Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-15 00:00:00

or from TACITUS, and slink into the caves and
forests of our forefathers.
France is the only nation that spends its
treasure and its blood for an " idea." The Igst
idea it contended for was a noble one, though the
advocacy was inconsistent, the sincerity suspected'
and the result eminently unsatisfactory. The
most humiliating difficulty that has ever beset
the path of NAPOLEON THE THIRD, is the irnVs.
sibility of shelving this idea of Italian nation4l
in quiet, and resuming that old diplomatic COarse
of vulgar interests arid material, relations 51311. d
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which the aspirations of a people and the sent;
ment of patriotism are supremely passed over °`
dismissed. But the ideal repertoire is by
means exhausted. France is like the show 011;
who hoists his label as tableau succeeds aft
tableau. The laSt label, drawn up Wth
loud flourish of trumpets, and exPlaili
with a most elaborate profusion of langl
to the spectators, was marked, "116°
ality ;" place " Italy." We admit that the si",
plause died away into a very suspicious aF9't ,
or in some quarters very decided aisapprohati:
and the curtain fell abruptly, as if with a Cot
sciousness of failure. But the showman is at
front with as much vivacity and assuraneceet
ever.—the French Colonels and newspaper3l/14,
the public, meet the world, with their " Here jo
have, ladies and gentlemen," as though they
suffered no discouragement or rebuff. France
still on her great mission, and the next " it°
to be apostled is that noble one of revenge' je
Now, one word with this eminently " civil
and eminently " Catholic" nation. We litio
read of a kingdom, immaterial enough witlio°l
doubt, its power certainly based upon spiry
fof
and impalpable conditions, its mission, nesc
near six thousand years, the propagation °f ei
idea. This idea, as a great poet has represe°te
it, is revenge, to be wreaked upon the Crest'ro
-the human race, and pride which can endure
stain of inferiority.. This LS the great 'Oro,
ideas, the most intelligible, and coming 11°14
closest to Frenchmen and Englishmen alike; J,%
which is nearer suggesting a model to a Pr',
sedly Christian people than perhaps it is 3°' ei
of. Certainly, in the new crusade, should it
supervene, the only-- high alliance which ci
attend upon Frenchmen, is that of the enemy
man and goodness—the only inspiration wig
derived from the councils of Pandemonium.

THERE is a Latin maxim with which every
boy is familiar—Queen Deus vult perdere, .1)110
dementat ; and we see it illustrated ever life°
anon in the world, in various situations °f
It has in States been verified more especialirv's,,
the despotic and the ambitious. And if the 'of
peror Louis NAPOLEON entertains the ids
,e
invading and conquering this country, Wel/o,l;ge
he is undergoing the process which that
kos to
contains,—that as his presiding Deity Wil; the
destroy him, he is first dementing him°t 9,111
contemplation of so absurd a project.
rate it must be apparent to him, should he
°
such an attempt, in order to avenge the l'tititile
defeat which he alleges is represented to
ell
French people in his own person, that he 1.-011
to meet with a very warm reception ; and tor
he will by no means pounce down oP°n
prepared for his attack. The ready and entliu 0
tic spirit with which Volunteer Rifle Corps "1r
Artillery Companies have been formed throace
out the country, speak in most practical eloque/Iti,
to the would-be-Imperial desolater of Albi%
fair fields, that her sons lack neither cool,
nor alacrity to defend their Queen and couot;,,
Whatever may be the political differeneci of
tween parties concerning internal questioss I
reform,
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upeialricteiocofd
arlL hatnrdcaotfimanlaml thosenocnialh differences ,
othmieeef. is
for
ego
s reeenlifeniteg
the length and breadth of the land is n°3°ll3l be
and o
merged in the one effort which concerns ifi.s the
and hn
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character, happily, of " John Bull, 55
by
hev
o's
Chevalier describes it in a recent article --is thsi
published in the Journal de Debats. It --ne of
also which the Earl of Stair illustrated t°
the monarchs of France, when asked' '.lO/4
" What sort of people are you Englisilna doe
yourselves?" His lordship put two 10'
eioti
into a pit, and they immediately cedura ooh
fighting with each other ; but when their 0
mon enemy; a bull, was introduced, the:,
readily united, and assisted each other to a
Or
and overcome it. Hence we are told is the fje
of that name by which our countrynle,
wont to be called on the Continent of
°
We feel sure that this spirit now Pery adt eft°
entire British mind. We will not eleeP r
ete
the peace-at-any-price party, should 31110001
gency arise to call for their aid. The ivif
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offer of our estimable fellow-townsman, to,
BROWN, is highly creditable to his panel
and is an example worthy of being folloWto
de
any and every party, who have the abilitYtioiio
so : the most real, because the most subs P'
testimony of his love of peace by being P;tri,
for war, as also of his love for his own °ollie
totia
There is the more need now for out' 0 tyre
and strengthening our land forces, th.,%a0041e
ever has been before, since by the lijsvo loft
abrogation of the Navigation Laws' lot",
weakened one most important arm of oor
jiej oty-
defences. We have almost extinet-ed
Mercantile Marine by that rash and itiostroiev
This one-sided legislation has all but bola 11
it. Reciprocity in commercial treaties Air?,
.„tern‘•
the sound basis on which to frame 1- rts s
laws for mutual interchange of elcP:hich re
imports, free of all duties, savo those
iste
raised for revenue. -orto AiJ
Had all the countries to which our
r 0 oy
co Ate
ltilbireorwaln.coonpdeun reciprocatedct,weshoul our god. v