The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-04-19
claims of legtamacy against the destuctivs:
advan.e of revo' 'utonsts and anchiss.
The Proyisnnal Government has published

advanEe OF rPVO uilonisls anu dHCHts's. ~
The Provisional Government has published 8
proclamation, concIung as following:-
The Provisional Government has fulfilled ito
duty. Citizens. i, rs for you to dn yours. Of'f~
ganize your candidates without loss OF times
From this day think upon your choice of ths@s
National Assembly. Prepare yourselves by
the slrictest attention Gr the proper discharge
of ycur rights. Understand that it is OF the
greatest consequence to the country that the
civic guards should receive complete develoPe. y
ment. Understand how necessary il is that ths =
power of the Provincial Government should bse
returned to tn" representatives freely chosen by
h. people. Prove hy your activity that you
n II only feel your sovereign power, but that You
20 ;scss intelligence. Nantes, that camness
an | that union which hare given to all Prove<
menls so noble character. Garry, indeed
into your electoral services that concord, of
which your manifestations Of yesterday has
Eeen so striking symbol.
HAvRE, March Q :ih. -
II ,rc ruin spreads around all business
houses in this commercial! city. 81 light or
ten additional failures are reported. W" regres
exceedingly to annu1lnce that Of Mr.. t'' Pierre.
Several ships which have arrived here have,
without entering. been ordered to Liverpool. -
We have further advice. from our Havre cor.
respondent to the 23l instant, by which va
learn there is nothing doing in cotton or other
articles of import Indeed there is Total ces.
sa!ion of business owing to the want of money
anil confd nee which has led to the suspension
otc most every house in that place. Oar cor.
| res, ondent adds, that the entire city presents
the most gloomy and distressing appearance.
IRELAND.
Meetings. without number, have been held ia
4 e. metropolis, and throughout Ireland, TO sym.
pathise with the French people, and petition for
peal Of the Union between. Great Britain
and Ireland Arrangements had been made IN
a granl scale for a monster meeting in Dublin.
on the 10th March. Isl. Parick's day;) hut
from the immense military preparations made
| by the Lord Lieutenant, and at the advice of
Mr.. John OConn"II, and the suggestion of the
! Lori Mayor of Dublin, parnchial mee.ines
were substituted in the different wards on that
day. at which Repeal petitions were adopted.
On thr 20ih inst, however, meeting was held
/ lv the Young Ireland prrry at The North Wall
Dublin. Strong expressions Of FEELING. alike
against the government Of England, and in IA
vor Of French Repnh icanism, was expressed
rhercat. These have met hearty response
throughout the provinces. Whether, however,.
fro n the active aul vigorous measures put in
r'qrisiiion hy the Lord Lieutenant, nr.
fr I'm the Indifference OF the people to the adj
c Of the more violent of the Repeal leaders,
the den onStra!ion' passed off quietly. save
one o. twn in the North of ireland at which
fatal rest.lt> to,k placc-o.r individual beine
shot at Down ,a..ick and anather at Ba.lina.
linch. rf.
DUBLIN, March %.
To.lav the city has IIcrn in great excitement. .
Ai l2 o'clock. Messrs. Smith. O'Tnirn, Mca-.
| ghcr and Mitchell, accompanied by a large cir. !
! cr Of friends, both Of the Young and Old Ire.
land sections. moved from the confederation
ronrns in D'Oier street to the head office at the
Royal Exchange. to give a bail for the appear.
ance, in cnrnD'iancr with Mr.. Porter's nMif.
cations. BY cci'lrnl, troop Of artillery Was
passing at the same moment with their g,,nss
appeared to quicken the enlh,,iam orlhe pro-.
ccssion. | serd you report Of the proceedings
at The police office, anil the subsequent pro-.
c"cdngs in the rooms of the Confederation.
where the language used was roma rkably vin,.
lent, lar exceeding in vrhrmrnce any previous.
! " spoken or written. The course pursued, ac..
cording 10 TIE Mail, which speaks on authority
i: attributable to the cabinet. and not to the ,
Earl of Clarendon, who would suffer much
more rather than commit himsclHto such q
struggle.
Afrr Tie Proceedings at the head office had
terminated, the accused returned, and were
welcomed in D'OIirr street by an additional
CT ,wd, amounting altogether to not less than
10000 persons, who, uadc,errcd by the heavy
rain, checrrd and shouted most vrhemently.
The conluct of the O'copnelIs, in Offering
themselves as hail Tor their advcrsaries, has CO. .
v"red themselves with popularity. !.
STATE OF EUROPE. E.-ln looking at the polit.
ical map of Enror, the great land marks ap.
pear to he cnt ely ohiitrratcd. Territorial
limits, the GOO ,.aphical divisions, great and
small seem to present one blended mass ofpow.
ers and principal;ties, states and Kingdoms, in
which it is in vain to seek the elements Of
an international system. Revolutions have.
made wreck Of the relations Of States rs estab.
lishrd by treaties. The new order of things
will bring. it Is hoped, on. of this chrns the prn.
cipes ola durable system. 1t is impossible
that the settlement Of Europe as determined by
the treaties of 1915, can remain its permanent
international law. Whether or not a gen eral
war follow, the equilibrium of Europe, as deter.
mined by those treaties, must receive a new.
re adjustment. The old balance of power 10
destined lu receive important notifications.
But general war in Europe is now moro
imminent than ever. The source Of danger
appears to he France herself Her ST latesmen
in authority seem to appreciate the strength Of
her position. They do not apprehend an in.
vasiom OF France. They arc anxious to pre-.