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On Tile Cultivation Of Flax. No. Ix.—Con...
ditions requisite for the maintenance of heat , and are more than sufficient for the development of flesh and fat , becomes more valuable to the cattle-feeder than any compound hitherto discovered . Plence , without taking the fibre of the plant into consideration , it would appear that , for feeding purposes alone , a flax-crop is the most valuable that can possibly be raised by , the farmer . When we add to it the value of the fibre and the employment of labour involved in its preparation , the national importance of the subject we liave endeavoured to treat in previous numbers will be apparent to all . Nor is the political bearing of the question wholly without interest . At this moment ,
should a general European war unhappily break out , and Russia be found amongst our opponents , what would become of our supplies of material for sails , cordage , and other naval equipments dependent upon a full 'supply of fibrous material ? It is beyond a doubt that , with the exception of manilla hemp , which will not take tar , and is principally serviceable for running rigging , and wholly useless for wearing purposes , Russia almost exclusively supplies our marine with flax and hemp . This dependence upon foreign countries , and above all upon Russia , may one day involve xis in much difficulty , and demonstrate , when too late , the folly of neglecting our own internal resources .
We have said enough to prove the value of the flaxplant , and it now only remains for us to suggest the formation of some institution whose object it should be to relieve the farmer of manufacturing processes by opening markets throughout the country for the purchase of flax in the straw , leaving the agriculturist the mere business of its production , and the separation of the seed , with proper guarantees that the whole of the wood of Ihc plant , after extraction of the fibre , shall be returned for consumption on his farm . Such an
institution needs only to be conducted with common prudence to ensure a successful result . It is worthy the consideration of the largest among our large landholders , and should be formed exclusively amongst themselves . Their business should begin by purchase of Flax straw , and terminate with its preparation for the use of the manufacturer . Confined strictly within these limits , and unfettered by antiquated ideas , the flax cause , in the hands of such an institution , would prosper to an extent to which it is difficult to foresee the limits . The
ilax-plant lias rightly been pronounced by Sir James Graham to be " peculiarly adapted to increase the fertility of the soil . " May it not now be declared as peculiarly fitted to develop and establish the industrial resources and prosperity of the country at large , ivnd so to form the bond of union—to realize in visible and practical operation , the ever-fruitful principle of concert —so long and so hoyielessly looked for , between the manufacturer and the Kntrlish farmer ? A
consummation m which Protection will find a better metempsychosis than in any scheme of re-adjustment , and in which the sundered interests of land , commerce , and labour may , without sacrifice or compromise of the interests of each , co-operate harmoniously for the peace , contentment , and prosperity of all .
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alphabet , and found himself ealnied . IJul , the Herald recipe is still hetter . We can picture tho process : first you have the zeulot , who is blind , steadying himself , and beginning ¦¦ - " Who , " < Sm \ I 5 efore lit ) has done , he sees tlio Opposition rudely stopping an oracular mouth , and tlio country vainly wailing rnstieiis e . rpectut on tip-too to Nee thul . mouth opened ; and Mitt nober zeulol , asl < n himself , " If ( lid mouth in stopped , who is to take t he Heats r " ft , \ h a problem more powerful than sodii-uiiler .
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Ij <» V !• : tJ Smiu'ITIUii ; . — 1 suppose a man ' s vanity is . stronger ( ban any ol her passion in him ; for I blush , even now , us I recal tin ; humiliation of those distant , days , Hit ! memory of which still smarts , ( hough I , he fever of baulked desire lias passed away more ( ban u score ol' ye : irs ngo . When ( bo writer ' s descendants conic to rend this memoir , i wonder will I hey have lived to experience a . similar defeat ami shanio P Will they ever have knelt , f . o a woman , who has listened t . o I hem , and played with them , and laughed at , ( . hem , —who beckoning I , hem wil . h lures and caresses , nntl with Yes , . smiling from her eyes , has tricked them on to their knees , and turned 1 km- hack , ami left , them ? All thin hhaine , Mr . I'lsinond had to undergo ; and he submit ted , and revolted , mid presently came crouching buck for more . —Thaokjskav ' B JCsmoml .
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There is no ] earned man but will confess lie hath much profited by reading controversies , has senses awakened , and nis judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Milton .
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UNION AMONG REFORMERS RECOMMENDED . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sir , —It was under somewhat similar circumstances to those in which we are at present placed , that Junius addressed a letter under this heading to the liberal party . Perhaps you will permit me , in your columns , to give such a paraphrase of his letter as may seem suited to present affairs .
To adopt , then , his words , " no man laments more sincerely than I do the unhappy differences which have arisen among the friends of the people , and divided them from each other . The cause undoubtedly suffers as well by tlie diminution of that strength which union gives , as by the separate loss of personal reputation , which every man sustains by his character and conduct being held forth to repeated acts of scorn and of contempt . " It is time for those who really mean the cause and the people , who have no view to private advantage , and who have virtue enough to prefer the common weal to the gratification of personal animosity —it is time for such men to interpose ; and if we
cannot reconcile those dissensions , let us guard against the worst eilects of division , and endeavour to persuade those alienated partisans , if they will not consent to draw together , to try separately to benefit the cause to which they all profess to be attached . The general advance of liberal principles may still go on , though Hume and Russell , Cobden , and the Editor of the Tablet , cannot be brought into harmonious co-operation . I speak to the people as one of the people . Let us employ those men in whatever departments their various abilities are best suited to , and as much to tho advantage of the common cause as their different inelinatioiis will admit . Their selfish or disinterested
struggles will equally lend to advance the cause , if we view them as our servants , and not us our masters . As for dillcrcnces of opinion upon speculative questions , if wo wait until they are reconciled , tho action of human affairs will be suspended for ever . Nor are we to look for perfection in anyone man , nor for agreement among many . We should , therefore , not generaHi ) rut / ret tlie friendship or services of any man because he differs from , its ni a particular opinion . In public affairs there is little , chance of a perfect concurrence of sentiment or inclination . Ye I every man is able to contribute something to tins common . stock , and no man ' s contribution should be rejected . By whatever principle ( lit ; new born or the veteran patriot is animated , bis measures mid his support may be
beneficial to the community . The nation is interested in his conduct ; . His motives are his own . The properties of a patriot , are perishable in thn individual , but there is a quick succession of subject ^ and the breed is worth preserving . Indeed , we need not . reject a bill for the extension of the suH ' rage . though it , should be brought in by Disraeli and supported by the bucolic Ministry . Lei , us , then , says . Junius , take mankind as they are . Lei . us distribute the virtues and abilities of individuals according to the offices they appear most suited for ; and when Ihey quit , the service , let ; us endeavour to supply their places with better men . than we have lout . hi this country ( here are always candidates enough for popular favour . The temple of fame is the shortest , road to riches and preferment .
We thus see that , the body of reformers is not , for the fust , lime , in a . stale of disunion . It seems often t . o have been in the condition of the ropo of sand , and it may be questioned iflhitf bo not ita uormul , and
perhaps most useful condition . At least , where the dif ferences of opinion are not attended with bittern diversity is one element of strength and growth All ' liberal questions hang more or less together , and if on patriot can ride his wooden hobby-horse through Xh walls of Tory prejudices , he is able and willing « ren ° rally to prepare the way for the advance of his partv and their friends . ^ The more , however , any one question is made the testing principle and shibboleth of party , the more the party will be weakened , for many who cannot join in this particular will be excluded from it , and perhaps driven to the opposite . I am , your obedient servant , OcTAvrus .
The Wrongs Of Woman. {To The Jeditor Of ...
THE WRONGS OF WOMAN . { To the JEditor of the Leader . ) Sir , —Would you permit me to draw your attention and that of your readers , to a relic of the dark ages ' which both in public opinion and in law dis graces our jurisprudence . I allude to our laws of bastardy , and our treatment of children born , by no fault of their own , of unmarried parents . Besides the injustice that children should be brought into the world perhaps of the very same parents , and yet so unequal ; the burden of everything , the loss of reputation , the degradation falls upon only one of the parties , and that one , if not the least guilty , at any rate the most helpless .
I beg to suggest , that on the proving of the paternity of a child , it should be placed on the same footing as the father's other children with regard to succession . This may seem a bold assertion , and may be quarrelled with as having a tendency to alter succession to estates , and produce injustice . I do not believe it would do so . The present system is fully as likely to do so . And not only should the children be so treated , but the mother should have the position of wife , so far , at least , as provision for her extends . Nothing would so effectually clip the wings of those wretched men of gallantry , as they are called , who are often the pests of society , as such a law ; for the provision to be made for the mother should be in proportion to the means of the father , and not to the wants of the mother .
When it is said in the Scriptures that the sins of the parents will be visited on the children , a mere fact is chronicled , and even deprecated . Such , from our hardness of heart , is the case , but it ought not to be so . The Supreme Ruler does not respect persons . This alteration of the law would have the effect of punishing » the strong , and not the weak . It would cut down one great source of injustice to its very roots . I hope , however little you may agre e with these views , you will allow them tho benefit of appearing in that useful arena of public opinion , your Open Council . Your obedient servant , Ishmael .
What Is Fame ?—To Be Rich, To Be Famous ...
What is Fame ?—To be rich , to be famous P What do these profit a year hence , whon other names sound louder than yours , when you lie hidden away under ground , along with tho idle titles engraven on your coffin ? Hut only true love lives after you , —follows your memory with secret blessing , —or precedes you , and intercedes for you . Non omnis moriar , —it dying , 1 yet live in a tender heart or two ; nor am lost and hopeless living , if a sainted departed soul still lovo » and prays for me . — Thaokeiiay ' 8 Esmond . The Common Lot . —Cnn any one , who has passed through jthe world and watched the nature of men and women there , doubt" what bad befallen her ? 1 l »» v 0 seento bo sure , some- people carry down with them
, into old age the actual bloom of their youthful love , and I know that Mr . Thomas Parr lived to be a hundred and Hixty years old . Hut , for all that , throe ? hcoto and ten is the ' age of men , and few get beyond it ; and m certain that a man who marries for mere beaux yeux , us my lord did , considers Iuh part of the contract at end when the woman cen . sen to fulfil hortt , and 1 »» 0 V () docs not survive her beauty . 1 know 'tin often otherwise , I say ; and can think ( an most men in < lu'ir " ^ ll experience may ) of many a house , where , light * - ' * early yearn , tlio sainted lamp of love bath never bed' exho thunt in
tinguished ; but no , there iH Mr . l ' arr , and the great , giant at the Jiiir that is eight foot hif ? " —|' " ccption . s to men— -and that , poor lam ]) whereof 1 « 1 « " that lights ni . fii-Ht tho nuptial chamber in extniguiKlie by a hundred winds and draughts down tlio oliiiW ' or HpultorH out for want of feeling . And tlio" « then it is Ohloo , in the dark , . stark awake , mid bt'op Hiioring unheeding ; or vice versA , Tih poor bt" ! 1 V , that ha * married an artless jilt and awoko out oi < absurd vision of conjugal felicity , which was to » j ^ over , and in over like any other dream . <)"« •»« j ^ Ints made bin bed , and ho imiHt lie i" it , » it ' "'"'__ day , when life ends , mid they ttloop noparaU " TuAOKEBAir ' Msmond .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 27, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27111852/page/16/
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