On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
Cabinet ia Bonding-street ? If he oa& go bo the Diike of Kfewcft&lg or to Lord John Ru&sett , and bri&g either of those statesmen sfter to las views , he would effect a good lervide . "We do not knotty indeed , that he eould ^* t e . n introduction to either , , < be-OftdwettliO' iSnglisli people have suffered their ppblie Ministers to aeaume airs t * f eidutemiess , 'ead to treat with c < mtetttpt a » V unpopular representations . 3 k thift
reject ttiw WMteBk » UBe at Washington and the Stffieial fcfcsridence' m T > owniag- * treet bteeonk > tfee exteit opposites ^ Kxwsuth may W ** te : ftw * 8 toMl the faculties for cofiviwfcing audience * at Sheffield ^ but vrtw * *; h « i P Any ^ efec ^ on agent cui teli hiin ~ wiell fcnotigli a » tl job be » t urgumexit * rill go * ^ fery Bmal ^ w * Y to determine tbe electidn of any vingleafomber , et ^ n in taa highly JaStmm fcown /^ i ^ ffielel And it ^ iil baw no ©«**
wiateTBr ^ n ; them ^ ority <^ fthe « OH 8 fci * tt « ii ( It * riIV indeed , have a eondd&rabieittfiueiwa ajion : ; ^ argfefc tmmbeM of thbse who iwtwii feufc ^ agate we tafe , WImA then ? Ttie English , ipeopia mW tiank what it likes ; ^ i ^ hto ^ we fcttbitually disregardsd \ tslk in DdTsaidti ^ stj ^ t and iaParliament . ^ ' Kosaruth ' s advice resolves itself principally iiit 6 otiixe& ^ poifitB' - ^ not r -to make an' EK&i £ jh . ce mthiuAxafcria ^ to ttfrefer the alliance with ^ nd Ptdakid
Sunjii ^ < to ore ^ est ^ liah hbdily Withw « j ) e <^ tD t ^ ib ^ wt of these points , we way -iay ttat tfc * mischief is done for ^ he ^ r ^ eortsstoig * of the ^ aflaii " , But even if ^ ti l atw'' ^ i ^ , ^ taiwrnld tu « i oat to be « g * inst ftwj ^ f *! * ibt 6 » 8 t 8 to consort with Austria « gjfin % * : « ay , How can the iEnglish peo £ pre ^ eii * itf T # ith regard to the second jMm % ^ ibi »« £ & « be fcith Hungary , there < 50 uM % ei ^ BiO o yp teetioa sf £ \ B&aAgaty w ^ e to ^ feeh&e itself , &&&- ' oflfer it * Chance . Such is not Ifee ou&nfab s feut ^; await the event ? with
iwrjatiettbe sttid with hope . The third point is « a * 'inwi * fr' tobae" distinct and practicable * uggedrt * ott- ^* o reestablish Poland . Weil , the Po 4 es * rer «^ hasrgeabi « with many defects in tli ^ fr ieonstitation ; defects , perhaps , toot «» e * ifcsaBy greater than those which fewve eiriflfced in our own country , tin Hungary , in Sftrdiaift , land 'in other countries wb ^ pe they have been nbftn ^ oned with the concurrence of all &ttetm . Bnt Poland was endowed with trwo qualities that make her valuable to
herself and to her neighbours at the present momont—ti / a'fepbiig-aense of her nationality , and a . military spirit diffused through the whole body of the people . Oould « udh a nation "be re-established between Russia and Europe , it would « et tip an organio b «« rier tegainwt ifee bttrisormns ; and by thus reorganifling a local » nd indigenous army Englaaid would * be saved the cost of increasing her own armaments , and the pressure im the taxpayer would be proportionately diminished . It is ^ therefore a question fa * the English taxpayer .
' But *> tkje BQ 6 re we say , " What then ? The appeal td the English taxpayer may hw « mttie effect upon the middle class ; but in military matters the middle class are esseatially timid , and , by their own will , ignorant They will follow the Government . Austria and Prussia forMd the resurrection of Poland as much as Russia does , and our G-overametifc would most likel y flinch from doing that which would offend Prussia or Austria .
Unless , tlien , our Ooverninent were emboldened to do bo by a happy compulsion from the English people , they are not likely to a < Jfc ; and still we come back to the same difficulty : the English people have no influence or power . The ^ English Doople are not represented in the representative assembly of the nation . That objection , however , would not be inapplicable to other nations , unrepresented or imperfectly represented , — deprived of any such direct authority over their Gho
vernmetffc as the American people possess , * && yet exetcisfcag an influence which we in this 'Ootmfcry have quite forgotten . The free action of aai Absolute King in Prussia has its limits ; th < 5 * e is a point at which the Will « f t&e Prussian people would be ranseti 5 and if trace that point were attaaxe&f the Prussian people , which is a vast army , would soon eitfbftfe i % a will . Ijoms Napoloon did make an appeal to the French "nation . Ms
. restricted i % s Voting to & simple -q ^ ieetion -of * Yttf' ^ r ^ iHof * ke tuay have Juggted ifo& r ^ tte ; but the sequel fea 8 proved , that thfc great iwdy of tb ^ Prench tiation &cquies <» g m his teo » a « fi 8 ion 0 ^ the tla-one . Why ? Principally *>« ca « rae his nft * ie , his promise ttitiA hia ^ erfottnftnees thus Ikr , induce the public to think tfeat his ^ kwornmeftt "Wiil be productive of th&t which lE ^ enehmea value infinitely mor © thaSi political liberty cr material proaperity— -tise nationiil « gm « ndisement
of-Fraaee . lie * dLouis Nflpotwrn do « iny % hmg tot *^ r « ttfeh , ^ fttwl til ^ e ^ w « r nafc h& ^ pmseSBes , ui police or armies , -oould nob p » revfent the [ French people ffcom going forth : and exlaAgusiiliing mSao . ' ¦ : i - English Ministers csrt do anything mn » Snglisk , —they alten ^ o ; Irat the Bnglifeh people is deatftttte »< tf ^ owet febiprefenfe % hem . In this respect we are equally contrasted
with almost despotic Governments like > France nr Prussia , and with ^ atwns under a ^ mo ^ rfetie © overmnents , like Switrerland m &m&m& > > an ^? ifer ^ e « abie- *«! BiB 6 nt . W ^ e have ' ii ^ fe th e nattonalrepr ^ ientatiGn of AEBierica * tid'Switzepl « ad , noriiweWe > tb « general difiusion of militery training and spirit wisi <^ are cfomnron . 'to Prussia and Prance , " ^ fe 1
canoei % her argofe nor vote inthe national Parliament ; nor can we appealed that which » etdiy B ^ tlesMevet ^ ^ faeetioB &f etafce—mafeerial power . It is often % * ^ r ^ tence ^ h « it ' * i ^ nblic qpinioa , " or thalt ^ in ^ srAl ^ persuusi **! * ' '"Mftv avail ; but let any man try . Yablic opinion is a joke , Unless it be sustained by * the ^ n ! w ^ arm of the law " moral perstia eion itself ^ musfc -st » p « hdrt at % he limit fixed for sconetituted authdritr wi ^ x the Strong a * H 4 to sustain it . -
' Hxe help of tte EngMsli people is Masked ; tjie English people is fH > werlesfr , ** itt nttaasistance is furnished for eHabling it i ; oTecover the power which , would cbnrertits Bssistance into a reality . The bill by which the Chartist * endeavoured to regain Parliamentary representation for the English people has been dropped , because the millions that supported it found among themselves traitors who adulterated their petitions , converted their claim into a reproach and a joke , aaid played the game of their enemies . The present
Government , which made a fractional attempt towards restoring the representation to the working class , met with more opposition than support ; and the attempt has dropped ; and the birthright of the English freeman is left in abeyance . The right to retain in the body of the people the military strength of the country has been given up and formally annulled by Parliament . In America
the law obliges the people to familiarise itself with military exercise ; in England the law forbids it . The class , ' therefore , which possesses the key of executive power , however limited in number , can dispose of the influence of England at pleasure , and can put down opposition either at home or abroad . In America no party can surprise the state , no party can dispose of the national influence . Even little Switzerland boats us in
that respect . The war , then , will l > e a school which will teach the English people how to regain the self-command which it now lacks . We cannot expect the great body of the English people to tako up -that which htm » o recently been dropped bv the Chartist millions and by the Executive in office . Suoh
work ia only to be begun by those comparatively few earnest and active men who understand the dynamics , the natural forces of politics . All great reforms ikot carried by the acclamation of an entire people have been commenced by organised bands of men , prepared to sacrifice itime , substance , and even life in the enterprise . No state ia Enrope has , we believe , attained to any new step in freedom or power , without begin
ning in that : way ; and " before we can expect the English people to recover the inihifence which they once exercised upon tho ^ cottncilv &f the nation , we must have at --work a , bofly of men oombi&ed to recover those Jpftwera which are said to have been secured to « a by the Bill of Rights , but whiclL were really secured by Gromwe ^ , liis companions * &ud successors , recorded m the Biil of Bights fcnd forfeited by the Supinenetfs of ftheifiogliah people .
Untitled Article
EALMERSaX > N QjBT THE GETTING OF BOYSVCO ^ IEiS . What with doing what they ought not to do , and leaving uadone the things they ought to do , D 9 cen ! in general ^ onteive to nua iip a pretty loAag score cf oSenc © 3 against religion and morsMty . But betpween -theee flin ^ of omission , and icoma ^ ssion * as they < are caJiled by ttieoldgidiif t rthere is a ikeutral teriatoryy peo ^ d witiiiaE : Msbd& ; of anistafces < a&d ^ crexe ^ which scarcely tecjeive ihe censure tlisey -de serve . T ^ ke , for example , ithe much-vexed jfoeit ^ n Of -education . Is there any subject m the world of rw 3 » eh we o ^ tght to know ^ o much , and really know so little ? . Is tl * ere any branch of human activity which fails * & utterly-of staining its 6 ^ ject ? 3 ? he jeiaeaf and the blacksmij £ h iearn ^ thear . trade . They have a clear coneebtiou of tlie « nd ab whufk they « im . H&eir tostrumeats fare adapted rbo their work , and success is the result . T ^ a schoolmaater pursues -a di ^ &rent course . Me has to deal with t scores of children , who , in . a few years or a few months , must be > taking different parts in the great business of human life . But he fits them for ithy submitting one and all to the same process . The infinite variety of intellect ancl disposition passes Ins « omprehen » ion , —at all events , ^ nas no time to attend to individual cases : It
follows that all are , more or less , neglected j and children leave school without having received -any special adiaptation for tlie work they are expected to do . And this ia true of the children in the higher classes—true of our universities not less than , of our public schools . "With remarkable perversity we maintain systems df education that belong to an age
universally denounced as dark and barbarous . Hence it happens that young men have to begin tlieir education when they are supposed to have finished it . " Whole years are wasted In preparation , and the victims of thts foolish system discover that the labour of their youth has been , to a great extent , in vain . To takfe an instance . It might have been expected that our universities would succeed in
training clergymen for the Established Oharoh . Now one of the duties which priests and deacons are expected to perform is that of reading a certain number of prayers ; they are spared the troublo of composition , and are not compelled to be in a devotional spiri tthey are onl y required to read the prayers of the Church in an audible tone , and with sorao
intelligence . Bat these very modest conditions are scarcely ever complied with . Oi the ten thousand priests a . nd deacons of the Establishment , how many are there who havo ever learnt to read P The rule holds throughout . The classical maohiae is a deoi < d © d foilure . Surely , then , the system must bo bad ; and if we come to think erf the pernicious effects that ar © produced by an untaugftt
Untitled Article
£ 4 * THE LEADER , fSAtftnu > AY ,
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), June 10, 1854, page 542, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2042/page/14/
-