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"The one Idea which ¦ ¦ History- ¦ ' exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humaruby—the noble endeavour to . throw down all the barriers erected between men ^ y prejudice and one-sided views ; and by set . tmg _ aside-tb . e distinctions - . . ' ' " of . Eeligiqn , ' Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having- one great object—the free development of ^ pur spiritual nature . "—jffumboldfs Cosmos . ¦ : ¦ : .
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npHE position of our Government has materially * altered , not only-by the retirement of LordPalmerston , but also by the manifest change of affairs in the East . The public ought not to be surprised if the events of the vreelc are followed by events of a still niore striking character . lathe Black Sea , Russia begins to' " Bpast her victories ; and although exagg ^ YJJftecl , ihey are not to be denied . A fleet , u ^ der t ^ ene ^^^ a « hinaoff ,
sucfieedebfm overtaking , near Sinope , a Turkish squadron of transport ships , with armed vessels , and in destroying the larger number . Indeed , from the result , the object seems to have been less victory than destruction . We have as yet only Russian accounts ; but from the mauled condition of the Russian ships , it is evident that the Turks fought vigorously ; and we may have trustworthy reports , as several
French and English officers were on board the squadron—unlesB they were among the thousands whom the Russians boast of having killed . The reports of throe Russian victories in Asia are not so well ascertained ; but here the declaration of Persia against Turkey is an undeniable gain to Russia , though , luckily , Persia is not at present capable of doing much beyond her own frontiers . Qn the whole , however , . Russia is recovering
ground both in the Black J 3 ca and in Asia . It is evident that Turkey has been forced to enter upon the contest with tactics not her own , and has been obli ged to sustain lier conflict with" Russia according to etiquette , not suited to her own resources and genius , but dictated by European interests . It ia incumbent on her . allies , therefore , who have restrained her , to give her a more
active support ; find , although " the fleets" had not been at once ordered into the Black Sea , we lully expect to . hoar that these Russian victories aro followed up by a now course of action on the part of France mid England . It in useless to faille with Russia any longer ; that truth miint by ™ ih time bo recogniHed at head-quarters ; awl if 1 ' rn . neo and England-do ' at last really move , woe bolide Russia and ho / allies .
Wo do not the . less count upon the probability hat our Ministers will more energetically corao J * P to their ] duty becauso Lord Palmci-ston has ett them nor arowQqtnte sure that his i-ctiromont ln 't y not be for them a release in Eastorn aflairs .
The Titnes assures iis that his retirement has no connexion with the affairs of the East , adding" -Nor is it true that differences of opinion on that subject liave manifested themselves with sucn force as . to JeaJ to the retirement of any member of the'Adiiuiiistration . " Now , it is to - be observed that the peculiarly studied terms of this contradiction'imply that there has been some division in the Cabinet , just shprt of causing the retirement of some member ^ of it . W ~ howas that member ? " Was it Lord fjalmer-. ston ? And on which side was he ? It is riot less
remarkable that his retirrnent should be simultaneous with a belief among the friends of Ministers , very faintly shadowed in the assurance of the Times , that there -will be no change or " abatement" of their course in the East — the belief that they are abou * t to adopt a much more energetic course . Russia has determined to set herself against is in
Western Europe : the ^ result hands of God ; but wo cannot ^ help ' regarding that nation as insane which commits itself to such a course as renders its continued existence incompatible with the policy and honour of France and England . Austria insidiously , but really , takes sides with Russia ; and Europe , it sterns , is not to be quiet unless the empire of the two-beaked eagle be also broken up . It might be better distributed , for the welfare of its own inhabitants , of Europe , and of mankind .
The avowed reason of Lord Palmers ton s retirement is his total opposition to any . such plan of Parliamentary Reform as would satisfy the public 1 He was always opposed to reform ; but we did not expect that the convert to Liberalism and to Free Trade would thus retract at the seventieth hour . Still less , as one of his last' acts in oflice was to announce an important reform . The heads of houses at Oxford received a letter from the Home
Secretary on Tuesday , forwarded by the Chancellor ( Lord Derby ) , reminding them of Lord John ' s propositions , and begging to know what the University had to say ; an intimation'that if the University were . silent , Ministers would legislate . And so it appears : University reform is to bo a prominent topic of the Queen ' s speech .
In reform mutters at homo Ministers have decidedly shown themselves in advance , not only of retrograde communities , like the governing body at Oxford , but even of the public reformers , so called par excellence . At Manchester , for example , has been held . a meeting of delegates from Poor Law guardians in Lancashire ; and Yorkshire ,
for the purpose of procur ing amendments of the Jaw . Instead , however , of directing their hostilities against the abuses , the delegates seem to have been animated chiefly by the spirit which , was , rampant in the Anti-Poor Law agitation of King Oastler . ; and while they attacked the Board . of ; Commissioners , aiming at its total abolition , they , specifically object / to . the orders of 1852 ,. .: in ' r . r £ erfering with the ^ discretion of -guardians :. In >¦ short , jealousy of authority is the guiding mo- , tive . Now this movement is objectionable , for '
two grounds that will cause its defeat , and ought to defeat it . However open to criticism on points of detail , the orders of August , which were mainly distinguished by directing better observance to the law , and particularly in giving relief for ablebodied labourers in the form . tvork , constituted a decided improvement to the system ; and , instead of abolishing these orders , reformers should rather try to cany out their spirit in the administration of the Poor Law . On . the other hand , there is not the slightest probability that the Commission will be discontinued . There are
abuses , not only recognised , but maturely considered and condemned—such , for instance , as the law of settlement , which only awaits a pressure from without" to be swept away ; if , indeed , Ministers do not t : ike it into their own hands next session . This avus a service in which the meeting of delegates might have helped . Hy devoting themselves to the Anti-Poor Law agitation of ' 38 , they have shelved their movement , and rendered their organisation of comparatively little account .
Ministers do not appear as agitators , but as executors , completing several improvements . which the public has long discussed . Lord Palmcrcston , for example , issues regulations for burials , in . oi-dcr to secure in detail as well as in tho general spirit the observance of those natural laws which
he bus recommended to the Presbytery of Edinburgh an more e / Hoaeious than helpless prayer . The Secretary of tho Admiralty has issued new instructions to the commanders of vessels on the subject of minor punishment , with much advice na to the treatment of men in general . The eluiractor of the regulations in regard to minor
ponalties is , to vender punishment prompt , spcciUc , AVndL , applicable to tho oflbuee , without Lhe deliw «^ i ^ t 4 j (^ protracted severity which converted H 0 ^ pjj $ OM ^ old punishments into aourqes of dwPplBuu | L ^ amongst tho men . Tho general ^ y ^ Mm ^^ excellent , especially in inculcating ^ "WS || p %
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 17, 1853, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17121853/page/1/
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