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" The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity- —the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object —the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Hwmboldffs Cosmos . .
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7 TYHE country—thanks to the recess—remains JL in a state of total ignorance as to the state in which affairs are drifting on . We have literally speaking no explanation whatever . We gather from the papers that the allied armies are preparing to settle down in the East ; we hear reports that the subjects in dispute with America are settled ; we have tangible proofs that the alliance with our neighbour France continues : but whether or not that alliance remains based upon its public grounds—whether the American question is really any safer than it was three weeks back—whether the war is prosecuted for appearance ] sake only , or for what end ?—on these points we still remain without the slightest enlightenment . Our Ministers habitually give no account during recess , and if they do come fo / ward as Lord Paumkbston did at the Mansion House last week , we are only left to gather that the war will proceed ; but upon all these other matters we are as much in the dark as ever . Now the time really has come when some sort of account is necessary . We will take our conditions with different countries successively . How do we stand with France ? How does France stand with other states on the continent ? How does the Government of Louis Napoleon stand at home ? These questions are important for us , because from the speeches of Lord Paxmebston and M . » h PBBSiGiffT at the Mansion House , last Saturday , we gather that Lord Pai--MBR 8 TON and M . » b Pisbsigny are pledged to row in the same boat to the end of the match . The closing of the great Exposition itself was the opportunity for a new Imperial move , in a speech which the Empebob delivered on Thursday . Previously , medals had been distributed among the successful exhibitors , with decorations of \ he Legion of Honour—thus identifying a number of notables in each country with the appreciating Potentate who is their " fountain of honour . " That ceremony performed , Nafomson dismissed them with a new mission . He hailed the proof of European tranquillity in the fact of their assembling—" the war is dangerous only to those who provoked it . " The exhibition of useful arts , however , made him sigh for peace , under which alone those arts really flourish . But peace
can only be speedy and lasting , if procured by the force of public opinion , Hence he enjoined the assembled exhibitors to impress this truth upon all their countrymen at home—constituting them , in fact , so many agents to bring about a favourable termination of the war ! Ministers from Saxony and Wurtemberg have just visited Paris , but we are assured that they only came upon a party of pleasure , and that the French Government does not contemplate sanctioning any new intermediation or making an advance towards some separate understanding with Austria . The King of Sardinia has just opened his chambers in person , with a laconic , animated , and soldierly speech , telling his subjects that they will presently have increased taxes , showing to them what they have already got by their independent attitude , and calling upon them to stand by him : but Victor Emmanuel has just been induced to make some concessions to the Court of Tuscany , at the dictate of Austria . The King of Belgium has also opened his Chambers with a neutrality speech * betraying a deference for German interests . Considering the alliance of King Leopold with our own royal family we are driven to ask whether the king is taking ^ position hostile to this nation , or whether , if he is riot hostile to his niece , German sympathies extend through Brussels to our own Court ? We do not believe they do ; but the problem is certainly perplexing . If Uncle Leopold is not in hostility with Windsor Castle , what is the relation between Windsor Castle and the British public P The question makes us ask another , —if Lord Paijwehston is frank in the vigorous prosecution of the war , how does he stand vis-a-vis to the relatives of Uncle Leopold ? Either way there is a degree of obscurity respecting our continental alliances over which the thickening atmosphere of November spreads darker foga , and the British public only knows that it drifts on in war for which it pays taxes . So again with regard to the West . We have had reports lately that the United States had given a very largo and specific provocation for the foresight which dictated a great strengthening of our fleet ; and then again wo have tin assurance that the whole dispute "is settled . ' Now the public really knows as little how the case stands I —whether it is settled or not—as it understood J i
the character of the dispute itself . Last week . we observed innumerable remarks that the American intelligence did not show that irritation of the public mind which some of us had expected , the remarks being made in total forgetfulneas of the fact that the irritating news had not gone out long enough for us to have the reflection of the American feeling . We have more extracts from the official correspondence of Mr . CosHiNG , and they are put forward as the proofs of the tendency in America to assume a hostile position towards this country Unluckily , our Government has so frequently given cause for irritation , that we have made opportunities for agitators to acquire an appearance of decision , or energy , or petulance , or whatever other virtue they may think best suited to them , by taking a bold stand against Great Britain and all her power . Mr . Cushing , whose political prospects have , as it were , grown sufficiently greyheaded , hopes to reyive his appearance of juVenility and vigour by dying his hair in a little English blood and American thunder . It is very unfortunate that Mr . ( Gushing should be under the necessity of rejuvenizing in this form ; but how preposterous on this side to make the foibles of Cusiiing the pretext for using language or performing acts that may lead to worse misunderstandings ! There could be no ' misunderstanding " if the public on this side really understood ; but the public is kept in the dark . Any real light thrown upon the subject would enable us much more quietly and judiciously ^ to spin our cotton at home , amidst the difficulties with which we arc threatened ' . We have a prospect of dear bread , and of continued war expenditure , on the continent as well as at home ; and now there are reports of a strike in several trades of the north of England . At Manchester , the selfacting winders and piecers of several factories have given notice that they will rather leave their work than accept the lower wages that ma » ters are expected to offer them . We do not , of course , charge the Government with the conduct of the masters , who * are evidently operating in some manner not perfectly clear to the public The price of cotton is unusually high , altnougM ^ Mk well known that the cotton crop of the / , BW * e 4 States will be one of the largest upoiMctojl ^ Yft * although the present price h high , aha W jmfyyfa , supply it known to be great , people « wt Liverpool * <^ , » . ¦ '" . •* w , 'V ; ,: ¦ . < - > ,: ' ' ' . - ¦ ' .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 17, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17111855/page/1/
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