The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-07
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separabe from that Of the republic. We shall
nave 1t.
We wished that Parts should recover her liberty,
so long confscated by an arrogant despotism We
shall have tL Your wishes have been submitted TO
the National Assembly by your deputies. The Cham
ber has acceued to them by unanimous vote,
which guarantees the municipal elections within q
short period IN Paris and all the cOmmunes OF
France. In awaiting these elections, which alone
are legal, regular, and in conformity TO the true
principles Of republican Institutions it is the duty OF
all good citizens not to respond TO the appeal made
TO them without authority, without right We, your
clare, therefore that we shall entirely ignore the
elections announced for tomorrow. We protest
Citzens~Let US unite in respecting the law. Thus
the country and the republic will be saved. vie Ia
EF0pcei TiUe II RepUbltqUe!
PARIS, March %, 1871.
Here follow the signatures of the Mayors,
Deputy Mayort, and the Deputies Of Paris
Louis Blanc's Manifesto to the Parisians.
manifesto, dated March %, and posted up
in Paris, says -
Citizens I'VE have no doubt that on reading the
report OF yesterdays sitting Of the Assembly you
experienced the same feelings as those with which
our souls are filed 1t was not our fault that the
lead to different results. Still, we have obtained a
formal recognition Of the rights OF Paris, and the
capital will consequently be called upon in a short
time to elect a municipal council. Under these cir
Cumstances you will understand, as we do, the ne
Cessity OF avoiding such disasters as would arise at
this moment from any conflict between the citizens
Signed by Louis Blanc and fifteen others.
Another placard, signed by the same Deputies,
protests against the elections ordered by the
committee.
The Electelu Ljbre affirms that Bonapartist
gold is being distributed with open hand, aud
that instead of If. Soc some of the National
Guards are receiving ct. day.
The wOrISinglnen Showing Their Hands
The StOnCmasOns' and StOnesaNvyers'
Appeal.
The following placard, printed on red paper,
int ltuar fha f.Afa
de Nile:-
sYNDI0AL CHAMBER or THE sTONESGAsoNs AND STONE
sAwYERs.
Citizens: I'm answer to the cali that the country
was in danger we have taken up arms That was
our duty. To-day we are overtaken by misery and
leprosy We can only better our future by sub
lime effort. The difficult epoch we are passing
through must have brought us TO serious reflection
on the subject OF our social position as workmen.
We must ask ourselves whether we, the producers,
ought to allow those who do not produce anything
to live at ease whether the system which has been
pursued until now is destined to exist for all time,
even when It is entirely opposed TO us. Let us
prove by our attachment TO the sacred cause Of de-
mocTacy that we are worthy of all the consideration
due to us.
To our task then, fellow workmen, for our en-
ployers only think at this moment how to profit by
our misery in order to eXtort still more from us,
possible. II we are true to our ourselves we shall
check their base rapacity. TO this END we call upon
the stonemasons and stOnesawyers to assemble on
Thursday next at the Place de Ia Corderie du Tenn
pie, No. (salle Moutiep. The aim Of the Syndical
Chamber is to be watchful, to guard the common
interests Of its members aud to come to their aid in
case Of being wounded, or being the victims OF ac
Cdent at their work. to initiate and to introduce for
the prosperity of the trade all improvements it Is en-
titled TO.
The InsUrgent Proclamation Calling for
an EIcctiOn-Paris Does Not Want to
Reign, but She Wants to be Free.
The following manifesto was published on the
22d ultimo by the Central Committee of the
insurTection:-
REPUBLIC CONFEDERATION OF THE NATIONAL
GUARD, CENTRAL CoMMlTrEE.-Cltizens;-1 are
Municipal Council OF the city of Paris. For the
first time since the 4th September the republic is
freed from the government of her enemies. Ia con-
foTmity with republican rights, you cOnvoke your
selves by the organ OF your committee in order to
give the men whom you Will yourselves elect
mission which you Will yourselves define Your
sovereignty has been entirely restored TO yoH you
completely your own masters. Utilize this pre-
cious and perhaps only hour in order to regain the
communal liberties elsewhere enjoyed by the most
humble villages, and Of which you have long been
deprived. In giving to your city powerful COM
munal organization, you win establish therein
the first courts OF your rights as an ndestructlOle
basis of your republican Institutions.
The right OF the city is as undeniabe as that OF
the naton the city, ike the nations must nave lGs
assembly w %9en Woas a@ coGmnna SS S
! is this Assembly which recently could have been
! powerful and successful in the defense OF the
| nation. To-day it may become the power and the
salvation of the republic This Assembly establishes
real order which is alone durable, being founded on
the often-renewed consent OF frequent consulted
majority. 1t suppTesses every cause OF conflict OF
civil war and revolution by suppressing all antago
/
| Central Executive power. 1t protects at the same
time, the rights OF the city and the rights OF the
nation - those OF the capital and those OF the
! prOvinces-does Justice to the interests OF b0th
and reconcles the spirit by which they are AMI
| mated.
Finally, it gives to the city a national militia
which defends the citizens against power instead
| a standing army, which defends power against the
| citizens, and the municipal police which pursues
honest people. This Assembly appoints special com
mittees in its midst who share It's different labor
| obstruction, work. finance, public relief, Natona
! Guard police, etc. The members OF the Municpa
| Assembly, necessarily controlled, watched over
reviewed by public opinion, are removable, account
| able, and responsible. Such is the Assemby-a fret
] city in free countTy-which you are about TO ind
/ citizens you will court the honor of contributing
by your vote TO this foundation. You will achieV
in Paris the glory to have laid the foundaton-ston
Of new social eoihce, to have elected the first re
publican commune.
Citizen :s-Paris does not want to reign, but shew
be free She has no other ambition TO dictate tina
by example. She neither aspires to intrude her ow
VIII, nor will she ren0unce the same. She does nc
care any more to issue DEGREES than to submit {
ple6iscites. She represents progress by marchin
ahead herself and prepares the liberty OF Others
founding her own. She does not push any on
violently forward on the road OF repubcanism, bu
contents herself to enter upon 1t at first.
Here follow the signatures of the members G
the Central Committee OF the National Guard.