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      people , instead of being governed , possessed , stupid and famished , enriching , instructing and governing themselves , the people reigning and governing . That that reign mayarrive . it is necessary that the people resume and hold their sovereinty ; that that sovereignty be obtained , it is necessary that they accomplish the Revolution . Then , to all those who desire the Revolution , and its principles Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , and all its principles , —Association of the Citizens , Solidarity of Peoples , Universal Democratic and Social Republic , to those who -without system , spirit , pride , ambition or egotism , recognise but one sovereign , —the People : to those who regard as usurpation and robbery any other power seized or maintained ; to those even who ha * ve thought only of the honour of the French name , and of the strict interest of the country , to all those who hate the Empire , that as to say , servitude and invasion , we cry from our exile enough principles , ideas , words ! " Action , action , action ! To the work ! forward ! Insurrection and

      Revolution ! We know enough when we would have no more tyrants . Insurrection is the most holy of duties . Insurrection , has been a right since the 13 th of June , it has been a duty since the 31 st of May , it has been both right and duty since the 2 nd of December ! Heaven helps those wiiohelp themselves ; union gives strength ; neither resignation nor dispair ; the initiative to each , and the example for all t Bourgeois , workmen , peasants , let us all rally against the enemy ! You , bourgeois , whose intelligence troubles him ; you , workmen , whose devotion terrifies him ; you peasants , whose votes have not saved you we are all confounded in the same persecution , which has mingled our blood , and united our cause , let us all unite our forces against the same enemy ! Let the entire people of France rise as one man . let each citizen have no other than the common , the public enemy , the

      perjured parricide , the traitrous assassin of his brothers , the bankrupt swindler who robbed the Republic in the night , the vile frequenter of London brothels become the protector of family , religion , and property , the insurgent , the escaped prisoner of Ham become the sustainer of order , the friend of convicts , the restorer of the guillotine and of the lottery ; a foul sphynx that has issued from a false urn , a veritable harpey fouling a « he strikes , as venom blackens and kills , man-scourge , the opprobrium , scandal , and terror of conscience , destined to show how far evil may go , which has reached its limits , which has dishonoured even crime by hypocrisy , which has' added it to every vice , as it has added usury to the empire , blood to mud , and champagne to holy-water ; Corsican ogre , mixture of prince , priest , and swindler , of buffoon , baud and executioner , a mongrel from

      Bonaparte and Macaire , Machiavel and Mandrin , the Marquis de Lade and Torquenado ; Napoleon of the night , whose sun of Ansterlitz was the reflected funeral lights of December , Napoleon cut-throat , Napoleon cut-purse , twilight highness , Emperor of moonshine , King of Bohemians , * protector of the lingots , English "Special Constable , " hero of Eglinton , Boulogne , and Satory , conqueror of Clichy , Bailey , and Clamart ; Napoleon the last , crowned with every treason , coups d ' etat and coups dc main , charged , " God be thanked ! to execute even his name , to render ridiculous all the Napoleon ' s past , present , and to come , to change into a term of hatred and scorn that name already so infamous , to devote it to the execration of the future , to imprint it as an eternal curse upon the memory of mankind .

      Neither peace nor truce with that man—no , not man , Dut monster . It is shameful to grow old under him . We are slaves who let him reign ; they are assassins who let him kill . To tolerate his crimes is not only cowardice , it is complicity . To permit evil is to commit it . His reign is a reproach to | our courage , as well as a menace for our safety . Defence is legitimate ; and since he proclaims himself an obstacle , since he place 3 himself in the way , since he tars the passage with the throne and the scaffold , let France do as the daughter of Tarquin , let her pass over . his body rather than turn back ! he , with the others ,

      will serve to further prove that punishment stifles crime . The throne is beyond tha law , the scaffold is beyond humanity . Then , let the horror he inspires press him on every side ! Let the very earth war with him ! Let the paving stones rise under his feet . Let the tiles strike him on the head , like Pyrrhus ! Let the workmen ' s tools become arms , and let them be tempered in the blood and tears of the victims ! It is not only of cotton and sugar that powder must be made ; no , it is with tears , with blood , with all the most explosive materials furnished by exasperated hearts . Let arms , the means of combat , be in the hands of all . No Cffisar without Brutus ! Down with the tyrant .

      In the name of the widows and orphans ; in the name of the full tombs and naked hearths ; in the name of the exiles , who cover the mountains and the seas , of the prisoners who fill the jails , of the dead who fill the graves , of all those groaning voices crying for vengeance from the bosom of the earth , and from the four quarters of the heavens , in the name of right , in the name of honour , for the safety of France , and of the entire world ; brothers , to arms ! let us deliver ourselves and others . I&t France reiume her beautiful title of Free people , and the still more beautiful title of Liberating people ! In recovering her liberty let her remember how she lost it ! For not having delivered Italy , she enchained her , and has been herself enchained . The 5 th of March caused the 13 th of June ; the 13 th of June the 31 st of May ; the 31 st of May the 2 d of December . Then , let the Revolution be made for all , if all desire to retain it ! Let her mark the iast war , the holy war , the war of right , the war of God , the war that God would

      , and that the people can , the crusade of the 19 th century , no longer for the delivery of a tomb , of a dead Christ , but for the safety of the living people for the delivtrance of humanity ! Let France rise en masse , let her reconstitute her 14 armies , let her again find her volunteers , her Marseillaise , her audacity , her fury of 93 , all her miracles of former times augmented , if that be possible , accordin " to the greater value of the cause ; let her find herself entire heart and arm , strength and faith , indomitable and invincible , let the people enrol themselves and" march , bare-footed and sans-culotte , if need be , no longer merelv to succour the country in danger , but for the liberty of the world ; " let them put their blouses on the points of their pikes as a a sign of the enfranchisement of the people . Let them repeat still louder than before the great cry of the national convention , "until France , until Europe be free , the French people will stand against the tyrants , will stand for the Universal Democratic and Social Republic ! " Salutation and fraternity !

      The Sosialist-Democratic-Bepublicans , members of the Society La Commune Rcvolutionaire . Yoted at London , on the 15 th of August , 1853 : and published on the 22 nd of September , the anniversary of the first Revolution . Felix Prat , u Caossibierb , \ CownUsiarics elected to certify the copy BoiCHOT , I conformable , t That is to say King of gipsydom , or king of the cadgers !—Translator .

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      POLITICAL REFUGEE COMMITTEE . Monies received from ^ oveinter 11 th to November 17 th inclusive . Robert Le Blond - - - _ . -100 James Cantelo , Isle of Wight - - - - 0 1 0 James Lamont , Dalkeith - - . -010 J . Sirley , Eccleshall 010 W . L Costine ( weeMy ) 1 - . . - 0 0 6 J . BeCogan ( Do . ) ( J - . . - 0 0 6 1 . bkilicorn l $ .. _ _ . nnfi Arnold I *§ . . . - » n ft J . Macartney j 8 . ^ . m _ - 0 0 6 Per Mr . Thornton Hunt :

      Thomas M'Donald ] y - > _ -010 James Robertson ; g _ n o a James Watt f | . . " " A . C . Steven j 9 m . . I J « S Andrew Jack , Barrhead 020 Alexander Johnston , Paisley - - _ 0 2 0 York : Charles Ernest , Is . ; W . C , Is . ; G . Swalwell , fid . ; J . Banks 3 dL ; T . Silvester , 3 d . ; H . Cook , 3 d . ; Jmlhps , 6 d . ; W . Harnam , Is . ; Mrs . M . Dunn , 3 d . ; W . 3 d 3 d

      Syann , . ; J . Dunn , . ; R . Anderson , 6 d ; R . Dixon ! r ' wM -BaSr ' T ' T 7 ~ ^ ebster ' 3 d - *• Hind > 3 d . ; £ Wilson , 3 d . ; Leopold , a Hungarian Befueee , 6 d . ; Mrs . H . Garnet , 3 d . ; W . Araritage , Is . ; J . Tuke 6 d < J Barker , 3 d . Total , 10 s . 3 d . Deduct P . O . Ordered . Aciuai amount of subscription - - . 0 Ifi ft Hinckley : John Sketchley , 6 d . ; J . Parker fid T " "illey , 6 d ; H . P ., Is . ; J . Jefcot , 3 d . ; W . Gregory , 3 d ' Wi Hopwell * 3 d . ; W . K » , 3 d . -, G . TradS * £ . g

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      Goode , 3 d . ; E . Wood , 2 d . ; W . Fielder , 2 d . ; G . Harris , Id . ; D . Gregory , 2 d . ; J . Ginns , 2 d . ; S . Langham , 2 d . Total , - r - - - - -0 7 0 The Quarterly Meeting , as per previous announcement , took place at the John-street Institution on Wednesday evening November 17 th . Mr . John Arnott was called to the chair . After some assistance had been voted to an Hungarian about to proceed to America , the secretary , in the name of the sub-committee , brought up the following

      REPORT . t The acting sub-committee , treasurer and secretaries have the honour to present to the general committee the amount of monies received , and monies disbursed in the course of the second quarter just terminated , or to speak more exactly , between the dates of August 9 th and November 17 th 1852 . It will be seen that the total of monies received amounts to 29 J . 17 s . 3 d ., which together with the balance in hand from last quarter of 13 Z . 9 s . 2 d . makes a total of 43 ? . 6 s . 5 d . The disbursements amount to 36 Z . 2 s . 3 d ., leaving a balance in hand of 7 Z . 4 s . 2 d . The outlay for necessary expenses , such as postage , stationary , See ., has been conducted according to the most rigid economy . In affording aid to claimants , the acting committee have decided according to the best of their judgment ; and certainly , with the strictest impartiality .

      Nevertheless the acting committee feel how onerous is the task of having to disburse a small sum of money in the attempt to , at least mitigate the sufferings of the most unfortunate of the exiles . In the last quarter the difficulty of their position has been aggravated by the fact of numerous claimants presenting themselves who could not be refused ; while otbers , though not in presence of the committee , had , to say the least , equal right to aid . To avoid the evil of giving assistance to some only , to the exclusion of others equally deserving , the acting committee suggest : 1 st . That henceforth the monies received be paid over to committees representing the several sections of the Refugees ; that is to say that the portion of money accruing to the French exiles be paid over to a committee of their own countrymen ; the same as regards . the German , Polish , and other exiles . 2 nd . That a division of monies recsived be made monthly ; a quarterly statement to be rendered as heretofore .

      3 rd . That having considered the position of the several bodies of exiles , the division of monies be made according to the following scale : The cost of postage and the other legitimate and unavoidable expenses of carrying on the operations of the committee , having been deducted , the funds shall be divided as follows : three eights to the French exiles , two eights to the Germans , two eights to the Poles and Hungarians , and one eight to be retained by the committee to meet cases of emergency ; the said one eighth to be accounted for at the close of each quarter , and any portion remaining in hand to be disposed of by vote Of the committee . The acting committee suggest that the six months' balance sheet of receipts and disbursements be printed and supplied to the contributors to the fund .

      In view of the continued persecution of the continental democracy , the constant arrival of new refugees seeking an asylum in this country , and the extreme distress of great numbers of the exiles ; the acting committee trust that the friends of freedom and those who practice as well as profess ' the principle of fraternity will not slacken their efforts ; but , on the contrary , will redouble their exertions to obtain that pecuniary aid which will enable' the Political Refugee Committee , to give such substantial assistance to the exiles as will afford them real help , and be worthy the honour of our common cause , and the name and reputation of our country . ( Signed , on behalf of the acting sub-committee , )

      John Milnb , Chairman , G . Julian Harney . Secretary . The report was received , The balance sliest was then examined by Messrs . Femvick and Ison as auditors , anct found by them to be strictly correct . On the motion of the secretary it was resolved that the' six months' balance sheet be printed and distributed among the contributors to the fund . It was also unanimously resolved that the balance in hand , £ 7 4 s . 2 d ., be increased to £ 10 , at the earliest possible moment , and that the same be transmitted to the committee of the French exiles . After transacting some other business the meeting adjourned .

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      ¦ ^ THE SHILLING SUBSCRIPTION FOR EUROPEAN FREEDOM ., SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY THE EDITOR OF THE "STAR OF FREEDOM . " Acknowledged in last Saturday ' s paper , 15 names—II . 3 s . Received from November llth to November 18 th inclusive : — £ s . d . Robert Le Blond ,,.,, 1 o 0 A Le Blond , 0 l o S . A Benetfink , ,,,, 0 10 John Shaw o l o David Talbot n i a xraviu iiuuui ,,,,.,. «« « 0 10

      .,.. RobertParkes ,,,,, 0 l o A Friend , per J . Milne ,,., 0 l o Augustus Piercey 0 l o Benjaminlson , ,. 0 l o lasmer Casher , per Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds 0 5 o Win , Atkinson , Liverpool 0 l o Andrew Jack , Bwrrhead 0 l o Alexander Johnston , Paisley „ , „ 0 l o The following six subscribers , per Walter Sanderson , Galashiels : — William Goodfellow t > 0 2 0 Thomas Broad t % [ " o l o Angus Litster , ' ... . " . ' . ' . ' . ' . """"" . ' 0 1 o Thomas Cleghorn , .. ...... . ' . ' . ' . " 0 I o George Goodfellow ! .. " !' . !! . !' . ! .. , ! ... 0 10 Robert Wayness I . !"""!!!!""!!! 0 l o Congreve Paulon , Sheffield " ? . "' . ' . ' . '" . ' . ' . ' . 0 1 o C . Segrave , Parnham .. ] .. ! . ! .. ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' .. . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' 0 l o

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      Lectures in Bradford . —On Sunday evening Mr . Broom contrasted thP American and British forms of government . He shows that the American is the tat and cheapest . We , he said , permit men to appropriate the resu tsTf a people ' s mdustry , withouc giving an equivalent . The Americans will have work done , when the revenue is spent . The highest functionary in the States has not a salary equal to many of our colonial judges . He next alluded to thn laws of the two countries . In America the poor can have divorces , in England only the nch There , property can be transferred for a few shilling h £ only at the cost of many pounds . He concluded by giving instances to ^ prove 2 the Enghsh aristocracy are not intelligent , useful , nor just .

      FINSBURY MANHOOD Suffrage Association .-A meeting of this association was held at the Magnet Coffee House , Clerkenwell , on Sunday " ut at tT ? n T chair > Mr > Johnson r ° p ° rted that *» comi , ; un : able to complete the arrangements for the hall , owing to the landloTrefus ^ io s . gn the agreement unless the committee pledged themselves JT ^ S pohUcal meenngs , which they could not consent to do . On the motion of Mr £ S ?« T mt thisrneeti "S approves of the conduct of the M committee , and empowers them to take other premises as snrJ , ,. « tain them . The discussion on the formation of ^ Sona P ° aty " „ *!«? and after an _ interesting conversation , was adjourned for . 1 week Ven h ' of organisation will be brought forward . The secreta y begs ' trackntv !^ the rece . pt of a donation of 2 s . from » Friend at Limehouse atkn ° wledge

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      TVRATYE ' C ! xJ&xLJLU ! i& , to know all about it tk i . erstood by tlj at class whom it most concerned pended on £ f *' v t ^ TTtT ^ ° " glandbut of the ™ > *»> ^ ^ ffjjn i ? 1 qu n tion 5 and ' u washigh time ^ wm n eamegt , It tf as impossible to point out the wronge of labour

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      unless we first went to first principles , and sought out its rights . If there was one thing more evident than another it was this , that all men , from tlio monarch upon his throne to the humblest beggar on the streets , required food , clothing and shelter to sustain life , Man was sent into the world with all these wants ' he could not shrink them ; they were inherent in his constitutio n ; they mus t bet attended to or man would perish . He argued that if a man had a right to life at all , he had a right to the means which sustained life—The Land— " for he tha tabes away the means whereby I Uv « j , takes away ray life . ' ' If , therefore , life bo aacred , all the means to snstain that life ought to be equally sacred . He contended the land itself would not support us unless we obeyed the conditions imposed upon us by the very nature of our constitution , and the material worldot

      which we formed a part . That condition was Labour , without labour we die . This is the condition imposed upon all men , not upon a class only , but upon all , ' rich and poor ; nay , it is by labour we become rich , for labour is the source of all wealth . They who violate this condition , leave them to themselves , and they will die . He who obeys not this law , and still obtains the means of life , does it by becoming a burden to the rest of his fellows . Were every man to act the part of an idler , the human species would starve and die , therefore he who does not labour violates the first law of nature : self-preservation , and the fate which nature awarded to such criminals is death , so that we set the just application of the passage which says , " He that wiil not work ought not to eat . " Whoever evades the law of labour , and still continues to live , does so either by fraud , charity , or force . All who evade this law , are enemies to society , for they devour the fruits which others produce , and all who do these things are a curs ; and a plague to the reat of mankind . The only remedy for the wrongs of labour he

      contended , was the nationalisation of the land . Tbe only real and happy state of society was , where all laboured according to their ability , and consumed according to their wants , society was a unity of heads and hands for the beneat of all its members , and not for a class . The perfect state of society was that state in which its members were agreed to combine for the purpose of production . They had already learnt how to produce in unity . All the property of the country was the produce of combined effort ; you work your factory on the princi ple of Communism ; you cut through the mountain and fill up the valley by an unity of effort to attain a common end ; you have already learnt the productive pavt of association ; your next steps must be to leavn the distributive part , so that drones alone may not find labour sweet . The lecturer concluded amidst loud applanse . On Saturday evening a tea party took place in this hall . Mr . Robinson was invited to address the public after tea , and was loudly applauded throughout his address .

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      GO-OPEKATIVE . 0 THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . To the Editor of the Star of Freedom . Dear Sir , —In the last numher of the Stab of Frsbdom there appears a letter from Thomas M . Wheeler , on the position of the Land Company . Mr . Wheeler gave as far as concerned O'Connervile , Lowbanrts and Snig ' s End I think a proper and correct statement . But when he says of the Minster Lovel Estate— "At the last named estate the Company have been successful in the action against the mortgages , on account of the property illegally sold ; but an action is still pending relative to the costs , which amounts to upwards of £ 2 , 000 ;" - —he seems to know nothing of the facts . I wish what he states were true , but he cannot be as conversant with Minster Lovell matter as I am . The truth is that the official manager , though having taken sufficient evidence to

      defeat the mortgagees in the musters court , has not yet brought the case to a hearing in the Court of Chancery , and , until he does so , the case cannot bo decided . I feel it my duty to correct that portion of Mr . Wheeler ' s letter , as otherwise ^ personsgwhoin I correspond with , may be led to believe that 1 mean to deceive § thern , The trustees , however , are certain of defeat , and they know it ; and . I believe , are hoping to compromise the ugly job with the Company a « Mr . Goodchap may now be termed . They have told upwards of £ 7 , 000 worth of the estate , their mortgage being only £ 5 , 000 . I find they would now "i ? e Mr . Goodchap the surplus over the bare mortgage , and pay all costs if the sales were permitted to stand so as to secure the trustees from actions to which they are liable , both by the parties ejected , and also those to whom they illegally sold the property .

      This is exactly how matters stand with Minster Lovel Estate , with perhaps I should say , this addition , that I have taken such steps as are sure to prevent any compromise . Respectfully your ' s , , „ „ . » . „ ^ James Beattib . 10 , Hunter-street , Dover Road .

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      Wellington and Waterloo . - By A . De Lamartine . London : Vizetelly and Co ., Fleet-street . A shilling brochure reprinted from Lamartine ' s " History of the Bestoration of Monarch y in France . " Making tlio necessary allowance for the author ' s proneness to picturewriting , m which fidelity is not seldom sacrificed for th 3 sake of high-wrought colour and scenic efiect ; this chapter from , despite its faults , a really great work , may be accepted as a graphic and most interesting description of the terrible Battle ot Waterloo . Let us indicate the outline of this matchless tragedy . At dbreak the

      a y on 12 th of June , 1815 , Napoleon quitted the palace of the Tuileries , never again to re-enter it . He threw himself with confidence into tbe midst of his army , which would give him everything if it only gave him a victory . At Avesnes he issued his - order of the day" in which he reminded his soldiers of Marengo and Friedland , Wan-ram and Austerhtz ; and asked « Are we no longer the same men ?" He reproached the princes of the coalition withdisregard of their oaths and protestations ; and even dared to denounce them as . fToTrnL ^^ ' 6 11161 ^^ ^^ 10118 / anddevourers of 12 , 000 , 000 Poles , 12 , 000 , 000 Italians , &c . The accusation came badly from him !

      At Wo o ' clock on the 10 th of June , Bonaparte and the main body of the French entered Fleures , and there found within sight , the Prussian army . The conflict between the hostile forces commenced at St . Armand . General Gerard , ordered by Napoleon to dislodge Blucher ' s left wing from Ligny , proceeded with alacrity to execute the Emperor ' s command . His shells and those of the Prussians set fire to the farms ana nearest houses which lined the broad avenue of the village and the battle raged amidst the flames which from street

      to street separated the combatants . The village was taken and retaken four times . " " Lingy , in flames , was at length carried by the French , the fury of the combatants having translormed it into one vast heap of ashes and of dead bodies . '' More fighting , followed , mid ultimatel y , Blucher having ost the whole line of his fortified positions , and twenty thousand men ordered a general retreat . At Gembloux , two leagues from Ligny , he fell ia with the army of Bulow , hw colleague , just arrived from Liege , and which covered him during the night . Thus terminated the battle of Li ^ ny the

      , presage , as Napoleon believed , of a greater victory in store tor him ! & J Lamartine next takes the reader to the celebrated ball of the Duchess of Richmond at Brussels . This was on the night of the 14 th of June , at the moment Napoleon was crossing the bambre , and driving the Prussian out-posts before him . The Duke ot Wellington was chatting in the recess of a window , amidst the noise and gaiety of the scene , with the Duke of t fruuswwk , when an » id-de * camp approached , and communi *

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      236 THE STAR OF FREEDOM . [ November 20 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1705/page/12/