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THE RED> REPUBLICAJiiJS AND THE QUEEN. A...
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THE TTAXIAjK NIGHTMARES. The joy felt by...
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Louis Blanc's Reply To The " Triumvirate...
S ^ SdCserv « torn ** oppressionv imfttd- gSffidl 5 ^ # P « my . We were jmdfer t te Kepubta ftrin-of ' gpVBruuient , ftorn- or universal suffrage , wnen ; tfte- n * titoa 3 hi « ji * abop 84 so 'fooHsMjr established- "by M . « 6 ttie >•«;« BptfBB c-ttri ,, Tr « e brntaHydJBaofc-ed—those ngtSonil'Woritsfiops which the-most impudent » f calinmnos ascribed * to the vvrjr man against whom tfrey ¦ where- fittBnded ; ami ' which- made beggars the hungry wwrimem id quest of employment . We -were also- under t & e Btepublrcsn ferm of government , When the Blood of the people ,, fit t & e month of June , was poured' forth- fit 1 « rrents ; wlten the leaders of t & e reaction , after having twenty times ,, in the sitting of the 4 th-of May , shouted fcIk ) iig Kftr to the Republic !* ' came gradually so far as
ttr rob of " universal suffrage ' the vile multitude' ( lit mle multitude ) . He was a Republican , that General Cavaignac , who ordered les transportations en masse , and allowed Paris to be a prey to all the horrors of ar savage resentment ; Xouis Bonaparte was a republican . He who ^ havuig-perjury in-his heart , though not yet on his lips , sent French soldiers to Rome , there to crash the Rbman Republic , was president of the Rtepublic . Tou most remember it , yOu , Mazzini , in whose arms Italy ffell bleeding . ! you ,. Ledru-Rollih , who art now an exile , for * having raised a most courageous protest against so abominable an outrage ! No , no ; the Republican form of government is not the object Qe buf ); the object is to iestoreto the di gnity of human : nature those ^ hom the
excess of poverty degrades , and to enlighten those whose intelligence , from want of education ,, is but a ditn vacillating lamp in the midst or * darkness ; the object is to make hito t ! hat works enjoy all the fruits of his work ; 4 !& e object is to enfranchise the people , by endeavouring gradually to abolish this double slavery—ignorance and misery . A very difficult task , indeed , whose accomrplfshment requires long study , deep meditation , and something more than discipline ! As to the Republican form of government , it is a means , most valuable eertainly , and which we ought to strive to cdnquer , even at the cost of life , / but which- it is very imprudent to "mistake for . the aim , as the consequence mig ht be to make us take the shadow for the substance , and run through a
Heap of ruins to fatal delusions " I am well aware , and I will gladly say in justice to Kossutb , Eedru-Rollin , and Mazzini , that they have no intention' of ' proscribing discussion- after the victory is won . But they seem inclined to believe that , till then , discussion is to be removed . I am of a contrary opinion , and feel convinced that intelligent men can hardly act in common with power and success unless they have previously come to a perfect understanding as regards the many objects of their common struggle . ' The sabre of Mahomet , struck in silence ^—true ; but Mahomet was considered : by his followers as a prophet , as a semi-god ; he was . obliged to account for his schemes and his thoughts' to none but himself . Where is the man bold enough to say to the republicans , ' I am Mahomet ; follow me ? ' . . .
" In our-day , moreover , the people must know : clearly the : worth * of the movement to > which they are solicited ' . aPox Italy ., for Hungary , the < question is simple . It is tor less so fl » r Frances . The people , will not . easily take Jthe sword , if we insist upon leaving a bandage over its yea . It ha * already too . often turned upon , its bed-of jpain , -without finding repose—it has already poured -forth- too > much ^ blbod ,, only to arrive at a change of mnstersi But what besides ? The < people , which is hungry ; behold the bourgeoisie , which iB afraid . The have led ) the imaging
calumnies spread against us peop tion of the * middle classes with a thousand black phantoms . What ? appals them is the unforeseen , the un > - fcnomi . Thus it happens that certain people accept the Empire , eve » white they detest it . Now , to it to be believed ! that t / he apprehensions which oppose us can be removed 1 by spreading cm the > morrow of the . revolution unoertaftrtiea a thousand ' times more alarming' than the moat hardy affirmations ? And' have we nothing to D 0 tir to- the terrified ! spir its to- reatora their aajtn , except 4 iho'inw « e-of a , sabce that sfcrikas in , silence ? ' . . .
" We should have , you will say , for the protection' of « Hf tite ^ aoveiMigntiy of tiia poaplei . Illusion ! When a roiraltttianary , ciwdsiboaakaout , is the national will able toidmdoteitMlrTa ^ tlw , moment ? Has-notewery-revolur ttoniafmmriafoalali « tate to go through . ? J 9 lom not the dfaoofetoai oft events , depend upou mea who , in moments o £ suprenro taonattfan , axe inweated witk th » conuoand of forces ? . . . Road history—rhow maoj * Woody miMindAMtandlnga would ! not . tiro Montagnaxds and the Girondina have escaped if , on the eve of a tremendous bB . ttk > r they hadi hadt tho opportunity of bett « ir pene-! f
tradbtgrand ) comprehending- Mobr « tuor ' B meaning U « happily , once involved in the smoko of combat , deodooad wtofo titmtmautlto , iatoiM . iSaattA . hy it » violw » ce , tJuqr thought Uhey » aw « vaiTfwhere tharapaetre off treason , ? nofccontM * to carry * ttu » . real pokH » a * fasufty tlk « y * oW » 4 Im * - gituury ! awfttwatlojoB upon one another ; they mutually euspected each other of desiring the , destruction of that Republic which they all loved with an equal love , and £ hua they dug beneath their own feat a vast abyss into which they « U felt , one by one , until the Revolution , wan tit fts . t * rn swallowed up . The melancholy prediction 6 }^ rerim 1 aua was re alised ; Sat u rn had devoured Mb vniMxroni • • •
" One last-wordv TBce-manifesto-of 'TSossntitr , liedtu-RolHn , and Mazsrini contains t * e foUowingpassager- — ' ¦ Shame- cm / him amongst ustwhoi by -separating from , the commun work-, shall desert the army which- the cry of its suffering- brethren is driving- to battle , to- isolate himself in-the baTren pride of an exclusive ' programme 1 Hemtrjrbe a sectarian r b u * he- is not the man of the Universal' ehurch-. ' No exdusire programme , certainly , but the- active , devoted ^ and cctirageous concurrence of each- talfte cause- of all ; is what I , for my part , desire as ardently ^ as Kossuth , ILedru-Rollinj and Mazzini . But I
cannot cry anathema against a worship Of the truth , however-solitary . When the isolation of a philosopher , a friend of the people , is but tfte delicate reserve of a rigid conscience which disdains popularity , dislikes concessions , and only trusts , for the deliverance of the oppressed , to the latent fbrce of things , aided by study , we may tax such a philosopher-with error , and- blame him for overmuch pride ; but if he be disinterested in his belief , if he suffer for what he believes to be absolute truth , his error certainly has in it nothing criminal' , his pride nothing shameful .
" I must add that , in the Eturnisi omnes , ego non ; there has almost always been something heroic . When Galileo was contending against all Catholics that the earth turns round the sunj he was not the man of the Universal € mirch—of" the Popes . This was his glory ; not his shame . ..... "To sum up all : —Organisation , but no imperial counterfeiting-, even in a warlike way . Union , but in the sphere of principles , first . War against the present , but no veil thrown over the morrow . Action , but subservient to the thought . "
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The Red> Republicajiijs And The Queen. A...
THE RED > REPUBLICAJiiJS AND THE QUEEN . A PAurBxrii feeKiig of disgust and : indignation has been excited- in England by the publication in a French Jersey- newspaper of some wild ravings directed against the Queen by the uf tra-Red Republican section of the refugees now sheltered' in London . An analysis of this document iir thus given , in the leading columns of the THmes : — " A document has beerr lately circulated , signed ' The Committee of the Revolutionary Society . —Felix Pyat , Rougee , JotTKDArsr . ' These three persons are , we believe , located on British soil ' . ' Their production is entitled ' A Letter to the ^ ueen of England / and is of considerable length . It is , in parts , so wild and unintelligible that it is charitable to think that exile and sufferings have turned the writers' brain . It has , however , been not the less accepted by the French refugees in this country as the exposition of their sentiments . It was read publicly and with applause at a meeting in London on the 22 nd of September , the anxiiversary of the proclamation of the first French Republic . German and Polish refugees were present , together -with two English Republicans , Citizens Nash and William Jones . ' A report of the proceedings appeared in the newspaper- £ * J 5 Fownwe , published in Jersey by the refugees . After- it was read at the meeting , a Frenchman , Citizen Talandierj made hia comments . He paid a tribute to the memory of the Jacobins of 1793 and divided the duties of the patriot
, into three heads—conspiracy , study of means , and propaganda . ' Such attempts , ' lie observed , as those of Pianori and of the Angers insurgents axe only justified in the eyes of the world by success . Let us hope that the justification is at hand . ' Baptising- their children- in the name of the only true trinity—Liberty , Equality , Fraternity ^ - they were to educate them in the cause . It will be seen that rebellion and assassination are not the dreams of a single individual . The fc Letter to the Queen of England' is actually addressed to the Queen in terms of inBolent familiarity . No feeling of decency or of respect for the usages of" the country which has sheltered them restrains for a moment the rufiianty rhapsodists .
• Why have you gone to sea the parvenu tyrant , you honest woman , as much as a CJueen can be ? ' The Emperor is blasphemously described as fc the word 1 of treachery—made flesh . ' An imnwdiate rising ? i * predicted . < l Th » lightning of Pianorit has preoededtho thuader of the people / The-Queen ia told of lier folly in making foifcods witfcthte < Doraican Emperor , whoso purple-is of French blood , by whom France is no more represented 1 than- Promethean by his vulturei Slfc © think * of the master ofi to-day without thinking of to-morrow y but his infallible fate is nigh . B ? e -will be punished . How will he end ? He may say that the worst i « ' t » ride away in a carriage , like Charles X ., or in » cab , like Louis Philippe . * But like Louis
there i »» third manner , madam— -in a van , XVI . in or * executioner ' s cart , to be executed by Donange , the hangman of Montfaucon , ' .. .. ' Louia Napoleon , sayB the letter , * ia not a man \ shall' be-executed even to his memory ; event bia remains and those' of hie relarlona shall not pollute the soil ; they shall be driven ou * v th & living and th ^ deadi f it shall be a ooatia bellt for any nation to give then * sh < l * er . ' The writiere do not conceal that they desire ft > r royalty in Bnglamdi a fate Uttfkr loss disastrous than « r * t which they predict in France ; *• Madam * , * aay » th « Democratic Committee , c let' the Revolution ' be your cicerone in Paris . It can point out a spot inutructrr * to > sovereigns .. ' " Citizen Taltmdfer concttrteathespeech * with which b « favoured M » auditory in th * following wovda ;— " Ab tor
¦ as ; we neither b « Heve in the justice of HSfod nor m the eternal' misery of man ; we do not hold out one hand to truth and the other to success ; we do not demand political liberty and social inequality ; we do . not csy , ' Vive la : lAberte I * and ' Vive i * Etnpereuv V We are one . There rest * our strength j there is the pledge of" our definitive triumph . The day of that triumph is not forthcoming as rapidly as we desire ; but , when it shall come , the Republic will be tailed by virgin lips , which never uttered' another cry . ' Vive la Kejniblique Universelle Democratique et Sociale P "
The publication of the Letter to the Queen and of these rabid outpourings in the Jersey paper ISHomme , has excited so much indignation in the island that , at a meeting-held at St _ Helier , it was determined to request the Governor to banish all connected with the journal from Jersey . A deputation accordingly waited on his Excellency , in consequence of which , the Constable of St . Helier verbally communicated to MM . ' Piancini , the proprietor , Ribeyrolles , the editor , and Thomas , the distributor , of the journal UHomme , the Governor ' s commands that they quit the island on or before Saturday , the 20 th inst . The proceedings of the meeting have been communicated to the French and British Governments .
The Ttaxiajk Nightmares. The Joy Felt By...
THE TTAXIAjK NIGHTMARES . The joy felt by th » French army of occupation at Rome at the successes in the- Crimea has given occasion to the Government of his- Holiness to exhibit its paltry spite against Sardinia . A Te Deum was sung at the Church of St . Louis of the French ; and it was desired to introduce the flags of France , England , Turkey , and Piedmont ; but the Vicar of the Holy See objected to the flag of Turkey as being Mahometan , and to that of Sardinia because that country is now under the Papal ban . The Ambassador of France is understood to have remonstrated , and to have had an audience of the Pope which lasted upwards of two hours ; but what resulted is not known . The utmost sympathy with the Russians , despite their difference of religion , is indeed being freely manifested ^ Rome just now . A lawyer named Pallatta ,. a relation of Cardinal Gizzi , has been in the habit lately , at a certain coffee-house , of denouncing with the utmost bitterness the French , English , and Sardinians , for their part ia the war against Russia . Oafe evening he was spoken to by a stranger , and escorted to ' the exterior , where he was addressed by Genenal de Montreal , who strongly rebuked him for indulging in such intemperate remarks against a power which is at the present moment upholding the Papal chair . The General even threatened that the indiscreet orator should , be sent in irons to the hulks at Toulon if he did not desist . From Naples , w « hear of no settlement of the quarrel with . France and England ; but we continue to read of the lawless state of . toe country from the tyranny of . the Government and from the depredations of brigands , who
attack the diligences with impunity . That the dismissal of Mazza . has not led to any real improvement in the condition of the people , is manifest from the ensuing anecdote related by the Daily News Correspondent—an anecdote which refers to a period since the discharge of that insolent police despot : — "A short time ago , some hundred and twenty or fifty of the mule drivers in Sicily were employed by the British Government to accompany the mules which were purchased by our Government for our service in the Crimea . Knowing well the tender mercies of their own Government , they asked for passports * but were informed that passports were not at all necessary . A British steamer at Messina Six
not many days aince landed , these men . of them , it appears , belonged to , Reggio , where , upon their arrival , they wore arrested and cruelly beaten . An abominable piece of tyranny , moreover ^ has been committed at Sourento . A youth , who was studying at the Priest ' s Seminary there , composed a poem in honour of the fall of Sebastopol , and had the temerity to include in hia verses some hopeful allusions to the probable future liberty of Italy . He put this poem into tha hands of a sergeant , to copy ,, and by him it wpa ahowui to the lieutenant of the regiment , who brought iH before the authoritiea ait Naples . The lad was accordingly arrested ; and so also ban been a friend to whom , he dedicated the- verses *
A bookseller hasbeea seized , and prosecuted for having ou sate Rousseau ' s History of Music—the name Rousa < 4 fl / u busing thouglut sunwiient offence . Tne judicial couajt before which he was taken , however , conceiving the cose to be- correctional rather than penal , dismissed it , to be treated ia a different way . Such is the state ot things under the now Ministry ; but Mazza ia held to be , in fact , too directing spirit of the police , Biancluw being imbecile nod easily influenced . A note , however haa been sent to tlie British . Ambassador , intimating W diamisaal of Mazza ia official form . " I am informed , " says the Daily News Corneaponcfenr , "that some differences still exifit between the Neapolitan and the French . Governments on the auhject oi tnc refusal of paaaporta to the wibiacta of . Naples . tflui aro deairoua of going to- the Crimoo . Thia diplom * ^ »' lttw the French are fighting alone . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101855/page/6/
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