The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-31

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came here fellov-czsns TO hear and 70 feel rather
than to talK-not much address You, minge ml
atoms with the stirring and strlk
which passing in Europe, and the sound
which is borne upon the wings OF the wind every civi
ized country Of the earth yield ADLER and younger
the subject and the aston bot yield IA ot e
any in the interest they excite, and the hopes they
spire The shouts OF liberty reach from the Old World
lei send back their echoes from the New. Let us
grateful HIM who holds his hand the fate of nation
and who guides their purposes by wiser purposes OF
own; let be grateful Him. who is break the bond
Of he oppressed. and setting the captive free.
Throughout considerable part OF Europe man IL
kening conviction Of his rights, and knowledge
mis- strength and, with the feelings which these nspir'
the and, II
nv, employ the other. The abuses OF centuries
before the progress OF the and The foundation
of government investigated with zeal not 10 be
buked, and with pnrPose which nothing viii salts
fy but The truth The great tide OF freedom is rolling
from shores of Calabria the English channel
and institutions originating in barbarou ana sane
TONED by time and habit, but which have sacrificed the
happiness of the the power OF the few givna
way before with lle resistance regret hope 70
one thai the chalk bound cliffs OF England will thr
progress this salutary REFORM but that will reach he
palaces and her novels, correcting the great moral
| physical evils which press upon her people
Fellow citizens | do NOT deny thai there IS much e
be commended in the institutions of England, soca
and political | DO deny thai she has contributes
do deny that there is great deal of moral WORT
in that country, and many high traits Of character
worthy OF miralon But the practical administration
her government is entitled such commentator. Ii
arbitrary and by chosen class
for their benefit and for the II sits liz
an incubus upcn great body OF the people third
the home empire and in the other Embellishments ha
pressed down the people into OF humiliation else
where unknown in Chrstendom It's right OF prlmogen
ure feuda privileges, and arsocraiic endencie
created such inequality OF property that
dlstress-aye OF distress the largest scaeaIe passn
there unknown in modern history. II is very
well talk OF the blessings OF the English awof trial b.
Jury and the habeas corpus. These good things 70
those who enjoy them But bread is better thing 10
starving family than trial by jury, and house Is
better protection than habeas corpus. Probably thu
face of the globe there IS such sluad misery in r
novels of Ireland the spirit of pesse
down, there, by the xering evils which
him. Ireland scarcely the country of rishnen Il
country England, which the Of Ireland nhab
where they rather Than live And this oppression
them every region Of the globe and wherever they
carry with them instructive hatred OF tyranny and III
love Of liberty They have made valuable accession
population, and in peace and war have fulfilled al
duties OF American citizens z-alouy those born
in country From the heights of Abraham waierec
blooi of Montgomery, very foughs
Mexico where is the field crowned by the valo and
ertions OF the American troops which the blood OF Ire
land has mingled with own, and in which her
tive, adopted have molly rallied
the standard Of their chosen home 7
effort the part OF her people to extend those principle
free government which noninaily belong the
try bat which practically coahned to the few to
tend them great body Of the people, and thus
the benefit oil all, directed by all and
accountable TO all.
The fiscal OPP precision of England OF itself phenome
non. The Of two hundred and fifty millions OF dol
lars every year grouad the people, for general pu
poses besides perhaps equal for the maintenance
of the clergy for the support of the poor and for
riey of other local objects More than half OF these
hundred and fifty millions OF dollars is applied pay
Of the interest the national debt large portion
which contracted by Pitt in his odous efforts check
the OF liberty of Europe This system
be approaching its crisis for, tn year,
Of pr oound peace, the insufficient
,nditures Where is the nne-hearted American he
doe long for the termination Of such of ngs
One of the strangest in this day great events
the OF these in favor of liberty upon the
continent Of Europe Whence they From the
Eternal Cityrom the head of the Catholic religon-he
of St Peter Immed ately his elevation the
PonIihcae the Pope his attachment free prin-
cipes and from the Vatican the decree which IS
spreading through the earth The Ponh, who holds
keys of Peter, has found unlock the
the human heart His moral courage but the
tried by the difficulties of has position The abuses OF
government the work OF ages, and had
INFO all the habits OF life and the ramications Of soc-
ETY.; and he surrounded by desporic governments
Jealous OF the first aspirations of liberty, aud ,inain
ing their sway by powerful armies The Austrian ZOO
with his Pandours and his Croats from the banks
the Danube had descended the ridges of the Alps and
had spread himself the sunny plains of Italy. Al
most in sight Of the dome OF Peters he watched
and with many threatening word, the progress
the Pope. Bat the work Naples is n Of
evolu1ion Tuscany and Sardinia OF RET rm;
France of apparently peaceful progress IN The
opened 10 her
| will detain you by any recapituation, however
BRIEF the abuses and expressions which have engaed
themselves those old governments An American
ghr them, but American heart could compre-
hend The sovereign the sole legislator, with
power make and unmake laws his pleasure, and
levy all the he desired He could imprson any
Of his SUBJECTS and where ami long he pleased
and horrible power often at the request
an abandoned mistress a worthless The uobi
~ envroned with great privileges and among these
we're exemption from axaron exclusive ri ght
The state and unlimited power, OF lie and death,
over their vassals people called In France,
te great revolution 1873 had swept away many of these
relics of an age of barbars. Thai great did
for hannah liberty Tor freedom OF thought and action than
every thing which had occurred world during
preceding centuries
What thought OF it, viii appear from the following
tract of the remarks to which shall particularly re-
fer by and byi
1T has accomplished a benefit for France and for
the world though looking back upon its different pha se,
evident exalfaou of mind, the
suits might obtained, and OF and suf
lerng spared the country Almost NIL the existing
uas lust passed away-the annhilasion Of ienday and
aristocrncyequa ty the perfect before the awth-
abolition prmogeniturc, the descent OF popery-na
rioua consequence.
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