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      CAMP MEETING OP CHARTISTS AND REPEALERS AT OLDHA . JI EDGE . & cimp meting of the people of Lancashire and Cheshire ! for the purpose of promoting the Charter , Z fS field on Saudsy last , on Oldham Edge . This Q 55 tlnff . spin a fraternisation of Chartists and Re-^ l ers was solemnised ; Mr Fesrgus O'Connor , gp . ; Mr Councillor Doheny , of Dublin ; and Mr tf . P . Roberts , attended . This meeting drew together a larger concourse of auditors anil spectators f han has been witneaed in any part of this district tjjsiiaj ^ trs . The Chartists and Repealers from an eariyhonrin ttemornicgi nugnt be seen marching into Oldham , In order to swell the multitude expected to be present st this great open-air fraternisation . A considerab ' e ranter of persons also went from Manchester , AshtODi Stalybridge , 31 iddleton , and other places , br railway to the scene of action .

      , The announcement of this intended gathering of Chartists jfrom the two connties , excited the most yehenient alarm among the authorities , who swore In i ( io special constables , who were stationed in the Sown Hall—( a pigmy watching a giant !) -and the post anxitn 3 directisns were issued by themagis-Oid bam Edge , tba place of assemblage , stands stout a mile out of the town . Here , on the side of s simewhat rugged Mil , having a narrow base-Ekiried by the high-rozd , the people began to assem , He . and at about half-past twelve o ' clock , immense tiron £ 3 began to pour in upon the selected spot , botk along the broken foot-path on the edge of the hills 8 nd along the lower road . As ths hsnr advanced , the stream of incomers becarce continuous . The scenewas animated and picturesque in the extreme . All whe wera there without a single exception , condncfed themselves with qnietnde , order , and

      decointn . Shortly before one o ' clock , a large body of persons caiae pouring in , headedfby a band of muBic , whif-h had been brought from Manchester . Amongst thi 3 arrival were a number of the leading local Cha * tlsts , who at cnte Retook thett &elve 9 to the temporary platform , whfch was placed at the base of the hill . Shortly afterwards , the cloud 3 began to gather in dismal blackness , and in a few moments a sharp chower of wred-driven rain fell on the patient audience . In about ten minute 3 the rain past off ; a momentary gleam of brightness burst through the clouds ; and ths multitude sent np to heaven a ghout—a thrilling vehement shout of joy , as though thankful for the clearing away of the rain .

      Mr Richird Pujjxg , of Ashton nnder-Lyne , the veteran Chartist , ^ as called to the chair , to the no sesH delight of the meeting . The Chairman told th 8 meeting that if they intesded to carry the Charter , they must bs prepared to stand more than rain ; they must be prepared to make sacrifices . Itemo-Cracj was advancing thronghoui all Europe ; and they had to thank the brave French for the ' manner in which they had carried their revolution . If the whole natioa would act together , and determine to ¦ will it , as France had done , they might depend npon it they should see a great change in this conntry too . Jlr Jamf . 3 Leach , of Manchester , proposed ^ the fct reflation : —

      That we , toa people of Laucathire and Cheshire , in public meeting assembled , being convinced that thi 9 country can neTer enjoy perpetual happiness ar . d prosperity until the whole of the people are possessed of tbeir ' isatnrsl rights—camely , : ha election oftheBembers of tie legislature who are to make the laws by Trhich all the people are goverBSd—do therefore pledge ourselves never to cease agitation until the People's Charter becomes the law of the land . The speaker alluded to the present condition of tie country , and especially of ths working classes , a « of itself a sufficient reason why the changes which

      they sought should be brought about , so as to give protection to their industry . The time had arrived when they could afford to treat with contempt the pjttyecorn that would keep them out of the eonstitafioa- They sought , hoveyer , not merely for their o * n liberty , but for the diffusion of liberty all OTer the globe . After speaking of the inherent rights of nanr ^ Ir Leach emphatically declared , that as they sought for nothing more than justice , they wouIH EOt ^ by the sacred heaven above them , be satisfied with anything less . ( Cheere , and a cry of ' We will haveit . ' teo . ' ) Mr J . Clabke seconded tee resolution .

      MrDoHBSY said * that he wa 3 an Irish Cbrrtist . ( A voice : ' You aie the better for that . ' ) He came there not only to tender his friendship and aid , but to ask theml if Iiishmen were butchered whether Englishmen would cot stand by and revesge them ? ( Lcud cries of'Yes . ') He thanked them * , for that response . He had often met in his own country meetings a 3 large as that ; but he had never yet met with , men of truer faith . He would go back and tell his countrymen , tnat in that magnificent , spectacle free-born Engh ' sbtnea rare ready to swear brotherhood with free-born Irishmen . What interest have they apart ? None . ' But / said the learned barrister , 'if a charge of caralrj is mads along ths streets , shall 11 ) 8 ready to say that half a millien of mm is Laueathire swore fealty to Ire .

      laad in the face ef day , on the opea bill , that their can = 3 and oars is one V ( Load cheers , and shouts of ' Yes , y « , ' ' ong and often repeated J Help us , saia the Phaser u > set Irelaad for the Irisfc , and we « ill help yon to get England for the English . ( Cheers . ) This was toe time for Chartists and Repealers to get their OWB Wiih them he Ehouia ask for the Charter , nothin ' batthe Charter , for them ; and he asked them to'sy , " ' Iivlana , aafl all Ireland , for tbelrisb . ' He was accredited froa Ireland to make that offer . Did tiev sccept it ? { Enthusiastic cries of ' Yes . ') Francs « J in arms ; France would frsternisa with them . Tfce firs * act of the young Republic was to acknowledge their Charter in everything . Prance has the Charier now ; Switzerland has the Charter now ; and the pspe was raiiiBS Up a throne to liberty in the Vatican , and ha WOUlQ DetUeirallj , ( I ^ nd cheering . )

      At this poiHt of the proceedings , a great shont was raised . Far down the road , a coach and four wa » seen driving along at a rapid speed , and the vehiela was followed br a rast bo 3 y of psople . In a few soaents , the CErri'ec stospsd opposite the platform , and from it all-hied Mr Feargos O'Connor and Mr TT . P . Roberts . Th ° cheering was vehement anu long-continued , ir Fzabgos O'Cossoe . — That day was a proud one for Eaglana and Ireland . TVhat he had often propheried had come to pass , that the people ef both countries

      must unita before the oppreESors ef both would giTe liberty to ceta . That great meeting was not oalj to represent labour in the House of Common ? , but to take fee iron hoof of despotism froa the privileges c £ fas people ; of England and Ireland , ^ Why were the working classes kept In unwilling idleness , wBUs the greatest of all raw materials , Jand , was in idiessss ! Every man willing to labour , onght to have labsur , and faere waB ample labour for all on the land-Tie Lsn 3 Plan , however , was only sectional ; the Charter would make it national . He should bs glad to sec a mil . lion ofSatiocil Guards placed in their own castles and s efitry bores , end who would then dare to coae to them ? This wss a sacred day and a sacred cause ; and let g » ea nan swear with him to high Heaven , uncovered , with his 1 st off , never toSDaBfion thecausesntilfreedom had bsen obtained . ( The multitude uncovered to atnan , aa 5 es . indescribable Ecene of enthusiasts took placa . j Was aot that discipline ! Was ever toe werd of coanana

      attended to more promptly ? If there should come dark aa 3 black and sanguinary news from Ireland , he should not confine bis defence of Ireland to the Haass of Com . IQOHBc H ? did not know how the psople of England ivould feel if he were to-morrow or the next day seiz' 3 fcy the law , attempting to do justice to them . He did not kanw how his children ( ths people ; would feel if their father wss torn f : om them . Every house would appear S 3 if it had lost one of its ininatss , because ha believed that he was , and deserved te be , as all times present to their affeetions . The reEolution was carrisd with epplause . —Mr O'Connor , Mr Roberts , and Mr Daheny here drove off in the carriage and foar , followed by the cheers of this enormous mnltitede , loud and long Continued . Mr Bixtei . TlosnvAS moved iha next resolution : — -

      'That we believe the legislative uaion between Great ¦ Britain anS Ireland was brought about by fraud , bribery , intimidation , aDd corruption ; snd that it has been the cause of misery , starvation , and death ; and we are of op inion faat the time has now come when that Union Qugh » to be rep-a ! ed , and hereby pledge aUKelvei to fl * . sist oar Irish brethren ia- ths accomplishment of that desirable object . ' Mr Teojms Baseih , of Manchester , seconded the motion , winch , was agreed to . Mr Webb , of Stockport , moved an address of congr&tnlation to the French peeple , which was seconded by Hr J . R . Cooprr , of Manchester , and carried . The zneedBs broke up pss&fully auu quiet ' y at atout half-past three o ' clock .

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      HtfiFAS- —A csmp meeting mU be held on Skirooat Moor on Sunday , March 2 Gtb , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when Mr S . Kydd of London . Messrs Rasbtonof Orenden , Bowden Clissefc . and Webber of BaJifai , wffi addrets the meeting , Delegates from the Chartist Association in this district , are requested to meet at . Nichols ' s Temperance Hotel , 16 , Broad-street , Halifax , at eleven o'clock in the foreaMn > ., 11 . Hiurix . —Mr Genree" Webber will Jechira ia the Working Man ' s Hall on Sunday , March 2 btn , at air o ' clock in the etening . ,. , WoaiiT . —Sir Clissett will lecture afc this place on Sunday next , March 26 th , at ax o ' clock in the evening . Leedh .-A public meeting will be held en Wednesday evening , at seven o'eloek , to cb . 059 two delegates is the National Conventioa .

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      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . A crowded meeting of this asgoeiition tot > k pkee on Monday evenmglast , at the German Hall , Entry Isne , to hear a report from Julian Barney , the dele gate appointed to - present the society ' s addre » s tn the Republican Government of Francr m Citizen Hesu Ghju ) was caUed to the chair , and m a fe w remarks introduced Jdxus Hjbsst , who said , Citizens , s reportof the mission of the democratic delegation to the Brovi sional government of the French republic , hw l \ . ready been twice made public ; first , in a joint address , pnhluhedm the names or the three English members of the delegation ; and secondly , in the s ( -eesbfB of Citrari Jones tad M'Cfrath . at the public In'tHute , Tuesday

      ^^^ P-r ^^^ on last . What I have to report must of necessity be , to some extent , a repetition of what has already been made public . The address to the people of Paris , Kbicb , emanating frem this association , retexved the sanction of the Chartist Esecative , was adopted by the Metropolitan Delegate Council , and by a great publio meeting in the Westminster . road-that address was also adopted by the ; German Working tr \ ^ i atlon - Th e report of the delegation published m the Nobihbhn SiAS ^ borethe signatures of Citizens Jones , M'Grath , and myself ; but three ° " £ . Bamessllonld h *™ been added thereto—those of Citizens Schapper , Bauer , and Joseph Moll . Citizens Scbapper and _ Moll , in conjunction with myself , represented this society of Fraternal

      Democrats ; and Citizen Bauer represented the German Society . Here let me pay a tribute of respect to the three brothers I have just named . These men are known to you all . Exiled from their own country they hadfoundarefngein this land : more than a refuge—they found 'homeB . ' You know how ardeotly they laboured whilst among you , to intellectually and morally elevate their countrymen whom accident , the pursuits of business or labour , or political proscription had driven to England ' s shores . And they did not confine their philanthropic labours to their own countrymen . Even before this societ ? was established onr German fritn ^ s bad proclaimed the principle , 'All men are bretnren , " and opened their ssciety to men of all lands . ( Applause . ) The

      Englishman , the Frenchman , the Scandinavian , the Swiss , tne Italian , the Spaniard—all were welcomed . More thas that , in the land sf their temporary adoption—En » lasd—they were ever ready to give a helping . hand to the English proletariar . 3 in their struggle lor regeneration ; and my ceuntrymea owe a debt of gratitude to Carl Schapper and his compatriots for their generous co-operation whilst amongst us ; aad should circumstances arise to call for a practical manifestation of oar gratitude to them or theits , I trust that that manifestation will be shown in such a manner as will convince eur ab-83 nt brethren that we have not fergotten their past a 9 rvioe 3 . ( Applause . ) Our three brother are now in Paris , labouring day and night to organise their

      countrymen for the regeneration of Germany ; and I believe that the hour is not distant when Germany will become one vast Republic , in which the proletarians shall enjoy their rightful ascendancy—the ascendancy over privilege , —the equality of all . ( Loud rhee ^ . ) To return to the delegation , ° on Sunday , the 5 th of Marc ^ the UitiKns Jones , M'Grath , Schapper , Moll , Bauer , and myself , presented ourselves at the gates of the magnificent Hotel de Ville , which we fennd nnder the guardianship of a mixed body of National Guards and the Guard Mobile . The foremost sentinel at the gate was a member of the German society , who immediately recognising Citizen Schapper , at once admitted us . It was an exhilirating sight to witnes 3 at every public building ,

      working men in their ordinary dress shouldering their muskets as the guardians of order , publio property , and the Republican government . After traversing several magnificent apartments of the palace of the people we wera ushered into the presence of three members of the government . A copy of the address in Freneh was read by Citizen Jonss , and the original address I then placed in the hands of one of the Republican ministers . No doubt , you have all read in tha Northxrh Stab tie replj ot Garnier-Pages . ! le expressed the gratitude of the provisional government for thesympathy of the English Democracy , and the conviction of tbe government that the EBgliBh people wcnld never permit the English eovernraenfc to make war against Pvepublican France . ' TaVe care to tell the English

      Chartists , ' said Gamier-Pages , ' that in the provisional government yea hare found the liveliest sympathy . Tell the English Democrats we admire their principle ? , and respect their party , and that from such the regeneration of society 13 to be expected . ' Similar sentiments were breathed by Garnier-Pages , throughout his speech , at the conclusion of which the deputation withdrew , the whole of us arying Vive la Bspublique 1 The day of our arrival in Paris wss the day of the publio funeral of the martyrs of therevulutioD , whena hundred thousand armed men followed to their last resting-place—beneath the Column of July—the remains of the men who Lad j $ lorieusly died for liberty , and at least two hundred thousand spectators expressed their unanimous homage to tbe fallen champions of freedom , whosa names will ba remembered through all

      time' For though shore them close ths silent grave , A deethUss glory waits tha martyr'd brave . ' ( Cheers . ) Unhappily , I did not witness the funeral —a misfortune I shall ever regret . Over-exertion in yonr cauEe had made me very unwell before I left England , and , on my arrival in Paris , I feund myself utterly prostrated . I rallied sufficiently to allow me to accompany the other members of the deputation to tb . 9 Hotel de Ville ; but the same evening I became more seriously ill , and was compelled to take to my bed . where I was laid np for a week . On Sunday , the 12 tb . of March , I was sufficiently recovered to aecept an invitation to breakfast with the civil governor of the Tuileries , and a very civil governor [ found Citoyen Imbert , for he very civilly regaled

      myself and friend Schapper with a most superb breakfast , served up on what was Louig Philippe ' s crockerj . ( Cheers and laughter . ) The knives , forks , and other articles , were all marked L . P . ; and the scene . of our breakfast was the reception-room attached to the Prince de Joinville's apartments . We visited a great number of rooms in the palace , including Louis Philippe's eouncil-rcom , where it was decided that there should be no banquet ( laugbter ); the hall of the Marshals of France , wherein we found that the portraits of Soult and Bugeaud had been torn from the gilt frame ? , and utterly destroyed ; aad the throne ^ room , where all that waa left of the accursed 6 nblem of monarchy wa 3 the canopy . I stood in tbe cantre of the spot where .

      a month agd Louis Philippe ' s throne was , and I uttered & prayer , not loud , but deep , that the hour might speedily come when every threnc in Europe shall share the fate of the throne of Louis Philippe . ( Great cheering . ) Bat to me the tnosi glorious sight w * s the magnificent salaries occupied by the sick patriots wounded in the three days of February . ( Hear , hear . ) It wag indeed a sight not to bs forgofcteu . Had Louis-Philippe and Gnjzot triumphed over the people , the wounded patriots would have been sent to the guillotine or the galleys : bat happily tbe Republic triumphed , and the disabled combatants for liberty find their every want supplied , and their every pain assuaged in the palace 0 ! hat very tyrant against whom they rose . ( Loud

      cheers . ) Glory to the French Republic ! Glory to its heroic sons , may they triumph over all their enemies ! ( Renewed applause . ) Anxious to return to England as soon as possible , I had but little time to gratify my sight with the beautie 3 of Paris ; or tn make the personal acquaintance of the distinguished men at the head of the French nation . I , however , bad an interview on Monday , the 13 th , with one member of tha government , who shall be nameless , and with , smther patriot , possessing not less power . The former assured me that this revolution should ba the salvation of the people . ( Cheers . ) Tne ultrademocratic chiefs had devoted their liTes to the good work , and they were determined that any conspiracy of \ hQ bourgeoisie to impede the march of equality ,

      gnonld be met by all the force of ths people . ( I ! favo ! J From the other patriot I heard the gratifying inti mation , that the government expected to have within a month the Support of 200 , 000 armed and organised working men of Paris / enrolled injthe National Guard ; a force sufficient to put down everyconspiracy against the Republ ' d ( Loud cheers . ) Both these patriots strongly expressai their gocd wishes for the success of the English democracy ; both declared that the first wish of all true Republicans was fraternity with the people of all nations , and especially the people of England . ( Applause . ) Were the English people once free , said they , France and England united could redeem the world . ( Renewed applause . ) Brotherswe respond to that

      sen-, timent , we swear fraternity with the heroic people of France , ( Great oheering . ) Among the very few public buildings I found time to visit was iho Pantheon , where I paid my devotions at the tomb 3 of Voltaire and Rousseau . To the first mankind will be for ever indebted for the good service he performed inUHdermining kingcraft and priestcraft ; to the second the human race are still more indebted , lor his labours for the elevation of the people . ( Applause . )! The hand which thruit from Rousseau ' s : omb bears aloft the ever flaming torch , poetically asd truthfully proclaim that the philosopher of Geneva , ' Though dead yet speaketh ; ' though himsel ' dust and asheg , the light of his matchless genius still illumines the world . ( Renewed applause . ) The

      act 3 of the provisional government entitle the great men at the head of the French republic to the gratitude and admiration of the world . The abolition of the punishment of death for political offences—tne abolition of flogeing in the army-the abolition of aristoeratical titles—the commission of national recompetes—the commission for the organisation of industry , and the institution &f national workBhonH , are a few of the maay acts which have elevated tne republican government above—far above—every other government in the world . ( App lause . ) From the comzaiwioa for the organisation of labour mil , I trust , spring the social redemption of the P * 0 ' 6 * 3 " rians . ( Cheerj . ) The arming of the people , the enrolment of the working men in the National Guard , ensures the stability of liberty . A peopla

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      armed must be a people free . ( Applause . ) Then observe ; the National Assembly will be based upon the suffrages of all . Every man of twenty-one yeara of age may be an elector , and any man twenty-five years of age may bB elected , if he possesses the confidence of his fellow-citizens . There is the Charter . We have been meeting , talking , and witingforthe last ten years and have not yet got onr Charter ; the French with three days work have obtained the Charter and something more . ( Loud cheers . ) In their financial arrangements the provisional government have also done well a ? far as they hava gone , I question , however , if they have gone far enough . The great difficulty of the government is to find immediate employment for the masses thrown upon the

      streets by the cowardly and conspiring rich . If that conspiracy goes on the provisional government must do what perhaps it would have been well to have done within twenty-four hoars of the proclamation of the Republic—take possession of all banks , railr ' oads . minea , fisheries and gas-works , and all closed factories and workshops , in the same of the Dation . ( Loud cheer 3 . ) There is one Btep the provisional government ought to take immediatel y , that of confiscating the property of ths rich who Qy from France TheFreBchman who deserts his country at this moment is a traitor , and should be treated as an enemy . ( Great cheering . ) A great outcry has been raised against Ledru-Roilin tor his celebrated circular to the Revolutionary Commissioners , but I defend ererj * word 0 ! thu circular as essentially necessary f » r the defence of the liberties of the Proletarians . Ths bourgeoisie made a demonstration against tho

      government on Thursday last , but tbe following day the working men , the proletarians , the brave f ellowsjin blouses , rose in theirjtens of thousands , and in their hundreds of thousand ? , marched as fighting men march through Paris to tho Hotel de Ville , to manifest their confidence in the government , their suppert of Ledru-Rollin , and their stern determiiwtionto crush . ifneedbe . thecounter-revolutioniBts . It is my intention to propose this evening an address to the brave men of Paris , thanking them for having saved the Republic ( Loudeheers . ) And now , men of London , how much longer are we to remain slaves ? Within sight of the EngJisb shore Frenchmen bate established a Republic . ^ Throughout Germany , revolution is sweeping away privilege and tyranny Everywhere the people are triumphant . Even in Austria thepeopl . e are masters and that grey-headed de \ il , Metternicb , hash&d to fly , like Don Juan ,

      'Sent to the devil soinewliat ere his timo . ' In ' every nation liberty is beating down despotismin every nation but this . Shame upon us if we endure our degradation much longer . In my opinion the National Convention ought to have been summoned for an earlier day than the 3 rd ot April , the delegates ought to have been sitting now ; but at any rate let us be prepared to meet the delegates when they do come . Lrt every man sign the National Petition . Let every man prepare his friends , neighbours and felipw workmen , to accompany him in the grand procession on the 101 b . Let , ithat prooession be so strong in numbers , that neither thieves nor policemen shall dare todisturb the peace . Let every man . whether he ba leader or follower , remember that the great revolutionary virtue is energt . If we are energetic , we too may win eijuaijty , iiasRir , TBitebniit , ( The speaker resumed his seat amidst loud oheering . )

      Joliax Harhkv . immediately rose again and pronosed an address to the people of Paris which will be fjund below . Ernest JosBS . jin a speech of some length delivered in his usual forcible and eloquent manner , seconded the adoption of the address . He dwelt particularly upon the necessity of the men of London organising themielve 8 ior . the great procession on the 10 th of April , and taking such steps , when organised , as would ensure the respectful consideration ef their demands on the part ot Lord John Russell and his colleagues . Citizen Jones ' s speech elicited bursts of enthusiastic applause . Juliak Harket propesed the re-organisation of the Council of the Association . A new council was elected , the names will be found attached to the addresses below .

      It was then resolved that the Cnuncil ho instructed to prepare and immediately publish an address to the British people , calling upon them to take example from the patriotism of their French brethren , and like them win their liberties . A member of the Association moved a vote of thanks to Julian Harney for his excellent performance of his duties as delegate of the society to the French Republican Government ; together with thanks to the other members of the delegation . Chablk 3 Keek seconded the resolution , which was adopted by acclamation . Julian Ilarney having ac knowledged the compliment , the meeting adjourned .

      ADDRESS OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ( ASSEMBLING IN LONDON , ) TO THE PEOPLE OF PARIS .

      'Equamit , Libertt , FiUTEBsirr . ' Heroic Brother Citizens , — . Three weeks ago we congratulated you on your glorious victory over an infamous Minister and a Royal tyrant ; permit us now to congratulate you on your glorious moral victory over those intriguers and conspirators , who have wickedly attempted to strangle the Republic in its infancy by opposing themselves to the march of Equality . In our former address we paid 3 well-merited tribute of respect to the soldiers of the fline and National Guard , who refused to shed the blood of their brethren , and who , by fraternising with you , the people , accelerated the destruction of the fallen tyranny .

      We have now to express our deep regret afc the recent menacing manifestation of an illadvised portion of the National Guard , who , misled by intriguers , criminall y attempted to overawe the Provisional Government for the purpose of enforcing the revocation of certain measures inimical to the pride , prejudices , and aristoeratical interests of a few , but necessary for the security and welfare of the many . We congratulate you , noble people of Paris , on the invincible manifestation of your

      strength and jour patriotism , exhibited on the 17 th of March , in support of the Provisional Government . Morally and peacefully you have nipped the Soar ^ eois-conspiracy in the bud . On the 24 th of February you wrested liberty from a king ; on the I 7 th of March you proved your ability to defend that liberty against all conspirators . You have served the true interests of the people of every land—accept this expression of our gratitude ,

      We desire to make known to you that we heartily approve of the circular of the Minister of Public Instruction , addressed to the Primary Instructors ; and the circular of the Minister of the Interior , addressed to the Revolutionary Commissioners . Be assured that those who cry out against those circulars are the enemies of the people . Impressed with a strong conviction of the patriotism of the entire members of the Provisional Government , we ' are . loth to make any personal distinctions j but when we see one man specially singled out for denunciation and proscription by the enemies of the Proletarians ,

      we think it our duty to call upon you to protect that patriot with your Jives , if necessary We are informed that the cowardly and infamous intriguers , who pretend to apprehend a ' reign of terror , ' are themselves plotting to commence that ' terror' by demanding the assassination of your true friend , Ledru-Rollm . In all past revolutions the privileged classes , discomfited for a moment , have regained their power by assassinating the true friends of the people . See to it , men of Paris , that this time there shall be no mistake;—see to it , that the men who have devoted their lives to your service , find in your bodies a

      rampart against all assaults , and in your arms an avenging defence against their Iflood-thirsty enemies . By abolishing the punishment ot death for political offences you have magnanimously spared the lives of a host of traitors , robbers , and exterminators of the people , who well deserved the severest punishment ; but we entreat you to bear in mind that if the enemies of Equality oppose conspiracy and force to reason and justice , and direct the weapons of

      assassination against the patriots whom you have elevated to the command of the Republic , it will be your dut y to strike to the dust the intriguers and assassins , and make a terrible exmple of those who may attempt to prey ent you ? political and social regeneration . Heroic brothers , the victory of February was but' the beginning of the end . ' Great trials are before you , but by virtue , " energy , union , and confidence in yourselves , you may surmount all difficulties and defeat all your enemies . Be vigilant , watch and work unceasingly . The regeneration of the human race depends upon you . Brothers ! you will prove yourselves worthy of your glorious mission !

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      Salutation and Fraternity ! Vive la Republique ! Signed b y the Secretaries and members of the Council on behalf of the Association . G . JvLim lUmBT .-i Enmsi Jokes , ' Charles Keek , Edwis Gill , Collim Retard . n , _ , Hbnry . Baitbomp , ' Great Britain - Johm Oterion , Henry Child , Thojus Lucas , Mask L . Beurle , J Wmmh Pbbsibr , > „ Alexa : » der Mvlleu f b mce Charles Moll , i Chables J ' mendbh , / ^ "aany . ChaulesSchabeutz , \ e -4 ¦ j William Krell , f Switzerland . PiTKR H (» m ) GustavusLumdbkko , / Sca ^ 'navis . Louis Obobski , Poland , > RAttma Kms / tr , Hungary . t raiiLip Bluhm , Russia Lonaon , March 20 th , 1848

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      The Council assembled on Thursday evening , when the following Address was unanimously adopted : — THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . < Equality , Libekty , Fhatekwity . ' Brethren , —The columns of the Northern Star have already put you in possession of our Address to the Provisional Government of France , the same means have also fumi shed you with the particulars of its presentation and reception .

      On us now devolves the duty of congratulating you on the realisation of a wish expressed in that Address . The glorious principles of our Charter have been proclaimed by the Provisional Government . Those principles are about to be embodied in constitutional form by the National Assembly . Thus does the success of the brave people of France encourage us to renewed ; to untiring , to energetic exertion , for the obtainmentof the Charter . Shall Englishmen remain the slaves of political and socialjmisrule , now that France is free ? Shall we abide quiescent

      under the infliction of political tyranny and social spoliation , while our brethren of France are consummating their political ri ghts , and bursting the bonds of their social degradation ? In the name of the rallying cry of the French —in the name of those symbols to which the entire honest heart of France responds—in the name of Equality , Liberty , Fraternity—we invoke you to cast from ! you the stigma that Englishmen " know their rights , but knowing ,

      dare NOT raaintnin . " To the task , then , of political and social emancipation . Sign the Isational Petition * Proclaim everywhere the Charter . Prepare , in every man ] y way , for the achievement of Right , and the overthrow of Wrong . You , the working classes , are an enslaved people . Political monopoly and social rapine are your binding fetters . Burst these fetters ; every means equal to that end are justifiable , For an enslaved people , every aci tending to emancipation is holy , is

      magnanimous . Need we cite the acts oE the nobh Provisional Government , the chosen of the revolutionary and Republican working men ] of France , as incentives to exertion on your parts ? Behold some of them in contrast with those of our imbecile and oligarchical Government . The sovereign people , in their magnanimity , have proclaimed , through their generous Government , the abolition of the punishment of death ! The servile apologists of judicial murder have , in the House of Commons , declared its permanence in these countries ! Monarchial and oligarchical constitutionalism finds its befitting support in judicial murder . The mundane incarnation of hell is

      as relentless as its satanic archetype . To the greatness of the sovereign people belong the attributes of mercy , justice , and fraternity . The FrovLio . nal Government , confident in the republican patriotism of . all its citizens , have decreed the rights of citizenship to the soldiery of France . . These will vote , therefore , for representatives to the 'National Assembly , whose duty it will be to give practical embodiment to the principles for which tbe people have bravely fought . What ;; think the soldiery of England of this ? Consistent with the enfranchisement of the

      army , is the decree which abolishes flogging in the navy . Thus the soul-toned Government of the People have restored to these two important sections of | the nation the rights of citizenship , and the dignity of manhood . Oh ! how the enlisted slave of our army , and the impressed sailor of the navy , must curse the oligarchic rule , of ^ hich they are the victims and the tools , when they learn the emancipation of the soldiers and sailors of France ; and when they reflect , an . & feel , that to them , the cat-o-nine-tails is still the "insignia of command , and the agency of obedience .

      Though not of those reasoners , who limit their expectations of the benefits from Republican Institutions to the mere economy of Government expenditure , we , nevertheless , exultingly direct your attention to the acts of the Provisional "Government in this matter . To cite the instance of the Ambassador to this country will suffice . That functionary now receives 400 Z . per year , instead 15 , 0002 . formerly paid . Mow would this salary comport with the dignified notions of the Whig Lord Normanby ?

      While the Provisional Government , on the one hand , are reducing the state expenses within the limits of Republican simplicity , on the other they are converting the Palaces of fallen brigand Royalty to the uses of the people . The Tuileries , once the royal residence of murderous monarchy , is now the hospital of the wounded defenders of liberty , and the barracks of the citizen-soldiers . If these measures of the Provisional Government , to which we have incidentally alluded , merit your attention , that of the organisation of Labour—the most momentous of

      alldemands your serious thoughts . What important reflections suggest themselves to the mind in'contemplating this world-wide question . ' To organise Labour ! To regulate the movements of the world ' s levev ! Yes , Labour is the levev of the world . It is that which founds empires , and surrounds their princes with all the pomp of magisterial greatness . It is that which reduces this greatness to the level of humanity . In a word , it is that which produces and accumulates all the material wealth of the world . But above all , and before all , it is now about to raise itself—to proclaim its own ri ghts , as its works have ever testified , to its omnipotence .

      _ We have here alluded to the glorious mission of Labour—in future addresses we shall enter more . into the minutia of its economy ; but your duty is to applaud in all the circles in which you move , the acts and intentions of the Provisional Government in reference to the rights of Labour . Every success gained by your brethren of France in the acquisition of those rights is a battle won for you . Show yourselves , then , worthy of the victory . In your meetings—your workshops—your homes

      —everywhere , defend the brave French working classes against the vile aspersions and foul calumnies heaped upon them by the prostituted Press of England—the ealaried apologists of the rapacious capitalists and the soulless shopocracy . Those brave working men of France are daily , hourly , watching and defend , ing , and promoting the establishment of their political and social rights . Witness their responsive demonstration to the insolent threat of the aristocratic portion of the National Guard .

      Nearly 200 , 000 proletarians assembled , in a few hours' notice , to the protection of the Provisional Government . "Full are we encouraged by the glorious ex-

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      ample of our French brethren . Like efforts will be crowned with similar success . The inarch of liberty is from the west ; already has she prostrated the despots of Vienna and Berlin . Shall she smile on Sfc Petersburg ^ ere she frowns on the oppressors of England ? Once more , then , we urge you to energetic exertions . In the name of suffering humanity we demand the co-operation of Democracts in all parts . We exhort you to sign the National Petition , and to be prepared , in the event of

      that failing , with an address to the Queen , signed by millions , demanding the dismissal of her oligarchical ministers , and the delegation of the government to men who will make the CharterJa cabinet measure . Arouse yourselves , working men ^ of Great Britain , and tell the base , brutal , and bloody Times , that it liesperfidiously lies—in asserting that the Democracy of these countries is content with its oligarchical government—its bloodstained aristocracy—and its rapacious monevocvacv .

      By order , and in the name of the Association of iTraternal Democrats . G . Juli in Harney , -, Ernest Jones , CnAHLKs Keen , Edwin Gill , Collin Reward , Great Britain . Henry BAiTnosir , Jons Oveeton , Henry Child , Thomas Lucas , Mark L . Bf . urle ,

      William Periiier , \ r . „ Alexander Mulleb , f hra Q CB ' Charles Moll , 1 o Charles Pfaendf . r , } Ge ™ an fcr&r ' } s - ' - ^ G 5 smJ ! KK DB KKO , } SoaE ( 1 I ^ via Ijocw Oborsiu , Poland . Fiuncis JSyitiui , Jlunuary . Phillip Bluum , Ruasia . London , March 23 rd . 181 S .

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      ¦ SSS «» JMlBMwmLk .... ij » i . ^ jj ^ TO THE PEOPLE . King Billy Smith !—English Snobism—Crimes of the Traitor of the Barricades . FRIENDS , COUNTRYMEN AND BROTHERS , The time has arrived when every lover of tiis country and the rights of man should come Forward and devote his energies—heart and soul , hand and brain—to the good work of mankind ' s regeneration . The honest leaders and advisers of the people are too few , while knaves and intriguers abound . To strengthen the former and unmask the latter ; and , at the same time , advance the cause of Labour ' s political and

      social emancipation , will be the object of the letters I propose , with the editor ' s permission , to address to you , the people , weekly , in the columns of your honest and devoted organ—the " Northern Star . " This country has ° long been a refuge for destitute ' royalty . The glorious Revolution ; of 1789 sent the elder Bourbons to our shores , with a host of kicked-oufc , beggar'd aristocrats , numerous as Egyptian locusts . The downfall of Napoleon and the re-imposition of the Bourbons , by the help of English gold and Holy Aliance bayonets , upon France , relieved us from the presence and plunderings of these royal and [ aristoeratical vagabonds . Some fifteen years elapsed , and down came the restored

      monarchy of France , hurled to the dust by the gallant but deceived heroes of July . Charles the Tenth again sought our shores , and the ancient palace of the Scottish Icings ^ was set apart for his lodgment . Lastly , the glorious Revolution , which a month ago hurled the Janusfaced King of the Barricades from his throne , and consumed the throne itself , has sent to us King " Billy Smith , " with his cowardly , contemptible progeny . This worthy lot are now at Claremonr , where they are likely to remain until the proclamation of a Republic in Belgium shall compel our old friemljjLeopdl d to claim his old quarters , when , of coarse , John Bull , or Jack Ass—whichever name you likewill have to find another lodging for the French Faain .

      No doubt , countrymen , you indulged yourselves with a hearty guffaw , when reading in the journals the account of the ce moving accidents by flood and field , ' which will render for ever memorable the heroic flight of Louis Philippe , and his landing on this Isle of Snobs . Forced to decamp , even without his umbrella , we behold his ex-Majesty , with his whiskers shorn , arrayed right royally in a blouse and a pea-coat , with head-gear to match ; the whole set off with a red and white comforter . Thus disguised , " so that his own friends did not know him' '—certainly Lafayette would have

      failed to have recognised his " best of Eepublies' '—Philippe theFirst , and last , dodged out of of France , and dodged into England . „ Havingthe reputation of being the greatest swindler in Europe , the worthy bourgeoisie of Newhaven , Lewes , and Brighton , could have no doubt that his ex-kingship ' s pockets were well lined , and , therefore , hastened to offer him their assistance . It is characteristic of bour-^ eow-benevolence , that the objects of its sympathy are always those who have plenty ; for those who have nothing , it generally provides bastiles . skilly , and treadmills . Amongst the

      " Snobs'' of Newhaven , who begged and prayed to be allowed the honour of feeding , clothing , and lodging the old sinner of the Tuileries , was the rector , the Rev . Something Smith , who , doubtless , if Jesus Christ were now on earth , without a place wherein to Jlie his head , would , under the laws of " vagrancy , " that is , poverty , send him to the treadmill . The reverend gent ' s card , with the name of " Smith" thereon , threw Louis Philippe into a paroxysm of delight . " Mr Smith ! that is curious indeed ! and very remarkable that the first to welcome

      me should be a Mr Smith , since the assumed name was Smith by which I escaped from France ; and look , this is my passport made out in the name of William Smith ! " Can the force of bathos further go ? " Louis Philippe the 1 st , " the would-be founder of a dynasty of kings , flying , not from the vengeance , but the contempt , of the glorious people , he had deceived , betrayed , and outraged ; his disguise a red and white comforter , and his protection the assumed cognomen of Billy Smith !

      When Messrs "Smith , Brown , and Kobinson" welcomed Louis Philippe , they deteimined to play the part of the three tailors of Tooley street , by giving their welcome in the name of the people of England . The royal charlatan , nothing loth to play his part in this ridiculous farce , professed to accept the expressions of their condolence as Ja manifestation of the " friendship of the British people . ' Countrymen , the Snobs of Newhaven and Croydon lied , when they pretended to speak for the British people . You , my countrymen , hate tyranny—and , therefore , you detest and execrate the cruel but baffled tyrant , whom the heroic people of France have driven from their soil .

      At Newhaven , the royal hypocrite , laying Us hand upon his heart , said , " I have nothing to tax my conscience with , and nothing to reflect upon . " If this irere true , it would prove him to have a most convenient conscience . If ever criminal deserved punishment here and perdition hereafter , such a criminal is Louia Philippe . Louis Philippe is the son of the notorious Duke of Orleans , or « Citizen Egalite , " as he called himself—a wretch stained bv ever ?

      crime , " and justly sent to the scaffold . In the year 1790 , Philippe became a member of the Jacobin Club , and on more than one occasion officiated as door-keeper of that famous assembly . In the register of the National Guard he erased all his titles with his own hand , and wrote after his name— Citizen o f Paris . When all emblems of nobility were abolished , Philippe declared that " he was too much the friend of equality not to have received it with transport ' ¦ " "When France , sick of the entire race , pronounced judgment against all the Bourbons ,

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      " Egalite , " junior , saved himself from the fate of his worthy father by bidding adieu to France and Frenchmen . Subsequently , he offered his services to Spain against his own country , but his offers were rejected . With the restoration of the elder Bourbons he returned to France , where , until 1830 , he spent his time in safely intriguing against his relatives , the then possessors of the French monarchy . Many foolish men suffered death to promote his knavish ends , but he kept himself out of harm ' s way .

      The Revolution of 1830 enabled Louis Philippe to realise the objects of his life-long intrigues . Dressed en-bourgeois , with a cotton umbrella and tricoloured cockade , he got that old fool , and very questionable "liberal , ' ' Lafayette , to present him to the Parisians as " the best of llepublics . " The people were ignorant—rascals , like Thiers , traded upon their ignorance— - the bourgeoisie were unanimous—the Republicans were overawed—and Louis Philippe became " Citizen-King of the French , " pledging himself " to surround his throne with R publican Institutions . "

      His first act was to write a secret letter to the Russian Autocrat—a copy of which 1 have before me—in which he hypocritically spoke of the July Revolution , as a ' catastrophe " which he had sought " earnestly to avert ; ' ' and cringingly implored the protecting countenance of the Tzar , in return for his ( then plotted ) treason against the principles which had placed him at the head of the French nation . In his foreign policy he laboured most consiatently to prove himself worthy . of ths

      regard of Nicholas . He betrayed Poland ; he betrayed the patriots of Spain , Italy , and Germany , and treacherously stilled the - propaganda of 1830 , which , but for him , would then have freed Europe . More recently he abandoned Cracow to Austria . He intrigued against the liberal Pope . He united with Austria to create civil war in Switzerland , with a view of dismembering that ^ country , and destroying its Republican Institutions Lastly , to obtain a prospective throne for one of his sons he had recourse to the blackest arts

      of sin , as the poor Spanish Queen could testify . He jeopardised the peace of Europe , and brought shame and contempt upon France . His crimes were so enormous , that even hi 3 vile agents—hia Ambassadors — destroyed themselves , or went mad through despair aad remorse of conscience . He ruled France by corruption and terror . The number of Government Officials quadrupled the Electors . Votes in the Electoral Assemblies and the Legislature were regularly bought , and by such means a " strong majority ' ' in the Chamber of Deputies was always ready to declare the country " satisfied" with his infamous system .

      By the laws of September , and unceasing legal persecution , he fettered or crushed the Press . The right of association and public meeting was utterly taken away . Police spj'ism reigned triumphant . I can but allude to the bloody means by which he sought to establish his throne . Would to God that I had space at command to unfold in detail his sanguinary atrocities . I can ^ only remind you of the massacre of the brave proletarians of Grenoble and Lyons , lvhose motto was— " to live working or die fighting . " I can

      but remind you of the slaughter of the Parisians at the funeral of General Lamarque , when grape shot was poured upon the people , and more than six hundred victims slain . Louis Philippe declares he has nothing to tax his conscience with ! Has he forgotten the murders in the Rue Transnonain ? Has he forgotten that his executioners fired upon prisoners in their dungeons , shot unarmed men for their amusement , slew old men , pregnant women , and infants at the breasts of their mothers ? Has he forgotten that even the sanctuary of the Church was not respected ?

      The supporters of " order" murdered their victims even at the foot of the altar 1 The guillotine reeked with blood—blood shed to maintain his usurpation . The dungeons of Mont St Michael , Douellons , and St Pelagie , were filled with the bravest and noblest Republicans . In those holes of hell the condemned suffered such tortures , that many destroyed themselves or went mad . Others perished by inches . Others , like heroic Barbes , survived the worst malignity of their tyrant , and are now

      enjoying liberty and power , honoured by their grateful countrymen , but they are broken in body , destroyed in constitution ; tyranny has numbered their days , but they have the satisfaction of witnessing the tyrant's disgrace , and the dawn of mankind ' s regeneration . Loais Philippe says "he has nothing to reflect upon . '" Not even the wives he has made widows , and the children fatherless ; to say nothing of those who , deprived of their natural protectors , have died of hunger * or fallen into the honors of crime and prostitution ?

      Louis Philippe's crowning crime stamps his name with eternal infamy . He encircled Paris with a girdle of forts , intended not iov defence against foreign foes , but for offence against the people whose rights he had filched from them . He studded the . streets of that capital with barracks , guard houses , and other depots for troops . He brought a hundred thousand soldiers iato the city , exclusive of the National Guard , and his mercenary butchers—the Muni * cipal Guard . He thought himself strong enough to forbid the Banquet , and

      "Lit loose the dogs of Trar , and he did so . Blood flowed in torrents-Hundreds of the people werekilled or wounded . But the hour had struck . The mass of the BOldiers and National Guard refused to fight against the people . The Proletarians carried all before them , and the Orleans dynasty went down into the'" blackness of darkness" for ever . The tyrant failed and fell ; but be it never forgotten , that had the troops been faithful to him , he would have destroyed half the people of Paris , and doomed the rest to a state of hopeless slavery . The blood of every patriot slain in the Revolution rests upon his head .

      Truly did the AbbeGregoire exclaim— " The history of kings is the martyrdom of nations 1 '' If every hair of Louis Philippe ' s head could pour blood , were strict justice done upon him , that blood would be doomed to flow . But the French people , magnanimous in their terrible power , have spared his life , that he may live the scorn and contempt of Europe , with the hatred of every people , and even the mockery of his former flatterers poured upon his head— , " The laughter of triumph , the jjors of tho world , '

      When in every other land the voice of the people rises to Heaven in execution of the defeated tyrant of France , shall England be an , exception ? No ! You will declare with me , that were Englishmen free—free as they are resolved to become—this land should be no refuge for cast-out tyrants : on ' the contrary , England ' s statute book should declare that" He who oppresses one nation , is the declared enemy of all ; and those who make war on a people to arrest the progress of liberty , snd to annihilate the rights of man , ought to be pursued everywhere not as ordinary persons , but as assassins and brigand rebels . " L' AMI DU PEUPLE .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1463/page/5/