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1 ft in the hands of those kings , and the democracy had iFered accordingly for that fault . Blum , however , was " tensely the democrat . He had . resolved to go as far as the people would go ; and not to foresee—to anticipateloss than they did ; and his faith in the people was so ° rcat that he regarded their instincts—their impulses" s wiser than all the calculations of statesmen . He was no philosopher—no Utopian , as no optimist . He was . a wee-hearted , clear-headed , practical man , hating wrong , d joying his race ; and he had determined to do and to rail on others to do precisely that which lie believed the time demanded . The speaker proceeded to " sketch Blum ' s political life—the political action he had called into existence in Saxony , and the impetus he gave by his personal dauntlessness to the religious anti-papal movement f jionse . After a rapid survey of the history of the Parliamentand the
Frankfort , appointment of Blum ( with Flobel and Hartman , the poet ) , as a deputation to the Viennese revolutionists , he entered into a defence of Blum ' s much questioned conduct during the struggle in Vienna . Vienna was , at the time , the turning point of all the efforts of enslaved Europe in 1818 . If Vienna were made secure again in the hands of her emperor , and without conditions , Hungary could not long have resisted . Italy would have been overwhelmed ; and the Austrian empire reformed , the rest of Germany would have been overrun with reaction . Blum understood this , and attempted to master the crisis ; and he fought gallantly , and fell like a hero of humanity under the hands of his assassins . But in Blum's blood had been written a new charter for the people : for , as Pericles said of the Athenians who fell in resisting the Spartans , the grave of a great man was the whole earth . "
These sentiments were loudly cheered , and the app lause broke forth again when the orator announced his belief that Blum would be avenged ; that in the next contest for freedom , Germany would have English sympathy ; that London was the beacon of the world ; and that the people had but to be patient , and have faith in themselves , and to be true to that faith to ensure victory . Faith in the destiny of democracy is the now religion of the world . "It was a lie to say , as the ' Philister' party had said , that the democrats and socialists were robbers and
murderers . They had sought but to rob the sword from their oppressors ; and they would seek to murder only—the murderers . ( Great cheering . ) Which party had abolished the punishment by death ? ( Loud cheers . ) As absurd wore the charges of the other party—the ' Frivolen . ' The ' Frivolen , ' in ridiculing the democrat ' s faith in the possible perfectibility of society , did not produce an argument —they but confessed their own contemptibleness ( gemeinhoit . ) The Germans had learnt necessary lessons m their failures . They had learnt to know themselves ; and , still more , to appreciate their tyrants . They might fall again , but it should not be because they were deceived in their kin . o-s . "
Falke , a Viennese , delivered a stirring speech , of the ordinary revolutionary kind , and wanting in that sturdy . statesmanlike tone which liuge and Tuusenau ini ' uscu into their speeches . Dr . Tausenuu , speaking in English , contended for the right of the Germans , although beaten , to continue the contest from the only free platform in Europe . The' ( ioniums were not to be silent because they were beaten for the time ; and they could not hut be right in standing on and speaking from the only free platform loft them in Europe , and in encouraging among one another those political virtues of patience and
per-Mvoranco to which the English had themselves taught fie rest of the world to trust , lie proceeded to answer the question he was often asked—why the ( Jer-111 : 111 democrats held Blum in such reverence ; saying , ' hat , it was not because Blum was the only or even the greatest niurlyr , but because a concurrence of circuni-¦ s | ; uices had made Blum the representative of the whole " ' 1 'inau people at Vienna ; because his assassination was one of peculiar atrocity ; and because the man lu ' in-S | 1 'f was of ( , bat pun ! nature—loveuble in his family , nil therefore virtuous in the political arena ¦ -- which excited enthusiasm in mousing regrets . KiTerniig ( o tbo late speech of Mr . Mueuulny , he s : iul ' •¦ was a libel on the democracy of Hurope .
. " <> was mi admirer of ( . lie works of Mr . Muenulny ; but '" ? l ) ui'tu'uln . r speech bad made him pause in bin tribute ; "" " ' "' Inul begun to doubt whether the heart of Mr . | | i " ' " lllll y " ' nil ) - beat with Mint of mankind ; whether it 11 '") t bent merel y for the success of a single party ? Mr . Iho " "V V llU < I n ' |) V ( ' ( » il > boii •<> bo . short-sighted iii having I , i ' . ' ' civilization could no longer he in danger from li ., """" > wince civilization could always eominimd ( be ' tf ' st mid iu , ( f . ( , powerful material resources <> l" war . Mr . ' " » Jti-V " - ' ** - V llll ( l < Iis ( i " vl > r (!( l ( llll ( ' civilization itself bred ( lie . I , llll '" i s , who were more na \ uge than Minis and Vun-» "''( Di " . TiMiNenau ) might ask if that could bo I ho | t I V ~ - ~*< 'i « 'rilia ( . 111 III I f" l | II ( I l 11 \ II I IIUH 1 ^ rttitt H' * ' ¦ ¦ \ ' kr 1
(<; < l """< l civilization which produced nuch masters r ru ' lr "' " '" . "" ' '" tf- ) But ho did not admit f . ho fact ; and , k ' i k' "'^ "' "'" " -riiiy by their leaders , be would ask if I , ouis ^ miMi was n . barbarian ?¦ Was Joseph Muzziui u savage i Mi ' ,,, ' " () l < l K " / s" « ' «• Vandal r Was . Johannes Kihivii h ^ 1 "' ( Much cheering . ) Civilization , according to Mr . Hii ' h '" " '• '""' '" saved ; but where were Mm signs of •¦ un iM ' . ''""' Was civilization saved hocaiiso all the '' uid '' | i ^< ir"lu " . y "ll ( l " > dy Inul been miekod and bomlii ' ci ! ' ' ' ll"se the press was now everywhere ! gagged I'Klir ' . ' i f'ln wore hundreds of thousands in prison for ^ "' " "flencoM , and other hundred ;) of l , liousJiudn in exile i , | 1 ( I . IUI"I ) I'opery wiih everywhere aggniHHivo or l . riiiiu-~ l >( : cuuso oducation wan in Lho liuiuis of ignorant ,
and arrogant priests—because in all Italy the Bible could not be read—because every king in Germany had committed perjury- —lastly , because Louis Napoleon , crowned scoundrel , was about to become an emperor ? ( Enthusiastic applause . ) Well , if that indeed were civilization , he ( Dr . Tauscnau ) would turn Arab , and , Ishmael-like , make war on that civilization . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Macaulay mistook desolation , for peace : he did not see that the democrats had never committed a crime , and that they had been crushed only by their oppressors resorting to all the crimes which were accursed of God and man . Mr . Macaulay lived too much in bis closet for the healthy play of his genius . He lived only in the circles of government boards , and did not understand that a people had faith in more than routine , and that what now existed from Paris to St . Petersburg was false and artificial , and could not last . ( Loud cheers . )"
Ronge spoke on the solidarity of nations ; and Mr Lockhart , an Englishman , closed the oratorical pro ceedings . A supper wound up the celebration ,
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CHURCH MATTERS . The rectors , vicars , and incumbents of the city and Archdeaconry of London held a meeting on Monday , in the large hall of Zion College , to consider the measures which ou ght to be adopted in order to prevent any attempt to revive the active powers of Convocation . The Reverend R . Ruddock , President of the College , took the chair , and , having introduced the subject of the meeting , a warm discussion immediately arose on the point that several clergymen , members of the College , and favourable to the revival of Convocation , had not been invited to attend . The Rev . Dr . M'Caul , at great length , moved a resolution ,
" That a report having been widely circulated that a majority of the clergy of the Church of England and Ireland are desirous that the Convocation now assembled should proceed to business , the President and Fellows of Zion College beg to be permitted to state that they do not participate in that feeling , nor believe that under present circumstances such a course would be expedient . " The motion was seconded by the Reverend W . Johnson , but was met by an amendment , moved by the Rev . J . J . Toogood , and seconded by the Reverend \ V . Scott , that the meeting be adjourned sine die . The Rev . W . Goode spoke in favour of the original motion , and the Rev . Dr . Worthington , of the amendment , which , however , was rejected by the meeting ; and Dr , M'Caul ' s resolution having been agreed to , the proceedings terminated .
Zion college , whoever and whatever that may be , is not all alone in its glory . Alarm at the " threatened revival of convocation ; " hostility to the proximate " revival of the confessional , " has caused certain famous evangelists to put in requisition the capacities of the Freemason ' s Tavern , and the capacities of the pious Shaftesbury , of the strong Protestant Defence Association , and his strong coadjutors , the Earl of Cavan , Lord Thomas Cecil , Lord Henry Cholmondely , Mr . Arthur Kinnaird , u squadron of naval officers , a battalion of clergymen , and a strong body of volunteer militia laymen . This was the great demonstration of the laity threatened by the Globe some weeks ago , and held on Wednesday , in the Freemason ' s Tavern .
The Karl of Shaftesbury made two points . He told the meeting that there wus no chance of putting a stop to the Plymouth confessional proceedings , cither by the ; ecclesiastical or the criminal law . -But , said he , — " A third attempt was made to bring the matter before the Primate of England , the Archbishop of Canterbury , and to appeal ( obis power to see bow fur ho could put a prohibition on the progress of those jiracf ices . That great and worthy prelate ( cheers ) gave as an answer that lie was
wholly powerless , and Mint there was nothing left but to appeal to publie opinion ( cheers ); and therefore it is that to public opinion we come , (( 'beers . ) Under God's blessing we make that appeal , nod we announce our determination to persevere , and from ( hat perseverance we shall never desist till , by the Almighty blessing , we shall be beard mid felt throughout the length and breadth of this land . " lie decided that / the confessional wus inconsistent
wit . b the Church of England ; and he defended the curious marriage of the two substantives , " Convocation and Confession , " by saying , that , they are as inseparable as ( Jog and Magog ; but he did not attempt to substantiate his point , : —• " Well , then , here we are , abandoned , 1 do not honifato to Hay , by those who should take the lend in this great , movement , and who should bo linTiiil in the fore front of the buttle . ( Cheers . ) We have come forward a body of laymen , aided by our clerical friends who share our feelings ¦ who acknowledge and sympathize in our rights mid who , under ( unl' . s blessing , will jointly maintain with us ( be great battle of truth ( cheei \ s ) ; we come forward to appeal to public opinion , and to implore God ' s grace ho to govern that opinion that it . shall be as staunch for the truth us some of our enemies are staunch for
error . " Both Lord Shnflcsbuiy and Sir I lurry Verney , who followed him , confessed that , ( bey did not , object , to " A form of church government , upon : i . reasonable and moderate basis , in which Mm laity of Iho church will have not , only a great but , u dominant , whaio . " ( Chticrw . ) Sir Harry Verney
Kiiid" if e was not contending against tho existence of a body in the Church of England fit to govern it , and which should have authority to correct abuses . On the contrary , he thought the existence of such a body extremely desirable ; but lie claimed that in such a body the laity should have full representation . ( Cheers . ) Was it to be tolerated that the ministers of the church should come forward , as if they were the church alone , that they should claim authority in the church , and that the voice of the
laity should not be beard ? Nor was he contending that there were no abuses to be inquired into . First of all , he contended that there should be a searching-, full , and true inquiry into the revenues , patronage , and duties of the episcopal bench . ( Great cheering . ) Secondly , he desired an inquiry into , and public statement of , the expenditure of the sums of money for a certain period of years past in episcopal palaces and other bnildings . Thirdly , a searching inquiry into all ecclesiastical and cathedral bodies , especially cathedral schools . ( Cheers . )"
The Reverend Canon Stowell went great revolutionary lengths . Having roundly abused the Puseyites , he called upon the bishops , upon penalty of being pilloried , to rise as one man and denounce auricular confession . " He was not there to disparage our bishops personally , but there was such a tone of sentiment out of doors , and which he heard among intelligent merchants and manufacturers , that he trembled lest the episcopal bench should lose its present standing and influence . He would not think of oversetting it—for the episcopacy was God ' s
ordinance ; but the true way was , if the bishops were not equal to the emergency , to give the people a certain voice in the matter . ( Cheers . ) A bishop ought not to be appointed because a man was a younger branch of a noble family , or a successful tutor , or had obliged a Prime Minister by interfering in an election , or because some member of Parliament had a claim that his brother or fourth cousin should have a place on the episcopal bench . ( Cheers . ) He thought the people of England might fairly claim a voice in the election of their bishops . "
The other speakers amplified the topics of convocation and confession—confession and convocation j and Lord Shaftesbury finished by crying that Protestantism was in danger ; and after placing it under the special protection of the Deity , oddly declaring " that there was nothing so great , nothing so secure , as , through the grace of God , a wise and understanding people . " ( Cheers . )
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MR , HUME ON DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXATION . Mr . Hume has addressed a letter to tho Liverpool Albion , in which he states strongly his preference for direct taxation on property as the system ultima ! ely to be attained to . It is not quite clear from his letter whether he proposes to raise the whole revenue , or only a moiety of it by this means ; for he states that there are political reasons against thus raising tho whole ; but he does not hero say whether those reasons are of a permanent or temporary nature . Coming discussions will doubtless give us a fuller exposition of the veteran economist ' s views on this point .
He urges , with great truth and justice , the necessity of time and caution in making great iiscul changes . When great interests , in themselves honourable and laudable , have grown up in close entanglement , with error , it , is at once a folly and a wrong to tear up all jit a stroke . However clearly and . steadily the ultimate rectification may be kept ; in view , the intermediate measures ought evidently to be much inlliienced by careful consideration of present circumstances . iMr . Uuuio'h jilan for present action is , "to raise i ^ s much revenue ! by the Property-fax an could be levied by a . tax of three per cent , on all realized property , and also upon our capitalized industrial income , " as in ; has sketched in bis draft report laid before ; the Income-tax . Committee of last , session . This would clear away a vast extent of business at the Customs , and of interference of existing duties with trade .
lie proposes also a . committee to inquire into the actual incidence of taxation that is , ( o ascertain by means <> i the best evidence , what is the real elfect of each one i oar present taxes on flu ; different , interests of the kingdom ; and lie expects to be able to produce to sucb a committee indisputable proofs of the great , superiority of direct taxation . YV o need hardly add , that we most , heartily wish Mr . 11 nine complete . success in these cdortH .
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lOARTllQUAKK AT \ A WAlVi )<> 1 j . !> i \ iiri'ooi ,, Manchester , Congleton , Chester , Hanger Conwny , llolyheud , Holt . ou , l / leel . wood , anil other towns lying on the North Western const , of the island were shaken by an eai't . li (| Uiike , at , halt-past four o ' clock on Tuesday morning . The fact , from the universality of observation , is umjuest ionnble ; all accounts , allowing for differences in the time pieces of Mm observers , agree us to the time ; and all describe the motion as a vibration from side to side . It , was slightly preceded and
accompanied by u loud noise . Its greatest , force was felt , along the line of the river , and particularly nt , Booth ) , a villageiil , the north end of the docks . At lSirkenliead , also , and in the villages on the Cheshire side , of ( bo Mersey , a considerable vibration of the earth was noticed . A person , who resides at , . Jericho , AighurMi , was awakened by a peculiar trembling sensation . All bis joints appeared to bo loosened , and fur a . moment it , scented : ih if he bad beer . attacked with a violent , tit , of agin ; . The person who usually obUin . s tho Times' dc » piitclicn from tho Truntj-
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1852, page 1083, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1960/page/7/
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