, 1861-12-12

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was but one universal language, so that the gen.
eral sentiments Of love, equality, and fraternity,
which animate the bosOms Of all the pacificators
and detesters Of tyranny throughout the world,
might find simultaneous echo In your ears, by
| the medium Of common speech The diversity Of
| dialects which now unfortunately prevails, was
originally invented under cover Of the feuda
system, by the minions Of despotism, who
thought, by such despicable means for ever to
perpetua,e their power. II is part OF the same
system which decrecs that in different countries,
alien to each other in speech, those unhappy
persons who have sod themselves to do the bid
ding Of tyrants shall be distinguished by differ
i ent uniforms D, my brothersi see what he'll
1 lish and derp-aid system is herel English and
French-scarlrt against blue-different tongues
invented, and different garments prescribed, to
| nHame the passions Of mankind against each
other, and to stifle their common fraternity
"Take down, I say, from your halls and chur.
ches those wretched tatterS Of silks which you
| designate as national cOlOrs Bring hther, from
all parts Of the earth, the butt Of the gun and
the shaft Of the spear, and all cOmbuStible imple-
ments Of destructlon-your fascines, your seal.
ing ladders, and your terrible rontoons, that have
made so many mothers childless! Heap them
into one enormous ple-vea, heap them to the
very stars--and on that blazing altar let there
be thrown the Union Jack Of Britain, the trcOlor
Of France, the eagles Of Russia, Austria, and
Prussia, the American stripes and stars, and
every other banner and emblem Of that accursed
nationality, through which alone mankind is de-
frauded Of his birthright. Then let all men join
hands together, and as they dance around the
reeking pile, let them in one common speech
chaunt a simultaneous hvmn in honor Of their
universal doliycrance, and in cOmmemOratiOn Of
their cosmopolitan triumph!
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I saw further! Hat will not address
myself to you whose hearts are already kindled
within you by the purest Of spiritual flames. |
/ will uplift my voice, and in words Of thunder
exhort the debased minions Of tyranny TO arouse
themselves ere II he ton late, and to shake off
| those letters which they wear for the purpose
| Of enslaving others. Hear me, then, ye SOL
ders hear me- We degraded serfs!-hear me,
ye monsters Of iniquity Oh, il the earth could
speak, what a voice would arise ont Of its desc
ate battle-elds, to testify against you and yours!
| Eel us not that you have defcnded your coun-
try's rights. for IN the eye Of the true philOso-
| pher there is no country save one, and that is
| the universal earth, to which all have an equal
claim. Shelter not yourselves night-prOwling
hyenas as you are, under such miserable pretexts
Us these Hie ye to the charnel. houses, ye bats,
sc vampires ye ravens ye birds Of the foulest
omen! Strive if You can, in their recesses, to
hide yourselves from the glare Gf that light which
is now permeating the world. o the dawnl o
the glory O the universal Illumination See,
NY brothers, how they shrink, how they flee
from its cheering influenced Tremble, minions
of despotisml Your race is run, your very en-
pres arc tottering around you. Sec-with one
grasp crush them oil, as l crush this fiimsy
| scroll I"
! Here the eloquent gentleman, having made a
paper ball Of the last number Of the Allgemeine
\ ZeituRg, sat down amidst the vociErous applause
Of the assembly. He was the first orator who
had spoken, and believe had been selected to
| lead the van on account Of his platform expert
ence, which was very great cannot say, how
ever, that his arguments produced entire convic-
tion upon my mind, or that Of my companion,
Judging from certain mut.ered adiurations which
1 fell from Wilkinson, to the effect that on the
| first convenient opportunity he would take means
to make the crumper.up Of nations atone for his
scurrilous abuse Of the army. We were next
favored with addresses in Sclavonian, German,
and French; and then another British orator
came forward to nlighten the public. This last
was a fellow Of some fancy. Avoiding all stale
topics about despotism, aristocracies, and stand.
ing armies, he went to the root Of the matter,
by asserting that in Yegetarianism alone lay the
| true escape from the horrors and mseries Of war
Mr.. Bclcher-hr such was the name Of this dis.
tinguished philahthropist-opin that without
beef and mutton there never could be battle.
"Had Napoleon" said he, been dieted from
his youth upwards upon turnips, the world would
have been spared those scenes Of butchery which
must ever remain blot upon the history Of the
present century. One Of our oldest English an.
nalists assures us that Jack Cade, than whom,
perhaps, there never hreathed more uncom
| promising enemy Of tyranny, subsisted entirely
upon spinach. This fact has been beautifully
treated by Shakespeare, whose passion for on
ions was pr0verbial, in his play Of Henry W.,
wherein he represents Cade, Immediately before
his death, as engaged in the preparation Of
salad. myself" continued Mr.. Belcher in a
| slightly fatulent tone can assure this honora-
BILE company, that for more than six months
| have cautiously abstained from using any other
kind Of food, except broccoli, which find at
once refreshing and laxative, light, airy, and di-
gestiblei"
Mr.. BelchCr having ended, bearded gentle.
man, who enjoyed the reputation Of being the
most notorious duelist in Europe, rose up for the
purpose Of addressing the audience; but by this
time the afternoon was considerably advanced.
and large number of The Congress- had silently
seeded to the roulette and rougeet.Roir tables.
Among these, to my great surprise, were Miss
Iatchley and Mr.. Pcttigrew Il being, as latter
wards understood, the invariable practice Of this
gifted lady, whenever she could secure victim,
to avail herself Of his pecuniary resources; sn
that if fortune declared against her, the gentle
man stoo" the loss, whilst, in the opposite event,
she retalned possession of the spoil. ! daresay
some Of my readers may have been witnesses to
q similar arrangement.
As It was no use remaining after the departure
of Mr. Pettigrew, Wilkinson and sailed forth
| fnf stroll. not, as Won may well conceive, in
| high state OF enthusiasm or rapture.