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The Leader and Safm-dayAnalyst. [Marci 1...
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| | THE STORES OF WESTMINSTER. B 'RFOUE ...
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The Leader And Safm-Dayanalyst. [Marci 1...
The Leader and Safm-dayAnalyst . [ Marci 17 . I 860 . ZlO \} ¦ . .. ¦' ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ . : ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . J ' ¦ ¦ ; ;— - ———— - ¦ ¦ — - — - ¦ ¦
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" ¦* - ¦ ¦ ¦ -ANNEXATION .. /' . ¦ ' . . milEKE are few things more offensive . than the desecration of T tie terms honou ? , generosity , nobility , when applied tonL ~ selfish party purposes ; and in the Savoy clamour , we see a £ > ol tTottd LLation , with no few hints at the disingrestcLss of England in earlier and better times We . vish toStthe matter short , and shall , refer to this disinterestedness ™ t In the meantime , we uould inquire whether there Soother virtues of a less prodigal , ^ V ^ 'N ^ fn ^ rivTtS description with . generosity , disinterestedness , & c . In puvate fe a -r ? at many noble and generous actions are constantly invit n <» us and it may cost us a good deal in feeling , to take the unSlSc part yet we constantly fed it not merely our m-SS t ? oS duty , to be safe nnd prosaic espec ^ when our rsss ^^ : SS ^^ ^ rot ^ ery iiyured stranger , at the expense o inflicting the ¦¦ ¦ I ¦ ^ l ^^ XP ^^ ^ K ^ VtreatV , which ma " provide food for hundreds of thousands ™ - " malto- of more consec uence than the luxury or the triumphs of the men of Manchester ; it is the danger of a war which SriHifcSt both food and blood to ; the people ot England , and it S , \ o more the duty of ministers to tfek the food of a nation , . than of the master o £ a family to risk the lives and interests of those - whonvhe has under his care , except for _ the very strongest | rcasSa * It is evident that the anti-annexatiomst protestors do not ™ ™ one straw about the risk of a war , it they can , get the j ^ vornment into niischiefV and it is equally evident" that neither tte Government nor the mass of the English people consider the f Ca a ^ y aware of the difficile * of a eon ^ erce-erented ] and a commerce-cemented peace : the miser . es of slavery m = Yn erica which we are obliged to wink at , at least with the eye ot the State , because the subsistence of our popiilaion depemls on , avc-o-rown cotton ; the many petty injustices winch we shall be oblige ?! , in all probability , to witness between Mnte and state , ¦ lathe tl an break up commercial systems . We may bo disgusted : at the serene selriW'ss and indifference of those who cherish his ystcm , and there are many of them , for the sake of their own pockets , and their own pockets alone ; but still we cannot Win recognising the mighty law , that if ever peace prevails it is t , prevail bv' & e binding , pressure of what he poet has caUed .. . commerce , '' the golden girdle of the world . " 1 hough , like ve v Imman syste ^ , it cannot be a perfect one our hope is tha it will , bv graduallvcontracting the circle , at last crush the habit « ., f war ; tWa cannot be done at once , mid it would be infatuation to expect it . We m-e aware , that war is , on tlje whole an irreligious as well nsiin unprofitable thing ; this is too wi < lc | v allowed to admit of dispute or require argument , and we _ only do m > t dwell upon the due and probable efjeels of religion as a subsidiary , because it is rather ouv business to view the question with a political eye only . ' , AVo feel sure , from what we said . tn a former number , that Wellington would have shrunk from this war , and we led nearly equally sure that the predominance of the military spirit mul the pressure of army claims fov glory and service , are a positive einbarrassiwut to tho present Emperor ol prance . It is the only power which ho needs fenr ; ho has set the priesthood mid their' dogmas nt nought ; he lias tm-nud nearly i \ full inoo icainst tho prejudices of trade ; he would be . g hul , nnd wisely , to nmkfl the wine-growers and tho bourgeoisie a point de-M * i * tawe jvaiust the elnmouvs of the soldiery . Ho can . neither do this at oncebv imperious refusal , nor in a direct , way . Now , when Ei )» -1 iuk 1 has sanctioned by silence other nmiexuttons , when she l . « s i . rflctise ( l them nhundnntly hersolf , is this n tlnje to qry havoo , ¦ let slip tho dogs of war , and embroil everything , for party or DurAonlil motives , as merni ns those with which they charge , justly or not , Louis Nai'OLEO ' n ? Are they to prcvcntlnui Ironi stealing a mnroh , simply that they may steal one themselves ? There mny be nets of injustice so monstrous , in themsqlves , mul in their consequences , as , to force us upoivwnr . Wo do not believe that Lord l \ u , } iEttSTON and the rest of tho Ministry nro so thoroughly unpfttriotio , or so utterly devoid of generosity cither , ns to oflev 110 resistance if tho present were a vital miration'for Kiiglmicl s future interests or present honour . Jt is not ouv fault if Snvoy is not of substantial importance , or it its iuhnlritonts nro indillVrent , or if Vicroit Mmma-now ohoose i to resign it without n remonstrnnce , It is scarcely ol so much mi-
portance as Poland , whicli was deliberately sacrificed m those bvo-one days of England ' disinterestedness , which are by inference contrasted withour own , but the feet ^ that it is no easy matter to prove this disinterestedness Perhaps the nearest apm-cSeh to disinterestedness or an indifference to substantial Srests was made in the wars of the Crusades unless we adduce one or two of the military transact ens of Cromwell wSreigii powers , for religious objects . With these excep tion ^ almost all the united action of nations for war or for peace has beenmainlv produced and promoted by the inducements ot interests . WarsMiave been made for opposing interests ; as Bacon says treaties have been generally made where the interests have been identical " Non enim verbis fcedera confirmantiir , sed . tisdem vtilitatlbm - Can anything equal the selfishness of the struggles of England for the possession of France ; of the wars of ^ illia > i the Tmim and Anne ' s time , where Whigs and lories fought for power and precedence , each making the nation ' s landed or money interests the plea ? What trouble did the Hanoverian interest cost us on the Continent ! And what was the motive ? DkIBurke , the champion of Chivalry , ever attempt to detach from chivalry the material interests of the English nation ? Pitt now and then did , and on more than one occasion got thus answered try ShEUIDAK :- — ., p , " After all these protestations . for the rights of humanity , atter all these sentiments of abhorrence for the regicide republic ministers were the first who . neglected the professed objects ot war and who consulted individual gain . While they Were calling upon all to join in a contest such as never appeared betore— - while they were maintaining that to bring the . awtul and unprecedented struggle to a happy termination , they thought that they must have an indemnity for , their tronble—they fitted put an exi > editidn , and they stole the West India Islands ... I his was the way in which ' were to punish treachery , and set an awful example of the punishment which awaits disloyalty and irreli <> -ion . " " From that moment all dignity forsook us and the variance between our profession and our practice was by turns the subject of laughter , of censure , and reprobation to our Ilonoiwniay be a snow-white horse , and Interest a coal black one- but in the constitutional Wch England has made them keep pace together pretty well ; the white horse may do - all the caperiim- mid curvetting trusting to not being put at full speed foi' theWkc of its rather stronger and more sober companion ; and whoever , after a calm and candid survey of English history , undertakes to deny this , must put into his arguments some ot that heedless and " sclf-sacriHcing . chivalry which he wishes the nation to put into its acts .
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| | THE STORES OF WESTMINSTER . B 'RFOUE the gorgeous pile on which Parliament has spent more than two millions of money is actually complete for its future assemblings , the stone of which it has been built is found to be in a stato of palpable decay ! Instead of materials having been employed of a nature peculiarly fitted to ensure the durability of the edifice , and the preservation m their beauty ot its elaborate external ornaments , a species of limestone has been used , which now turns out to bo singularly ill-cn'inlined to resist the decomposing inllumce of an atmosphere , hnpregnated with the fumes mid guses prevalent in . the-metropolis ; nnd the silent pro < vrcss of deterioration is already become so incontestable , tlial a sum of £ 72 $ O was demanded " last session , and , ot course , " ranted , to dofrny tho expense of washing the exterior ot the ' huo'o building with n certain chemical propavution said to have tho en ' eet of indiiratiiijr the surface of the stone . On Friday last Mr . "Wise brought tho subject under the notice ot tn * House of Commons , and nskod whether any permanent ndvnntn ... ( , w « 8 to bo honed from the use of the " architectural cosmetics" thus ordered , or whether they had , as yet , been , experimentally opplied . The reply of Mr . Cowi > i ; k , the newlynpnointwl Cliief Coiuuiissioner of Works / wns far from satislnctorv ; tmd as the ultininte consequences threaten to become - ratlier serious , it is only right that tho history of the transaction should ho clearly understood , and that tho . true cause of the mischief which ! a likely to cost us so dear , should bo plainly pointed out . . ,. , It appears from the very lucid and sinking statement ot . Mr . Wise , tluit when , in 18 ; 3 < 5 , Sir Ciiaiilus B . vunv sdesigii for the Now Houses of Parliament was adopted , aud Jus ostunnto wn » aeeui ) te < l ' of . t 77 V > 00 , u frtinulatiou was made that a royol commission bhould bo appointed to inquire beta any portion ot tlio costly structure was begun , what was the most suitable , stono lor the purpose , The commission was agvcod to , and it consisted ot . Sir ih'NHY Di 5 t , a Hkchr , Dr . Ahnott , Sir Ciiaulks lUitnY , and Mr . Smttii . After spemling- several months trnvelnnii ' i
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Leader (1850-1860), March 17, 1860, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17031860/page/6/
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