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Leader (1850-1860), 7th August 1852, Edition Town of 2, Page 758, Untitled Article

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      MUTUAIi TOI / EBATIOIT . Oub good friends in Dublin have singular ideas as to what is toleration . We arc informed , that the Catholic members of the Dublin Mechanics' Institute have attempted to expel the Leader from the reading room ; and that they resisted the engagement of Mr . George Dawson as a lecturer there . Our correspondent is enraged and horrified , at this specimen of religious intolerance . And what is his remedy ? He hopos that some limitation in point of eligibility of candidates for membership will be made , so that the " intolerant clique" may be expelled . Why , this is taking lessons from your enemies , with a vengeance ! It is the old fashion , and will bear its usual fruit .

      " Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind , The foul cubs like their parents arc : " says the poet , with great truth , and equal beauty . At the same time , we must ask the Catholics of Dublin whether they cannot think of some better way of acknowledging the services of the Leader when Russell wrote his Durham letter , and Derby published his Anti-Catholic proclamation ? But our principle is free thought , free speech , free development for all ; and however intolerantly Roman Catholics may treat us , wo shall not the less insist upon their enjoyment of those blessings , in common with all mankind .

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      ADVICE GEATIS . We have received rather a wild and angry letter from a gentleman who considers himself alluded to in a recent article on the East Somerset Election . Anything more richly ludicrous than the attempt at lofty dignity on the part of a gentleman who assumes to himself the simile of the " mushroom" we have not for along time been permitted to enjoy . We spoke of an " estimable" professional gentleman . Let him be content with the " estimable" and not insist on appropriating the mushroom . If the cap fits we are not to blame . We have but a very few words of reply to offer to the " estimable" gentleman in question , and they shall be in the nature of good advice . We would in the most friendly spirit suggest to him not again to stray into public life if he is unwilling or unable to support public criticism . Property has its " legitimate influence , " and so have pills : land has its due position , and so has the lanCct : but neither the one nor the other can be well employed in coercing timid tradesmen , " cursed with the possession of the franchise . " We had been informed that the estimable gentleman was a prospective candidate for the highly responsible and respectable office of Coroner . By none , we dare say , would his election to that office be more warmly hailed than by his political opponents : if only for the amusement with which they would regard him " sitting" on the corpse of rrotection . Meanwhile wo beg him not to accuse us of desiring- to puff a local , into a public , personage . Wo only regret that men , privately most estimable , should bo hurried by excitement into silly public aberrations .

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      PROTECTIONIST READJUSTMENTS . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) " Loomina in the distance , " we have a revision of taxation . Now , sir , without going into the question of abstract or natural right , surely we may be allowed to glance into the original agreement which took place when the land of this country was apportioned . Possession of land virtually gives to the owner the power over the principle of reproduction in the earth , that is , the current reproductive power . Assuming that a past generation had the right to grant as private property all the first principles of production which are capable of being laid hold of , suppose the present generation could appropriate the wind , and that the air we breathe could be secured , a very handsome property could be made of this .

      Were this property given to a limited number of people , on the conditions that for it they are to guard us from internal disturbances , and from external foes , does it not seem folly or roguery to compare this source of wealth with the wages of lahour or profits of capital , neither of which can be obtained but for service done ? Our aggregate production is , after all , a limited quantity ; and if we pay out of tins the rental , besides an equal proportionate share of taxation , neither Freetrade or anything else can stop us from progressive decline .

      I hold it , Sir , that both rent and tithe are paid out of the current production , and that they are deductions made from the aggregate production annually ; what is left is all that can recompense both labour and capital . I do not wish to disturb the original holding , but I do say that the original conditions ou ^ ht not to be lost sight of . Tithe and rent , even if I pay neither , are yet deductions virtually from my labour ; they were granted for certain purposes ; if they are to be retained the purposes must not be lost sight of , nor must the rent-holder or tithe-recipient presume to consider his property as equivalent to wages or profit earned for service done , but rather must they look upon their revenue as the wages for duties to be done for the common good . —I am , Sir , your obedient servant , A TlN-I'LATE WOKKEK . London , AiiL'imt 2 nd , 1852 .

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      V V L 1 ' I T Q U A C K K R Y . ( To the JUilor of the Leader . ) 1 > ETTl NG and S U . I Ci I ) K : a Sermon preached j ) in ( lid parish chnreh of Richmond , Yorkshire , on Hiinday , Juiki 20 , 1 H 52 , l > y IIki J {( iv . Lawkhnck Orri . i ' . y , M . A ., Hector , on oeeanion of I ho J ) calli of ono of liin I ' arifdiionerH l > y his own hand , owing ( , o niiHiiceesHl'iil betting ut . Epnom ltiirt'H . l'rico . 'ld . ouch , or 2 h . jut dozen for distribution . London : llatehurd , 1 H 7 , I'iceadilly ; Wertheiin anil . Macintosh , l ' itteriionter-row . Jtielnnond : John Jtell . Sir , —What n . iy you to the above advertisement ? Do you think it right , for n clergyman to hold up to public obloquy , in this manner , an unfortunate fellowcrciiturc , and parishioner of his own V Has he no regard for the feelings of the surviving relatives of the deceased ? Where nits his Christian charily when ho penned and caused to be inserted in the Tunas , and other journals , the above announcement ? Ijit , him pmich a sermon against , the vice of betting , or any other vie * , by nil lneaiiH , if he feel yu disposed ; and let him advertise it for Halo , if he Hunks that any good may be done thereby . Hut , I contend that he has no right thus to druw attention lo any individual , licsides , I happen to know that the poor unfortunate creature hero alluded to— u servant , living in the sorvico of u lady of runic , and receiving largo wiigcn—lrnd

      only bet ten shillings on the Derby ; a sum the loss of which was surely insufficient to cause him to destroy Ills own life . The truth is , I believe that his health had become impaired from physical causes ( of this I am assured by two medical men ) , which caused him to be subject to fits of deep despondency , under the influence of which , aggravated , too , by domestic unhappiuess , he committed the sad act . If this be true—and I havo made most particular , inquiries to ascertain the facts the advertisement contains an untruth . But , even granting that it contained nothing bufc truth , I maintain that it is an outrage on every feeling of propriety and humanity , to say nothing of Christian forbearance and charity , and as such deserves the most

      severe censure . We all know that what is falsely called Religion , ia one of tho mo st frequent causes of insanity , under the influence of which suicide is often committed . But what should we think of the conduct of the medical attendant who , called in to administer aid in such a case , should publicly advertise—T > ELIGION and SUICIDE . Post-mortem Jl \ j Remarks made by Dr . , on occasion of the Death of one of his Patients by his own hand , owing to disappointment at the issue of the Gorham Controversy ; with sorao Remarks on the Folly of Theological Disputes .

      Would not it be considered a dreadful outrage ou the feelings of society ? I am , Sir , your obedient servant , A Subscriber .

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      THE ; VON BECK CASE . Birmingham , August 3 rd , 1852 . ( To the JEditor of the Leader . ) Sir , —In your article on the Von Beck case , you say , " Her death was an accident , resulting from the peculiar nature of her comp laint , which could not have been FORESEEN . " At the time of " her death , " it was currently

      understood in Birmingham that Mr . Dawson ' s brother-inlaw , an eminent surgeon , had attended the Baroness while she was at Mr . Tyndall ' s house , and distinctly told her friends , that any sudden excitement , or the exertion of walking TJP STAIRS , might cause her death . If this be true , the remark in your article cannot be ; and I think it important to the position of " the defendants" that this point should be made clear .

      Thus much is clear enough—the Baroness did havo sudden excitement , and she was taken up the long fli ght of stairs to our court , and at the top she died . I am , Sir , your ' s , An Old Subscriber .

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      LINKS SUCfOKSTED BY KECKIfT FRENCH FESTIVITIES . Takk a Frenchman , and mow down with shot and with shell Tho neighbour ho knows and tho friend ho loves well , Of his laws , rights , and liberties , out off tho whole , And miiko him your property body and soul . Jl ' j'ou just at the time put your hand in your pocket , And trout the aggrieved to a squib or u rocket , Jlis sense of his wrongs will at once bo uppeascd , And his mind and yours will be ; perfectly eased . You may do what you like with tho lives of the pooplo If you only stick lamps to the top of the steeple , ( Jot your blue-lights to blaze from the high Trocadero , And tho butcher ( springs up to the rank of tho hero : Atoning by Hquibs for hid direst of dire works , And honestly paying for murder in fireworks . A . 13 . R .

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      ANSWKHH TO COURKNPON DKNTH . Will " M . If .. \ vliono confidential letter wan reeeivod on July 18 , do tho Editor of tho Jjiuulfr the favour to trail at tho ollieo , having previously written a lino to name the day and the hour . " I "' iat . 7 ijhtitia ' h" letter on tho Htoeliport KioIm ih , wo regret to say , too long for insertion . " I ^ kkvhntion" on llctting Houses was precluded umertiou only by extreme pressure on our coIiiiiiiih . 'l \> Sin . . 1 . I > uy , DiiHi . iN .--Tliu Lrador ( Country Edition ) whoiild i > o delivered in l ) ul > lii » every ( Saturday . We cannot undertake to insert , or to reply to , the wild allegations of " Mormon . " . Let " F D W ., " if so disposed , start a " . Journal ol Rejected O . Miiniimicaticinfl . " Wo shall bo happy u > l > rin ( ' hih ) l " "''l' < - "'"» —m an advortisonient . . Wo arooblii , ; tfLk > " Constant Itoador , T . <> ., for an intercsting paper , forUhioh , however , without abridgment , we Imvo 110 room . ., " Mu A . Kintiika ' h" last letter does not advance the eoiitn . v .-iMy beyond tho point to which we have already replied . U " pntiiion would only fatigue the reader . " H auto it" in acknowledged , with thanUs . "T . H . H . " I him not complied with our rule as to name and addroNH . Him roniarlia aro fair enough , but his chargoa uud attuinptiona KruliiiUmtj .

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      There is no learned man but will confess he hath much profited by reading" controversies , his senses awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Milton .

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      [ IN THI 3 DEPARTMENT , AS ALL OPINIONS , HOWEVER EXTREME ARE ALLOWED AN EXPRESSION , THE IDITOH . NECESSARILY HOLDS HIMSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR NONE . ]

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      758 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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      Our " Betters . "— Very comfortable lives arc led by the majority of them , and hence " things as they aro" find favour in their eyes . For their tastes—they are shown in the subordination of national business to tlio shooting- of grouse and the chasing of foxes . For their pride—it is in wide estates or long pedigrees ;

      and should the family ooat-of-arnis bear some such undent motto as " Strike hard , " " Furth fortune , and fill the fetters , " it is a great happiness . As to their ideal of society , it is cither a sentimental feudalism ; or it is a state , something like the present , under which tho people shall be respectful to their betters , and " content with that station of life to which it has pleased God to call thorn ; " or it is 11 state arranged with the view of making each labourer the most efficient producing tool , to the end that the accumulation of wealth may be the greatest possible . —Social Statics . Scotch and English : Intum / ix'th . —The truth is , Unit if Scotchmen have « o far a source of superiority over Englishmen in their habit of dwelling only on tho emphatic , they have also in this same habit a source of inferiority . Quietism , mysticism , that soft meditative disposition which takes things for granted in the co-ordinalion established by mere life and usage , pouring into tho confusion thus externally given the rich oil of an abounding inner joy , interpenetrating all and harmonizing all —these aro for the most part alien lo the Scotchman . No ; his walk , as a thinker , is '"^ by the meadows and tho wheat-fields , and the green Janes , and the ivy-clad parish churches , where all iH gentlel and antique , and fertile , but by the bleak sca-Hlioro which parts the cerium from the limitless , when ) there in doubt in tho neu-nu : \ v \ s shriek , and where it is well if , in lh <> advancing tide , he can find footing on a rock among the tangle ! Hut this very tendency of

      his towards what is intellectually extreme , injures his House of proportion in what is concrete and actual ; and hence it is , that when ho leaves l . lie field of abstract thought , and betaken himself to creative literature , lie produces nolhing comparable in fulness , wealth , n'i < liainioniouHnesH to the imaginutioiiH of a Chaucer or a Shakspeare . — From tho Worth British _ licvieu : — August .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1852, page 758, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1946/page/18/