William James Linton:

3) The English Republic. Every month. Price Six-Pence. (Subscribers page) - A Prayer for War. by Spartacus. (backpage).

London 1850

One-page leaflet. The forefront of the promotion leaflet announces the publishing of â??The English Republicâ? and is decorated with the hand coloured masthead of the journal, the republican flag. The backside has a poem titled â??A Prayer for War,â? signed: Spartacus. (From a descendantâ??s estate).

Linton was a decided advocate for military interventions against autocratic systems. The prayer is to be interpreted as a call for the support of Italian, Polish, Hungarian and Russian republicans.