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APOSTOLIC 11LOAVS ASD KNOCKS.
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exertions of the State , as implied in . the Times , they and others are to be made prospers . In the people , as distinct from the State , which never interferes with industry bat to injure it * Jies the productive power which enriches all . ¦ . Loris XIY . said , ^ V < ltat c ' est moi ; " he could never have said " Le pays c'est moi . " The first Buokapaete R epeated the phrase , and for ever distinguished between the btate ^ or his government and the people , especially the traders of ln-anee . Both Lours XIV . and Buonapar-Te were engaged in very sano-uinary and protracted wars ; both were for a considerable period successful under both the State was
aggtanvery ; dized—it was prosperous ; but under both , the people . of France and of several other countries were exposed by the State to great privations , hardships , and miseries lar from other States prospering by the prosperity of the . btate- of Prance , they were ruined or destroyed . The prosperity ot the State there was completely hostile to the prosperity ot the States of Holland , Germany , Italy , Bussia , &c . Because the btate of Louis XIV " . inflicted great injuries on other States , they . united against it , curbed it , and confined it . The State of Buoxapakte , in propbrtion as it nourished , was found so ruinous to other States , that they united against it , and at length were to it down
able , by great exertions and great good fortune , put as a nuisance . That they might prosper , they made a complete end , as they thought , of ' the State of BuonApakte . Clearly , therefore , ; ' the mistranslation by the Times , leading it to assert that the greater the prosperity " of one State—L e ., France under Louts XIV . or under BuoxAPAKTEr ^ the more she contributes to the prosperity of other States , i . e ., England and Holland under Wiliiam III ., or Prussia under Frederick William , confounds a source of injiiry ¦ . with the great source of social welfare . That journal * treats as identical the brutal ravages of war and the glorious inventions of peace . It confounds the destruction with the creation of human welfare . The
mistranslation of . one word carries with it all the vast . consequences of confounding good and evil . _ , It may have no sinister effects on well-informed mi . uds , _ but it cannot fail to lead many uninformed and ihdiscriminating ininds astray . If unnoticed and uncorrect ' ed it may keep alive error and promote iniserv . . . . ~ , Under another aspect , the mistranslation of this single word is important . The slightest acquaintance with the social sciences , or with the writings of political economists , would have prevented both the correspondent and the leader writer from foiling into this glaring error . . They would then have Icuoavii that tlie Industry ot " individuals produces air wealth , while the action of the . 'State as continually . impedes jn'pduction . Consequently it is the action of individuals as such in one country , which
enriches the individuals of another country , ami not the action of the State , which is merely , and wholly , and at all times obstructive ; . Nobody says it is good in itself ; it is only tolerated as preventive of e \ il " . As both these writers Ml into this ' glaring error , we must conclude that they wero absolutely . efficient in a knowledge Which is essential to statesmen and public writers . For the public , this is of great importance . It shows by one single but fruitful example , that it is not safe to surrender its judgment to > any public writer . At the same tune , it should inculcate on public writers some modesty in urging a lino of policy which may bo as erroneous , as represent ing the State as identical with the industrious people .
Another ' tispoot also illustrates its importance . The Emperor of the Fitio-cir , or the State , ] ms resolved , it appears , to annex Savoy , and ihc State of Knirlnnd can'do nothing , wo are told , to prevent it , however much it . may " scold " « t the
liiope even of preserving for any length of time the peace of world , much loss of securing its prosperity . Wo see , howevor , in fact , that this " State " of France , or tho Emperor Napolbox III ., is really susceptible to tho . influences of the pcoplo , wlio are not tho ' State . In obedience l *> the voice of Europe , Uo tries to cxtendSho freedom of industry ; and we look , as other persona will Jook who do not confound tho State with the pooplo , to the latter , ns euro to promote by their exortions the prosperity of oil , and in tho main to tjctoml tho trade and secure tbe pence of the world . .
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THE root or of St . George Viu-tho-Kasfc and luu clearly brethren pursue their holy war with undlimnisliad ssonl , whilst tho law stands serenely by , encouraging 1 tho combatants fco fight it out . Tho oontout , howovoi , has ontorod upon n new phase . Mv-
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Bjiyak King and his friends , who had Inthertoi stood on the defensive , have . now assumed a very offensive attitude , and in a desperate foray made last Sunday afternoon , when the enen > y was rather too confident , committed sad havoc in his ranks . The story , as we have ifc at present , is quite dramatic , and although we shall of course be glad to know that'Mr . King does not do battle as one of the church militant a Id Ton Satebs , we shall yet feel so me what annoyed if the interest of the episode shotild be spoiled by any prosaic disproof , given when , the matter is heard before the Arbour Square Areopagus . Some zealous adherents of the Protestant faith had , it seems , determined to deprive the rector of the advantage he has taken , for some Sundays past of filling a certain number of seats in the vicinity of the pulpit with his own adherents ,
thereby not only ensuring himself against personal violence m case of a row , but keeping the coughing and sneezing as far distant as possible . So these good people , who have obtained what in Stepney will be deemed the crown of martyrdom without seeking it , i-esolved to wait after the afternoon or lecturer ' s service , until the evening or rector ' s service , and thus preoccupy the coveted position . They waited , and took their places , no doubt congratulating themselves on their triumph ; bat the rector was hot to be done . He ordered them off ; they refused to go , alleging now that the church doors were locked * although why that should have prevented them from giving up the seats we cannot ' understand ; and thereupon were " wolloped "—their own word- —by their spiritual director and his friends . Some had the honour of receiving whacks from
the rector , others from the curate , Mr . Dove , and some were handed over to the kicks and cuffs of the common soldiers of the church militant . Mr . Dove , however , is the herb of the day . He engaged in single combat with the leader of tho malcontents , and for the moment enjoyed a signal triumph . Mr . Heebeet , who unites to his profession of scale-malcer the high and mighty offices of vestryman and parish constable , is , we are told , the Cicero or Demosthenes—we don't . know what is his style of oratory—of the anti-Puseyiteparty . Well , this great man had been to the afternoon lecture ,. and there been grievously insulted by an " impudent little chorister boy . " However he got qver that outrage , and went home to tea . He did not enjoy his Bohea in peace . A . messenger summoned him to the church . On . his way people Urged him to hasten , or murder would , be done . He admittancebut in vain
went to the side door and demanded , . A chorister shoved him away , and another person , who is described as a fighting man , doubtless the rector ' s tutor in the noble . art . shook him . Away he went to-the vestry , but found the door leading thence to ; the church locked : so he turned him back and hied out . of the vestry door ; but Curate Dove was there , slammed the door upon the constable , jammed his leg- in , and kept it thefe one nliniite and a half . The constable describes himself as screaming , and Dove as gloating- over his ag-onies during that dread interval of time . We think-it-very likely the constable would have been more than mortal if he luid not yelled under such circumstances ; and if Mr . Dove , when lie had his great enemy thus laid fast , did not feel particularly comfortable , he is very much above the weaknesses of the common run off humanity . .
Such is the story as the sufferers narrate it . Of course every item is exaggerated , and , probably enough , it will be proved by the rector that the conduct of the complainants was highly provocative , and in one sense fully justified tho punishment given them . But if we adopt the interpretation most favourable to Mr . King , there can be little doubt that he , a . minister of religion , charged with tho eternal interests of xnany thousands , actually engaged in an unseemly brawl with some of that very ( look on the Lokd ' s day and in the Lord ' s house ; And this is but an incident- — -a sad orie—as ifc makes tho clergymen themselves participators in a continuous history of disgraceful disturbances . JSvcry Sunday the church of St . George ' s-iu-the-Eust is crowded , and every Sunday tho performance of JDivine Service is a blasphemous mockery . Nine-tenths of tho congregation cough , snooze , and whistle , road out the rosnonses loudly , knock with their Lunds and feet , until the officiating minister seems restrained t
to be engaged in a dumb show , and arc only oy » e presence of some fifty policemen from making a desperate row , siiid perhaps inflicting personal outvngc upon the clergy present ; tho other tenth is engaged in an attempt to drown tho noiao made by tho malcontents -in u volume of choral sound , or olso i « endeavouring to identify tho porsons most active in the disturbance , in' order to give evidence against thorn upon a summons , before , tho police magistrates . That is theway ia which thin ' g-n . go on in this parish ovory Sunday ; jind tho law , or rather those who should administer it , seom disposed to allow tho riob to run ita course . Tluit such should bo tho caso is a disgrace to tho law , and an oncounigornenti
to similar excesses elsewhere . Wo rogvot to bo obliged tp express tho opinion that tho mamatratos at tho ThamcH Police Court arc not a little to blame for tins protraction of o , Bonndal ., which might have boctr easily got , rid ot at first . They shrank from discharging thoir plain duly , and have preferred to make long speeches , no doubt very well mtonded , but utterly uncalled for . Tho question before them was not whether Mr . Kino was rfcht or wrontfs . they had nothing to do with Pusoyism , or any antayoniatio /* /;* / thoir -sunplo duty was to puuisli a riot in a volitrioufl inootiuy , and not tp . import a hoiip of utterly o ' Stwneous coneidoratioHs . Tho question as between Mi ; , h tsu md tho inhabitu ' nta , roprowonted say by the vestry , objoetintf l <> ' »« " ° ™ forms , H ftltowethoi- a difTerent . nutter . Upon that , altl » o « i « -l » wo should bo obliged to condemn tho absurd Iiintfiiajro « ' » ljl'J . v «« > y many of thoao ovov-scoalous ProtoBtants , yot wo bI . «) . JiI - » n » witu thorn as against Mr . Ki » o ; and tvo can soaroely / iud wordy Htiong
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March 10 , 1860 . J TheLeader-and \ Saturday Anal yst . 2 % &
Apostolic 11loavs Asd Knocks.
APOSTOLT 0 11 LOAVS AND KNOCKS .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1860, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2337/page/9/
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