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- '^ ~~ FRANCE . Tfce journal 5 announce fonr more Reform diHEers , --at c ^ alons-sur-Saone , Grenable , Rocen , and r . ^ lne At Chalons the cumber ef subscribers ex-V 1 , 700 ; at Grenoble , 1 . 100 . At Bonea 1 . 800 ^ Kons were present . Among them were tweut ? KinVeSi * electors , and nearly 400 citizens j ; W » to seats in the Chamber . Th ° Pa " P ? ers ind » £ tJ&nUy advert to % measure tf Vcfa the Ministry adopted en Thursday . Some niin Poli * refugees , after presentiRjr Princ 9 Adam mr fnriski , oa the occasion of hxaf&e day , with a services to teeir
nc-dal cr . mmemcirauve of ms cause , ifsd determined oa giving him a dinner . it La Msriw ' s restetnw ! , in Rue Richelieu . An hour only hrfnreths banquet was to teke place the police prebibittd it , and when the company arrived ( it mdadedtbe Fiince ' s family . Prince Sulkowski , Count cjabSewski , and tkeir ladies ) they found the doors Ived . S-ach as renierahsr the first years that fel-3 wed the revolution of ISSO . and watch the wrote-Stnary feeling now reviving m Fraaee , will consider this pwafe * very rash one . It is ascribed to an Inxietv on the part "f the Court to gratify tee Ruscy > irorernment , and the imputation will obtam the note credence as the Commerce ad cs that sixtj Poles , sslectad amenr thoseiwho feep up the most active intercourse with their country , Have just been deprived of the pecuniary support which France affords b » niM 3 ? political rales . t
a __ ______ The Fr neb . Chimbers wers opened on Tuesday by Ws-PailJppe , in cerson . The following are extrsrtsfroni the worthless speech ef the Ciuzsn-King . Cektlesss , Psebs ass Depcties , —I am happy on £ 9 . 3 'u < : my « l ' * again among , you not to have tiny more t ^ f . p ? ore " tiiB MraiaitU * which the high price ofpwi-^ ons ansiaSScted-cra oar country . Prance has endured jj ^ ai uiife a cosraga that I could nst behold without deep a- >* 5 on . Xevtriasuch circumstances hare public order gtid the freedom <> f transactions been bo general !; main-**? * K tpSCial bill will be proposed * o J ea for reineiBp the wice of salt , -End diminishing the postsge oh letters to a |; ~ ee compatible with the good state of onr finances . li 1
Bills on public instruction , prison discipne , sn . our c 3 » -oa « ttfifis are already submitted to jour delibera-!? jr ; Othtr bills shall be presented to you on various Ppartotsabj-cts , psrtirnlsriy on commercial property , j _ 3 r ; f 8 KJ , the Most de Ficte , and the applieation of ssrnssbanks to fresh improveiaents in the condition of ^ e wcrfjing classes . It Is my constant wish that my £ _ T { nlEent Should labour , with jour co-operation , in aerdppras fit ttse same tise the morally and the welfare Oi tbep ?* -: ! --Kj-relations with all file foreign powers give me the eaa&fcnce tbat the pesos of the world is secured . I hope tisttbe p-o ^ ress of general civilisat ion will be everj . « S ;; re accomplished 1 ? a good uaderstanaing between -orarnments and p «?? le , without impairing internal CTCEr and the good relations between state * .
Ciril v > ar has disterbsS the happiness of Switzerland . ^ ypoverniEcnt hsd ^ ome to an understaadine with the jorernraeats r . f Ectland , Austria , Prussia , and Rs « r . 3 , £ a order Ja offer tfcat neighbouring- av . 4 friendly people Hi amicable roedisfion . Switzerland win , I bops , acknowled ge this ? respect for the rights of all . anH the Oiiatecsnce of tbs basis of the Helvetic Confederation , esnslose 5 n = nrcto htr those endariog conditions-of haprdcess ana strurRy that Europe frislied to gasrantee to jj-rtytrcaiiea . ^ « = ? Gentlemen , tie more I advance in life the more 13 ecicate with derotednf-ss to the service of Frasce , to the
{ Ere of hf r interests , disni ' y , and hsppiHess , all the aetiritv snd strength whic ' - . God has givea , sni still vouchc » fe » ne . At = »^ st the asitatioa that hostSe and Hind _ ) = f « s- - » ns fntnsat , 8 convictionanSnates tnd -supports me , trhichis that we possess in the constitutional moHsrcby —in the cnion ef Jfce great powers of the State , sure jneass off overcoming all those obstselw , and t >{ satisfjis- all int-zvsts , moral , snd mattri ; . ! , Let os firmly naintain , sccordfog to the cfcarter , the public liberties tea ? . ll their dere ! ope « ients . We shall transmit nninipjiiedto tte generations thsfmay come after us the trust ccnaied tc xis , and they will bfcss csfer having fonnded ini dsfenSjd the edifice ns £ er shelter of which they will
lire happj ana . , , ,. , Sationa ] guards and t ? w » p 5 ct tee line were drawn upon both sides ef the way the whole distance from the Toileries to the Palais Bourbon , whilst on tbe Place dela Concorde , sttaag detachment of mnnicipsl guards kept back the crowd of speetatera as far a ; the first fountain . The speech produced an unfavonrable impression on tbe Bourse . The more that tiesptesh was read and discussed , ihe . more gloomy Lecasna'tte Bourse .
PORTUGAL . 2 HkLT 3 O ? WED PiLHEKSTOS ' s IKIEKVESmS ^ Li-bds , Dec . 15 . The election of depaties for ihe province of Eft ! tmacar » i including the districts of Lisbon , Leiria . a ^ d Santarem , commenced on Sunday , and closed yesterday , at the municipal chamber of this tiy , with a result ftr wiiich yea have been alreadj pfepsred . The Cabrsiista list was unanimously adopted , the Septenibrirtas hatin ? retired from the poll , aid the Miaisterisl candidates not having been able to command more than three or four , or , at the nost , a half-fi' »> n votes . 3 n the other provinces of fee kiasdoni . sirciiar proceedings look place at the snme time : bat tfcsasrh vro are not officially
acquainted with the c !« se of the el-ctjpns , we have no doubt tbat in all places the Cabralista triumph i 3 complete , and tbat the 'Septsmbristas have acted in accord with the Lisbon Committee , and refused to Tste . The correspondent of the Tmes , notorious for his anti-democratic -sentiments , admits that dl Portugal is one rotten bordnjh , and the govern-Eent that ba 3 power , or the faction that possesses Maenee , can came all the 'geputics with as much « ase as before the Reform Bill the proprietor of O'd Sarum conW select hta representatives . I am fully tsars that the law is most defectivo , and that the
whole proceedings are a mockery of constitutional riihis , " Us adds : — 'I see already ^ sjmptoms of the coming storm , and I m-: st anticipate that ( he defeated Septeabristas and Realistas will appeal , vie Ion ? , to another tribunal of one-sided Cortes . I hope sincerclv that my views are erroneous , and that Portugal " ia not again doomed to undergo the ¦ horrors of civil war , bnt I-ean see no other alternative for the Patulea to adopt , as theymu ^ . t either submit to the government of their adversaries , cr ressrt once more to that appeal ichich tvowld have inn-ia the last instance crowned vAth tuceeis , if tie English feti had ™* kOarfbred . at Oporto . '
By the arriva of the Iberia , at Southampton , on Thutscaj , we leaj-n that tha Portuguese cabinet Tesignsd ' on the 16 . h . A new ministry was imme-• diaiely forae ^ , " under the pr-esidtney of the Duke of Saldauua . The whole of the new ministry are of fcerarfr of Costa C 2 br . 1 L
SWITZERLAND . Tfleefectir-H fur the Grand Council of Frifeonrg , tecentSy concluded , plvesalarg © preponderance to the RaSkal party . They ha ^ e fifty members , the ehurch party eight , and the middle men ( cr timid politicians , " as the Radical papers deseribs them ) Essnbef-Sfteen . Messrs Mnbeim snd Cathri bace been elected gc-$ tties ta the Diet for Uri . They are hoth liberal , t"t th » £ rst namrd is said te fee a moderate man . Be 2 se , Dec . 19 . —The election of the Council of Sfeee f ; T Lncerae took place yesterday . Most oi the elected are Radical ? , including three mambere cf the Corps Francs—Martin Arnold , Edward Stuseder . and Dr Stei ; er . ¦ . 1
IL lujg-cas elected Aroyer for ISIS by fifty-seven « at of ei-ihtf-five voices . The election would prolab , y Saw-filien upon Dr Steiger , bnt he positively reftis ed to bs pn : in nomination for it . II . C&sirair Pfvff , t- wagiilaeted President of th ? € oart of Appeal , SEd Ji ' . Jao- 3 fa § er , Chancellor ; the latter was se-« retarv- « if tbe Court of Appe&l under the hie re-$ Bie . " \ k £ ts : ger fias been eleeted deputy to the lSri . Ljwer UfltewraMen bw new eleekd its deputy in fee peiv . ^ us Landamann Wursch , a moderate Liferal . i ;; y ^ &r Caterffalden has already warned M . Hiehe ! as " » ts < 2 epfiir . . ., „ A ktt * r i * k » c 3 Milaa of the 23 rd , given ir . the Fe-Becil Gtz tie jef Sniterlaud , acnonnees that Central Saii vSs £ lie , Col . Eigger , aad aw sens , tave received esiployment in the Austrianmskv . The correspi srfent of the Times , speakicg of the canton of SW < 2 ,-s&vs : — . ... to
ItU a sin -alar " - ^ V « ith regard peeple-of ihis tanton , tha ^ -on the SStc . of November ( before tee taSicg ofLnBsrat ) th-pop « 6 ce Wroed out sga . n « t the Sesx&Lt , kote tU the doors a . «* windows of their conreat , aad ttarsn . acke 4 and di «< w ' - * toalbs of t&e dead - Itnay b . gucstionsdw ^ e *« r the people knew exa « tlj &t -t position a- j fi what t VST ^ ereJto fight for whea tiie « - ftatcia fiedarrf war sgai "< w 4 ' *« Di--t- fGr thepiwrn . Offiti of the resp ^ ctlra t - *^ = ns 6 t"ict 3 y prohibited * k publications of all th . " » sPtKorials and procla-^ Sliaaf of the Diet-drawn « S ? iu a P acific . nmaiaiory tplrit aoteri 0 r to *« sfloption of nu-^ ^ bj thepM > I 6 of Lacerae f /« ^ , «* " * ° f f e / t 4 H , i arm ; wheR th were VH ^ d * a the walk *? 4 read bv thoasaad * . This is a ia « ^ c an tpcfik to as ^ - ^^ oto knowledge . , .. , Ths ftJloMrine address to the Diet LV & «•? l ent b f
^ ^ ainetand Michdtt , the ocle bt *^ ^ rencn Proresarg ; _ rO THE JSEHBEES OF THE BEIVETIC . WE * - ^ Phased to secept the congratulations a «<* * ne to-? S ° ' tw o nen who were the first t « oj . pot «« = * helr ^ ° swmrj the enemj jeu have just driven fro . * foars - * We ttore thau ourselres can rejoice st this \ irtsry , w aste admire the modtratioa with which ithas fe *« CCEJaci ^^ t-u » alla * e con 5 ols ( J France ! Fathers , ancestors , at * % ta ^ ' * ° f Htpablican Lb : riy and ef the future govero-V .. / SwitierlaBd , conticse ta prejent to the world ^ faltradition . ' ti ft . CalBbr I » i Peland , snd other part * of the world tfeifr 11 * ttft tloud ° ' our nart 5 r 8— tho niar *? 18 of &Ltt ~ lSltiaS * itz * ll * ° * > where ubert r ^ B * triumt «« ta re " nsilher ^ oo ^* 1163 H ( T « ol « nce , end peace ft ^ '• Ia « h « feet kt ftllM « a&d acknowledge tie
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That Ottr enftaie * , Ja tie eon'clousnees of thei ? r « &l weakuesi and their imminent rain , thoaid show them . selras farious and barbarouB , is a thing easily to bo son . ceiled . Bat for ourselves the future is our certain heritage—neither contention acr war can distort ) the tra& . quiUity of onr hearts . Hay you perterere I Show yoursslres sup « rior alike to tbe oooflict and to tha Tictory ! By this great example lay the foncdation of a new law for Europe . Let your triumph over yourselves mark a maffnea'mous era . You feel just restntments , bat you will suhdue them . Those among yon Tfho hate suffered most may enjay the glorious priTilega of being the first to forget . If we , jour admirers , whose hearts have fought in the sama cause with you , may hi permitted to allude to oursrlves , we wculd ssy that having both been oceapieu in writing the revolutions of France and Italy w « have in common d . rived iiiEtraetioa from that studj .
The reign of terror appeared to as like a steep stair , case of which it is impossible to descend the first step without descending all , and the last step is the abyss . In the nama of fraternity descend not the first step ! Should any reaction break out , the Sovereign Counoil , so « ise in the employment of force , would snow the same prudence in limiting its abuBs , The national unity which you seek and desire would , as well as humanity he compromised by any partial violence . Men of Smt = crlan < 3 , cement your unit ? hy clemency ! We are With , respect , your devoted brothers , E . Qcinet , ProftsFOr in the College de France , T . Micsem . t . Professor in the College de France Paris , Dec . , 1 S 47 . GERMANY .
Annuiiex w ? he Ck ^ orship op Bavabu . —A joyful s- nsaiion was ere ated in Munich on the evening of the 16 th ult ., by the unexpected announcement that the King of Bataria , of his own free will , had decreed thst freta . the 1 st of Jannsry , 1 S 4 S , the censowhip of tha prcs * , as resards the int « r « al affairs of t ! ' 6 kisfdoja , was to be aboUshed . The royal decree bears the date of December lotfa . 1847 , is sijaed by the Einr , snd countersigned By the Prince of Gtttingea-Wallerstein acd the other ministers . The importance of the victory of Swiss Radicalism is ackr . owletiged on all aides . A correspondent of the Djuit News writing from Vienna , after having stated some interesting fsctsconcerning thepregres of Liberjlumin Hungary and Bohemia , adds : —
The Vienna triumvirs do sot , howirer , underrate the difficulty of their position , nor are they blisd to the con * sequences of their persisting in thtiru 6 ual policy , That it wiillead to bloodshed is beyond doubt if they persist . For the victory in Switzerland will inspire a wish once more to tij the strength of the liberal cause , and preparations are making to uphold the old system by force Of arm ? . Reg iments are equipping and completing on all sides .
ITALY . Roue . Dec . 14 . —After a Ion ? and stormy debate in the Vatican parliament , yesterday , the hall came to a m ; ist important to te ^ , by a majority of twe « ty to four , decided that all its deliberations , speeches 1 , acts and individual votes , should be published , and nothing kept unknown save oa the occurrence of ' mest urgent motive 3 . ' With the exception o'the Roman Advertises and the stupid old Buhio , all the Roman newspapers rejoiee in the downfall of the Swiss Sonderbund , and vindicate the measKres of the new eantonal government . It is well known here that -all religious orders have not been sent out of Fribonrg . we happening to knowtfeat in that town there are atthi 3 moment Francisan an > i Augustinian friars , mouks of Si Bernsrd , Carthoslans , sister Cappuccines , VisitandiRe ? , Ursulines , and hospital nuns , all in full oopularitv .
The Ci'VEiER db Maes tiixK has the following cor . respnndeDce : — 1 infermedysuin tny preceding letter of the demon , stration wnich took place uniler the windows of the consul of Swifzf rland , in consequenee of the defeat of : he Sonderfeund , and I gpnke of tbederp annoyance which itcaused to Pius IX . Some lines of disapprobation have heen sisce published in the Diaeso by tbe government . Yfslsrday ercning a writing appeared , ^ gned bv Pistro Qtraltii , av . ry learned and respectable m-n . exhorting his fellow-citizens to moderatioa aad prudenee . He inrei ^ bed frith force against the manifestations of the night of the 3 rd alt ., aad conjured the citizens fo be on tlicir guard against ail instigators to trouble , who are alwars ready , he ob « ms , to teizs on the slightest
pretext to bring on a civil W 3 r . This proanction had scarcely got into circulation when a conaidirable crowd ofyonegmen collected tojether , and hurrying to the publiccriere . fjrcea it from their hands , and tore it in pieces . They then harst out into vociferations against the author , and sgainst tbe Jesuits . As the outcry continued some persons proposed to go and burn doTruJ&e ftrinting-offiee whence tfce writing had issued . Torches were then procured , and the Crowd Wtre prOCetQlDg tO > wardflthcirin ' . ins-onice , when numerous detachments Of the civic guard arrived and prevented them from goinR further . The same evening , ahouttleven o'clock , the Transteverias attempted to excite frtsh disorderp . Tne Lieutenant Colonel < rf Carbineers hurried to Cardiaal Ferretti , who oriered tho drums to be beaten , and ordering oat dragoons and other troops dispersed the
crow :, Italian journals brins word of the death of Napolenjj * -s widow , Maria Louisa , Dachess of Parma and Piacenrs , who expired st Parma , on the 17 d \ ult . The principalities of Parma . Piacetza , and Guastalla will now pass to ihe Duke of Luces , under the terras of the treaty of Vienna cf 1815 . It appears that the dar after the-death of the Arehdechess the people gathered before the Palace , crying' Viva Reform ! ' and that a deputation went up to the regency and presented an address , demanding a new Constitution , with various reforms , and the organisation
of a 'National Guard . ' The Piedmostesb Gazeiiz alea states tfeat a serinna riot took place at Lueea on the Sth ult . Disturbances are said to have alse taken place at Modena , owing to the Duke ' s refusal to enter the projected Italian Cssioms League . At Kaple ? , on the 16 th ult— according to a letter of that date ia tbe Joebsalbbs Debate , a riot of apolitical nature tonk place , which required the interference of the military . Several of tne rioters were severely wounded ; two gendarmes were serious y hurt ; another had been killed ; a police soldier had a ! so been slain , and two more were sufericg from dan-W-rous wounds .
Considerable excitement prevailed among the populaco of Genoa en tbe 19 th nit ., respecticg the continned presence of tiie Jesuits in that city . A popular manifestation in approval of the triumph of the cause of the Swiss Diet , similar to that which took place some dsya previously at Rome , was enacted at Florence en the 9 ; h u ! t . The Alba of the 10 th nit . gives the following particulars : — Last sveninp a popular demonstration took place on the occasion of the triumph of the Helvetic Diet . Above 50 , 000 people collected on the Place da Cathedrale , and from theece marched ia platoons down the Eue fies Cornervniers , the Dueal Place , the Hue deB Serragli , maintaining silence all fbe irej until they cama to tbe house of M . Drouin , of Geneva ; there several natives of SwitzErlaud resident at Florence had collected . All the windows were illuminated . The crowd then shouted ¦ mth enthusiasm in favour of ihe Helvet . c Die ? , ih < = i » - dependrr . ce of the Confederation , the expulsion of the Jcsni'e aid the FraternHj et Nations .
M . Drouin presented himself at the window ; , eot roanded by bis friendF who wavrd flags aad raised cheers for' Italy , '' Leopold II ., ' and the Fraternity of Katieng . ' A deputation then advanced to M . Drouin , oneof the members of which spoke as follows : — Sir —Tbe people of Florence are desirous ef manifesting their joy on the subject of tbe triumj-b of tfce Helvetic Diet acd the Federal arms . As there is no legal representative of Switzerland at Florence , it is to you , in your capacity of pastor , tbat they have thought it right to address their felicitations . We consider th »
triumph-of the Diet as tbat cfthe principles of legality and nationality ; we lament tbat this triumph ehoald hacebeen obtained at the price of s contest between brothers ; we do not applaud any party , but a principle . A noxioc « weed had gronn up ia the glorious fields of Horgarten and Seropach ; the weapons of the Confederation has rooted it up ; snd peace smiles again in Switzerland from the Alps to the Jura , from tha Raone to the Kbiae . May this popular demonstration bind more Closely together tbe ties of fraternity , which should unite sil tbe natiGns of tbe earth , and insure the triumph of
1 bertv and netsoaality . ' M . Dronin briefly replied , and the crowd tffter a » ain cheering , retired in an orderly manner . On the 17 th the Pope held r . secret consistory , at which 20 Spanish archbishops and bishops were nominated . On this occasion the Pope is reported to hate expressed his deep regret at the defeat of the Catholic union in Switzerland . These sentiments appear te have created considerable nneasiness among the Liberal party in Rome , who imagine that his Holiness is no longer so ardent anadmireref reform as he was supposed to be a lew months ago . The process against the leaders of ihe demonstration , srbieh took place in Rome some time ago , in i ' afoar of the Swiss 3 jiet » was ab » ut to commence . One of the persons fom .-rotniscd in ; th . Es affair , is the eon of the celebrated Cicer . racehio .
_ Prince Metteraich fcas addressed two notes , eoathed in similar term ? , one to the British govcrnza » nt , and tfce second to bis M-jesty Louis Piiilippe , apprise them that the Esperor of Austria baa detefjased to' increase ' the number of his troops ia the kingdom oi Venetian Lombzrdy .
UNITED STATES AJO MEXICO . LlTER ? 0 OL , MOTOAT . -We receiud this morning at an esrJj hour , Boston papers cf the o-ault ., aad New York rftfee itii uit ., by the arnvalof the Boston packet-snip Mary Ann , Captain H . A . ratten . By an arrival at New Orleans , on the 24 : b AOT ., advices had been received from ^ era Croe to tfae 18 th , and Mexico to the 9 th of November . A large train , numbering 600 , vrLicfa teft Menco oa the 1 st ol November , arrived at Vera Croz on the loth without molestation , save a few dhots . Hill's company at Rio Frio , snd General ^/ ¦* Piiebla , had been active ferreHpg out bannts of the ' tfflai Nothing positive is known of the whereiLi ^ o ^ ants Anns . Many believe he H * c « ted t ^ v ^ szs&
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between his troops and a inebheaded by prieats . In the action General Aapndia and many others of Farias ' s party were killed . The church party &as victorious . Paredss is at Tulacingo , and has openly pronounced in favonr ef sionarchy . seoended by tho garrison at Mazatlan . Some of the Mexicans have still an unaaetichable hatred for the Americans , and express no desire for peace . An anti-war meeting had been held at Cineinnatfi on the 24 th Nov ., at which resolutions strongly con . demnatory of the war , as ' unjustifiable , unnecessary , and uuconBtitaUonal , ' were unanimous ' y agreed to . Bv the arrival ef the Prince Albert at Plymouth on Friday , we learn that the Hob . R . CWinthrop , 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 . GREAT PDBLIC DBMONSTRATION IN SBff YORK IS SUPPORT OF POPB PIU 3 AND ITALIAN LIBERTY . ( Abri d ged from the New York Tribdne of Nov . 30 th , 1847 . ) Last evening the Tabtrnacle was filled to its utmost capacity by an attentive , an enthusiastic aildience , assembled on the occasion of a public demonstration by the American People of sympathy with the beneficent and benign measures of the present occupant of tha Pontifical Throne—Pics the Kinth . On tbe Btaeo were many eminent penllemetta monc thfm the Mayor of the City , Bishnp llushee , Rev . DrPisc , Hon . C . C . Cambreleng , with a number ef Members of Congress .
Several military oompatSes ^ ere also prascofr ^ -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 waa' ooened by Robert IIocak , Esq . who , prefaced the reading of the call with a few aopropriate remarks . The occasion , said he , appeals not only to our cherished sympathies as a mass , but to snr feelings as citizens of the freest Republic that ever existed . We should prove recreant to our glorious deptiny if we did notteetify our sympathy with the progress o £ Freedom in other lands—and particularly in Italy , whose liberty owes its being chiefly to that person who drew his first breath in fair Italia ' s genial air and sunlit clime : Pius the Ninth . ( Applause . ) lie aims to make Italians freemenand { we , the freemen of the fair dfitnain of America , appreciate his efforts to enlarge the civil and political privileges of his people .
Dr Uogan then read the call , mentioning that t " it were appended the names of over 700 of the mfist distinenished citizens of this metropolis . He closed by movinic that His Honour the Mayor be chosen Cliairmna of ihe meeting—which motion beinj ! seconded by Henei Gbiksill , Esq . was adopted , and Mr Bradt , on assuming the chair , briefly addressed the meeting in sab 3 tan . ee a 9 follows : —The occasion which calls us together ia one of great interest . The eyes of the whole woild are turned to Italy with the Ereate&fc anxiety , and this demonstration is the
most appropriate that could be made by Republican America to express her sympathy with tbe eSorts of the present Pope—who deterred neither by the machinations of the wicked , nor the imaginings of tke timid , strives to secure to his people the inestimable blefsirjgS of freedom . Let US tender to him evklenee of our cordial sympathy and hearty co-operation with hU beneficent endeavours . Distant as are the lands of Italy and America—wide as is the ocean that rolls betweeR—yet this our evidence of r . eutfolt sympathy will reach their ears , and bo wafted bnck . to us with the blef sings and tbe tears of a happy and prosperous people .
A host of vice-presidents and secretaries were then elected , after which Mr Devereux read lengthy and interesting letters , apologising for non-attendance , from Ex-Prosident Van Bnren , Hon . George M , Dallas , Vice-President of the United States ; Ron . Reverdy Johnson , Ex-Governor Seward , Hon . Thomas II . Benton , the Venerable Albert Gallatin , lion , John C . Spencer , Hon . ' Edward Everett , H . n . Rufus Choate , Hon . Washington Hunt , Governor Pennington , Chief Justice Hornblower , General Gaines , and several other distinguished gentlemen . All the writers breathed the most fervent aspirations ( or 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 . Tejeuxe . It was us follows : — .
TO HIS HOLINESS POPE F 1 TJ 5 IX , Venerable Fathee—The people of ( hete United States have observed with profound interest the circumstances which attended and the events wkich have fallowed your elevation to the penti 6 cate—aa interest which has ripened into sympathy and unmeasured adml . ratios . On behalf of a portion of this people , we tender you an expression of ' tbose sentiments of regard and emphatic approbation which are cherished by all . We adCress ' you not as Sovereign Pontiff but as the wise anil humane ruler of a once oppressed and discontented , now well-governed and gratefully happy people . We unite in this tribute , not as Catholics , which some of
as are while the greater number bts not , but as Republicans snd lovers of constitutional freedom . Recent as is our national origin , wide as is the ocean which separates our beloved land from your sunny clime , we know well what Italy was in the proud days of her unity , freedom , and glory—what the has since been nhile degraded by foreign rule and internal iissensiop . —and we have faith tbat a lofty and benignant destiny awaits her when her people shall again be united , independent , and free . In the great work of her regeneration , we hail you as a Heaven-appointed instrument ; and we ardently pray that your days may be prolonged until ycu shall witness the consummation of tbe wise and beneficent policy which is destined to render your name immortal .
But , Venerable Faiher , we know wll that the path you have chosen is cue of extreme difficulty and p > ri ) . Our own immediate ancestry struggled through an age of daugeis and privations to achieve and consolidate tbe blessings we now eo eminently enjoy , though favoured with a leader such ashas rarely been vouchsafed apeople Btriring to be free . In the world we now inhabit , it is divinely appointed tfcat virtue shall be tried by adversity , 3 Bd tfeat enduring g'ory , like freedom , « h&ll be accorded only to such as by nnshak-. n fortitude , no lees thna courageous effort , prove themselves worthy of t > . e pre . cioui boon . We . therefore , the countrymen of Wash , ington and Franklin , of Adams and Jefferson , are well aware that you did not enter upon the course you have chesen without a deliberate renunciation ef ease , of security , and of aristocratic favour . We know that you must have already resigned yourself to encounter the
machinations of the crafty , the hatred of the powerful , and—most painful of oil—the misconceptioas of the wellmeaning but deluded . Wo know that you mast bare calmly resolved to encounier the untiring hostility and drea 4 of all the ui'jast or tyrannical rulers who assume to lord it over any portion of the f . iir Italian peninsula —all who fancy that social oraer connst 6 in the mainte . nance for themselves of those conditions of luxury and sloth ia which they have hitherto uselessly existed—sll wh » fear or selfishly affect to fear , that religion mast perish if not upheld bj the fleeting Ireatb of emperors and kings . And , more formidable than all than these , you must have girded yourself to encounter , and by God ' s help to overcome , that fickleness and ingratitude of multitudes just released from benumbing bondage which could clhmour in the Wilderness te be led back to the ficeh-pots of Egypt—which among tbe cotemporaries find even tho followers of our Saviour could leave Him to
bear in solitude tbe spony of His Cross—nnd flinch in your ease , we apprehend , will yetmanifrst itself in unreasonable expectations , extravagant hopes , impetuous requirements , snd la murmuiiags thatnotbing bas been earnestly intendcd bemuse everything has not already been accomplished . That you will be guided ned shielded from on High , in discharging the transcendent respousibiliUes of jour position , we will nnwaveringly trust . And ) Venerable Father , dark as the clouds which envelope the present may be , we do know that the sunshine « -f 'bs future will overpower and dispel them . To say nothing here of tbe clear assurance , fast anchored by the Eternal Throne , that no generous deed or endea . ultimate
vour ean ever be really defested or fail of its reward , we assure you , from joyful experience , thai Ihe blessings of constitutional freedom far outwolg h nil the perils and sufferings through which nations advance to their achievement . Shert as our national life has yet been , it has already demonstrated to every thonghtful observer the immense superiority of liberty to despotism , ac an element of Rational growth and social well-being ; it bas shown that the rights of persons and property may be better secured under a government which guarantees rights and powerg to all than under any other ; that the agitations and acts of violence which ere incident to human frailty or injustice under any forra of government are far lees frequent under eurs than any other ; and that whatever dangers mov Qssail or threaten us have
their origin not in an rxoesg of liberty but the contrary . So much , at least , wo feel that we are amply jOfi ' . ified in sayinj , in Ticw of jour position , the perils it braves and the anticipations it justifies . In defiance of superficial appearances , we do not npprehend that the mailed cohorts of despotism nro abeut to bs set ia motion against joa . The age In which we live is one of moral rather than-physical warfare—in wbicti the artillery of the press commands and silences that of the camp , —In which opinion is more potent than bayonets . We trust , therefore , tbat ngsfnut sbj dirtet and open resort to force and bloodshed , you are shielded
i by tbe panoply of good mtus approbation and . syropa thies thr ughuutthe length and breadtb of Christendom . But should these expectations be disappointed , let the rash aggressor beware . The first shot fired in 6 uck a contest will reverberate from every mountain , summoning the brave and noble from every clime to stand forth against injustice and oppression—to battle for freedom and mankind . In such aconteit , no one familiar with the history or diameter of tha American people enn donbt that their sympathies will be active and not wholly fruits" . That ItaIy wil 1 " * spared the devnata ' ' Ccrisvndom the guilt aod tcanda ! of such a cofiteBt , we will fc ° t harbour a doubt ; but in any ewe wo will rr tea t ibis tjstewtoM feetats « jtfiB 4 & 4 iDl «*
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tion with which you are regarded by twentj millions o pwple will not have been wholly in tain . We are Venerable Father , yours most truly . IE 8 OLOTIOS 8 , 1 . That we regard with tbe highest interest the progress of free institutions in all countries ; and specially ia one to wbiub wo are bo much Indebted as to Zw ' y , whose laws and whose military nnd civil polity have penetrated the institutions of half the msdern world . 2 . That the past history and the f'esent condition of the Italians have made them the orgeats of psculiar in . terest with nil Christendom . The ren&wn of ancient Rome—the glory of the Republics of the middle apesthe arts of modern Italy—tho monrnful history of W struggles and her Bufferings—have wade her fate an ob . j ° ot of especial eolioitudo with nil scholars , all lorers of the beautiful , all admirers of heroie deeds , snd all Republicans . ______
8 . That no fresmaH can look coldly on fte present struggle of the Italians for national independence and constitutional liberty ; ( hat our hearts have bten with them since the first moment when tbe cry ef frepdom was uttered ; and will beat for them until all Italy is free , from Calabria to the Alps . 4 . That wb pres nt our moat hearty and retpectful salutations to tho Sovereign Pontiff for the noblg part h « has tak' -n in behalf of his people ; that knowing the difficulties with which he Is surrounded at home , and the attacks with which he is menaced from abroad , w 0 honour him the more for the mild firmnoss tvith which he has overcome theoue , and the true spirit with which he has repelled the other . 5 That the cry of Freedom sgnin in Italy is a sound which will Eumraon the brave and tho free cf all nations to encourage with their voices , and to assist with their strsngth , { f need be , tho Italian peopla in their strug . gle for liberty nnd independence .
6 . That' Pesaehath her victorias rrol ^ s&r'nowDOii than War ; ' and thnttho nob'e attrttudeef fciua IX . throwinj ; tha vast Influence of the Pontificate Into the soil * of well , attempered freedom , standing &b the advocate of p ^ Rce . ful progress , thu promoter at once of social amcliota ion , industrial developament and political reform , unmoved by the parade ' of hostile armies hovering on bis borders , hopeful for man acd trusting in God , is the grandest spectacle of our day , full of encouragement and pro . miae * o Buropo , mors Rrateful to us and more glo . riouR to himself than triumphs on a hundred , fields of battle . The reading of the address waa frequently interrupted by loud applause—and it was subsequently adapted by acclamation . When
lion . Bekjamis F , Botlbb addressed the meeting on the occasion of presenting the first rego ' ution : — We have assembled this evening ajs freemen to exprpsa our deep and heartfelt sympathy with . Pius the Ninth in his endeavours for the regenerafion ef Ihe Italian people . That America ghould feel an interest in the progress of freedom in any part of the civilised world ib not singular—indeed , were it otherwise , we should be unworthy of our blessings of the largest measure of civil and religious freedom . The reforms introduced inte the civil administration of the Papal States by the present able Head of these States , and the concessions he so wisely nnd freely made to popular liberty , have awakened throughout the American Republic an unfeigned sympathy nnd elicit universal congratulation ; and I rejoice tbat
we are here assembled this evening to give utteranoe to our sympathetic thoushts . Here are many persons of foreign birth—speaking various languages —uniting religions 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 is , 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 Pius IX . toward the regeneration of the Papal States have inspired—mear sures hailed in all parts of our . land as well as ifl Europe as the most cheering signs of the times in which we live . In no part of the world is reform so
desirab ' e er attended with a greater prospect of usefulness—immediate and collateral—as in Italy . Mr B . then proceeded te 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 raoo ' orn art ; and now she possesses , through her Chief Ruler , an influence over millions of the human race not pressed by any other government on earth—and he is making proposals for tho enlargement of Hniversal freedom . The speaker then plauced at the itflnence of these movements of tho Papal Government . In process of time , other governments will be forrned on the same liberal ^ sentiments , and these will conduce to national independence and constitutional freedom . With a few more remark * in a similar strain , Mr Bntler closed , amid much applause—and was follPTed by
Theodobe Skdowick , who offered the second reso-Iuion , with preliminary remarks in a strain of earnest eloquence—reviewing the action ot the Pope ; the past and present condition of Italy , nnd ^ her prospects for the future : the commingling of different men of different countries , and speiking varied tongnes—perhaps a score in number—and all united In one common demonstration of sympathetic feeh ' nsr —and adverting finally to the general character , and the present snd ultimate effect of such testimonials of sympathy ef one Nation for the patriotic cnd 9 avours of another .
Joseph S . Boswohth , Esq ., speke to tbe third resolution . The speaker entered into a brief view of Roman history , which he divided into three periods . The first the Republican ; the second , that from subjugation of Tarentum to the bat tie of Actium—in this Republicanism was destroyed , by increasing wealth , luxury , and selfishness ; the third period extended to the division offhe 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 perfect equality of po itical rights , with no distinction but such as talent and virtue ^ might crea'e , with equal and exact justice pervading the who ! e , could only be found the security of good governments and of popular progress .
Jambs W . Gerard , Esq ., said tbat many years bad elapsed since he had attended a public meetine . He had , with all his heart , been ready to join on this occasion in expresssing sympathy with the people of Italy and their great Ilead , and wish them God speed in the noble race of liberty which they had entered . The f-eople to whom this resolution was addressei were descendants of the mighty race of old . And Rome was now only receiving that which for five lonp centnries 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 tfce people who sent this 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 paseed with unanimity . The Hon . Dudlry Sklden seconded tho resolution . Samuel Jokes , jun ., Esq ., rose to move the fourth resolution . Whenjshould be the time that the terms 'National . Liberty , Constitutional Freedom . ' would not excite to their . deepest throbbing , every American bi'sore . The gentleman who had before spoken had eloquently said that we bad been indebted to Rome for the discoveiy of this continent . Great as was our debt for Columbus , it was still Greater for tbe great examples of virtue in which our forefn ' therssousht the models of the institutions they were alwut toes tablish
Ner were we indebted to Rome for free institutions only , but we had drawn from her many of the terms which are as 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 nnd constitutional freedom in old Rome , to which we owed such a debt of gratitude . It was the privilege of this generation to witness the rekindling of the sacred fires of Jibsrty on these very altars from which we lit onr own . Robert Kelly , Esq ., rose t ? move the fifth resolution . It was a bold resolution , ' which could be ( ffered nowhere but in a land of the bravo and the free , and nowhere more appropriately than in a country , which in its own revolutionary struggle received the sympathies and tho aid ofeo many noble
spirits . The cry of freedom in Italy would ring like a trumpet through tbe land , and be answered , back from every plain arid 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 waa by the peaceful influence of such wise reforms us 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 foil attainment of freedom , they would tell them that if the armies which encompassed them ahonld march against them , it waa their duty to resist , while they had strength , to rc-&kt , and the bondso [ freemen vronld not be wanriD / r to assist them . But tko tradition and the soil it of
liberty are atill alive in Italy , and there were more patriots there , like these wko had on theBe shorca sought a refuge from Austrian prison * , and the knowledge of this fact gare them hope for Italy . There was h"pe / or all tba Oppressed nations of Europe . It might be that tha angles of liberty irou / d rise from the Capitoline to spread over the land , even as the eagles of ancient Rome carried conquest nod enslavement among all the na'ions whither they came . The emancipation of Italy would be the B ) ( jnal for the emancipation of all Europe . Hungary , Bohemia , Poland , wonld follow . And if , in former time * , the voice of Peter tbe Hermit csu'd summon all cations to attempt the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre , so the voice of Italy , in behalf of freedom , could not fail to collect tbe werld for its achievement . David Dudley Field , Etq ., rose to move theaixth and last resolution , snd said—The flwi battalion tbat Bb 9 HW w 0 S 8 tb « F 9 v «« W te tbe fijgafi fer tt » t ww
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of opinion which would result in changing the whole face of Europe . Ticwtag the Pope as a temporal ruler , and as the spiritual head of a hundred and sixty mrlUanS ot men , his importance could not be exaggerated . And Ms voice was on the side of freedom and free institutions . No longer could it be said that the frtefcds of freedom were the enemies of order ; the sovereign pontiff waa the great Reformer Tim was the dawn of a new day , not for Italy only , but for universal man . On the suggestion of the secretary , John C . Davereaux , Esq ., Sig . Felix Forbbti was then called for and addressed the meeting in the Italian language in an eloquent manner , expressing his sense of the unexpected honour dono 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 bsen made for Italy . After this , ke turned to the Italians present , and having called on them to be worthy of this feeling on the part of the community in which they kad lived , he went on to speak of their own country and of li berty . This , he Baid , was no dream , bo sterile nor useless thing . And already in Italy it was so , there ita 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 his remarks were glowing and ! ardent , and concluded frith the cheers of his countrymen and tho applause of the whole audience .
On the motion of James W . Whith , Esq ., seconded by Mr J / sies II . Tiros , it xras resolved : — That the addr « ss , resolntions , and Bush other parts of tbe proceeding * as mlgkt ht judgftd advisable , Bbould be properly attested and for ^ ardod to Rome , to be deliTcrod to his Holiness , through 6 om » appropriata channel , and also that tbe nhole proceedings 6 hould be pub-Hs&ed . After this , the band ptey&d once more the hymn to Pius IX ., and then the immenso assembly quietly dispersed , highly gratified with all that had taken place .
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NATIONAL ORGANISATION . " TO TIIE EDITOR « P THB NOETBBRK STAB . 1 The quality of mercy is not gtrainud , It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blcBgeth him that gives and him ( hat takes . 'S ' EAKSPEAEE . Ms dear Sib , —In th « Star of tho 20 fh of November there appeared a letter containing RninrndrorsioDS on & paragraph of ray letter , No . 2 , on National Organisation , which runs thus— If a brother have erred , it is the duty of Chartists in particular , snJ of all men , to stretch a point to fjiyjivo him . ' The writer appearB to imagine that wo osnnot forgive a brother who has einnort agalnet U 9 , without becoming equally guilty of his error , or at least approving of his misconduct ; for ho nays , that by forgiving a broihcr who has erred , we show to tha world , that we are willing to purchase support at tho expense of truth nnd justice . '
By what process of rsasonlng he has arrived at this sterling conclusion , I am entirely at a loss to discover . Does my eugireatien for the practical adoption of tbe noble principle of forgivencte justify this rasli assertion ? Ii the noble , godlike principle of forgiveness , which is inculcated by the most exalted philosophers of ancient and modern times—which ia one of tho most beautiful traits of Christian character—whieh is sanctioned , ny , commanded , by God himself— ' Forgive your enemies '— , to be for ever held np oa aoblo and good merely in theory , and ia it to bo denounced , and that in no gentle terms , when we mnke an atUmpt to carry it into practice ? Is not this most inconsistent ? What do we mean by our prayer— ' Forgive U 9 our debta as we forgive onr debtors , ' if we think that our debtors ought not to be forgivtn » ' We do pray fermcrey ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The decdB of merev . '
It does not follow , though wo forgive a brother who has erred , that we are to hide from him that we do not approve ot his misconduct , or to use no means to prevent future errors . I do not mean to say tbat a man who has proved , after repeated experiments , that he is fairly bent on crime , should be trusted with the funds of any loc ' &l or general boiiy , or placed in a responsible situation arnorig u « , but I do affirm that we ought not to make a public exhibition , in meetings of our asEoeiatien , of that man's depravity or his erimes . After his depravity has been fairly proved , we should intimate to him , at hie ewn house , that he cannot be allowed to remain in a responsible situation . Wo should reason with him on his m ? 3-com ' uet , and endeavour to reform and not to debaiie .
Tbe reviewer further asks , in reference to my suggestion of forgiving & brother who bas erred— ' Have not out ? enemies acted upon this principle in punisbing Chartist offenders ? Did they not stretch a point in transporting Prost , Williams , Jones , and Ellia ? ' &o . Unfortunately they did indeed ' stretch n 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 Bfi erring brother— they stretched a point to eondenm them , entirely in the wrong direction . If they bad aoted on my suggestion—if they bad acted on the Christian principle of forgiveness , which the / all profess to venerate—the results would liavo been different . They ha-ro Just donn what my suggestion i « -:- > eant to prevent , so far as the Chartist body is com . ¦ _ tbey haTe j Dflicted a . j 8 h ment ten thousand If . < er tban tbe offi , nco # But whr . '; doe * , an want of hh fel , sen mora than jo- ^ viewer . I answer , If he commit t
an W _ " « " ™ ° T " -an say , 1 am infalhblo ? -Iiec Mhe more fact that he does c . 'that he deserves it . ' It is a :- ' And ea : When . Thou That Shalj As t ( j will bei __ „ _ ui-aptKtion : b- _ a " man mav differ
in opini'l . , - < ncy . and may eviiu violate . „ At local body , as a mat * ter ofV ; , - -i fif . iduc ; rar . not be approved < Tcri » Was : t vrbfig in Mr Penrpus \ ^ iVe i > r M- ]) iir ;) : ; and generously , notn ^ . 1 . ji . ; igivc aii those who had sinned against him , i ? 'Jjnexion with the Chartist cause . Examine thenatureof theoffences which they committed , and follow Mr O'Conaor ' u noble roample . My reviewer ridicules the idea of many of 'her Ha jBSty ' s jail birds , ' after being liberated , joining such a merciful association . ¦ The Rev . T . Spencer said at the Birmingham Cenference of April , 1842 : — ' A man might be convicted of felony , and yet in after years be a good and honest m 3 n . ' So thet t . eidea of a liberated 'jail , bird becoming a member cf a Charter Association , is not bo very ridiculous after all .
Mr Robertson , I see , objects to settle all charges of a local character , by trie fair and impartial mode of arbitration . Mr R . is completely mistaken , if he imagine that I mean to keep the general body in ignorance of such charge ;); because the reading of the minntes of committee at the general meetings , would put them in possession of these ; bat tha p'iocfpls of arbitration is recommrnded to prevent these charges from being brought up and discussed at central meetings . And my reason for that is , because I have ever seen it tbe case that the difcnssion of purely personal matters atthe ^ e general meeting : has generally produced a deal of angry feeling , the consequences of which are not so soon forgotten .
The time of those general meetings can ba better tinplojed in lecturing i » nd bearing essays , &c ,, than in these personal matters , which can bo settled by fair arbi . cration . Jlr llobtrtson , ivho ton » ends eo strongly for ' Justice to nil , injustice to noae , ' should bo the last man to object to the just principlo of arbitration , where the accuser and the accused ' jh&ve an equal number of fritnds . ' j aivi , therefore , an fqual chance of having a just decision . Mr B . says , 'But in their political oapacity , Caartisrs have no business to interfere with tb < j private character of a member , tralegg he is proposed to fill son&O
responsible Bituation , &c ; ' eo that , after all , ' her Majestj ' b jail-birds , ' on being liberated , arent full liberty to 'join such a merciful association . ' This is just what I contended for ; that personal charges should never be made , uiiWbb it were through imperative necessity . Dipend upon it , you will find the generality of men too ready to scanriaiite a man ' s character , without requiring tho assistance of tbe Cliortist Association , whose en '' eavours should rather be to ct . mtnt tho bonds of brotherhood , to season justice with mercy , and ptore practically that
' TorgiveneBa to the injured doth belong . ' I trust that Mr R . will bs as read j to adopt any really good portionB of my letters , as he bus been to p 4 at our what he thought worthy ef correctivo notice . I trust he j 6 now busy eudcavouring to arouse the energies of our Plymouth brethren , and to show thorn thi , t all our hopes of tufcesB is in tbe effective manner in which the people support a proper system ofNuti # nal Organisation . I remain , my denr 8 r , Toura , firm and faithful , Pro Patru . Norerobw 29 tb , 1 &J 7 .
[ As will be pwceivedjby the dnte of the above , 'Pro PatriuV letter was sent to us some week's since . Press of matter , principally occasioned by tbe proceedings in Parliament , compelled us to postpone its insertion . It i 8 OuljMrtO BftJ thattn * above is a curtailed edition f the Or j g Joa / , If ' 'Pro Patriu' intends to send any farther leitere , he had butter fio b » daring tb . 6 Parli&msntary recess . We must add an earnest request to ' P . P . ' to study brevity . ]
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TEE LaND AND THB CHARTER . TO THB IDITOR OT THE rfOTSTHlBN STAB . SiB--Tbro - U (? h . tfeo columns of jotir TolaoMe journal I seliqit the attention of the members of the Land Company to tho following fact !—xiz , Tbat not one out of ovory twenty of them contribute anything either by la . hour or pecuniary ai
to use eviry available rr . ^ ans at tasir command to enable him to accomplish that object for which throagh life ho has consistently struggled ; viz ., to get the six points of the Poople's Cfhcrtcr enacted as the law of the land . This objeotoace ' accomplished , and the deplorable and debasing position whioh the sons and daughters of toil now occupyi Tfould be superseded by a batter and heliVr system Yor then the working classes could deliberate upon , and deviae means whereby to promete their own welfare ; whereas now they are degraded slnves both in body and mind , - fearful to promulgate their opinions , lest the iron hand of capital should crash them and deprive them of the means of eking out a miserable sub * siBtence , .., ..
Sid the members of the Land Company ft el half as iruch anxiety about their political rights , as they do abiut getting a prize in thn ballot , ' the holy , glorious , nnd just pri > cip ! es of tho People's Charter would soon btcnme the law of the land . It ' s strango that tbe I » nd members , should by their apathy iinpedo the progress of tho Land Plan to which they are wedded ,- if not through principlo at least through interest . Their inconsistency is inexplicable ; their ohnducr . cannot be justified . Do unto others ob you wonW othm should do onto you , Is the golden rale of religion which tbe Chartists have Jong acted upon , bat which the great tuffe of tbe Land members seems very rsluotant to adop ' ti
What was tbe ostensible orject Mr O'Connor had ia view , when he jflrst established tbe Land Plnn « WaB it . not to give Britania ' s slaves a praetical foretaste of tbe great benefits and advantages vhich would be within reach of the people t ? hen they got possession of political power ? IT as it not to remove the su-plus labour out of the overstocked artificial labour market , and thereby enable the .- workman to procure a fair remuneration for bis labour ? Did not Mr O'Connor anticipate that the Land Kprement » -oaId give a mighty impetus fo the agitation for the Charter ? that by the aid of such a powerful auxiliary ne nould be enabled to snatch political power trom our tyrannical oppressors , and thereby secure tho political freedom of the people at large ? Ti-8 . sir , to obtain justice and happiness for tho whole , Mr O'Connor is ardently struggling , but Hie majority of the L-ind meaiberj appear to feel but lihlo interest inthat gpntleman ' d political efforts "; beyond paying their contributions , &nd endeavouring to get possession of their allotment ? , ; they stem disposed to do nothing .
In conclusion , I fearlessly assert that it is tbe duly of evtry member of . the Land Company to aid in accel . rating the progress of the Pteple's Charter , because when passed into law it would enable Mr O'Connor , and his co-workers in tho oause of human redemption , to restore tbe land to tbe people to whom it rightfully belongs ; nBd without the possession of which the working clnsjeB can never be made truly happy , independent and "~ eo . Secondly , Because it would level the inequalities , ' ' aw—made distinctions which at present prevail ; and - —because it would reduce the many excellent . jjkich arc frequently propounded by religious - »« prftcriv , s to practice , aad thereby establish , a system of puro anV gennfae religion . Yout > iQ the cauae of universal freedom . Thomas Almond , Stanhope . street , Westminster .
THE BAR 2 fSi . EY CONFEDERATES . TO TUB ED 1 TOB OP THE KOBTHEBH STAB . Sear Sia , —The fidlowiog appe «»« 4 in the most con " splcuous part < 4 tha Pc ^ tiU REGISTER of the 18 th ! - " 'MB JOUN o ' coHl-iSLl / , *?• r « B X > J > KU « &n , C . O >»« ES £ » 3 HTES on K . VBNiVT :, ' A statement having appiartid in Afr VfSS " - " O'C < B ~ nor * paper , th * ii : m ; risu « Sy \ ik , iD'inift ' . hig that i ! v John O'Cob ? . 'u ! 1 lint , beca jiaaailed with maledictions by his ceuntt y- > ::-n in Ba . — 'si .-y . for l \\» coudncl ovi tho first reading of tVu Coercion UiVi , wo have preat . pUsguro in complying v >; ili t ' se rrq ^ iest of onr iVieac ' s - ? rho signed the following letter , to give that statement that unqualified contradiction which they do . 'Raspectfld Sir —< We sarnestly hope and trust you will bo so good as to insert the above lines ia your valuable journal , as we are constant readers of it above trrenty years .
' Lawrence Cleart , Patsick Reillt , 1 Felix M'Gdiee . ' ' to' me jouk o ' conneix . ' It is with th * deepest regret that we , tho . Irishmen of Bnrnsley , and the supportfrs of Mr John O'Connell and his late lamented and . patriotio father , have had our attention attracted by a paragraph that has appeared in tho Noetbebn Star on the llih ult , accusing us of blaspheming , and pouring down curses on the head of our noble and spirited leader , Mr John O'Connell , on his late proceedings In the House of Commons on the Coer * cion BiH . Sir , the followers of Mr Jobn O'Conuell are , ive Rjfure you , quite of a different character . " They are men who attend to their religious duties , and wo hope , with the assistance of God and their pastor * , they follow the rules and obligations of Christianity , and the greatest of those in to love all mankind . They curse no one . How far " , then , are they from cursing him whom they trn « . t and late ' .
' Sir , as tbe followers of O'ConnelJ , wa assure vod , and all others , tbat . we deny , taking or having any active part in lhoproceedings referred to in the Stab , nor did we even know tb . at thc-rq \ rere , as they call thtrmse ^ ves , Democratic Confederate ? in Bamsley , until this article appenrud . In conclusion , let us add , we believe fhe honourable member for Limerick to be the pride of hia country . 1 LAWBENCB ClEART , PATRICK REUIT , 'Felix Jf'Gcmz . ' I am the person who wrote the report alluded to in tho above , letter , and before replying to the base , lying , hypocritical caut , of those good Pharist-es , I cannot bat re . mark , that tho great pleasure expressed by the editor of the Rrcisna t . Q . gi . To it publicity , h more of the poor ,
pitiful meanB adopted to damago the growing populejity of Mr O'Connor in Ireland , and thus perpetuate the delusion of the f ham patriots of Conciliation Hall . But , ns an Irishman , from the . utmost recesses oi my heart , do I tfaank tfce brave men of Nott ' wgbp . m for ohoosi&g a representative , whOf e lubonr * in tho H ' -use of OcBiiaons have already torn the dark vofi off the people ' s eyta , and will ultimately lead to the total expulsion of those p&ce < beggarB thathavo eo long been the curse of my unfortunate country . The Reoistib rrrny reiterate tbo taunt of Mr John O'Connell , thu , t Mr O'Connor Is itained witb the violence of . Cbartism , thinkiug it will have its « ff on those who merely know of tllB . EBffiB US BOuietblD
be dreaded , through tho misrepreacotattoBa . of derir demagogue ? , but they cannot nay that hia band is sta with the people ' s pence , nor nith . tbo govprnmc tronage of his sountrj ' s . enemios .... The Irish * the present day must ste . « ft straishtforwa *' the first time in . . their lives , or Gtherwisp for him who must evidently attract win tho tsteem of everj . honOBt Tcountry ' s welfare at heart . Sir , Ibave often hear- ' Tooloj street , who - '| We , the people of Itsriv&liutomfoole jtituts , in the pew
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tiiov recompensed the degrading probation ofthesl&vefi who . Kin do thera , I know not if ' their fantastic tricks before high heavgn doth make the augehnetp . ' hliBOW it made the pfoas poet , Canter , write : — . " Qaevedo , as ho tells hia sobor tale , Asked , when in hell , to see tbe Rotal Gaoi ; —Approved Atir methods in allother things , . . ' But wlura , ' said hf , ' do you coBflna your Kings . * The guide pr'ssntg the group Alii tolls riefr . ^ - . 1 Indeed ! ' he cried , ' Thera nre but rery few V His b ' ack interpreter tha charge disdained . 'Eew , fcllnw ' . —there are all » bat tver reigned , " Whilet another declares : ' Few , fsw have reigned who hate not been a seourgfl ^ From mighty Nimrod down t « tbe Fourth George . ' Of a George I am nbout to relate a recsni humoro « 0 , tut fact
telling . To the Georges as woll as to ths rest of thoao tpecimens of tha eanns-Bomo , tha vain idolatry of thai * brethren eweted statues ; the images of theseoceupied tb » grand tqtjares of the chief citi « f , and ev « B the sanctuaries of temples , devoted in co-partnership also to tho Great Supreme . One of these statues occupying tho spacious preen in our citadel , repremnting tbe Second George , clad in majestic robrs , gr ' aspitg in his hand a roll , ( perhaps tho withheld rights of the people , ) wor « a Krotesqus appearance some three or four wetlts since . Oa the evening vrben tbe guard was set for the night , his kingBhip appeared as usual all msjsstic ; bnt 16 ! at early dawn , the offietr in command , on his ac « customod early walk around the rampsrts , obsorved a something that ' eommanded hia surprise and attention . What whs it ?—in the dim twilight iomo remarkable objects appeared ! ' White £ White , by God ! ' ' TThat , What ?'— 'Banners ? Banners ? ' — 'DamnedTricolour ' s * — « Citadtl surprised ?• _ ' French ? French ?'— ' What
Can it be 1 ' Joined by th « B * r (; eant-major , they procaed nearer to peroaive amid the obscurity of morn tbe C&UJ 36 of all this surprise and horror , —« Wt $ B oft 1 greater $ &jv prlao!—oh , greaterho ^ orf—Tell it not in Gath' % m Publish it not in the Btreeta of Auction !_ No white of a tricolour was it , but only mUirarvjesilnp njtfta statue of Royalty ; for the raised eyo . glass of the observing < ffisial convayod to his horrified opllo nerves , the Impression of some stupendous white pott de ehambre where R-ifh great George had ^ beeR bedtcked as a travelling pedlar ia earthenware . One pof-d « ehamlrre in tho extended hand holdins the scroll ; ohe en his head as a he'met , or earthenware crown ; and "ne on bia Bhoulder knot ; whilst some fragments at his fact , showed that the night winds had Made eomehavoo of a portion of his Majesty ' s stook in trade of unmentionable chamber utensils . Boryesoo referens —Oh , Tempora . ' Oh , Mores ] Obseeyeb . riymoutn .
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1451/page/7/
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