Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

people; and are nothing but an. invitation to the
temerity of the foe, and the sneers of the scorn-
ful. We are not yet. in the position •of degene-
rate Rome,. —trembling before the anticiPate
irruption of the Northern Invader ; tier are we
yet on . the " sick " list with the one of
.
two other European 'Patients. Our pO:f..
is - greater than• ever. There is a mine- e
military ability amongst us, which it only need°
great events to spring. Notwithstanding the'
unpatriotic sneers, and mere fire-side criticisms'.
of the drivelling and the splenetic,—the paltry 1
and childish vanity that aims at an easy and
foolish- eccentricity, and the petulant bitterneo.
of personal diSappoiatments, —we are still 94:
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military a people as any on the globe. Taken e!1
the whole, we have the finest soldiery of ant
army—the same men that the Great NAPOLO'
sighed for, that at their head he might conquer
the world. For England, then; to be in anything
like a panic-terror, lest she should ,be invaded by
any nation or army in the ' world, is not only
unworthy, but unnatural.

But panics are also seriously inconvenient t 0
her daily interests ; to the progress of her oul-
merce,. and of the peaceful arts of life. fee
acquire distorted views of the future, and %,
everything out of its real relation. As One are
on to the thousandth year of the Christian estra'
the whole of europe, we are told, Wits poises-
with one idea, that the end of all things 1/3
close upon it,--,that it was a matter of ealculati°
by weeks and months, and that the day even 'll5
almanacked with certainty. he consarelice,
was, of course, that both good and bad lost a't
sense of mundane virtue, and proceeded to
off the sum of existence. The one sacrificed 71
for Heaven, the other, for an enjoyment Whic
was so soon th close. All men were too ran

overbalanced to realise the truth, that even
the presence of so mighty a future, the best Of
to prepare for it was to be doing their daily doq'
where -Providence had placed them.' Nov it ios
dangerous thing
.for us to be overbalanced ll
Panics. Even if the French ,are bent, at sgije
indefinite period, .on making their way to out.
crowded cities and pleasant villages, still ot'f
happiness and our duty lie in not being diverted
from our usual paths of trade, of , literature'
or, above'-all, of religion. Shame upon °lira
hearts, if we sink ::down ' into that , 111,i'j
fatality or confusion, of a hand-to-raout"h
existence! If we lose one Whit of our reSolutibll
to extend the relations" of our commerce, !I'
benefits of our eiVilisation, the blessings of 01)._t
religion. _ If.we relax in any degree our efforts!:
apply the diecoveries of science, to-regenerate
condition of
.the peciPle, to spread the means of
happiness and virtue. If we keep this bugheuf,
of invasion before our eyes, too steadfast')." sou
hellf
too long, there is danger of our becoming
perstin
vulgarised, of all Owing gross and
t:ekearaewaanYt
.eidhaetinggra cites and
horrors.;ehar
interests to absorb every faculty of the
• af
ntleicecoir
mand f livingl •
over and over again, though they have -
come to justify their imaginative and false
kp rneocwu r stoirl se .
apprehensive,Though w e can die
well as the coward'
,
" dies, many ,time_ before his death as de
will come when it Will come, so will invOi°ll.
, f
The mere fear of it may hasten, buteannot ue'e,
it. , It may add to us the torture of imagination'
but it cannot avert the horrors of the reality
But the Cassandras tell us that to be
warned is to be forearmed; and that it is ne.ce'd
sary to awaken our. fears of the probabiliOldv
invasion, that we-might be induced to pr
for it. We admit a great deal of
-what theY
and for3what they have done in this behalf
• r
have reason to be grateful. But, whatever ae' o
could be produced by these arts of warning,' d
_ humbly submit, has been produced. Eugl: of
has:looked about her for amenient in a s°r"-
vague apprehension, but she has hers
shaken • g
and is now vigorously counting up, and seflitll:6
in' order the mighty
.means of her defence.
fact is, we have gone through the -panic 5 tis•e#
If unuse and surprise had, -for the nionient.% of
us- the incertitude and fumbling hesitati'
children; vva are men again, and hacctioo
wits about us. - To.solid -and manly prel'bst
we are ready,_ to address our energie';feot,
we cannot._ afford a monitor at- .eT,q)...0.0
of
and a due, care; confionting us in e;:ery-
duty and business:- .We no longer need celled
dra flaming through the streets, with disl'e fosa'
locks and up-stretched arms. This di5,41:00105.
ness is too often the prelude to ruin : and - of 6
yet but the vain , and insensate scribblers ,land
foreign
foreign- and fanatic press, predicts .for
the fate of Troy.
,itiont 0
This then is our only dignified but t
Well as our truest policy. Not •to 13',• --3,sious
work. Whether Loves NAPOLECI t, lotal.
Let
for the opportunity of invading us or to °'
make.
England -a nation Of riflemen. ;Lao
un
waste our time in speculations
designs, or- -in anxiously scanning the 01)0'.
phases of French pOlitics. Let us not 1;
an 0
mise at the sauce our. dignity Oa,
tO g.
breath, ':we exhort all men not_
of " •
flotogmie,
abyfois.euipgpnlipcaottien.
nit.a.taesssuliN.a. assurances ;iej.ae,ll.l7-co:
Let us not ;pare' life the. sources 00
of
;prosperity, nor derange the' course
merce, by idle vaticinations,
pone the event, but may rather tend to Pr
their own fulfilment. We declare our res
s Nitr°l" at
not to credit the professions of Loci ayiel
his • 10
let us not. invite him to try again 000
Ale
perjury. The expression of our _el'
ch „eoy,,
fia
will' 00
and _ embitter international rel
e remote, or
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cannot make them- mor
• " idication °r
which callil:t4)sCl,
eslutht;e f:ie,olin:esroyfuthate.
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t the