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No. 491. Auo. 20, 1859.] THE LEAPEB. 961
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THE NAPOLEON TRIUMPH. Up to the date of ...
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No. 491. Auo. 20, 1859.] The Leapeb. 961
No . 491 . Auo . 20 , 1859 . ] THE LEAPEB . 961
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing bo unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Dr . Arnold . — ?
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the important political prize of a seat in the Cabinet left no doubt of his being a great man . He could not be indifferent to the advantage of the large salary attached to such an office , and it would have been a triumph worth winning for himself and for his order , that by force of merit and with the approbation of the country he should have entered the charmed ¦ /' circle of aristocracy and become a minister of the Crown , without the customary penalty of forsaking the less privileged class to which he belongs .
Many men of the middle-class who enter Parliament lose all personal dignity by aping the aristocracy , and are bought body and soul by invitations to a lordly dinner or tickets for a royal ball Every one knew thai ; Richard Cobden was unpurchasable , that in courtly society as on popular platforms he would be just the same earnest , honest , common-sense man , and therefore his joining the Cabinet would , have received general applause . Perhaps he stands higher in the nation ' s estimation because he did not accept the brilliant offer which the Premier made him , because many people never believe in disinterestedness , unless it appears to take the form of sacrificing some advantage they can understand . Had he
and act together , something might soon be accomplished : but while they exhibit sufficient admiration for Mr . Cobden to set up a monster marquee , listen to speeches , and devour comestibles , they are as careless as other parts of the country about practical methods of removing grave obstacles to progress .
entered the Government it would , however , have been with a motive as pure as that which kept him out ; but without undervaluing the services he might have rendered in office we feel he has done more good by rejecting the opportunity . There is something disgusting in the humbug of ordinary Parliamentary opposition , and in the way in which men pretend to differences or agreements which they do not feel , for the mere sake of personal advantage or party success . Mr . Cobden could do none of this : between him and Lord Palmerston were real differences arising out of the totally opposite character of the men . The Premier ' s chivalry and Mr . Cobden ' s unextinguishable good nature removed all bitterness from the
recollection of-past contests , but the views of the men could not coincide , and Mr . Cobden raised the opinion of his own order in the minds of the aristocracy by showing that his conscientious scruples were nobler things than their pride of place . The Rochdale demonstration stamps this conduct with public approval , and encourages the belief that before long the composition of Cabinets will be so far changed as to permit Mr . Cobden and men like him-to take their seats with the full concurrence of their own hearts and minds . The principal topics which Mr . Cobden brought before the country in his speech were electoral
cor-THE COBDEN DEMONSTRATION . M » . Cobden is essentially < a representative man . He belongs to a trading , manufacturing age , and concentrates in his own person the merits and defects of that stage of industrial development which our country has at present reached . No one looks to him for great philosophical principles of action , or exhibitions of comprehensive thought . He diffuses around him no splendours of intellect , brilliance of imagination , nor glow of heart . Notwithstanding a few crotchets , his genius is eminently that of common sense . He wishes the world to be quiet and prosperous ; his highest
ambition for society is material and mechanical ; he would like to see it trudge safely in the path of the actual , as now discerned , but has not the faintest perception of the ideal , or the actual that is to be . The employer of a thousand factory hands feels him a safe man , sure to introduce no difficulties between labour and capital , and not likely to encourage any theories which hold out to the working class a possible future differing in principle from their' painful present ., The rich trader Kind the steady shopkeeper , jealous of the onward maroh of the " common people , " and not liking to feel the toe of the artisan press their must respectable heels , implicitly behove in his Parliamentary Reform , because they feel that he
has no affinities with democracy , that ho never could bo a leader of the people , but desires only to continue a captain of the middle class . He knows a great deal , but it h the knowledge of a * ' Manchester manufacturer ; " ho has a foreign policy which wished kindly to other countries , but which regards extraneous humanity in its moat mundane aspect of producing materials and consuming goods . Wore wo to stop here , wo should depict a serviceable character but still only a human Bteam-ongino well adapted to industrial work . This , however , would do injustice to Richard Cobden , because it would leave out of * ' sight tho quiet , impaaeablo , sterling honesty which , far more than * ' hie unadorned eloquence "— -excellent as that is - ^• causoB him to be honoured and makes him great . The fact and the manner of hiu declining to accept
ruption , the everlasting armament question , and the propriety of promoting peace by extension of trade . These are all practical questions of high consideration ; but if the men of the north accept Mr . Cobden as their political chief , they should do more than simply cheer the sentiments which he utters . The honourable M . P . is right in affirming that his colleagues at Westminster do not wish to abolish bribery and other disgraceful means of obtaining senatorial power ; and he has sketched out simple plans by which the evil might be met . We now ask will his party do anything ? There is much more to be done than advocating
tho ballot , useful as it may be ; but if the great middle class will not demand a complete legislative change in the method of treating these matters they , become accomplices in" the guilt . It is not worth while . to follow Mr . Cobden in the of ^ en argued' question of national defences , and the alleged mischief done by the press , or to refute the fancy that our defences are the- jprimary cause of French aggressive preparations , and wo can afford to let his American friends laugh at our invasion fears ; but let us ask Mr . Cobden and his party to devise and support a plan by which our coasts may bo made secure
without ruinous expense or unnecessary addition to our offensive means . We have heard for years their objections to other people ' s plans , but they never oner to replace them with anything better . Tho idea of multiplying the friendly ties between this country and France by reducing the wineduties is a wise one , but our financial arrangements are usually made without adequate reference to their political bearings ; and unless tho trading classes force upon a Chancellor of the Exchequer tho necessity of making some other provision in place of taxes that are politically miaohiovous , wo may keep them long enough . If tfio manufnoturing districts would return twenty wollohoscn men , who would study these quoatione
The Napoleon Triumph. Up To The Date Of ...
THE NAPOLEON TRIUMPH . Up to the date of the Italian -war a large portion of the mercantile class in this country looked upon the Emperor of the French as a veritable " Napoleon of Peace . " They could not imagine that a man past fifty could eare for ideas , and be willing to sacrifice ease , and encounter danger for the chance of gratifying a sentiment , or adding reputation to a name . Nothing was plainer to the mercantile mind than the folly of war . The exigencies of trade , the interests of manufacturers , the pressure of taxation , the recurring deficiencies of the revenue—all these , together with the fears of Europe , the probability of a new coalition
against France , and another march to Paris , convinced a certain class of reasoners that the Imperial eagle was only a dove , looking out for an olive-branch—in fact , a domestic sort of fowl , much too prudent to go forth in quest of laurel to make a victor ' s crown . All these delusions were dispelled by the rough noises of battle , and the success of Louis Napoleon as a general proved him to possess an unknown and dangerous source of power . Had he been like an ordinary sovereign , compelled to sit at home at ease arid receive bulletins of victories which his generals had
gained , an appeal to arms would have been the most dangerous course he could adopt ; but events hare shewn that he judged his own capacities soundly , and the conqueror of Magenta and Solferino will appear in the eyes of a military people , as well as in his own , to be the legitimate successor of the great soldier by whom their most famous victories were won . Without the glitter of this new glory it would have been impossible to divert the mind of the French people from home questions , and it would have been hazardous to rely upon an army which was not permitted a more lively gratification than indulging in
reminiscences of " the past . The Empire may , perchanee , remain peaceable , but it is no longer " peace . " It has become an appeal to passions and traditions of war . " Wherever the soldiers of the Army of Italy o-o , they will carry with them tales of heroism and « -lory that will fire the mind of the peasant at the plough and of the workman at the forge or loom . In busy towns and quiet villages the star of the Legion of Honour , or the promised medal shining on the breasts of men of humble birth—to whom the army and war open the only chances of
personal distinction—will excite ambition and a thirst for fame that will render thousands who behold them restless subjects during the " piping times of peace , " and create a craving for fresh occasion for deeds of arms . The return of the victorious legions and their march through Paris affords a conclusive reply to those who doubted the popularity of the war . Success is always popular when , it does not cost too much , and this war was over before its pressure was felt . The novelty of tue spectacle was a little damaged by the fact ot so , many of the soldiers having been previously seen , by the good people of Paris , but neither that nor the wca ° y hours of waiting for the play to commence , nor the length of the time occupied by the performance , eoWtomintah the enthusiasm winch the whpli city felt . There were , thousands oresent to whom the K . nj > re is still an objectof hostility , ami dread , but If tliov abstained fromi tho . aecLintions that greeted tno clnet P ° ™ on inthe scene they were frantic in their applause when h ^^^ - r s ^ s ^ Sui i ^^^ i ^\^ the utility of . which was still open to ao much doubt , could have excited a thousandth part of this enthusiasm ; and that Vma has exhibited t , sliows that neither moral nor utilitarian Qonsj . derations have materially diminished the old nation ftp soldiering , and that the Constttutwnnel la justified in affirming " It may now bo more than , over saw , that nothing is lost m Franco of that ardent sympathy which formerly hailed th army
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1859, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20081859/page/13/
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