Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-03
p,.nc and the French Amnesty.
,d0u Standard.

r NJ eitor 9fMe L0""0" o,""o , -,
%. t,renee to the general amnesty an
In Te i:', me evening papers, beg you
n'l'''Ii Lind enough to allow space ID your
vii ., A s,r the following remarks;- :.
''iu, n; not stop here to inquire WHETHER !.
! vi" .%,r the offender should be the forgiven;
BE- .n .;,or' should be RENTED which never
that q, m ," aud that those should De
were '''i| m.bn we're 80 cruelty wronged, hav.
par. ',',' Through guiltless, driven out OF
~ DeeI'' ., :, RI from their families and
,H'r ES Sai consigned To absolute rum, anu
t.rF I''I Iar.it Of all they held dear on earth.
u. .aGi, in nv own name alone ana Judging
>2e;'h'" ,,.rr practical point of view' own
from . " ,Lst situated as he Is, LOUIS Bona
t'it' .',,IJ now hardly do more tor us than
'aF'e 'S vs., done, But it is not the less true
re na, whose hearts have been, tor years
ii'l 'D -. h,rel from innumerable wounds,
ma" :, .,,;m 10 something better than con-
INV ,,,nor. aud perhaps unsafe favor. " nat
tr"P,," "o =, them in the shape Of justice can
Wa Wv ,,;l in the shape OF pardon:
II, p -. ar"onrh Of this. Considerations OF a
Nv, .;,,n;f,ance and more general import
h-n'. ,'-.ii in the question Let freedom, be
a'' in'",, sincerely restored to France; |.
"., n, nm prepared toapplaud. Our wrongs
iFo".. .% s of; NAV we be indifferent to the
We m.7"t , mr. country? We are permitted
"', -.-nrn I, France. s. long as she Is Kept
..t,'J,,, why should We 90: 10 complete
}" ,;.,,,rv # might over right-to render I'M
", .;a 5e<p,tism still more absolutely unoP-
i"',I' :, ,x,inguish the few last beacons
L .,Jby French hands. yet loom IN the
T",,, ,.b,tre the eyes of our unhappy coun-
'.>'''',. ,,,. ,rori G6c SiareS 0moHy STAGES.
Gg,, ,t,y IN he of mte'tered m'"9M
jr.,Ipari: jrtttr Ire wHere 10 oe a" er"e
'''; man. 1t is recorded that IN
.,,r,y,iutipn ol l1S9. AT the hrSt celebrated
w ,rDyp,ir .Nqi,S, some fifty Englshmen
....,., wearing on their chest u medal. on
Nh ,b... words were inScribed-"ob!
~. hi patria." Without presuming
"'1,, ';njsment upon such of my country
mon ., NAV take different view of the case
Is.,,nr. +, ,ay that this should be the motto
foysry man ieclingly alive to the dignity
;L;, .,,n nature. Not that | consider my
,.,"r.J country less entitled 10 claim our
", s,' ,,on because temporarily shackled. NJ.
Tine very state Of intellectual debasement
a"j moral agony in which France is now
,luugrd, cnlcars her the more to US, as we
know il originates in 4 fatal combination OF
,,r.,rrr,II,hle circumstances, and ls NAH
,.;n.J tx brute force alone. That France
~,II sooner or later. lie warmed into life and
Lor,.lf ,,oin i = creed which | fondly
cherish anl to which cling with unshakable
cInvi,rion. But 50 long as she is forced into
silence ami darkness, take it 10 be necessa-
re- that some. at Least, of her most faithful sons
.houd by Twin. abroad, retain the power OF
representing hertrue genius .oimaklng known
her sorrows. drnouncing her wrongs, invoking
h.rm,st glorious recIlicctions, vindlcatlngh her
.iaed aspirations after freedom, and cham
pioning in her name the eternal principles OF
ia..ce and the rights of reason. ! am. SIR,
y,pr, Sc LOUIS BLANC
lo<pov, August II, 1883.