Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-04-12
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deIiyerance is at hand ..ss
"Ireland's opportunity, for which pa
triots sighed, swearing TO make il memo
rable inthe annals ofmankind,is comins
j fast. 1--WE be mol baggarts and PERU
rers, accursed of God and despised %
men, the knell of our slavery has already
rung on the night. We were patient
we bided our time, (oh! Heavens. with
what bitter and Inundated hearts! and
now blythe sacred name Of justice and
Of God, that time is come. Now, now,
now. Already the dawn of Freedom
bursts like May morning in lile East.
''lreland's opportunity, thank God
and France, has come at iast Its
challenge ringsin our ears like call,to
battle, and il warns our blood like wine.
1t demands Of Us what mission we have
to entrust to its ministry, SO often and Sd
fervently evoked. We must answer, il
we would not be slaves forever. We
must unite, we must act, we must leap
all barriers, but those which are Divine;
if needs be, We must die, rather than
let the pIovidentiaI hour pass over us
unliberated. ~
"DJ not fear that Francois exhausted,
Event will lead on event, as hour ushors
in Hour. See how they have followed
each other already: within a week the
minister's resignation, the Kings flight,
and The Republics birth. No Republic
can stand in Fra6ce which is not agrees
sive; neither can war take place ir
Europe without, England. The first gun
England fires will be the sunset gun Of
her dominion in Ireland. -
"The consideration is not now Of
when, but of how, Irish ihdependenceais
10 be won. The time is at hand; il
comes with the deep sounding of sea
filling its channel. Are the people rea-;
ia . III: Jmust-they mdstbe ready.
IN . or never y -: r.. - ~:
"Then, after calling npon:tte people
Ito be right quiet, '.until the word is giy.l
len" he mlkes5no scrupiestoJ reyealthe
extremes 10 which. he and shis part, s1ss
4sssaa9ag SSssafIesz ol Blood.
wonId rat terk auoth be. lib illiiis
condescending bamiliiy, )acce cept5our ffaes
dom Efrom;a chas,ened enemy lhanifrom a
wounded friend. We had rather seq
lDublin sirceissflled with rejoicing living
men, than; with canals of blond, euen
ihougha Wsre the :Jlood of out oppres-
sors. But ifno other, way istleiGus- -oul
Eoffan,ine, bankruptcy and disgrace, than
sucl, struggle, then may God give US
HE vantage ground and the victory.n
We might add 10 these extracts others
in which hints arc given tina, in the short
space of "six months from the present
lime 'tte great battle is. TO he fought
and won," and that a; National Guard"
ought to be organized.
Louis Philippe's Family.-L ,uis
Philippe was married 10 the Princess
Amelia, second daughter Of the late
King of Sicily, ih 1909. By, this lady,
late Q ,een OF the French, he has. had
eight children. of whom six still survive:
Louisa, Q ,een of B :lgiurn, (wife Of
Leopold born 1912: -
2 Louis, DIkeof Namours, born 1914
married Victoria Augusta, of Coburg,
cousin Of Prince Albert. p
3 Maria Clementina, born 1Sl7--
unmarried.
Francis, Prince de Join'villc, born
1918, Admiral of the French Navy,
aal riad Francisco, sister of the Empe<
ror Of Brazil, and Of the Queen of Por-
lugal.
5 Henry. Duke d Aumale, born 1922;
married to Carolina, cousin OF the King
Of the Two Siciies.
6 Antony, Duke Of Montpensier ,boru
1924; married to the sister OF The Queen
OF Spain.
The Oldest son OF Louis Philippe was
Ferdinand, Duke OF Orleans, born 1910;
killed by jumping from his carriage
July 1912. He married. 1887, Helena
daughter of the Grand Duke OF Neck.
lenbnrg Schwerin-by whom he had
tao children, viz: Louis Philippe
! (Count Of Paris born 1888, ard now
10 years Of aga, and Robert Philippe.
Duke CT Chartres, born 184O.
The Boaaparte FamiLy.-The only sur.
viving brother Of the lale emperor NaPo'
leon, Jerome, is, we believe. now in
France, having asked leave Of Louis Phil
lippe, some time siuce, 10 reside in the
kingdom. He will be remembered as
having married Miss Patterson, O Balti.
more about 1893, and by lha, ladt he left,
la sou, now, we believe, living IN Mary
land. Jeromerepudialed his wife, by di.
rection Of his brother, 7the enprnr. and
afterwards married Germai Princess.
He was for some time King Of tVestphalia a.
! Louis Napoleon, son Of ne late King
of Holland, Lcuis Bonaparlei aud of Hor-
tense, daughter Of Josaphiie, lately es-
4 caped from prison in France aud has now