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" The one Idea which History- exhibits as ev-ermore developing itself into greater distinctness is tlie Idea of Humanity—the noble " endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men . by prejudice ana one-sided , views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions . SSffit 2 aSfe !^ a 2 gSfrJaS £ thS f HiitQaa TaCe aS ° brQfc ^ . ^ ing cne greaffobjectlthe free development . .. . . . :
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- **» ' * it £ tfTttUta ::: ""' : I lit OPEN ¦ COUNCIL- Biographical Dictionary ! .... 236 Imperial Parliament 219 Thanet Union fndustriaiFarm I . I . ' 226 An Historical Study ... 231 -rue adi-c ..: The War ... * ... 221 Naval and Military News .. 227 Tlie Amended Statatea . 231 infcflKI * - War Miscellanea 2 ^ 1 Miscellaneous .... .... _ ...- 22 ? ¦ t » i « -R < Si . af- v >^ n * * . Vms TiMfPea < je ... 222 Postscript ?* 227 LITERATURE- The First Printer « 6 Total Destruction of Covent-Garden . ui i tiw \ i uhc . _ . _^_—_ Theatre ...,. .... 222 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— Summary 232 m „ ¦ u QO < , Our Civilisation ... 222 After Dark . 232 The Gazette . 237 America ¦ ¦ '? .. * . .. 224 TheDanubianPrincipalities ...... 228 Southey ' sI , etter 3 ...... . 233 . ¦ TheGrient ...................... 224 Fourteen Russian / Treaties ......... 228 The Dutch Republic ... 1 . 233 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSThe French Emperor ' s Speech at the Army Reform Debate * . 229 Pine-cones from Italy 234 . "V " •"' . * - •» *" . ' « - " «•«« ^ Opening pf the Parliament ...... 224 Women and Law Keform 22 » Decay of Nations ........ ' ...... " .... 235 City Intelligence , Jlarketa , Ad-CpntmentalNotea .... 225 Oxford Manicheism ........... . 230 Life in BrazU 235 vertisetnents , & c . ................ 237
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By favour of the alliance , of accident ,, and of every folly or complicity of his fellow sovereigns , Louis Napoleon equivocates every phase of Europe into a personal glorification . His last address to bis senators and deputies is as complete an illustration as his treatise upon the extinction of pauperism from his prison at Ham . Socialism reared its head above the middle class mark , and Louis Napoleon in person identified himself for the day with the socialism . The King of the Barricades allowed the stod to be jostled from under him * a republic was On foot , and Louis Napolkon accepted the Presidency . France sickened into servitude , and he restored the Empire . Mischievously demanding a Latin key for the holy places in the East , he drew Bussia upon him , provoked the crisis in Turkey , but managed to place England before him in vindicating the East against the aggression of the North . The Emperor Nicholas refused to call him ' ? Sir , my brother / ' and now the Emperor Nai'oi-eon condescendingly patronises the Emperor Ar . EXander for deferring ; to the distinctly expressed wish of Europe which France has dictated ?; for , aays Napoleon in his speech , the present Emperor of Russia " inherited a position which ^ he bad not created . " Napoleon will not punish the son for the sin of his father : and Europe sees him magnanimously consenting to receive submission from the child of the man who refused to recognise hia equality . Thus at the same moment France holds out the hand of friendship to Russia , yet maintains a complete accord with Kngland , her ally for the war . The head of the Paris form advertises the capacity which Frnncc possessps , with its inerenaed wealth , its cash ready ix * be placed in his hnnds , ita military zeal , its private charity , to undertake the part of war or peace . The Plenipotentiaries of Europe are assembled in his capital , and under hia patronage will the settlement of Europe bo accomplished , or the fresh stage of the wnr initiated . It is probable that our own Government has had some share in theao transactions ; but the dramatic ; attitude , which
is proper to the French people , enables the Emperor Napoleon to give himself the most conspicuous place , and to stand before flunkeys , if not before history , as the first among the first . There is indeed great reason to 'doubt whether he has on all occasions preserved that foremost place . The papers respecting Kars which have just been brought forward are an exposure for many of those who were engaged . The Ottoman Government is shown to have been strangely impotent in the control of its own armies ; the Turkish commander is for ever disgraced in history ; the excessive corruption of the Turkish Adrnmstration , where it is removed from the cen tre , is brought under the light of English State papers and journals ; but Lord Stjbatfqbdde RedcliffEjAvIio left the i really heroic " Williams unsupported even by the solace of a friendly letter , is not less pilloried for his neglect of the duty towards a personal friend which would have been considered the first obligation of a gentleman . And the weakness which prevented the Etnperor Napoleon from overriding the obstructive jealousy of Pemssier is unveiled by the publication of those words in which he shuffles off the responsibility , and leaves our foreign office to deal with the allied generals , PEHSsiBB , of course , included . That Kars episode is not over with yet ; the materials have scarcely yet come to hand ; but we shall have td explore its dark passages . la the meanwhile , it is clear that caution here actuated Napoleon the Third far more than chivalry . Just as we have this exposure of Government impoteucy in Turkey , of calamitous corruption ., cross purposes , and treachery , we have the Imperial Hattee Shereef sketching out an universal Reform Bill for the Ottoman Empire—comprising ecclesiastical reform , financial reform , administrative reform , electoral reform , everything ; reform ! Wild aa the scheme looks , it is indeed possible that Turkey may be more cornpetont to carry out n reform than a regular administration . Her system is entirely dissolved : re organisation is absolutely necessary , and the Plenipotentiaries have sketched out the plnn for her re-organisution It is a pity that some of them cannot apply this Turkish lesson to their own realms . Let Austria giv « perfect equality of religion ; or let France abolish corruption . If , however , we get
Turkey so completely to reform her entire system , it will be difficult to make even Austria continue to serve as a barbarous foil . Especially if , in the very heart ^ of Germany , another such example were to arise . Such a contingency is not impossible . We all know the wrong which has been done by the-princes of Germany to the peoples of Germany , and England must take shame to herself for having played false with Hesse Cassel and Sclileawig-Holstein , to say nothing of the moral effect that a better ; support for those states would have had in Prussia . However , there are Germans who can see their duty for the future , and amongst those Germans , remarkably enough , appears the reigning Puke of iSAXE-CouuRG Gotha , the brother of Prince Albert . He deplores " the melancholy indifference manifested to all that belongs to constitutional government , " and ' * the blind zeal for preventing all participation of the people in the administration of their own affairs ; " and he invites the whole country under his rule to concur with jhim , in demonstrating how much prosperity the constitutional system is able to bestow upon a country , where people and sovereign agree in supporting each other ' s rights . This was said to a deputation of delegates from all parts of the Duke ' s dominions . It is a very remarkable manifestation . It is a proof of the ideas which are working in high places , as well as humble , and of the strange events which we might foresee if there were to be another year of war in Europe . Yes , freedom does continue to advance , although thxj people who are to enjoy it scarcely appreciate their own duties , and their indifference gives every possible advantage to the enemy . We have now , by perseverance , succeeded in abolishing Church , rates , and we are about to abolish them with the help of Government far more efficaciously tha »^ mrp < - ^ Si ^ could with the help of Sir William ^^ f ^ fp ^ P ^^ S \ * P the Ministerial scheme is much more effOTt ^ ij ^ JftJMft ^ ^ j t-t the liberal Baronet ' s . His plan waa thyH jim MHg ^ fflPf \ ~* posed to abolish the compulsory ass ^^ TO . JpSj liLl ! j ~ 2 Church-rates , ami to render the impost ^ " ^ ^^ J ^ TO ^ |> coutribution , levied by the churchwarulij i ^ v trin ^|^^^ 3 3 tho superintendence of n quincunx of l ^ 'i ^ fe « TOtfT $$ p 7 S tors . Thus , although the compulsory leyy- ^ ijki fl TjQ jy ^
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Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1856, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08031856/page/1/
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