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No. 510. Dec. 31, 1859.] THE LEADER. 141...
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No. 510. Dec. 31, 1859.] The Leader. 141...
No . 510 . Dec . 31 , 1859 . ] THE LEADER . 1417
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NEW WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF POLITICS , LEGISLATION , LITERATURE , SCIENCE / AND ART . —_ 4 , —_——rpIIE OLD FASniONED WeEKLT NEWSPAPER , as J . regards mere intelligence , is fast being superseded , and must be replaced by that still superior species of publication which is exemplified in its leading articles . The pressure of activity in all matters—but more especially in literary and political affairs , lias created an extraordinary rapidity of utterance ; and such are the means now offered for the circulation of news , that no one is content to wait for it until the end of the week , but procures it . every morning as he eats his breakfast , or rides in ' his railroad carriage . In compliance with this remarkable necessity , OX AND AFTER NEXT SATURDAY , 7 tu OF JANUARY , the long established and intellectual paper , THE LEADE R , WILL CONSIST ENTIRELY OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES , BY WRITERS OF THE HIGHEST ABILITY" IN THEIR VARIOUS PURSUITS ; and the character of a newspaper will so far be abandoned that nothing will be admitted but A SPECIALLY WRITTEN ANALYSIS AND RECORD OF ALL THE POLITICAL , LITERARY , SCIENTIFIC , AND ARTISTIC EVENTS OF THE WEEK . The features of a Newspaper will , however , be thus far retained , that a RECORD of the most important EVENTS will be afforded , and occasionally highly important and historical Documents will be reprinted for future reference . But in recording important and remarkable events , a narrative style will be adopted , and nothing will be inserted that has not undergone such revision as to entitle it to rank with , the original compositions . In truth , to use the apt phrase of a witty modern essayist , " the paste-pot and scissors will be banished from the sub-editor ' s room . " . This fearless independence which has always characterised THE LEADER will be continued and carried out to the extremest limit when thus issued ^ WBEKLy MA GrAZINE ; and there will be no indecision in treating upon all subjects , POLITICAL , CLERICAL , PROFESSIONAL , LITERARY , SCIENTIFIC , and ARTISTIC , without distinction of parties or persons , on sound philosophical principles ; and without submission to Theological sects or Political cliques . National Progress , in its largest , widest , and most exalted sense , is the only cause to be justly advocated ; and although , happily , the days of revolution and violence in England are gone for ever , there are ninny vital questions connected with our social relations still to be inquired into , discussed , and resolved . Calm , fearless , and conscientious consideration of these is absolutely necessary for all parties and for the welfare of the nation ; and THE LEADER AND SATURDAY ANALYST will amply and fully treat of all such with a deep sense of the responsibility that rosts on their exposition , and will take care to bring the knowledge , as well as the judgment , necessary for their satisfactory discussion . At the same time entertainment will not bo banished from its columns , ana its writers will rather olucidato their various subjocts with the genius of worldly observation and practical knowledge than with the pedantry of more scholastic erudition . . m * , ™ The new oaueku thus designed for Till ! , LEADER is , indeed , only carrying out to tuo i extreme its original intention of tubatino intellkovuaixy all Pumlio and Social mattkhs . ino abandonment of the mere news , and tno eubstitu- j 0 W A COPIOUS SET OF ORIGINAL . i ARTICLES , j will , it is hoped , " not bo displeasing either to its old Subscribers , or its new readers j for , boing news- ] crammed by the dally papers , it is anticipated tlmt they must prefer to the unavoidably stale i » »" . gence , able commentary and powerful elucidation oi the topics of the wcoU ,
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Tliereis nothing-so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress ! t-Dr . Arnold .
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- « 0- THE POLITICS OF POPERY . The Pope could not be expected to admire the pamphlet which we reviewed last week , and is not likely to receive much comfort from M . Walewski ' s assurance that such a document should not have an official character while he was Minister of France . In a constitutional country the opinion of a Minister likely to retain office , or to remain the head of a powerful party , is of great importance ; but the Ministers of the Emperor of the b rencn are simply servants , not permitted to see very far into their master ' s mind , and have often less influence than the chief butler ov head cook in an English family of rank . Under these circumstancesthe only effect of the retirement of
political engine , -would be hbpeless were it not for the ignorance of the rural population in Roman Catholic States . In Italy this might count for much under the feeble advisers who have ruled Sardinia since the retirement of Cavour and Garibaldi ; but the former is regaining power , and if the latter has another opportunity , he will soon make beating the enemies of his country the one great point of Italian religion . A large portion of the clergy of France are more national than Ultramontane , and in proportion as the Jesuits intrigue with the priests , Louis Napoleon will be driven ,
in self-defence , to curb their influence and counter-check their schemes . The policy of Austria and Naples is in strict conformity with Ultramontane principles , and the result upon the internal condition of these States is a fair indication of the ruinous consequences of their adoption . They might suit the Bourbons , should they be unhappily restored to France , and-permitted to tread their old path through reaction to revolution ; but while Napoleon ILL . retains the vigour of his faculties , he is more likety to tame the Pope than to suffer himself to be led in triumph at his Holiness ' s apron-strings .
The French Sovereign cares little about the cause of Protestantism as understood in England ; but he is a self-sufficient man , and would rather be his own Pope than have an external one , who gave him much trouble and sought to divide his power . Irish patriots may rant about the admirable government of Rome , and the blessings which Pio Nono and Cardinal Antonelii , with . the , help of French bayonets , have diffused among a loving people , but they know perfectly well that if the word went out from Paris that the Pope and his subjects might
settle their own affairs , some follower of Garibaldi would soon relieve the Vatican of the cares of secular administration . We heartily wish , for the good of Europe , that the Pope and his despotic friends may widen the breach that stands between them and France . Perhaps no single step could be taken by which civilisation would be so large a gainer , as one of the immediate results would be a closer alliance between England , Prussia , and France ; the-decline of Austria would take place with accelerated velocity , and German unity
receive a progressive impulse . As a temporary influence , the state of parties in the British Parliament maybe seriously affected by the Papal quarrel , as it is clear that Lord Palmerston will not be able to rely upon some portion of the Irish Liberal members , who seem to Lave gone mad under the direction of their electioneering confessors . In former times the Tories were ultra-Protestant , but now not even their connection with the Orangemen saves them from beinrr the hope of the Jesuits , through their infatuated adhesion to the cause of the House ot Austria . By helping them the Irish members may embarrass Lord Palmerston ; but there is no Tory leader who would desiro , or who would venture , to outrage at once the Protestant and the liberal feeling of the country , by openly pursuing would sine 4
such a course of foreign -policy as ^ r . Cullen or Mr . McIIale . The true strength of the Papacy is . in the via inertia of long formed habits and associations . Lot it become active and aggressive , in accordance with Austrian practice and Hibernian zeal , and it will accelerate by centuries the slow process of decay . Believin" the world to be all the better for a little churning we rejoice at the prospect of an energetic collision of ideas , and it is much better that the Papal controversy should turn on the liberty ftnd independence of nations than that it should be a mere repetition of the old verbal polemics . Let the Emperor of Austria , the King oi Napes , i
ana tuo Jfopo ceacu v « u * m »«»»»•» v" ~ j »— , ' A tyranny is Inseparable from sacerdotal rule , and the lesion is so good that it is ^ yorth learning from the most evil teachers . In a few months these combined Potentates , unwittingly playing tlio » schoolmaster abroad , " might teach more , independence and more rebellion nga . nsl authority than a hundred Maszinis , with then- most o oquent haranffuos . By and by wo may arrive at a tune when the were love 0 / truth will suffice to carry the world onward ; now , we wont antagonism , ana those enemies whoso power is based upon the stagnation of the human mind , are haIf d ^ ted the moment they assail . Cavour has shown lamself an admirable raanauvrer in provoking this kind of contest , . and Cardinal AntonelU seems to have
, Walewski—if the rumour should prove truewould be to strengthen the conviction that the Emperor is determined not to be daunted by the opposition of the priestly , party . > If , therefore , the Pope allows his evil advisers to resent the conduct of France , he must be prepared for at least a moral war with powerful enemies and dangerous allies . It is understood that he reckons on the support of Austria , Naples , and Spain , who all labour under difficulties , and associate hie cause with political despotism and degradation , and he has ,-also , an uncertain and unexpoctod ally in the Iwnporor of Rusuia , who threatens to protest in Congress , against the doctrines " subversive of authority i
which the famous pamphlet contains . According tonumbors , he should have largo populations in h ? s favour : in Austria more than forty millions , iu Spain about sixteen . millions , and 1111 the Two Sicilies from nine to ten millions ; but Austria is drifting towards bankruptcy and revolution , Naples requires but a vont to let loose volcanic flames ; and , Spain with a wretched Government , n laasv people , and a poor exchequer , 1 a engageci ? nJwa ? wFth Morocco that bldVftir to overtask her Strength . The cause of the Papacy , as a j j
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 31, 1859, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31121859/page/13/
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