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A POLITICAL AND LITEEAEY EEVIEW.
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A POLITICAL AND LITEEAEY EEVIEW .
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11 The one Idea ¦ which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble © ndeavoiLr to thro-w down all the barriers erecied between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and , by setting' aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual ' nature . "—If-umboldt ' s Cosmos . ¦ .
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L NOTHER diplomatic Conference—but not at J 3- Vienna . Such , unless peace is to be patched up immediatel } ' -, we construe to be the meaning of the intelligence that Russia has accepted the propositions of Austria " as a basis for negotiation . " We have already had a sufficient insight into the purposes with which Russia accepts . She has on every
negotiation endeavoured to evade the completion of the promise with . which she began . She accepted " the Four Points '' only to attempt in a conference a complete frustration of all four , and particularly of the most important , the third point . To that point is now added the fifth of the new propositions—the cession of / i part of Bessarabia to form a new boundary with Turkey remote from tlie Danube . The Czar has alreadv notified on
several occasions his resolve not to admit any interference of the other powers between himself and Turkey , and not to surrender any territory . In his first reply to the Austrian propositions , it is understood , he declined toT > rrxaUe any cession of territory ; he now accepts , but not , we presume , for -the purpose of ceding territory . If we are to judge of him by the past , we have a right to suppose that he " negotiates upon the basis " of the five points , in order to frustrate the five points — that he accepts the proposal to cede territory , as the starting point for negotiation which will enable him to prevent the ceding of territory .
The most interesting point , therefore , for our own public , is to observe the position taken by the Governments of France and England . The entire question is , whether they will stop their military proceedings , or continue to take up their position , ready to aict the moment the evasiveness of Russia shall malce itaclf known . By commencin "
wexcluded in five da 3 s . If she procrastinates , we may be sure that she does not resolve : to make peace ; and if our own Government permits her to procrastinate , we may be sure ] that that Government shrinks from the immediate duly of placing a compulsion upon the enemy . Of course the first doubt is suggested by the position of France , On the surface , everything ; is well . The Emperor has just assisted at the " ceremony of distributing medals bearing the likeness of Queen Victoria , to the French soldieiy , fourteen thousand in number . The Em peror gave the post of honour to the'Duke of Cambridge , and was for
himself only a bystander . The improvements in Paris continue - } and M . Magne , the Finance Minister , reports a singularly flourishing state of finance and trade—a deficit of not more than 50 , 000 , 000 of francs on theibalahce of income aind expenditure for 1855 , ancTa large sum in store to proceed with in 1856 ! He declares that the produce of the older taxes , exclusively of the new taxes imposed for the sake of the war , exceeds the amount raised in 1846 , the model your of Lours Philippe— " the Napoleon of Peace . "
Nevertheless the bank of 1 * ranee shows no rise in the bullion , notwithstanding the immense exportations from this country . There is a leak somewhere . Ajsdiu , notwithstanding the flourishing state of trade , the tightness of the money-market is as much felt in Paris as in London , or rhore so . It seemed to be certain that the Emperor has gained a popularity through the dramatic display on the
return of the Crimean troops ; but the feeling has not gone deep . lie is said not only to have been struck with disappointment , lately , At the silence of the youths of the Ecole Polytechnique , whenjthc Cxi mean troops paraded , but to have expressed his disappointment . Such incidents would appear to show how \ mmanngcnblc nre so : ne of the instruments of the alliance .
Our own Embassy at Constantinople is said to have been working against General Williams and the relief of Kars . There have been murmurs before , but now the accusation is openly made by the Times . Lord Stratfoedde Redcliffe is said to be so jealous of other authority ,, so pugnacious , that he quarrels with Turkish Ministers , and withheld support from General "Williams , because that courageous Jind able commander had been appointed without his assistance ; thus-, when General Williams sent , one after the other , move than
sixty despatches and letters asking for supplies and a reform of the fatal corruption that intercepted the supplies , Lord Stratford left the despatches unanswered . The Times tells Parliament to call for correspondence ; but to us it appears that charges of the kind ought to be met in a different way : they ought either to be refuted at once , or substantiated before a criminal tribunal of the State .
Further East , we have some confirmation of the report that Herat is not absolutely ceded to Persia ; , with signs that the Afighans are about to join in the scramble for the disordered possessions ; while India remains in a state but hauvtrancpiillised— the SantUal insuvrcction partiatly suppressed . Our G . Qvernment , however , has made a wonderful acquisition—a treaty with Japan . The stipulation s give our shipping the right to enter two ports of the island , and our dead the right of burial there ; but as to commerce it must still conform to the
customa and authorities of Japan . The treaty therefore , is not an adequate compensation for Snntlml insurrections , or Affghan intrigues . One of the prettiest incidents in India is a lecture on the War with Russia , by a Pai-soe gentleman , who closed with a prayer for the success of England . What a fuud of loyalty and docility might have been created among the intelligent Parsees and tractable Hindoos , if India were only governed , by English ideas , instead of its " Civil Service "—a freemasonry more selfish , more
powerful , and more remote from re 3 )) p ^ " § i £ rnTy ? than our own 1 & . « v ^ . . ,.., ' . The accounts brought by the Aj ) T ^ ri ^ i ^ Miaii describe the House of Keprosentfttivd |' iW s $ Ul struggling with the effort to elect n . £ 2 s | o fl jV ( fc & # « i weeks of such struggling . But Pr ^ ul ^ t / iio ^ fi ?^ 5 ? : ; v <> j \< i '
rhore arc other proofs of this unmanageublenoss . Austria , who professedly nets with France and England for the protection of Turkey , ' ni d who would prospectively benefit J > y any trmisf , r of Danubirtu authority from Russia , is dragooning the inhabitants of the Principalities , ns if they were Hungarians or Italians !
tuitions a few wcolts hence , by frequent reference to St . Petersburg , anil by ten-daya suspensions of the conference , Kussia may expect to protract the diplomatic conflict until the summer shall be "' too far advanced " for nny effective operations in the lialtic . If she vetilly intends to make peace upon the terms proposed , every essential could bo con-
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19011856/page/1/
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