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" THE MOVEMENT IN SICILY.
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CHUKCTI DISSENSIONS.
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element will be confirmed in its supremacy "; tlje possession of office bringing responsibility will increase itscautiou and strengthen its disposition to conciliation 5 and the South will find that , whilst determined to " prevent the spread of the " accursed" institution , Republican statesmen are too deeply iinbued with the spirit of the Constitution to interfere with the domestic legislation of the several States .
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THE movement in Sicily cannot fail to enlist British sympathies if , in the midst of many grave questions , attention can be turned to an island that has peculiar claims upon , our regard . Sicily could boast of one of the oldest constitutions in ^ Europe , having had a parliament as early as 1072 . Of course during feudal times , that Parliament was very far from being a democratic institution , but the fact that the aristocracy luable the
and the Church were represented , was . va ; , as paving way for more complete results , which though late , would doubtless have appeared ; but unfortunately King Fkuwixand married Cakolixe of Austria , and at the instigation of the Emperor Pjjancis means were taken to destroy every vestige of liberty , and establish one of the most abominable governments that ever existed . During the war with Prance , we were compelled to occupy the island ; and the abuse of royal authority was so insufferable , that after we hod detected Queen CakolIne in
need the good will of nationalities ,, for we cannot trust reactionary' Governments , nor shut our eyes to the plain fact , that if we are not felt to be a \ great Power we shall-expose ourselves to attack . The " influence we might have gained in the llussiau war was lost through the paltriness of Cur diplomacy , and the corrupt administration of our naval and military affairs ; and if we ' would avoid future quarrels , we must increase our moral influence , as well as follow Lord Lyxdiiukst ' s advice about maintaining our fleet . It is not good for Europe nor for Prance that only one power of movement should be felt throughout the civilized world ; and the Liberal party in England would raise itself out of the mire of selfishness if , in a prudent and circumspect way , it exerted a visible influence in favour of liberty in other lands .
an effort to sacrifice us to the French , Lord -William Bentixck established a constitution , similar to that of England , in the year ISIS ; and King Fekdixand , who consented to the arrangement ; abdicated in favour of his son . The new constitution might be considered as a legitimate ¦ development-of the native institutions , but it wanted a little friendly aid , until the people had grown- accustomed to its working , and recognised its value . The House of Peers established by Lord William unfortunately consisted of needy , nobles , chiefly anxious to make use of their ' position to avoid the payment of their - ^ debtsy and when we retired from the island without obtaining adequate ^ security ^ br the -permanen ce of ^ Jje £ . ysten *? it was overthi : Q \ vn = Jby the sovereign ,-with the approval of tljfe Austrian Court . At the present time , it is believed that the wish of the majority oHhe Sicilians is to annex themselves to . Sardinia ,--and : they are
JVIukat dynasty at Naples . All over the continent , it is-reported that our Government has instigated the rebellion , and French agents are accused of giving currency to the absurd report . The King of Sardinia cannot remain a passive spectator of the struggle , especially if , Gaiukaldi appears upon the scene ; and it would save much misery if he received clear encouragement from England to assist-the patriotic cause by direct aid should he see reason to hope for success . For a long while the King of Naples has been coniplotting with Austria and the Pope for the restoration of despotism in the . emancipated portions of Italy , and only a doubt as to what the givat . Powers would dp could restrain Count (' avoir from taking another
onward step . The Neapolitans , no -doubt , deserve a better fate than the awful suffering they have to submit to under the Austrian system' which their JSoriusoN ruler carries out , and their cause ' would be aided by any movement that promoted the success of the- insular struggle . It would not , however , be desirable at present that the constitutional Government of Sardinia should be put to the severe trial of n union with Naples , which would present far greater dill ' ieulties than a union with Sicily . All parties would gain if England agreed rn let the French restore the Mukat family at Naples on condition o ( Sicily being attached to the Sardinian crown . We . know Hint this idea is entertained bv some Kalian statesmen , who see that
French vanity might thus be gratified without any permanent hnrin . Ultimately , Naples will form part of a united Italy , and French influence ' could not permanently " prevail over lTnlinu aspirations . It might , however , be useful durin / v n transition epoch , as the Government thus-established , if ' not liberal , would , in the elements of justice and security , be an immense advance upon . the present system . , We do not , wish lo . ^ o even the inornl interference of England exerted , unless with reasonable chnncc * of success ; but it is tiiuc that we took our phtce in the Italian question as the firm friends of liberty , and as not willing to abdicate our position in Europe , ' and content ourselves with looking 011 , while groat interests are disposed of by the autocratic power in Prance . We shall most certainly
assuredly entitled to any moral aid w hi eh'England can give them in so desirable a task . * , The population of Sicily is above two millions and a quarter , and in addition to the gain for humanity that would result from the enfranchisement of . so . many people * it would form an important addition to the growing kingdom of which Victob , Em-mantel is the worthy head . Such a ; -measure of annexation would likewise diminish the danger of that fcy ~ no ~ mcans ~ -ini . proba . ble—cxeiuVa . temporary restoration of the
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rPHERE are certain-well-defined privileges attached to greatness . - *¦ We will hear from a man of distinction what we should never tolerate from mi inferior ; and the lion in the fable felt the hoof of live ass more bitterly than the tusk of the boar or the horn of the bull . There was something- intelligible in the Duke of Wellington being 1 able to hold back reform for more than one session from an impatient and excited people . The Duke was somebody : he had the reputation of his splendid Indian conquests and his still more splendid Tndian statesmanship , the Peninsular war , the magnificent
vie * 01 y of Waterloo , and the grassy monument at St . Helena to fall back upon . YVlun another noble lord tried the same tactics , it was somewhat sarcastically observed that Tete-qe-Fer might go where Tote-de-Eois would do well not to follow . On the same principle , we are really at a loss to imagine what claims on the forbearance of tlie public can be put forward by Mr . Be van King , the Hon . and Few Robebt Lippell , Mr . Alfred Poole , and all the followers of the same party , to keep parishes in hot and by 110 means holy water , and to ruffle what would otherwise be the smooth course of
the English Church . Personally-, there is nothing out . of the common' way to be -said "in their favour ; they are not reii-. arlcable for learning , ability , or superhunuin _ virtue : fney are doubtless deserving of respect in all their private ? nd . domestic relations- —they pay their butchers' bills —they weiv not-present at the-great fight —( indeed ,-according to the S < iturcl < ty Xtevieu \ it would have done them good if 4 hey had ¦ a ttender!)—tVy do . not eticat ^ it card s , do not encouiage the casino , are not sw > p < cte
faniilies with the ea ' st-ofF garments of their richer flocks—the continued domaid on the part of the dignitaries of the Church , for new schools , r . ew training colleges , new parsonages , new churches , and , nlas ! for new palaces also—the great activity of dissent , and the frequency of what tiro , called revivals ; all the . ^ e things act one upon another , and make it doubly necessary that the parochial clergy ( should ' win over their people by the kindest and most judicious pnouin win over i-iieu peupje vy me muu < . ov «« . *• . « . v « - j >
---Thirty years ago . if a Bur an ICino had thought fit to attire himself W much liko a Wadle as he could , and when in 1 lie act , of pnvyer to furn his back on flic congregation , in order that they might be edifice ! by the green and gold embroidery on Ins pious back , ho might have been mobbed in so rough a district , 11 s bt . Gfonre * R- u ~ t . lie-E « st ; but . the-mischief would soon have l . een put down . Tito Bishop would have interfered to some -purpose , »» d pence would have been speedily refltored to that particularly Proteetant parish . Now , he is bumpered by a multitude of apprehensions ; ht > stnmls in dread of Church unions , of iiilcrininable actions at lawwith tremendous bills of costs—of tho virulent and vosatioufl
, press of the " party "—of tlie small popes set up here tuul there by little cliques , and of the )> riuciplc , Hint , though " holy obedience is 11 very blessed thing , smrl very fitting to bo exhibited town-da their Lordships of Kxetcr and Oxford , vet there is also si " holy a «<»» odienco , " which is most oxpediont in the diocese ol London . Iho Bishops arc practieallv powerless ; they cm deal with curates , and fiomclimes do , tyrannically enough ; but incumbents can set them almost , if not altogether , nt defiance . Bishop Tait could , no doubt , order St , George's ' Church to bo closed ; lint tliia would be proclaiming to the world that in nn iiupnrlnnt d ' strio . t , and one especially l " ofinstruction CMnirch could doiibHolnloly nothingbufc
want . , tlu * " - , must bund over the spiritual cure of the people to the y . oal of " r sentorc . If onee such a stop aa lhi » woro tnken , tbo Church wowld i be . national no longer ..: _ nhe would abnegate her position , with all its advantages , and must 'ut' once hink to the level of 11 sect . 'Jbere jh cortiiinly sonic wnnt of legislation here , nnd uiiIohH Homething" 00 done the Church musj griiivously Riiflor . Bi ^ what is that something to bo P Church benoHceN nre property , the objects of bnrg « ni nnd sale ; and in n country liko this the rights of property cannot bo tampered with . If more power bo givtm to the Bishops , they must ut tho same time bo restrained from interfonng with that which is already so carefully protected by law , and tho additional
hour , save in the natter of the —they y ] Trnyers night and morning ; and , had they only been quiet , they might have passed through life with the ' reputation of good , worthy men , who were never expected to set the Thames on fire , but who were -nevertheless far -from-useless in their day and generation . Th ' es-e . men and their doings become important in consequence of the ii ' iimler of exciting questions now before the Church . _ The Ohm ch-i-jite controversy '; the revision of the Liturgy , the equalization of living-, the . creation * of new bishoprics , tlie wretched state of the nnorer-clerffv—fty ^ n ~ i ^^ gsi * fti »» ff societies to supply them and their
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May 5 , 1 SO 0 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 417
" The Movement In Sicily.
" THE MOVEMENT IN SICILY .
Chukcti Dissensions.
CHUKCTI DISSENSIONS .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1860, page 417, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2346/page/5/
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