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      40 The Stae Of Feeedom. August 28,1852..

      40 THE STAE OF FEEEDOM . August 28 , 1852 ..

      " Justice—Immutable, Universal, Eternal ...

      " JUSTICE—IMMUTABLE , UNIVERSAL , ETERNAL !" I ITALY AND POLAND .-HOPE FROM THE TOMB . Last Saturday ' s Star of Freedom reported the funeral h honours paid to the deceased mother of the great Italian , J Joseph Mazzini , by the republican inhabitants of Genoa the 5 Superb . A striking , solemn , and soul-moving manifestation , t testifying a great city ' s respect for the dead , loving veneration f for the living , and undying devotion to the Italian cause . If i report says true , the mother of Joseph Mazzini was worthy c of her noble son , and worthy is Genoa for having rendered

      1 homage so imanimous , so affecting , to the modern Cornelia c of Italy . Like most public men , Mazzini has been subj jected to severe criticism , the severest of which he has himself ] provoked . The impartial observer having examined his life , i and well weighed the strictures of unscrupulous enemies and i friends unhappily—but let us hope only temporarily—placed in 1 the position of antagonist * , must conclude he is , before all living ' . Italians , the worthy representative of Italy ; her leader , her ' . hope , the chief whose name symbols the coming freedom and glory of his native land . Rightly is the homage of love paid to such a man . I have spoken of the inhabitants of Genoa as

      being " republican" in principle . Even so . The ambition , the convenience of monarchical governments have imposed tipon Genoa the regal rule of Piedmont , but not the less is the Superb city faithful to . the traditions of her glorious past , and to the promise of that more glorious future destined to witness the regeneration not merely of a single city , but of the entire peninsula , which , repudiating the despotism , of both pope and emperor , will revive the imity without the tyrannical usurpation of ancient days , the freedom without the local jealousies of the republics of more recent times , and become one great and free land—the Italy of the People .

      The funeral honours paid to the mother of Mazzini must be regarded , not merely as a mark of respect for the dead and fraternal homage to the great triumvir . There was intended to be conveyed an additional meaning , a significant lesson , which the spoliators of Italy and the oppressors of Europe thoroughly comprehend . Those civic bands , those masses of artisans , those hardy boatmen and mariners , those glorious women—from the lady of noble rank to the wife of the proletaire , that multitudinous assemblage , those serried ranks-of ardent patriots " waiting for the fray , " listening ,

      longing for liberty ' s trumpet-blast that ere long will summon them to the last combat with the Croat—proclaim tha immortality of the Italian cause . That funeral illumination voluntarily awarded to the mother of Jan exiled patriot—a testimonial kings might envy , but may not command—those lights in . hut and palace in the valley of Bisogna flash through the gloom of Italy ' s present sorrow , like the first lightning gleam , the herald of the coming storm—like the first beam of the returning sun of liberty , whose rays shall annihilate the darkness of despotism , and upon fair Italia shed the light and life of Freedom for evermore .

      One feature of this remarkable demonstration deserves special notice , proving as it does that the preaching of that holy gospel—the fraternity and solidarity of the nations—lias not been the mere babble of mouthing demagogues , but hasbeen the sowing of . good seed upon fruitful ground , as proved by the first grains of the harvest exhibited at Genoa . The coffin bearing the hallowed remains of the deceased was borne in turn by parties of foreign sea-captains , English , American , Swedish , Danish , and Dutch . The war , as well as the commercial navy of America , was

      represented by commanders worthy of the " stripes and stars . " Thanks to our countrymen , to the Englishmen who , by participating in this memorable demonstration , did something towards redeeming our country ' s name from the dishonour cast upon it by the toadying servility of aristocratic panderers to successful tyrants . Patriotism—even though allied to misfortune—can still command the sympathy of some Englishmen . May they increase and multiply that England may have her future as well as Italy , and be worthy to share in the greatness and glory of regenerated Europe . -

      This day s Star of Freedom contains a report ( full and faithful ) of another funeral demonstration , a testimonial of love and regret for one of the noblest of Freedom ' s defenders ; and also a sign to Europe that the veterans of the Revolution cast upon these shores are watching and waiting for the signal to resume their arms , never to be grounded till the last vestige of Tyranny is effaced , and the European Republic founded upon the indestructible basis of popular sovereignty , social right , and international solidarity . With Albert Darasz

      my acquaintance , personally , was but slight ; but I remember his face and form , his mien and speech , announcing him the patriot , the apostle of Humanity , the worthy son of a land prolific in heroes . Though I had seen him but once or twice , his virtues , his greatness of soul , I knew from the lips of my friend , and his devoted colleague , Stanislaus Worcell . The reader will find in the oration of that gentlemen ample details of the career of the deceased . Enough that I remark , that though it was the fate of Albert Darasz to perish under the slow assaults of consumption , instead of falling

      under the hands of the executioner , he was , nevertheless , a martyr . Warned by an internal monitor , and by the voices of anxious friends , that to commit himself to the climate of England was to doom himself to death , he had but one answer : Duty commands the sacrifice , and I obey . " This resolution , unshrinkingly abided by , shewed Darasz to be the worthy brother of those marytr-spirits : Zawisza , Vrjitski , Volovitch , Djevitski , Konarski , & c ., & c , whose names shed so glorious a halo upon the dark page of Poland ' s recent history .

      The funeral of the exile was worthy of the man and worthy of his sorrowing comrades in misfortune , I mean not merely Ms countrymen , but all his compatriots of the European Democratic Federation . The day was fair and calm as the last moments of our brother sinking to rest in the assured hope of mankind ' s progress , and his country ' s deliverance . There gathered around his inanimate but holy remains men of every clime , war-worn soldiers of the armies of Democracy . Little to be envied is that man who ' could gaze unmoved upon 3 arnmtia / s sons , unfurling to the breeze the pure unspotted

      " Justice—Immutable, Universal, Eternal ...

      banner of the white eagle . Every glance of the . eye , every line and furrow of the countenance of each of these sorrowstricken , but unfaltering warriors , proclaimed their unyielding devotion to their country , their undying hatred to all despotism . Imagine the unfurling of their cherished standard to confront the blast of the battle ' s storm ; how terribly beautiful the sight of their enthusiasm ! The procession formed ; first marched a vast column of French Republicans , marshalled under the red banner of the Mepublique Democratism et Sociale . Then followed the Italians , survivors of the heroic

      combats of Rome , Milan , Venice , & c , their unstained tri-color floating in tlie breeze . A large body of Germans , many Hungarians , English , & c , followed the Italians ; the Poles brought up the rear with the inscription on their glorious flag—Poland —Democratic and Social ! Their place in the procession , whether designed or otherwise , was significant . Although bringing up the rear their dead was in the van ! Thus it has ever been with Poland ' s sons in all European struggles for freedom , the first to . fight and fall , the last to quit the field ! Spoiled , betrayed , neglected by other nations , the Poles might with some reason have nourished sentiments of hatred ancl

      vengeance towards all countries save their own . But not so . On the contrary , they have been the first on every barricade and battle-field to offer themselves a sacrifice for the common good of humanity . The , orations over the grave speak for themselves in terms of eloquence well calculated to fire the most frigid , inspire the most apathetic , and impart hope to the most desponding . The exhibition of so many patriots of various nations , fraternizing over the grave of the exile , was a sublime spectacle ; an augury of the union of Liberty ' s combatants in one invincible phalanx , and the ultimate commingling of the nations in one commonwealth of equal , free , and united families .

      And for Poland , specially , last Sunday s demonstration will be a sign of hope and promise . Unquestionably within herself Poland must seek , and seeking will find , the source of her strongest hope . As long as Polish mothers shall give birth to men there will be no cause to despair of Poland . To quote the words of one of her noblest sons , the historian Lelewel , — " The increased energy of the continuous efforts which the Polish nation has made to shake off the yoke imposed upon it , is a sufficient proof that some day it will rise

      from its abasement . When a people repeats , full of faith , ' As long as we live , Poland will not perish ;'—when it does not despair of the salvation of the country;—when ever active it rises after every interval of repose , redoubling its efforts to break its bondsj it cannot reasonably be doubted that such a people will recover its independence . " But the interests of Humanity , ancl bitter experience of the strength wielded by the powers of Despotism acting in combination , unite to command tho alliance of all nations for the liberation

      of Poland , and the union of Poland with her sister nations for the emancipation of Europe in its entirety . The forces of Despotism are combined , the forces of Democracy must exhibit the like consolidation . Neither in Italy , Poland , nor France can the Revolution succeed if circumscribed within the limits of either . The Despotisms must be assailed from

      all points at one and the same time . If so , who can doubt the result ? The revolutionary deluge will sweep away throne and scaffold , the dungeon of the political and the den of the social oppressor ; and this old world , rejuvenated and free , will bear on its proudest monuments , the names of men who , like Albert Darasz , shall be numbered with the benefactors of the Human Race . L'AMI DU PEUPLE .

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      W . H . Davis ( Edinburgh ) . —The Post-office Order is all right . The sub-secretary to the Refuge Committee is looking for the workman yon name . We shall he much obliged for the report of the co-operative meeting . Many thanks for your valuable efforts . We will write per post . G . Edwards ( Burnley ) . —By whom are you supplied with the " Stab . " Thanks for your kind letter . We shall be glad to receiae the report of the co-operative meeting . J . B . Crawford ( Cumnock ) . — Thanks * You shall hear from us .

      W . "W ; Broom . —Received . Thanks . John Moves . —Your case is a hard one . We will consult a friend or two , and will communicate with you in the course of a few days John Sketch-ley—The papers shall be forwarded as you desire . Monies for Refuges . —Barnsley , per Thomas Lmgard > . 4 s . ; W . H . Pocklington , 6 d . W . Berwick . —We owe y 6 u an apology for . leaving the papers so long unnoticed . They will be attended to next week . E . Brown ( Camelford ) . —We are sorry we have not room .

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      Saturday, August 28, 1852. The English L...

      SATURDAY , AUGUST 28 , 1852 . THE ENGLISH LACKEYS OF CONTINENTAL DESPOTISM . The time was when England had enemies , and when she was not particularly distressed because she had . In fact that she might debase these enemies she preferred war to peace . " These were times of barbarism , " say the h ' spin * cowards , and the selfishly indifferent traders of our " liberal " days . " We do not care what other people think ; it is no

      business of ours how other nations act . " Not our business say you ? Yes , but it is . We cannot , if we would , withdraw ourselves from the interests of the world at large . Woe to this nation if it persists in believing that it may ! The ago that you brand as" barbarous" was ignorant , truly , but it had a faith , and therefore was a nobler age than the present , for now we have no faith . We cannot admire the object of the anti-Bonapartist wars of the commencement of the present century ; but we can admire the spirit which dictated them ,

      the people ' s enthusiastic support of a principle which they considered to be true , and their determination to fight to the death for the destruction of the power of the usurper by whom that principle was held in contempt . But the opinions of men have undergone a change since the " good old times , when George III . was king . " The people of these islands no longer believe that legitimate Monarchy is the great

      goodthat the restoration of the Bourbon to the French throne was worth any waste of blood and treasure . But on the other hand , is it possible that they have come to look upon the imperial opponent of the Bourbon as the man for whom they should have sacrificed and fought ? Have they relinquished their worship of the hereditary king , only to bestow their admiration upon that selfish , soulless tyrant , whose every action was a plotted crime against the human race—that

      Bonaparte who strangled the Republic , and who never hesitated to gratify his slightest desire by any amount of bloodshed ? If they do not , they have been grossly insulted , and the national honour has . been ' desecrated by one who ought to have been its most vigilant upholder . It is reported on very reliable authority , that on the 15 th , the anniversary of the birthday of Napoleon Bonaparte , Admiral Dundas , in command of the British fleet then lying at Gibraltar , caused all the British men-of war in the harbour to hoist the French ensign at , the main , and fire a .. royal salute in honour of the Corsican Bandit ! Is this intended

      as preparation , ancl a sign of repentance , on the part of the British authorities , for their long and persevering struggles to bring Napoleon Bonaparte to the dust ? If so ; why has their opinion on this subject so " suddenly changed ? Last year , or in previous years , no British Admiral thought of giving a salute on the birthday of the " Emperor . " No , it is from no change of opinion ; our aristocratic rulers have now no opinion , they have only fear ! The honour is intended , not for the imperial scoundrel , but for the swindler and assassin ,

      his nenhew : and whv ? It cannot nossihlv hfi frnrn . ndinirahis nephew ; and why ? It cannot possibly , be from admiration for his character ; no man , however unprincipled he may be , can admire burglary and murder , though he may , from a i fellow feeling with the criminal , attempt to palliate tho crimes . It could only have been a consideration of fear that t induced Dundas thus to debase his country , by paying a i mean and cowardly compliment to the man of the cap ft '' etat .

      , The " chivalrous Tories have displayed but little chivalry f in our days ; we shall see whether they" will take to them- - selves the odium of this basest of all base actions , by letting g it pass unnoticed . They may , they probably will ; we have e seen how they have constantly truckled in the most shameful il manner , to the blood-stained despotisms of the continent , andd put up with the grossest insults from their miserable

      depend-1-ants , rather than run the risk of war , however just may have re been the cause . But , in the present case the Government can- nnot plead even the Cobden cowardly peace-fever ; to . cashievev Dundas would cost no war . We shall anxiously wait to secec what is done , without much hope , however , of seeing ' adopteded . any course worthy of tho-honour and dignity of the Brft ' shsh . nation . We too well remember the laudation bestowed uponom the Decembrist by the chiefs of the ruling factions , to hopepei for the punishment , by them , of this naval dishonourer of Eng - land , or an immediate and indignant disavowal of his act .

      We trust that this disavowal will at once be made by tkk British people themselves . If they have still left a spark ot oil national pride ^ if they have still any reverence for the mcmonoriesof Blake and Nelson , and the many other naval hcrocsocs whose names have an honourable place in the page of therein country ' s history , they will take care that not only this meaifeair and senseless coward , Dundas , shall meet his deserts , and M ba no longer suffered to desecrate the position of one of Eng » ^ protectors ; but they will determine to speedily end the J * graceful reign of that pack of knaves and imbeciles who si « ii such things to be done , and whose whole public life shows thathai they do not understand or value either their own or W country ' s honour , - ' ..-.: ¦ ¦

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28081852/page/8/