Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-27
TIE oRs1NI DEMONSTRATION IN

THE oRslNl DENOMINATION IN NJ
YORK.
Three Thousand People in TIC Proce.oo,
Thousand Spectators 10 Witness n-Spsl.
Smoke, but no FH4-sr tT]ift
This long expected, much abused, and imus,,
mopstrstion, came of last night. The moon :.
out brightly and with the glare of torches, II.
pressed hum OF voices, the cry OF the marshal, =, /
ing the societies in order, made the scene one Of
deur, reminding one Of the stories he has read y
revolutionary spirits in Europe. The scene IN i.
cinity of the Steuben House, III the Bowery, Wa,
fine. From the top of the house tosted an Ans
flag at half mast below il a red fsg, and still ts- !
down three trnuspsrances. On one was insc,
Orsini, Pierri. Libani, Figure OF dagger) Milsuo /
On the second was inscribed "Liberte, Fra,s..
Epalite," with q figure Of Liberty, and a whit !
prssping the hands of an Indian and Negro. al
shackles have just been struck of. The third ~
pare6cy was inscribed with the naIne Of dig
heroes. who have been sacrificed for the cause ~ |
erty in Europe, within the last lew years.
it Union Square the crowd was immense, az
hour anpoipted for the procession TO start ws u
o'clock. but, owing to the crowd. it did not Star, :.
eipht and a quarter o'clock. Just as it stareJ
nnmbsr of 6remen rushed through the rank. :,
their apparatus, and certain i'll omen people "a! |
alarm wss started through mischief. No tod
however, took place.
IT, f~o,,ow;np are the societies that took psr; |
procession Rifle Company OF New York Tu,I
rs;ns, in citizens dress, without arma; Williams
Tnrnverein, Bloomingdale Turnvereins, New n
Turnyerein, and representa- yes OF different usd,J
Tbsrs we're Prussian, Austrian, French, Italian 7
American flags, and hundreds of torches, paps; |
,srns. and only one transparency, on which va
sc-;hsd "rhs Mayterers OF Liberty The catai.l
was about l6 feet high; it was of IN oblong sbsps y
lunches of feathers at each corner, and with v'.J
of Isurel arranged all around; and with a ls:g.
ornament on top covered win Grape. on eaca ;
the following inscription appeared:
ssJ
/. MARTERI
. DELL LIBERrI.
. oRsINI. PIERRl.
PIASoRI F. MiIAsi.
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II WAS drawn by eight horses, four white an.
HACKS, trimmed with Grape and black fes.hsJ
th.ir heads. There we're at least d,0UO per;o,I
,hs nrocassion, composed of almost every ns'11
continental Europe. The catsfslque WAS pred
by a large band, composed OF Italians, with I'D
and a very gentlemanly representation OF ltd
vitb torches, scarfs and black kid gloves, ssJ
pail bearers. There were but tEo othe' bead
alnaA Inc OUt pIcSOothA Wv
The route Of the procession was through BrOa|
o,d I3rest Jones street. to the Bowery, thence ri
nal through Canal 10 Broadway, and thence I'll
Citv Hail., where q platform was erected. Tia
caasion reached the Hall at y. O'Clock. John n
opened the meeting by saying that 2o'oVu soul- -
with Ma 10 celebrate this night and 10 Set in mot
new get of causes, which would move The sC'|
proclaim the operation OF universal freedom.
no question of German, Italian or French i'eec
n-..ns and pIlrFf a 4 AFtVr I. .
sacred csu-s. You say these men had 20 rist;
Toxic the life OF Napoleon. lCries OF "y-s u
Sunpose the American people had never met fH
cause Of liberty, how could America have galret
fre.dom7 MIR. Allen read resolutions 10 The Els
That il becomes not only the right but The d.,
tho pbilauthropic aud just to crush the power of
oppressor, by any and every means which the &,
nature has placed in their bands.
~. Received, That the sceptre Of empire in In
ia now held by q usurper snd q fyrant; that, not
fed with the achievement of France, he has Fl
ed his despotic arm over Italy; that. to sclen-
! par.opeI ambition, he has sacritioed the poi
| boppa and social interest. % ''Sld Europe tbs
| crimes against freedom, in this age oi advance.
ara more ~strocious than those OF Nero and Chl
in the oldrn times; and, therefore. IN the esiimst'
mat men, that In the attempt Of Pionori, orsin,
| PIER, to STRIFE down the tyraht. they have :
Themselves IN Tlaftyrdo!n II a "ios. hoiy sa":5
Sltn IN tnB DlIl " ukNFloa 'p'Ntbl y.
vows the moet sscred, we do hereby consecrate
selves TO this great cause, and to each Other, Si'
! nle:ys # %Cnrtual sympathy and aid In whatever
| cf achievement the sNford Of justice may hereaA:
unsheathed."
Tbese resolutions we're passed with much apps
Aiberti Marcher, italian, then addressed the a
| ing, with the national colors 10 bis right hand. !
him, Mons. Leseim, French, fo!loged in the FL
language. Mr.. Tzchirnsr tGerman) spoke 10,
minutes. After him followed a speech by Mr.. {
check Polish and the meeiing was concluded
harsngue in English, by F.J. Tucker. The
| fsnaie on hand gas Mrs. Leon Case, who ocrr
| a conspicuous position. There vas no president
Executive Committee preceding. At ii o'ciocs
proaession iormsd in lire, aud procesded to the
| btn House, where the exercises were Continued
q late hour. The whole proceedings were ORC
and no disturbance occurred atany part OF tbe r
although vast crowus, -.
lined the streets through which the procession pa
/, This demonstration IN our city, by exiles and
gees from european oppiesoion, in honor OF The
who have expafisted with their lives their sttel;
assaasinate the Emperor in France, furnishes arc
| notable illustration Of the broadly tolerant aud ~
character of our Republican institutions. In no G
country In the world could such a damonstratOt
| proposed without frightening the constituted aut.
ties from their propriety, or moving them to 90
mediate Introduction Of tho display 10 prevelt
agitation of the whole population TO a dangerous :
of excitement. Yet here, in this great city. vi
most varied population, 40 potent md sdmirab
it, Influence ia our free systcm of Government, n
mass OF men, animated by the most intense AMI
vengetnl feelings, can march in procession ihm
our streets, and assemble in one of our public ph
to hear speeches, in half n dozen languages, =
giving the memory Of cOnBIirators whom the "
call "ss-assins," with none TO modest them. and
no e7srawing m Military or police force to yc.ch /
m~ovemente.
While the almost unanimous sentiment of our
Gems 10 condemnatory of the demonstration, sn
the act which it was intended to elevate from
infamy of a mad and murderous enterprise +,
dignity of a heroic deed, they can look compO.-
on its folly, and, either 10 pity or silsnt detes's'
pass it by a. q bubble Of excitement. which hs
no body. We allow the fullest liberty TO the EXP
sion of opinion, and are never alarmed by the vi
liarangues Of irritated orators. Free speech is a IS
valve, of which we understand The value, and =
it is kept open, no harm can come 10 our inslitG-
from such idle displays rs that Of last evening"
York SIM, HprI! %.