The union Democrat., 1869-08-21

in conscious manhood he holds out to You his
hand in fellowship and freedom. II is
good hand, believe ME. 1t wields the mate
rial powers of the world Ii unlocks the /
sources of sll your wealth. The brosd breast |
against which You are preparing, unwittug- |
ly, know, bitter, mayhap a mortal blow |
was but lately-oh. how lately-bared for /
you, st lesst as much SIS for himself, TO all
the storm Of civil war: end the hand he gives
you is the very hand which then and there
so often turned for YOU the tide of doubtfal
battle. 1t IS not much that he claims of you.
" Ny brother" he SAYS, I'VE are of one
speech, of one great Western race, of one
form of freedom, of one faith, of one civilizs-
ton, of one destiny. Why should. there be
strife between us? Why put me aside for
this Asiatic? Let Us he tosether, you and
me, as we hSye ever been; let each
of us hold his, plsce in the land which
is wide enough for both, and which We
have made SO splendid and so great
for ourselves aud for those that shall come
after us, IN the generations for, sll time.
Let not this appeal be in vain. 1t will not
be. This battle can be Won, Loud APP
plauSe.) 1t is with the working men of
the country themselves-never so power
ful as they are to-day. They have only
TO act in time, and that time is now. 1t is
tho greatest and the last contest they
will ever have to make for their rights.
repeat the child is born that will see the end
of the relation Of hiring and servics in this
country-will see the day when, III the great
movements of labor under the cooperative
system, or some other all will be employers
shke, all will be alike journeymen, and sll
will stand on the same level Meantime, let
y
but earnestly and all together for the cause
of labor, which is to-day, as it ever has been,
only much more than it ever has been, the
cause of American liberty, society and civili-
Zation. And then Let God defend the
right
At the close of Mr.. Casssrly's remarks,
the entire audience broke out into loud and
long continued applause.
LETTER FROM PARIS.
[FRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
PARIS, July 6, 1869.
LIVELY.
Politics are especially lively Just now
IN Paris, and every day we are expecting
the Imperial oracle to reopen his mouth
and communicate some intelligence OF
importance. The pressure being put
upon the Emperor by the press, by pub
lie opinion, and by the action of the
Chamber, is so great that the universal
sentiment is that he must "speak or die. "
The country is too impatient to wait for
the expiration of six months, or the ful-
tlment of NJ. Rouher's dubious promises
of doing something" and desires to
know immediately and distinctly what
that something is, and what it has to ex-
lpect. The Liberal party in the Chamber,
feeling now that it has the nation at its
back far more than the Imperial majority,
has taken up the initiation at once and
i'll earnest. Declining to wait the con-
venience of the government, and antici-
pating the action even of the ultra Llber-
ais, the constitutional or tiers -pdrti, has
proceeded forthwith to make known its
demands, and proposes to interpollate
the government upon them. Numerously-
attended meetings of Liberal deputies of
all shades have been held and resolutions
prepared. These latter have scarcely
ever yet, however, assumed quite a def
mite form, because it is desired to frame
them so as to draw the greatest possible
number of signatures to them, even from
the ranks of the majority itself. But
under every form they demand an enlarge
ment of the powers of prerogative of
the Chamber quite inconsistent and in
compatible with the principles of the
present regime. The chief pointsyde-
manded are that the right to choose its
own President and other officers should
be restored to the Chamber; that Minis
ters should be held responsible in some
ch 9TH ha a1%
among the deputies; that the right of the
Chamber to move amendments should be
greatly enlarged with other propositions,
all tending to lower the prerogatives of
the crown and bring back return to par
llamentary government The yigor, res
olution and confidence with which the
| tiers part is acting, is astonishing every
one, and placing it quite in the ascendant
for the moment. 1t is thought that the
Emperor must yield, or that if he waits,
he is lost. There is great wavering, snd
even detection, in the ranks of the ma
jority itself, and it seems not improbable
that the above demands for a radical
change of system may be backed by 100
or even $50 votes. The Emperor is,
believe, completely bewildered, and
hardly knows what to do; but fully ex-
|
nouncement of important concessions in
a liberal sense.
THE vICERoY OF EGYPT
arrived here on Sunday afternoon from
Brussels. There have been all sorts of
rumors ahoat in Europe respecting this
semi-independent sovereign and the OBJ
ject he has in view in these visits to
different Courts and Capitals. The Canal
and it's Inauguration, and the regulation
of its future traffic and neutrality, afford
the nominal pretext for his travels. But
an opiRion prevails that he is also en-
gagged in paving the way for an assump-
ton of complete sovereignty and for
shaking off the obligations which still
hold him in nominal subjection to the
Sultan. Nay, some persons here believe
that he is actually preparing for future
hostilities with his SuZerain. During his
last stay in Paris, His Highness took
great interest in the Franco-Egyptian
College of Rue Madame, where so many
of his subjects have been trained and
educated, and to which both his army
and administration at home are indebted
for SO many of their ablest officers. Until
recently, this institution has always been
under the direction of a civilian; my old
and esteemed friend. NJ Jomard, of the
| Academy, and the last survivor of the
great Egyptian scientific expedition under
Napoleon l., having long held the post
of Director, and having been lately sue
ceeded by his nephew. But now, sud-
denly, the latter has been displaced and
a French Colonel appointed; and the
charge is said to indicate the intention of
making the College more strictly mill
tary training school, with view to
coming events. There is certainly an
impression that Egypt is shortly to be-
come the field of European rivalry, and
that France and England especially are