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"Tub one Idea which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness 13 the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men bv prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside ths 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 . "—Humbolut ' s Cosaos .
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News or toe Wrfk— Page . Mutiny and Murder 822 Costume Demagogues 828 Portsmouth Lyrics 834 The Auti-l * opery Movement 818 Serious Charge against the Police .. 823 The American Union in Danger .... 8 J 9 l . ooks on unr Table 834 Cardinal Wiseman ' s Manifesto .... 819 Euiioi'BAS DEMocRAcr— The German Question 825 ) Tun Airrs—Threatened lliot in Germany 8 ^ 0 The European Central Democratic Social Reform—XVI IT . —LeDroitau rrisse'e Valley of the Nile 834 Cardinal Wiseman in Danger 8 iO Committee 825 Travail . No . 3 830 Music and the Drama 83 } The Threatened German War 821 Assocr . vriva Pkooukss— Opkn' Council— Foutpulio—National Secular Education ........ 821 Facts of Cooperative Success 826 llomanisin , alias Terrorism S 31 Sketches from Lift 830 Exhibition of 1851 821 How to Join the Redemption Society 826 Justice to Catholics 831 God's World is Worthy Better Men . 836 Mr . O'Connor' . ? " Political Honesty" 822 llcsiguatinn of the Executive Coin- Cooperative Stores 8 'U A Stake in the Country 837 Meeting of the Polish Legion 822 mittee of the National Charter As- National Public School Association 83 J Exhortation 837 Chartist Ejectments 822 sociation 826 Tlie Manchester Conference £ 32 Coumkhcial Affaiks—A Vote-taking Machine 822 Public Affaius— Litkuatuub— Markets , Gazettes , Births , Mar-The Late Melancholy Suicide 823 How to Crush the Papal Movement 828 Olive . A Novel 833 riagci , &c 838-iO
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No . 35 . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 23 , 1850 . Price 6 d .
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The dogs of war have not yet been unslipped . Affairs look rather more pacific . Between the two dark thunderclouds a smiling- streak of blue begins to show itself , and hopes are entertained that this may spread and spread until it altogether drives away those threatening clouds . Germany grounds arms , and stands , at least for the present , " ease , ' * though somewhat ill at ease . What the next move will be no one can guess : it lies , perhaps , at the bottom of that champagne glass which Royal Prussia is said to be so fond of raising to his lips , at once the stimulus and the symbol of his own
lights unto stars . The dispute is terribly serious , and involves the very existence of the Union . But , say the Abolitionists ^ let the Union be dissolved if necessary ; its continuance is desirable , but not vital ; justice is vital . These violent collisions of great principles are seminal causes of progress , and , therefore , to be watched by all serious minds .
The Republic of America is now passing through one of those political experiences which made Athens the great exemplar and monitress of the world ; its present struggle between the inviolability of Law and the inviolability of Conscience might furnish the modern tragic poet with a theme as lofty as that which moved the " harmonious numbers" of Antigone .
effervescent will . Yes to-day , and No to-morrow , perplex and complicate diplomacy . Even Austria ' s pacific intimations , though responded to by Prussia , cannot safely be relied on as more than temporary tactics . The Prussian regiments ground arms , but they do not return to their ploughs , their shops , their offices , [ their studios . They have been called from their employments at a national expense of two millions , they have been exasperated , and insulted , and are not in the mood for becoming involuntary Cincinnati without having gained a victory ! Even the Conservatives have petitioned Parliament for war : and unless Austria make some
Struggles of a less noble kind engage the People of England just now . Meetings and addresses still crowd the daily columns of the papers , expressive of wrath at Papal " aggression . " Cardinal Wiseman is threatened with imprisonment , which a Protestant alderman sagaciously observes " would do the Cardinal good ; " Tractarians find their position singularly unpleasant , and St . Barnabas , Pimlico , has been the scene of a small barricade ; and with reason , for as one indignant Protestant averred , on leaving the church , " they light the
candles : it is Popery in its most malignant form 1 " Archdeacon Hale calls for " protection" for the Church against " monks and friars" who go about with ropes round their middles , and " faces withered from fasting and discipline !" truly an alarming spectacle , and dangerous in the contrast with lawn sleeves and episcopal rubicundity ! These miserable rope-wearers will go among the poor teaching them , preaching to them , converting them—thus calling upon our clergy , in self-defence , to leave their walnuts and port wine ,
very signal concession , such as will save the national honour of the Prussians , " satisfaction " will inevitably be demanded . An attitude of dignified firmness on the part of Prussia would command this ; for bankrupt Austria , even though assisted by bankrupt Russia , is in a bad plight for war , with Italy and Hungary eager for an opportunity , and with Prussia for an opponent , who ,
befor support ! The Cardinal ' Manifesto is , unhappily , of a length which will damage its effect , for prejudiced readers will hardly wade through if ; but , to show how completely he makes out his case , we need only refer to the leading article in the Times . That journal was the first to thunder at the Papal bull ; it now virtually eats its own words , and the only answer it can make to the Manifesto is , " If that was your meaning , why did you not say so at first ? " He did say so at first , in spite of his rhodomontade . The Leader never for a
moment misunderstood the meaning of the new hierarchy ; we always said that it did not affect Protestant England , but only the Roman Catholics in England . There are some hopes of turning our Indian empire to a more profitable account . Hitherto it has been a great issue for our military spirit . But in Europe the ascendancy of the military spirit has passed away , giving place to its great rival and future conqueror , the industrial spirit . Typical of this change , and very significant , is the fact that a commissioner is about to be sent from Manchester
to India with a view to settling the question of its capabilities of supplying us with cotton . Shades of Aurungzebe , Tip poo Saib , Hyder Ally , Clive , Cornwallis , Wellington , what will ye say to this ! The industrial spirit manifests itself in stirring preparations for the Great Exhibition ; not only is its Crystal Palace springing up with fairy-like celerity , and more than fairy elegance ; but the amount of space demanded by exhibitors is already double that which can be awarded them , and the various committees will have great difficulty in adjusting this matter in spite of the gigantic extent of the building . The very surplus , however , indicates the activity of manufacturers . The movement for the encreased cultivation o .
sides her own resources , has ample credit in Europe for any loan . If the national will were the guide , there could be no doubt that war would be declared to-morrow ; but it is idle speculating on the course diplomacy may take . This much , at any rate , is clear for the present , a truce has been agreed on , some say for eight days , some for an indefinite period , with power to break it off at twenty-four hours' notice .
and perform their duties somewhat more strenuously than many of them do ; which , indeed , forms a clear case for " protection . " Meanwhile , although the agitation continues , and every churchwarden , vestryman , and parochial Demosthenes , ambitious of seeing themselves in the columns of the Times , call meetings , pass resolutions , and reiterate with wearisome uniformity the stereotyped platitudes on the subject , it is quite evident that the first fury is over , and that reasoning men are willing to acknowledge the propriety and hannlessness of the new hierarchy . At any rate . Cardinal Wiseman ' s
flax is one of the industrial signs of the times which ought to teach disconsolate Protectionists what benefit agriculture is likely to derive from the abolition of the corn laws . Under protection we gave £ 8 , 000 , 000 a-year to foreigners for flax and hemp , the greater part of which would have been grown at homo had farmers not been taught , by unwise legislation , to look to wheat as the only valuable crop they could raise .
Meanwhile , France encreases her standing army by 40 , 000 men , and strengthens her positions on the Prussian frontier ; it being understood that Louis Napoleon will keep an eye on the German Democrats , and , should they take advantage of the present troubles to complicate ) the difficulties by manifestations of their own , France will lend her assistance to the good cause of despotism , mellhiuously named Order .
Great as are the conquests of industry , and deeply as our social progress is involved in those conquests , there is one movement deeper still , and more inextricably associated with our progress and welfare—national education . It is , therefore , with unusual pleasure wo announce that the Lancashire Public School Association , having transformed itself into the , National Public School Association , is actively agitating—as the meetings at Leeds and Bradford suillciently indicate—and that a London committee is in process of formation , to enlighten and organize opinion in the metropolis . Educate the People , and we need tremble at no Papacy .
Manifesto must now settle the matter for ever m the minds of the candid . He not only proves the perfect legality of the change , and its strictly sectarian nature , but he also proves that this Government was fully aware of the contemplated change , and quotes the emphatic language of Lord John Russell in 184 G , that it was not possible to prevent the Pope from introducing bulls into this country appointing bishops and pastors to the Roman Catholic Church : a postscript to Lord John ' s much-praised , " vigorous protest , " which reads quecrly to those who attached any serious meaning to that letter beyond the Whig claptrap of a bid
In America the Fugitive Slave Bill excites deep dissension ; one party taking the constitutional side and standing by "the law" as immaculate , the other party declaring there is one law above laws , and that is the eternal law of justice written in man ' s heart , against which constitutional figments , be they never so desirable , are but as rush-[ Town Edition . ]
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 23, 1850, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1860/page/1/
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