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      February 26, 1848. ,««____ The Northern ...

      February 26 , 1848 . , ««____ THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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      Sonus For The People. At Tbe Present Mom...

      SONUS FOR THE PEOPLE . At tbe present momtnt , the following version of tbe Marseilles hymn may appropriately find a place in our columns :

      The Marseilles Hymx . \E Sons &F Prance ...

      THE MARSEILLES HYMX . \ e sons & f Prance , awake to glory , Hark ! hark ! what myriads bid you rise , Your children , wive § , and graadsireshosry , Behold their tears , end hear their cries ! Shall hateful tyrants , mischief breeding , With hireling hosts , a ruffian band , Affright and desalate tbe land , ¦ While peace and libsrty lie bleeding ? To arms , to arms , je brave ! The avenging sword unsheath ; March on , march on , all hearts resolved On victory or death . 2 fow , how , the dangerous storm is rolling , Which treacherous kings confederate raisa ; The dogs of war let loose , are bowling , And , lo ! our fields and cities blaze ; And ehall we baselj view the ruin ,

      while lawless force , with guilty stride , Spreads desolation far and wide , With crimes and blood his hands embruing To arms , < fcc . ¦ W ith luxury and pride surrounded , The Vila , Insatiate despots dare , Their thirst of power and gold unbounded , Torce : eand vend the light and air ; £ Ake beasts of burden would tbey load as , Like Gods , would hid their slaves adore ; Bat man is man * and who is more I Then shall they loager lash and goad as ? To arm * , & c . 4 Libert ;! can man resign thee . Once having felt thy generoniflime ! Can dungeons , bolts , and bars confine thee ? Or whips thy aoble spirit tame ! Too long the world has wept , bewailing

      That falsshood a dagger tyrants wield , But free ' -oet is our sword and shield , And all their arts are unavailing . T « anni , to arms , ye brave ! The avenging sword unsheath ; If sreh on , aareh on , all hearts resolved On victor j or death .

      The Doom Of Toil. By The Late Geobgb Bis...

      THE DOOM OF TOIL . By the late Geobgb Bisks , of Sunderland . Written daring the author ' s incarceration in Durham gaol , for tbe crime of baring advocated the right of the people to be represented in the legislature . Time was when England ' s fertile land maintain'i The honest toiler in a peaceful home ; When labour was the price of riches gained , And want ne ' er drove her peasanty to roam . 'The eastern sun awoke the cottage sire , To rise with gleesome smile upon his face , 'With life anhnrt by fierce oppression ' s ire , The happy emblem of a happy race . -At eve returning from bis toil alone , The self-same smile was visible and bright ; "'Mid bliss so snset contentment built her throne , And dreamless sleep , enbroken , crown'd the night , 'Ob ! then did blend in unison divine .

      The mighty works of Nature ' s enly meg , And manhood seem'd to vie in joy sublime , With Saturn ' s minstrel music on the wing . -Oh ! whose could be the cruel monslerhand , First raised on high Ambition ' s gory sword % Oh 1 Trboss coald bs the robber rampant band . First envied honeitmtn their just reward ! Porsoon—too soon , alas!—the verdant hills In vain their golden harvests spread around ; la vaia did flow the gushing crystal rills , For sordid avarice her million * houad . As murky clouds of coming night do flit Across the breathless summer ' s sunlit sky , So hearths , which once the purest blesiings lit , Are now abodes where slaves do pine and die . Proud man seems thirsting for his brother ' s blood Aad Innocence doth tamely bear the chain Till human wee invokes another flood .

      Te end its s & vsgs lif « of toil and pain . Sre twilight dims the night ' s bright glairy crest , We hear the dismal tolling fact ' ry bells , ¦ Commanding baby limbs to quit their rest , And break their tender hearts in British Htlls . far gold , the rebel few break Nature ' s law-Tor scrdicE 30 W , the blood of life is spilt , The vulture fangs of Msmmon , ruthless gnaw Tbe human form , regardless of the guilt . The holy tear that swells a mother ' s eye , An 4 trickles to the feet of despot lord ; The plaintive wailing of that ' piecer'feoy , Is counted sought when men hare wealth to board Ko hand is stretch'd to sooth a pang of woe , So heart is n » 3 T « d to sjmpa'hy for pain ; 'Content to count the dearest friend a foe . Each sordid soul is still augmenting gain .

      At rimes , when madden'J fretey speaks aloud , And lights a rebel brand at Nature ' s fire , To wrap some blood-built palace in a . cloud Of flame and smoke , to sate its quenchless ire ; Wees crushing roofs and Famine ' s mingling yell Half scare the wolfiih monsters in their den , They'll meet in , conclave , like the fiends of H « U , To lull the swelling atoim of honest men . The trumpet shrill will echo on tho ear , Whilst troops of murdering raffling draw ! And forced along in passion ' s wild career , Thi soldier bathes his savage steel in goret Thasmen are made by pride—that gilded curse-To bend to toil and arrogancy wild ; And armies live upon the pnblib purse ,

      To kill the father who dare love his child ! Then nest some haughty eotton lords will meet , To reconcile the outraged father ' s breast , Sy keeping children healthy , clean , and neat , " with baths , and cleanly linen often drest ; tn other words—to coin more guilty gold ! Though oft tbey tell tbem itis for their good ; Enticing youth , like Burke and Hare of old , With proner'd sweets , ta drain their dearest blood My curss upon the mercenary soul That climbs to wealth regardless of the means ; 'Hay Heaven ' s thunder o ' er him wrathful roll , And desb to dust bis base ambitious dreams . There ' s not a child , however ragg'd and bare , Whose early years are spest in yonder mill , Bui ' s dearer than the . wealth that ' s gather'd there ,

      Though ev ' ry brick were gold , and efry wheeh The tear that falls in silent sorrow there Is register ed by God's unerring eye ; The poorest slave's despised , neglected prayer ¦ W in some day seal the doom of tyranny . Ye mnrd ' rin ? Cains ! ye avaricious few , Who flourish o ' er your wretched csuntry ' s grate , A day of fearful vengeance looms for you , Prom which no tyrant ' s arm nor sword can save . ^ Explore the secrtts of ynn dismal mine , Where crippled colhers toil in darkest night ; "Where poison vapours roun 4 hira sickly twhie , And half extinguish tho pale iflim ' riBg light ; Tea hours of ceaseless labour scarce will bring Enough of food to yield tbe call'd for strength ; Whilst every proud and cruel coal-pit king Is floating gaily on a sea of wealth ! To seethe hardships that these men endure

      Wou'd move a heart as hard as stone or steal ! And blacker than the coal of Tyne and W « ar , Must ha the heart that cannot , will not feel . There ' s scarce a day but sneaking Av ' rice tries , To chest bv measure , weight , or grieTons fine ; And tortuaes spring from treachery and lies , Like mushrooms in a night , in yonder mir . 3 , Sar do oar laws concede to Right its due , For often Tice will triumph—Truth be lost ; And yielded by the purse-proud tyrant few , An honest man is mined with tbe cost . So keenly pressed by want and care are they Thst children hear the ' caller ' s' rattling roar , Afid leave the village ereen where others play , To keep Starvation from their father ' s door . I * o sunny days to romp about in joy , yo velvet sward to stretch his limbs with glee , Ko mrrry playmates for the collier boy .

      So jocund spirits , healthy , blithe , and free . And then , to fill the cup of direst woe , Some unsuspecting boar will bring him home , With Life ' s last embers turning faint and low , A shattered son of Toil , almost unknown . ' Then floods of tears from warm affection flow , But fail to give the throbbing besom rest ; The parents lay their loved one cold and low—They oft have kissed—so often have carest , Another victim to the cursed might That shoots its barbed arrows all around ; J ? ot eer . tl « childhood ' s years escape the blight , That keeps such thousands in its fetters bound ( To le continued . )

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      LORD FALMERSTOX'S COACH-WHEELS ! TO THE ZDITOB OF THB NOETHEEK STAB , S-a , —A few friends to the cause of humanity seeing that the brave mm of Tiverten are bestirring themselves to rai ? e the necessary faKds to pay for Lord Palmerston's C 02 ch-whsel » . and agreeing with them . that ' all men art brethren , ' and cu ^ ht to assist each other in all cases of distress , we enclose our mite ( four shillings and siiptn «) in postage stamps , towards the liquidation of his loref ' nip ' s debt , sutject to the same conditions as that or our Tfrerion friends , with this addition , that he applies for it in person . If these conditions are not complied with hand it ( the rnone ;) o » er to Mr Clark for the defence oflfr O ' Connor ' s seat in Parliament . Your ? , in the cause of Chartism , A few CaiSTisTs ii Cbcrweix , seas Leei > 3 . [ The stamps have been forwarded to l £ r Claris , — Sd . M , SJ

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      Memoirs Of A Physician. By Auxudb Duuis....

      MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN . By Auxudb Duuis . Vole . I ., II ., ( forming vols . II . and X ° f ' Tfae Parlour Library . ') London : Simms and M'lntyre , 13 , Paternoster-row ; and Donegalstreet , Belfast . We resume and conclude our extracts from these volumes . Tbe Dauphin { afterwards Louis XVI . ) has wedded Marie Antoinette : —

      TBE TWO FKKg . The king retired to his apartments at nine o ' clock a » d dismissed everybody . The dauphin and his bride had also retired to tbwr apartments ; and the immense srowd of spectators of the ceremoay thronged the court , yard and the terraces ef Versailles , now one blaze of light , and waited anxiously for tbe fireworks , which were to be exhibited on a scaloof unusual magnificence . The evening , at first lovely and serene , by degrees became overcast , and guitt o £ wind , gradaally Increasing in violence , tosied the branches wildly to and fro , as if they had been shaken bj some giant area ; while 1 m . mense masses of clouds hurried acreas tbe heavens , like squadrens rushing to tbe charge . The illuminations were suddenl y extinguished , ani , as if fate had deter , mined to change the general rejoicings into gloom , no sooner had the first rockets been discharged , than tho rain descended In torrents , as If the heavens bad opened , and a loud and startling peal of thunder announced a terrible convulsion oftha elements .

      Meanwhile , the people of Versailles and Paris fled like a fleck of trightdned birds , scattered over tbo gardens , in the roads , in the woods , pursued in all directloss by thick hail , which heat down tbs flowers in tho gardens , the foliage in the fbreit , the wheat and tie barley iu the fields . By morning , however , all this chaos was reduced to order , and the first rays of light , darling from between copper-coloured clouds , displaysd to view the ravages of the noc : urnal hurricane . V r ' silles was no longer to be recognised . The ground had imbibed that deluge of water , the trees had absorb ed that deluge of fire ; everjwh » re were seas of muddy water , and trees broken , twisted , calcined by that serpent with burning eripe sailed lightning . As soo * as it was light , Louis XV ., whose terror was so great that he could not sleep , ordered Lebsl , who had

      sever left him during tbe night , to dress him . He then proc » ededto the bridal chamber , and pushing open the daor shu Idered on peretiring the future queen of France reclining on aprie dieu , pale , and with eyes swollen and violet coloured like those of the sublime Magdalen of Rubens . Her terror , caused by the hurricane , had at length been suspended by sleep , and the first dawn of morning which stole into the apartment tinged with religious resprcther long white robe with an azure hue . At the further end of the chamber , in an arm-chair pushed hack to the wall , and surrounded by a pool of water which bad forced its way through tbe shattered windows , reposed the Dauphin of France , pale as bis young bride , and , like her , having the perspiration of nightmare on bis brow . The nuptial bed was in precisely the same state as on the preceding evening .

      LouisXV . knit his brow ; a pain , keeper than any ha had yet felt , darted through that brow like a red-hot iroa . He shook his tead , heaved a deep sigh , and returned to his apartments , mora gloomy and mora affrighted , perhaps , at that moment , than he had been daring the night , * * * On the 3 » th of May , that is on the second day after that tremendous night , thit night fraught with presag * s and warnings , Paris celebrated in ite turn tbe marriage festival of Its future sovereign . The whole population poured , in censequence , towards the Place Louis XV , where were to bs exhibited tbe fireworks , that necessary accompaniment to * ererr great public solemnity , which the Parisian accepts scomagly , but which he cannot dig . pensa with . The spot was jadlciouriy choien . Sis

      hundred thousand spectators could move about there at their ease . Around the equestrian statue ef Louis XV . bad been erected a circular scaffolding-, whicb , by raising the fireworks ten or twelve feet above tho ground , enabled all tbe spectators in the Plsce to see them distinctl y . The Parisians arrived , accordiag to custom , in groups , and spent some time In choosing the best places , an inalienable privilege of the first comeri . Boys found trees , grave men posts , women tbe railing offences and temporary stands , erected in the open air , as usual at all Parisian festivities , by gipsy speculators , whoso fertile imagination allows them to change their mode of speculation every day . About seven o clock , along with the earliest of the spectators , arrived several parties of police .

      The fireworks had been prepared on a moat maenificent scale : the gazers were in the height of their enjoyment when an accident cansed a catastrophe which occasioned the dreadful deaths of some hundreds of persons , and the frightful mangling and wounding of soma thousands . A stray rocket set fire to a mass of fireworks , —a hurricane of flame burst forth , —the norqoEi , composed of fifteen thousand fusees , exploded ; and the nearest spectators , burnt , wounded , and still more frightened , fell back in terror : —

      The people , at first astenisbed , then terrified , recoiled from the force of mere instinct with resistless impetus , communicating the same movement to the myriads or spectators In tt » rear , who , breathless and suffocated , pressed backwards in their torn on those behind tbem . The scaffolding toek firo ; children shrieked ; squalling women , almost stifled , raised them in their arms ; and the police , thinking to silence the screamers and to restore order by violsncs , struck right and left at random . All these combined causes mails the waving sea of people which Philip spoke of , fall like a water-spout on that corner of the Place where he was ; and instead of rejoining the baron ' s carriage , as he calculated upon doiag , the youth was hurried away by the mighty and irresistible current , of whieh no description could convey any idea ; for individual strength , increased tenfold by terror and anxiety , was again augmented a hundredfold bj the junction of the general strength ,

      At the moment when Philip drew Andrea away , Gilbert had resigned himself to the stream which carried them along ; but be had cot gone above twenty paces , before a band of fugitives , turning to the left Into tbe Rue de la Madeleine , surrounded Gilbert and swspt him away , foaming with rage on finding himself separated from Andree . AnSree . clinging fast to Philip ' s arm , was inclosed in a group which was striving to get out ef the way of a carriage drsgred aloag by a pair of furious hones . Philip saw it approaching swiftly and threateningly , — the horses' eyes flashed fire , and they snorted foam from their nostrils . He made superhuman efforts to avoid it ,

      but all in vain . He saw the crowd open behind him , — he perceived the teaming beads of the two ungovernable animals , —he saw tbem rear , like the two marble horfes which guard the entrance of tbe Tuileries , and , like tbe slave wlo is striving to subdue them , letting go Andree ' s arm , and pushing her as far as he could oat of the way of danger , he sprang up to seize the rein of tbe horse that was next to him , Tbe animal reared a second time . —Andree saw her brother slak back , fall , and disappear from her sight . She shrieked , extended her arms , -was hustled to and fro in the crowd , and in a moment faur . d herself al & ne , tottering , borne along like a feather by the wind , and just as incapable of resisting the force that was hurrying her away :

      The stunning cries , far more terrible than those of the fcattUfi » Id , —the neighing of horses , —the frightful noise of wheels , grinding now the pavement , now the bodies of the slain ; tbe lurid games of the scaff . ilds which were on fire ; the sinister gleaming o' | swords drawn ty s < jKe of the infuriated soldiers ; arid evir all this ensanguined cbaos the bronze statue tisgrdby tbe ruddy reflections , and seeming to preside over the carnage—» ere more than was needed ta disturb Andree's reason , and paralyse her strength . Besides , tbe power of a Titan would have be » n impotent in such a strugs'e ^—a struggle f . ir life snd limb— of one against all . Andree uttered a piercing shriek : a soldier , opening himself a passage throu-h the crowd , was striking the people with his sward , and the weapon flashed over her head . She clasped her hands , like a shipwrecked mariner when the last wave is passing over him , and exclaiming—* Oh , my God " sunk to the ground . Whoever fell io that scene mteht give himself up for lost !

      Bat that terrible , that despairing shriek , was heard and answer d . Gilbert , carried to a distance from Andree . bad by din : of struggling once mora approached fcer . Bending beneath the same wave which had engulphed Andree , be raised himself again , made a frantic leap at the sword which bad unwittingly threatened her , grapped the throat of the soldier who was going to strike , and hurled him to tbe ground . Beside the soldier lay a female form dressed in white , he raised her up and bore her off as though he had been a giant . * * * * The poor fellow , who stood leaning with his back against the wall , and his eyes turned toward the bridge , had not looked to bis right . Before tbe carriages ,

      which , long detailed by the crowd bat now hemmed in Iteb closely , brgan once more to move , and eooneamoon galloping as if coachmen and horses had been seized with a general frenzy , fled twenty thousand unfortunate creatures , mutilated , wounded , bruised one against the other . Instinctively they fled close to the walls , against which the nearest of tbem were crushed . This jaaes swept away or suffocated all those who , having taken up their p-.= it : on near the Gnrds-Menhle , imagined that they had escaped the wreck . A fresh shower of Wows , of living and dead hodies , rained on Gilbert . He found one of the recesses formed by the iron gates , and stationed himself there . The weight ef the fugitives made the wall cradi .

      Andree i ? r « cued ,-but Gilbert ' sunk dying upon a heap of the dead . ' The next chapter introduces Rousseau in search of his disciple Gilbert ; and another character who apieara u these 'Memoirs' for the first time , the snbseorie ' ntly celebrated Marat—the terrible ' Friend of the ' Peoi-ie . '

      THE FIELD OF THE DEAD . Gn-at sforms are always succeeded by calms , fearful in tVs ' sr very stillness , but bearing healing on thiir wings . It wis about two o ' cU-ck in the morning . The mooo . wa € : r . E between large white clouds which hovered ever Paris , showed in strong relief , by her wan and sickly light , the inequalities of this sad spot , and the pits and holes in which so many ef the fleeing crowd had lound au uutimoly grave Here aud there in the moonlight , which was obscured from time to time by the large white floatipg clouds W 6 have mentioned , m ' ght be seen , on the margin oi the glcuesand . in , tbe ditches , heaps of corpses . with * 355 ° r «

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      dered attire , stiffened limbs , livid and discoloured faces , and hands stretched out in an attitude of terror er of prayer . In tbe centre of this place , a heavy tainted smoke , emitted from the burning embers of tbe timber , contributed to give to the Place Louis XV . the nppeuianoo of a battlefield . 0 » er this bloody and desolate plain , flitted , with rapid and mvsterious steps , shadowy figures , who stooped , looked steathil y round , bant down , and then flad . Tbey were tbe robbers of the slain , —attracted te their prey like vultures to the decaying carrien . They had not been able to rob the living , and tbey came te despoil the dead . Surprised at seeing themselves anticipated by thtir fellow robbers , they might be seen escaping sullealy and fearfully at the sight of the tardy bayonets whfch manaced them . Bat the robber and the lszy watchman were not tbe only persons moving among the long ranks of the dead .

      There were some there , who , furnished with lanterns , might have been taken for curious lookers on . Sad lookers-on , alas ! for they were parents and ansious friends , whose children , brothers , friends , and lovers , had not returned heme . They had come from great distances , for the dreadful news had already spread over Paris lik a hurricane , scattering dismay and horror , and their anxiety bad been quickly changed into active search . It was a sight , perhaps , snore dreadful to behold than the catastrophe itself . Every expression was portrayed on these pale faces , from the despair of those who discovered the corpie of the beloved being , to the gloomy uncertainty of those who had found nothing , and who cast an anxious and loaglng glance towards tbe river , which flowed onwards with a monotonous murmur . It was reported that many corpses had already been thrown into the river by the provostry ef Paris , who wished to conceal the fvar . ' ul number of deaths their guilty imprudenoe had occasioned .

      Then , when they had satiated their eyes with this fruitless spectacle , aud , standing ankle deep in the Seine , had watched with anguished hearts its dark waters flow past unbnrthened with the loved bodies of thosa wham they sought , they proceeded , lantern in band , te explore th « neighbouring streets , where it was said many of the wounded had dragged themselves , to seirk for help , orat least tofl-io from the scene ot their sufferings . Y 7 htn unfortunately tbey found amongst the dead tbe object of their search—the lost and wept-for friendthan cries succeeded to their heart-rending surprise , and their sobs , rising from some new point of tho bloody sctne , were responded to by other and distant sobs . At times tbe Place resounded with noises of a d'ffarent klud . All at once a lantern fall * and is broken-tha living has fallen senseless on tbe dead , to embrace him for the last time .

      There are yet other noises in this vast cemetery . Soma of tbe wounded , whose limbs have been broken by the fall , whose breast has been pierced by the sword , or crushed by the weight of the erowd , utters a hoarse cry , or groans forth a prayer , and then those who hope to find in thesufftrer a friend , hastily approach , but retire when tbey do not recognise him . In the maan time , at the extremity of the Place , near the garden , a field-hsspital is farmed by the kindness and charity of the people . A young surgeon , known as such by tbe profusion of instruments that surround him , has tbe weunded men and women brought to him ; hs bandages their wounds , and while he tends them , he speaks to them in words which rather express hatred for the cause thau pity for the effect . To M < two robust assistants , who pass the suffer * ers in bloody review before him , be cries incessantly : —

      ' The women of the people , the men of the people , first 1 Tbey can bs easily reognUed tbey ar

      'Became , replied the surgeon , raising his bead at this interruption , * because no one will care for the poor if I do not think of them , and the rich are always well looked after . Lower your lantern , aud search upon the ground ; you will Bad a hundred poor people for one rich er noble , In this catastrophe , with a good fortune which will in the end weary even Providence , the noble and the rich have paid tbe tribute tbey generally payone in a thousand . ' The young man raised bis torch to a level with his bleeding forehead . ' Then I am that one , ' said he , without tbe least anger ; 'I , a gentleman , lost among so many others in tbe crowd , wounded in the forehead by a horse ' s hoof , and my left arm broken by falling Into a pit . You cay that the noble and the rich are sought after and oarad for ; you see plainly , however , thst my wounds are not yet dressed . '

      ' You have your hotel—your physician . Return home , since you can walk . ' * I do not ask for your cares , sir ; I seek my sitter , a beautiful young girl of sixteen—killed probably , alas ! though aha is not of the people . She wore a white dress , and a chain with a cress ronnd her neck . Though she has her hotel and her physician , answer me , for pity ' s sake , sir , have you seen her whom I seek V ' Sir , ' said the young surgeon , with a feverish vehemence which shewad that the ideas he expressed had long boiled within his breast , ' sir , humanity is my guide , It is to her service I devote myself ; and when I leave the noble on their bed of death to assist the suffering people , I obey the true laws of humanity , who is my goddess . All this day ' s misfortunes have been caused by you . They arose from yeur abases , from your usurpations . Therefore , bear the consequences . Ko , sir . I bare not seen your sister . '

      And after this harsh apostrophe , the operator returned to his task . A poor woman bad just been brought to him , whose legs were fractured by a carriage . ' See ! ' be exclaimed , calling after Philip , who was rushing away , ' see ! do tbe poor bring their carriages to the public festivals to break the legs of the rich V This young surgeon waa Marat . Philip goes on his way looking for Andree , and in his search encounters Rousseau , —' a man already advanced in years , dressed in a grey cloth coat and milled stockings , his right hand resting on a stick , while with the left hand he held one of those lanterns made of a candle enclosed in oiled paper . ' Rousseau and Philip ex & miho the deadbodies together ' ¦ — ' What a fearful sight ! ' said the old man turning away from a group of corpses clasped together in death . ' Tet itis tlierewe must look , ' replied the young man , resolutely holding his light over the heap of dead .

      ' Oh ! I shudder to look at it , for I am a simple and unsophisticated man , and the sight of destruction causes in me an urconquerable horror . ' ' I bad this same horror ; but this evening I have served my apprenticeship to butchery and death ! Hold , here is a young man of ah . iut eighteen ; he has bean suff tcated , for 1 see no wounds . Is it he whom you seek ?' The old man made an effort , and held his lantern close to tbe body . ' No , sir , ' siid he , ' no ; my child is younger , has black hjir and pale eomplexion . 'Alas ! all are pale to-night , ' replied Philip . 1 Oh ! see , ' said tho old man , « here we are , at tbe foot of the Garde Meuble . Look at these tokens of the struggle . This blood upon the walls , these shreds-of garments upon the iron bars , these torn dresses on the points of the railing . '

      • It v ? a 3 here—it Niaa certamly here , mutm \ ir « d Philip . 'What sufferings !' ' Oh , heavens !' 'What !' 'Something white under tbeos corpses ! My sister had a white dress on . Lend me your lamp , sir , I beseech jou . ' In fact , Philip had seen and snatched a shred of white cloth . He let go his hold , havinj but one hand to take the lamp , 'Itis a fragment of a woman ' s dress , held firmly In a young man s hand , ' cried he—' of a white dress like my sister's . Oh ! Andree 1 Andree ! ' And the young aan uttered heart-rending sobs . The old man now

      appeared . ' It is he ! ' exclaimed he , opening his arras . This exclamation attracted the joung man's attention , ' Gilbert' / exclaimed Philip in his turn , ' You know Gilbert , sir f ' Is it Gilbert whom you seek ?' These two questions were uttered simultaaeou sly . The old man seized Gilbert's hand ; it was as cold as death , Philip opened the young man ' s dress , pushed aside the shirt , and placed bis band upon his heart . Poor Gilbert ! ' said he .

      'My dear child ! ' sobbed the old man . 'He breathes!—he lives ! He lives , I tell you , ' exclaimed Philip . 'Oh ! do you think so ?' 'I am certain ef it—his heart beats . ' ' It is true , ' replied the old man . ' Help \ help ! There is a surgeon yonder . ' ' Oh ! let us succour him ourselves , sir ; juat now I asked that man for help , and lie refused rac ' 'He must help my child ! ' crt ; d the old mini indig - nantly . He must . Assist me , sir , to carry Gilbert to

      ' I have only one arm , but it is at your service , sir , rep'ied Philip , ' And I , old as I am , feel strong again . Gome . ' The old man seized Gilbert b y the shoulders ; the young man teok his two feet under his right hrm , and in this manntr they advanced towards the group iu tbe midst of which the surgeon was operating , 'Help ! help ! ' cried the old man . ' The men of the people first ! Tho men of the people first ! ' replied the ssrgeon , faithful to his maxim , and surs , each time he replied thus , of exciting a murmur of applause among the group which surrounded him . 'It is a man ot tbe people ^? hom , l atabxiaglng , ' «•

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      piled the old man , with vehemence , but beginning to snare in the general admiration wbioh the firm and re . solute tone of the young operator excited . Alter the wowon , th » n ' said the surgeon : ' F . ea have more strength to support pain than women . A Simple bleeding will suffice , sir ' replied the old man ' r Oh » is it you again , my young nobleman ? said tne surgeon , perceiving Philip before he saw the old man Philip did not repl y . Tbe old man thought that these words were addressed to him . ' I am not a nobleman , ' said he , « I am a man of the people ; my name is Jean Jacques Rousseau . ' The doctor gave a cry of astonishment , and makine an imperative gesture , — ' Give place , ' he seld , « to tho Man of Nature ! Make room for the emancipator of the human raco ' Place f » r thecitivnof Geneval '

      Thanks , sir , ' said Rousseau , ' thanks !* * Has any accident happened to you V asked the younc doctor , ' ' Not to me , bat to this poor child . —See . ' 'Ah ! you too , cried the phys i cian , ' you too , like myself , represent the cause of humanity . ' R ousseau , deepl y moved by this unexpected triumph , eould only stammer forth some almost unintelligible words . Philip , dumb with astonishment at finding himseir in the presence of tbo philosopher whom be admired so highly , remained standing apart . Those who stood around assisted Rousseau te lay the fainting Gilbert upon the table . It was at this moment that the old man glanced at the person whoso assistance he was Imploring . He was a young man about Gilbert ' s age , but his features presented no appearance of youth . His sallow complexion was . withered like that of an old roan ; his heavy and drooping eyelids covered an ey » like a serpent ' s , and his mouth was distorted as if in an epileptic fit . v r

      Ho gentl y opened Gilbert ' s sleeve , tied a baud of llaoa round his arm . and opened tbe vein . Tho blood flowed at first drop by drop , but after some moments the pure and generous current of youth spouted forth freely . 'H >»! we shall save him , ' said the operator . 'But he will rrquiro great care ; his chest has been rudely pressed . ' ' 1 have dott to thank yen , sir , ' said Roussaau , ' and praise you , not for the exclusive preftreaco jou show for the poor , but for your care and kindness towards them , All men are trothers . ' ' Even the noble , even tbe aristocrats , even the rich 1 ' asked the surgeon , his piercing « ja flashing from bentath bis heavy eyelid . ' Even the ' noble , the aristocrats , the rich , when they suffer' said Rousseau .

      'Sir , said the operator , ' excuse mo . I am from Baudry , near Neufchatel ; I am a Switser like yourself , and therefore a democrat . « A countryman ! ' cried Rousseau ' a native ofSwitserland ! Y » ur name , sir , if you please !' An obscure name , sir ; tbe name of a retiring man who devotes his life to study , waiting till he may , like yourself , dnroie himself to the good ot humanity . My same is Jean Paul Marat , ' « Thanks , Monsieur Marat , ' said Rousseau , ' But whilst enlightening the people as to their rights , do not excite them to vengeance ; for if they should ever revenge themselves , you will perhaps be Unified at their reprisals . ' Marat smiled a fearful smile . ' Oh lif that day should happen during my life 1 ' said ho , ' if I could only have tbe happiness to witness it 1 '

      Rousseau heard these words , and , alarmed at the tone in which tbey were uttered , as a traveller trembles at the first mutterings of the for-distant thunder , he took Gilbert in his arms , and attempted to carry him away . ' Two ¦ v oluntetrstobBlpMonsiourRouBieaul Two men of the people I' cried the surgeon . ¦ Here I here ! here I' cried twenty voices simultaneously . R lusseau had only to choose ; he pointed to the two strongest , who took the youth up in their arms . As he was leaving the place be passed Philip , ' Here , sir , ' said be , ' I have no more use for the lantern ; take it . ' ' Thank you , sir , ' satd Philip ; ' many thanks . ' He seized the lantern , and while Rousseau once more took the way to tbe Rue Plastriere , ho continued his search .

      'Poor young man ! ' murmured Rousseau , turning back , and seeing Philip disappear in the blocked-up and en . cumbered streets . He proceeded on bis way shuddering , for he still heard the shrill voice of the surgeon echoing over the field of blood , and crying : — ' The men of the people I None but tha men of the people ! Wo to the noble , to the rich , to the aristocrats j ' We again recommend this work to our readers .

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      COMMEMORATION OF THE CRACOW ¦ IN . SURRECTION . A public meeting , called by the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration , was held on Monday evening last , Feb . 21 st , at the German Hall , Drury-lane . The room was densely crowded by natives of England , Scotland , Ireland , France , Germany , Poland , Scandinavia , Italy , and other countries . > On the motion of Julian Harney , seconded by Carl Schapper , Ernest Jones was elected president of the meeting ,

      Julian Harney read a letter from Brussels , detailing the progress of democratical principles in Belg itim . The letter excited bursts of applause . The Chairman , after stating that the meeting should have been held on the following evening , the 22 nd , but that the circumstance of another important meeting having been called for that evening had compelled the selection of this evening for the present commemoration , proceeded to read MANIFESTO OF THE POLISH NATIONAL

      GOVERNMENT . Feb . 22 nd , 1816 . Poles !—The hour of insurrection has struct . The whole of dismembered Poland rises and greatena . Our brethren have already risen , and in the Grand Duchy of Posen . in Lithuania and in the Russian provinces , are fighting against the enemy . They are fighting for their moat sacred rights , of which they have been deprived by force and fraud . You know well what has passed and is still occurring . The flower of our youth are languishing in dungeons , the old , whose counsels guided us , are given up to contempt ; our clergy is deprived of all respect ; in a word , all whose actions , or even thoughts , have shown resolve

      to live and die for Poland , havo been destroyed or immured in prison , or are in danger of being : so every moment . The groans of millions of our brethren who perish under the knout , or pinein subterranean cells , or are driven into the ranks of our oppressors , and subjected to all the sufferings which humanity is capable of enduring , have struck our hearts and caused them to bleed . We have been robbed of our glory ; our language has been forbidden to us ; the profession of the faith of our fathers prohibited . Insurmountable barriers have been opposed to tbe amelioration of our social condition . Brother has been armed ajiainst brother , and the most honoured children of our country have been reviled by calumnies . Brothers , one step more , and there would be no Poland , not even a single Pole . Our

      grandchildren would curse our memory , for having left them nothing in one of the finest countries in the world but deserts and ruins—for having allowed chains to be put upon our Warlke people , and forced tbem to profess a foreign faith , and to speak a foreign language , and having reduced them to be slaves of those who have trampled upon our rights . The dust of our fathers , of those martyrs of the rights of our nation , calls to ua from the iomb to avenge them ; the infant at the breast callis upon us to pre . servo for him the country which Gnd has confided to us ; the free nations of the entire world invite us not to allow tho sacred principles of our nationality to be destroyed . God himself invites us , He , who will one day demand from us an account of what we have done with it .

      We are twenty millions . Letus rue as one man , and no farce on earth can crush our power . We shall enjoy such liberty as never was known en earth . Let us conquer a state of society , in which every man shall enjoy his share of the fruits of the earth according to his merits ( earnings ! and his capacity , in which no ( inclusive ) privilege , of any kind whatever , will be allowed to remain ; in which every Pole will find a full guarantee for himself , his wife and his children ; in which every man disabled by nnture in tbe use of his bodily or mental functions , will find

      without humiliation , the unfailing assistance of the whole social state ; a state in which those portions of land which have hitherto been merely in the conditional possession of their cultivators , will become their adsolute property ; in which all rbnt ( white and black , according to the feudal acceptation of the term , ) snecnge labour and other similar burdens , ( entailed upon these lands , ) will cease without any indemnity ( to the landlords , ) and those who will devote themselves in arms to the national cause , win be remunerated b y a grant of land from the national domains .

      Poles ! from this moment wo recognise no ' distinction airong ourselves ; brethren , henceforward we are the sons of one mother , our country—of one father , G ^ d , who is in Heaven ! Let us invoke His support , that lie may bless our arms and grnnl ua victory . But to draw down His blessings we must not sully ourselves with intemperance or plunder , we roust not disgrace our consecrated arms by using them for oppression , or for the murder of the disarmed dissenter asd foreigner , for we do notairuggle against ( the people of foreign ) nations , but against our ( common ) oppressors . And now , in testimony of our union , let us adopt the national cockade , and take the following oath : —

      ' I swear to serve Poland , my country , by counsel , word and deed . I swear to sacrifice to her all my personal views , my fortune and my life I I swear obedience to tho National Government , which has beeti established in Cracow , the 22 nd of this month at eight o ' clock in the evening , in Krysstofory-.

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      House , and to all the authorities appointed by the Government , aa God may stand me in my need . ' This manifesto will be inserted in the Government Journal , transmitted in separate sheets throughout Poland , proclaimed from tbe pulpits of all churches , and pJacardfid in all public places ^ Cracow , February 22 nd , I 8 i 6 . ( Signed , ) Ludwik Gorzkowskt , John TrssowsKr , Alexander GitZEGORZEWSKi The Secretary of tho Government , ( Signed , ) Karol Rogawski .

      The Chairman made a speech remarkable for its truth and energy . He took occasion to glance at the position of democracy in Switzerland , France , Italy , Germany , and Ireland ; that , like chivalrous soldiers , were cheering their sad , silent sister , Poland , with the best comfort—good example . He showed hew even from Russia were coming the words of cheer ; and democracy was storming the serfs and soldiers of the Tsar . He vindicated democracy from the charge of destructiveness ; and showed how in tho great French revolution , only a few thousand were punished by the easy death ot the guillotine , or the noyade . whereas constitutional oligarchy in Christian England had destroyed , by slow torture , one million in one year . The speaker , who was interrupted by frequent and enthusiastic plaudits , concluded his address by calling on Joliajt Harney to move the first resolution .

      Jdxiab IIarxbt , who was received with great ap- 1 plau ? e , then moved the adoption of the following resolution : — ' That we—Democrats of several nations—record our unquenchable and ardent sympathy for our cruelly persecuted brethren of Poland ; we express our devotion to the principles of the Cracow Manifesto , and our determination to unceasingly labour for the restoration and regeneration of Poland . ' Julian Harnkt said ' : Citizens—Again we meet to lift up our voices for Poland , and renew our vow * of fealty to the cause of mankind ' s progression . Tho resolution I hare proposed expresses your sympathy with the opprecsed and your hatred of the oppressors ; your determination te aid in the holy work of

      uprooting'tyranny , and yonr devotion to the princ i ples of Equality , Liberty , and Fraternity . Two years have passed since the Cracow Insurrection , and many noble patriots whose hearts beat high with hope this nisrhYtwo years ago , are now the ^ perishing inmates of the silent grave . Tbey have left to us the duty of avenging their fall , and placing in tho us * cendant those principles for which they lived , laboured , struggled , and died . ( Applause . ) Talk not to me of peace , and love , and charity , as long as the Galician victims are unavenged . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Remember the patriots who were quartered alive , their legs and arms broken with fliils , their heads skinned , their eyes torn out , and their living flesh chopped into mince-meat for hogs . ( Sensation . ) Remember the Polish lady who , prognantjwith twins , was "killed with a dung-fork , and the twins torn out of the corpse ; the assassins committing this hellish abomination that they might cet the

      Austrian price for more than one head . ( Expressions of horror !) It has been said , ; if there were not a God it would be necessary to invent one , but I say if there were not a hell it would be necessary to invent one for miscreant Metternich and his murderous myrmidans . ( Cheer * . ) I trust , however , that tho tvrants of this earth will not be loft wholly to the justice of another state of heintt—I trust that before they depart hence they will have a tastfl ot justice here . ( Hear , hear . ) The execution of Wisziiewsft ; and Kupusei ' nsfci at Lemberg in'the month of August last , proves that the people of Galioia ha . l no part with Metternich ' s hired assassins , but , on the contrary , that they are thoroughly devoted to the principles far which those patriots were put to death . The march of Wisziiewski and Kapuscinski to the gallows was an ovation—a triumph , far more glorious than ever a Roman conqneror enjoyed ; proving in the sublime words of eur Byron , that

      ' They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gors ; Their heads may sodd ° n in tbe sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls—But still their spirit walks abroad , Though years Elapse , and others share as dark a doom , They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts TThich overpower all others and conduct The world at last to freedom . ( Great applause . ) The Cracow Manifesto Is a noble document—the baptismal record of Young Poland . ( Cheers . ) Old Poland , exclusive , aristocratical Poland , died in 1831 The last effort of the most chivalrous aristocracy of Europe was then made , and made in vain : and from

      that hour all men have seen that Poland can only be redeemed by her Democracy , aided by the Democracy of Europe aenerally . Konarski ^ and his glori . ous fellow . martyrs laid the foundation of the Damocratie life of Poland , of which the insurrection of Cracow was tho first manifestation , but not the last . Mieroslawski and his noble brother-conspirators , have been condemned to a life-Ions incarceration in Prussian dungeons , but they will net end their live " there . ( Hear . ) . There is a spirit abroad will break through their dungeon-walls and set the captives free . ( Cheers . ) We applaud the Cracow Manifesto because it recognises the equal rights of all classes . and prepares tha way lor the destruction of classusurpation . It recognises the social as well as the

      political rights of man , and holds forth to the multitude , the assurance of a real reward for tho sacrifices they are called upon to make * or their country's regeneration . ( Applause ) The social and political elevation of the people must now be the grand object of revolutionary struggle ? . ( Hear , hear . ) The Emancipation of Labour , is the only worthy object ef political warfare . All sokemes of so-called Reform : all Revolutions not having for their object tho Emancipation of Labour are delusions and frauds ; and the pretended reformers who excite the passions of the people for any other purpose , I pronounce the worst enemies of the human race . I mean by tbe Emancipation of Labour , not the conferring npon the poor man the privilege of bein ? robbfd by a monopolist—instead of a landlord ; not the supremacy of a conventicle Cantwell instead of a privileced par son ; not the rule of the bourgeoisie for that of the

      feudalists ; I mean hy the Emancipation ef Libour that the masses , as tho majority , shall rule the state , —that hereditary humbug , and class usurpation slnll give place to popular sovereignty ; ( cheers ) that the laws shall ba few and simple and lawyercraf ' - abolished . ( Applause . ) That those who will have priests shall alone pay for them , and wise men who can be priests to themselves shall suffer neither plunder nor proscription . ( Applause . ) That those who till the soil shall be its master ? . ( Applause . ) That those who raise the fond shall be its first partakers . That those who build mansions shall live in them , That ( hose who weave / men ? , cottons , cloths , and silks , shall wear them . ( Cheer ? . ) That those who make railways and carriages shall have the use of them . That Capital , the offspring of Labour , shall be itsaervant and not its mas'er . That equal educi . tion shall f < ster the intellect of nil . That none bu '

      the idle shall die of hunger , and none but the vicious suffer reproach . ( Great cheering . ) And that tbe absurdities and usurpations of lanks and classes shall disappear , and men be the equal lords of thi * earth . ( Renewed applause . ) I shall be told that I indulge in the dreams of a frantic Utopianwra . Yes , ' Utopian' as Jong as the millions are blind , disunited , and cowardly ; but no longer Utopian when once the scales shall fall from the people ' s eyes—when once they comprehend their strength—when once they unite , and from their intelligence and union derive courage to combat against their opoveasova . ( Applause . ) Ina'l revolutions the working men have been the principal workers and sufferer ? . They have poured out their blood in torrents , but never yet have thfy reaped a rev-ard equal to their toils and sacrifices , —they have but changed their nHVJtors and have usually found that change was for the worse . Why has this been ? Because tho working

      men have fought for party cries instead of principles , and abandoned to clas'es , who could have no sincere symi athy with tlsom , the { rule or remodelling of governments . JNow , that the clawg ot'kitig ^ are clipped , and aristocrats have had their teeth drawn , the people find in the bourgeoisie their most deadly enemy ; an enemy wliich by turn uses fraud and force to delude and crush the Proletarians Wr have , however , moro to apprehend from their fraud than their force . They are everlastingly throwing ouf ; some new tub to the while . But let tbem beware . The next tirao Leviathan bites , it may be with the bitRof the shark not of the surgeon . ( Hear , hear . ) Proletarians , why should we follow at the tail of tho bourgeoisie , thankful for any bono they may flin ? to us ? Why should we waste our energies clamouring and stmcgiinj ; for a little bit of cheap bread—ft little bit of cheap church—a little cheaper taxation— a'contemptible bit of constitutionalism . — or a nonsensical bit of nationality ? ( Loud cheers . )

      Why in a bondsman ' s hey , With bated breath and whispering humbleness , ' beg the charity ef those roMers , when we have but to put forth the srigantic energies of our own order . to take fully and entirely that whieh is our own ? ( Great applause . ) But , citizen brother ? , to do- our work well , with the certainty of success , we must unite tho Proletarians of all lands * Divide and conquer' has ever been the policy ofi ' o ^ nnts ; ' Untie . ^ nd triumph' must bo the policy of Democrats . { Ay plauso . ) The working rm ? n of any country are not of themselves able m effect their own ddivevancB Let the working men of this country cagase in a fe

      death-strutiglelwith their oppressors , ar ^ rthw ' -th thoso oppressors will be assisted by the f jtcos of evt-ry existing usurpation . Let the Pr letr . r Vans of France anain raise the battle-cry of 'Wartot ' jo Castle , Peace to the Cottage , ' and immediately t ' holy alliance ' of kin ? : * , and aristocrncics , pries ' , a , and profitmongers , will march to tbe rescue o '/ their Gnllic com rogues . But let the working tuen oi Europe advance together and strike for t , t > , eiv rights at one and the same time , and it wiP . be seen—that every tyrannical gavernn ent and , ' a « arpwz class will have enough to d & afc hoittevvitaout attempting to . wist other oppressors ( I j 0 nd cheers . ) The age of Denaoaratk & ceadanc ' , haasMMfleaeed . The triumph

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      of the Swiss Radicals was the beginning o the er . dj ; ( Applause . ) As yet we have seen but act the first off tho Italian drama , but when the curtain finally falls I it wilt ba amidst the acclamation * of liberated nations , rejoicing at the rending of th « Ausr an era . pire and tho annihilation of the Aus'rian despotism .. ( Cheers ) In Francs—g )» riou » France—1 ! - » -. tnig .. gle has commenced , and will never cease until asain „ in solemn conclave , tho representatives of the people * declare that the hisbry of kingsi * the mir-yrology ? of nations . ' ( Applause . ) But , more than that , thai rule of the bourgeoisie is doomed ; like BaUh .-izzar ,, they have been weiabed in the balance and fiunii wanting , and thtir kingdom will ba given tothp Pro . , letarians , ( Groat applause . ) The hour of conflict i between the millions and their masters is at hand , and , therefore , I say to the Pole 1 , hope and feat not ,, —and to Poland ' s oppressors believe and tremble .

      ' D = ) om they this an idle threat f Crimson tears will follow yet !' ( Thunders of applause . ) Carl Schafpkr , who was received with en thusiastic applause , seconded the resolution , and said they bad met to commpmorate an event which would be one of the most conspicuous in the histor / of the human race . The Poles were a brave and gallant people . In the course of the la ^ t seventy years they had suffered many defeats , but they had never yet been conquered . ( Cheers . ) The insurrection of Cracow was a glorious manifestation of popular progress . Formerly , it was the nobles who raised the standard of revolt against Russia , not for the purpose of freeing Poland , but that they might take the place of the Tsar , and re-establish the tyranny of their own order : but in the Cracow

      Insurrection the people were seen coming forward to put down all tyranny—domeitic as well as foteigu . ( Applause . ) The Cracow Revolutionists declared that they desired to have Poland for . tbe Polesfor all the sons and daughters of Poland , and nolonger for a class . ( Loud cheers . ) There were certain Poles in England , as well as in Belgium and France , who are vexed at the demonstrations of out sympathy . They say they don ' t want our sympathy ; but he could tell them this meeting did not sympathise with those aristocratic Poles-it was with the people of Poland they sympathised . ( Loud applause . ) The Democrats of Europe hid no sympathy for th « Polish aristocrats , and Prince

      Adam Czartoryski . He could tell them there never would be another king of Poland . ( Loud cheers . ) Honour to tbe patriots who , two years ago , poured out their blood for the regeneration of their country . ( Applause . ) Honour to those patriots now suffering in Siberia , in Russian mines , and Austrian and Prussian dungeons . ( Cheers . ) From north to south a movement was going on that would shatter the thrones of kings , and destroy tyranny in every shape . ( Loud cheers . ) He repudiated the cant of peace . ' He was for liberty first , and then peace . ( Applause . ) There must first be a Holy War for the destruction of tyrants , and when they were swept from the earth , then—peace ; but , until

      then—war ! ( Rapturous cheering . ) England had set noble examples ^ to other nations . . Two hundred years ago they sent a king headless to Us grave . France had repeated the same lesson , and Germany would , before long , perform an equally striking act of justice . ( Applause . ) The last prop of despotic governments was failing them . The soldiers were becoming enlightened , and would no longer butcher their brethren . T e king of " aples had ordered his soldiers to fire on the people , but they refused , and then Ferdinand yielded , de . daring that he was pleased to grant a constitution . Yes , he was devilishly pleased ! ( Laughter and cheers . ) Tbe King of Bavaria had been compelled

      to send away his dear Lola Monies . Ha . too . had ordered his soldiers to shoot the people , hut they refused ; and then he declared that , moved noi by fear , but by love , he had resolved to do as the people desired . ( Cheers . ) So it will be with . England some day . The soldiers here , too , will become enlightened ; they will refuse to take the lives of their fathers and brothers , and then the English government , ' moved not by fear but by ., love , ' will be ' pleased' to grant the Chatter . ( Thunders of applause . ) Let them psrsevere , and make this earth what it was intended to be—a home of Equalit " , Liberty , Fraternity , and Happiness for all . ( Great cheering . )

      Henreich Btjner supported tbe resolution in an energetic speech , delivered in the German language . The resolution was carried unanimousl y . Charles Kken moved the second resolution a * follows : — ' That remembering tha horrid butnh-ripa and tortures inflicted upon the people of Poland by the atrocious Russian despotism ; the horrid massacres in Galicia perpetrated by c mimand of the imperial Austrian assassins ; and the perfidious crimes of the despotic government 0 f Prussia ; we invoke against those despotisms the execration of the human race '

      C Keen said , I think that the resolution does not go far * enough , inasmuch ] as it , in my opinion , does not touch the real delinquents , it blames the governments of Austria and Prussia alone ; now it is well known that no one can perform work without tools and mateiial , —the men who compose the armies are the tools , —the money to pay them for fighting is the material , —without it they would not fight , and who is it tiiat supplies the money ? Is it not the base , money-grubbing , profit-mongering middle-classes ? For though such men as Rothschild may be the ostensible money-lenders , they are but the go-betweens of the tyrants who want money and the usurious money grub who has raonay to

      lend ; therefore , considering this , I assert that the money-finder is the most criminal of the whole , and especially deserves our deepest execration . ( Cheers . ) Why was it that the insurrection which we are met to celebrate failed ? Firstly , I believe it to be the ignorance of the great mass of the working classes , who do not understand their social ri ghts , consequently the noble men who fought for their liberty were overpowered ; secondly , because it was ait attempt to gain the land for the entire people and not an insurrection to secure middle-class power ; however hostile the aristocracy and middle-classes are generally , they perfectly agree utiou one point ,

      that is , excluding the people from the possession of the land . The landholder who possesses it desires to keep it ; the money-bag holder desires to get it ; consequently , whenever the working classes show any desire to endeavour to get any of it , the influence of the aristocrat and the power of the money bag are immediately united , anil common cause made by the whole gang of plunderers , for ths purpose of suppressing all attempts that may be made by the henest and earnest advocates of the rights of raan towards removing the vice , misery , and destitution that afflict the human race . ( Loud applause . ) And this will always continue whilst the workingman remains what he is . He boasts of beins the

      Lord of the Creation ; of possessing intellect above the other races of animals ; ' tis true he does ; he can seize the elements and make them subservient to his will ; write with the lightning and paint with the sunbeam ; this shows that he is the Lord of the Creation ; hut the way he uses tbose powers sho .-vs hira also in the li y ht of a wonder of Creation . All his energies are employed for the purpose of creating and accumulating wealth , but not for himself ; he is

      content , after bis day ' s toil , to crawl to the pothouse , or sneat to his horns to his hungry chilih ' . 'ii atul ragged wif <" , leaving the fat-bellied thief to calculate anil gloat over the amount of profit he has wrung from the toil of the ignorant working slar ; e ; who , contented with his lot , waits for a reward when he dies for all his sufferings here , ' persuaded that the sleek-coated hypocrites , tho whole of whose lives are a living lie , would not deceive him ; when , if ft" wre but to think for one moment for himself . l . e-would see

      that whilehe was sucking in their delusions they were laughing at his simplicity , and enjoying all the luxuries that the earth was capable of producing . Lord of the Creation , indeed ! why the name is all that he has left , the reality has passed ! : r . v ; : y ; the hungry wolf would lar . gh him to scorn and spurn him with contempt . Would the wolf , after hunting down his prey , g ive up the best of it to ^ ome fat lazv wolf and lie content with his ; savr : ? s ? No , he \ vou ) d first enjoy the fruits of hi * toils , and leave the bones to whoever chose to com . * after ; but man > —theliord of CreaVion , the animalwiih the intellect , —hunts down the prey and thanks- God that- he is attwved to pick \\ a hones . 1 shall cov . eUule with repeiting a toast that I have oftea heard in days gena bv : 'Liberty for all who daw couuaul for it .

      ( Great applause ) ,., > ., i ,, Thomas Clajik said : Af t « the lirill . anl sree-J e , which have been delivered by the gentlemen who have preceded me , I feel ii incumbent upon me m the outset , to declare how inadequate av «! f ^ powers to do justice to tV ^ vcsohU iOii whch l , n a Uento support . I a ,, fully implied wrh iho great importance of that event which we have met bere this evening to commemorate , lo my judgm rn it appears one of the most important occu . '< ncos which has transpired in Europe within the l « st half century . ( Hear , hear . ) To I ' olaud , especia ly , it is important , because it developed a new power in that country ; and to the world at large , is it in tho highest degree important , because it g ave birth to a new element in revolutions . 1 meaa that by it

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26021848/page/3/