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324 THE LEALTER. L s^TuiiDAir,
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HONNEUK ADX DAMKB. "Louv CampBKM, intorc...
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LOCALIZATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY. March ,...
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Tho question put to us by G. S. P. canno...
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The Ojuz/xy Skxtons.— Tho instinct of bu...
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Will Ask. Is It Revolution Or Reaction P...
and to enlighten me on the necessities of the country This Constitution , which , from this day forward , is to be put in execution , is not then the work of a vain theory aad of despotism ; it is the work of experience and of reason . " ( ¦ . - , What nation would not desire a coup d ' etat when the results areoftiiis astounding description ? We are almost ashamed to impress upon our readers the strict and scrupulous accuracy of every word that proceeds from this half-anointed truth teller . In less than four months
" Confidence has been every where re-established ; labour lias been resunied everywhere ; and for the first time after a great political change , the public f ortune has increased in place of diminishing . For the last four months , it has been possible for my Government to encourage many useful enterprises , to reward many services , to relieve much distress , even to elevate
the position of the greatest number of the principal functionaries—and all that without increasing the taxes , or deranging the budget , which we are happy to present you in equilibrium /' " And now , gentlemen , " concludes the august speaker , adopting a figure of speech which has recently been introduced , by Ministers , into the House of Commons : —
* ' At the moment when you are associating yourselves with my labours , I wnl explain to you frankly what my conduct shall be . " Because I revive " the Emperor , " I don't want to play " the Emperor" myself ; I might have been Emperor long ago : notably in December , ' 48 , in June , ' 49 , and in December , ' 51 : "but —( here is the
climax)" Being determined now , as before , to do everything ¦ for France , and nothing for myself , I should accept no modification of the present state of "things , unless I was forced to do so by evident necessity . Whence can it arise ? " ¦"• . ¦ Whence , indeed , if not from such reviewsjis that on the 20 th . of-March , in the Place du
Carrousel , when six thousand coquins were summoned to shout Vive VJEmpereur ;— -whence , if not from that network of conspiracy organized by a Government of conspirators ; whence , if not from the stipendiary Senate , the Venal Chamber , the rigged Exchange , the prostituted press , the brutish peasantry , and the decimated and terrorstricken towns .
The Empire comes ; its shadow is over us ; its panoply is prepared j its upholstery and furniture lie finished in the workshop of the future ; its army is organized , and wants only one thing —a martial emperor ! Bid imagination drawtbe picture . The men and women of Prance walk abroad in the sunshine ,
and feel the warm air blowing on , their cheeks , and the blithe gladness of spring in their veins ; when , lo , a shadow dai'kcns the sun , and chills the atmosphere , and cools the blood , and arrests the flow of gladness . A shadow falls upon them ; they look upwards , and behold the wings of the Vulture , misnamed the Eagle of tho Empire , blot out the great light of the skies . Tho foul bird of prey , with outstretched talons and whetted beak , prepares to swoop . Alas I there are no cagloelayers among the palsied crowd 1 As it was in December , 1851 , so it , will be in ~ For the shadow of tho Vulture—not tho Eagle —is over France .
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HONNEUK ADX DAMKB . "Louv CampBKM , intorcedos for tho Pocrofisofl and their daughters , who , at tho last royal interview with Parliament , wore excluded from tlio Jlouso of Lords whjlo tho Poors woro at prayers ; as if , said . Lord Campbell , " Englishmen woro Mussulmans , and hold women to havo no souls . " Tho Peerossofl , it Booms , aro worno off than t , hoir uistora of tho working class , who habitually attend tho political gatherings ; and undoubtedly theirprononoo in beneficial . Not only boeau-HO it . " Hoftons" tho muii-hoiiiotimes it may have tho opposite effect ; sinoo a manly
tipirifc always flndH favour with women : who an littlo ilosiro men to bo feminine as mdn dosiro womon to ho masoulino : but booauflo tho women oxorciso a discriminating judgment , and ofton flolJio upon points -which oseape tho rougher part of tho audience . Their bonring confirms ns in tho conviction that if ovor tho fronchiflo were extended to thorn , tho now portion of tho constituency might Hocsuro better juntico to what is called " good fooling" than it now IIiuIh , and that our Parliament , with tho laws it niakos , and thewo Who havo to oboy tho laws , would benefit proportionately . But even formalist Chartism is not yot up to that mark .
Mazzinl's Bejoindeb To The French Social...
MAZZINl ' S BEJOINDEB TO THE FRENCH SOCIALISTS . Mr . MazziN ! has forwarded to us for insertion itri authentic translation of his circular , printed originally in the Nation of Brussels . He presents it as his answer to the allegations of the-, French . Socialists , contained in our last week ' s number . We-regtfet exceedingly that , tho manuscript reached us so late as to prevent its being inserted in the present number ; but Mr . Mazzini may rely on th & t " loyalty" to which he appeals for the full insertion of his paper next week .
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[ IN THIS DEPARTMENT , AS ALL OPINIONS , HOWEVER EXTREME , AHE . ALLOWED AN EXPRESSION , THE EDITOR NECESSARILY HOLDS HIMSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR NONE . ]
There Is Ao Learned Man But Will Confess...
There is ao learned man but will confess lie hath much prqfLte & by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it " be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to "write . —Milton .
In The First Place, What Does " Range Hi...
In the first place , what does " range himself with the Christians" mean ? A little f arther on , Mr . Browning calls Shelley " a man of religious mind , " whose very denials were " interpenetrated with a mood of reverence and adoration , " and finds him " everywhere taking for granted some of the capital dogmas of Christianity ; ' * whence it is plain that to bo of the same spirit as Christ is not what Mr . Browning means by " ranging with the Christians . " Are we , then , to consider full acceptance of the " historical basement , " mentioned in the same breath , to be the essential distinction , —embracing , of course , everything from Genesis to Revelations ( the Apocrypha included , or p reluded , according to circumstances ) , and from the Thrnn Persons to tho Ono Person at the other
ox-SHELLEY'S PHASES OF FAITH . "I sha . il say what I think — had Shelley lived , he would have finally ranged himself with the Christians ; kis very instinct for helping the weaker side ( if numbers make strength ) , his very ' hate of hate , ' which at first mistranslated itself into delirious Queen Mab notes and the like , would have got clearer-sighted by exercise . "—Browning on Shelley . { To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib , —I request permission to say a few words in your Open Council upon the above-quoted passage , which seems to me objectionable for inaccurate expression and unwarrantable speculation .
tremity of the universe—plummet of the pit dependent from celestial triangle ? In Shcllcy ' a native , and hi his adopted country , this formula , variously modified , is ( "if numbers make strength" ) out of comparison the strongest of creeds . In total of adherents , too , tho Cross outnumbers even the Crescent . But Mr . Browning cannot bo supposed to think it likely that Shelley , or any one olso , looking over a statistical account of the religious denominations of tho world , and finding Pagans sot down at 482 , 000 , 000 , and Christians at 175 , 500 , 000 , should therefore feel a yearning to add his personal unit to tho latter body s indeed , tho Jowk ,
numbering but 2 , 500 , 000 , would , with one capable of luung so influenced , lrnvo tho indisputable preference . In what hciiho , then , is it said tlmt " Shelley would lmvo ranged hhnnelf with tho Christians—tho weaker side ( If numbers mean strength ) " P It must mean that ho would have accepted " tho Jimtorionl baweinont , " and at the . sama Unw preserved the CkristiaU spirit which ha alread y possessed ; and that there aro very few who uijito hi thoHiHflvoH tho two conditions This latter proposition ifl vory truo ; but whether it makon , or ought to make , much in favour of Christianity as a creed , might bo questioned .
Much could bo said on tho ( coble and entangled tiasuo of tho ( Ninny quoted from , in all Hint part winch treats conjointly of fcihcilloy and Christianity ; but tho book is HupproHHod , and I inn glad of ijxcuho to avoid wore cenmiring of ono whom I . truly respect mid love : not , however , omitting to doolaro his opinion that " Shelley , l : ad ho lived , would have ranged himself with tho
Christians" ( whether under the influence of a dream an Aurora Borealis , or some slower process of conversion ) , to be altogether unwarranted , nay , con tradicted by the evidences of the case—Shelley ' s character and writings , and the reports and judgments of his intimates . ¦ ' . ¦ . To these remarks I shall only add an extract , possessing both general and particular applicability , from a letter written by Shelley at Lerici , * June . 29 , 1822 but nine days before the evanishment of that noble spirit from our world :-
—"Let us see the truth , whatever that may be . Tho destiny of man can scarcely be so degraded , that lie was born only to die ; and if such should be the case , delusions especially the gross and preposterous ones of tho existing religion , can scarcely be supposed to exalt it . If every man- said what he thought , it could not subsist a day . " I remain truly yours , " \ y . * Letters from Abroad . Edited by Mrs . Shelley . No . 66
Localization Of Church Property. March ,...
LOCALIZATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY . March , 31 , 1852 . Sib , —Much has been done to give a specific f orm to movements in f avour of spiritual development , and you have contended consistently for equal freedom and opportunity to all sects in that process . You will observe , however , that there is one vast tangible obstacle , with a twofold operation—it is the huge property of the Clvwch .
This acts as a bar to other sects , as a drag to the Church . It acts as a bar toother sects , because , giving the Church an immense advantage in various ways , it keeps others in an inferior position . It acts as a-drag-on the Church , not because endowment is in itself an evil , but because exclusive endowment is a premium to palter with conscience . I hnow of many cases in ; which clergymen belong to the Church really / and solely through the endowment ; in their convictions belonging wholly to other " persuasions /*
I am not myself an enemy to endowment , precisely because I am disposed-tc » makereligious observance thoroughly voluntary ; and "~ I regard it as a bad plan , in the present trading mood of society , to associate religion with taxes or optional gratuities , like the stipends of voluntary ministers . Many a minister acts towards his audience , as a waiter towards the customers of an inn , furnishes what they call f or , behaves civilly , and waits for his gratuity with countenance significant . Behaves civilly when he rates them for their sins ; for there is a flattery to be wrapped up in the brown paper of reprobation ; and some tastes prefer their stimulants as hot as—midnight brandy and water .
In this country we have a hundred faiths , and one endowment ; which endowment is given by a capricious excluaiveness , to all such sects as can screw their consciences , with more or less difficulty , more or less ingenuity , more or less transparency , to subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles ; the endowment , at present , hurting equally him that takes and hina that goes without . Now , the suggestion I have to make is based on the view of that double evil , and on the dislike to inipropriato property already consecrated for spiritual purposes . I would localise the administration of church
property . Surrender it to the parish ; of course under proper restrictions as to tho objects to which it should be devoted , and tho persons to accept duties under it . By making those restrictions apply to general qualifications rather than to spiritual distinctions—to attainments , capacity , character , & c . ; and by expressly f raming the regulations so as to comprehend an forms of conscientious faith , you would enable each parish to
appoint its own pastor , according to the faith of the parish . To choose its pastor , but not to control his stipend . This would bo to « establish" religion , but not sect ; nnd it would reconcile many a feud now separating sects . For example , it would go far to solve tho question of tho reunion of the Wesloyans with the Church . But I abstain from saying any more Jit present ; preferring to invite tho comments of your readers Catuowo .
Tho Question Put To Us By G. S. P. Canno...
Tho question put to us by G . S . P . cannot ho «* Bvr {*? in our replies to correspondents . W « must roior i >" to tho general spirit of our paper , futuro as wollftspi ™ , for the principles which guido us in tho search lor iruw amid a labyrinth of orrorei and truths disguised . , Tho " Magnolia Evoninga at ' Homo /' , appeared tn . k ° » 05 , 90 , 100 , 101 , 102 , and 108 , of tho Ladder . . „ M . Louis Blanc ' s Horios of letters on " JbYonch Socialism , will bo resumed noxfc woqk .
The Ojuz/Xy Skxtons.— Tho Instinct Of Bu...
The Ojuz / xy Skxtons . — Tho instinct of burying bodies is ho strong with those boars , that instancos iir recorded whoro they covered hunter * who have in into their power and feigned death , with bark , gra > and leaven . If tho inou attempted to move , the w would again put thorn down , and cover thorn iw J J finally louring thorn comparatively unhurt . — 6 oou >! l Notes and Anecdotes ,
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Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03041852/page/16/
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