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indolent jjriestlood , J < we shall conclude that education , as carried on in this kingdom , is tie K&ot of'favour'evils . When will the autkoxities of that Cbtttrch comprehend their mission , aad endeavour failfehJully to fulfil it ? We ibave been led itsto tfeese restates by a cke « da * issued , frofli thfe -Biota © Se « ase'tary = t © l * ui Ktemmitfcfce of Prirjr Council on Edtiea-ISdn : —
* ' Sir , —I am directed bfy Viscount P&Imerstoa to request that you will submit to the Committee of uouncil on Education for Xhehc consideration , that bflfcgre # fc flrtilt la the system of in ' strtt £ tS < m in the 'tidioofe -t > f tlie country lies in the ^ srarit t > f "protter tttttaffift& -& « hs * tt tif writing . The g * eat tailk *> f 3 be « i € < 3 e tafrd tower -orders -vFrite 3 ) dmis tooflbaftll « u& indistinct , a » i do not Sbrtfi 'thai * letters $ or they « imelicaes farm them by alternate broad and fine
-Strokes , Which make the words difficult to read . The aia « 4 w * itiJ » g * hiefa was generally practised in the jearly . part and middle of tfee last ceatury was -fgxbetter than that bow in common use ; and Lord P « Ltnerstoa would suggest that it would ^ e vejy desiraHe tnatih ^ attention of schoolmasters should be difecied tbHfttis ^ u ^ jeeVand that th&r pupils sh oul d be taught rather to imitate broad printing thau fine copperfSdlfe eagraving . —I atn , & * ., H . Wm > ixwgtoh . « Whitehall , M « y 24 . "
Trifled I ^ lmerston a vigorotrs reformer , ] an&h $ i £ ntfws that ifc is of little use to laiy £ down . / pr inciples iinless you attend to details ^ 2 Ie is not content with the injunction thafc ? JEngliah children are to be taught writing , bat lie announces that < the trotting -which itet le »* n urast fce fedajfced to its « &d . % rit « &taiors sin m they please ^ gaSivst i&etiSBebtes , let iiiGtn brave , as long Us tiber tlafe , £ h ^ fifofibi&ered wrath of fiteeife—wlneh wSl Wst soine day with venceanee . like Ihat of
AehiUes—hut the « hiM £ eii o ? our iarnaers &ad ^ mechanics shall henceforth wfcite intclli * sgibly > There shali fee « to waste of time , ?© f flrae ^ © f ink , dr ^ a | fe * . T ^ very letter « ha ! i fcSfplam itself ^ kilt % her ^ shall be tio tuiinean-Ing iiottriBhea , ^ atj ' shaflbwy tepresentatiotis of amffitals tlmtfcav 6 ' nbVs \ ity ; ive ^ tt-e delugeyno stroke , lio dot thai ^ taes jjiot « erve some dennate jHargpse ; the writing pkall not . he " cribbed , cabined , and confined , " nor shall it be extended into luxurious latitude . Bold .
compa « t , aiwa stsoixg , dt shall * ej > reserifc the jfiftglish cha * ac * er . N " o tne ^ n efeonotnjr of space , no wandering to and fro ., withpirfc an aim , shall disgrace the copybooks of "iToung England . Here , then , at last we haye a man who understands what education should accomplish , and who is determined to carry out his views so far as he is permitted *
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T&E PROGRESS OP CUBA OT THE MISSISSIPPI . ! T ^ 0 mistake « ould " be greater than to suppos that the ultimate accession of Cuba to th e TTidted States depends upon the case erf the Slack Warrior , upon an expedition from Ngw Orleans , or even upon the justice of the rights of possession , we believe that the tenure of Spain is totally vitiated fyy that which vitiates all political tenure—bad
government and want of power . Power is not only the ultima ratio o-f kings , it is that also of peoples ; and when a Government cannot hold its -own by force , if not by influence , it ceases to retain ita title . "We can suppose very readily that there may have been another side in the Black Warrior case ; wo can imagine that the United States '' journals , too much in the habit of viewing all questions from the Ya-nkee point of view , have given their credit
entirely to one side , and attached no weight to facts alleged on the other . We can well understand that some aggressions on America are imaginary , and that some aggressions by Americans are passed over as matters of no importance ; but on these grounds wo say the caae doea not rest at all . Iufiuitely more important than any grounds of wrouga upon Americans ( and we always regard the A ; ine ; ri - cans as a people who can well defend ,
themselves ) , wsereare , < as we have constantly maintained , three grounds upon which this subject must be settled—rthe vitiated title of Spain , the aailitary necessities o £ the United States , and tbe wishes of the colonists ttaeanselves , ¥ « have infi > ranation from all these sources , American * Sj > suash , and Cuban . W © have long had access to 'these sources aaf information i they have not ceased % o us * and ire wee a * ble fco State , not only what was < fche < vabw
some time hack , but wkat is the view at the present moment . With respect to the Spanish tenure we have already said enough . Spaia has p 6 orh » ps put liter title ia the strongest and most logical « hape when ska has sent over -a reinforcement of 6000 troops io streBgttten her garrisons in Porto Rico ancl Cuba , in order to resist any invasion of the more importaut a $ jand . If she can retain the ialand . by the help of the 6000 men
additional , let . hec , we say , ba welcome to ^ , OJP , lafce years , tie two ohief consequences «<> f Spanish rule ia Ouba have heen that the n ^ t ; ireveittie of % lie island 'iaa been drained io ' supply the neoeBsities ot the most dissoluie ana a ^ grad ^^ : ebtO * W ^ Urb ^ e , and iiat % ' faTOTwrites of £ bat co ^ t ^ -wliemer its ex ^ or&l fiw > i * rifees or a £ a * loeial tavou * ifc 6 a ~ hkv 6 M ^ C ( the « aondpoliats of power in the island . Ete » the Seat measures resorted to by Spain ihe
ure = i > he TeBults of t&e ^ ca ^ sfte ot mi > o Uewce df the < $ m&-p $ MjSSMi-fdf eixa $ L i ifoe tensani ^ p £ ieon of Hhe negroes , a measure well intended so fair as it » Englisli . ^ romot ^ are eoncernetl ^ Ijut the Tesult in ^ pftin « ol « 3 y of CQwardi <^ and Itopdbence , ^ £ Hi © in ^ lijpacity to resiat . English , ooercion . As to-its war ^ ig efife ^ fesi , yfho can ijell ? tbe ' reettfts of emancipation in the British iaLands . uaider our own Isk ^ veinsafient ure veiy « ufe « bit ) i »* l > lo
indeed . Aft ^ r a feol $ ' |> a * aafee ^ of Bltie ct > its wi £ h . jgfifc Jbattph ^ ^ ObV- ^ itrjr ribVims , > bt $ ed stout , and gig-dnving , % h © caegroea of * l » e British isW ^ B have in rrtany dteeB silnk . "tb pesnury . The * ugar trade is struggling with insolviancy , sind many * & £ ^ the negroes , vre stispec ^ t , vegsesb -their crwu etna ^ cipati ' oiB , iacconipaniea as it ha * been % fe falling off ia the cupboflra . Btit , conducted « s ^ maucitm *
turn will be in Cuba , it ie likely to intrwia © social confusion , and the negroes "themvelves are , in nine cases out of ten , if not nin «* ynine cases out of a hundred , totally indifievent to fche very name of the thing :. Spain ia felt principally through the obstructive working of the local taxesand the iu ^ pertinent opppGasion of the-local favourites .
As to the 'military necessities of the tJnited States , we have already explained jfcbem . Cuba is the Sheeraess of the MSssissir ^ i , and whatever " " abstract title or theoretacal justice migbt allege on the side of Spain , it will , in the event of a , war j > aasing throujgfh the gates of the Baltic or tlie Mediterranean , be totally impossible for the great ^ Republic to leave tlie Sheerness of tine Mississippi either in possession of a hostile Power ^ r of a Power so perfectly incapable of exercising any responsible control as that of Spain ? In ffaoh an event , military possession , which will ultimately be political possession , must be taken of Cuba .
And what say the Cubaaa themselves ? There is , we believe , one unpopular interest in the island ; unpopular with the majority of its inhabitants a . nd with the Creoles in particular—it is the Spanisli Government . It is of coiErse very difficult for Europeans in general to obtain way opinion on the subject of the in-tonral opinion and feeling in the i-sland ; it is nearly impossible for an 33 nglishman ' to do so . It would require the protection of American connexions to secure
the chanixel , and it would also require a perfect knowledge of those who supply the mformation through an American -channel to test ifca trustworthiness . Wo are in possession of
peuecL . to adopt the local * Uegiauo © , loctJ nitiBemfoi ® , < m the loeal frith im . religw » . iett ^ a iw » 4 e ^ go suck an ^ p ion ^ ge tha t J * way be doubted whether ^ single one c « b e ^ pe ^ oniedegree ofsHj ^ r ^ asion . ^ Pei giic ^ however , have n © nght to complin vhen th * natiy ^ a theoaselvea ar « sui ^ ectei to laws not 1 ] fe £ ter . , "Hie . Vcr ^ as pect a 3 t , iihe country "bespeaks the vile government that it undergoes . The unpaved streets of the town , the etendi that proclaims--fever and c | i ieMrit everv l ; uxn . the tMola , a £ ^ taizxiant mraifir . 5 srhiddi
such means ^ we can speak with the same confidence of tbe feeling of the islanders as if we stood upon the ground ourselves ; for although our information comes to us through the UnkHa , we are able to test it , and can vtracli ita perfect honesty . So £ * eat itodeed is tlws dread of fenowiedg * oash % out that it requires rsfcufe pertuiiar protectioii to . secure its -efxport . 3 ? orei * tier 3 iro ^ tt *
VW ** e eye ^ r p ^ qgresa ^ xo ^ that ;« tfIjj ^ Kpness , the barbarous c ^ n ^ uct of , ijne jreTtau ^^ siness , ap 4 indeed of eve ^ locai ciutoni , a 3 | announce a Ooyernment oppressive ana destructive of improvement . Iftrla to ^^ lpfe tp sujp ^ dsfe IHal | oBfi ( 5 pMnioH c ^ ^ iMjt in thS streeta'w'here a foreigner ia 6 b $ ge ^ i ^ tidi ^ r ^ i ^ ^ fie ^ btai um , ^^ iist ^ iB ^ l $ ar isTH , ~~ BKd : ^ tb 6 ~ tcrcal silence—but there * sw > Amer ^ atoa ¦ < && 41 * ialandi ; « id » it * H ^ gh tv © * am * t 4 St » teirtlei « y *> f' the Attwrkto mind to view every fact—in : a ^ peouiiit
light , there are Araericwja aa perfectl y inde-• ¦ p 6 o 4 aflt inifchek yiim . ! J ^ y- ^^ Hsbi&Hi ^^ DBi TTnit ^ ^ tatesinEtn poaocQBCB in a ivigh ^ egr » e ^ -the result -of cotiBcious t « 5 wer , and it fe « t-^ . fa '^ fflffiMiii ^ epeais witki hSak oe Irak oonvictioBL tbat f W *' : ! I ** W *' ^ & Ijwhs * % 6- ^ im&g ^ &ii ' ^ ih iiLu / Je ^ i ^ * dHL ^ f * i r £ ^ £ - ' ^^ £ T % &&mi&ML
of the island , Althoug h t ^ y ar * ( afrittd-fco > 8 % ^ ! ^ . ^ % )^ t ? i ^ e 1 sc % 6 i ^ flby * Ad reiaebi thopa high autkorities , iqaa undep wiitable aasttilftlices , srojik ^ ireel ^ AaEud then ^ hfey « p 6 tl sfert > 3 igly . ^ yfa lyeiieve ive tere ^ e ^ eiet Hi « ay » 3 xg that the Creoles of-all sclaaa&a . are . petv fectly willing -to join thv teuton . ^ HMSydo not talk » bou ± it , of feoarse ^ tfeey mighty
vpeTbmps , owing ; to the inlluienoeidt TOe ^ Mr ^ it Inddaja blood derived from a SpaadBh so « iri 3 « y leav ^ 4 ; he initiative to « oaie othe ? tiptoe , ibtftb they 4 b nob diagwise froan their « v&i ^ rutom their wish that * he Americans would . con »» and take them . When * uch is the state of feeling in the island , aud we can aaaert that it is * o , our readers will understaiwlhow Httle it < H « a depend upon the merits © f ny p « i ^ tioular case Hte that of the Blvcfo tyarriar
Upon any abstract right , or upon * ny I ' r ^ ncok and English notion ^ f « xp © dieii ^ r . < 5 nh ^ mmi 1 ) 6 Ataeric » D ,, it ^ Lust foe ^ H&e bo at iSie wit serious disturbance , vWtever may be the < &xsm of Uhftt tdiflturbance . ;^ : J 0 f cotoe tibia tfesulfc will be ladependent of mere oafliualt 3 . es of ifiiibuster expeditions ^ Slttek Wwrrwr quarrels , or rising of tbo 'tJl ©( iks that anay . be teased and tantalised
with such reports * 4 iixfrniium , CuJba will pevhaps go many times to the weD , nnd w& shall not be able to distinguish at the firafc sound whether the crash that reitches us ia really ' . its breaking or not ; but we may be sureof this , that the spirit which has been nicknamed Young America , and which has predetermined the extension of the "Union in ita territory and its influence , will constantly make the Gorernment of the "United States
press forward and advance ; while the progress of the Spanish Government in / iftHfr political as well as pecuniary insolvency to wliich it is doomed , is announced by ev = ery mail from Madrid ; and the people of Ou'ba , aa w-e have ^ ust described , wre omy waiting iAm opportunity to & 11 an ? j » 4 » h © arttf » of their rough wooers in the West .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 10, 1854, page 543, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2042/page/15/
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