On this page
-
Text (4)
-
November 13, 1852.] THE LEADER. 1083
-
CHURCH MATTERS. The rectors, vicars, and...
-
MR. HUME OX DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXATION...
-
KA.UT1UJUAKK AT LIVKRl'OOL. Li VKRi'OOii...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
In Memoriam: "Robert Blum." When The Due...
n- - n tTie hands of those kings , and the democracy had p pd accordingly for that fault . Blum , however , was ? . gclv the democrat . He had resolved to go as far as cople would go ; and not to foresee—to anticipatethan they did ; and his faith in the people was so r ' that he regarded their instincts—their impulses—^ - ' ser than all the calculations of statesmen . He was 113 hilosop her—no Utopian , as no optimist . He was a f ' P hearted , clear-headed , practical man , hating wrong , 1 loving his race ; and he had determined to do and to an , others to do precisely that which he believed the demanded . The speaker proceeded to sketch Blum ' s ^" rtical ' life—the political action he had called into l' ° - gtence in Saxony , and the impetus he gave by his per-1 dauntlessness to the religious anti-papal movement ^ Ro nge . After a rapid survey of the history of the Parliamentand the appointment of Blum
Frankfort , < itli Flobel and Hartman , the poet ) , as a deputation to \] o Viennese revolutionists , he entered into a defence of Blum ' s much questioned conduct during the struggle in Vienna . Vienna was , at the time , the turning point of all the efforts of enslaved Europe in 1848 . If Vienna were do seCure again in the hands of her emperor , and without conditions , Hungary could not long have resisted . Italy would have been overwhelmed ; and the Austrian empire re formed , the rest of Germany would have been overrun with reaction . Blum understood this , and attemp ted to master the crisis ; and he fought gallantly , and fell like a hero of humanity under the hands of his assassins . But in Blum ' s blood had been written a new charter for the people : for , as Pericles said of the Athenians who fell in resisting the Spartans , the ^ gTave of a great man was the whole earth . "
These sentiments were loudly cheered , and the app ' aus e bro ke forth again when the orator announced his belief that Blum would be avenged ; that in the next contest for freedom , Germany would have English sympathy ; that London was the beacon of the world ; and that the people had but to be patient , and have faith in themselves , and to be true to that faith to ensure victory . Faith in the destiny of democracy is the new religion of the world .
" It was a lie to say , as the ' Philister' party- had said , tint the democrats and socialists were robbers and murderers . They had sought but to rob the sword from their oppressors ; and they would seek to murder only—the murderers . ( Great cheering . ) "Which party had abolished the punishment by death ? ( Loud cheers . ) As absurd were the charges of the other party—the ' Frivolen . ' Tho ' Frivolen , ' in ridiculing the democrat's faith in tho possible perfectibility of society , did not produce an argument —they but confessed their own contemptibleness ( gemeinhoit . ) The Germans had learnt necessary lessons in their failures . They bad learnt to know themselves ; and , still more , to appreciate their tyrants . They might fall again , but it should not be because thoy were deceived in their kings . "
Falkc , a Viennese , delivered a stirring speech , of the ordinary revolutionary kind , and wanting in that sturdy statesmanlike tone which Ruge and Tausenau iniused into their speeches . Dr . Tausenau , speaking in English , contended for the right of the Germans , although beaten , to continue the contest from the only free platform in Europe . The Germans were not to be silent because they were beaten for the time ; and they could not but be right in standing on and speaking from tho only free platform left them in Europe , and in encouraging among one another those politicafVirtues of patience- and pers-overance to which the English had themselves taught the rest of tho world to trust . He proceeded to an-Kwer tho question he was often asked—why tho
German democrats lield Blum in such reverence ; saying , that it was not because Blum wus tho only or even the greatest martyr , but because a concurrence of circumstances had made Blum the representative of the whole <>« . Tinan people ; at Vienna ; because bis assassination was ono of peculiar atrocity ; and because the nianhim-• s''lf was ofUuii , pUn , nature—loveable in his family , and therefore virtuous in the political arena—which 'xnlcd enthusiasm in arousing regrets . KHen-ing to the h # o speech of Mr . Macaulny , be s : i"l it was a libel OI 1 the democracy of Kurope .
IT . HRWiN an lulinirer of tho works of Mr . Macnulay ; but '"¦* particular npeec . li had made him pause in his tribute ; 'IMl h <; hud l ) ., | r , | M to doubt whether tho heart of Mr . "K'Mulay rmll y l , eal , with thai , of mankind ; whether it "" 'lot heat nioroly for ( , !„ , success of a single party ? Mr . tli >; ' rl iy '"' . l ) r ( n <>< 1 Gibbon to bo short-sighted hi having | , " ! | ^ ' ''' ' . '"'viliznlion could no longer be in danger from lii . , "" ' " " > H '"(>( ' civilization could always command tho ii , * ' . "'" ' " » onl , powerful material i-rNourees of war . Mr . Ill ¦ ' - »•» . «(» *»» ¦ KillIJ 1 II 1111 A \ JIlBr B » » . - ^ ~ . * — — —
I ' ^*** ' * ' **' burl ?" - '" l ( l < liHI ><) V " « " 1 that civilization itself bred tho , ) ,. , " " ! " ' wb <> ¦ wero morn savago than llunsand V'ann ' 'i ' / ' , ¦ ^' - ' ' nus ( 'iiau ) might ask if that could be I ho tfi'inuno eiviliy . nl ion which produced such mauLers t ' \ « rn , l , cheering . ) | j u | , ]„ , did ,, „( , admit Hie fact ; and , Ko ^" /] "' '''"' " rlll . y by Mieir leailers , ho would mik if I . oui . s ^ miiUi wus a harbariii . ii H Wiih Joseph IVfaz / ini aHuvngor " Him" ° l ( l liu W ll Vandal iJ Was Johannes Kongo ii |\| ,.. ' , ( l *' " < "h elieoring . ) Civilization , according to Mr . Miin i " - '" l < 1 [> WIX »^ ed ; but where were Win signs of nihilT 'l ! lolli' VVum civilization saved Imm-iiuho nil the 1 'itrde I I < J u " iu ; oh i "ml other liuudnjds of thoiiHiindu in exile ,, l lftl ' llUyo l )() j' < 'ry whh everywhere aggroHKiv <» or 1-riuiul i'ocuuho odueution w ' na in tho handu of ifrnorunt
and arrogant priests—because in all Italy the Bible could not be read—because every king in Germany had committed perjury—lastly , because Louis Napoleon , crowned scoundrel , was about to become an emperor P ( Enthusiastic applause . ) Well , if that indeed were civilization , ho ( Dr . Tausenau ) would turn Arab , and , Ishmael-like , make war on that civilization . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Macaulay mistook desolation for peace : he did not see that the democrats had never committed a crime , and that they had been crushed only by their oppressors resorting to all the crimes which were accursed of God' . and man . ' Mr ? Macaulay lived too much in his closet for the healthy play of his genius . He lived only in the circles of government boards , and did not understand that a people had faith in more than routine , and that what now existed from Paris to St . Petersburg was false and artificial , and could not last . ( Loud cheers . )" Ronge spoke on the solidarity of nations ; and Mr . Lockhart , an Englishman , closed the oratorical proceedings . A supper wound up the celebration .
November 13, 1852.] The Leader. 1083
November 13 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1083
Church Matters. The Rectors, Vicars, And...
CHURCH MATTERS . The rectors , vicars , and incumbents of the city and Archdeaconry of London held a meeting on Monday , in the large hall of Zion College , to consider the measures which ought to be adopted in order to prevent any attempt to revive the active powers of Convocation . The Reverend R . Ruddock , President of the College , took the chair , and , having introduced the subject of the meeting , a warm discussion immediately arose on the point that several clergymen , members of the College , and favourable to the revival of Convocation , had not been invited to attend . The Rev . Dr . M'Caul , at great length , moved a resolution , " That a report having been widely circulated that a majority of the clergy of the Church of England and Ireland are desirous that the Convocation now assembled should proceed to business , the President and Fellows of Zion College beg to be permitted to state that they do not participate in that feeling , nor believe that under present circumstances such a course would be expedient . " The motion was seconded by the Reverend W . Johnson , but was met by an amendment , moved by the Rev . J . J . Toogood , and seconded by the Reverend W . Scott , that the meeting be adjourned sine die . The Rev . W . Gobde spoke in favour of the original motion , and the ReV . Dr . Worthington , of the amendment , which , however , was rejected by the meeting ; and Dr , M'Caul ' s resolution having been agreed to , the proceedings terminated .
Zion college , whoever and whatever that may be , is not all alone in its glory . Alarm at the " threatened revival of convocation ; " hostility to the proximate " revival of the confessional , " has caused certain famous evangelists to put in requisition the capacities of the Freemason ' Tavern , and tho capacities of the pious Shaftesbury , of the strong Protestant Defence Association , and Ins strong coadjutors , the Karl of Cavsin , Lord Thomas Cecil , Lord Henry Cholmondoly , Mr . Arthur Kinnaird , a squadron of naval officers , a battalion of clergymen , and a strong body of volunteer militia laymen . This was the great demonstration of the laity threatened by the Globe some weeks ago , and held on Wednesday , in the Freemason ' s Tavern .
The Karl of Shaftesbury made two points . He told the meeting that there was no chance of putting a stop to the Plymouth confessional proceedings , either by the ecclesiastical or the criminal law . Hut , said lie , — "A third attempt was made to bring tho matler before tho Primate of England , the Archbishop of Canterbury , and to appeal to his power to see how Ikr ho could put , a prohibition on the progress of tbeso practices . That ; groat and worthy prelate ( cheers ) gave us an answer that ho was wholly powerless , and that tliero was nothing loft but . to appeal to public opinion ( cheers ); and therefore it is that to public , opinion wo come . ( Cheers . ) Under ( Jod ' s blessing wo make that appeal , and wo announce our determination to persevere , and from that , perseverance we shall never desist till , by the Almighty blessing , wo shall be heard and felt throughout t he length and breadth of this land . "
lie decided that the confessional was inconsistent with the Church of I'higland ; and be defended the curious marriage of the two substantives , " Convocation and Confession , " by saying , that , they arc as inseparable as <<(>' r mid Magog ; but bo did not , attempt to substantiate his point : — " Well , then , hero we are , abandoned , I do not hesi-( , i \ to to say , by those who should take tho lead in this
great , movement , and who should ho found in tho lore front of the battle . ( Cheers . ) We have come forward a body of laymen , aided hy our clerical friends who share our feelings -- ' who acknowledge and Nympat hizo in our rights and who , under Uod ' s blessing , will jointly maintain with us tho great battle ol ! truth ( cheers ); wo come torward to appeal to public opinion , and to implore Clod ' s grace so to govern that opinion Hint it shall bo as staunch for the truth as ( tome Of our tinoinios are staunch for
error . " Jioth Lord Shafte .-ibury and Sir Harry Verney , who followed him , confessed that they did not object , to " A form of church government , upon ; i reasonable and moderate basis , in which t ho laity of tho church will have not , only a great , but , a dominant almro . " ( Cheers . ) ( Sir Harry Verney Haiti
" He was not contending against the existence of a bodyin the Church of England fit to govern it , and which should have authority to correct abuses . On the contrary , he thought the existence of such a body extremely desirable ; but he claimed that in such a body the laity should have full representation . ( Cheers . ) Was it to be tolerated that the ministers of the church should come forward , as if they were the church alone , that they should claim authoritv in the church , and that the voice of the
laity should not be heard ? Nor was he contending that there were no abuses to be inquired into . First of all , he contended that there should be a searching , full , and true inquiry into the revenues , patronage , and duties of the episcopal bench . ( Great cheering . ) Secondly , he desired an inquiry into , and public statement of , the expenditure of the sums of money for a certain period of years past in episcopal palaces and other bnildings . Thirdly , a searching inquiry into all ecclesiastical and cathedral bodies , especially cathedral schools . ( Cheers . )"
The Reverend Canon Stowell went great revolutionary lengths . Having roundly abused the Puseyites , he called upon the bishops , upon penalty of being pilloried , to rise as one man and denounce auricular confession . " He was not there to disparage our bishops personally , but there was such a tone of sentiment out of doors , and which he heard among intelligent merchants and manufacturers , that he trembled lest the episcopal bench should lose its present standing and influence . He would not think of oversetting it—for the episcopacy was God ' s
ordinance ; but the true way was , if the bishops were not equal to the emergency , to give the people a certain voice in the matter . ( Cheers . ) A bishop ought not to be appointed because a man was a younger branch of a noble family , or a successful tutor , or had obliged a Prime Minister by interfering in an election , or because some member of Parliament had a claim that his brother or fourth cousin should"have a place on the episcopal bench . ( Cheers . ) He thought the people of England might fairly claim a voice in the election of their bishops . "
The other speakers amplified the topics of convocation and confession—confession and convocation ; and Lord Shaftesbury finished by crying that Protestantism was in danger ; and after placing it under the special protection of the Deity , oddly declaring " that there was nothing so great , nothing so secure , as , through "the grace of God , a wise and understanding people . " ( Cheers . )
Mr. Hume Ox Direct And Indirect Taxation...
MR . HUME OX DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXATION . Mr . Hume has addressed a letter to the Liverpool Albion , in which he states strongly his preference for direct taxation on property as the system ultimately to bo attained to . It is not quite clear from his letter whether he proposes to raise tho whole revenue , or only a moiety of it by this means ; for he states that there are political reasons against thus raising tho whole ; but he does not here say whether those reasons aro of a permanent or temporary nature . Coining discussions will doubtless give vis a fuller exposition of the'veteran economist's views on this point . Ho urges , with great truth and justice , the necessity of time and caution in making great , fiscal changes . When great interests , in themselves honourable and laudable , have grown up in close entanglement with error , it is at once a folly find a wrong to tear up all at a strode . Howover clearly and steadily the ultimate rectification may be kept in view , the intermediate measures ought evidently to be much influenced by careful consideration ot" present circumstances . Mr . JI ume ' s plan for present action is , "to raise as much revenue by the Property-tax as could be levied by a , tax of three per cent ; , on / ill realized property , and also upon our capitalized industrial income , " as lie has sketched in his draft report laid before tho . Income-tax : Committee of last session . This would clear away a vast extent , of business at the Customs , and of interference of existing duties with trade . Me proposes also a committee to inquire into the actual incidence of taxation- —that is , to usecrtain by means of the best evidence , what is tint real ell ' ecl , of ea ^ h one of our present l . ases on I he dillcrciil , interests of tho kingdom ; and he exjx ;< : I , m to bo able to produce to such a . ooiinnitlco indisputable proofs of the great Hiiperiority of direct taxation . Wo need hardly add , that , wo most , heartily wish Mr . lluino complete success in these eiVorts .
Ka.Ut1ujuakk At Livkrl'ool. Li Vkri'ooii...
KA . UT 1 UJUAKK AT LIVKRl'OOL . Li VKRi'OOii , Manchester , Conglcton , Chester , Hangot Con way , llolyhead , Ilolton , Fleet . wood , and oilier towns lying on the North Western coast of the island wero shaken by an earthquake , at hull-past four o'clock on Tuesday morning . The fact , from the universality of observation , is unquestionable ; all accounts , allowing for ditlerenccs in the time-pieces of the observers , agreo as to the time ; and all describe the motion as a vibration from side to side . J ( , was slightly preceded mid accompanied by a loud noise ; .
Its greatest force was felt along the line of tho rivor , and particularly at 1 tootle , a village ; at , the north end of ( lie docks . At Itirkenhcad , also , and in ( lie villages on the Cheshire side of the Mersey , a considerable vibration of tilt ; earth was noticed . A person , who reside * at . Jericho , Aigburth , was awakened by a peculiar trembling sensation . All his joints appeared to bo loosened , and for a moment it seemed as if lie had beer , attacked with a violent fit of ague . The person who usually obtains tjio Times' despatches from the Trans-
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13111852/page/7/
-