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    320 The Leader cmd Saturda^ Ajialj/sL £A...

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    | THE BUSINESS OF PARLIAAU^J'.. mHl-: Ho...

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    them to maintain unity in harmony -with ¦ " the progress ^ admi- , iiisti-vtivc libertv of the provinces and communes A \ hilc the ¦ £ ? £ ^« 1 donated despots are sunk in sel fish schemes , Vioto " Kmm ' ani-bl calls for - a noble co-operation , m order to . Sir principal object-the welfare , of tkpe ^ c : . watness of the country—wlm-h is no more the Itah o the . lomans , nor that of the middle ages : it must no more be left . 1 | S open to foreign ambition , hut it niust on the eon rary be the Ttalv of the Italians . " > othin . gr is so bitter as truth to the fabetaVteu : and if Fkancis Joseph should , k-avc Ins forma- j . Ikies ami debaucheries lor a few : moments to read these woiUs thev m «* t be gall and worimvopcl to Ins sou . lie dare no eaU utfoVhU subjects to make their country the . Austini of the j TuXums , " for all his energies and all his crimes have been ¦ j dlncted to prevent their doing anything of the kind and okeep it the Austria of . the Hamburg * is . tnc only w ^ Ua eh the Jesuits have , allowed to grow in his narrow heart am . inmd In these novel documents , we have the old system conhonted ianlv S ? th Jhe new , and on neither : side can the opponents res upon thr mis " Victor Emmanuel cannot pause untilhe ha * e ' eued ' italv c , r perished in the . attempt . ; TraxusJ o ^ m , 'Xtheline in onepoeket and the expelled . DuJ p cs m the other j e ^^ t until he has extirpated the spirit o ™«™ % ^ lifeeuty , or seen his evil power ,, and perhaps his d > na . U , . extinguished m the attempt . . . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ft is tin * certainty of collision , whatever may be the prec ^ e form it will take , that justifies popular anxiety concerning ^ he deslms of France : As we predicted , * the Swiss difficulty seems mcclv to he arranged to the satisfaction , of Europe ;• but no explanations of M ^ noi / vi ^ Ei . can efface the impression which , i ^ s b een produced l > v the doct rine , of geographical boundary ^ cl ^ e k . B r . ire ueUberately put . forth . Lord J £ n * Beg ¦ " ¦ has done his duty in exerting the mfluenee of England ^ on be alt of the Swiss , and he hasassuredly not overstepped it mplainh tellin o- France what must- be the consequences-ol asserting an alamnn .. - doctrine . Sew State papers have spoken so clearly as - tiat " nwlvicii his lordship remarks , f < that a demand lor a cession . tfd ShrlrWs territory , mndeby . a state so powerful as 1 ranee and whose former and -not very . remote policy brought eountle . s calamities upon Europe , cannot well fail to give uinbrage to everv state interested , in the balance of power , and in the nunntenaice of -the" general peaee . Xor can . that umbrage be ¦ cHmini , hed by the grounds on which the chum , is ounded , because if a great military power like . 1 ranee is to demand tne . Sor ^ of a ne ighbour upon its own theory of . what , ron-S uS ^< "eo-Vap hicallv Us own system o defence , rt is evident th 110 state could b * secure , from the aggressions o a more - SI neighbour , that might , and ; not right , youW hence- forward he the rule to determine , territorial possession , and that the integJitv and independence , of the ^ smaller states of . Europe , would Ik- placed in perpetual jeopardy . " Thus Lord John Husseix has told the truth to Prance ; but lias he dared , or has the Court . permitted him to tell the truth to Germany * Has . he tola tlie three . dpaen little princes ,, tluit the SViS of their , countr / temp . tod ond enabled the llrst ^ VOLi ^ N to overrun it , and that the divisions now existing , although iai £ . amnexouJ , arc entirely inoompatiblc with sti ? nSth and may tempt the nephew to imitate , what the uncle did ? lias be tola iffia that -the refusal on the part of its rulers to recognise P ' opuluv principles exposed Gorn . any to the disasters oi asav * rtl xevolntionary mid imperial Frwiqe , and that by ^ f " " ^ , !* ^ .. Prussian Court has recently done , to weottins * the right oi a notion to dismiss bad sovereigns and choose bettor m their stead , the moral influence of Germany i * wcakenec , and thut step ti . kei which is most likely to lead to defeat if a fresh collision should flviseP Has his Lordship told all the potentates concerned that England has had enough of lighting for despots in the namo o liberty , and , that tho tax-gatherer reminds her oi tins | ollv bj collecting ^ vcntY-six millions a-year to pay the debts incurred for that mischievous purpose ? The organs of the 1 ory party boast . that the alliance with 1 ' ronoe is at un end , but wu much nnstake the spirit of the people if they will agree to . lavish h ) c and ' treasure to enable any other despotism to prevail «« ain * t that vhio hns enthroned itself in Paris , ami which dominates hm-ope simplv because Europe is politically unsound . There is nothing S vain than to endeavour to withstand the natural course oi events , and no Wend of Germany shou d wish to wo her str £ "S until she comes hefore the world as the representative oi true ideas . It may often happen that Franco may b the wrong- , headed or the un veracious wpveapntaUve of ¦ progroasn-e prmpiplesj but the Empire , with all ita delects , is part oi revolutionary Trance , and cannot , for its own safety , be as bad as govemmonts founded upon the exploded doctrine oi' the "Ihvme right ot k y w » y of adding to the aUxuuly numerous QOiupUentions ,

    Carlisin has reappeared in Spain , appareatly attcuiptmg to league itself , with , democratic principles , for the purpose of betra vin * them . This event may remind us of our past folly in the wavofmtervention / The dynasty we opposed was bad , and that which we set up has proved incorngibly profligate and C 0 I The European atmosphere- is charged with electricity ;' , thf . b-danc- of forces has been disturbed ; the flash and the thunderne-d are verv -likely to be seen and heard . Let us secure our o « - -n -aletv bv erecting good conductors . Our neighbours can see the pattern , and imitate ir if they like . . Tf they wd 1-not do ^ this , it will not be our fault if , when the storm comes , their root-tree falls . .

    320 The Leader Cmd Saturda^ Ajialj/Sl £A...

    320 The Leader cmd Saturda ^ Ajialj / sL £ Apml 1 , I 860 ,

    | The Business Of Parliaau^J'.. Mhl-: Ho...

    | THE BUSINESS OF PARLIAAU ^ J ' .. mHl-: House of Commons is beginning to get . weary of . its JL servitude to Uie irresponsible minority , who ior soiae imii : have been rucroaehinu- moie and more on its time and patience . The House has resembled an industrious but driwt . ce . lesi cou'itrv Ivini ? between « J range . « X irregular hills and a furwiiec . , town ' U stated . mWrvals tlkr regular garrison _ murc-acs iprth , occupies the roadways , ]) re-oeenpie 5 all attention , crise s all otWr . . pursuits to be suspended , and dictates . ; such contributions as it declares to be indispensable ibr the public wea . Ihe frugal and well-meanin- community . loyally acquiesce , - hsten respect ! ully , and pav without murmuring , expecting in return that during tie ve = t of ' the week they will be allowed to look alter the mamiold ¦ . iuteiv . sts and diversitied concerns they liavc at heart and m hand . But from the hills there come down upon them incessantly those parlialncnuaiS- ^ ' . darts- poisoned arrows , and explosive projectiles . ; and ul 0 ; ibllowinc , no common standard , are capable ^ ot being bourn by . no compact , treaty , or covenant of peace . Every man -ot ihc . u does what seemeth hini good in his owneyes ,. or . rather what . eemeth hlni bad , for his undisguised- aim is to make hnn ^ it troublespine , by stopping some / useful work . that as going _ oh either oh the part of ttovernmcut , or on that ot nideuondriu a ul ¦ useful . legklation . , Day after day uttereth spc ^ eh , . and nigh jutci ¦ niaiit showeth knowlecf ^ e : but the speech ot the / W , ^/ * -o i AVestminstcris sure to be upon . some other question than t hat [ which is regulark before the House ; and ^ for the knowledge ¦ ! ostentatiously shown , it is sure to be . ot ^ he nucT . v uselo ^ , because irrelevant , kind . Sir ttouEtfr Pw ^^ Lr- JUnii >^ Mr , Hoksmax , Mr :. Euw . iS" J . vmes , and Mr PorE llfcNM ^ L * . scein to be rivals for the . first place in this school u K' ^ nv scandal . Auvthin- more . disreputable . or absunl than the . oMHiw f / altenw , Mk that . " ht . fi of late become usvuvl on -I ; . Hda j . it is impossible to conceive . \\ ith hardly an exciWxn , H nuu . , ¦ be trulv aaia ' that the sole result of the speeches nuule on : u-sc ' occasions has been . one of . a mischievous character ^ mebocly has been attacked or insulted , aroused or Wornecl , stung , oi . beo-niled into self-defence , to the infinite waste ot j > ublu- iin ^ and the obstruction of public business . Indeed , it i * Uauly denied that these latter results have , with many ot tie brim la * , beau " the main object in view . . Opposition . s so . livj dcd uuil disorgiinised tluit no concerted aetion can be tnken with n \ n to pmvolec a general engagement Clouds ot skirmis ! u-r * . | , f . therctore , . lhrown out to conceal the . disarray , and to th \ ait u onward progi-ess of the -Ministerialists . On the oilier « ji « l ., l •¦ loquaeiou ^ e ntlemcn below the gan-Nyay , tor whose tulcn ^ u adequate use has bucu found by their iorim-r leader , c ; , i di-v ¦•« no better w « v of reminding those ungvatdul men ol thru Uoubk eouiti exUtei ' ieu . than by abusing the forms ol Parljm . »^ i . t » frequently and as variously as possible , and b y raising < Uoc - «»» without the responsibility of bringing- any donate c uesuou to 158 exquisite specimen of what . we allude to took \ te § ™ Tuesday evening last . On the motion ( hat the Houso do u ^ n for t , he ' holidays , Sir John Paring-pox put some very leg i u c questions to the Government respecting the franchise u- » that ore relied on as the basis of the Kelorm Bill . ;> ; . l ) l . tory reply having been given by . the 1 ' aBaiDBXT ot thu lo LawBoXru , and supplemental inibnuation hayni jf hwn ji o inised after Easter , a clue sense of deooruni would have let ui ^ subject drop , But as well wl B ht a . , richly-laden caravan eM ^ to escape the hordes of the desert . Here was no cm ot iuij » t * to be done on the easiest terms . Toyies who avow their m » i J > upset the Eeibrm . Bill , and Badicals who proless thomseI a patient at its delay , rushed pel mel -mto the goncrrtl ' ^ . ^ uiiiKing nhowt them right and left all manner ot mm ' » n ses ° w « l ossortions enleulnted to sot people by the eu . s . Several of these were taken in lmnd un < dealt with sun imil ^ ^ SirO « ouoB Lkwh , who is one ol the lew mm hat * n ^ always to preserve his oquauimit . y , antl 1 c ^ nsctl / u : n ! ll ^ nCl . al cieney , in the midst of a general indie ot this sort , 1 he uuicwu

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07041860/page/4/