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      "Justice—Immutable , Universal, Eternal....

      " JUSTICE—IMMUTABLE , UNIVERSAL , ETERNAL . " THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR Names of fear in the olden time!—rival claimants for the rule of Europe —the sovereignty of fraud and force over the minds and persons of the tramp led-down people . What seas of blood were shed what atrocious crimes were committed , what afflictions imposed upon Humanity , by the abominable struggle between Emperor and Pope , sofdier and priest , to determine whether the brigand-license of the military bandit , or the cold-blooded craft of the sacerdotal impostor should prevail over prostrate Europe !

      It was a contest , not of the powers of Good and Evil , but of Evil onlv ; and in the end . the combatants saw that the interests of each would be best served by their mutual agreement . The conflict , though fertile of suffering for Humanity , had not been absolutely unproductive of beneficial results . Princes , by resisting the arrogant pretensions of the church , and bringing the thunders of the Yatican into scorn and contempt , had thereby shaken popular

      faith in the priesthood , and given a stimulus to those daring souls who , beginning by doubting the infallibility of the church , ended by spurning all its bands and fetters , and ' answering g hostly anathemas with the war-cry of Tree Inquiry :- — " Prove all things—Prove , ot die ! " On the other side , the priests had shaken the blind devotion of the peoples for their kings . Affecting to regard the throne as but the footstool of the church , —pretending to the

      right of releasing nations from their sworn allegianceto their monarchs , —assuming the power to dethrone princes disobedient to the decrees of "God ' s Vicegerent , " the priests , thereby initiated the inquiry as to whether kings might not be cashiered by the people as well as by the priesthood ; and speedily Republicanism revived ; Democracy arose from the tombs of Grecian and Roman greatness ; the thinkers of Europe emerged from the mass , and coming forward to beard priest and king , lifted aloft the banner of Civil and Relig ious Ereedom . Our puritan fathers led the van . Other nations followed . Political freedom was established on an

      indestructible basis in the new world . On the European continent mMity intellects sapped the foundations , and hurled their thunderbolts of Thought against the battlements of monarchical and sacerdotal institutions , until , like an Alpine avalanche , came the crash of ' 89 , overwhelming and crushing the royalty of a thousand years' duration , and sweeping the impostures and organized hypocricies of centuries into one mass of undistinguishable ruin . Unhappily , this glorious victory of Reason and Right over Fraud and

      Tyranny was the work of the few , rather than the many . The crimes of corrupt men , the gigantic treason of a military adventurer , and , above all , the ruthless conspiracy of usurers and landlords throughout Europe , headed by those of England , brought about the fall of the Republic , the triumph of the Reaction , the banded alliance of despots , and the more perfect organization of that military power which , with gauntlet of mail and heel of iron , clutches at the throat and treads upon the heart of Humanity .

      The free thought of Europe protested by word and deed in 1880 ; and again in 1848-49 . History , when no longer written by the venal sycophants of Wealth and Power , will do justice to the heroism and self-sacrificing devotion of the men of both those memorable epochs . It must be confessed , that terrible errors were committed , —errors of omission as well as commission ; and the result is that which we see , —the deplorable prostration of Europe , the sanguinary rule of the JZcactionnaires . Recovering from their

      temporary defeats , the enemies of Ereedom exhibit increased cunning , audacity , and ferocity . Wiser than their opponents , they accurately estimate the power of union : and thus we see Pope and Emperer allied , soldier and priest in fraternity , the legitimate autocrat and the bastard usurper combining in one unhol y phalanx to arrest the course of Progress , enchain the human mind , annihilate Liberty by Terror , and render enduring and perpetual the frightful ascendancy of Eraud and Force .

      There are political philosophers , wise above all men in their own conceit , who contend that Pope and Emperor , priest and soldier , are of no account ; that they are the mere instruments of omnipotent capitalists , —the real masters of the world . They add , that it is Rothschild not Nicholas , Baring not Bonaparte , the Bourse not the Vatican , against whom and which should be invoked the organization of the peoples , and the thunders of Democracy . Granted that the money-power is all that it is represented to be ; suppose that the Kaiser could not occupy his throne but for the help of the foreign loan-monger , and that the French tyrant has for his accomplices those gamblers of the Bourse

      Whose game is Empire , and whose stakes are thrones , "Whose table earth , whose dice are human bones , — . What then ? Must not the outposts be captured before the citadel can be stormed ? Must not the guards of tyranny be vanquished before that tyranny—be it of whatsoever character it may—can be overthrown ? Emperor and Pope , soldier and priest , bar the way of human progress ; the battle of the hour is with them By all means labour to enlighten the masses respecting the frauds and chicaneries of our antisocial system . Let them ho f *^ * u * chicaneries ot our antisocial system . Let them be taught that

      ,, „ political reform accomplished , the work of regeneration will ' have but commenced ; but do not place obstacles in the way of that indispensable reform , wanting which the reign of social rbht must continue to be an Utopian dream . ° Those inclined to underrate the importance of Pope and Emperor—that is , of priest and soldier—will do well to ponder on the evente of the past few days « A letter from Sini gaglia , in the Papal States , of the 3 rd mst , mentions the execution of twentvfour politica prisoners in that town . Eight were shot on the first day six on the second , and ten on the third . They marched to death shouting for Mazziki , and singing the Marseillaise . " Is it that onl

      nothing y twenty-four individuals are shot to death in cold blood ? Remember , that those twent y-four but represent thousands condemned to suffering for their devotion to freedom There came simultaneously with the above intelligence , news of further condemnations to death and chains at Naples ; and how much worse than death captivity can be made by the Neapolitan vamnire our Conservative countryman , Mr . Gladstone , has shown From Italy turn to France , and behold the triumphal entry ' of the usurper into Paris and the avowal of his intention to consummate ins treason by abolishing the last vestiges of the Republic , and assuming the powers of an absolutel y irresponsible Autocrat . Why may the Pope shoot Italian patriots , and Louis Bonaparte

      erect a blood-cemented throne ? TWnncn mii 7 f , * +., jA .. :- erect a wood-cemented throne ' Because multitudes , in consequence of their ignorance , give active or tacit support to tyrants and impostors ; while the enli ghtened defenders of freedom are crushed by the brute force of military power . Of himself the VOFE is nothing ,-or , at best , but a poor ghost of what popes were

      "Justice—Immutable , Universal, Eternal....

      in other days . But he is of importance viewed as the symbol and representative of a power yet potent for evil . He is the head of a Church having its ramifications throughout Europe ; a Church eternally allied with despotism . The Pope is sustained b y foreign bayonets not merely because the French and Austrian conscription can furnish soldiers for any work of infamy but because also of the besotted ignorance and superstition of millions of the population of Europe . Even from the free mountains of Switzerland come willing recruits to bear

      arms in the service of the trip le-crowned impostor of the Vatican ; and if the British Government would oppose no obstacle , there would be no difficulty to enlist , in Ireland , any number of volunteers to" join " the Army of the Faithful . " The ignorance of the French peasantry makes them the willing tools of an unscrupulous adventurer . It is necessary to look at facts as they really are ; and it is useless to deny that among the priest-led peasants of France , Bonaparte is possessed of an influence fatal to freedom . There can be no doubt that the enthusiasm in the cities and towns , and

      especially in Paris is manufactured to order , is a mockery and a sham ; but it is not the less certain that among the ignorant masses of the rural districts the name of Bonaparte yet possesses a talismar . ic power . From , these benighted multitudes the conscription collects the great mass of the French soldiery . The Church nurtures blind instruments for the service of the State , The State , in return , affords its protection to the Church . Both combined unite with the Bourse to hold the nation in mental , political , and social thrall .

      But nil desperandwn !— " the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph . " We , in this land where free thought may find utterance , are summoned to again take the field as the pioneers of European Liberty . We have to educate our own uninstructed population ; we have to wrest from Class-Privilege the right of Universal Suffrage ; and , at the same time , Tve are not to forget that service which we may render , and are bound by every

      consideration of duty to give to our brothers of other lands . The evil weighing upon this nation at present is not priestly tyranny , not military despotism , but the want of public spirit . Let only public spirit be revived and on this soil maybe found ample means for conducting the struggle for Europe ' s liberation , to an early and triumphant issue . Here may , and let me hope ivill , be organized the democratic forces for the overthrow of Pope and Emperor , and the permanent establishment of European Freedom . I / AMI DU PEUPLE .

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      &T*P Of Mxttim* Saturday, October 23, 1852.

      & t * p of Mxttim * SATURDAY , OCTOBER 23 , 1852 .

      Bonaparte And Abd-El-Kader. The Formal D...

      BONAPARTE AND ABD-EL-KADER . The formal declaration of the Empire is adjourned for two or thr ee weeks . The " Senate" will meet on the 4 th of November , ^ through that delectable body , will be submitted to the people % question of transforming the " Republic" into the "Empire . " A correct idea of the real feeling of Paris on Saturday last the reader will obtain from a perusal of our Paris Correspondent ' s letter . It will be seen that the . much vaunted " enthusiasm" was regularly

      " got-ivp" for the occasion . Still , the best that can be said for Paris is , that a feeling of contemptuous indifference towards the usurper pervades the majority of the inhabitants . There is wanting that burning hatred of tyranny which would lead us to hope for the tyrant ' s immediate overthrow . Of course , we speak of the inhabitants generally , not of the revolutionary forces still formidable though terribly decimated . The Republicans , whom no temptation can corrupt , no force appal , are yet strong of heart and full of faith in the ultimate redemption of their country .

      On his waybaciv to Pans , and at the end of his tour , Bonaparte visited the illustrious Arab—Abd-el-Kader ; and to the surprise , not more of the imprisoned chief than the public generally , announced to the Emir the approaching termination of his captivity . This , it must be confessed , is one of Bonaparte ' s master-strokes by which he contrives to turn the faults of others to his own

      advantage . He has performed an act the non-performance of which was a stain upon the Provisional Government . He thus shines by contrast with the men who were more specially bound to perform an act of justice , and redeem their country from the stigma o broken faith .

      Our readers , whose memories will enable them to recall the loading events of some few years back will remember with what admiration Europe generally was compelled to regard the chivalries heroism of the African chieftain—the not unworthy successor off that Nitmidian Jtjgtjrtha who nineteen centuries ago contested ! the supremacy of the Roman Empire . In another column we havce

      given a biographical sketch of one of the most remarkable men obi this age ; one , who while at the head of his people enjoyed thcie the reputation of patriot , warrior , legislator , poet , and saint com * bined ! Certain it is , that whatever allowance may he made fm oriental colouring , Abd-el-Kader , at the head of his wild frcfo horsemen , contrasted most nobly with such " civilised" butchers

      as the brutal . Bugeatjd ! and we felt more than a passing pang o o . sorrow when apprised of his downfall . It was impossible to com template the ? savage warfare waged by Prance against the AralsiL . without entertaininp ; the strongest feelimr of abhorrence , and natutui rally , it became the wish of all true men , that Abd-el-Kadbe : might succeed in driving : the fore ign invaders from his natutui

      soil . But fate had willed otherwise . The victim of Moorish twwa ; son , and a succession of misfortunes , the Emir found himsasc : compelled to surrender to his enemies . On that occasion G enenetJ : Lamoricieile and the Duk & D'Auhale solemnly engaged to allolloi their captive . to freely transport himself to Egypt or Syria , on « i dition of not again troubling the African dominions of ITrananci That engagement was shamefully broken by Lows Piiililtf . ai aii his ministers . Within a few days after the revolution of Ictcii

      ruary , Abd-el-Kader addressed a letter to the Provisional G Gi vernment reminding the new rulers of the pledge g iven to > ) ¦¦ by their predecessors , in violation of which he had been doomed cd I captivity on French soil , and urging that both in justice to lnn «< and for the honour of France , the pledge broken by " t l ' son ° ' 1 " I It

      King , " should be made good by " the men of the people , appeal was in vain , and to the shame of Lamartine especially , < v < the discredit of the revolutionary chiefs generally , the gallant * 1 .-1-remained—like a caged lion—cooped up in a French prison—i— - prison in reality was the place of his detention . Rep eated appeppw have been made to Bonaparte , to liberate the captive , « « ^ vain , until last week , when—within a few hours journey oi « " —he unexpectedl y stopped at the Chateau of Amboise , »« l prised Abd-el-Kader of his intended liberation .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23101852/page/8/