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THE ENGLISH CAMP . Ik 1798 , when England buckled on her armour for the great Revolutionary war , a splendid array of our soldiers and a series of . military manoeuvres took place on Bagshot Heights . Chobham-common adjoins these Heights , and on that wide space there is now being arranged an encampment of several reg iments of the English army . The extreme right of the present array touches upon the old ground , and some remains of the huts built by the soldiers in ' 98 will come within the present entrenchments . The forces will be ranged ^ m the following order ( extending from the fir p lantation in the valley to Bagshot Heights , in a crescent three miles long ) : —the Cavalry , the Sappers and Miners , the Household Brigade , the Infantry , the Eifle Brigade , and the Boyal Artillery ; in all , nearly 10 , 000 men . Several Highland regiments are among the forces . A great variety of military movements will be practised . " No day will pass without active service , " including severe reviews , hardly-fought " sham-fights , " and bridge-building " in the face of the enemy , " and even the night will be broken by " night surprises . " "Even , the Household Brigade , " says the daily journalist , mindful of the easy life of that body , " will , it is expected , be able to pitch their tents with very little instruction from the Sappers . " Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton , an old Waterloo officer , is to command the camp , and the Duke of Cambridge is to . command the cavalry . Colonel , Vicars is at present engaged with a corps of Sappers and Miners in laying out the ground . All the troops are to take their places on the 14 th of June , and a grand review will then take
place . We regret to observe that some mistakes have been made . The ground is so damp that the soldiers , instead of sleeping on the ground , will be allowed to sleep on palliasses —( a somewhat unsoldier-like allowance , contrasting with the Spartan ideas of the Highland laird who kicked the snowball pillow from under his son's head , considering its use " effeminate . " ) Fears are also . felt that the marshy soil will injure the health of the valuable horses of the " Household " corps . The necessary well-sinking is impeded by the want of timber suitable to the shoring-up of the workings as they are carried on . The commissariat , under the control of Sir Randolph
Routh , is well arranged . The horses will consume weekly , GOO sacks of corn , 80 loads of hay , and 60 loads of straw , while 6000 lbs . of flesh meat and 50 sacks of flour daily will supply the men . Marquees , established by speculators , will supply all the additional " entertainment " required by strangers . The Household corps , incapable of forgetting their comfortable metropolitan dietary , have not forgotten that soldiers must dine as well as fight . " The officers have determined upon keeping up the brilliant character of their mess , and Messrs . Gunter have been applied to on the subject . " This stratogetic foresight and soldier-like zeal i . s very touching , and well sustains the domestic interest already attached to the corps .
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THE SECOND ADDRESS TO THE AMERICANS AGAINST SLAVERY . Titb following documents have been forwarded to the Times ; but not inserted : — ( To tho Editor of the Times . ) Sir , —If your space should enable you to give insertion to the following communications , it will greatly oblige those who have affixed their signature * to the Address below , as well as promote the public object contemplated by it . Whatever may be your own v ' icwh on the question of Negro Slavery , we do not question your impartiality or willingness to eonfer the distinction of your publicity on both Hides , as far as the convenience of your columns permit . I have the honour to be , your obedient servant , G . J . HOLVOAXK . Woburn-biiildinps , Tuvislock-Hfiunro , 25 th Aluy , 1 H 5 II . ( To the Mditor of tha New York Tribune . ) Dkau Silt , —Wo have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying Address from tho Democrats of England to tho Democrats of the United States . It in an address from friends of America and negro onmncipation to the publicists of your country . Without implying any disrespect to the well-intended address of the ladies of StnU ' ord House on Ibo subject of Amcricuu slavery , it has been thought by many here tlmt an uppcul by amtocrutic duchesses was not likely to be received without prejudice by tho Democratic men and women of the United States . This address , therefore , him been signed only by those who could e ;« ll thcnmolvoH Democrat h . After the Stafford Houhu address wuh made public , a diversity of opinion arose—not of disagreement with the tenor of tlmt document , but of the policy oMIir flefc
itself ,- and probably this address would not have been proceeded with had not Mrs . Stowe ( who , by the way , knows nothing whatever of this communication ) incidentally observed , that these expressions of opinion were useful . A far greater number of signatures might have been obtained , had more time been taken to collect them . " The brief mode of collecting the names has been this : A copy of the address has been sent to one person only in each of the principal towns , and made returnable within one week , with a request to the person receiving it to obtain about a dozen signatures accessible to himThese
of the most known persons . signatures thus collected are , in a certain sense , representative names . Instructions were given carefully to restrict the names to those who deliberately thought this form of address might be useful . Many well known and influential publicists have indeed refused to sign it , because its tone of reprobation of slavery was not unmitigated . The address expresses less indignation than a Democrat must feel at negro slavery ; but it aims to express that measure and circumstance of dislike wlsch may be of real use against the evil sought to be abolished .
We are aware that the power of Congress is strictly limited by law , but we address the members of all the States , and presuming that " where there is a will there is a way , " trust that that " way" will be found . But it would have been unseemly to urge any particular mode of constitutional action , of which the citizens of the States must judge for themselves . In the circulation of this address , the desire of the circulators has been respected , that it should not appear in any English paper until despatched to the Hon . Horace Greeley , editor of The New York Tribune , and of the journals of this country it will be first sent to the Times .
We , the undersigned , who have the honour to transmit this address , are merely the persons who volunteered to circulate it , which we have done among such British Democrats as were accessible to us . Geokge Jacob Holyoake . Richard Mooee . colehan brjeeottghs . Leader Office , 7 , Wellington-street , Strand , London , May , 1853 . ADDRESS FEOM THE DEMOCRATS OF ENGLAND TO
the democrats of the united states . Brethheht in Origixt , in Fkeedom , and in Peiw-CIPIiE ! Your liberties have grown up out of an old English root . On your side of the Atlantic the interests of the multitude were not clipped and crippled by old hereditary powers . Among you all our principles have grown strong , which here are comparatively feeble . We are {> rouc l of you , as fulfiling many of our aspirations . We ook up to you , as chief influences of a mighty administration , to perform services for us and for liiuropo which no
other power on earth can perform . You already sympathize deeply with the prostrate liberties of Europe . You arc indignant that in Hungary and in Italy foreign despotism has interfered to control the sacred right of those countries to enact their own independent , form of government . In assisting , by whatever means of diplomacy or of arms , tho legitimate independence of injured nations , you will promote also our interests , by rendering our aristocracy anxious to make their power less and lean invidious , more and more conciliating .
You aro tho first Democratic Republic which has ever proad over a vast continent , and Las extended its liberty to tho millions . You are not a single city , and that a dominant one , as llomo of old , or as Venico ; but your liberty penetrates your whole mass—is understood , loved , and supported by the real working men . Among you tho industrious never needs to bo poor nor to be ignorant . A solf-marle man may rise to the highest offices of State ; nor is the wife or daughter of vour President ashamed to earn
a livelihood by her own talents . Again , wo say , wo aro proud of you , and look to your moral intluences to assist our children to bo leaa unlike you than wo ourselves are . Desiring thus your greatness , your honour , and your elective diplomatic intuivention in the causo of rightful liberties , wo cannot without grief and vexation seo any great forces operating which cast your influence into the scale of despotism , make many of you sympathize with Kuropoan tyrants , and spoil the grout work which our imagination fondly hopes is gloriously reserved for you .
\ Ye cannot bo ignorant of tho grievous foot that in all parts of your Union there is a now and dangerous dread oi those broad principles of Freedom which y our glorious grandfathers spoke out to tho world when they declared llieir independence of Kngland . Their words , wo believe , wore —¦ " An men aro created I'iucic and K (| UAi « . " ^ 'i ' y by broad truths of this nut uro sinking ; deep into wttit s consciences and hearts can popular liberty ever be won . it grioviiH us to hear tho taunts of tho enemies of Freedom , who Hay that you do not , lovo human liborty , but only your own Hellish liberty ; and that you broke loose from England under false pretences , which you do not yourselves believe . It niorlilioH us still worse to bo told that thoHO among yon who no longer wish all men to bo free , but only nieii of puro white dosoont , dread to support our political interests , whidi are identified with tho liberties of JI ungary and of Italy , lost they Hhould enact a principle inconvenient to t heimsrlvoM .
\ VV will not exhort you to philanthropy ; for wo are nshumod to noem to think that wo havo moro kindnons fian you , or that wo better understand how to administer
the internal affairs of your country . But we implore you , aa our more favoured brethren , to whom a vast power is committed , and from whom every oppressed democracy learns to hope and aspire—we implore you not to abandon the cause of Human Freedom , or allow any principles to be dominant among yourselves which re-enact slavery , oligarchy , and despotism . True Democrats of America , let not the Russian and the Austrian paralyze your power to help liberty , by arousing the fears of rich men lest liberty perchance go so far as to make black men also free . Despise as traitors all who would betray sacred liberty for selfish wealth . Eemember your own firsfc principles , the corner-stone of your Union and Independence ; and to secure that that Union may bo gloriously indissoluble , take care that your Congress reverenco
its foundation , and that no institution be recognised . Dy Congress which is adverse to riaVEBSAi . human freedom If the black man cannot be made free to-day ( about which we offer no opinion ) yet let it be manifest to the world that you are taking measures for the freedom of his children , and that the present strange legality of selling your fellowcountryman for silver is transitory , and ready to vanish . Let no subtle influences of despotism steal in and corrupt your freedom , by teaching you to act the despot yourselves . Believe in your high mission to promote tho world ' s progress , and purify yourselves for that glorious
eervice by determining to verify in every part of your Union the words of your own Manifesto— " All men are created free and equal . " One duty will not supersede nor delay another . Brace up your hearts to extinguish slavery as soon as it can bo done with safety , and you will at once have double re-Bolution , double moral power , to reanimate the swooning liberties of Europe . Fail us not , we pray you ! but urge your Government to all active aid which can be prudently and wisely given , and that without delay . Strengthen your own liberties , fulfil your providential destiny , and earn the glory of rescuing fallen Europe—a glory which our Government does not know how to appreciate or to achieve . Sere follow 1858 Signatures .
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AMERICAN NOTES . The gold yield in California is still large , but the state of trade is unsatisfactory . In the Bay of San Francisco , " another" steam-boat accident had occurred ; the Jenny Lind steamer had exploded ; eighteen persons were killed , and thirty frightfully wounded . A new quarrel is anticipated at Greytown . The Government of Nicaragua purpose , it is rumoured , to seize the town , and dispossess the local Government . This step would seem to involve England , in its capacity of protector of Mosquitia . Official dignity seems at a discount in the States . The following odd item appears in the papers : —
" The commissioners appointed to draw the boundary line between Mexico and the territories of the United States , have been , ever since their organization , in a state of extreme penury . The head of the commission has been robbed by the government escort , and abandoned by them among the Indians on the frontier . " American clippers are making- wondrous voyages in point of speed . The Sovereign of the Sea lately ran ,
from Honolulu to Cape Horn , a distance of 8634 miles , in thirty-seven days . In one of those days , the ship ran 430 miles ! The national intelligence of American citizens is well shown , by the readiness with which tho mercantile seamen second the scientific zenl of the authorities . Over 1000 sea captains have voluntarily engaged to make observations on winds nnd currents , and collect tho facts , for the use of Lieutenant Maury .
Mr . George Sanders is to replace Mr . Aspinwall in the London consulate . The " neutrality" treaty concerning the Tehuantepec route , has been confirmed . Santa Anna favours this route ; but feeling- in the United States prefers tho Guruy line . Something unlooked for may come of this . The American papers report more railway accidents , ( " with slight loss of life , " ) since tho terrible casualty ut Norwalk .
English trade boasts of speedily supplying demand , but tho " smarter" Yankee nation outstrips demand , by a forerunning speculation . The " Japan expedition " had hardly departed , when u company was started to transact the trade which Sum Slick ' s countrymen calculate on pushing in that quarter . The San LYancisco Transcript says .- " The time in calculated when tho American squadron should reach the const of Japan , mi estimate is made of the length of passuge between California and the sealed empire , and forthwith throe of our clipper . ships and a bark aro put up for Jcddo . Tho emit , are all to sail about thu 1 st ; of Juno , and San Francisco has no kind of idea of allowing any other port to mil off with the fir . st-fVuitnto be reaped from the lucrative trade which in supported will promptly spring up between Japan and the world . "
" I'urnguay , " nuyn u local paper , " in ono of tho most charming countries of the world , " but it i « more interesting to English trade , in that it can furnish , ut a low price , tho principal productions of tho West Indies . It is oituuted botweon Brazil und tho territory of tho Argentine Confederation , Like wore than ono Amc «
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THE LEADER . [ Bactbpa *^ t / X ^ l ¦ ¦ __ : _ = z = r^^—^^——^^^^ i ^—^ '
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Leader (1850-1860), May 28, 1853, page 512, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1988/page/8/
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