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      430 Passing Events. .

      430 PASSING EVENTS . .

      To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...

      To the Editor of the English Woman ' s Journal . „ Madam ,

      letter In the signed January A . E ., number in which of the the writer _English expresses Woman a wish ' s Jotjbnai to know , how I read soon a there will be an election for the candidates of the X . Y . Z . Fund . It is

      it intended would to be grant advantageous annuities as to fast the as X the . ~ Y funds . Z . Fun will d permit to lessen , but the I do sum not of think five large _jDOunds number to ten of years circulars ' subscri have ption alread —for several been distributed reasons . in In which the first that p sum lace , is a

      y nam subscri ed , ption in lieu for of the a ten governess years' subscri and her ption emp . loyer Secondl ; and y , it in is the only third a ten lace years I ' p ,

      lead fear so to great many disappointm persons would ent , present as it is not themselves likely funds for will annuities be obtained , that it rap would idly at first . Ten years may be almost necessary for the success of the lan . To

      p part allow of any the sum orig to inal be p paid lan , down but was , instead added of because ten years it was ' subscri feared ption aged , was gover not

      nesses would have no chance at all . sent Hereafter I should this prefer sum in mi creasing ght be the altered sum if to the diminishing funds would it permit , but at

      pre-. would lean depend see no on objection the Board to of the the letter Governesses signed ' A Ben . V evolent ., but the Institution plan proposed , whose

      rules would be affected by it . I remain , Madam , yours obediently , '

      January 12 th , 1861 . X . Y . Z .

      Notice. " 1 85 A 9 Lover , Where Of The ...

      NOTICE . " A 9 Lover where of the Truth in " is question referred to will Household be found . Words The _, G No erm . 468 an , is March a transla 12 - ,

      tion from , the Eng poem lish poem , not the English a translation from the German . —Eds . E . W . J .

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      Lxiil—Passing Events.

      LXIIL—PASSING EVENTS .

      « The Fate Of Italy, Which Has So Long O...

      « The fate of Italy , which has so long occupied the attention of the English Francis public , II has . still suddenl at bay y sunk and the into problems secondary of Rome importance and Veneti and interest a yet unsolved . With

      , , men dreary 's thoug waters hts of are the hurried Atlantic from , these to what comparativel is no longer y home the scenes United , across States the of America . With less bluster than of old—in fact , with little or no

      warning—South Carolina has seceded from the Union , and stands on her right as Rubicon an independent is crossed state , and , to both set here at and defiance on the the other Federal side of government the _Atlanti . c , men The stand breathlessly awaiting the result . One thing only is clear—the

      impossibility cion on of the compromise part of the on Federal the par government t of the [ North , a . dubious What , then if not remain unconstitutional s ?—Coerline and of averted policy ; at the the entire cost of disruption everything of the but Union honor , a calamity or a compromise to be deplored from

      the South . This is the solution to be desired , the onl ; y one that can save the States from the horrors of civil war , or , worse still , of negro insurrection . The limitation of slavery within its present boundaries is all the South can hope to

      be for scattered or the ! N " to orth the concede -four points . And of , the unless compass the hitherto , this is Un what ited the States South are will

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1861, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021861/page/70/