Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-30

fine morning il behcld nm adventurer, it's
conqueror. entrusting public order to the
keeping of his sbirri, and the process of its
degradation to the Jesuit. Everything is in
good hands, il is said What does it now think
of the results
O Peoples, there are men OF curses and
accused. When they promise peace they
proffer war when they promise safety they
entail disaster when they promise prosperi-
ty they bring down ruin when they promise
glory they insure our shame. When they
grasp the crown Of CHARLrMAsNE, they
place it on the brows OF EzzELING; when
they rccast the medal of a CAEsAR, II is with
the lincaments ofa MANpARiN when they
reinauguraie the Empire, 1t is by commence
ing with lol2; when they liz. up an eagle,
II Is but a vulture when they give to a peo-
plev new name, II is but false name
when they make an oath, it is false oath
when they announce an Austertz, it is n
false Austeriiz; when theybeslow kiss, il
is the kiss of Judas +; when they point out a
bridge by which to cross from one SIDE to
the other, i, is the bridge Of BeresiDa?
Oh Exilcs, there is not one of MS un-
wrung, for, every where around Us is desc
lation, abject prostitution, and abomnation
for the aggrandizement of The Gar Is the
diminution of the light for !, who am now
speaking 10 you, feel the humiliation Of this
once great, proud, free and generous Eng
land, as a man; for at this moment we hear
France falling falling, with the sound Of a
cofiin when IT falls
You are wrnng with grief, but you have
courage and faith. You do well, my friends
Courage, then Courage more than ever
As | have already said, 1t grows more evi.
dent from day to day, that, at this instant,
France and England have left to them but
one path, but one outlet of safety,-tho e.
manc patton of the peoples, the Instruction
in one mass of the PROSTATE natlonalites-
the Re- vuLUTsoNl Sublime alternative -
1t IS grand that safety has become identified
with justice. 1t is IN this that Providence
breaks forth IN splendor Aye, have cour-
age more than ever IN the hour of utmost
peril DANToN exclaimed" Daring Oar.
ing and yet more Daring" in adversely,
we should cry ont, Hope hope and still
more hope :" Friends and brothers the
great Republic, the democratic, social and
free Republic, will ere long, blaze out in
magnihcence again,-tor It is the office of
the Empire to give It a new birth, as 1t is
the office Of the night to usher IN the day.
These men Of tyranny and misery will DIS
appear. Their time to stay Is now counted
by quick minutes.
They are backing TO the edge Of the abyss,
and we who are already IN the gulf, can see
their heels that culver already beyond the
borders OF the preciplce. On, exlles ! call
forth in testimony the hemlock the Socrates
have drank, the Golgothas the Chrsts have
climbed, the Jerichos the Joshuas have
caused 10 crumbe summon up IN tesii-
mony the baths of blood taken by the 1hfa-
seas, the iaggois whence JonN Huss, and
those of this world ike him, have cried the
swan will yet be born | summon in tesli-
mony these seas that beat around rs, and
which the Columbuses have passed beyond ;
| call upon yonder stars which shine above
Us, and which the GalIlees have questioned,
10 bear witness, cxiles aud brethren, that
liberty can never die,-she is immortal, and,
exiles, Truth is eternal
Progress is the very stride Of God.
Then let those who weep be comfortcd
and those who tremble u any such there
be among us-be assured. Humanity
ignores sci-nurder, and God lays not aside
his omnipotent control.
No, the peoples shall not forever gropc in
darkness knowing not what hour has been
reached IN science, hat hour IA philosophy,
what hour 10 art, what hour in human mind,
and with their eyes fixed upon despotsm,
that black dial Of gloom on which the double
needle, at once sword aud scep,re, forever
mollonless, forever marks Midnight.
LirE TO rHE UNIVERSAL REPuBLic