Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-06-07


tho prcscnceofthis appearance Of ami.
hilation we lscl ourselves srengi'lcne
in our principles and in our conviction.
Th, man whose mind isniaie up never
lre.ls morsIfinnly Than on the shifting
soil Of the lomb. And our eyss ixcj
upon this dead boly upon this being who
has la,ie.l way, upon this shadow which
has vanished, we, unshaken believers,
glory in tho, which is immortal and that
which is e,ernsl; Liberty and Col. Yes
God! Never should tomb be closed
until great. this living word has fallen
into it! The deal claim it, AMI we are
no, the mcnsic refuse it. Lc, the free
and religious people among whom we
live understand we'll, iha; tho men oi
progress, the men Of democracy, the men
OF revolution. know ,ha, the destiny o!
the soul is iwo.oli: and that the alb.
ncga,ioa ,aey show in this life proves
how profoundly they rely upon another.
Their faith in the sranl an! mysie'
rious r,sisis even the repulsivc spectacle
which the cnslavcl Catholic cler.y has
presented since the scsoai OF d ,ccn,5er.
A, this moment Roman papism star
ties the human conscience. Yes, say
i, and my hear: is full OF bitterness
when think ofso much ahjeciness an J
shame; these priests who lof money, for
places, crosses AMI mitres .or The love OF
temporal good, bless AMI gloriiy perjury
murder aui treason; these churches,
where Te D.ums are sung in honor OF
crowned crime; yes these churches AMI
these priests would be enough 10 shake
the strongest conviction in the ffmcs,
iGbcyonl the church we did not SEQ
heaven; AMI above the priest, n COL
AMI here, citizens on the threshold ol
this open tomb-in the midst of this
thoughtful throng which surrounds this
grave, the moment has come TO sounl
a solemn worl that may take root ami
spring up in every conscience.
Citizens? At the present hour this
fatal hour which will be markell in time
to come the principles Of absolutism
tn! old principles Of tho past triumphs
all over Europe. 1t trumphs as il should
triumph by the swor!, the axe. and the
corl, by mas,acrcs and musketry by tor.
lures and the scalToll. Despotism, that
Moloch surrounded by human bones,
celebrates he, fearful mysteries in open
sunlight, under the pontifcatc OF lhe
Haynau a Bonapart, AMI Ra letzsky.
In Hungary. the gallows; in Lombarly,
the gallows; in Sicily the gallows; in
France, the guilotine transportation ami
exile. In the PapaI States alone cite
the Pope, who calls himself le roi de
doncou1; in the Pnpal States alone, in
the last three years, sixteen hundre 81 anI
forty patriois(lhe figures arc au,henuc)
have perishc by shooting or hanging
without counting the innumerable many
who are buried alive in dungeons. AT
this m omcnt the continent as in the worst
periods Of history, is encumberod with
scalfolls AMI corpses; and if when the
day comes, revolution sho,ld seek to
make herself flag of the win ling sheets
o(the victims, the shadow Of shat black
flag would cover all Europe. This bloo.l
which flowing in streams and in torrents
all this blood, democrats is yours.
And yet, citizens, in the presence oI
this Satmrnalia Of murder in the presence
of these Infamous tribunals, where assas.
sins sit in the robes Of the julge, in the
presence Of all these dear and scacrr,l
corpscs- in the presence Of this dismal
and (crocious victory of rcaction-l de.
clare solemnly in he name of the exilcs
of Jersey, who have give" me the author.
ity TO do so and say it too in the name
Of all republican exiles--and no, ono
true republican voice will contradict
me i declare before this coffin OF an
exi e, the second one we have lowere
into the grave within ten days, we the
cxilcs, we the victims, we abiurc, for
the great, inevitable day Of revolution
arv triumph, all feeling, all desire, all
i lea Of bloody retribution.
The guilty will be chastised-cer,ain
Iy, they will be, all OF them, AMI severe.
lv! They must be; but not one heal
sha!! fall; not one drop Of blool, not one
splash from the scallold, shall stain the
spotless robe of the republic of Febru.
ary. The heal even Of the brigand OF
December shall be respected with homo,
by the progressive. The revolution will
make "a srander example Of that man by
changing his imperial purple for the
jacket ofthe galley.savc. No, VIC will
not re,ort on the scafold by the scaf.
foll We ropu late the old scnseless law
of retaliation. The law of retaliation
like the monarchy, is part of the past;
we repulia,e the past.
The death penalty, gloriously abolish
el by tie republic of 1853 re.cstablished
oliously by Louis Bonapartc. is abolish
C | by us, and forever. We have taken
with US into exile the sacrel doctrine OF
progress; we will faithfully bring it back
TO France. What we ask AMI wish oi
the future is Justice, AMI not n5eance.
Anl besides, the sight of slaves drunk
with wine suflicel to give the Spalans q
disgust for intemperance, so it is cnou IN
for us, as republicans, to see kings ia
toxicatel with blool, to have forever a
horror Of scaoflds.
Yes, we declare it, and we call to wit.
ness this sea which binls Jerscyto France
these fel Is, this duict nature a a-ounl us
this England which is listening TO us.
The men ofthc reyolution--w whatever the
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