The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-04-26
(NU MBER 20.
MIR. IIamnegan's Speech

Mr.. flanagan was loudly called for, and
IN making his appearance, was hailed with
tremendous applause. lie said Fellow
:i,izens, over and oser again ii has rung in
ny ears to day." BE not loo has,y-go
lot to The meeting ionig hi--hold back
lei Us see The end-we are yet but in the
beginning Bur could mol hearken to
these warnings. Ii my life had depended
uponit, could no, have held back tonight,
IGreat cheering.l In vain would have
had been disposed 10 struggle.
against the irresistible unpuiss to come
hilher and excaim With YOU" Xii hail,
Republican France = Great applause,l
Startling, indeed, Is The news which has
burst upon Us within tbe las, ten days, like
clap Of thunder in The cioudess sky!
France has arisen! She has burst her
bonds She has proclaimed herself Re-
public, and for her model she has taken
the United States of America Renewed
applause. Yes, France has selected as her
model the land Of Washington and Lafsy-
cite. We now see low dearly cherished
in The great heart Ct france has been the
memory Of the fact Tia, he French blood
was poured Out like water on the plains Of
Brandyw!ne and Monmouth, and in the
crossing Of the Delaware TO the glorious
field OF Trenton. Resenera;ed France has
issued her proclamation 10 the nations Of
the world lha, she vii! M longer bend be-
meath the scepie Of Monarch; and en-.
\ lish!ened France endorses ii It's no
emeLfe-no sudden outbreak. IT'S the re.
suit Of long study Of the great principles
of Liberty. / is the resul, Of deliberate
calculation. The seeds were sown in blood
in 81, and 90, and 93, and spite Of the
blasts Of many "taw and eusty day."
they have terminated and tionrished, till
they row wave in a golden harvest over
the !onbs Of the Glondis's, never, no!
! never again TO perish beneath the scythe
oftyranny Tremendous applause. Will
we act Them Beware" you may eucour-
age bIoodshed encourage bloodshed!
God forbid Blu, if blood mus, flow, rath.
err lie, il flow in the cause Of freedom than
a, the ,yran,'s bidding! Long continued
cheering.1 For how many long ages has
}. human blood flowed beneath the tyranni-
!, cal throne Of Frauce' How many groans
and signs are treasured ID agains. that an.
J. Glen, despolism1 ", ,hen, blood must flow,
n let il flow over rather than under The throna
= rather let il trickle from the iyranis
y throne than from The neck of oppressed
f, humanity! fCheers.l What is The news,
Wha, do the malls Lrng US What is The
Intelligence conveyed BY this steamship,
. for whose coming many eyes have looked
with anxious solci!ude Does il confirm
, the antci paii0ns Of these who feared and
D., doubted, and perhaps there nay have been
! some whose" wish was father TO the
thoueh,l' Is there a Regency? Is the
Count Of Paris to be the successor TO his
, grandfather's lhrcne No Louis Phil.
ipe ard his sons and his grandson's and
Quiet, alder and abeuer of his tyrannical
projects, have found an exIe's refuge on
the shores Of England lGreat appfause.1
And who are placed in powerl The cham.
pions Of the people The descendants Of the
patriots Of The Revolution And amongst
Them lhdse is one whose name reminds me
that illus,rious woman-Madame Roland
who summoned around her and held by
her energetic councils the Girondsts Of
old Revolutionary France. | had almost
thought that Rollins was her son-it is no
mean eulogium tina, he is worthy 10 be CALI
ed her sen! (Cheers.] A bloodless Rev.
olu,on, too, and effected by the descendants
of the men who went TO the guilloiine to.
ge,her chanting the MsFseilaise hymn Of
liberty! And who arc The leaders in this
glorious movement? They are Lamar,ne
and Arago, and Rollins and others, whose
genius, intelligence, patriotism, and public
virtue had already gained word.w wide re-
nown. They have established Provis-
onal Government, and called for on Assem-
bly, to be elected mol out OF the two hundred
thousand voters to which the representa-.
tiyes Of France has heretofore been limi.
ted, but to be elected by the French PEG.
pie Tremendous appIause.] For the first
time ia her history, the people Of France
are to be represented by National As.
sembly, TO consist of FIVE hundred members.
[Grea, arpause.l Will,hey fall Rath.
err, ask, will the sun 60 back [Great ap.
pause.l And i! stops not there? Al the
frs, tap Of the drum in France, the echo
comes from Germany. From the walls Of
MUNICH, We are toio, now waves HS oon-
ner of Constitutional Freedom. Great
applause.) And Italy, old lialy-to which
my friend behind me has eloquently allu,
ded-ltay has been aroused-ltaly, too.
will be free loud cheering.) Already
on the coast Of that classic land, in the city
of Messina, The people have carried the
citadel Of the power Of tyrani who had
been wantonly dipping his fingers in their
blood. Plus The Ninth the Great Refor.
MGR Of modern Italy, has espoused tho
cause Of Freedom. Thirty thousand Aus.
TRAN bayone,s have been ordered into Ialy
To strangle the infant in its cradle. tell
YOU, that infant is Hercules, and The thirty
thousand mercenaries Of the ,yrant will
perish in its grasp. Tremendous spplause)
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