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J Tntekchange With The French. • I ' 1st...
no topic more encouraging for the formers lie was addressing than ¦; to expatiate on the larg-e quantities of provisions expovied to England , and on the certain and increasing markets Iiere _ which the -. . commercial freaty would srive the French ^ me ^ . ^ fehoy such prospects , and cut off from .. them a payment of f + f ™; ™® in . . . . . a year , would be a dangerous step for the Government of Fiance ^ to take . We imported articles ; of embroidery , Sr ^ es , silks ^ c , < K . cfrom France to the value of perhaps £ 1 , 000 , 000 more They are . ¦ the produce of Tivons .. St . Etienne , and P .-u-is . Is it to be expected that the Emperor will brave the anger of the populations of these towns ? Will he risk the sight of the Faubourg fct , Antoine hungering for work and bread ? Is the present remarkable contentment and Easter festivities of the population of fins Faubourg , 1 noticed in . the correspondence from Paris on Thursday the eonse- i rmence of the extensive trade now enjoyed with England , and the prospect , of that being increased ? We believe not ; » "d _ xve believe < that the imports from France lust year , of the value of £ " 10 , 86 J . ^ bO i is a pledge for the continuance of peace , because war with us would ( stop a sixth part of the trade of France . It would deprive her of a < market for produce to the extent of nearly £ 17 , 00 ^ , 000 , and would i - reduce to poverty and distress a larger , proportion of her people than < The'Vnntna . l interchange , of which the loss would be so disastrous , i lias nothing in comrnon ' with the peddling and the fraud by which ] trade is -very off en contaminated . These being much talked about , < trade has come to be considered , in many minds , as only peddling < and fraud . In fact , exchange is a necessary part of social produc- . j tion , as essential to the life of society as farming , or weaving , or writing hooks . It is another name for the mutual service .. all industrious" men render to one another . It enables thenv to help each other and rewards all concerned for their labour . It spreads com- i fort , ease , and luxury through all classes . It assuages national : animosities , and substitutes for them confidence and attachment . It is the herald of universal peace . It overrides the policy ot ambition , and constrains rulers to consider the material .-welfare ot the multitude . Part of the unjust opprobrium thrown on . it comes from classes whose rude power it supersedes . UUi wealth and old authorities are overshadowed as it extends ; its merits , as it grows , cannot be at once appreciated ,, and alt Uie prejudices of the past are invoked against it as an upstart novelty . It is continually extended , and the new-growing power is ever regarded with jealousy by old and decaying- power .
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Btcitaxxta's Glory. Rnile Argument Of Th...
BTCITAXXTA'S GLORY . rnilE argument of the Admiralty , and of all who support the X Admiralty , for continuing Britannia ' s shame , as sjtutod .-three weeks ago . is that , without it , discipline cannot be maintained . Cases we quoted of incorrigible individuals , thieves , scoundrel * , monsters of dirt and negligence , and it is triumphantly ^ sked , What can be done with such men but scourge them ? Alas ! the scourging . docs not cure the disease . The dirt and drunkenness and theft continue . The error which formerly pervaded civil society still lingers m the -navv . What , it used to be asked , can you do with incorrigible thieves—witli unruly , seditious politicians , with obstinate heretics , but hang thorn ? And hanging , or some other method of putting those out or the way who gave oifence to their brethren in authority was vSy liad recourse to . Xikc flogging , it did not answer the expected purpose . The diseases it was to cure increased in virulence . Giadually , experience taught that the surest way to put an end tAwronff was for authorities not to do it ; and the conviction has led to the diminution of coercion in . all our civil relations , and seems grad a Iv extinguishing even what is yefc supposed to bo legitimate P nishnven ^ dbccli ' ncc , order , subordination arenmintainedin every ^ H of Our civil life without the use of corporal pun . s ' ™» V a" £ what more can possibly be required on board ship ? ^ hat mo . e is or can ho effected bv naval discipline ? . W \ l in the inomory of persons living ifc was thought that oeenwom . 1 kicks mid ciiITh , the use of straps and sticks were required to keep don os sorviints and voung people orderly and diligent . J 3 utt . es . n . S « ml Ovorlookera in mills were quite convinced , like our vnhnnt E , nnd tho Admiralty clerks who echo then- views in Parliament , Hint thoy could not get necessary work done unless they u . unlimited power to knock down young people with - Billy roller " , " or flay then with straps . They did nut make heso instrunents with cunning ingenuity to torture tlioir robordumtps ; they did not ¦ oini lv nn 5 with culm logic demonstrate ^ h ™ ™\™™ U t " m hat the world would come to nn end if they did not brenlc heads and flav bodies ; they had recourse to violence in a pasa . on , and excused their brutality by alleging a perverseness m youth . that would provoke u saint . Their excuses did not convince an intelligent nubliu that tho maintenance of discipline , m cotton mills ami m mines was superior to the laws of Immunity ; , and no sooner was it Lom-nillv Imown that discipline } was kept up in ninny nulls and mino « - w ) t in all , juat . likothonavy—by such quostmnobiomqans , tlmt tho Leic hiluro c 1 no to tho conclusion that it was its duty to put an end lo Hucii di ^ mceful brutality . It was horrified nt tlio outrngfo * S U bv pnsRlonnto men to socuro exertion in mi In and mines , vot t o emi lv ordains and mwilom far groa or outrnproB in the BliinH » d reu'imenifl of tho State . The nntujn } u \ a wisely and SohJv put an end to corporeal punishment of h 1 kincU m oivil . life ; Eg ' , 5 ! k over in tho roar of tho iml . on it protends , to o , ? d , i ! ini « tl ! iuP it hi .. pfto of roanon as tlio life oNt * military sprvico . Thoir soul m honour , its viHihlo oniblein is the Ri-ourgo . Porl ) it i . thought by tho kindly puhli , lh . il tho K rmvn wnmon do not need proi «« tion , l . lko iiifaiits in mills and n . im-uj but nn
¦ individual is utterly helpless against the power of the -commumty .. The children were assailed by passionate men ; seamen and soldiers-M-e scourged bv the uhimpassioned State . From its unieelin « logic when it violates its duty to protect them they can only escape by desertion . " Better a child should weep tlian bearded men . " said the Scotch nobles to their infiint sovereign . The tcars _ ot childhood , " like the dewdrop on the rose , " speedily disappear ; griet Eind diPCrace sink deep into the hearts of men , and give a character bo a nation now and hereafter . It is more inciimhent on the btate therefore to stop corporeal punishment in its own services , than » j mills and rriines—to prohibit it for men than for boys . Banished from every other part of the community , it is absurdly- cherished by the State as the means of making our defenders valiant , energetic , and orderly . . .. . . Is the nation then in error ? Is . terror the means of obtaining anergetjc service ? Can it be fed , lodged , clothed , and warmed , but not defended without using the scourge ? Compared to the insessant services rendered to it by those who feed and clothe it , the occasional services of the Horse Guards and the Admiralty are xbsolutelv trivial . Yet all those great services are performed without ' raising the hand to strike , or « ven raising l ] l 0 vOlce m an-er . This is the glory of our civil life . Millions of held laboureis , miTlions of labourers " in factories , men , women , and children , patiently and assiduously do their duty to their emplovers and to Lne another ; they are obedient , orderly ,. _ energetic : in . then Balling ; thev eiuictnally do their part m creating the wealth and greatness of which we are all so justly proud . Islobpdv bribes them to serve ; nobody forcibly retains . them m service Thoy seek it voluntarily , voluntarily they learo it . If masters and servants do not a-ree , they separate . The maid gives warning , he labourer seeks anotlier empliver , the journeyman goes away . Their ^ mi uial ser > vices are n / utuallv indispensable . Keciprocal wants in farmers and labourers , in capitalists and non-cap italists , in makers and servant ^ , settle and determine the duties of each and all , bind some togethei , and separate some / so as , to complete all-production in the veiT best kiiowii iniinner . Coi ^ oreal punishment , ^ r coercion of any lcii ^ j s . so little required , and so little consonnnt to this mighty and daily work , tlmt even the animals which help . in it ; are n ^ Jy-P ™^; The wa .-oiier and the ploughman carry whips , but . they , pcji ceiy require tf * beneficent and wi « e teaehiiig" ^ Mr Rarey to ^ ince them-though it is yet needed by the Admiralty and the Hmse Guards-that kindness and skill are more efficacious to get work well done than thongs and goads . That the nation is right and the nSStarv authorises wrong is plain from the single conoderation , that it " is impossible to apply their system to get done the necessary W < Now and Si a refractory apprentice or a ; contract-l . rcaking labourer may be summoned before a magistrate : now and then . ui emnlover may have to answer in a county court a claim for wages ; dXences md disputes are unavoidable ; but considering the nuUitude of " employer * and eniploycd disputes between ^ e . n are amazinHy few . -A * the rule , the whole business of-cml life is ca ^^ ron without corporeal punishment and ahnos ; Wit ; ho ,, t the semblance of coercion , except where the ; conl gmty . md 1 > ad example of the naval or military service induces ij . ihe whip is sS used to force slaves to labour a"d keep them obedient Soldiers and sailors , then , are . still treated like slavey 'Wmt tbjy must be governed on a principle totally at vm-mncc > uth the principle , by which civil society is governed , nnd abhor re it to its yeiy nature thou-h always hsserled by men who gloat in strong animal sclf " wUl ! and rebel against knowledge ,, kindness , and care , has yet ^ The ^ Tetmfoccupatinns , it must bo remen . bored-that of the miner for one-more dnngcron . s tlimi that of the manner , oven when he iocs to battle . There arc many-that of the grinder , and that of the t-iflor--molc unhealthy than that of the sailor . , Accent may cut bSort his existence , but since the menus of ohtuining wholesome food f . r long voyages have been found , ho is not neeessnrily subject to disca c " vhich ^ debilitate , paralyx . e , -and . shorten Ii o . Almost every article of elegance or virt ( i is obtained , according to . the MdhlZJi ZcrietiZat ihe expense of workmen permanentl . v or trinsiontfv disabled . Throughout our industrial system there is a coK tl v te of health an « l lift . lMl . v , however , are the tasks ol each and all repeated ; daily are the Ramo dungc-vs braved and the same evils Rufl ^ d , ami the comnumily in cvor sustained m vigour and greatness by unforced but by incoaaant toil . With all this continuous and unassuming labour wo are so familiar , tlmt it excites no observation . When wo reflect , welcr that by it tho nation in not merely sustained but can-fed forward and kept in tho foremost rank ol civilisation , S contrast it with tho few and occasional seryicon really make known tho names of individual oflioors w o " ^ . ""^ ° ' ^ ¦ sunoi-fluouB ilogffing , < ho nublio oxcmition . I hoy hulo unit pio tect t \ wcMvh > roorff ropnibntiou , and Uwn ftlivo wrong . . Wore it nt that altomplH ' aro rnado to hIiow , by V *™™ f ™ "B to be ? iiiithorilifH . -llmt tl o dillliulty of gutting men ( or ho navy , ^^ Jr ^^& V ^^ m '¦ iiiffurincx ( liHtriclH , it , 'w < iti i l » o unnoftHfiiry fur uh to l » 'I 1 U " " 4
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Leader (1850-1860), April 14, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14041860/page/11/
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