The English Republic, Ed by W J Linton

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Roman blood, a despot by birth. anda tyrant by raee, to strike a blow against his eolleague at Petershurgh. He has too mueh need of him. Besides it a not for kings, our enemies, to work for us. Let us work for ourselves, and join our forees. 'When' ? wrote to me, some days sinee, m Y venerable friend...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Roman blood, a despot by birth. anda tyrant by raee, to strike a blow against his eolleague at Petershurgh. He has too mueh need of him. Besides it a not for kings, our enemies, to work for us. Let us work for ourselves, and join our forees. 'When' ? wrote to me, some days sinee, m Y venerable friend Miehtlet ? 'the Poles unite with the Russians, what hate ean hold oat ? To our union, Citizens ? to Poland so great in her unequal struggle, so persevering in her heroism, so sublime in her misfortunes I Rut also to the revolutionary minority in Permit me to exelaim in Russian? Long live Poland independent and Russia free Mr W. J. Liston followed: ? Why are we Englishmen here to-night? Why does an Englishman stand among the Refugees to speak his word for European hopes? Reeanse, while there are Euglishmen who are not ashamed of the faith of Milton and of Cromwell, England shall not be divoreed from Europe. Beeanse, while there are Englishmen who desire to be worthy of England's old republiean glories, it is their duty to stand by the republieans of other lands and guarantee their promises of the Universal Republie. Therefore we Englishmen listen tonight to the ehiefs of the European army, therefore I am bold to speak my English word for England: and one word methinks ought to be enough - War (eheers) If England as one man would earnestly and distinetly speak that word, the hopes of Freedom would be as swift as they are sure. War ? War against the Tzar, war against despotism, war against wroug. What other ean be the duty of England, the duty of every nation ? a people organized to serve God, to worship the True and the Everlasting? ? There was a time when England was so organized: when Vane sate at her eouneil-board, when Milton spoke her will, and Blake and Cr...