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A CONTRAST. The Duke of Weixing- Louis N...
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Reconstruction Of The Inthal* Army. The ...
fial spirits Would flock to the branch that jjromised the best chance of active employment- If hostilities broke out in the East , the most enterprising men at home would hasten to the scene of action ; and , in like manner , the officers of the Colonial Army would exert their interest to join their brethren in Europe in such a struggle as that in which we are now engaged . By this means , too , India would really become an excellent school for military knowledge , and tie country would have a far greater number
of experienced men from whom to choose her generals and commanders . But while we advocate the instruction of officers by Indian campaigns , we protest against the idea that foreign service m such a climate is beneficial to a royal regiment as a body . Military men axe almost unanimous in repudiating . the system of reliefs , for it induces a lamentable laxity of discipline , and for a long time impairs the efficiency of either corps , the relieving and the relieved . The Indian Army
must be a permanent establishment , distinct from the home army with reference to the men , but homogeneous with respect to the officers . The highest appointments and commands should be conferred upon those alone ¦ who had served a certain number of years in the country , and become acquainted with the habits , manners , and usages of the people .
When necessary , a portion of this Colonial Army might be conveyed to Europe , Africa , or Australia ; for the prejudices entertained by the sepoys against crossing the " dark waters" of the ocean have been grossly exaggerated . If the officers exhibit tact and firmness , their men will follow them as faithfully and bravely as in the rough times of CiitvE and Baibd .
Im The Leader, [Saturday,
iM THE LEADER , [ Saturday ,
Maynooth And Rome. In" The Midst Of Our ...
MAYNOOTH AND ROME . In" the midst of our disasters and dangers Parliament has still time and appetite for a BCaynooth orgie . We have long become accustomed , and almost callous , to the existence of human beings who can convince themselves , and" attempt to convince others , that to tax Catholics for the maintenance of a Protestant Church is an act of Christian charity , but that to tax Protestants to about a fiftieth part of the amount for the maintenance of a Catholic Church is a damnable abomination . We have learnt to endure the logic and morality of Spoonerites and the
rhetorical sycophancy of Protestant lawyers getting up to curry favour with Providence and the Conservative benches by speaking from their briefs in favour of injustice . All this is common and familiar . The drunkenness and the thieving of the crew are old ; "but the burning ship is new . When every heart that can feel anything iB full of the perils of England—when we ought to bury © very difference of creed in the common efforts of a united people—when Catholic soldiers are mingling their blood with that of Protestants in the Crimea—a Spoonbr is
allowed to have his usual papist bait , with a full house , and an applauding ( Dimes . IJet the fanatics and hypocrites who think they can indulge in a littfe safe persecution of Jioman Catholicism in Ireland , while they use the blood and sinews of Roman Catholic soldiers without scruple , consider what their conduct and that of this Protestant nation generally is with regard to Rome itself . The Popis of Bomb , we presume , is still the centre and life of Catholicism—the Antichrist , the Beast , the Man of Sin . And what keeps Antichrist on- his throne for an hour ? What
forces Rome and Italy to bow to that Papal tyranny which they abhor , which they are burnmg and struggling to cast off , and even to tolerate which in their own country our
Protestants consider a poEution ? We suppose all the anti-Maynooth fanatics have in their minds the answer to this question . But political convenience intervenes , and the hatred of liberty and justice is stronger than the hatred of Popery . The Roman Protestant who seeks to strike the blow that would have set the soul of his country free , is overwhelmed with yells of execration from all the Protestant journals : and one of the number ,
in a spirit that verifies the pictures of Taottus , implores the protector of Popery to wear armour under his clothes for the preservation of a life so precious to humanity . Such is the religion of Exeter Hall ! Such , alas ! is the religion of England ! And yet the state of Rome , from what we hear of it , must be such as might move a generous nation to sympathy from better motives than hatred of the Pope . Men
describe their friends as disappearing from around them , they know not for what offence , and hurried they know not whither ; prisons gorged with victims ; a saturnalia of that same cowardly , vindictive tyranny of priests and Jesuits which Mr . Gladstone denounced at Naples . Told by Mr GKladsoite ' s eloquent pen , that tale moved English hearts for an hour , and then was thought of no , more . Ti ^ ow , we presume , it would be treated as a " chimera of oppressed nationalities . " All other interests of humanity , saving the persecution of Irish Catholics , are swallowed up in the-desire of reducing the naval power of Russia in the Black Sea . We must mend this if we are to remain a great nation : we must mend it if we are to remain a nation .
A Contrast. The Duke Of Weixing- Louis N...
A CONTRAST . The Duke of Weixing- Louis Napoleoh Bonaton fairly vanquished pabte piratically in-Napoleon Bonapabte vaded the Roman Rein a war in -which Na- public to promote his poxeon was the aggres- own electioneering insor ; and he strictly re- terests , extinguished its spected the property liberties , in the blood of and honour of the its citizens , and handed French nation . Can- it over again to one of tiixon attempted to the most loathsome ty _ assassinate him . Na- rannies on earth . Pipoleoh left Cantujlon anori , thinking he had a legacy as a reward as much right to ass as for the attempt , adding , sinate that pirate as that " he had as much right to pirate bad to assassinate assassinate that oligarch his country , attempts to as the British Govern- kill Louis Napoleon . ment had to send me to He is tried for his life St . Helena . " Louis Na- by Louis Napoleon , poiiEON Bonapabte has and overwhelmed with paid the legacy to the the execrations of the assassin , and has there- world .
upon been made a Knight of the Garter . What constitutes the difference between the virtuous act of Gantixlon and the appalling crime of Pianoki ? It seems to be that Pianobi assailed one of those " existences " which are peculiarly patronised by
Providence , if , indeed , the converse expression would not be more true . Piracy is permitted to those existences because they have a " mission" which ia not to bo thwarted by " miscreants ( to use the happy phrase of the Herald ) who fancy that they have a destiny . " The end of that mission used to be to avenge Waterloo .
Sergeant Brodie. The Disgraceful Occurre...
SERGEANT BRODIE . The disgraceful occurrence in the regiment of Inniekillinga at Canterbury is a complicated affair , which it required the combination of many offenders to bring about . Certain officer ^ of the regiment maltreated .
Cornet Baumgabten , inflicted upon him offensive personal jests , damaged his property , and , in short , behaved like " Mohawks and Hawkubites , " and the sneaks that spoil horses in a jockey stable . Mr . Batjmgabten challenged one of the offenders to fi ght a duel , and the challenge was accepted . Sergeant Bjjoihe interfered to prevent the due ] , strove to find soldiers who could place Mr . Baxtatgabten under arrest , and appealed for aid to certain civilians who were in the neighbourhood . Adjutant Websteb came down with a guard , arrested Sergeant Bbodie , and desired the soldiers to knock him down
with the butt-end of their carbines if he resisted . Here , then , were the original offenders breaking the peace , appropriating property which was not their own , and accepting a duel : they were guilty therefore of riot , trespass , and conspiracy to murder . Battmgabteit challenged theni , and conspired to murder . Beodie resisted his superior officer , and appealed to civilians—a double breach of military discipline . Webstek connived at the breach of the Horse Guards ' regulations against duelling , and placed Bbodie under arrest for endeavouring to enforce those regulations . How will these entangled offences be treated ?
There will of course be a court-martial , the disgraceful tricks will have to be investigated , and according to precedent , we may presume that Mr . Evans and Mr . Eaumgaeten , the original assailant and the man most aggrieved , will be turned out of the service . There is one chance for Battmgabteit . He did not , like Pebbt , submit , but like the Amazonian maid-servant in the ballad , who is praised for " taking of her own part and bring off a gun , " he showed that he could
stand up for himself and fire a pistol against the duelling regulations . W ^ bat will be done with Websteb we cannot guess . Probably he will be considered as only enforcing the plain duty of military discipline which lay straight before him : but why did he not arrest the duellists ? The question how Bbodie will be treated has already come to a conclusion . He was arrested for " behaving disrespectfully , " says Mr . Peel , "to one of the officers of his regiment ; " but " as he was trying to prevent a duel , that is considered a palliation of his offence ; " so he is " released without any further notice of his disrespect-Someeville of
ful conduct . " Alexander - fended his superior officers by riding badly , being short-necked , and " answering ; " officers dislike answering as much as lady housekeej > ers dislike servants who " return their words . " Somerville was goaded into mutiny , flogged , and turned out of the service . Bbodie is arrested for his " disrespectful conduct , " which seems to have consisted in his being too much of a citizen and a Christian , and too conscientiously bent upon fulfilling the orders of the highest a \ ithonties . But what is the sentence pronoiuicod upon the prisoner ? He is discharged without reprimand !
"The Stranger" In Parliament [The Respon...
" THE STRANGER" IN PARLIAMENT [ The responsibility of the Editor in rcgiml to theso contributions is limited to the act of g iving thorn ) ' « " - Hcitr . The opinions expressed are those of the writer . both the Leader and " The Stranger" benefit by tue freedom which is loft to his pen and discretion , j It is not easy to decido whether , last night , Mr-Disraeli was more deferential , or Lor F almerston was more insulting , in the conversation about those papors , promisod to bo laid on the tablo , which every one is clamouring for , and which , nevertheless , will tell little or nothing of what wo want to know . AC was with humility that Mr . Disraeli pressed lor a little information : and it was in a half-ashamed way , at its own boldness , that tho H ouse of Commons hoar-hcared his appeal for a little fact . It was ynta hauteur { hat ; Lord Pajraprston rppudifttod tho i < lo »
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Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1855, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05051855/page/16/
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