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acme trrt, an ?nnriiw egaiDrt panics tad enae*,
Will be appreciated by financial men.
There was an affair?what I call a funny ao
Itenaitj?in the back yard of the TnUeriea the
ether dee, which mast be mentioned. Queen
Victoria had eent ever a bnahel er ao of medals?
?r say ? peek?there were about 20.000 of tbem of
she me of a dollar?to be given to the troops re
farm-d from the Crimea. These ttwop* were ao
eordine/ry assembled in the back yard of the peace,
mken the Duke of Cambridge (who is supposed to
aWp in the eouncil of war) made them a short
speech in indifferent good French, (not probably
s>f bis original eomposi-ion ) wherein he told them
with more than Ixindon assnranee that tbey. brave
fellows were his dear ttmrtvU' and how he was
honored in giving them the medals that Victoria
had sent them in token of alliance, etc. Tho
Ssnperor and many other digniUrieo. including
the pretty Empress, and an ingenuous public,
looked gravely on from their respective positions
oat horseback, in th* palace windows, and behiod
the grating of the court-; ...1. Then came the
ehslribution. One of the first recipients was the
General Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, whose most
noted ^yeratiosi in the Crimea were rather private
than military in their nature?rather demus than
aWit?rather internal than foreign affairs. It is
perhaps the only recorded case in history where
a medal for dysentery was ever given. What adds
SO the peculiarity of the case is tbnt the dyeeoterie
general received bla decoration from an insau<*
general. Verily, if all the Duke's " brave and
"dear comrades" had come away when he and his
.brother princely general did, the occasion for giv?
ing out medals wonld have been aa they were, in
the vocative.
What might seem almost as much of a joke as
Ais, is an article to be found in one of the last
week's numbers of the Momitrur, wherein the j
Fes ate is taken to task, roundly taken to ta?k ,
erven, for not more diligently attending to it* OOa
sotulioca! functions. That " solemnly constituted .
imposture," having done for the past hrc years
what it naturally enough supposed it was consti?
tuted to do?nothing?and drawn the hand?ome
Iannual salary of ff>,000 for the seme, is now
told that its business is to suggest ameliorations of
the public state in political and economical senses.
The bead of the state, being overbusied with
press of affairs, and especial!) with the war. can
aot do all the thinking for thirty-six million
Frenchmen's welfare. lie constituted this body
aa supplementary to his omniscience, and it is high
time tbey did something beside promulgate Qa
ready-made laws and draw salary. The article,
ae the first and only official commentary on Napo?
leon's Conrtitrtion since Troplong's real!)- able
prefatory apology to the Senatus Consnltum of
1863, is sufficiently curious. The fact of its ap?
pearing in the Mom tear, of which the Emperor ia
responsible editor, has drawn considerable atten?
tion to it. Some say that it has no other signifi?
cance than to hint to the Senate his decile that
that body preseut some proposition, as if from the
people, (whose organ, by way of petition, it the?
oretically is,) for a regency in caae of hia depart?
ure at the head of an army: for a Sem.tus cou
aaltnm respecting the young Prince ta futuro. (it
to agreed that it shall be a Prince,) or for tome
?ther form of words about other matters, which
aball seem to qualify his autocratic rule by a pop
tar or at leatt constitutional clement. For my
awn part, I could conceive that the article in
?flection might mean more nearly what it says.
In the goodness?moral goodness?of the Em?
peror's BBSillUS, I have not a mustard-seed of
faith: in his ahrewdneas, in his statesman's abili?
ty, the events of the past five years force me to
have a great deal. I believe that France is essen?
tially democratic in sentiment and I do not see
why his Majesty should not have discovered the
fact as readily as your correspondent. Supposing
that he bat, wba'. more natural than that, in a calcu?
lation of bit own inter, st?., h? should desire to intro?
duce gradually, and ao far as he can with safety
to bis imperial position, something of practice into
the theory of hia constitution, whijh, as theory, is
fas from being "trc1) er.n<l?mnabl6 or contempti?
ble t Why should be not seek to take the wind
sat of the eaits of t>? opoosalioa which alwsyt ex?
ists here, by meeting the apuit of liberal leviuU
boa kali way J
To j as* ffem tbe nisenseiou of ao crave a ?ju?-a
tieu to the fact of opposition. 1 said it always ex
Uta. It baa recently "cropped out'' slightly in
the Polytechnic school and among the )oung civ?
ilians of the Latin (Quarter. The Polytechnic
School and the School of St Cj r?both b? ing mili?
tary, took part in the triumphal entry of the Cri?
mean troops the other 8aturdsy. Iu presence of
the Emperor on the Place Veudome, the St Cyri
aas shouted lutfily in hit honor; the young men of
the Polytechnic, among whom Republicanism is
traditional, persevered in a sinking siltmct on that
ex-cas.o.:. It is perhaps because of this silent man
?estatien that the old purpose revives of moving
the Polytechnic School out of Paris aud removing
from it everything but its smrtJw military elements.
The students at the Sorbonne expressed so strongly
their disapproval of M. Nisard at some of his late
lectures that a number of them were arrested. M.
iSitard is noted, apart rtom his literary attainments,
far being alwavs what ia vulgarly called " butter
aide up.' Heu Republican, lroperio-Repnbli an
tv Imperialist according as the tiovernment of the
day ia Add to this, he now goes oat of the way
to abuse Voltaire. All this the students did not
relish; hence the hissing and interrnpiioD of t to
lecture: hence policemen iu the levtutc-room and
aWMtta
President Pierces message ia published in full
in Tie Msm?eur and tor the most part in other
Srominent journals. Tbey have not yet had time
>r comment at length. I should say that in gen?
eral it was well received. The portion moat
likely to be commented upon unfairly is that re?
ferring to the Sound Dues. At bottom the opinion
at" etery sensible European out of Denmark la in
accordance with the main principle laid down by
aViarcy and Pierce. Put just at the present mo?
ment the eager desire of enlarging the alliance
against Russia, leadt many publicists, if not
?directly to deny their opinion and renounce the
principle, at least to attempt to rive the hope to
I'snoiark that the may be able to force the I'm ted
State* to better than the proposed terms if ahe
mill join the Western Powers against Rus-ia,
That Yranoe and England abould seriously under?
take the defense of Denmark in an errooeou? BSC
trine, reccgnitcd bv themselves aa erroneous,
atgair.st us M so slight a consideration as her
alliance in the present war, aeems to me, a- it
a?ways haa seemed, absurd past the w< rtft of dis
euasioa. People that talk seriously on this point
stiast be ignorant of the amount of American rlour
that has been brought to Havre this season, of the
amount of French exportation to America, an 1 tA
staalogous import and export at liver.,
P I had another iueoraiug of returned Crimean 1
troops on tic Ihh. who bad been delayed on th. :r
woy age bey end the time of the solemn emn o!
their fellows. The body that came down the ;
BesJevards yesterday morning was less than 2,000 '
atrocg. and was preceded mart bv Qen, Niel and
his staff. The on looking crowd was small eotn
f>ared with that of the otm I Satuidav, but ita tym
Cthy with the returned soldiers, less restrained
iU expression than oe that day, displayed Used
aery heartily, often very touchingly. The troops
Were aceompanied on their wav to the Court of
the Tuilleries (where they pasted in review by the
F.mpcror, j by a voluuteer Uying cohort of young
Parisians, mostly recruited from among the blouses, i
P^Pwlnr triatupbs of the Crimean soldiers
ttte well fitted to excite a war spirit, desirable '
enough just at this season, when the "drawing"
erftSe class of InV. .a about to take place. The
Basts ef the contingent which forms this class are
now nearly completed and posted at the different
saatnec of Paris. The number of young tuen in
^bed amounts to about Out of this n-im
S ?;T*"* TQ*? twenty-one .ears cid sound and
???MJfdnetife forces, Paris most furnish iu
?roportioa ot the 140.000 men whith the Empire
gwnsan ? peace) aa iu present eircums-ancea baa
Z?^VtT l? U> *** national enthusiasm
toward the Fmpervr at boms and furnish food for
psowuer aoroad.
Ket to look always ,t u,e large black side of
thhjw.r. when J ictorta. and Napoleon, and Eat
Sfil fo.r ''^?y."and Alexander fight
Sartor " rchgron and the ualnehy Abd-ul-saodiid
heating for ? impendence." are none of themia
BBS way of getting what tbey pretend to b? after?
L__ I
seeing despotism and the devil ia taa bvery of
Freedom aad Christ, all *xoept A. Med i id, of (*<?n
staotioople, who ?< n <?? hia matten ander the title
of bit defenders, ia ill-filing Christian breeches?
took rather at this pleetaat glimpse of French
eba> acter. Tbe Emperor wantt to give tbe re?
turned troop* a little treat in addition to that pop?
ular afreet triumph. It* ing a man of tolerably
" shrewd observation," being intentely interetted
in the matter of pleating the troop*, and being
band and glove with the Micitter of Finance, bi
naturally chootct for the treat aomething which
the troopt, French teldiert. fair representatives of
tbe mas* of Frenchmen, will generally be auited
with. Now what do you gueat the treat to be ?
Cake* and beert Extra grog T Extra pay T No:
it ia to consist of a aerie* of gratia performance*
at the Grand Opera ! The firtt it to be given on
Saturday evening. Thia teem* to me oeruiiar
ly and admirably French. What it not ao ad?
mirable it that while, indeed, the ttnllet tor
(hurt are reserved for the officers, the soldiers
must putb away in the parterre and the upper
boxea tnd amphitheater. The firit and tecond
rowt of boxet are not for the army T he arrange?
ment i* a* little peculiar at it ia little admirable,
and reminds me?to t ir checking of my indigna?
tion against the Emperor, and with a difference in
hia favor?of the arrangements at the opening,
tome yeart ?ine?, of your Induttrial Palace in
New-York, where MM of the good seat* were
reserved, even for the " officers"?the leaders in
the tire-front of the industrial army.
speaking of the Opera, Cruvolii. the Cruvelii,
Srphle Cruvelii, its sometime prima donna, it at
last definitely, legally, and bi-reiuriously become
Madame la Baronne Vizier. I mi?ht have an
nouiictd this eonsuinination in my lest ,ett'-r. For
that matter, I might hum announced it any time the
last twelve mouths. For it has been extensiv? ly
talked of here in Paris, in and out of feuilletons, and
rumored about, and guested about, and affirmed,
and denied, and conjectured upon during that or a
longer period, witn the contradictory abundance
and the superficial profundity aud the "well
bafOTXOed" sntl.ontativcness of* an Eastern ques?
tion or an E?b-rhazy mission. Baron Vigier has
been negotiating for an alliauee all this time: and
the public have been treated at interval* to details
? in which th?y seem to have beeu interested?
of smiles and pouts, prospects of peace, threats
of war. mediating presents of shawls and jewels,
etcapader. retreats, advances, Ac. the re?
hearsal of which I have thought it my doty to
spare the readers of THE Tkiiii sr.. So skeptical
had I become in this imbroglio of contradictions,
that when even the marriage purpose of V. and C.
was posted at the Ma.rie ten days ago, I did not
recoid if. For ben in Parit an announcement
bir.ds neither part} to ita fulfillment in that kind.
Now finally that all is over, I put it on record.
The parties were legally married: i. e., civilly, at
the Mairie; then the\ were religiously married on
the Baron's part at a ( athoiic Church: on Crurclli's
part at a Protestant Church, sLeleingofa Protest?
ant?evi d, it is said, of a clerical Protestant fsaii'y.
David Angers is dead. Eminent as a sculptor,
he w as super? ininent by his peculiar talent of pro?
ducing in the busts of great men the characteristic
rifil tea tee of their getdae. Iiis bust of Victor
Hugo is a fine and his bust of Goethe an almost
extravagant example of hit tpecial power iu this
r< sp? ct. Here Le was known and respected also
as a political man?a consistent, generous Liberal.
In 1848 he was Mayor t ( one of the Arrondisae.
inents of Paris, and Member of the Constituent
Assembly. Among the follower* of his coffin
w? re f 'avaignac, Mauin (President of the Kepublic
ot V?i.,ce). Beran^er. and otLer eminent Liberals.
With them tow went artists ai d lovers of art of
other opinions, to do honor to a " name glorious
" in the arts and to a Besavnry respected by all
"parties."
Spiaking of thif lof? in the world of art natu?
rally reminds me of the disaster that befel Paul
Delarecbe'l great paintisi?, the Heuiioycle. at the
Eeole de Beaux Art?. 1 may have omitted to
speak of it at the time the accident took place,
which came in the shape of fire some weeks ago.
Added to the injury et used immediately by the
heat, waa that of the excessive cold which fol
lowec. Ttierfsu': i?. tbnt hsril? tw?>?7 <??? of
tbe noble assemblage of seventy-tire persona?es
represented in thit fine picture, remain unharmed
l eeaac eow bo the comf >rting part of the story.
A skillful restorer is already engaged cleansing and
pt?taring the wall for Dclarocl.e. who will then
complete tnd finish the painful rcsurrc-tion of hit
master-piece. If the artirtic life is spared, the
p cture then will be given back to the world 1 y
the creative anther, in whose spirit it still lives
enuredeipi'e its material destruction.
Here, at the very fag end of my letter, 1 have
not space to speak as 1 would of the very remark?
able spectacle, if which Parisians " a?*ist" even
night at the Theatre Portt 9f. Martin. It is the
Ortttic of Alexander Duinss. a free txanslel
from the trilogie of A'tcbvlui. (the Agamemnon.
( l opborr and Ft mil ides.) with borrowing? from
Euripides and Sophocles, and Romantic loans of
his own to their classic capital Notwithstanding
the " garbling. ' to use a harsh term, which was
almost necessary to bring this tragedy on the
modern stage, and the teeming unritneas of the
classical sttle and story to a boulevard theAter.
Ab lander D?rnast Ortrfu preserves a great part
of its Grecian firm and feeling: and at an "act?
ing play." is deeply interesting to the andern Pa?
risians. It is very o ld to thi'uk that JEschylns 's
having a " ran'" at tbe Porte St. Martin. But
why not' He was not clastic, happily, when he
wrote?evidently in temperament as much a " ro?
manticist" at Dumat himself. Probably because
of just this ft How ship between the great original
and his imitator, the Wench Ortttu more nearly
reproduces the effects of the old Gnek tragedy
than if it had been brought cut by a whole
college of tchulaitic professor*?a whole regimen'
of wl.om have not ti e dramatic rente and senti?
ment that make Dumas, in one large respect, the r
superior ss its interpreter. The Furie* at tbe
Porte St. Martin are bungled; tbe Dioscuri, who
descend, quite uncalled for, in a small c'oud para?
chute, are ridiculous, and ungodiike at Siamese
lam: bitClytemneftrn, In her rage and recol?
lected woe over Iphigeuia's death, gives fearful
glimpses into the darken abysses of human pas?
sion, and mad Catsardri't revelation of the mur?
dered husbands' and murdered mathers' corpses
lying there, makes the blood run chill
ENGLAND.
TUT. tllMIIIHI II lUCbaUQE H ENGLAND.
Frem Tit Z^raJ.n 7???s, Ja*. (
The American Ptaatdeat, with a laudable dottie to
cut ftcrt a loag di t?ate in tbt Hou-e of Ktpresentv
tives. bas rot waited ft the ehvt.on <f a In ranter,
1 -t i resetted t - u.- uai Miv-?. st . to the C ?n
cress. A |*>rt:on of the Ameri? an j r< SS had 1 'tig been
busy in dktating what the Message ou^ht to be?that
it ought to throw down a ?lallen-- t<v England on
every point of existing or posaub!. dirfer? sees, uad
that u ought to do to is a meat-cr which admitted of
b<i adjustment. As far as Fighvad boaaienn there?
fore, we mn-t aduit the k.-ood sec-. : -;'i.,-l by
tie Prv-ident in prouiu'ga'ing bi* Nreav aril
leaving the grour.t to be prcotvupied in the Cv>n^r.?s?
itself by s mass of adverse- cr.ticisnx. The d.<rame -.t.
!.ke tcaay of its predesxssxvs, shows tie \ .s; . fl
evice baswesa tie plav of diplomat v an.; a natioav
a?t. Tfc. formt r. m th. Itsw as w. a the Old World
is oft? r. little be tter than c ga:r.e of bra.;, sawai Jiy ot
statesmen and of lltlBaeil nation-: tht la"Ur i- geo
trallv more in accordance whth tho*e sol -Jin resp^srsi
biHea which rulers cannot but iai', baw I v. r \>--i
tb? ir tenure of pow. r. IV.. lent Pterce iseridentJy
no roor?- inclined to plunge the Cnicai into war for any
tr ti. than we art. Of coarse, we are a*al aa ar? that
it may t>e ?Iriven tu aar. ev n im a p.i_: .i_e
preciated t>r and? rstoiKt by the pex>pk- at larg. . aui
Ar t rt i* equally a?nre tlat w?- a.-o are apt le aaT*
get tl? mereant.l?' or pebtica! i:>4.utfieianc? of an ob- I
Hst whe n our honor is concerned. There can only
V niutoal reapt^t between tw? such nation* as the
Pr.t sh KiupiTv a.-'d tie Csited v.;,j? * af A3??n.-a. B^t
we believe and trust that the statesmen of both oon
trie* will leave nocking aadone to arrange ?UoTereacsct
a itheut a aacritWof betor en I kaV r ? bs. Here th.re
e?rta:rS is not the famte? thought of a ?;ehtosv
trr.ct bctK.r cet of Anvri<~?, to gain a n?r ebatkle at
ttrsipeLte, andtotinak t.Drseh-?a at all the better
b? eaase we ran tt..r.k her ta,- worse. There is do sax h
f. elicg in thts roiiBtry. in-iord, we an quite rare that,
rven if we had gaitrtl ft. i.v^-ioarv triaaaab over our
Trarsat;aat>i-c*vrisins. || woaM entail its own oaai-S
m? ct ia th, shame we sbooki soon all feel at the fj v
of tk.' transactioB, and tbe aaaaUrel charat<er ?i
anirg we had i-ftK-t. <i.
\S r I- nev. that cn tbe whole, avtwstl^taa.Nag tbv
fjfti.iV- attempts ef a *-w Arrver*een writers? generalTV
rrc??liiEF?rt*X-oa! froea this country?to bs^w *v??cy
aperk iarto ? ffcun*. aad to diasrrere Eaglead. **L ?
wrtht ut h( arr to tat States OoTernm**??-, the great me
jortty of tbe enhgttened riessea in the* eoe^nlrv ere not
sodvpoeid In the Meteore before n the Pre*id?t
?bow* ? n?-nrv to let r*esrotiatioTi on th. affairs of C-*o
traJ America drag on infc'rmicably. oa the ep-cuiatioo
tLat tiro*- itself mist one day deo.de it in favor of the
IV.ted States. Hoch, at bast, is the construction put
npen th*- Message by a k>um*I wlo- h .-\ mm t y thinks
this the tree poliey of the Prior.. I: may or may not
troTe a succeesfuf apeetdatioc. Cr I ibtedry. in t'_a*
rart of the wotM the greet probability i? that the cause
of the States will acrease, end that ottL? coontry do
crease. Wb?-n tlere nr. but f? w n th* eosmtn wha
ktcw what political n latons wv have in Cat tral Amer?
ica, and wber, i s tie otlw hand, the t'nited State?
are evidently put-ung '.n that directjon by sea and by
tend bv "the growth of th?-ir commerce and
their peculation, it would be idle to d^ny that
such a solution ta that hoped for i? nearer every
dav. But the speeuletion it morally uaanon:
?ai therefore politically r'angerous. It' car. never
be an advantage to any State the' it should be in a
rendition to think en ontrage en in'igninVant arra:r.
The simple fact that " th. j>- nr." so t.? *p~ak. " may
be one day ripe.' may t'-mpt the States to ana%tof
violence, which may perhaps be wann'y r>??H-nted by
this cevztrr. A negotiation, to be honest, should be
er.f ducted with a vi? w to a settlement. The ?totes
men of Am? rice must recollect that, if they have to
n ake, a* tbey conceive, a certain impression upon ru,
tb> v have aieo to ?et an eiampJe to their own pampas,
ard there areftw example* to catching at those of
I nhlic diplon as y. Con Id (reneral Pienv and hia trov?
er, meet ?r.ccee'c In persuading the cit:xer.s in the
I mon ?hat they bad avoided a just w-nb-nvnt by dila
t' ry p'.f as and'exesiv answers, they w.il be resjxvsible
ior connptii g s? far the moral* of the Cnioo. In one
senre, a s-mp!e lengthening of negotiation :n order to
leave a que-tior. SB the arbitrament of time, to the de?
cay of tight ar.d the maturity of worng, is itself an
in morality, and we trust that we aba:' never be feand
f. L'oWing the ? xtmp le befor. u?, or sanctioning such a
pc.licy in our owt statesmen.
On the subject of British reerrutroent in the United
Mat*s. the Pn eident concludes his version of the story
with the statement that he had pire?eiited a e<u?eto oar
Covertment in order to securt. not only a oe-*ate>n of
tie wrong but its leparetion, and that the snr;.let It
?tili ncdrr di.-on**ion. It is not d? aied that the wrong
I ns < eae?<l, and it can hardly even Ix? mainfainel that
;t was consummated bv the effectual enlistment of a
rirgle indiv idnal into the British service. The Preai
d.nt, indeed, alleges that the attempt wa* obsti?
nately end sTsttrnatitally continued evi n after the
official retDoaatfBBOa agaln-t it; but that could only
on?e fiom the atter impossibility of stopping at onc"^
a number of distant ana independent prooe*?dinir*, car?
ried rr. without qt.it? so much concert and plea es ia
thoeghti How? ver the whole affair wa? stopped be*
fore, as we lave ols>erved, any misohi.f a a* done;
at d, what u> more, reparation was made?reparation
that would be thought ten time* more then sufficient
by the dimmed Courts of the Old.r World. Oa this
side of the Atlantic, tbt.a mi-tike has l?een made
ac apology is offered; end to reject that epology, an 1
th mend some fanciful compensation for the supposed
wrcr.g, is always ut down to the *en*itive jeal<in<v
of tl^ man who has his character and position
ft ill to make. In fact, a nadineoe to accept en
epeloirv i- here thought qnite e? mnr b the mark of
a gl t.tb mar, nav. more to, than a uaiehaom to reeeal
en iniiigi ity. h'vtry fcliow bat tne latter, but it ia
only ti e gent'etnar. who has the former. We are -ure
that there is not a soewtv of grrr.tlemer. in EarOBO who
would not thi'k a siitTu I.-nt rejaretion done in tals in
attLie whsn the wrong bed been toj p..i ? tea btJOtTt
aftua'a.v.>niplishniei.t, and its impropriety adrmt'e i.
What more President Pierce reiiaires h i do--s not say
iu his message, bnt, as the direct bearing of the United
State.-' law on the point is now admitted, end there ia
t>ocf aixcof a British enlistment be:cg again attempt-d
in tht Cnion, any further "reparation" demanded by
the Iritid Statet tlovcrnmcut must be something
mor?- than the vindication of its honor, respect to itt
neutrality, and obedi. nee to ita lews. It i- e matter
on wbkh' we conceive the British GovernmnLt will be
guided bypr?cdiit. It wiil deai with the Cuited
State? a- it would with France or any other European
Court and if, notwithstanding, the I'nited Stetoa
aheaU demand more, the people of this country will
not submit to undeserved end gratuitous humiliation.
TLe Message ii written * rh simp'..city and d.-arnew,
ntd is by n? mean- so L-ngtly and diffuse as some of
its pr< decersort.. Indeed, it fot.ks as if the President
hau f i nd himseif at an end sooner than he expected,
and bar1, be?n reduced to append two long di.-cus-l.iis
on the constitutional thaen of UovernrnenU and the
em ItitBtioaal i> lauoc of Slavery, ia order to make np
bwik to th? teste of hia readers. We thai! not enter,
for the preeent, into these or any other topic* of tar
U. V>* L??? y to atsur* ibe Anosrvoaes
thbt the pccple of thu> country reaa these doenaoents
with ex interce* oeiv oeoood to teat with whioh tbey
read ea ?r^-vtac? Miniat?rial statement is Utear own
Legi Tbey are ell rejoiced to aee the sudden
prospertt] irnmeuse ds.THopTr.ert of a country
wtir-h they fei. to have come out of themselves. It is
to pleasure to them t<? find documents so dat'.cr.ng to
their own national pride marred by tie- introduction of
petty squabble-, the matter and very existence of
which aie nesi Ui nnst Hntish leaders. "Tbey have no
wi.-h that boat* should bt lost between tht two Statssx,
ai d it wiil nvt be their fault if it is.
Y'vm T\t Lomir-* Tvmtt.Jn* V.
Tl.is Ls not the time to take e tr imphant or even in
differeet viiw of o?ier pooptt'l troubles. We ere
sefferieg at every point of the compass from the taotal
faulto and inten al di*ordet> of otliar States. Serfdom,
f.^.ht . .ic v :. ?:;.: CLnst...:: c>: M.--L v:i.::.? dan. !? -,-vt
L?in. the want of public opiviom degradi v v.cea, ani
a lorg !:? of cat.onal peniliarit:e?. oou tri bated to the
origin of the war, in which the best t.hxvi an 1 trea?ure of
this c? nr.tiv are ponred out like water. Who i an say
bet what ihe - irttie cloud" which a Late Mini-tertaw
iu Ortg?n ntj show Itaekf em dar in the '? domestic
i: itJtauea ' cf American Slavery > The days may
ft mt when an mdei'isive and temporizing tnot of
Pr.ti-h statesmen may drift into a war on behalf of
?? Dl?le Totn" and his rabin end kia TOiyJaditAoat
fneads. ending most philanthropi-ally in "the ex'er
mm a'ion of the race, and the -laughter of aa equal
nun ber of wLte ritiaen* and subjreu. Kobodyaow
run. mb? rs that tie pr-.-s. nt war of principle, which
las alreedy oost nc>t much less then a million ?v--a, b
gen in a squabble about the kers of some holy p'.a-vs.
S> far ham titOilltiea diminishing the tendency to
war. it s?-etrs to put more runt-ow ie: :v.o humaa na
tare. We lave bw'.L us>ti to Qaerrol a^nt, and also
Utt?r pnjsirauon- for the purpose, ao we wul wait
t< nderly on the BBkBtdefbsg cjide:a of American con
Uvimej. The lava is suli bot under us, e_ i
w.ii bear no htevy tread. But, with ti,s fe.-l
bag on t>ur side, testified by years of ti
leaeo on the point, wo eaciot" eeaeoai em
snrrriar at firding tte whole . . rtr iversy raked ap in
tie Itesidetit aMeaaage. With a partisanship *trmg ?
lv at variet.ee with our notions of Royal impartiahtv,
tie Piastdersl reviews the bhaan of the 'doa?vt.c i'a'.
stuaiior." from the dsy- of tie Demfc lcra'soa taroirh
the surcasive aanexationi?. He express^ bhtswlf
fret!y, ar.d with mighty LttJc h.-ed of Itootilepreia
dic?s. as to the suivssivr asts of Cojgress f >r th?- tol
eratioL or nstrictu n ot Siavtry. Ha b^iiy pnu it a*
a quarrel between tbe North and th- S.juih, aodtbows,
w tliefl the zeal of a Protectionist seoeaafmae the
b'odens ou land, or of a Liberal enlirg.tg oa the pr.v
d?ges of the aristocracy, that the ssp^v-^d ojn
Otasseaa to the interests aid ideas of the S-uthert:. or
BtaeeheUmg State*, kave ten ied4*q,;al y to me" s ?
graaci/em. nt ot the North. In l haw at eroryi
. tpl vt t? - J>cbs?:< -n th< bumii g brw ia of ?v:cj -
v. :?y ar? tur.eJ about, a- we .... ir- , t-,,.u
expert to fird them in t: e fe:viJ page- of aa ADvi iua
or ai.ti-AU.iit:on journal. A: aif event., it i. the iaan
who speaks. not the aNttrarthjn that late behiad tte
giin.a..:..??. i an "adores* from t_. rtr..i.e"'" Ij.
agine Vteet! Victoria a^usrng wboie portiooa ?.f o r
n nlm. Sot.'an l for exaam e, of cneons?tu? 'UsJ cou
dnct, in:p*rt:aec: mu.firetce. sp-rv u.-humaa 'v du
I kffcy, ai.d tl. Lke'
Hut, a. art Dam tbe warm hmruace r?f the Prosi
d. it.ee seiicas'y regret that he has evidently lost
-. .ft > f .. :..r ir, :.? inj.:-.,.: que-tit* ti.ai ti^Vxist
:rg ri.-hts . f the Slav. S'at- - a-.t tr c: -net of p'tr
':< s. Adr..it ev?rv Wi.rd. BBtd more than Oeerj h-jni
?: he se?*. Acnrt the: the C ctrrem acted aeaiml
?le t oassjtatiaa in ettemptitaj to saesarJbe douvstic
-.?? Me the l?w!v annex, i >^at?s. a\emaataaattat
raf ts of tie Abs^ .a^-tr. iLoe::,u. ',. a- a Uie c?ee'yf
io-:c|<l?;< U Letio: - tht v ?i lid em a.: v ?-. rf n f '
ebn wars, so, la the cs^e cf Federal N^, ihtr toad
to.iv;. war. Adm.t the nous aUard.tv in the
aTostastli Stst.s. u-.ttrly sjavriSag a- i unable' as thvT
ar. .? r ..??? ti- ? ?:?.] n ... ;. . : .-.1 . ... -.- j
.: then can a^ory unitt.:.: ! t. a.-l-?vj> "
mssser of their neigbtxr*. Admit it aL': tl. re remaias
tb.- BaTther eaesama. the aalyptactieal ?
Sav. .y to be k.; f w ti.n \ -..'?? j,.
oidagr. and dicettly lateirv-i *ouv lan.lr^i v. -'
bence? At that distance of time. Aatri-aa etathw 1
ti< bmt tefl ts, the popularioe of the States wj h? at
leert a beadnd mii^oc*. laT of them either Euro
Oeam Jnm?-.ltat^ deseei-dait- of Ettrone*.-?*
At V. at date what mil - the domestic ia : it .
cs i t t.. It must diminish evesyyear ia -,-rrK?
t*^tate tu'k. and as it dira:u?b?-? sv ako most too
w.e'-l. the .ir.-enc . end the terr.tt.rr of tbe Sieve
Stet??. Cm th. < tb? r herd, there . aa U hz: \h.\r- r^^.
tiet tie seel etui tbr tanei> wn .: At>,liiiou..u
will Lot Lave abet - d, fed a* it will be bv the perpstaai
introductioL of Ecropraa e'*a?? cts. Tara jaas^wat
fix'Cj tt, Le?t, Mr. Presodrat. e- we pjuvr EagLshni- j
ere f. rced to do on a IctdreJ qr.tstiox;*, fcrget the
oea wiles sod the atrt* tow* farpoensy of party. Let
bygwi? t?- bygosva. )V drtl W .!?' >Wrj) n'sm jay
mg -bo?t your head. Look forward to tbe *J*rwhen
?to, a, rd-blooded historian sf your Pur-jo wiD be eon
Sat. r how tar Proxies t Pveres eonH toreeast foio
rilv, er whether iW we* simply a man of h? day.
anybody resiiy imaaw taat Slavery wul Uw^?
nW*6.?ic u-eutntkwi, ?taadiog aa gnrend s?*ejn*taeeni
seventy or eighty million* %*l opponents Sorely it s*
chanty to hope tiai too* err that day it mil hare **1
of xarttioa or attained some quiet eg'riaaasie. In?
stant ath>irtk>n is one thing, ?Jtitnateextiuetion aaotker.
Wbi e th. battle rag. * upon the former of the-* point*
aobour seem* to have a thooght of th-' setter; y t tie
fc-nm-r i* the topk of the rabble, the latter tbe doty of
?ta'e*m*n. .
We, i? the Obi World, make but little way M the
rare of our own social evils, to it would ill become o?
It i r. Nj.br km awm nr. IV tnaunerof our own abo?
lition was bo tn.de! for anv Hat*, bast of a'J for one
that tad it* Slavery iu it- own b?om. let we miy
v. tt-:? t. no? . t; ? ? n. n >?'. al: attempt* to scan
the future of flavery in the Message before n?. J\ e
doult mnch ah<thrr the next'igbty year* of its his?
tory a ill be like the last. There is one important
t? fatty i f a nature to affect it, an 1 that is the im?
mense'infusion of the depressed clas-es of Europe into
tLe working population of America. The sax ial diffi?
culties cf the I n.on have a ready a m->re K iropeaa
character than a few years agi>. In que-tions of edu?
cation, religion, and ? nme. o;.e may every day see
eon J ar -01.? between Manchester and New-York, and
an English philanthropist wouid find him*. If q-iite at
b? me at any great city in the Union. Tu;* state of
thi'gs must saveed, and, as it is difficult to oseeetre a
slave population in London, in Lancashire, or in any
otbei part oft! e-eie!c?, we conclude ?be day rn'is* cotne
whfn blavi ry w: i be a moral :mpo*wjtii.ity ia ?:.<* L'uited
Siatea. Hat. "if thi- be only probable, c >mnion sense ?ag
C' rts that the pohcy of tt. >taf. *. and: Je Uuion also, i*
fa: a? d aaa 1?- done without off.-nse. is to pave the
way tor the grad-al and peaceful . x:f ..f S.avery. On
th:s" side the Atlantic it wouid be presumptuous to
frame the propel policy for this purpose; but there can
be no pnetmption ? Jan? quietly a?kin^ Amin. aa
stats sn.tn to consider whet* >-r >.avery i- Likely to ex
i-t. axd. it so. to what exter.t and :r. what form, in the
Union in the year 1*^; and heiw far it will th-n ahTeCt
the pea a and icmfort of a hundred millioa c.t.*avus '
IV sn.allest utieghiug a- to the probable state of
thugs a: tiat data should enter iuto the pres-ent cl. a.
lats.t,* of anybody pretending to be a state-man.?
Slavery, in our Luir.hte opinion, will tbea either have
i?asw/to exist, or exist as an intolerable evil, and the
v? ry bane nf American poll ic*. Ti.ei ?? sS, too, SSrStfcst
i> nticganey :n view, more familiar perhaps to Bare?
jean than :'.> a\n*araaaa miuds?and that L?, the gta dual
uniting et the Nate? tulo a closer unity. Kith, r peace
oi wai, either mutual forl>eaiaiiee or angry eiatro
x< r?y. will t?nd to the entire amalgamation of oomnii
ni iewso similar and so e'eecly umt.d. but every
st. p toward that amalgamation must tell *.'im-'
a ntinoance of an institution tolertted in SOSM of Iba
State? and abborr.d in the rest.
f e??i The Immj Naam Jam 19.
Tbe President's Message to t mtjnm araaaata a
pit as.i g, and. we believe, an unexaggerated picture of
tha material f n*p? nty of the fTnitrd States Tue ci,
stmi i .* Uno-r which th-- M???ag- wa-tranemitte i
to Congress, and the disturbance- in Kansas, present a
part an of tLe social and political conditiuu of the
Union hts calculated to inspire *at:?fictory ani.eipi
tione. It is evident that an embifcre ! straggle of
many discordant t-artie? i* now being waged tin ?
out the Mate?. None of the-, p.trti s U s ;:H ;? u: y
strong to eataa and a majority in tue House of Keprc
srnt&tivef, and the touaequence is. that a whole :u >ntii
Lasl^??nl?*t in vain attempts to otgani/.- th. Hoaae.
Itr potiect of this delay, the IVesnknt ha- taken tie
nt.| tecei. I t? d ol tra:-m:'t r._- n> M. *-a_-e lo
Ccngieaabcistatks Baaaoot Beptasaatlrsa is orgni
in.i; end a ma/teirity of Iba Hoase Las cipn-e. d its
reeer.tm.nt at tt.is step by an equally unprecedente J
veta that the Me-eage-hall laid oa the table un?
read. Iu plain language the Executive an 1 the branch
of the Legislature which mo.-t du.-- tly represents the
aaaaplt, baro oacb aaaaaasdaa attitude ot uncoiiipro
m.rir.g d'fiunce. The exasperation <>f party spin: that
eipr?s*?d at Wsshiagton is merely a sample of ttiat
which as rvades the aaoil of the feue'ra! republic. S >tu ?
thing very hke a civil war on a small scale has been
wagid in Kansas, tLough the c .inhalants appe-ar to
baredosaated from active host?.ti.-s fisrthe presout;
and the invadersof Kansas from Missouii coai ". M 1 tbe
*ympa;h:'-s i f an tmni-. iue majority of the hababataaata
11 t!.> Slave M.iies, whde the inhal.itauts of the Terr.
tory ari chitrtd on by no in?omidiralne patty in the
Kortbera fltttea, Tothissewho huve not co.-ely and
n inut? by stu?t?d the history of the I'uion, and watched
th> pr?gte?e ot cot?-m|Kirary politiaal eonteet*. civil
war we,u.d appear to 1 e itnniinent. We are not dJa.
jo-id, however, to regard the Mtuation in such aa
alarmist spirit. We have seen to maay thread ui.-ig
pohtw al storms of tl.is " fierce D> mocracy'' baow over
without material daman--, that we feel convinced th -
frame-work of tbe Coustitetiou will weather tfaia oa*
a lev. With reg hi a v* ?U? p?riiee t<> ihr wottlt war
in \N svekiLgton, there can be little doubt of this
And witb regard to the untamed ?pirue of the ntw.y
settled region*, their *trnc?les T'??y. remind -
a remark made by the late Karl of liurham after his
return bet* Canada. Iu a company wne.c Iba Karl
was p:e-eut. a get/leuiaa adverted in disparaging
tetm- to the pe-.'i!;ar state of society in the uew set
tlimer.ts of the I'moo. "What astonishes me," said
I/ord Iinrham, "ie, not that there should be a large
amount of lawlessness in the-e districts, but that there
slould be ??> mm h of settled gover. m> r.t and respect
for law. Along with mar.v respes-table s?-uler?, all the
?aal recklti* spirts of tile L'nioa loek lastaaT. an 1
the reu.iKei.es? end weakness of the centra' govern
ment icuvee thtm en'irely their own masters. That
any ngnla'ed governnient" should be possible under
tech fir cum-tucee* is a remarkable t?-iroony to the
capacity of the Ami rican pee pie for -?'! _?. v-rnnient.
\N e quote frim memory, alter a lapse of many ye<irs.,
and tear that w? have dine injustice t.. Lord Durhans
? Jprc-*ions; but we are certain that we give the sense
of what Le said. In his v.e-v we ? utirelv concur; aud
even sn.id the most painful ? xce-ssns of North American
bordtr life, we t huish s rwged convictiou that all
w-.ll e rne right in tin long run. With the surcesse
i t the outra.-i s in Kausos the ardent sympathies
td the partiracs of the eotitrndir * parties tnrou/n
aal the Dniaa wiB be alayed, and the eoataal
will bee mu<h of it* present alastmng appearau.-...
V e are. therefore, entirely fnv from epj.rehen-ioa,
t-f any immediate ssaafi r from the present farce war
of parties in the United Mate-. At the -aaiv t__. ,
we cut not ?oneea! f.om on:st .v e- tbaa :b-re i--om.
thiaf rt the b.-ttoin of the atrift which may breed
dangir Leieaftt r. Ibe di tuii ancs ir. Kac?as'are the
naiu a! and Beceseary consequ- nc? of the gtowing
coLVKtions in favor of the abolition of pe,-r > slavery
oc ere pert, and of the invi-t. rancv ? .th aHdebthe
N uthem Mates i lin.' to that " domestic institution"
cc the other. We have tx> often argued the qnc-ti.n
of negr? Slavery to be r.-qnired to rep. at our v:;ws of
it now-: but iu common w:th ti.e greater ptrt of ea
lif htenesil and renV t Bi Airericsrs, we fe 1 conv n ed
ttat the _n t;mate abs>!ition of negio slavery throogh
ent the Union, a* in the cobnial dominioti* of Otxat
Uritain and Krar..-., i- intvital.le. l?e oily meaas
of preventing the recurrence oi such paiaful outrages
as Lav e recently been witness, d in Kansas is tbeTib
erattcr of ti.e negro rr.ee. The supporters of negro
Slavery in tbe United State? have no alternative but
U. yield, with the best grace th? v may, to the irresist?
ible propres* of hcmai e and ecjlghte'ni I views, or to
make m ti.ir mi^i- tos ssrtes of struggle* which
may nltimately rtr.d the Cabal tsnnd r.
'fl.re isancti. r scone of danger l? the Fcd-ra!
Ui.in. Tie asahttkal ?.f territorial extension whieh
tn.mati? so conr.ui.ri. &-vtim of the pop.'.-.. ,
tin eter.r : < ? . r.ly t! e ,-t?i.:l ty of th-- Uaoa. bat the
vi .y eaistsaes ?.f free rnTissaisat. Be kaar ta lbs
"?.:bu?t?.-.-a." of t'-.e U:.. >n d.-?s n?t ::.t.?.?. i
tic rights tnd se. uri?y ..f tut free co or. J population
. f th I.:.: ?:. :? c.ii i i t! - :? ,T? ...?;-, v. lt. ta i
a.e in ; ? w s.y - ?:'??<??, .f \\ ??. i...... ?. t? t.ax... wr
jealousv :^ Uteat Ilnt-a J any ileaaibie a^'iraii ll^'
n rat oi:' ?? N. th taaerb an II? paobe. The taannl - of
11 tat li .'a:n 1. ok upon the e-xten?iv..n . f ti.e jkabM
w.tn a-i 'he calmness of nv-a watching the pract-Cal
? ?' ??'?< t . i- . pr-.-bletn. JJnt it is
ttv?rw>... w.th the citaeaa of the United State?.
I.'ve-y n.w S'ate or TerriU.ry added bl the Uui'a
adds to the pa?roca?Te of thi Centra! froveramen: at
V ssL.tgton: in other words, to it* power of political
cerruj t.. r.. 1: is w, i! known how nr.- .up il ,u- y ? ?.
I d?r- cf pow. r at Washington, for the time being,
a;.- in tie habit of ti-it;^- Ihail patrvr.a-'e in
arder to streagthea the;.- partv. In exact ptopor
bot -tl. nmJ at if Mat.* r -id Territories in the
I n.ct : ? ;rcn as- d, do? - it bi-come more ea?orv po--ible
i 5 rA lr<i }tr% t0 r Heulte Ra V>wer ta
d. ft: re of the p<opre. If the pr.x-. - ran. le , a fried
ra .?r an l ?deficite period without the d jrjr-ron of the
I r... r . th - H t.cne of th. l.'. i.ub'i^ mu-t Income
nrtie -ii j ty tvrm?. The United States will become a
di -i o-.-m ir th- garb cf a r. pal lie. Bit to avoid a
Urcpticc un !cr such cireuta.tan'-.? r- ems napo-siMe
TL* n.anta for* vtendiBg theirtei-ritory which animatei
tie "Fulibasti ra" rann t fail, erx.net or later, to bring
tteai into b.fti.c colli-ioE with some p. weria! state,
v < tot ocs c - .1. hated, the ? xp.nseer.fnhe ejnte-4 aus
pn v- ke-^: wm pre-* h. avi'v on the Anierlcn ? .t.z> n?,
and the N. i-hem and Northwestern St^te? wii. fe. 1 that
tl i* pnv.ur. i? ur.posx .1 apon them to attain object*
wtsra no way c w-era them. The disoooteat thu?
th. ir afbi t Kepsbls ' Ys ?h wkat dr-p.snd-as-y w d the
nr.. cd* ot b. rty all over the w^rU reg j?J sack a termi
i at* b of the great Aasri. an experim. 11 of self.-ovem
rnemtt At *me--re friends aad wel'-wi.b.r**of tbe
i *? - t? I tt ear duty to mrite the sAt<?etira
of then- ntnteas to these ^T-sniVratk-Qs at the {-rsw iit
vr.-;? If sp|-*rs at aW aal smj^.b-b?V--froni tbe
f< ne both mi the robb? journals' in America and of onr
rriveN-ctnesro.dence-^heinot * few wbo are roe
Kiel tsously opposed to lb** anas of the " Filbbaders"
are more than Uli inclined to rxomote them, at the
h,k?fe bootb?*) and di*ereo?ab?e war, in order to
a; f v internal di***n*?one by eoix witreUng the air. n
txm and sympathy of the whole people on an external
oonaVt. The adoption of ?weh a short-?ug tit. d policy
would o*e*??eriIy prove de-trertiv? to the hbertie? of
tho ritiu ML if not to the pertnanence of tU'Uoitia. It
woui?i bo to ctmunrt the ?m? Wander that wan ccso
milted bv the Enghvh (rovrn.ment when it tatWW
iteelf mto'tbe scaleof despotism by taking par* aga.ost
rmanr-pate.I France in the war*- f the Drat r-r. u.M.
Btv< ut. : .
THE Pill iTnWtPBCT.
Frmm T*t lord-* T>mtt. t'-idj*. Jan. is
Over the sounds of warlike preparat.on bat yee
teiday n sounding from on. end of thw Ubonous
irlar.d* to the other, ha* falbn a sudden luH, end the
ban m? r of the armorer ia uplifted, and the haad of the
alip-caipt nter i* stayed, whilotbey Hated with woad. r
ant surprise to the ureipected tidings of pence. W a
La^ < b. ? .no. indurated to a ?t?te of war. and it ?eein*
trw almost aa .mpossible for England to fall back into
t'-e old pacific routine o! the hvt forty year* a* it ap?
pear, d two voars ago for her to ?hake off the peaceful
habit* and a**o? iation* which tbo-e forty vears had
creat.d. Nor would it, we suspect, be perfectly true
to ?nv ttat tue eourtry 1 an- the on-p^-t- -> -u 1 I- u'.y
otTcred of a return to i>eaoe, with untnlx.-d and uoa.
loved satisfaction. No one ia oo irhuman aa to argae
for war in the abstract, but there area great irrany. we
?r.?pect, who think that it* continuance for another
\iar w. aid have more of good than of e\i'. Our
preparatu n* arc so ve*t, onr army and navy are assum?
ing ?o tnnch more promising an aspect than b-for..
and the power cf Ku?*ia i* *?' visibly reduced and
tlaktn, that we might reasonably ho'pe at the end
of another i arif aign n. t only to .tictatc teinu much
more favorable, but to have for them the beat of
all possible guarantee*?the ptter ?xhaustion and
prottrLt.on Of ow adversary. In such case*, how?
ever, it ia wl*e to propitiate that Xein?*? whi.-h i< so
at t to wait on those whose overwe-mnz expectations
of futnte mos] fortnne render them blind to the ?fter*
tnr t:?. vi the present, and to close our Land upon ti.it
et itain success which is within its gra*p, ratner than
..i < c it to saatoh at some torture more alluring, bat
alfO more donbtful and dangerous. To be delivered
frcm the continually penning catalogue* of slaughter,
frtm the rapid increase of our national debt, from the
prosp?. t of a ten per cent income-tax. and a oouvnnt
detarg' m> r.t . f onr monetary sytcm: to curb elect u
aliy the in-oien.e and nggre?#iou of a jxiwer whicn
two vears ago would only eamdeseeSMl to an?wi-r onr
esni -t r. mor-trances by a ha-Jity and expiessve
silence, treating them, to u*e the tn.-taphor of the Era
pr<?* Catherine, "a* the moon aoos the wolves that
?? i av at as r"?these are advantages -o solid and sub?
stantial that we would not change them for the mo*? i
brihiant future that ever allured and da!u led the via- |
wnarv or the enthusiast, Lert us only be stire that we
have got what wc a?k for, and we sbsl. bear w:tb
?Nach philosophy the lo-s of ail the fine things that
arr th. r vear of war might bring u#.
We would, however, caution the public against the
pasaauafaoa that the telegraphic uieasag OS of oeroerre*
sj ? : nt- at V.. nuaand lb rlin, and that posted by the
Tri i ? I 'iov. niment on the Fa: s Bars.', necessarily
in ply ? hat th> ir word* ccrtainlv. tsksn in their literal
stn**", would fairly compnh. ud?that ail the proposi
tk es upon which tho Al ice in*i?t ha\e been uticonJi
tanaalh accepted by Hossia. The term* of the fifth
proposition ate goaetal and do not n?ee*sanly inc'u le
the utideitak-: Z r.t to f rt:fv the Aland Isle* ?nv more
tbm any oth. r demand that the Al'ie* might think fit to
u ak>. We do not beiieve tha' th?- re.j.-.i-ition ha- yet
be? u spei ineallv sal imttr-l to Kn??:a, and whatever
may bt the probablMtieS of the case, we are c rtainly
SJOt JsaaJard iu saj ing that she haa nnconditi'^ialiy ac
raptisd :t. Two other t- rrns on aid^h w.-mast |.er"inp
tortly u.si*t?the ui-armiug of the eastern ? .>a-t of the |
Illai'k S a, and tho aDewiag c onsuls of the Weatern
Fowtrs to reside in the Kossiaii jsirt* on it* waters
have been only slightly and ambiguously tr* ntioncL
W by this is s? we tlo'uot know. That is the concern
if Aust.'is. Wo are not pnncipals in the m-gotiatiou.
1 Bt lave employed the mediation mt a third power,
wl ut \ ik is to see that Kuss.a be brougnt to an
cut. no; .ounl atceptance of our terms, w.th all their
SlJpalatioaaL lefore we even enter into negotiation.
\\ i do not belit ve for a roanient that tin???? taings are
likciy to offer psrnnanent obeta. !t?s to th<- cooclu-ion of
peace, but our readers mti?t r> member that the an?
nounce.t nt is that of an Austrian, not of au Eng iah
dtp n r.ti-t, and that be speaks from a jioint of view
not always identical w.th on own.
Aga.u, wh-t does Hossia mean by r.u unconditional
acceptaacel We have hi id an a ceptance of b>-rs
before, and bare some oxpenenve how coolly she can
laaliniins it. Other diapatcbes from Vienna spaak of
H assass bsdag accepted as the ba?cs of uogotiation.
I*'gicoJ!y, there i* no distiucti m between the two. for
the fobuuatiotta on which a mgoUatioo rests mast be
acc? |^e<! unto?ditioaally, or they are nofoaadattoa*at
aU. \\ e muat begin somewhere, and that with wbJeb
u. beginatastbo unconditional, but we have some ex
peritr... Low Rua^ia und. lataada the-e things when
we r. dm BAM I that last year she undertook to do away
tn t! Lt r preponderance in the Black Sea. and could
be I rongbt to assent to no means of earning oct this
condition which cid not tend ttir.-ctly to defeat it. We
do net believe, as we have said, that any of these
difficulties will lealhr bo a'.iows-d to interfere with that
paaei ?* L.ch th? Caaitaffla. l'?t< reburg aeoi.ia to have
':.:n:iued to be nceei-iarv to it* interest, but mereiy
wish to cool the ardor of th?s?e over-anguine spirits woo
muvinf. r tluit t very thing i* already done, and that
cothicg r. nairs for England and France but to ring
tleir bt'.!?, light their bonfire*, and pay the bill.
Nothing should iadtaoc aa to rolaz tat a ainglo a>v
ment in I ur preparations until ail the stipulations we
hav.- mentioned have been clearly and unet|uivooally
put by Aurtr.a, and es dearly a~d unetj uvcsally oon
coded. We must remembei that by the pressure we
kat. put ujs ti kua*ia, and not by the mediation of
Ans'i.a, ha* the prew<nt happy alteration ai oar cir
camstanc.s beeu brought abott, and that if we would
on serve the advantage* of our position, it caa only
' e '..>? e by a coustant adb'.sion to the very iu?aas by
wk. h that ehangs bus btcti pro<iuced. I/St Huesie
otcr reaaon to believe that w- have allowed the
hoj?s of ease and tranquillity to unnerve our vigilance
and .i-urm tmr courage, ai d the whole work must be
oat c oral a^a.n, for she will a*-ure ily fiud oaeaas b>
ariggle out of the ronrtw-iona she has mad'-, and
to reseato btr old attitude of hangbtineas arid :?riaai.e,
I v.tt\ leobtabt peeeo i- to make our adversarv
feel tlotougbly?what is. indeed, no mere than the
truth? bt w iuuu. mere neceasarr that pea.M is lo aer
than it ia to as. We have tried rvesoo and remoa
strance wrtb no saTset, havs tried vig.?r ead eetioa
with Um moot e;.imaging results, By eo?rget:c ae
t on we i live t 'n.jsrlled the euemy to neg.jt.afe. bv e
enetieaaace of that energy and act .on we ahi!! briatr
tbcooaegetiea*ioraite a heavy result. It i* the ovum*.-.
Sfter cf h.etoriar-s to attribute in these matten too
much to the talents of plempotentiaries, and too httle
to tu lejit.ve force ol ?...' routracung State* ,\'.,
negotiator was more sut.ce**ful than ( Larie* XII.
b. foietht batue of Pakawa, arWapoieoe before tho
ezaedaioa to Moscow, for their arguments wera
ba< ked by their bayonets, and faults in their logic
passed nanotieed amd tbt tr.e thunder ot thou-oannon.
After th^. - a ... -? \. r-.? they n?go.nat-1 with s-inal
ti Bt 1 '. < Btlreh dJbrent euc'oes*, for the riswor that
gave fon e to then prop-inion* was gone. Now. then,
? rei .u ti.e t oui-e of the war, it is neceseary to push
on those prepaiations which are reouirod for the ecfi
cieMvot our s?a and lead forrt* m the next earn
I - _ .S v.r before was that neceesity so urjent,
?erej would the libels of any relexeti.m or r<saaaa*
rt so in.meu:ate;y bit. "We have the goal .0
?lght, and that ought to indutv na rather to double
tnan reSBBtear cxtrtiou*. Bv observing this line of
?? i l t w. shail either have'raiMO.1 tfce nobl.at rio
b r -a at did end ias?ng pt ocei or be m a pooitioo to
o.-j r. -.Lose wbo fia.. i^v. wiutieid it from us wiia a
I are dutabl* repentur.ee.
1TI>II AXD JAPAHra TBIATT.
> 'tm 7 hi Lenin, h ait tu aj TVsssUy Aa* 13
( OlfVBaTIOI H rwrrji urn laUitarri avi) tut.
1 m KSOI OF japaji BKOntO AT Wanaeanf |.w
Tin: EVGLUH ATOjAPAma L^s-.i <>< t.
14. 1864. ?&4TIPICATIOXI KKCBAJTOSD AT
Rsv i bau, O t. 9, 1666.
eovTsarrioi roa aaaaiaraae thb adm:??d? or
n ni.'H smrs isto tub Furts of j?r*w.
It is agreed botweoa Jams* Surhag. Knight
Rear-a'ln...al and (V-mmaadsr-in-Cuief of the anipe
and vt -M I- cf her Brixaaaat Majeetv in the East Indies
and seas a.yacent. and Mer.i-ao" tTiekfu-ao Kami.
ObanyooJ Sajrasaki, and Nagai Even O. bo, Ome?i?ki
>t Na.h.-akJ, erden d by his Imperial Uighaca* tho
En per or cf Japan to ar t L? n in i That
L Tie jort- .f Nagssnki Ft?eni and Llako.ia.ii
klatati..., rift'., b. op. n to B.itrsh ahipa H the purpose
of ttTectin~ repairs, and obtakiag frtwh water, previ?
sion*, and otbti suppiit* of any *ort they may ebos>
luteiv wast for the Ui-e ot the ahip*.
-. Nagasaki shall be op.-n for the pursow aforteaid
:. .'.:"?? l thi : .-tt late an 1 llakodadl (:?<a
snd aft. r the end of r- days from the Admiral'* drpar
? port. 'I Le rui a and regulation* of each
o: th? -c jorfa are to to complied with.
a Ol r sh pe ia dietre** fn-ra w.axher or uaraeaege
abie w:'i be pennitteu to enter other ports than those
specifi.d in the foregoing article, without uenmwioa
fum the tmpenel Oovernment.
t. Bntisb stir*, in Japeoeae port* ahall eviafonn tt>
tu km ef deajaa. it high oAW. m taamaaaama of
shms si ad bmsxhaay samb iawa, it will lead to the purta
Mag cksed. Should :nf, nor i-ersot? break tU m. they
are to U- drBeeeed over to the i?uuniend.rs of tbei
?11| * i* * i cn>t m? nt.
Iu tie ports of Jet-ee either now ei? a n sW.
m&v heree/fr teepee**!. ?? ** ship* or e-nb}e****r
any foreign nation, Brrtiah ?Aipa v.d ?Btrjretfi shall >?
??ntill. fl to adardseion and to tr*? er.>?ym*Tit of an
equahtv of advantage* with tho** oftb* mo?t favors,]
, . ? way* excepting the advantage* acertrina; Vj
Dutch end ChiB.se from their existing ?leCon?
with .'?pari.
Th.*?onv*nfioB shall be ratified, and ratio,.!,
tioa* ?hall N-exchanged at Nagasaki on behatfefher
>[ .....?'.<:..: ; (Sr. - I'.r lain and r?a l?-Laif of
hia High-pees the Emperor of Japan, within twetv,
month* fmm tin present date.
:. When this cooTcntion shall be ratified no big?.
officer coming to Japan ?hall alter it.
In witness wherrct, we have siifned the same, aad
have affixed onr seals th. r. nato, at Nagasaki, that
ltth davof October, IHM.
r: s ) j*Mtf? hTirmwo.
N. B. The Japanese teat w as signed by the Japan.
tat 1'l. nijsit? r.tinriee.
tzmorittcn ./ t?t Jrttrlei af (t* Co\*r*Hou J Vujsa**.- tt At
14is 'J 'USSrr. If A. tfrtfj IjmHi lttt tf OetoOtr. |us.
it/ tkrir CasSaaassai ti* Rear-Aimtrml Citmrntmrnrnf is.
( Ms/ a*~ ?** JaSwaeM (\?i?il..??*rr?.
?1. the ports of Nagasaki (Fi**e) and Hakrw
dadi Mataiueii .ball be open to British ships tor Uta
j n:j-e? ?oft.IT? <ting repairs, and obtaining fnsh water,
tro% *.ot,s, and other supplies of any sort tbey mas
absolutely waut for the use of the ships."
I!. trat nrti. :? of thr C.-nveutioa oi-rne the potts
of Nagasaki and Hak-?dadi to Bntish ships for repairs
ai d sup, ..e. It oj.cne the who> and every part ot
those ports; but ship* must be guided in anchoring by
the dir. ct ton-of the local I Jo% ertre-nt. Safe and co?.
vemen; plac.s will be assigned where skip* may b?
repaired. W orkmen, material-, and sopp i'S will be
in'iMded by the !o<al GoTefaesnaae, according to a
tar ,tT to be agreed upon, by which, also, the modes of
payment will be regulated. AH official ooiuiuunioa.
mil hereafter, when Japanese shall hare time to
learn English, be made in that Uoguage. A British
I aria -ground shail be set apart on Medsmne Kitna,
fine, d m by a stone wall and p-operly protected.]
? Nagasaki shall be open for the purp.? re afore?
said troin aid arter th. p..-se nt date; area Haaodadj
t orn and after the end ot 50 days fromth* Admiral s
d'.pattuie trom this port. Tbe rules aad regulations
of each of these ports are to be complied with."
l e HCOad article provide* that at each of the
ports of Nagaaakki and Hakodadi tbeport regulation*
shall be obsysC*| but the Japanese Government win
take care that nbev shall not W of a nature to treat*
embarrassment, not to contradict in any other way ths
I ? ne a! t? ear and intent of the treaty, the main oh
t at wbkb i-to promote a friendly intercourse be
twien Greet Britain and Japan.)
" 3. Only ahips in distre-s from weather, or uoraaa
.. ? be petaaktscd to enter other j-nrts thsa
the** sj .i .ri. d in ta<-h i. go ng articl.a, without per?
il stkwnaaal i Imperial Government.'
Tl Ise third article declaie* tbst only ships ia dsstres?
fri.m w.athir or untoana?. able, shall enter other port*
than Nagasaki and Hahododl vttsMal |* rnnseiou from
the Imperial Oorernaneal hut ships, of war have a
gem '* ? s ?.!? i ! ?? p. it- of fneudly powers in
tie at avoidable p.Mformance of public duties, which
t;?ht < an r? .th. r Ise waived nor restricted; but her
Majesty's abbat will mmi taster any other than opea
potts witbota eeeeeeny, nor without offering proper
explanation to the Iuipetii.l HUtboilt e*.j
" 4. British ship* in Japanese ports shall conform to
th. laws of Japan. If high officers or commanders of
h ' shall break any such laws it will bad to ths
ports being closed. Should inferior persons break
th. an, Uu y are to b? d< Bvered over to the cousin*nIers
of their ship* forpuniahm. nt."
I The foarth ertsato ptvetdet that British ship* and
sutjecte in Japanese poita shall conform to the laws of
Japan i and that if any - lU.idiuate British subject*
con mit offenses again-t the laws, they shall be banded
\.. '.. t'eir "wn ofjieet- for punishment; and that it'
high < ff.i. r* or C( mmandrrs or sl ips shall break th*
t w; 1 'e?.l |be closing of the ports specified.
All this is a* it should h<. but t is not intended by
tl i- article that any acts of individuals, whether big?
i i Ii w. rn vior.sly iiucuthoriz? d or subsequently disap
; ov.d oy Ler Majesty the Queen of (ireat Britain,
ian set aside the Convention entered into with her
Mnjtsty alune by his Imperial Highness ti.e Esuperot
of Japan.]
" 5. In the ports of Japan, cither now open or which
may hereafter bs openeo, to the ships or subjects of
any foreign cation, British ships or subject* shall be
ratified to admission, and to the enjoyment of aa
equality of advantage- with those of the most favored
nation, always excepting the advantages accruing ta
th> Iiuti h and Chinese from their existing relations
witb Japan."
|The fifth e.rtiele secure* in tbe fullest sense to British
slip* and subjects in every port of Japan, either now
op. n or hereaftei to be opened, an equality in point of
advantage and accommodation with the ship* and sab
jsrots or citiaeue of any foreign nation, ex.-epting aar
iseouhar privileges hithstto conceded to tka Dc 'ch aad
Cbbtcsa ia the port of Nagasaki. If, tharafore, any
otbrr nation tt jsswpte ssbw er fcetts*?** ssssnotted
to enter other ports than Nagasaki and Hakodadi^or to
appoint couauls, or toopon trade or to esrfoy any ad?
vantage* or priv?\ no whatever. Brin-h aUpa and *ub
j-ct- shall, as of right, enter upon tbe enjoyment of toe
same. I
" Ihn* Convention shall be ratified, and the ratiflos*
ti. n tbaU b. . xchasged at Nsgaaak: on behalf of Her
Majesty th Queen of Gnat Britain, and on behalf of
His Highness, the Emperor of Japan, within 13 moatkt
;ioid the prrsent date.
" When this Convention shall be ratifies), oo high
officer coming to Japan shall alter it."
uuu>*s>UEn itroARDt.kg stam*?.
An airangement made subsequently to the Conven?
tion requires that British ships intending to visit Japan
shall be provided with a document in proof of their na?
tionality, and a* a check upon the conduct of Testats
in Japaners- t-orts; and bar Majesty'a Government hat
directed a form of certificate ot registration to be
adt pjU d," which ha* been accepted as satisfa.tory by
taa Japanese authorities; and merchant ships arriving
in Japanese ports are to submit their certificats of reg?
tstrati. n to the officers to Vse appointed by tbe Japan?
ese authori'.ie?, and to permit u em to make auch ex?
tracts ftom it as may seem good to them before tneh
ahips can bt* admitted to obtain repairs and suppUea
Ihr Majesty s shir* of war will not b.- provid.-l with
scch document-: nut tbe officers in command, upon
prop* r application, will afford all reasonable icfonaa
tion regarding their ships.
BtftJctum 'rr (As Port / .Va?d>o>i wsssslsrlrs1 Is Assf
,t^?lrsX a tt J mortem St*ri,t\y if-gjt th$ i iQmWr*%or r\J sVahs/^sVgataW.
Lttottr. l&M.
si4>niso roar RioitaTio?.?.
AaTKLc,l. Ships shall anchor wtthio Two-siaM,
and ti. re await the Directions of the Governor.
Ant. No firearms to be discharged.
AaT. 3, No per->>n to land on any of the island*.
Akt. 4. No soundings to be taken, nor boat* to b*
paliuig about.
A ir. Should any cornmanication be desired, t
host of the upper officers shall be called: but no eoov
muni, at on eJ.all be held with merchant boats, and ae
exchange of artiele* take place, or trading of aay sort.
The al. ve being aeeording to the law of Great
Japan, ail commanders and other officers shall obey
the is me, snd ordt re shall be riven to the crew that
the atoresaid law shall not be broken.
No regulations for the port of Hakodadi hart yet
beet communicated.
?Th: ?.onr. of rrfaster lamed to British vaaasl* at ta* Castan
?ssaa
MR. ROBERT BTEPHENSOlf ON RAH.WATS.
Mr. R. Stephenson, M. P., the President of ths Ia
ttltation of Crril Engiaseta. on taking the chair aw
the first t.me sn.ee his election, headed in an addrses,
which wa* read by the Secretary.
After a complimentary allusion to tbe s^dreasea of
hi* pndeceseors, the President observed that be would
? bin,*. If to the great eaaatlea of British raJwaya,
wh.i;. w. ra described" as spreading, like a network,
over (m at Britain aud Ireland to the extent of ?\0J*
? . mpleted: thus, iu length they eics-?xlsd th*
ten chief \. - af E ro; .? united, and mon- tbaa
aai agb < f akTsfJt rails was laid to make a belt of irsa
araaad the gUbe. *
The co-t of these lines had been ? JM.OOO.oco?e^asl
to one third of the amount of tbe national debt. Al?
ready, in two short year*, there bad been spent mote
thaa'one fourth of 't v-e,i I aaa in the war m wbtsb
England wo* engaged; yet how small were the mate?
rial advantage* obtained by the war in compsiitoa
witliti.. - -red by railway*.
The eztsssl of the railway work* was remarkable;
they ha.i penetrated the earth with tunnel- to the el?
tent oi aanre than fifty miles; there wer.- eleven mist*
Of viadu. t in the vicinity of the metropolis atone. Th*
. aitb-W1 rk? measured MO.iXs yxw cubic yard-. Us.
Pen! s, m comparison with the mountain thai earth
would rear, would be but as a pigmy beeide a giant,
f. r it w,,e;d form a pyramid a mi.e and a had" ir. aigbt,
with a base larger turn St. James s Psrk.
Eighty miUioat of train mile* were run annually <*?
tie miiwayt; 5,000 engines and 150.000 vehicles oaav
rmmi t... working stotk; the eogm*-?. in a*tn?Jght
hue. wou'd extend from iMtidvo to Chatham; tk*
tea Ixin.ion to Al . id.en. and the corapa
lire aatpbyad >o, too offices and tervauts, while lb*
? - ? - nsumed aannalhy a.'VtO.OOO fan* of coab;
to that in every minute of time 4 tan* of coal sashed
into st? am Oo tons ot a at. r -an amount sufficient for
i f the donaeetl - and other wanU of* tks
town if l.iv?xpoc'. Tbe ct-al rcavunaed was ahaett
eejual to the whole aaarrent cvr-'rted to foreiga eona
trtas. a d to oEe-ta'j of the aonaal cousuii puoo of
L> n ion.
11 : a! 4 111 .oOv'.OOO of pass?er.ger? were eonveysd *?
l i ach j a-se-ger traveling an aveiage of M
1 - I easafhei aerial an average of 10 pa**
fa the conveya_c. of 300,00?) j>e*->aeavr*
a-eaj in .? .arh, ti.ere' would have Ueu reo^ired
?f best e ve resacbe* and lA'.OOO aoraee.
IV m fm i ths is. a ays in 1S54 aaT**enwse ?