per year , instead 15 , 000 / . formerly paid . How would this salary comport > vith the dignified notions of the _Whijr Lord Normanb y ?
While the Provisional Government , on thc one liand , arc reducing the state expenses within the limits of Republican simplicity , on the other they are converting the Palaces of fallen brigand Royalty to the uses of the peop le . Tho Tuileries , once the royal residence of murderous monarch y , is now the hosp ital of the wounded defenders of liberty , and the barracks of the citizen-soldiers . If these measures of the Provisional Government , to which we have incidentally alluded , merit your attention , that of the organisation of Labour—the most momentous of alldemands your serious thoughts . What
important reflections suggest themselves to thc mind in contemplating this world-wide question . ' To organise Labour 1 To regulate the movements of the world ' s lever I Yes , Labour is the lever of the world . It _ia that whieh founds empires , and surrounds their princes with all the pomp of magisterial greatness * . It is that which reduces this greatness to the lovel of humanity . In a word , it is that which produces and accumulates all the material wealth of the world . But above all , and before all , it is _jioiy about to raise itself—to proclaim itsoivn ri ghts , as its works have ever testified , to its omnipotence .
We have here alluded to the glorious mission of Labour—in future addresses we shall enter * more into the minutia of its economy ; hut your _duty'is to applaud in all the circles in which you | move , the acts and intentions of the Provisional Government in reference to the rig hts of Labour . Every _success gained by your brethren of France in the acquisition of those rights is a battle won for you . Show yourselves , then , worth y of the victory . In your meetings—your workshops—your homes
—everywhere , defend the brave French _working classes against the vile aspersions and foul calumnies heaped upon them by the prostituted Press of England—the salaried apologists of the rapacious capitalists and tho soulless shopocracy . Those brave working men of France are daihvhourJy , watching and defending , and promoting the establishment of their political and social rights . Witness their responsive demonstration to the insolent threat ot the aristocratic portion of the National Guard . _^ Nearl y 200 . 000 proletarians | assembled , " in a
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f ew hours' notice , to the protection of the Provisional Government . Thus are we encouraged by the glorious _example of our French brethren .. Like efforts will be crowned with similar success . The march of liberty is from the west ; already has she prostrated the despots of Vienna and Berlin . Shall she smile on St Petersburgh ere she . frowns on the oppressors of England ? Once more , then , we urge you to energetic exertions . In the name of suffering humanity we demand the co-operation of Democracts in
all parts . We exhort you to sign , the National Petition , and to be prepared , in the event of that failing , with an address to the Queen , signed by millions , demanding the dismissal of her oligarchical ministers , and the delegation of the government to men who will make the Charter ' a cabinet measure . Arouse yourselves , working men " , of Great Britain , and tell the base , brutal , and blood y Times , that it liesperfidiously lies—in asserting that the Democracy of these countries is content with its oligarchical government—its bloodstained aristocracy—and its rapacious moneyocracy .
By order , und in the name ofthe Association of Fraternal Democrats . G . Jbu & n Harney , -, _Ebsest Jokes , Charles Keen , Edwin Gill , Collin Reward , ! Great Britain . Henry Baitkomp , John Overton , Henry Child , Thomas Lucas
, Mark h . Brurle , - * William Perhier , \ rv- „ na Albxander Muller , f rranc 9 _' Charles Moll , \ n Charles _Pfamdub , J ( jerman _** _' Charles _Scuabrliiz , 1 c „ _,-t , „ . i _„„ _j _William _Kkell , \ _Switzerland . Prter Holm . 1 o „„„ j- „ •„ _GouTivra _LuNDMEa , J Scandma _** , a Lovjis Obob . 8 Ki , Poland . Francis _JNsitrat , _Hungary , Phillip _Bluum , " Russia . London , Mareh 23 _? d , 1843 .
To The People.
TO THE PEOPLE .
King Billy Smith!—English Snobism—Crimes...
King Billy Smith!—English Snobism—Crimes of the Traitor of the Barricades .
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FRIENDS , _COUXTRYJIEN' AND BROTHERlS _, The time has arrived when every lover of his country and the rights of man should come forward and devote his energies—heart and soul , hand and brain—to the good work of mankind ' s regeneration . Thfi honpst landers nnd advisers nf the
people are too few , while knaves and intriguers abound . To strengthen the former and unmask the latter j and , at the same time , advance the cnufe of Labour ' s - political and social emancipation , will he the object of the letters I propose , with the editor ' s permission , to address to you , the people , weekly , in the columns ofyour honest and devoted organ—the " Northern Star . ,, ~
This country has'Jong been a refuge for destitute ' royalty . The glorious Revolution of 17 _& 9 sent the elder Bourbons to our shores , with a host of kicked-out , _beggar'd aristocrats , numerous as Egyptian locusts . The downfall of Napoleon and the i _e-imposition ofthe Bourbons , by the help of Pngl sh gold and Holy Aliance bayonets , upon _Fraice , relieved us from the presence and pluudevings of these royal and aristocratieal vagabonds . Some fifteen years elapsed , and down came the restored monarch y of France , hurled to the dust by the gallant but deceived heroes of July . Charles the Tenth again sought our shores , and the
ancient palace oi the Scottish kings ] was set apart for his lodgment . Lastl y , the glorious Revolution , which a month ago hurled the Janusfaced King of the Barricades from his throne , and _consumed the throne itself , has sent to us King " Bill y Smith , " with his cowardly , contemptible progeny . This worthy squad are now at Claremont , where they are likely to remain until the proclamation cf a Republic in Belgium shall compel our old friend Leopold to claim his old quarters , when , of coarse John Bull , or Jack Ass—whichever name you likewill have to find another lodging for the French _Faein .
No doubt , countrymen , you indulged youvselves with a hearty gu ffa w , when reading in the journals the account ofthe < f moving accidents by flood and field , '' which will render for ever memotahle tiie heroic flight of Louis Philippe , and his landing on this Isle of Snobs . Forced to decamp , even without his umbrella , we behold his ex-Majesty , with his whiskers shorn , arrayed right royally in a blouse and a pea-coat , with head-gear to match j the whole set off with a red and white comforter . Thus
disguised , " so that his own friends did not know him' '—certainly Lafayette would have failed to have recognised his "best of Republics "—Philippe the "First , and last , dodged out of of France , and dodged into England . Having the reputation of being the greatest swindler in Europe , the worthy bourgeoisie of Newhaven , Lewes and Bri ghton , could have no doubt that his ex-kingshi p ' s pockets were well lined , and , therefore , hastened to offer him their assistance . It is characteristic of
_Donr-^ _reow-benevolence , that the objects of its sympathy are always those who have plenty ; for those who have nothing , it generously provides bastiJes , skilly , and treadmills . Amongst the " Snobs'' of Newhaven , who begged and prayed to bo allowed the honour of feeding , clothing , and lodging the old sinner of the Tuileries , was tbe rector , the Rrv . Something Smith , who , doubtless if Jesus Christ were now on earth , without a place wherein to lay his head , would , under the laws of " vagrancy , " that is , poverty , send him to the treadmill . The reverend gent ' s card , with the name of " Smith" thereon ,
threw Louis Philippe into a . paroxysm of delight . "Mr Smith ! that is curious indeed and very remarkable that the first to welcome me should be a Mr Smith , since the assumed name was Smith by wbich I escaped from France ; and look , this is my passport made out in the name of William Smith ! " Can the force of bathos further go ? " Louis Philippe the 1 st , " the would-be founder ofa dynasty of kings , _flying , not from the vengeance , but the contempt , of the glorious people he had deceived , betrayed , and outraged ; his disguise a red and white comforter , an ;! his protection the assumed cognomen of Smith !
When Messrs " Smith , Brown , and Robinson" _welcomed Louis Philippe , they determined to play the part ofthe three tailors of Tooley street , by giving their welcome in the name of the people of England . The royal charlatan , nothing loth to play his part in this ridiculous farce , professed to accept tbe expressions of their condolence as " a manifestation of the Cf friendshi of the British people . '' Countrymen , the Snobs of Newhaven and Croydon lied , when they pretended to speak for the British people . You , my countrymen , hate tyranny—and , therefore , you detest and execrate the cruel but baffled tyrant , whom the heroic people of France have driven from their anil .
At Newhaven , the royal hypocrite , hying his hand upon Ms heart , said , "I have nothing to tax my conscience with , and nothing to reflect upon . '' If this were true , it would prove him to have a , most convenient conscience . If ever criminal deserved punishment here and perdition hereafter , such a criminal is Louis Philippe . Louis Philippe is the son of the notorious Duke of Orleans , or "" Citizen" Egalite , " as he called himself—a wretch " stained bv every
crime , and justly sent to the scaffold . In the year 1790 , Philippe became a member of the Jacobin Club , and on more than one occasion officiated as door-keeper at the sittings of that famous assembly . In the register of the National Guard he erased all his titles with his own hand , and wrote after his name— Citizen of Paris . When all emblems of nobility were abolished , Philippe declared that " he was too much the friend of equality * not to have received the decree with joy 1 ' When France , sick of the entire race , pro-
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nounced judgment against all the Bourbons " Egalite , " junior , saved _lumself from the fate of his worthy father by bidding adieu' to France and Frenchmen . Subsequently , he offered his services to Spain against his own country , but his offers were rejected . With the restoration of the elder Bourbons he returned to France , where , until 1830 , he spent his time in safely intriguing against his relatives , the then possessors of the French monarchy . Many foolish men suffered death to promote his knavish ends , but he kept himself out of harm ' s way .
The Revolution of 1830 enabled Louis Philippe to realise the object ef his life-long intrigues . Dressed en-bourgeois , with a cotton umbrella and tricoloured cockade , he induced lhat old [ fool , and very questionable "liberal , " Lafayette , to present him to the Parisians as " the best of Republics . " The people were ignorant—ras « cals , like Thiers , traded upon tbeir ignorancethe bourgeoisie were unanimous—the Republicans were overawed—and Louis Philippe hecame " _Citizen-King of the French / ' pledging himself " to surround his throne with Republican Institutions . "
His first act was to write a secret letter to the Russian Autocrat—a copy of which 1 have before me—in which he hypocriticall y spoke of the July Revolution , as a " catastrophe "* which he had sought " earnestly to avert j' ' and cringingly implored the protecting countenance of the Tzar , in return for hia ( thea plotted ) treason against the principles which had placed him at the head of the French nation . In his foreign policy he laboured most consistently to prove himself worthy of the regard of Nicholas . He betrayed Poland ; he betrayed the patriots of Spain , Italy , and Germany , and treacherously stilled the . propaganda of 1830 , which , but for him , would then
haye freed Europe . More recently he abani doned Cracow to Austria . He . intrigued against the liberal Pope . He united with Austria to create civil war in Switzerland , with the view of dismembering that country , and destroying its Republican Institutions . Lastly , to obtain a prospective throne for one of his sons he had recourse to the blackest arts of sin , as the poor Spanish Queen could testify . He jeopardised the peace of Europe , and brought shame and contempt upon France . His crimes were so enormous , that even his vile agents—his Ambassadors — destroyed themselves , or went mad through despair and femovHA of p . _onseiftncft .
He ruled France by corruption and terror . The number of Government Officials was four times the number ofthe electors . Votes in the Electoral Assemblies and the Legislature were regularly bought , __ and by such means a * * strong majority ' " in the Chamber of Deputies wag secured ever ready to declare the country * | i satisfied " with his infamous system . By the laws of September , and unceasing legal persecution , he fettered or crushed the Press . The right of association and public meeting , was utterly taken away . Police
spyism reigned triumphant . I can but allude to the blood y means By which he sought to establish his throne . Would to God that I had space at command to unfold in detail his sanguinary atrocities . I can only remind you ofthe massacre of the brave proletarians of Grenoble and Lyons , whose motto was— " to live working or die fi ghting . " I can but remind you of the slaughter of the Parisians at the funeral of General . Lam ' arque , when grape shot was poured upon the people , and move than six hundred victims slain . Louis
Philippe declares he bas nothing to tax bis conscience with ! Has he forgotten the murders in the Rue Transnonain ? Has he forgotten that his executioners fired upon prisoners in tbeir dungeons , shot unarmed men for their amusement , slew old men , pregnant women , and infants at the breasts of their mothers ? Has lie forgotten that even the sanctuary of the Church was not respected ? The _&¦ .: _w . ? o _:-5- of " order" murdered their victims ov ' : * : ; a _i . ' _ie ft _i-t . ¦•¦ ' v .: _o 1 ' itnr i Thp . s _" ;¦ : ' _.-. ,.. _, . - . ' -J ¦ _.- , - _¦¦ . ' ' - _'' . n . _!—u _^ _iv , _* to maintain _imsi '" iv i
-. ' _Sij ; _-p--. ' ; d ; i . _;;••> tin ; -, " ! -, n _? of manna ; : ; _:::- _jjmj ; p --. 'km . i iy _* _t * i ;;( "r-- r \ s r ) l ¦ Mont St Michael , DciflUitis , nnd St Peliit' . e , _werefilkd v ' . _- ., i u . _^ ::. - . - _¦¦ -t . >; .: * . i _. _m-. . _iV " _publicajis . In '' _.- _? >¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ l > i \ _- ? _.- . ! . ' ' b > ll tht . -y _:, id : 'uu , ca Buffered such _u-. _UuL' _« _, ; „ ,,. u mnny _dps-h'O _' . uu _themsel res or vent mad . Other * j > _rr ; Xw " ' : v inches . Oti . i" _-.-,. like ik _^ _- _'mc . ' _Ha--i .- ' ;• : ; , _s-ui-vl-qil the worst mahgul y of i : i > _,-ii' fvrant _, and aro now enjoying liberty and power , honoured hv their grateful countrymen , but they are broken in
body , destroyed in constitution ; tyranny has numbered their days _, nevertheless they have the satisfaction of witnessingtbc tyrant ' s disgrace , and the dawn of mankind ' s regeneration . Louis Philippe says "he has nothing to reflect upon !"• ' Not even the wives he has made widows , and the children fatherless ; to say nothing of those who , deprived of their natural protectors , have died of hunger , or fallen into the horrors of crime and prostitution ?
Louis Philippe ' s crowning crime stamps his name with eternal infamy . He encircled Paris with a girdle of forts , intended not for defence against foreign foes , but for offence against the people , whose rights he had filched from them . He studded the streets of that capital with barracks , guard houses , and other depots for troops . He brought a hundred thousand soldiers into the city , exclusive of the National Guard , and his mercenary butchers—the Municipal Guard . tie thought himself strong enough to forbid the Banquet , and
"Lot loose the dog 3 of war , " and he did so . Blood flowed in torrents . Hundreds of the people werekilled or wounded . But the hour had struck . The mass of the soldiers and National Guard refused to fight against the people . Tha Proletarians carried all before them , and the Orleans d ynasty went down into the " blackness of darkness" for ever . The tyrant failed and fell ; but be it never forgotten , that had the troops been faithful to him , he would have destroyed half the people of Paris , and doomed the rest to a state of hopeless slavery . The blood of every patriot slain in the Revolution rests upon his head .
Truly did the AbbeGregoire exclaim— " The history of kings istliemavtyrology of nations ! ' " If ereiy hair o Louis Philippe ' s head could pour hleod , were strict justice done upon him , that blood would he doomed to flow . But the French people , magnanimous in their terrible power , have spared his life , that he may live the scorn and contempt of Europe , with the hatred of every people , and even the mockery of his former flatterers poured upon his head" The laughter of triumph , the jeers of tho world . "
When in every other land the voice of the people rises to Heaven in execration of the defeated tyrant of France , shall England be an exception ? No . ' You will declare with me , that were Englishmen free—free as they are resolved to become—this land should " be no refuge for cast-out tyrants ; on the contrary , England ' s statute book should declare that"He who oppresses one nation , is the declared enemy of all ; and those who make war on a people to arrest the progress of liberty , and to annihilate the rights of man , ought to be pursued everywhere , net as ordinary persons , but as assassins and brigand rebels . " L' AMI DU PEUPLE .
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BRADF & nD . —Tho procession for Gfilstead Moor camp meeting , will meet in the large room _oftko Land Office , en Sunday roorniu ? , at ten o ' clock , and from then ce proceed , at half-past eleven , to the place ofmeeeting . , _ „ The _Cuabtists of _M-incheator-road , Bradford , will meet at the Yorkshire Divan , on Monday evening , at ; eight o ' olock , to elect a committee . The Members of the Land Company will meet in their roon ? , on Sunday nest ( to-morrow , ) at six o ' clock in the evening . Halifax . —A camp ooafc Moor on Sunday ,
the atternoon , when mr a . liy _^ w _^ o _^ _tfft _^ _Massr' _Ruahton of Ovenden , _BowdrSjMsJaj _^ _sSdtSr * _# fi _§» _f 8 «| Halifax , will _addreas the ni _^ _Kifry _^^| e _^ 5 ' _^' « _iwaM tho _Ohartiafc Association 'fa _^ i _^ I _*^^**! quested to meet at Nichols _* _TS _^ e _* f _|^^^ lH Broad-street , Halifax , at _^& o ] _iSMM ! m mM _sJaftf'v
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25031848/page/5/
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