The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-06


They were part o. the army marching 20 Ieueeln
The human race from all sorrow anu siafe =, y
and we claim them as martyrs on oenau vi ;ua mu,
man progress. 1t now remains for Us 10 anjnre
the irnpiOus lies concerning yol ana the motives
OF your enemies romugated by our Teaai anu
corrupt press, which is the instrument OF ues-
notispns that thrive on monopolleS oil al klnds,
and interested in the subjugstion and eXplolta-
ton of the wealth. producers CT all countries. IL
is arrayed, as IL always has been, wite i-W :oa.
urahle exceptions, on the side OF might aga;LsI
right. IL never fais to cuLpiratc and tradIcs
the real character Of all great men and mo1e-
ments 1t IL enraged at your sublime EFFORTS lor
selfgoVernment, because 1t per :el; es an eSahp:s
likely to increase the love OF i".ty among our
down-trouden fellow-countrylteh, anu lnuS mas,
ten the day when the fral l.hagut'en power OF al
tyrants shall disappear beiDie tha power and IN
telligence OF The united p2ppt"i OF all ianus;
Aud although our uHscrupu"Hs ,nu mul!ounu .
'.yoyernment', may Seek and nv q 'u0t are sseh.
ing in collision with the rebels at Versalies, "
prccipitate foreign intervention IN order 10 anhl
hilate J our rights. we. the people VI Lonoen oe
lleving. You to be fighting for the li3er,y oi Sne
-Jorld, and the regeneration Ct manktnd, hereOy
EXPRESS our profound admiration Tor Inc gran
deur OF your enterprise and tender you the hon
est. uncompromi=ing hand OF friendship ahd lei
'Long live the galrersal Republic, Democratic
and SOcia:."
The speeches which followed the reading OF
this address were natuarally OF very not ana
red character. The writers for the London
press were denounced as Literary prosti-
tules," who would write anything ior hTe
guineas; but they were also warned that the
time would come when they, too: would have
to iaht for their liberties. Tile '.rich" and the
'YaGdlerds" were assailed with 1erocity, and
the Commune was praised for having ''aool-
ished forever the payment OF rent ii rsnC-
paving was wrong In Paris, it was criminal IN
Loud0n When men were dying ior want ol
bread and shelter, and while there was plenty OF
waste land in the country to support lne!i, u
was simply murder that the rich should "rlae
over Them in luxurious lasciri0nsncss." The
working people had been sligmatiZed as
drunken SET, but Il there was any class eSprc-
ally drunken it was the-aristocracy, wide the
Saturday Review.) The English Parliament
was q parliament Of landlords, and this was
only aroller way OF saying il Was "a rarila.
msnt OF thieves, Parliament OF C,urderers."
When oil the speeches had been SPOKEN ana
it had been resolved that what London wanted
more than all else at present was daily Re
publican newspaper, The address was carried,
and The meeting broke up with cheers lor Inc
Republic Universal, and the singing OF the
.'MaEseilaise." And thus we march on 10 the
Inevitable end.
From another Correzpoadent.j
went to the stand where the principal o0-
ject OF the meeting seemed to be going on,
and at which fat, vulgar. r1iddie-a9ed man,
with his long hair flung back behind his ears
in true fanatic style, vas stammering o1L
something or other from piece Of paper he
held, but scarcely any of which could hear,
owing to the Babel Of noises around. Behind
the speaker was fiery young fellow, Win
red head more fiery still than himself. who
now and then jumped up and roared OFT some-
az hr VII
tions. On each side OF them stood q
blood-red far, one with the inscription.
tsYiye la Commune. and the other POLAND"
Before them. and completing sort OF square,
stood two flags of the United States! No
doubt the stars and stripes felt highly honored
by such distinction. Whatever these men IN
tended to soy was rendered quite innocuons oy
the noises aforesaid, which were caused by the
bows who had clambered in sWarms upon all
the branches of The adjoining trees, yelling,
whistling, Initiating Punch and Judy 80 well
as TO bring shouts of laughter from the by
ISLANDERS, and not unfrequen.ly sending we'll
directed twigs and Jumps oil bark upon the
bare heads OF the glowing orator and his fiery
Young companion. All this, Uf course, tended
rather to disturb the dignity of the proceed
lngs, especially when the branch OF an elm
tree broke with about dozen young raga-
mullins upon 1t, and all minds were in ..htly
turned frem Red Republican politics 10 the
possible counting OF broken necks. Fortun-
alely nobody was hurt.
One thing struck me as very remarkable.
and that was the tota! apathy or contempt OF
the government. Although these inilamma-
tory belchings were going on under the sha.
dow almost OF the Iron Dukes house, and that
of the Baron Ruthschild adjoining; almost
within sight of the glittering peaks Of the
houses OF Parliament, no soldiers or policemen
were visible anywhere. The only lwo met
o{ cn1n hl.il
men, who were conversing together and look
ing on as calmly as " it were Punch and
judy show. You gentlemen take this mat
ter very cooly," said I to one OF them as l
left the ground. "Oh yes, sir" he replied,
sit isn't worth looking at in any other way.
II the government was to stop this gas 1t
might break out In some worse FORM" This
struck me as q sensible view, but, as wend.
ed my way thoughtfuIly homewards, ] could
not help comparing the England Of to-day
with the England Of Two decades ago. De-
mocracy has made astounding strides.