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THE CRIMEA AS A PENAL SETTLE-. . . . /::...
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The Conservative Capitulation. The Defec...
pjcaxMB ?^ e ^ l < H > 3 EM ^ £ K » ^ bi : ^? ^^ F ti / ha ; % ifta ^ . 3 ae »^ rAca 3 J ^ pai ^ jbe i ppeneA : ne'x . t - ^ i ^^ Jttxe ^ stisaggjfe w ^ p ^ s from its dipjoidaticr to its political j j ^^* jg ^^^^ revolution . / Thev Jibneprs ; : oftai £ yisionyf in * deed , so disordered ? the intellect of the penman -r ^ f > framed this manifesto , tbat his figures bf ^ e ^ bH became 89 l ^ bte ' sqiieaa foi 8 > alarms ; j ^ Mirted 1 the ^ enaa of Europeaa 1 freedom £ ^ 'iri ^ j hjWbirds , armed with Viiorches rand daggers , ? and' prbpbieBied that ^ these ^ dark fowls , Witt their instruments of incendiarisril arid iriurdeiy would flit like harpies over the cnvilisfed world j . is
, . .. _ ' ^ This affected terror but the artificial apology for an ignominious sacrifice of opinfdns . The Obrts 6 rVatives , failing to make nti > a balance of patriotic discontent -with the « 6 rianetfof the war ; betook themselves to the fcatiiittil enemies of 1 / iord Palm ^ bstojj ' s GovefitiMeixb ; those wlib hay © invariably opposed th ^ war ^ those who , from conviction or from sentiment , iidhere to a mechanical interpretation of its objects , as stated at Vienna '; and those Vrhbj fr 6 m impatience or inconstancy , refuse to wait until it Has unsettled Europe , 5
and lifotightabout toe bgportunify ^ pf Xiiberalisin . Ihcreased taxation pressing upbn ' the poor ; and the selfish trade panics , which iriay orinay not be attributable to the warj predictiona of disaster circulated in popular orations scruples of feeling ,- affecting the timidi' arid the '¦ vfeai '' % disgust att the expenditure of life and inbney fe > i ? transient and local jpurposes ;¦ and the agitation of constitutional nialcbntents- ^ all these . are materials « n-pdik ' whicn the Conservatives may work , to turn the nation from the course on which ft
liai entered . Accordingly , the programme : bf ; a ' parU'j ^^ ntiiry opposition lias been drawn ¦ tip , ± 6 * be ' -consi & eri-id arid corrected during 'the remaining' months of the recess . ' Mr . 'G ^ Xns ^ btfE is proposed as Premier , and Mr . ^ ii »^^ p ^ rbves « ie scheMe . T 3 ut - by these machinations , whieli haj fl | not yet received any nubli ^ CQuntenanc ^ Team . "Mr . Gladstone er his fnends , tlie Conservatives confess to tHfejor ' own destitution bf statesmanship . They are a headless baity with a heartless p ^ blievs and this descriptioii sets forth their historical character . : ' . '"¦ ' ' ¦ '" *¦ ¦ ' ' '¦ A " ' ' ' - . V
It is not equally certain' that -Mr . © bad- ; ^ oirii will betray himself into the hands of this , conspiring faciibrii \ He has a character , and is supposed to have a conscience . ! For hifc ''' ' hesitation on the subject of the war . fcani'did men may weir have respect . But , among jMri DiSBAiiit ' s friendsno such con-. Bideratibn prevails . They who have lirinecessarily flattered the Napoleonic alliance only . jp ^ enj ^ to d * ead the lexte ' nsibri of the War into the domain of principles : In truth , they 'iJ * i * * i 2 Lj ^ Tv : : . ? ¦ -- ' ' a , ' 3 ' * . * , . j _ ^ - l . *^ . , rfT i -i «^;> -. iA—j aesire vruvui
uro an vypposinon , ana so uo a -jur-: fd 6 iii ) , and would sacrifice their prestige , and iceyiEtfse thbir opinions , to gam ^ the Mlfl ( l | BteTial side in ^ Parliameiit . To cover iheir bhange bf kfrbnt ( 't"b ^ y ; havb'Wsprted ; to an ' artificer ndt verir Veil contrived . ' I TheV ' aflfect still to libld b V'the toritaciplea' which exctis ^ d Mr . BtsnAE ^ vfhen h'e ^ taunts arid vilified' Lord John Bbste *' ' for fiVe hours ' iri the House of Comriiona a proves of the iiitellecturtl stupjsfactibn » wbicF Overtook ! him ' at Vienna , Then , the Conservativea- ribtotislycheeriefl lt 1 reir tiirileaTidVlefrDfemto leader . lihiW he
affected a high ' Eriglisli' torie / ridiculed tho ' coitiplliarice of ^ ilie British plenipotentiiaTy , arid Stoiititiated' that Ift > rd PlilCMfE & atQN , who > m + (^ edited such atepreaentiitive ^ o the Vienna "Oda ^ reBtf , lia'd'richer 'the ability nor' the ( * 6 iritx'tb' cbriduct ¦ the' Russian » rkw « t 't 6 ' a titiorit 'issu ©; ¦ ' JSTowv '¦ 'while 1 'the < partly ^ rbm ' rifehtWle ^ i arid'ories for peace ; ^ eBSaty to ' show that the war haa been aAitofcfeS & fittV TKidi » ' AeblogywMicH ^ ernmerit ^ ould hardly have expected
from qta ^ imost i inveterate ^ antagbnists . 3 ? he aggressionsi of f 2 $ ussia * 4 the 3 D isbaei . £ organs aay *~ have been glorfouslyi replilsfedif ' ¦ ' $ Our feeble ; Admiralty-- ^ thbug h the most contempt > ible -organiBation in nthe wbrld- ^ bas ^ dis-r missedfrom the ports of England navies that have beea the scourge of the Bussian close seasy and ? the -terror of « very ! Bussiari coaBfc . Tbei ? € 3 zarr ] SriOHOiiA 8 andbis son have not
only been resisted--they ^ have beenf disgraced , humbled , punished .: Their power in the South . haB been effectually circumscribed , and the 1 integrity of the Turkish Empire : effectually vindicated . The turning point has been reached ; f to pass it is to declare war against the dynastic system of Europe . The Iiiberal party in ' England . unhappily id disorganised and pblitically lifeless j otherwise the object thus indicated wbuld be pursued . If there be a principle in - the war
worthy of human and national sacrifices , it is thial idea of establishing a free Europe as a positive and durable barrier against the * dangers of " Bussian aggression , " and of dynastic selfishness in other parts of Christendom ; It is impossible to comprisethis object in a diplomatic definition , but such is the general desire of the middle and of the indtistrious classes throughout England ; it is
a conviction whieli gradually spreads among members of parliament ^ and which only needs tb be represented by a grfeat organisation to be introduced into the policy of the empire . The new friends of peace , who unite their factious ' -amis to the conscientious scruples of Mr . G \& AJDSTbmB ' s party , may be well " assured , that npon the appearance of a practical movement against the military dynasties , & large force of the malcontent liberals who no to
Assist them , would fall off arid impel the war in 'its ; mew direction . The duty bf liberals is clear . It is not for them'to facilitate any disgraceful and precarions compromise : ' It is riot fdr'thbiri to urgiei ; lie ¦ 'Government in the proseciitidn ; of'tan aimless war ,- to be closed when the belligerents cbnsider that they have fought long enough for honour and fbr self-satisfa'ctiori' If it be impossible to change the basis bf tlie contest , and to briiijg the liberties of Europe into view , let a fair
agreement be Concluded with the Government ttf Bu ^ ia . ' Btltify as we believe , and as the Cbris'e ^ vat iVes profess to belieVey a new tarnbaign , iind an extension of the War , would so far'disturb the operations of the military ruling system which is the reproach and miafortun 6 of the age , such a conflict is nlore full of hope ' than of danger . Sooneir or later it is in evitable . Sooner or later the war of principle will be one of arms . TTntil that crisis and agony be past , general and permate must be dream
nent to ^ a a . , The Premier , if he understands his countrymen , will perceive that his strength consists in * the fidelity with which he pursues the genuine bbjeots of the war . The higher >) is jporiularity ia raised by success , the more deep will be the irritation bf the public mind ; if its fruitB"be thrown away by to inapprbpriafce peace . 1 > y left-handed operation ^ , or by ; coTnplicity- 'in dynastic intrigues . The expectant party , fortifying itself , looks eagerly fbr symp-i toms of Miuisterial weakness . " When . Par 4
liame ^ nt reassembles , whether before or after Ohriifcmas , Ijord PAiiMEBBTON will stand opposed ib a vast phalanx of the Oppositibny old andvnew ^ BTJssEi , ii and GiiADeTONB , lBaicniIiJ a " nd DibbaiIi . 1 , city interests and county interests , manufacturing antipathies and University Bcruples . ' iBefore such an opposition ; any huff-sincere' Gbyernmerit must fall . It will bo uselesa , * then , i tb foment the blirid fanaticism of" that mighty mob whiqh : reiidaf thb iflSuliffSi thinka' 'NAXO & toT * wipraj ' Thibd tbet bnly'man ' fit ibr iPrafado , ' tailed < of honour , an 4 hns < no 1 idoa of 1 what'the war means ; oto to what
But the section of Conservatives which has capitulated to Mr . Gladstone , or which may endeavour to outbid him should he decline the i immoral alliance j is urged by no such < 5 onsiderationsi It will prostitute ; for selfish objects its influence witn the nation , deterjriiried : that , mpon any principles and with any confederates , if * will sum up and _^ jrep / resent the discontents of the country . "While the war faltered it promised Victory ; now that the war moves it proposes Peace . It has at ieart no interest except that of party , and least of all the solid interests of Europei . ;
it" teftbuld ^ leffdit ^ Tken ^ eace-paxi ^ m , awch a ease ^ fwi ^ bei th ^ ffltrbnger ;; i ^ . reasopy in-jsentirnentj Jin : substantial ? iiibralityi 'TjWe tauBt hear-frbni ? the Minister ^ and we must observe in Europe -somethingnfhat will saj ? . otifyvthe prolongation x > fi the ^ bloody BussiaBi-struggle , or that struggle must end . If . -we axespea tators only of Ja cbnventibnal rtia ^ c . drama " , with , a diplomatic act-drop to fall at "VTienna after thefiLftb campaign ^ better damn it at once than be duped into , a public crime . It is well that , through whatever combination , the next session of Parliament , followed perhaps by a : dissolution , will bring this trer mendous question to an issue .
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The Crimea As A Penal Settle-. . . . /::...
THE CRIMEA AS A PENAL SETTLE-. . . . / :: ¦ . .- ' . ... ' -. MENT . . .. . . : . ¦ . Service in the Crimea looks ia soine respects as if it were placed on the footing © f transportatibii to Australia underi the plan now superseded ; -but in other respects it seems to be a nursery for the recruitment of our highest honours . . Thtere is altogether something bo perplexing in the military appointments of the East , that certainly we should have a committee of the Hibuae of Commons tb ^ tell us what the real principle is-: — -and " what the results may . be . r ¦ . A- new '" clasp" is to be ( added- , to the Crimea xnedal ; and it is not yet explained to us on what principle this clasp is to be distributed . ' It was at first thought that o ?^ officers in the Crimea should have it ; . but this , it seems , is a mistake ; or , at least , astonishment and indignation ^ having followed the announcement that it was to be given indiscriminately , we have an official assurance that i it is to be given discriminatory . If i however ^ it ha ' di % een bestowed broadcast to all who had been in the Crimea during the varibus transactions in that peninsula ,: it would only have followed the exact precedent of Sir James : Simpson ' s promotion to be a General in the army and a G . C . B . for his presence " during" the successes of thei Allies . It is plain , however , that service actually in the East is not necessary to promotion , for IJord Combbbmebe , Lord STEA . Fron » , and ! Lord Habpinge have
been promoted for living in-England "during " the victory of SebastopoL It is , no doubt , meritorious for old officers to be alive so long after the period of their own services ; and there must be much ; noble ' feeling in their bosoms when they read the newspapers ; but why on this account a very aged ; veteran , who has totally passed- service , should be mad ' " ei ' iPieltJ ^ MJirshal , ' the' puWio 'cannot understand . If Lord Haikdin & e is thought so meritorious because Sir Jambs Simpson looked on while Marshal Pbhsbiku won a
victory , and if Lord Hatidik & e must be re ' warded : with promotion , really that ia rio reason why Lord CoMJOJUttoitn' arid Lord Stbaffoew should reoeivOTme honorary oagmentativos ; Thd answer that LordiHABD / NOB wonld nothavelifecdito accent tlib appointment " alone > "since '' it giVes 'him ' incroaso ° * paV , willnost serve , because , although tliottvx ) aged veterante receiventho same tatle that fae does , they d « ' not ' t have -the < in « ircase of pay »
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101855/page/12/
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