New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-09

French Correspondence Of The Tribune.
LONDON, Sept 81, 1910.
Mes0s GyeLy 4 McEro'A.
commandments toe Hospitality which
we have received from the English people, aud
| for " hich We are also indebted 70 II honor d
; the Government, we, who are here GO exiies
ought not ard wish not to interfere in the poh,l
eel affairs and the party question. which relate 70
this country. Bat where principle Of hum snity
! is Involved whore fragrant violation Of the or
binary usSges Of a nation is in question, it is he
duty Of every human being to declare the evil and
70 demaud redress. There have died tots week
under tae reign Of Queen Victoria and in the
| prisons, Of her kingdom, two political prisoners
| Joseph w illiams aud Alexander Sharpe lnquests
have been held, ard it appears that if the Cholera
was the immediate cause OF their cecease, the
prior and prirc pal causes must bs attributed to
the severity Of their treatment, the compulsory
labor Oh ths one hand, and the bad nourishment
oa the other, which they suffered in their prisons.
Joseph Williams and Alexander Shsrpe were
Chsrtl,,s but Chartists are nen, and beside they
had been condemned 10 sec.usion, and not 20
death. This affair has excited here general sen
timent of lndignsticn l. shows en- outrageous
abuse Of which the responsibility Is not yet
charged upon the Hom, Secretary though
he is decidedly condemned by public opinion .
The funeral Of Williams took place " ilh imposing
solemnity at Kensall Green. The procession was
composed Of ct least ten thousand persons.
public meeting was held last evening at the Hall
Of Science, City Road, to take the deplorable
event into consideration. The meeting passed
several revolutions, secribirg to the adminsira-
ton of the w es.mipster prison the blame which
it deserves and protesting against the assimila-
ton Of political prisoners with criminals and
couvicts
1t was dscided, moro yer, that an address should
be presented TO the Queen, asking an amnesty Ion
all The condemned who are actually in prison, and
their immediate liberation, aud tba. Mr. Golden
Joseph Hume, Joshua Walmsley and other men-
bsrs Of Parliament belonging to the Reform party
should be requested to present the address. Sir
Joshua Wslmsley requested the meeting to wait
for the resu, Of conference, which he and bis
friends were to hold with Sir George Grey before
drawing MP their petition
Tho Cholera, it is raid is beginning 10 abate.
know nothing, aud wish 70 know nothing abo1t it.
an persuaded that the best OF all prsserv a.yes
thoughts, and to leave it 10 the competent author
iiies that is to say. the Board Of Health and the
physicians, TO perform their duty. You have be-
side, among your correspondents, certain w.
who is better able than anybody else to give you
the most accurate and luioious statements GA this
subject. Tho facts relative to the Cholera bad not
exercised my mind, until religion called on the
| faithful 10 enter the temples, and commanded g
day Of humiliation, fasting and prayer for appeas
in4 the Divine wrath Ia all the sincerity Of my
heart, must declare my Conviction that prayer
cannot change the designs and purposes OF the
Almighty. But prayer, sell-recollecton, the hu
initiation of man before the will of the Infinite
Creator. with whom he has the privilege to COM
muue, the earnest aud devout inquiry addfess'd
70 the Supreme Goodness, Knowledge aud Power
OF tho Deity, are wants and duties OF the human
soul and ere aleo the richest sources Of all good
Inspirations in the scientific order as well IS the
moral order. God has foreseen every thing and
created every thing. But in creating man free
Intelligent aud subject OF industry, be has en-
trusted him with the charge OF bis own dsstiny,
both social and individual man bears in himself
thst light which enlighteneth every man that
cometh into the world he bears 10 himself the
creative and active force which gives 70 every an
who comes into the world, the means Of protecting
| himself against evil and modifying, for his own
advantage the air. the earth, the waters, and even
| IRE itself The prayer OF man does not change
the will OF God but, by prayer, man can draw irom
| the inexhaustible bosom Of the Infinite, all the
sentiments the intelligence, the force necessary to
overcome evil, aud 10 conquer every scourge.
| Wholly Socialist as am and with due difference
| 10 the absurd cslumny which every where pursues
| us-preci.ely because am socisl's', oehsve IN
pray er and practiceit but 10 the prayer OF the
worker which, by an intimate communion with
the Divine Spirit, rereshes the energy. the co1r-
age the intelligence of man, who 10 free to accom-.
plish every thing on condition OF willing and
working, on condition also Of praying and adorlng,
that 10 to say o. imploring of God, and OF referring
to hin, -anotber thing than an individuality with
out restraint and without law,-ihe inspiration
| and the fruits of labor.
Pardon me this piece Of theology, which per-
mi,s me to tell you, without appearing q syco-
plant or hypoorte thatSocialism also acceptst the
DAYS OF humiliation and days of prayer; and that
not vet able to celebrate them in is own temple
il enters, without scandal either tor others or
itself into the temples where are preached the
equality OF men before God, and the Law OF laws,
a" Love God above all and your neighbor as your
SELF" liz goes into these temples with the pro
foand conviction that by seeking arlsh,-.hat Is TO
say, relgiously-msn can ind the caose OF a.! ms
evils that by knocking at tho right door-tha, Is
to say. by making use of his own individual and
collective faculties according to the divine yrncl-
pie, which il harmony-he may find the remedy
ior all his evils. And, for example, II should say
that Religion can do everything to prevent and
overcome the Cholera, while Medicine can do
nothing, should De regarded BY philosophers
either as a very mystical or avery superstitlous
man STILL nothing 10 more clear, more positive,
more matter of fact than this assertion which is
apparently 50 pRradoxcsl. In fact, defy she
most learned physicians to assign two more pow
erful causes e the Cholera than lntempsrsnee
among the rich and Misery among the poor
Where is the apotheesry that can pat up pre-
scrption for the intemperance OF the rich aud the
misery Of the poor The remedy for the former
evil 10 moral aud religious education, the power oil
pray or and OF labor by which the rich shall be
m AIDE to feel moral wants superior 10 the physical
appetiies ard to engage in the research for toe
means of accomplishing the law OF human brother
hood. instead Of squsndcriug their time In eat
| ing, drinking. smoking and gaming, beyond meas
ure. Tire remedy for the misery Of the poor IS
Tor Capital aud L abor TO lay aside the destructive
warfare OF competition. aud entering into harmony
according to the divine law. TO purify unhe aithy
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