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    THE COLONISTS AND THE COD-FISHING I HE U...

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    GENERAL CASS ON INTERVENTION Tammanay Ha...

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    ROBERT LOWE AT KIDDERMINSTER. In the dea...

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    Cont1n Kntal Notes M. Louis Lkunai'artk ...

    Germany . Austria is desirous to bring the commercial interests of Germany to Frankfort , where Austria is paramount . Berlin is unwilling to enter into any negotiations with Vienna , until assured that the Zollverein shall have been completely re-established . The smaller states are _coquetting with one or the other of the two great powers ; the northern afraid to lose tho advantages of the Zollverein under Prussian auspices , and anxious to be well with Austria : the southern states being all for Austria , but disposed to

    make concessions to Prussia , on Prussia promising to . admit Austria into future treaties , after the reconstitution of the Zollverein . Such is , or recently was , the posture of the question ; but the latest accounts state the whole matter to he at a dead lock . Austria- considers Prussia ' s demands unacceptable , and Prussia insists on the reconstitution of the Zollverein as an indispensable preliminary . In January , 1854 , the Zollverein expires . At the present rate of discussion , the settlement , may be as far distant in 1854 as it is now .

    The following notice has been sent to the French bookselling trade : — " The Austrian press—periodical as well as non-periodical—having been placed under the exclusive surveillance of the civil authorities , il has been ordered that all books and pamphlets imported into Austria , in whatever manner the importation may be effected , must be sent to tbe Custom-house , where persons specially appointed for the purp ose will examine them before they are permitted to circulate . " Tho Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 9 th states that a new instrument of political agitation has been discovered in the National Bank of Turin , where French 5 fr . pieces , bearing the dates of 1831 , 1851 , and 1852 , have tieen found among the cash , with the motto , " Pieu punira la France , " on the edge , instead of the usual one , " Pieu _protSge la France . "

    The Piedmontese Gazette of the 11 th confirms the statement that General Lamarmora has been appointed by the King of Sardinia to proceed to Lyons , in order to compliment Louis Bonaparte . An English company has obtained the concession of a railway from Naples to Brindisi ( the ancient Brundusium , and nearest point of departure for the Levant ) , on very questionable terms so far as the British capital invested is concerned . The difficulties of construction will be very considerable and the traffic doubtful . The completion ( as required ) within three years is considered next to impossible . But " impossible" is a word unknown to engineers . The disinclination of the Government is , however , a serious item in the obstacles to be incurred .

    The Clamor Publico , of Madrid , has the following from Corunna , dated the 5 th : — " There has just been denounced to the tribunal of this city a man-wolf , who , upon his own confession , has been in the habit of going into the forests and killing and eating men , women , and children . He was captured in Castille . He has declared to the examining magistrate that he had two accomplices belonging to Valencia , and that they carried on a traffic with Portugal for the fat of their victims . This horrible monster added , tbat he had killed and eaten his mother and his sister . " The _latent accounts from Sicily describe Etna as having been in full eruption since tho 20 th of August ,. and still threatening a large extent of fertile land with , destruction . Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer is at Home , where it is sup-Sosed he will finally arrange the liberation of Edward f urray , who still languishes in prison at Ancona , in so weak and prostrate a condition that it is feared his pardon may reach him too late .

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    The Colonists And The Cod-Fishing I He U...

    THE COLONISTS AND THE COD-FISHING I HE United States steam-frigate Mississippi , bearing the broad pennant of Commodoro Perry , returned to New York on tho 2 nd instant , from an active cruise to the fishing districts of British North America . The Commodoro and his officers have been most warmly received in all tho colonial ports whero he has landed . Meanwhile , the colonists" aro enraged at the alleged

    termination of tho dispute with America—the reciprocal interchange of fisheries , as announced , some weeks buck , b y tho Standard , anel backed by tho Morning Herald . A meeting has been held iu Halifax , Nova _Sereitin , anel strong resolutions remonstrating with the Geivcrrnncnt em tbo alleged desertion of the colemies ; and equall y streing memorials to the Lieutenant-Governor anel to the Queen have been drawn up by tho Neiva _Keotians .

    I _hei gist , of the remonstrance ! is contained in these passages taken freim tbe memorials and tho reseilutieins . ' he resolutions begin by sayingtii ' . a f' 'he citizens of Halifax fool elooply grateful to he _« r ¦ Majest y ' s Government for the , _seilicituelo evinced b y tbo _ite'rminal . ion to ' remove , all grounel eif complaint em the , part ed the e : e > _lonios in _oonsoepteneie _, ol" the _ene-roachirioatH <> t tho fishing vessels of the United States upon tho _ro-« orve _, el fishing grounds of British Amori (! u , ' _expressed iu >¦ » o despatch eif tho flight Htm . the . Secretary of State , for "io Colemies , elated tho 22 nd of May . " uo next passages are from tho memorial to Sir J » hn Gasiiard le Murehant : —

    Hytho terms of the Conve , ntion of 1818 , tbo United _uueiH e , xpre , _ssl y renounced any right of Hulling , within toree ! marine utiles 'from the , coasts and _shores e > f these * ° ( , ni < 's , or of entering their buys , creeks , unel harbours , _j-ve-ejjt for shelter , eir for _wooel aiiel water . If this _restrie :-joij bo removed , It must bo _eibvieius to your Excellency uit . it will bo impossible , to _present the Americans freim _tsing our fishing grounds oh freely as our own fishermen . _yty will bo _permitteid to ontor our bays and _harbenirs , ° ro , at all times , unless armed _vobboIb aro _proeont in

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    every harbour , they will not onl fish in common with our own fishermen , but they will bring with them contraband goods to exchange with the inhabitants for fish , to the great injury of colonial traders , and loss to the public revenue . The fish obtained by this illicit traffic will then be taken to the United States , where they will be entered as the produce of the American fisheries , while those exported from the colonies in * a legal manner are subject to oppressive duties . We need not remind your Excellency , that the equivalent said to have been proposed—that of allowing our vessels to fish in the waters of the United States —is utterly valueless , and unworthy of a moment ' s consideration .

    " We would fain hope that the reports which have appeared in the public press respecting the pending negotiations between the two Governments are without any good foundation . We cannot imagine that her _Majesty ' s Government , after having taken prompt and decided measures to enforce the true construction of the treaty , will ever consent to such a modification of its terms as will render our highly valued rights a mere privilege to be enjoyed in common with foreigners . " Wc therefore pray your Excellency to exert all your influence to induce her Majest y ' s Ministers to stay any further negotiations on this vitally important question until the rights and interests of the inhabitants of this province are more fully inquired into and vindicated . " The memorial to the Queen is rather fervently composed , and contains these paragraphs : —

    " If conciliation , irrespective of right , be the principle on which is to be withdrawn the restriction against the entry of Americans into the hays and indentations of the coast to fish , limiting them alone to the distance of three miles from the shore , the concession of the privilege to fish within this latter distance must equally be granted—as , indeed , has been already urged in the American Congress —the restriction in both cases rests on the same authority ; and the concession in each would be demanded by the same principle . It may not be the province of your Majesty's colonial subjects to suggest how far such a

    principle is consistent with national honour and independence ; they have a right to pray that it be not carried out at their expense . " * * * " In the present case , the possession fo be surrendered is no offspring of artificial arrangements , falling with a complicated policy of which it formed a part . No , may it please your Majesty , your loyal subjects in Nova Scotia raise their voice against the injury ot an inheritance conferred upon your North American subjects by nature—connected with their soil by the laws and usages of nations—confirmed to them by solemn compact ; and which practically enjoyed by them peculiarly , and as your Majesty ' s other subjects cannot enjoy them , can be surrendered only at their extreme injury and great loss . "

    Thus the" Protectionist and Colonial Ministry are involved in a dispute with the colonists ou very equivocal grounds ; the Ministerial policy remaining confessedly a dark enigma .

    General Cass On Intervention Tammanay Ha...

    GENERAL CASS ON INTERVENTION Tammanay Hall , in New York , was filled with a crowded meeting on the 2 nd of September in behalf of Pierce and King . General Cass addressed the meeting . As he grew warm , the General successively took off his coat and waistcoat . Among other topics he touched on the democratic doctrine of intervention : —¦ " Adverting to the external policy of tho two parties , ho said , in tho first place , free intercourse with foreign nations has been tbe controlling principle of the democratic party—to do no wrong and to suffer none . We have been told by high whig authorities that tho oppressed of other nations are welcome to hospitable graves in this countrythat they may live hero and tiio here . Look to tho whig _pnpers , and they will tell you that 'intervention' i . s

    interfering in thc concerns of other nations . If tho Emperor of Austria , or tho Emperor of liussia , eir the sable Emperor of Hayti , _UHflertakos to violate the great principles of public law , and carry into effect their projects , wo have the , samo right to declare that thoy shall neit ele . so . Aro wo to stand still anel see , tho laws of nations violated by tbo Btrong arm of despotism ? ( Cries of ' No , no . ' ) I am glad to near that response of ' No' from true-hearted Americans . You must not _stunel still anel see tho _feeible , oppresseel anel the strong triumphant . I _elo not advocato genng lo war—going to war now -but thei time will come , anel tho timo is coming , when the , _voie-e ! of this nation will be potential throughout the world . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) I trust tin , time will soon come when neit a hostile drum

    shall reill unel nejt a hostile ) cannon be , _lireiel throughout the , weirlel _, if we say , ' Your cause , is neit a just one \ ' ( Loud _olmers . ) And a glorious _consummutiein that will be , for tho establishment ol true , elemocratie ! _priiie-ipleis . If any struggling nutiem beiweel eleiwn by despotism shall rise against its oppressors , as we , elid , anel that a neighbouring _peiwer shall _mte-rtere , anel say , ' We are , afraid to see , _established a republican government , as _yentr example , may injure , my subjects , ' shall that power bo _pertnitteel to do se > P I have , beem told by _eutiinont whig authorities , but I proneiune : e , it tei bo a great humbug , lhat a _declaration on our part against _micli a violation of public law , is _interfering in the affairs of either nations , iu the sense which

    Gene'riil Washington meant . 1 shoulel like ! to know , in the , name , of comment seuiso , if we , aelbore , to Ibe principles of public law , anel if the _Kmporeir of Russia says , " ' 1 have , a right let interfere in the , internal elispules of nations , ' anel _wei _ele-chtre , that no ono bus a right tei ele > sei , if that is entering into ' entangling _ulliiinee's V Anel _yeit that humbug has been _pre'sseiel with much _pcrtiime-ity . One _tneiro topic anil I Hhallcle . se 'Sympathy with _foreugn natieins . ' We feel a sympathy with struggling _expression . Se > diel General Washington . He , saiel that ' wimrovor an eippre , sse ! el nutiem unfolds tho banner of frooeleim , thero my heart is with thorn . ' That was tho truo doctrine of that day , and ia tho truo doctrine of this . Yes , my friends , wherever

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    men are bowed down , wherever the image of God is defaced , wherever man is striving to pass out of darkness and turn to the light of truth and freedom , there the hearts of American democrats are with them , and say , ' God speed you—do as we have done in the establishment of free institutions , and then do as we are doing by maintaining liberty and law . ' ' , ' Is not this evidence of the deep furrow which Kossuth has ploughed iu , the history of the United States ?

    Robert Lowe At Kidderminster. In The Dea...

    ROBERT LOWE AT KIDDERMINSTER . In the dearth of politics , when Mr . Disraeli , compelled by stress of business , shirks his constituents , as Lord Derby did the agricultural gathering last month at Preston , it is refreshing to meet with the speech of a new man , at least new on the British platform , though well known in Australia , and powerful in the press . Mr . Robert Lowe was entertained by his constituents at Kidderminster on Wednesday , when he made a striking speech , remarkably pertinent to the present state of politics . After paying a tribute to the cause of free-trade , and the memory of Peel , he turned upon the present

    ministry" Never before in the history of our country was a Ministry selected precisely because—and for no other reason —because they combined in holding a principle unanimously discarded by the country they were set to govern . ( Laughter and cheers . ) One might defy any one , in or out of her Majesty's Government , to point out any ground on which a member of that Government was selected , except that he was , above other men , a bitter and remorseless Protectionist . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) Now , that was bad enough ; but there were Manichceans in politics as well as in religion , and it might appear probable that by way of a change it was worth our while to establish a Government to impersonate the evil principle of commercial legislation . ( Laughter . ) But was it ever

    heard , that after having done this , we retained the Government in office , because it meanly discarded and basely flung away the very principle that brought it in ( cheers)—that it should take the worst principle it could find , ride into office on its shoulders , and then kick it down stairs ? ( Laughter and cheers . ) That was unexampled , he ( Mr . Lowe ) would venture to say , in the history of this or any other country ( hear , hear ); and therefore , although he did believe the present Ministry had resigned the worn-out doctrine of Protection , he must be excused from reposing in them the least more confidence than he did when they

    held and avowed that principle as their rule of conduct . ( Laughter and cheers . ) The interests of this country were great and manifold ; they extended over a large portion of the world ; they involved matters of utmost moment to us all : let us then select our Government on some intelligible principle . ( Hear , hear . ) If it pleased us to have them because of their being Protectionists , let us require them to stick to protection ; if they thought proper to givo it up , what business had tbey in office ( hear , hear)—men who had surrendered the onlv principle they ever had , and taken no new one whatever in exchange ? " ( Cheers . )

    Again : — "Lord Derby ' s Government came into ofiice as Protectionists . What were they there for now ? They told us they wero in ofiice in order to ' preserve tho altar and tho throne . ' Vory goeid objects certainly ; but who was thero that wished to lay his sacrilegious hand upon tho altar , or to stretch forth his traitorous arm against tbo throno ?" ( Cheers . ) And he likened tbe trick to thc coup-d ' etat of the 2 nd of December , with great cflcet . After describing the kinel of men whei might bridle democracy , supposing democracy needed the bit , he

    asked"But wero the present Government tho men—thoso who had been arraying class against class , and teaching us te > live like , wilel beasts preying upon one another ? Was it tei bo elemo by the friends of the Duke ! of Richmond , who talked about bringing lire anel _sweirel intei the camp ( laughter anel che _, _ers ) ? or the fanners , who reminded us that they _possessed all the horses in the country , anel intimielat e-el us with the pre > spect of an agricultural invasion ? ( _remewe-el laughter anel cheering)—or my Lorel Derby , who enily last : year coulel find ne > mileh _, r terms in which tei

    stir up the tepid enthusiasm of his agricultural supporters than those of the Duke eif Wellington , ' Up , Guards , and at them'P (( . beers . ) Were ! theme the men that woulel assuage , popular fury ? _Itatlmr , if such a crisis as they preelie ; te : el weu-o to ceinto , we're they neit the men who woulel be ! its lirst _vie-tiins inste . 'uel of its _reprosseu-H ? It was all very _weill lo talk about 'putting down _de'inoeirae-y , ' but ( his country was not tei be rule ! il , like France ! or Germany , by the sweirel . (( . hee > rs . ) We ( _e-eintinued Mr . Leiwe _, ) wo are fre'e ' , anel we ; mean to have , emr will . ( Great cheering . ) Anel if it tthoulel be emr will----which I trust it never _nIiiiII

    be ,-- to change ! our admirable , monarchy , anel emr admirable e _.-emstilution , for unbridled democracy , it is neit my Leirel Derby , nor my Lord Mahnosbury ( laughter ) , _neir Sir F . Kedly ( _remewoii laughter ) , no , neir a _thnusunel _suedt men , long Inimical together against our ce _> _mmere-ial freedom , that would stop thei emwuril movement of publio opinion a single inch . ( Cheers . ) It may be , in Franco , that when the , _peieiplo _elegit a I ' _rewielent _theiy elect a master ; but that is neit so in _Enghtnel ; wei appoint emr Ministers , not to bo

    our masters , but to execute , emr will . (( . beers . ) It is from us that the , power is dcriv , unel no further . " ( Choorn . ) W e , can sot e > ur own limit , —wo can legislate for ourselves and fix tho limits , without seeking for control from men who

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18091852/page/7/