The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

to do this against the convictions oil those who /
were taxed. AT some leisure moment, we viii /
present the dissenters' views at length. Sufieeii
to say, that they are agitating with effect, and |
that the Anti-Stats- Church Association bids fair
to win the day. 1t is very stirring and eloquent
in its appeals; it tells the English people
The work that should to-day be wrought,
Defer not till tomorrow;
The help that should within be sought,
Scorn from without to borrow.
Old msxims these, but stout and true,
And speak with trumpe. tone,
To do at once what is TO do,
And trust yourselves alone.
FRANCE still grows The King and Ministry |
have their loan of $50 million Of francs, and |
have some 1850 pieces Of artillery stored away |
in the castle Of yincennes and Fort Of ALERT |
The Council General Of Paris have declared |
that the electoral law should be amended, |
meanwhile, and Reform BanGusts have been
celebrated at Avssns, Line Bernoy, Beziers, sc.
Thus goes the fight. Royalty says build forts,
and man them, make cannon, and mount them,
and all will be safe Reform answers, fig for |
your arms, and armed men, give rs enlightened
opinion, and We can scatter them, and batter
4 down your strong eitadsls n IL they wsns 90
much chat. Old King Philippe is alarmed. He
shakes amid his sOldiery. The Rsformers are
glad at heart, and con6dent-yet ayer-nOt
drop of blood-not an atom Of treasure-but
larger rights and a surer happiness we must and
will have. And the day will be theirs The
Old King cannot help 1t.
SWITZERLAND, n the accounts ara to be re-
lied on, is involved in civil war. We cannot
help thinking, that diplomacy will prevent, or
intervention arrest it, If it be begun. Switzer-
land is the battle-ground Of liberalism on con-
tinental Europe. Germany looks to Switzer-
land with great hope. In freedom, and every
essential progress, the German portion is far in
advance OF the nations around it. There the
free, but exiled spirits, Of other lands, found
home. While in Germany the bayOnet slept,
or the dungeon silenced, social, political re-
| ligiOus enquiry, in this part Of Switzerland
men spoke what they thought. That Austria,
under these circumstances, that Louis Philippe,
should seek to crush this frse-spOt, and leave no
escape, is all natural enough; and nothing will
prevent the attempt but the fear of England. II
England has said there shall be Intervention,
We incline to think there will be none. The
Despots Of Europe are afraid Of war. They
want no agitation, not even the agitation which
successful war creates
We do not 90 into details Of Swiss move
ments. The report is, that the first blood was
shed on the Sd, at st. GOthard-that it was taken
by the infantry and artillery Of Uni and Lueerne,
and rstaken by the Tessinese-thst Friburg was
to be bombarded on the 18th and 10th. OF the
result of the war, if it goes on, we may speak
with some certainty. The Diet, or Liberals
will subdue the lowlands and their towns; the
mountain Businesses, inhabited by clans, by men
of prOdigiOus physical strength, narrow pre-
JUDGES, and great ignorance will be harder to
overcome. If England has not taken the strong
ground represented, the next news we shall
hear will be Of foreign interference, provided
diplomacy fails to stop the civil war
IrAry has taken one step forward. Piedmont,
Tuscany and Rome, have formed an Italian Gus
toms union, and invited the King of Naples, and
the Duke of MOdena to join it. The greatestf free
dom OfTrade is the basis of it. King Charles Al
bert is a reformer, and is asPOpular as public
man well can be in his dOminions- Letters from
Genoa of the 5th instant give an account Of
his enthusiastic reception in that city. At
the gates, the local authorities, accompanied by
about $4,000 persons, received his Majesty with
repeated cries of "LOng live Charles Albert, the
reforming Prince"
| Among other interesting demonstrations BY
the people, the following incident occurred The
American Minister, Mr.. Wickliffs had stationed
himself about half way between Turin and Mon
culisvi, in order to salute the King. No sooner
did the immense multitude which followed the
royal carriage perceive the American Minister,
than they made the air ring with cries Of SEQ
Ui1s gil Staff Uniti!'' "Eusiua Ameriea,"
"Long live the United Statss!'' "Long live
America "Long live the minister of the
great rePublic!' The cry thus commenced was
taken up and continued by this vast asssmbiage
of the people Of Piedmont, extending from Tu-
rim to Monculievi, a distance of three miles. Ii
is computed that between one and two hundred
thousand people were in the procession.
! Letters from Naples Of the Both ult. state that
| the instruction is at at end.
| The latest news states thai blood had been
shed at Fivizzano. The Modsness were the ag-
grsssors. The latter arrested without knowing
why, the SERGEANT major of the Tuscan carbi-
neers- The multitude took his part The No
denese fired upon the people, killed one and
wounded several. Upon this all the citizens
flew to arms, and a skirmish ensued which was
going on at the time of the departure Of the
courier.
! AUSTRIA has resolved not to give up Ferrara-
/ Count Ferreti will not resign
The French Ambassador at Naples had COM
mitted suicide.
/ IGIOIIS INTEL IGENCE