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A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW.
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A Political And Literary Review.
A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW .
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" The One Idea Which History Exhibits As...
" 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-Bided 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 . V—Hutiibotdt's Cosmos . ° > c Ui , u « ul ,
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rtcvicw VI- IHtWfcfcK— page The Rugeley Poisonings 78 A Respectable Neighbourhood .... 84 A Pilgrimage to Meccah 88 Continental Notes .... 80 New Preaching of the VFord ...... 85 Kingsley's Heroes 8 S The War 74 Naval and Military 2 , ews 80 Lord Stratford de Redcliffe 85 War Literature . " * Io War Miscellanea 74 Obituary 81 Our Silence on the Hoile Case 85 Natural History \ ' \ q « The Peace 75 The Romance of" The Timea" 81 Two Poets of the People » l ¦¦ M SStfW ^ SBffc * ' " 5 SSSSSr .:-: ' .::::::::::::::::: a open council- m . ^^ T " „ o ^ jji ^ -:::::::::::::::: ? I PUBLIc affairs- h . ** - ** , * .. — ........ - . - egfeSars .- ^ . ;™ S , Diplomacy in ^ the'Lesert " . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 77 The Peace Preliminaries 83 LITERATURE— COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSL $$£ 3 £ Sp !& b ' *"'' '""" 78 C DeSdn ? e ° ntalenabert ° n EngUSh 83 Summary ........:.... 87 City Intelligence , Markets , Adbettor tram Sans ...... / 8 Destinies 83 Smith O'Brien ' s Meditations ...... 87 vertisements , & c .... S 2
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fTlUE sound of peace is no sooner heard from JL St . Petersburg , than France , if not England as well as Germany , instantly presumes that the peace is all but " concluded ; and in this country we hasten to the belief that it will be settled on our own terms . Whether it is that the Cza r feels , through his Exchequer , and through the failure of his plans , the exhaustion that has come upon his people , or that , as his friends profess , he has new
views for the internal improvements of Russia , and means to be the Peter the Gbsvt of Peace , or that Prussia has , as they represent , been reading hew lectures upon the revolutionary dangers to be apprehended from continued war , the Czar has , at all events , accepted the terms proposed by Austria , after having refused them . There is no public proof of any event that has happened between the acceptance and the refusal to account for the change in > the Imperial mind ; but there
must have been some cause , and experience of Russia naturally suggests a crooked motive . The common form of the suspicion is at belief that Russia may have snatched at a hint thrown out in the despatch of Count Buot ., that the countersignature of the ESTEKHA . ZY propositions by the Western Powers would render them preliminaries of peace , and constitute them the order for an armistice in Europe . In . virtually making these propositions to Russia , Count Buot . has reckoned without his host . The Western Powers recognise the propositions sent to Vienna na correctly
representing the conditions which they would accept ; but they do not form such a statement of the conditions as the Western Towers consider sufficient , cither in precisions or in . completeness . Some other conditions have to follow , and particularly , it is supposed , some under the fifth article , prohibiting the erection of fortifications at liumnraund . Tina is to be the recompense for the new alliance of Sweden , and it is a very small recompense for the la rgo offers which Sweden has m ade The armistice , therefore , cannot begin until the Western Powers have deliberated upon the form of condiiiona which they are to present , tuid Kussia has
signed those conditions ,. as well as the Austrian propositions .. The anticipation of peace , however , does not rest entirely upon the supposition of what the Gzar would desire ^ It rests upon the J > elief that his means have been exhausted , and tliat the hitherto neutral Powers are so conscious of the peril which would ensue from a continuance . of the war , with its extension to the north of Europe—that they are prepared to take sides with the allies in coercing
Russia , rather than . permit the contest to be renewed this year . No doubt it would be sound policy for them to do so ; but kings do not always abide by sound policy ; and we apprehend that those politicians who ascribe such a course to Prussia are judging of her policy by their own view rather than the view likely ta prevail in the counsels of King Frederick William . The exhaustion of Russia is a more palpable fact . Her difficulty in
obtaining money in the markets of Europe has become notorious ; the discontent in St . Petersburg , that artificially maintained city , is also known ; and the bombardment endured by Gortschakofp and his forces would , probably , have much more inapbrtant political results if it were transferred to St . Petersburg , as unquestionably it will be if Russia braves another year ' s campaign . It is on these grounds , principally , that the Czar , is expected to submit .
If it be the reason , the Government at St . Petersburg lias , as usual , made some endeavour to conceal thejxue motive —first ,, by a circular to tlie representatives nt foreign Courts , intimating that Russia takes hev new course out of deference for friendly Powers , and not in her own interests j secondly , by an announcement published to the lieges , making much of the Cza it ' s condescension
in listening to terms , and proclaiming that he is so anxious to complete his gracious resolve , thut he does not onter into any " accessory negotiations . " This seems to mean that ho will not hinder the continuance of the Peace Conference by collateral negotiation . The message sent to Prince Goirrs-QiiAKom * in the Crimea to suspend hostilities , also looka something like an earnest on the pint of Russia . There ia an ostentatious moderation which amounts almost to a confession of the exhaustion which ia denied .
Ostensibly , at least , our own Government con- v tinues very warlike . The Ministerial press is strongly contrasted in its tone with the Ministerial press of Fx-ance , where all classes seejn to snatch at the 'earliest prospect of peace . A portion of oxir Ministry , it is understood , is earnestly anxious for - waiv It is perhaps felt in high quarters that the military prestige of this country has been rather damaged " by the accidents in the Crimea . The fortunate surprise of the Malakhoff gave a comparatively easy triumph to the French , while i J the impracticable attack upon the Reslan fastened something like a stigma on the English . The causes of the distinction were so well known , however , in Sebastopol , that it had no moral effect until certain un-English writers in this country gave the hint to the French soldiers in the Crimea , and taught them to swagger iu superiority over their English Allies . A year ' s campaign might retrieve this ^ temporary injury to our countrymen , and might unquestionably secure better terms for the Western Powers than they can now command , if it did not offer some opportunities for people on . the Continent with whom the English ought to be in effective alliance . But man proposes , and God % disposes : no peace or war can be continued exactly as individuals , or even as separate States , desire . We reluctantly incurred the curse of a war ; we may as reluctantly incur the half blessing of a transitory peace . v In a few days the public will l < now more j its representatives will be assembled in Parliament , and Ministers will be obliged to make a distinct statement , It is understood that they not only feel obliged but anxious to do so ; that they have many interesting facts to communicate j and Parliament has never assembled at . a juncture more interesting . Just as it meets , there will be a remarkable election . Mr . Macaui-ay accepts the Chiltern Hundreds , and retreats from Parliament to the library . " * In effect , his occupation for the seat of Edinburgh had become honorary . Modern Athena 1 ^ qis jpro ^ d ^ to be represented by the most ^ jccessjTut" ai y ihjg , ] ^ historian , the most accomplished pghetoricia ^/ ^ nd ^ , ; ' ., '¦ really , the most independent of tl ^ taW ^ xBt ^ ia ^ M' ^ - } belonged to the Whig party ; but § k . Avf ^^ AK ^ himself scruples to fill a seat withgut ? iflll ^^ p" £ j duties ; and he leaves EdinburgG ^ r ^ oii *^^! fra
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26011856/page/1/
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