Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-26
The OrsinI and Pierri Denomination.

in New York, to the memory OF Orsini and
Pierri, took place on Thursday night
About $500 people participated in the cele-
bration, and some $4,000 witnessed the
spectacle of the line of march 1nnumera-
BILE flags and banners were displayed by those
in the procession. and hundreds Of torches
Illuminated the way. A b!oOd-red flag dis
played upon its folds "Li berte, Egalite, Fra
ternlte." The catafalque was mounted high
upon what was said To be large brewers
wagon. At the top was an urn. shrouded 10
Grape, and the four corners of the platform
were profusely decorated with black feathers.
1t was drawn by eight black horses. The
great body of the procession was composed
of young men and boys. 10 the City Hall
PARK, there was large gathering, who, alter
the arrival Of the procession at ~ O'Clock.
listened to brief speeches from John Allen,
Prof. Mazzl and others in several different
languages, breathing most ultra sentiments
An address and resolutions were adopted,
declaring that the throne of France was oc-
cupied by despot whose tyranny extended
over Italy as well as France, and who sur
passed Nero and Caligula in the enormity of
his crimes. The attempt OF PIerri and Orslnl
was seconded by all republicans in whom the
spirit of freedom was not dead. Tyranny
was on the breast of "a Volcano, and It's down.
fall was written on the scroll of inevitable
destiny. All the "martyrs Of liberty" who
preceded or initiated Orsini and Pierri were
the Objects of their deepest sympathy
The Courier ha, the following comments
on the demonstration
{" The Red Republicans last nigh. glorified
assassination, and vented their rage uSq,se al
nauseam upon its intended object LOUIS Ma
puleon. They all tore passion TO tatters In
denouncing him as an atrOcious, detestabIe,
accursed, and intolerabIe desp0t The im
pudence OF these fellows is astonishing
Grant that the French Emperor is despot
aud certainly we have no desire to contra
dict it-what then! Does it justify his as
sassinaton! The very admission that there
is no way of reaching him but by prowliug
murder, tells with ten-iold greater effect
upon his accusers than upon him; It is proof
conclusive that he is the very man who, Of
all others in France, can least be spared
Assassination Is invoked, because revolution
is impossible; and revolution is impossible,
because the fiery republicans OF 1913 are
now, in 1888, willing u be slaves. We are
sorry for it, but we have no reproaches to
waste against Louis Napoleon.
lie is what he is by popular consent. Three
disrluct times have the French people declar-
ed their choice for him, and each time with
a greater approach 10 unanlmIty. For Pres
ident Of four years, he received a majority ot
over three millions; for President OF ten
years. be received maj Drity Of over six
millions; and for Emperor for life, he receiv
eQ majority OF over seven mlliions-and
all this when TIE suffrage was UNIVERSAL
Ii France has lost her liberty, 1t is only be
cause she has taken an active and eager 10.
tere't In rlveting her own letters. Ii was
once the pride oT France that her mseries
were forced upon her by external causes.
10 the aivice and proclamation of the
Duke OF Brunswick, were traced the masss-
ere of the Ahbaye and the terrorism Of '93;
u the invasion OF tue allied armies, the
abandonment by the country of her great
Emperor and the proftess restoration Of the
Bourbons. But il is only too plain that
every blow now aimed against her freedom
and honor has been levelled by her own
hand. Ii was her sword which cut the cord
that bound the nation to the tribunal and
the press. Ii was her suffrage that handed
over her liberties TO be disposed of as bis
own private property by single citizen
Her voice applauds the destroyer Of the Con.
wherever he goes. This very month,
at the opening of the Boulevard de Sebasto-
pol, we read of him: 1.-The moment the En-
peror appeared, holding with light hand
the beautiful but fiery charger on which he
rode, keeping his PAGES as slow as possible,
and thus presentihg himself alsne in ad-
vance Of all guard Or escort an immense
shout broke forth. and hailed him as be ad-
vanced trOm the Place du ChateIct, and did
not cease till he reached the railway station"
THUS it Is that a de-notIsm more absolute
than that of Louis XIV, is in successful
operation without protest, without a men
ace, without hardly a complaint. the ma
has created, On the ruins OF the old in
n mechanism Of absolute govern.
meat under which it has itself been crushed,
and a child might now almost WELD the
powers which have silenced the voice aud
para!yzsd the energy Of the gayest, most
martial, and most turbulent race in Europe.
Now grant that Louis Napoleon has done
all that these Rcd Republicans impute u
him, yet the hatred due the tyrant is here,
in America, absolutely lost in the scorn and
dlsdain Of the people that liberately crea-
ted, and conlentedly submits to, this tyran-
ny. This voluntary self ensnvement Of
one Of the formost nations OF modern civil
cation is the most dreadful spectacle this
sun shines upon Ancient times
alone can match il. La the forests of an
cient Germany, the barbarian, when all 9th !
er 1t .kes were lost, gambled himself away
into life bondage. All the way down through |
the dark ages, glimmers the fearful legend |
OF TIE man who, to crafty an unhaloxed !
purpose, deliberately and formally sold him
self to the devil But it has been reserved |
for the nin9teentb century Of the Christian
era to sec proud, brave, intelligent nation
Uf thirty-six millions e human souls delbe
rately ablicate their own freedom, and crouch
III specchiess seryllity at the foot Of the very
despIt they have created. 1t is reserved for
this century 10 behold city, the first Of all
the world in learning aud polish, turning it |
self into tomb of living men, aud craving
It's walls with the sentiment Of the sepulchre
Of Sardanapaius twenty-five hundred years
ago, Eat, drink, and lust the rest is moth.
ing" The French people have chosen their
lot; let them abide it. And while they do
ABIDE II, let tde whole world learn t. abide
the ruler who Is but the exponent and resOl.
vent Of their necessities There can he mn |