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    • " This is truth tho' ouuoscd to the philosophy of ages f MESMERISM AND CLAIRVOYANCE.
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      104 * The Stae Of Freedom. September 25,...

      104 * THE STAE OF FREEDOM . September 25 , 1852 ,

      Justice—Immutable, Univeksal, Eternal ! ...

      Justice—Immutable , Univeksal , Eternal ! THE REPUBLIC . The Empire is at hand . There is every probability that on , if not before the ensuing 2 nd of December—the gloomy anniversary ot . Treason ' s blackest triumph , the bastard GassAK Will consummate his perfidy by proclaiming himself " Emperor of the French" —the legitimate and right dime successor to that Corsican usurper whose aim was universal despotism , but whose end was well nigh as humiliating as that of the fallen tyrant of the Turks . Bajazet perished in his cage . Bonaparte , chained to a rock in the midst of the far distant ocean , had time to contemplate the nothingness of that vanity which had been his guiding impulse , the hollowness of that grandeur for which he had bartered his country ' s happiness , mankind ' s freedom , and his own true mme- —and , then , all was over . Baffled ambition , the mortification of irreparable hopeless defeat , consigned him to the tomb , —his death-bed haunted by the fiends of Rage , Remorse , and Despair . So perish all , VvTio would man by man enthral . The new tyrant of the French is on his tour through the South of France preparatory to his assumption of the Imperial purple . " Enthusiastic transports explode along the line of his triumphant march . There is the explosion of powder and fireworks duly forwarded from Paris ; the explosion of applause on the part of the hired gang of Decembrists who regularly accompany their worthy chief ; the explosion of blasphemous sycophancy on the part of the scoundrel-priesthoodwho hail this blood-besmeared Judas as fho " elect of

      , Gcd , " and present him to their wretched dupes as the " chosen of Providence , " "the Saviour of France , " and the " most worthy and sanctified son of the Church . " Other congenial spirits have striven to do honour to the hero of December . At Lyons the butchers were foremost in hailing their adopted brother . A triumphal arch " painted in the Prince ' s colours ,

      was raised in the centre of the quay , neartJie slaughter-house . On the top was placed an Eagle , & c , " A befitting emblem the bird of prey snuffing the odour of blood and offal . " The master of the corporation of Butchers presented the Prince with an address expressing the devotedness of the men whom he represented . " Edifying fraternity 3 The " Saviour " may count upon the devotion of the butchers . Could Haynau or Rosas desire more .

      But Lyons received the arch-traitor with enthusiasm Lyons the theatre of those herioc contests for Liberty and Social Justice in the reign of Louis Philippe 1 Its entire population—300 , 000 souls—was on foot . Surely the Republic is dead ! Perhaps so . Still it is curious that "the garrison consisting of 15 , 000 men was drawn up in order of battle on the Place de laCharite , and the Quai du Rhone , the cavalry resting on the Place de . la Prefecture , the artillery with their guns on the Place Bellecour , the engineers m the streets opposite the Place , the infantry and the Chasseurs of Vmcennesin

      double files in the streets through which the President was to pass . " All Lyons may have been on foot—for a spectacle will always command the attendance of the multitude . Were Louis Bonaparte going to the guillotine he would bring together a larger assemblage than has been or could be collected by his most brilliant fetes . But Lyons is notyetimperialised or why this army of infantry , cavalry , sharp-shooters , and artillery drawn up in order of battle ? The reader would be grievously mistaken if he imagined that this military display was merely to add to the pomp of the false President ' s

      reception . Those masses of troops armed to the teeth were ready for action . At a sign those cannon would have vomited death upon the multitude , The report narrates that when the forts fired their salute of 101 guns , the formidable explosion appeared to shake the city to its foundations . Those forts were erected not to protect'Lyons from any foreign foe , but to guard against , compress , and if necessary annihilate " the enemy within . " Warsaw has its citadel and so has many a city crushed under the brutalizing weight of despotism ; but

      no other place in the world is so surrounded and overawed by fortifications , designed and maintained to crush its own population , as is Lyons . An insurrection in Lyons unless preceded or accompanied by a revolution in Paris , or a general rising in the country , would be sheer madness . These facts considered , it cannot excite wonder that the " loyal " cry of Vive rEmpereari & kQdhy usurers and soldiers , priests and butchers , was unopposed by any counter-demonstration . The Republicans bide their time .

      An equestrian statue of the first Bonapakte was inaugurated at Lyons , and the occasion was seized upon by the " nephew of his uncle " . to deliver a speech in the course of which he alluded to tlie cry of his sycophants and accomplices , observing "If the modest title of President could facilitate the mission confided to me , and from which Xftave not recoiled , it is not I who from personal interest wouM desire to change that

      name for the title of Emperor . Admire iis inc-desty ! He would be content ^ wiih ^ he oo ame of President , but if France will have him Bmperbrwhy France may crown him ! If he must submit to the imperial dignity , so be it ; he will resign himself even to that new burthen . O ! hypocrite ! how well you combimrthe character of Jerry Sneak with that of Macbeth ; swindler and cut-tnroat , you deserve and shall wear the diadem of eternal infamy .

      I have said the Republicans bide their time . It is true . The Republic is not dead . No number of bayonets however numerous , can utterly stifle the pulsations of its heart ; no masses of cavalry completely trample out its life ; no deathdealing power of cannon-shot annihilate its spiritual essence . It is immortal . Apparently expiring in the midst of Persecution ' s fires , it only seems to die . From the ashes of its past it phoenix-like rises to renewed life and glory . Thousands of Republicans in captivity and exile , tens of thousands

      momentarily stricken dumb by the frightful stroke of military ruffianism—nourish in silence and secrecy their hatred of . ihe usurper and their hopes of the Future . No well-wisher to France and Freedom need despair . In spite of Bonapakte ' s progress towards the coveted object of his ambition— " the plank decorated with , velvet , " commonly denominated a throne , the Republicans are full of hope and confident of their ultimate triumph . Let the usurper mount his throne , he will be only £ p . much , th 6 ' nearer to tfe scafold . Let his accomplices 66 kpMo ife & r cmzfiUfy , ' tfciagf will . o & y" ensure the' te-siy

      Justice—Immutable, Univeksal, Eternal ! ...

      coming of a more sweeping and radical revolution than the world has yet witnessed . They have gloried in their reaction ; woe to them when reaction sets in from the opposite side . The hero-and-martyr-spirit still animates , inspires , and exalts the French Republicans . The Leader has accused them of "the fundamental folly of making the 'Republic a standard of patriotism , —an empty name , without the virtues it demands , and the liberties it is supposed to guarantee . " The Leader ' s accusation proclaims its editor ' s pitiable

      ignorance or wilful misrepresentation . Precisely because " the Republic" has been set up as a standard of patriotism . Its adherents and defenders have shown themselves possessed of the virtues it demands . Trace the history of the reign of Louis Phillippe , review the career of the statesmen , journalists , and other public men of that period , and having done so , who will dare to dispute the honour due to the Republicans for their virtue in the midst of surrounding corruption , their chivalry and truth at a time memorable for its venality

      and falsehood ? And from the 24 th of February to the present hour , by tongue and pen , in the tribune , and on the barricade , in prison and exile , by word and deed , by the lives they have led , the sacrifices they have made , the sufferings they have endured , and last , not least , by their unshaken hope in the future , they have proved and prove themselves worthy of the Republic by their virtues , and certain by their faith and heroism , to inaugurate its triumphant and lasting glory .

      The partizans of the Republic did establish " the liberties it is supposed to guarantee . " Not upon the defenders but upon the betrayers of the Republic , must and will rest the odium of destroying the liberties inaugurated by the victors of February . That which the Leader , in its self-sufficient wisdom , deems a " fundamental folly , " is really the fundamental strength of French democracy , —that of making " the Republic" a standard of patriotism . The Republic is the ideal not merely of aform of government , butof a state of society differing from the

      present as light differs from darkness , and truth from falsehood , in which equality of rights and duties being the recognised rule and law of the political and social commonwealth , there will , of necessity , be no place for those individuals and classes whose privileges and monopolies are founded upon the debasement and poverty of their fellow creatures . The Republic supposes equal freedom ; equal opportunities for educational culture ; equal protection to the citizens in their social relations to each other ; absolute justice to all ; duty , the guardian of liberty , and the surety of general happiness .

      As is the ideal so will be those who adopt it for . their standard of duty . The Russian serf who believes in the divi nity of the Tsar , and in his own nothingness , contrasted with the might and ( supposed ) right of his master , will necessarily be a grovelling slave . So , on the contrary , the Republican repudiating all man-worship , and giving his devotion to the imperishable principles of Justice , Right , and Duty , will necessarily in his own conduct exhibit a contrast directly the

      opposite to that of the ignorant , brutalized , crouching serf . Doubtless , there are unworthy , or rather , false Republicans ; but let Truth speak , and her voice will declare , taking the party as a whole , it has proved itself to be inspired by the loftiest political virtue—the pledge of its future and not distant victory . Would that in this country we had ' some such " standard

      of patriotism" as " the Republic ; " then might the popular cause give birth to patriots worthy of the name . Sore need have we of some loftier ideal of justice and rightthan hitherto has been recognised by our popular parties . . " But , " objects the practical man , " your Republic is a dream—Utopia , neither more nor less . " Perhaps so , to-day , but to-morrow ! Thanks to the labours and the sacrifices of the idealists of

      the present , their Utopia , will be the realized fact of the future . By all means let us seize upon the practical , and wrest our manhood ' s right from the clutch of monopolizing Privilege ; at the same time let as not forget the duty we owe to others . At least let as from insult and calumny protect the good and true men who , no matter their country or national name , are marshalled and march under the banner of the Universal Republic . i ; AMI DU PEUPLE .

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      Mr . Davidson , Ayr ; and R . Payne , Abingdon .--. ] W Mr . Crantz' will in future supply the paper . twJ 1 Vci T . Williams , West Ham . Our columns are over crowded John Ward , Wakefield . The tone of your letter would ] forbade any notice of its contents ,. but for the fact that there may Ii e as blindly prej udiccd as yourself . Stereotyped " sympathy for Mr O'O ° ^ has been , and is being made a trade of . It would have been as Ca ° . " me , as for others , to have won the applause , of admiring dupes h J \]\ ' so inclined . You should remember that I never fawned upon m 1 n libelled Feargus O'Connor . I worked with him as long as I could r ^ conscientiously . I opposed his political proceedings ' when dutv 80 manded . I warned him of the base sycophants who were Icadiuir 1 C ° ' ' ruin . My warning was unheeded . Look back and remember who to that , in his Chartist romance , weekly pictured Feargus O'Connor as * tical and private swindler and traitor , —the creature who now tii-n „ ^' iV ... I . J- ( l i . i .- a ... r \ 'n _ » 11 ' ir _ /> w / "i . _ . .. . ' "JS CffidU iji ior utmuor is

      _ -ms . "iyiiiiiauiy <~> . u mv . u Vjtmnor neglected tho t rests with his self-constituted " friends" and " sympathisers . " if , " . need of money , why do not the two Committees cash up , thev havcV " ' " in hand , I have enquired of certain members of one of the said p s iiiittees , whether money is wanted for Mr . O'Connor , and have been am in the negative , they professing to speak on information obtained f Mr . O'Connor ' s nephew . I have tried to obtain exact -information o' \? O'Connor ' s circumstauces by writing to Dr . Tewke , but , I have " rern" j no answer . Others have written , and been equally unsuccessful . " 1 i-Mr . O'Connor ' s sister to be in need of help , and privately I haw i , ! n E-ftt . l «> r aiil hnf T howo olinmV f . vm o „ , r ™ , MJ „ „„„„ .. ! I ..... _ , , lnC < l tfl get her aid : bat I have shrunk fro public appeal wearied

      m any , and s gusted as I am at seeing so many good appeals result in next to uothi You , John Ward , before flinging your venom upon me , you should ben ??' sure that you do , at least , as much in the service of humanity as is a , by the person you abuse . What 1 do for the unhappy Refugees for " stance , is not limited to mere words . You sympathise with one man ' ? i is well . I have to feel for , and work for hundreds of the mostimf tunate and most deserving of our fellow-men . Do you do your dutv I ^ l I will perforin mine . If Mr , O'Connor is in need of help , such as f S give shall be rendered . But 1 must have facts to go upon ; and if Ignite with others in such a work , it must be with honourable men , notnoliMmi schemers and traders in " sympathy . "—G J . H .. ai

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      " This Is Truth Tho' Ouuoscd To The Philosophy Of Ages F Mesmerism And Clairvoyance.

      " This is truth tho' ouuoscd to the philosophy of ages f MESMERISM AND CLAIRVOYANCE .

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      ON Tuesday Evening the 28 th inst , , GERALD MASSEY , Author of " Voices of Freedom , aud Lyrics of Love , " will deliver the first of two Lectures on Human Magnetism and Claikvoyaxck , in tlie Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham Court Eoad . < " Syllabus . Opposition to new and great ideas— " Common Sense" not the best standard of appeal . Animal Magnetism , its friends and foes . The Antiquity ( if Mesmerism . Nothing new hut what has heen forgotten . Health contagious as

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      Saturday, September 25, 1852. Apathy Or ...

      SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 , 1852 . APATHY OR ACTION ? What are the people doing ? The first session of a nejv Parliament is approaching . The government is in the lianas of those who proclaim that it is their mission to stay reform , to preserve the constitution in Church and State ,-as by'aW established , and to arrest in England that progress of democracy which the hand of brute force has arrested upon w-

      continent of Europe . - Opposed to that government arc * series of parties , comprising men of almost all shades-o opinion , and bound together by but little in common , save the "love of office—the desire for aggrandizement , and - tfto hate of their political opponents . The old Whigs seeking to

      preserve the oligarchical system called constitutional ^ - The more modern Whigs leaning to the doctrines of ^ Chester . The economical school measuring the virtue oj ^ nation by the extent of its trade , and its happ iness by * > ; amount of its aggregate wealth . The Irish members asking " Justice " for themselves and their constituents alone ; ana <

      few Radical reformers—too few , alas , to exert much po ^ These comprise " Her Majesty's opposition /'— but not _ opposition of the People . They will debate furiously , & of them for AVhig principles , is they were , —others i <> v JJ indefinable something , which represents Wliiggism as ^ ^ some for cheapness in government , cheapness m ^ . 'j cheapness in production , cheapness in labor , CBCa P S st Sj everything but their own profits ; others for libertv topr ^ . jj and the partial emancipation of the English . * p ^ appeal to the memories and deeds of men great in tm ^ ds on

      but shadows now ; they will quote patriotic wor ^ ^ but shadows now ; they will quote patriotic wom » - ^ ^ they do not mean to act ; they will tickle olu ' 5 ^^ phrases about past glories-and progress ; they wili y , fltr the doctrine of " buv cheap and sell dear ;" . tyW 'T Vli \\ the power of production to ¦ mafo * fa' ^ j $ y £ fai TOlt ^ fleetB ^ m ^ rdi antm

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091852/page/8/