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But these small oppositions were fruitless ; Lord Join's manly declaration of a war to chastise injustice , and to arrest the enormous ' anibition of Russia , speaks the feeling not only « ftl » e £ K ) use but of tbe entire English people ; and / if tKe ^^ ir ^ leader did not veriture upon a division , ifrllitr . Cobdendld not attempt ta walk into the lobby , it was because the Peace man felt ashamed of the ^ pettiness of his following , and because the Pirty ^ man not only dreaded to ahbw 'diniimili ^ d numbers , but dared , apt brave . the- dMu ^ i ^ pK such a division would have entailed up ^ n Jhuia ^ Jid all who-went with him . ¦ ::- ' ¦ - . * ' * ¦> K >\ . U ** k ?? 0
Mr . Hume on a subsequent evening spoke ^ $ ^ true feeling of the English people , when Jdep&tf ing from his ordinary parsimony * he declar ; ed ' | lp | h ( i approved of the increased vote , and ayowe ' « littjttt ; -a , war to prevent injustice , was a just it& , ' * . Tt $ w . '& ¥ good object . " In following the course of the national feeling , however , we have been draWii prematurely into Parliament . Nor did Mr . Hume flinch wlen the probability . —the certainty of a large additional increase waiS
inexorably presented to his view . In proposiitg the army estimates , last night , Mr . Sidney Herbert plainly declared that they were framed on tn ^ basis of a peace establishment , and that he should , have to propose a . supplemental estun ^ te-rrft ; genuine war estimate . This also Mr . Hume ' approved ; manfully accepting the consequences of his "Wednesday ' s declaration . And still , we' are ' convinced , he does but express the universal feeling of the country ; for the morbid eccentricities ^ - which appear to be " exceptions , " are na more representatives even of sectional feeling than the inmates of Hanwell represent a party or an opinion . Some other facts have to 1 e stated regarding the "war and our foreign relations . The proclamation issued by th « Queen , to authorise t 3 » e de * tention . of military stores and marine engines by f the Custom-house officers , was expected , and was necessary . Instructions have accompanied the proclamation , telliiog the Custom-house officers how they may permit the transmission of such goods , when it is clearly proved that they we intended for friendly states , a . nd not directly or cirouitously for the serviceof Russia . It ia well known that this proclamation was not a irutum fulmen ; it was urgent . Engines were about to be sent from this country for Russia . ; gunpowder also was on its way ; and the export is ascribed to a highly liberal . " party , ' who distinguished himself ior Uis epistles in favour of National Dofence , and who seenaa to think it no unpatriotic act to supply th « enemies of bis country with the means of shooting his countrymen .
spirit is exactly the same : it appears to be impossible to draw distinctions , and the facts which we have stated show that the feeling exists in all classes as well as places —in the working class as it does in tie middle doss , as in the wealthiest . Exactly the same feeling appears in the House of Commons , and again this week a species of Qpr position motion has called forth a new expression of unanimity . On the motion for going into a committee cf supply , on Friday last week , as our readers are . already aware , Mr . Iijiyar . d made a grand survey of the blue books , for the purpose of showing that as Ministers bad been vaoillating in the past , they scarcely deserved confidence fa " the ' future . Mr . Disraeli hung back till the close of the debate ; but Lord Balmerston reserved himself still more pertinaciously , to harass the rear of the Opposition leader * Mr . Disraeli made an advance beyond Mr . Layard ; his object was to show that Ministers , who profess to believe in the peaceful and harmless intentions of Russia , must have known , by tie long ay owed policy of that Power , by the transparent duplicity of recent assurances , and by the nulhii ^ |» ireparation 8 in Russia , that the Czar ini ^ nilid ^ onietaing very like what came out when # * 4 ii 6 e Mensiphikoff went to Constantinople ; an < t th ^ refore ^ B ^ id Mr . Disraeli , Ministers liave - « ith ^ r "been guilty of a credulity incredible in mien so experienced , or of connivance . But Mr . Disraeli proved too much ; if Ministers are such fools or such traitors , how can any man with a sense of duty to his country let them continue in office , or agree , as Mr . Disraeli did , to entrust them , with any supplies they ask in order to carry on the war ? It is evident that Mr . Disraeli failed to believe his own accusation , for he convicted himself of a complaisance to be explained only by the supposition that he also connived in tlie schemes of the traitors whom he denounced .
A MANIFESTO Irom the Emperor of the French equivalent to a declaration of war is daily expected ; and whether our Government should think it necessary to go through the same form or not , the declarations of Ministers , coupled with the public proceedings , the language of the great body of the- people , and tlie movement of troops , ia which the Piince Consort has taken a conspicuous part , conwIiUute aa unconcealed state of warfare . A considerable portion of the troops have now embarked—the ' Guards at
Southampton , another body at Liverpool , a third at Dublin ; and others axe under orders to rendezvous at Malta . Preparations for the second division of the contingent are already in progress . . Some questions hare been put respecting the cavalry ; for which apparently the preparations are less advanced than for other troops . Tlie fact is , that at present , as we understand , there is Vlo intention of sending out a large mounted force , but only sufficient to do the duty of videttes and escorts . The force will not at first exceed two
regiments—the 8 th , and the 9 th Hussars . The feeling that jre have before noticed at once grows stronger and more universal in its expression . The soldiers may be said to exhibit more of the usual zeal than might have been expected from them . One instance is striking . Several corporals in the Scots Fusilier Guards , beyond the , number required for the detachment sent abrogtij ^ made a request that th « y might be disrated , in ora £ jjp that they might go out as volunteers in the r units /
Officers show the same impatience , and . J . he Horse Guards are overwh e lmed with applications : The proceeding of Princ « Albert , wlio ' inspected the Guards in parade in St . James's Park the day before their departure , coupled with the general order conveying his approbation and his good wishes to the men , identifies the Court with the national feeling . The , popular sentiment breaks
forth wherever the soldiers present themselves , especially at the points of embarkation . Municipal authorities press their hospitalities on departing officers . Recruiting for both services proceeds with great rapidity : a hundred are sent off ia a body from Pembroke to serve in the new ships , just aa a hundred m « n in a day join the army at Dublin : whether it is in Cork , Portsmouth , Shields , Abcrdeensiire , or South Wales , the
Mr . Lobdens speech formed an episode in the debate : he reiterated much of his peace doctrine ; objecting to any war in support of Turks against Christians ; declaring that he would be glad if Russia obtained Turkey , and positively advising Ministers to fall back upon the Vienna Note—the first Note , universally rejected ! The speech would have been umusing , if it had not boon painful , as a display of eccentricity whioli implies that the speaker is incapable of understanding the motives of honour and national justice , which cull the English people to an exercise of their courage and strength .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK- ** o « Mr- > Y . J . Pox . MP . . and the The Belgian Girl , Parliament TfidSlaraSon ; > V » ' ^ Strikes 177 House ^ ndthef-Glubs ... _ . „ : 181 - - sS ^ ff ^ nSto "'^ ' ^^?' - « Sl ^ vr The Parliament of the W «* fr 176 ColUeiy Bxplosion ... 177 Smith O ' Brien Pardoned ...... 181 - . 5 JS 5 ^ T ^ " ** " **" M - ^ V *»? The Liberal Members « nd the Re- Botfirwnging in Australia 177 , The . Lancashire Strike * and Thes « l * aK ¦ ¦ .:: & :,-. ^ jq b&i ? - form ^ ttl ..... > ,.,. iw .. ; .. i ... ^ . 173 Miscellaneous 177 ^ Eocfc-rtuts ....... 182 , / i ' Sbliain Biohards : ' ; Kei * iia * l r'i ' * f * £ Sl ^ g ^ C ^ S ^ fim : 1 ? S PUWJCAFFAIRS- ^ S ^ fe ^ ^ * basic *' .............. ; ............ ; ,..... ; .... 178 Revolution Taught by Ifehlo- ' TfiePr ^ iesH ^ pf India .... ^ 183- "• •»>•' ir " »^ ' ^ ' ' 5 ^^^ S ^ ^ , ^ 1 ^ . Continents Notes .. ; .. ; .... ^ .. 17 & m « cy 7 . * „ .... 179 A "StiwijB ^ in Parliament ...... 1 S 4 , % tJ »» M » wr ^ u ^ aad )(^^ ,.. ^ The Sturge » t St . Petersbftrgh ... 176 The Civil Service as it is tc lie ... 179 ¦ . V «» a ^; . b ^ - ¦ . COWI *» C | A t AfFAIRS— "' r ^ / r * TbePiwfon ^ Labour BattI * . 176 TOw . ilift , and Social Health ... 180 M ^ RATURE- < mS ^ S ^ SfT ^ S * - £ A ^^^ V ** British Morals ..- ; 178 Indian ^ li ^ es . „ .. „ .. 180 ; Bante and his Translators 186 ' vf rt ^ Jf' l 8 >^
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 25, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2027/page/1/
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