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A LADY'S CAMPAIGN. Journal kept during t...
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Mton Locke, Tailor And Poet. An Autobiog...
iWfflfe .. i 33 ie ; igi ! tefet 4 rag 3 tipdbit , 'nttiiiely , aemagogirfm , has crumbled to pieces of j » B $ <^ ac ( rord ^« aa « eeikiB bow only to exhibit its « lf in anilitieg like those of the ^ p ^ ers who ^ nfaira a . mob of boyB « nd thieves that -wheat has lately been 7 ? B £ 2 : " ^^ *? w Thames tb ~ kee . p Up prices , or advise them to establish , by-means t § £ - ^ ^«^< s 9 J «» d Jl . iia 1 aoB & l « ranai'i « a , only possible trade * the despotism of a immfc ,: -Since the 1 . 0 th of April , 1848 ( one of the . most lueky days which the ¦^ ffi ^ y !*^* eyer savv ^ ' ± rade ofthe ¦ aob'orator has dwindled down to ^ wettfaat ^ ttifts ^ these , to 'which the working man sensibly seems merely to ISST ^ ifL ! LW Vg ?*® V about hia business , * Why will you still keep talking , ^ S ^ orBetfeohck ? Nobody marks you . ' _ lnth ^ next paragraph , Mr . Kingsley ' s peculiar historical ideas come into IW \_ He deduces from the incidents of April . 1848 . that the aristocracv . no
tgs thaa the working classes , have learned a great lesson . They have , since thatcmts , faced all social questions with " an average of honesty , earnestness , ana .. good . feeling , which-has no parallel since the days of the Tudors . " t ^ is not prov * d ,. thatan tbe days of , the Tudors the aristocracy applied them-S ^ v es with re markabl e wisdom or energy to the work of social reformation ; , i ^ tTud 0 ifism is Mr-. Kingatey ' sidol , and he may be allowed , without offence , to a "; : T » e pwnt wa would dispute with him is to be found in the passage -following : — l
That ^ kund ^ ds thousands of' gentlemen and ladies' in Great Britain now are saying , 'Siuw ^ vhafc w « ought to do to be just to the workman , and we will do ^ whatsoever it * osts . * They may not be always . connect ( though they ^ enei » Dy are so ) m their conceptions-of what ought to be done : but their pur-; jKm ; is _ good and righteous ^ and those who hold it are daily increasing in num-S aw % 1 ^ ^ m ? merc ^ toward tne handicraftsman is spreading-^ S ^* Wf 1 < i 3 d * efiw ® > y nation upon « ar th ; ana if any man still re-^ resettte ^ tlieholifers bf property , as a class , as th « ATiftT «^ 9 ^ f ? v . Xco w-hnrn fh «» r their slavey and their
. empio ^ ^ eB ^ i ignorance , I believe that he is a liar and ^ ishd ^^ f the , devfl , and that he ia at his father ' s old work , slandering and naisriaiBg between man and man . ^ I ^ e ^ ristocraoy may have-fflced social questions , ancl they may not desire ^^ a * ery or the ignorance of those whom they employ ; but their tendency ¦* * 2 a ~* ? 2 P , Mfess 6 f the people in tutelage—to mould their minds « Mftead of settmg them -free : they perpetually Temember that aristocracy ¦ 5 KV ° 1 StSt > ln , } K actual form > "without general intellectual docility . ^ Bfa ce -an d mercy they would dispense , but the justice and the mercy of asptakg class . To write plainly ,-the English aristocracy is benevolent , and i !^ It subsists through the operation of unfair laws , and when jtfOrf ^ anen or any other order of persons propose to convert the territorial wxtom wortd infiuence ^ to substitute a civilised for a feuekl aristocracy—they fare accused ; q £ ^ Socialism » and ofher foreign forms of thought , which have of
** S I ? , ^ at Bntam . Mr . Kingsley does well to seek the recon-^ Jalian classes ; but the aristocracy , when they oner peace to the classes ^ Htii ^ em ^ nust offer it ia the spirit of peace , and lay by the feudal |» i ? cbmenfc . Whey are no longer indifferent to the sufferings ofthe poor ; ^ hey ; are _ humane ; -they are charitable ; they insist on justice in the courts ; ^ . desffefair-playin : the factory . They vill lecture to working-men , ^ them books , build . schools for their children , mediate between them and ¦ . tb ^ iremployeis ; but tb ^ y will be an aristocracy nevertheless—not an aristotfjraey ^ ofc these times , bat of the middle ages . ifci ^ Kingsley continues : —
« -iSr £ ' a \ J yj ° y ° ^ ™ J friends , about the future ? Your destiny . JnmTfi ^ i ^^ rT 11 Dde L / ° r * Ile lasfc seven 7 « ars y ° « h » ve let it slip through IffhSKr ^ ' J °£ - , bettGV ° ff ihan y ° u were in 1848 > y ° u owe ifc Princi pally StoSTslSS of political economy < as they are called ) , which I call the brute 'SS ^ I ' » d <» ta of supply and demand , or to the exertions which have been . jntffttte py upiaghfc men of the very classes whom demagogues taught you to coii" 8 ? 'WJj' ^ iT *****» . Pardon me if I eeem severe ; but , as old Aristotle 'ftIT , tv ° J 5 ? L ! l ? l riendfl ' ifc is a sacred dufcy * ° honour truth first . " iKh-S ^ ^ ¦ Howlittle h ^ e the working men done to carry !&« 4 the mo ? 5 wasted in the hapless Preston
ISJ'SJST- ^ Si , , y ^ ™ Sn ^ l ^ 7 B P ^ t m relieving , the labour-market by emigration , or an X & SSni v e valuable . by enabling the workman to buy from co-operatic & iif tntTT ** J Ie above C 08 t P ™ ' rau ( ^ sorrow aud fcear ^ burnmg might have been saved to the iron trades ! Had the real English 22 Srf ^ JSi « ! f which -was wasted in that strike been employed in the S ^ J SS ^ T' ? ™ J . ™ e ^ t fc ^ n , ere now , far happier than they are e ^ r . likely to be , witlxont the least injury to the masters . What , again , has fc ^ WwT d / ° W *^ organisation of the Trades' Unions into Its true A ™ j + T ^ i tt fW dlafcnb ^ tlon . from its old , useless , and sava-go form of i A ^ SQfliatipn . for the piirpofle of resistance to master *—* » . i n . h \ n-h i ° « ff «»* oLi >*
„ ffl & rt 7 K rre it j ^ fb ' t . CaU 8 e the ° PP ° site party holds in has hand tlio JIB ° ^ f ™ Wtt as jttis own , and therefore can « tarve him out at his avstlm w & H ^ fh I 0 " * « , ^^ toward remedying the evils of the Bl « p 2 Sn ?/< T i A ° espe , C 1 all 5 r ex P ° sed ? The true method for the working S ? rWm ° de ^ J " ^ ^ bmthers and their brothers' wivoa and Sauglfto ^ eaTTven % 1 ft ' *** J ° Wltlldra 7 thoil 1 cu » t «^ fro » n the slopsellcra , iSul SeTdonrit *® m l ) OTOry incr 0 a * of price , with associate workmen . Have JSLwk L T ? ° . " nawer for thomaelves . In London ( ns in the country tZ ^' fST ^ ^ P ^ " of buying in the cheapest market ho * still boe too Qod g th ^ « i fn « T man > Jfc ^^ ndnad in the North of England , thank Sd Jien I ™^ Aif v ei < y diffwent ; and to the North I must look still , as I ¦ fi ^ iXi ^ ssa ^ . 1110 Btrons menin whose hBnd 8 u ^ th ° ^ ZTT * 1 wol * lnTO ? f the Nortl > ^ be up and doing , to organise jW ^ vea to buy arid sell m their own behalf ,-to carry the principle of * Sffi ^ ft mU ! R 4 ? . V p mt * nct ^ theil ' < lftily Y ^> »» d into their ShWS ' i WhllC . d" vowing t ! > ^» l violence of the < lemngog « CB leStl . ° . , " , bvole (^ wn ' « dhe ™ to thc old programmeof ^ lX ' ' " ¦ tll ° laree auff ™& , and all the other points of the
-ftfl ^ yirSt afvSZnS ^ " ^ W ASHS { ^ f «» o »«« t five years giveflmo little hope K ^^ ttuSS rt ° f thet * ° T 0 mti 0 Pri ^ P l « *» Britain , beca « Ho it Soor ^ we ^ a SoSiii . ^^ aro flt for i 4 - Komomhor al yH that Do-^ r ^^ o ^ S ^ tmedrif ^ » uml ? « « f ^^ indfvlduiUa , but —o ^ thoreVore : ^ ff SS ^^ fiKTtril ^^
public spnrit , without which a corporate body cannot exist : but that a ' democrapy' of mere numbers ia no democracy , but a mere brute ' arithmocracy , ' which is certain to degenerate into an ochlocracy , or government by the mol ) , in which the numbers have no real share : an oligai-chy q £ the fiercest , noisiest , the rashest , and the most shameless * which is aurely swallowed tip either by a despotism , as in France ; or as in Athens , by utter national nrin , and helpless slavery to a foreign invader . Let the workmen of Britain train themselves in the corporate spirit , and in the obedience and selfcontrol which it brings , as they easily can in associations , and bear in mind always that only he who can < jbty % 3 Jit to rule ; and then , when they are fit for it , the Charter may come .
Collaterally , he introduces bis ideas -of " Monarchy / ' and of ff things far better than the Charter . " "We dare not follow him * at present beyond the five points of popular reform \ but . it seems to us , a discussion on the Monarchy is premature . Perhaps-Mr . Kingsley does not mean by . " true monarchy , " the monarchy of the three kingdoms , any more than he means by " true Christianity , " the thirty-nine articles ; but whether or not the existence ofthe Crown is compatible with the full development of political freedom , is a matter that scarcely allows of discussion . Create the power , —that ia , give the suffrage , and the means of using it safely , and the solution will come of itself . Meanwhile let us thank Mr . Kingsley fov his manly and candid address to working men . It is full of heart andhope ; of friendly encouragement and friendly warning . Mr . Kingsley has special opinions which we do not share ; but he never writes that which does not add health and vigour to the mind of the reader .
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A Lady's Campaign. Journal Kept During T...
A LADY'S CAMPAIGN . Journal kept during the Russian War , By Mrs . Henry Duberly . Longman and Co . Mrs . Duberly is all but im Amazon . She does not fight , but she rises early to be in time for the battle ; she walks " to the front" while the batteries arc flaming and smoking like volcanoes ; she is among the first in the Redan . ; and she inspects the conquered city with a military eye . The curious circumstance is , that with all this power of nerve Mrs . Duberly has written a very feminine narrative . Her battle-pieces are interspersed with coloured sketches ofthe East , at sunset and at dawn , with tender reflections , with playful and delicate fancies . She went to the Crimea with her husband , a Paymaster of Hussars , and she is there now , preparing for the next campaign . News of the capture of Bornarsund came to inspirit the army as it departed from Baksehick Bay , but twelve days spent on a voyage of three hundred miles produced as much disgust as perplexity . Lord Cardigan , says Mrs . Duberly , could not endure the delay , so eager did he seem to be in the
field . Was he so eager to be oif the field at Balaklava ? Mrs . Duberly sayeth not . On matters personal she dispenses her opinions very freely , taking Lord Lucan to task for meddling with her at Constantinople , and consummating her revenge in a . quiet and expressive paragraph—"' Lord Lucan is gone home . " The field of the Alma , after the battle , gave Mrs . Duberly her first impressions of war . . Presently , however , Eliza stood upon the height heaself , and saw the fleets and batteries commence their mighty duel : — At half-past one the French and English fleets , with the Mahmoudio , brought in their fire . The Agamemnon , with Sir E . Lyons on boarfi , went close in , followed by the Sanspareil . The London , Albion , Bellero phon , Retribution , were all more or less severely mauled , as they poured ia broadside after broadside , with incredible and incessant noise . I merely mention the names of such ship 3 as I kno-w something of . There were many others , amongst them the Rodney , Arethusa , Trafalgar , and the Tribune . The London was twice on fire . The Albion had a shell which , by an unlucky chance , pitched into Captain Luahington ' s stores , destroying his cellar and hia clothes . The Bellerophon had a shell through Lord George ' s cabin ; the Retribution lost her mainmast .
At ten minutes past three a magnificent sight presented itself—a huge explosion in the MikI Port ( lledan ) , the smoke of which ascended to the eye of heaven , and then gathering , fell slowl y and mournfully down to earth . I thought of torture and sudden death , and was softened to tears , while round mo oheera burst from every
throat" All down the line one deafening shout . " Officers and men were carriod away -with enthusiasm , ancl I felt myself half cheering too . Three-quarters of an hour after a smaller explosion caught our eye . Again the cheer rang out . " Men ! men , for God ' a sake I it is ours / " and an ammunition-waggon sent up its contents to form a fierce cloud in th « screno sky . When a Russian fort blevy up , as a compensation for the English and French magazines , the riflemen said , " In the confusion there was beautiful shooting . " On the 25 th of October the lady took a still closer view of the war ; she received a note from her husband , warning her to com * up from Balaklava to the camp , as the Russians were on the road , and a fight had begun of which no one could foretel thc issue : —
I waa hardly clear of the town befoio I met a coinminnariat officer , who told mo that the Turks had abandoned all their batteries , and were running towards the town . He bogged mo to keep as much to tho left aa possible , and , of nil thingo , to lose no tune in getting amongst our own men , » b tho ltusaian force waa powing on ua ; adding , " PorQocl ' a aako , ride foat , or you may not reach tho ennap ahvo . " J The R-ussiana were by this time in possession of the Turkish batteries . Looking on tho oroat of tho nearest hill , I aaw it covered with running Turk * , pursued by mounted CoaBaoks , who were all making straight for where I stood , Hupenntonding tho striking of our tout and tho pnoking of our valuables . Honrj flung me on the aid ho roo ; and , soixing a pair of laden Baciaio-bagu , a groat coat , cl tow other Ioobo
ana packages , I made tho best of my way ovor a ditch into » «'«??? 1 ' 1 ? "waited tho event . For a moment I lo » t ntaht of our pony , Whisker , who waa being loaded j but Henry joined mo juat in time to rido » httleto the left , to get clear of the shots , whioli now begm * to fly towards ua n-oHoatly came tho Russian cavalry , charging otw the hill-aido and ncrosa tho valloy , right ogainnt tho little liuo of Highlondors . All , what n moment I Charging aud Burging onwnrd , what could that little wall ofmon do « ff < uuat suoli numbers and euoh apood ? Thoro they atood . Sir Colin did not ovon form thorn mto . pquaro . lhey waited until the horaomoa wore within range , and then poured a volley which for ft moment lud everything iu mnolco . Tho Scots Groy » and EnmsktllonB then loft tho nwlc * of our cavalry , and ohargod with » H their weight nnd forco upon them , cutting and hewing right and loft .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 5, 1856, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05011856/page/18/
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