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The Political , Situation. The Clubs—Tho...
presenWprineiprt ^ to" £ ** % * BJ » s 1011 "" the i ? ea 6 t » ii of wi « 5 B , asm * defeated hoped , proves tha * c ^ martiality was but a spasm , foi * fifl ^ yearfrRassia , trhos ^ policy was palpable' in the- Catherines days ; had been cafeasted : by otflr statesmen an * our sovereignsi and ? But a few years ago the Lord John Susseil who , always alert for popularity , last session discovered that the existence of Sebastdtfq ?' was- inconsistentr with the safety of the TurkikS ! empire , which is the keystone in the Uutouean balance of power , had written to a
Basffloa Minister to the effect that the CzardQitt wafr Conservatism---a sentiment worthy of our only historic" Keforiner . " Poland was rieV * er inournedoutside that theoretic school of amiabilities and poetics , the Dudley Stuarts and Tom Campbells , whom our statfcsmem na # 6 ever treated with traditional derision- — for they were the statesmen- of a practical state ; . SE ^ om 1815 tb 184 » we saw the ; steady growth of Russia * of her influence in ( Germany , and' of her territory and prestige m the "Raafc -witTiniifc ii 4 ftli 4 ttaV and without
apprehension " . In 1848 we saw BJussia crush Hungaryandpass that riverj the passage of which in V 8 & 9 hasr caused war , with no more than a sentimentalmurmur . "W ^ e are declaiming now - ^ -or were declaiming a week or two ago- ^ - agaEost the despotism which the Czar would seek to- eatablisii iw hideous uniformity over Europe . But in 1850 We saw- ' absolute mili * tary despoiJism estabiished ; by reaction in all tfeef capitate of the Continent , and our par excellence "liberal" Foreign Secretary ; was the valet to bow in the hero of thfr Pa ^ - risiati cbwp cFe ' tat ; and to effect that
Schles-¦ mg-Holstein treaty , which was a guarantee to Gzardom nv the Baltic . We had accustomed ourselves to theidea of Russian encroachment and liberty ' s decay and : it was not * to-be expected , ** Lord Aberdeen doubtless surmised ^ that suddenly ^ in 1854 * we should' revolutionise our political views > and in a by-therby declaration of eternal brotherhood with the oppressed , resolve on a war of principles . Some of us did talk of a war of principles , and hope for a revolutionary war ; bufr Mr . Bright prides himself , we understand , on his thorough comprehension of his
cpuntrymen \ To-whom are we to look for the "direct policy" of which the Government collectively is destitute P Lord Aberdeen is in favour of the status quo ante helium with all possible rapidity—for appearance sake consenting to say something about clearing the mouths of the Danube— -a dredger ' s treaty . Lord Palmerston , equally . confiding in him who " exhausted everv resource of falsehood , " tirusts the future of humanity to a personal aBsentto fourpoints which could not give one wound )
and'to effect his object he , liberal man , accon > plietyes an alliance with Austria , suggestingj-t © JLauis Napoleon to back it by guaranteeing Austrian domination in Italy . Lord John 3 Jus > Bell ' was in favour of destroying Sebastopol ; that was his direct policy a few months ago when ; credulous 1 as the * Romans , who were to frontier their empire with a wall , he considered civilisation would be safe ¦ by converting Sebastopol into a ruin ;—4 > ut that was * few months ago , and [ Lord John Russell would not now spoil a wdehed-for peace for the sake
of an oratorical point about Marius and Mobs' - chikoff-i-perhaps because he has discovered th * 6 the present Carthage does not consist of one ' ai **^ These are our three statesmen : who CfcniwV in what direction they are loadinpr the mm * - ., . . ¦ _ IeHihM & a ; direct policy in the opposition P Lord Derby—^ jsnentially a chifonnier states man—filches his policy as he goes : he opposed the'I ^ ttprOLogitNa Bill , because'he BttwJjff *& Menboxough ' s objections to it * t *> ld ; " and , in the samo way , W notions to *
morrow about the war would depend on what he hears at dinner to-day . M * . Disraen is only a critic , and noft an English critic : ha cannot strike out a path for himself because Wn £ no sympathy with his foUowers , he is doubtful whlthe 7 they want to go . We have had debates enough about the war j but has any-Tory gentleman done more than show that the Government had got into a scrape ? Lord Derby is the Opposition , and Lord Derby , m his most reckless mood , Would shrink irom nr ^ kimke the expediency in which Liberals
Relieve—that Russia should be really weakened ; and driven back . The Tory gentlemen of England have always believed m the Emperor Nicholas , and Btill sympathise with him : and if they at present have an opinion , it is that peace be restored , and that the Government should be turned out—above all , that the Government should be turned out . What is the direct policy of the Liberals ? We do not mean those Liberals who , like MrBrightare against all war because
, , England is a commercial island ,. and who are content to wait the day when , ships being , as we have found , useless in war , a great army may be landed in a country which cannot produce 100 , ^ 00 soldiers . We do not mean Liberals like the late Lord Dudley Stuart , like Sir Joshua Walmsley , like Mr . Crawshayj . like Mr . Ironside , who talk of " God ' s justice" to old noblemen
complacent' on a Treasury bench , and who are so utterly behind , or before , their day , that they would have political propagandism adopted by a country indifferent to Eeform Bills , and governed by a landed aristocracy through the agency of a practical moneyocracy . But we mean Liberals like _ Mr . Layard , who appeal to Lord John Russell to behave " like a chief of the
LiberaL party , " and who are in earnest m this war . Mr . Layard , last session , proposed all the four points > and a fifth point , that the Crimea should be restored to Turkey ^—this fifth point necessarily including Lord John ' s idea about Sebastopol . Mr . Layard is , however , an isolated individual ; many individuals ,, in the House , and of his clique , may agree with him * but their opinion is not organised ; andthey have the-ideamerely- ^ -Hlt is not a purpose in politics . And Mr . Layard interjects the idea about the Crimea , as he , or Kossuth , interjects the idea about Poland : no plan is proposed ; no statesmanship is organised to carry out the plan . The WW «^« A ^ - AAV 4 AMA ^ A S ^^ WT * -l «•* tf «^ 4 ~* *^^ T » /\ t fl ^ VAlt I . ihanillci '
1 UUOU i UUUU 1 QUO C 3 A . UUPJ . UXV / X 4 Ut DUVU JJ 1 UUOUI views , is in the "Anglo-Polish Association ;" an association as little likely as the Harleian i Societyt to affect politics ; ibr such Liberals leave out of account the trifling , difficulty that the Crown and aristocracy are very resolutely resolved , not to undertake a revolutionary war ;—Crown aud aristocracy being still , such Liberals may be assured , of considerable potency , in ,. thi » liberty-adoring nation . Such Liberals are , in short , to this extent illogical , that they are clamouring for a revolutionary war , and are not precise as to what Europe is tarevolve to ..
To conclude : a war in which no party has a purpose cannot result in any conspicuously honourable peace . And we fear , unless there , should soon present themselves some better iiopes of liberal organisation against an aristocracy incapable and unworth y than can now be entertained , wo must wait for better times for that positive foreign policy which befits a . country so genuine and so great at heart as the land of OnoMWafiLi ..
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THE LAST CRIMEAN APPOINTMENT . " HjbAD , " exdaims tho TUmes ; is the' thing wanted in the East ; some man to look after everything , but particularly transports and
hospitals . " Head i head , head , ^ was cry ; and Government answers to it by presenting Jones . It is reported' = that-G « a « raL Jbneais to be superintendent of 1 a « Bsporfc & and hospitals , andrhis appointmeniriff ^^ Heralded with a puff . We do hot uiRlerstaad exactly where the General is to be stationed ; bu ^ the ^ idea is , we believe , that he will be at Balaklaya Nor are we quite clear what he will superintend . A general officer is not exactly the natural head of a hospital ; and we very much doubt whether the transports are really to be entrusted to his charge . .-
If we do not know where he is to oe stationed , nor what he is to do , we do know something as to what he is : General Jones , the armed head conjured up by the Macbeth of the Times , was once Colonel Jones \ and while he held that rank he was Commissioner in the Board of Works at Dublin . He was a very strict man , the Colonel ; particularly of the clerks in his
in the personal control oflice . Great was the wrath if a . window happened to be opened , which the Colonel had desired to be shut j and the terrors of wrath visited the subordinates : in language of more energy tban nicety . There was a kind of terror of the Colonel , although he was supposed to be a good fellow atr heart , and it was not . duncult to-get the blind , side of him .
One acute person did get on that profitable side . It was the Accountant ; a pleasant boon companion , so convivial , so generous in sentiments , that Jones , the new "head , " trusted him unboundedly , trusted him even to the extent , we are told , of blank cheques ; Subsequently the Accountant embezzled , and was transported . He had , however , not tjommitted the offence of opening an
unopenable window . Now , is it possible that this can really be _ the head intended by Government ? "Will General Jones take his departure or not , or rather , will he undertake his duties ? Many of the appointments in the East have been anything but right . The appointments , particularly to the non-fighting duties of the
army , have been very questionable ; but if poor Lord de Roos had to be recalled , we do not know on what principle General Jones can be-deputed . — -Those who . attack . Lord Raglan should look below : it is in the secondary appointments that the mischief will be found ; the chief appoinment is nothing more nor less than the system incarnate , and the system must bo destroyed .
Underbfeath The Christmas Table. The Law...
UNDERBFEATH THE CHRISTMAS TABLE . The law records of the day relate a story which is equal to anything in the Decamaron of Boccaccio , and excels ^ the raciest pages of Le Sage . A gay and fascinating lady marries a gentleman of some property , who furnishes a house for her . A person is engaged to superintend the fitting up of the house ; he fascinates the fasoinator , and upon him she confers the greatest obligations that on
indiscreet lady can confer upon an ambitious . man . One day an affectionate note from- the lddy to this gentleman calls him to her presence , and she reveals to him her pressing necessity ibr a sum of money . At first , he * wlah meets no compliance , though it is not that the gentleman has no command of money , for at lafift what affection and tears failed to draw from
him is obtained by the per-centage of 4 fOQ « . upon the advance of 1600 / . for six months , the loan being guaranteed by the- deposit of jewelB belonging to the lady , and of a toll signed by the lady ' s husband : Tim " e creeps on ; the " bill attains maturity ; the loan is not paid ; and then it is discovered that the huaband ' s signature to the bill waa forged ^ and that tWjewels axe paste / ' Everybody is astounded : shocked » fc : the
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 6, 1855, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06011855/page/14/
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