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the American war ? They raisad the constituency of Bristol against him , and he wrote one of the most eloquent , convincing , argumentative , and unanswerable letters ^ that ever was written ; and if any of you have Burke ' s words to refer to , as no doubt you have , it would be -worth your while to read them over carefully , and more than once . " What was the case with regard to Mr . Fox in the early days of the French war , when he was opposed to it ? They stated that the Empress Catherine of Russia had actually got the Lust of Mr . Fox between a bust of Demosthenes , the great Greek orator , and the bust of Cicero , the great Roman orator ; and they said to Fox , you are the friend of the Empress Catherine , you are not a true friend of England . What was Mr . Fox ' s
answer ? It would be presumptuous of me to quote Mr . Burke or Mr . Fox as models whom I was aspiring to follow ; but if I find men distinguished in the history of the world placed in that position , at least I may turn to them , and say , there were great intellects in . the days of our fathers , who found themselves opposed to the popular clamour ; they did not yield to the clamour . We are their posterity , and we pay them the tribute of having been wise , at the same time that they were honest . ( Loud cheers . ') I am able , I believe , " to show to all rational men—and I am perfectly confident that the verdict of events will prove that I am right—that the war has no reference whatever to European liberty . Because if you find men pursuing an object in
conjunction with other men , and you want to learn what is the object , you judge from the associates of those men . Why , if this country is goin g for liberty in Europefor independence and civilisation in Europe—I eannot myself believe that these are the objects ( in * the sense the . people of this country -understand ) that the Emperor of France himself very much applauds ; and if he applauds them , I doubt very much that anybody here will believe that the Emperor of Austria applauds those objects . ( Loud cJieers . ) Our Government is in this position , that it is making allies wherever it can ; and it does not matter one single straw whether those allies are in favour of liberty of any kind or not . They may trample upon Hungarians , and send the
patriots of that country to the gallows and to the block ; they may trample upon the Italians , as they do , with an enormous army ; and yet such is the cause in which we are embarked , that we welcome to our arms , as it were , the emperor and the cabinet by whom that policy in Hungary and in Italy is supported . You . are , to take the Crimea ; you are to destroy Sebastopol ; you are to dismember Russia , hi fact—because unless you come to actual and positive dismemberment , you still leave Russia a great and gigantic empire , as I venture to say you will leave it—but at the same time you will weaken Turkey by the great wasting struggle wliich you have incited her to enter upon ( for if it had not been for
this Cabinet , which had a minister at Constantinople , it would not have been entered on ) , you will waste Turkey ; and when this war is over , be it to-day , or twelve months , or twelve years hence , I venture to foretel that the power of Russia , as compared with the power of Turkey , will be far greater than it was before this war began . And having taken this unfortunate , deqrepi t , and tottering Turkish power under your care , you cannot again leave it if it is to remain there at all , and in all probability every object for which you have entered i nto the war-will not only be thwarted , but the result , in my opinion , will be precisely opposite to that which the people of this country have expected . "
Ug had for twenty years paid as much attention to political subjects as any man had , and he believed that the objects which the Government had in the war were quite opposite to those which the people had . " Now , aa to this question aibowt the German mercenaries . It is one of those points which the pesoplo ought to look at very narrowly ; it shows that it ia not in defence of the country , not in tho feeling of patriotism only that you wish to actuate your soldiers ; but you buy 15 , 000 men who have no niore moral principle than to hire themselves out for daily -wugos to slaughter any persons , in any part of tho world ,, against whom your government luis declared war . Those men will not light
bocauao they arc fighting for their fatherland , or because they are fifrlr ting for tho honour of their country , or because they believe tho cnuse is just ; they euro nothing about the country ; tlioy huvo no stintuncntD of honour in it ; they know nothing of the intureHts of tho war ; they have no cnuso of quarrel with tliowo they go to tthoot down and to bayauot ; and yet thi . i government 1 ms led you , within about eight mouths of the declaration of the war , to a point , when purhapa if yon are to buvo the army that you huvu yoiidur , at leant so thoy say , you must hav « reoourrtis to thlt moat
objectionable , mid to my mind , moat criminal « yntoni . X have given tho Government on all llimiioiul and ( IbohI qnoHtionn—and on all mattorw in which thoy have gono in tho direction thoy promised tho country thuy would jjfo in whon they took ollloo—I have givon thorn my cordial support ; but I toll you no man can nupporl ; this Government—thin Qovommuul -will break down . ( A /> - plauae . ) ^ l ' Yom tho beginning of it it wan a house- of aimla ; it was a oonlitAon that novor conk-Mood ; thuru aro not , at , thin moinont , tu « eleinmiU ) of mit'octm or of ( nubility about it . Thoir iuturnul condition luw clraffi « xl
~ - » -. ''—TTTTTH you into this war— v . hich I could undertake , if there were time , I think , to demonstrate—and that same internal condition will enable them onl y to carry on this war in a manner that -will be disastrous to this country ; and you may rely upon it , that however valuable peace may be , and I shall rejoice as much as any man living when it comes , yet for all these objects , 1 ' or which the country believes it has gone to war , you will make a peace which history will describe , even if your war was just , to be shameful and ignominious . " Mr . Bright then said the people must prepare themselves for another Ministry—he knew not of ivhat description—but certainly one that would make peace , and which he would consequently support .
IS ow with regard to my difference with men in this constituency : you know I cannot help that . Did I not differ with many people about the papal aggression ? The statesmen who opposed the papal aggression are now at the head of the Government . Did I not oppose the panic about the French invasion , which led to the increase of the militia—which , led to the increase of our armaments— -which led to a strong spirit for war , and which led ( approximately , no doubt , to a great extent ) to the war in which we are now engaged . I
endeavoured to keep myself with an eye singly towards what appears to me sound hi principle , and truly advantageous and honourable to the country . If the country runs in one direction or the other , I cannot therefore " follow it . I lament it . When I see it going wrong I stand still . I would take the opinion which I heard had once been expressed by the I > uke of Wellington . He said' Whenever you are -wrong ( in position , he meant ) , don ' t fidget youself about getting right- If you will only be quiet you will find by and by that those waves and billows v . -ill much subside and after a little while
everybody will admit that you were not wrong after all , and that probably they were in the wrong . ' That is what I am looking forward to . There is no amount of lalbour or sacrifice that I will not make on behalf of what I 'believe to be the interests of this constituency so long as I am permitted to . represent them in Parliament . - ( Applause . ) ' If half > of those who voted for me were to send me a requisition to say that they are discontented , with my conduct on this question , although on many questions they were not , but that they considered this matter of such paramount importance that it was their duty to be represented by somebody of different opinions , I would then take the Chiltern Hundreds . ( Applause . ) I would ask for the only
appointment I dare say I shall ever ask for , by the very first post , and I would give them an . opportunity of returning another man . to the House of Commons . ( Ap-2 > Iause . ) But I ask you whether ( and I shall speak as if I were simply an elector and not a representative ) , it is better for us , electors of Manchester , that we should be represented by a man who , although he may have strong opinions , and occasionally may make errors like other men , yet endeavours to uphold the dignity and character ( loud applause ") of the constituency , maintains their position in the House of Commons , and is not reckoned there as a knot of the tail of any statesman that ever lived , or any set of men ? ( Applause . ) In another year or two you will probably find the country look back
upon the men who went into tins war with mdignation and contempt . And even though you cannot take precisely the view I take , yet let me recommend you this—do not combine with any men , or set of men , that would make the restoration oi" peace less possible . This ministry will get tired of the war . They will want to make peace . ( A }* plause . ) They have been driven partly into it by the clamour of the English press—and this presa , which is profiting by the war , still hounds them on to continue it to the last extremity . Do you not be parties to anything of the kind . The blood that is being shed , the interests that are being sacrificed , the generations of animosities that are being engendered , all the hopes of the future bid mo anneal to you , whatever
you may think as to the cause of the war or as to ita re-Hults , to bog , if you can , by all means , upon any i ' uir , honoumblo , sind moderate terms , that the aword may bo sheathed agniu , and that the countries of Europo may bo Wosacd with that tranquillity whicJi for so many yours has been undisturbed- As to froedom , war nota up tho military spirit-. This war will double the armies of Kusflia , will double tho armies of Auatrin , will increase tho armies of Prussia , increase tho urinies of France , mill double tho nrnuun of this country . ( Applause . ) l ) o you think , whon all thesis armies are doublud , ami jiioh ' h mind . s nro led off from the contemplation of everything in tho form of homo aiflalr . s , when every man ' s mind is
filled with thoughts of slaughter , nnd glory , and all your MtoruUirc tinned with tho aamo thing—I usk you whether that plant , of freedom , which was matured , it u truo , by tho blood of your uucestoiv , and nourlrihcd by the tears and pray urn of those who li / ivo tC " bttfuro uh—I ai > k you wliuthor you think , after this war , that liberty in ISuropu , reform , or anything good in this politics of this country , will Ins in a buUur imitation than it was hoiWu this war commenced V ( Appdinwc , niiU criun vj ' " A'o . " ) ltely upon It , that this vi'rdioL of events will bo givon , and that , verdict , of wilts will bo givou in our favour . ( -l /> - pluMti . ) Kwmth 1 ms siiid thoro is an inexorable logic
in events . I am trilling to abide by that , and if any man blames me in this constituency , I ask him only to wait . If I am proved to have been wrong in the course which I Lave taken , I sliall be willing to abide by any blame you can lay upon me , but , at any rate , wait until the result is before us . until all the evidence of facts an J events is before us . Until the result is shown , I hold myself free to take the course I have hitherto taken . " ( Loud applause . ) A vote of thanks was then proposed and carried , to which-Mr . Bright briefly responded .
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Continental Notes. The Pjiess In Piedmon...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . The Pjiess in Piedmont . —The situation of the newspaper press in Piedmont has of late been less satisfactory than the best friends of this young constitutional state must desire . The last mail from Turin brings news of three press prosecutions , all originating- with the executive government . The responsible editor of the Opim ' one , a Turin paper , was condemned on the-7 th to a fortnight's imprisonment and 200 f . fine for a letter which it had published about a year ago against the Queen and the government of Spain . The responsible editor of the Vocc della . Liberia , M . Broffurio ' s paper , was condemned to the same punishment for having reproduced the objectionable article . The ' Gazettu del Popolo has been . seized by the police for an article hostile to the French army . The . late 'Armakd Maueast . —The Emperor of the French has granted from his private purse the munificent pension of GOOOf . a year to Madame Marrast , the widow- of Ariiiaiid Marrast , the eminent republican president of the Constituent Assembly . His Majesty accompanied the grant -with a letter stating that he entertained a great esteem for her late husband . M . Achilk' Marrast , his brother , has lately obtained a lucrative post in the management of a railway . PjRtissiA and the G ' keat Powers . —M . Vincke , in the course of a debate , lamented that Prussia was isolated from the great Powers . " Not irom Russia !" triumphantly exclaimed M . Gorlach , a leader of the dominant court party—" not from Russia , a great power , and some say . tlie greatest . "
rbe Gznr ' s name-day was Itept at Berlin on the ISth , the feast of St . " Nicholas , according to the Russian calendar . The Russian Ambassador , Baron Eudberg , gave a dinner , at which the " Health of the Czar" was proposed by M . Manteuffel , the Prussian Premier . Baron Budbcrg in turn proposed the " Health of the King of Prussia . " The next day tho Russian Ambassador . dined ut court . A QpBciAi . Missioa i-kom Pkussia . —His Excellency Herr von Usedom has been charged with a special mission from Prussia to the Court of St . James , lie arrived in London on Thursday . The Berlin eorresj ) ondent of the Cologne Gazette hints that the object of the mission is to obtain in advance a mild interpretation of the four points , and a promise not to press Itusski for an indemnification on account of the costs of the war , and tliat thesepoints conceded , Prussia wilL accede to the alliance .-
The Bavaman Minjstuy is now urging forward a bill to abolish the system of si general representation of the country introduced in 1848 , and to substitute the system of representation of orders . Under this system the members of the elected chamber would be chosen respectively by various classes and bodies , the nobility , the clergy , tho universities , landed proprietors , and civic corporations . Spain . —The JJiurio of the lGth says that the Government is prepiiri ' n »; to reform the Concordat , niul to sell the property of the clerjry to make up tho deficit which will he occasioned by the suppression of the octroi .
Brutality Of A Cotton-Jloiid. Tun Follow...
BRUTALITY OF A COTTON-JLOIID . Tun following , which we extract from the MancJtcsUr Hxuinitiuf and ' 1 'iiiivn , illustrates , we hope in am un-U 6 uul uiuuner , tho relation of tho employer to tho employed : — ThoikiaREllcrhoclc , cotton mununicturor , who with hi . brother Joseph ure tlm proprietors oi tho Jvonclt UNI ill Weaving Shed , Hoy wood , was charged nt tho JUiry Police Cilice , before William Oponnhaw and John Lonmx , Ettquirus , lnagirtinitos , unuor two warrant : * , with an indocent . Ji .-iflnult , on tho Otii ultimo , upon JMizuboth Davunport , lifted 1 G yours , and with violating tho poraon of her
sifltur Mary Ann Duvwnport , ii / jfod SJO yourn , on tho 14 th ultimo . Mr . Oro »» hui < l , noliullor , appu-unxl in nupport of the chargoH , mid Mr , It . 'J 1 . ( ilruiu . ly for tho prtaoniT . Mr . Ci ' ortHhind hUiUm ! tlmt Uiu kMh vuro two » i' tho dmightern of Mivi . ¦ liu . 'imoai , who had lllluil thu HJUiutlou of hoiiHokwpur to ^¦ iilJtunun in tho jidU ^ hbourhood , who npok . 0 in high t . oniiH im to her coikIimjI . Tim jrirln hud formerly boon 4 ijijiloyi . nl al Mr . Walkcr ' n mill in Hury , and tlwir chanirter wiih uiihupciiohMMo . Their fiithui * hixl been dead for ii t : o « inidiirablo period and their mother had ro-nmnimi ; hut . in ( lonttoqiienue of tlm ill-tnmtiuunt of her rioeiuiil Inmbiuid nil *) had lived apart from him for upward . ? often ywira , ai » J had with industry nnd exortiuu
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 23, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23121854/page/7/
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