The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-09-22

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not the end he pauses to pluck the vioets in
his pathway, but they may not entangle his
feet to keep him from the tolls of the day
He walks, unframed the enchanted ground
of passion, and to HIM its pleasures are not q
weakness, but glory and strength
He links true hearts to his as he journeys
onward, gathering love after love, and blessing
after blessing, into his ever-deepening nature.
Every new experience Of human love and
worlds happiness, every sweet elfdenial given
or taken, every caress to the dog at his feet,
aud every kiss from the child on his knee, is
another drop Of strength to the heavenward
purpose of his soul
This is the world of the actual, oh my
brothers, and It's master is the eternal God
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NATIONAL ERA.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
LONDON, dug 25, 1853
To the Editor Of the National Era:
Though we have been told that nothing is
so unlike battle as review what with the
troops ut the Chobham Camp and the sailors
at Spthead John Bull, if we may judge from
the newspapers, has been perfectly convinced
that nothing Is 20 like glorious victory by land
1
| diers with blank cartridges, and without an
enemy and by sea, as the blazing away of sew
eral tuns of villanous gunpowder by a fleet of
screws, with nobody TO hurt them, If they do
not hurt themselves Such are the playthings
| of monarchs, and, strange to add, such the de
| lghts, to the extent of absolute fascination, Of
their people. 1t is not dehriunt reyes, but de-
| liriunt popuit. Too true it is, men are but
children Of "a larger growth.
| The propagation of Parliament by commits
sion, on Saturday, the Goth Of August, is an
event not only of Importance in itself, but al
ways interesting, as marking, as it were, a ma
tional epoch, a birthday or some anniversary,
| at which the observer looks backwards, for
wards, and round about and ponders some
| what gravely on the features of the panorama
| The past session has been curious one, with
| two different ministers to deal with il. The
Derby Cabinet came in strongly far the
strongest Of all parties--and nearly numerical
| ly equal to all the others put together. But it
failed to play it, cards well with the Irish brig
| ade and other loose fish which might have
been attached to the "schOol" of whales in
| Office and the indiscreet attempt to tax the
Ten FOUNDERS, and the ultra expectations ex-
cited by the mysterious avatar proclaimed to
be looming in the distance by Disrael, IA bnb
BILE vision, unless the per cents. had risen 3
or per cent. above par,) led to coalition,
which ended the prestige Of Protection under
any modified form, and pitchforked into the
beattudes of power and place a siDgularly be-
terogeneous composition in different proportions
of Peelites Wings, and Radicals From all
precedent it was not easy to conceive that such
Cabinet could go on we'll, or continue long
in cordial union together. But the trial Of
political year has at least established the pos
sibility and, what is more, has so strengthened
| their union by the disunion Of their oppoMents
that unless they fall through internal causes
the frmness of their position is established
beyond the danger of overthrow. To effect any
considerable change there must be new combi-
nations The Budget, the Eastern aud East
India questions, have been the only severe tri-
ala. Nothing else has required statesman.
ship; and in these they have been for the pres
ent, if not forever, successful. Several very
beneficial domestic measures III We may 81
call interior improvcments) have been compile
ted, and others have made considerable pro
gress, the trick Of devol,ng the final arrange.
ment and development Of which upon commit
? tees and commissions has been adopted with
greater latitude than Mt any preceding period
80 much 10, indeed NJ to introduce a novelty
in the constitution of Parliament and the SOL
ence of legislation. The law reforms have,
however, been discreditablv postponed without
any apparent Just cause, and the obvious un
Willingness to deal straightly with them, BODIES
as little advantage ~ may be from the way in
which they will be settled at last. The Edu-
cation and Parliamentary Reform questions
also stand over till next year; 80 that, not
withstanding the progress made, we may well
anticipate enough remains to be done.
Upon the whole, looking as we have said
backwards, forwards, and round about, neither
be laudiDg the Government with the fulsome
panegyrics Of its partisans in the press, nor
censuring it with the invidious blindness of its
pponents--neither imputing to it every good
nor blaming it's every act--it is perhaps the
wisest course to accept the monumental apho-
rism Of st. Paul's acknowledgements
There is less discomfort and more comfort in
England than has been witnessed, if ever for
many long year. We will not inquire how
far emigration and the influx Of gold may
have contributed to this effect but there it
stands broadly before our eyes, a great fact
An Indifferent harvest may qualify the condi.
ton in some degree and the strikes may as
sumo more compacted force and ruinous ten
dency. But the era is prosperous; and unless
some unforeseen and dire calamity occurs, the
country may thankfully exclaim with Virgil
| Deus nobis hwc Ola fecit."
august Pet appears, from the delays of
dispatches that instead of readily agreeing to
the proposition of the allied dplomatists, which
Russia was ascertaincd TO have accepted, the
Turkish Government has paused from the 9th
TO the 9Th, before sending reply, either one
way or other. 1t is stated, and likely to be
true, that the reason for this backwardness is
founded on puDctilous pride; and that the
Porte insists on the Danubian Provinces being
evacuated before an ambassador is sent TO st.
Petersburgh, to sign the treaty. If 80, further
negotiation becomes necessary, and further do.
lay is certain. This, we should think, is play
| ing the Russian game, and running all risks
| Of collision with that Power. And il must
also be evident, that in rejecting the terms
which the good Offices of France, England, and
1 Austria have considered TO be consistent with
honor and independence, and altogether eligible
| for the settlement Of this dangerous question,
the Divan must calculate on having to main
tain it's resolution without the aid or counte.
nance Of these nations The Reputation Of
what they approve insulates Turkey, and alb
solves them from all engagements 10 make
common cause with her. II seems to be fool.
hardy piece Of etiquette; and the best that
can be done with il, will only be to contrive
come compromise, as in duelling, where both
parties agree to fire their pistols into tho air at
the same signal, and it may be found expedi-
ent that the ambassador should set out from
Constantinople ON certain day and hour, and
precisely at the same moment the Russian
fr,cs should commence recrosSing the Pruth.
OF this, however, there are few signs as yet
Ga the contrary, the third corps has passed
over into Moldavis, and the army which pre-
ceded it is concentrating upon the Danube
Yet Lord Palmerston assured the Commons he
was convinced that Russia would seize the
earliest opportunity after the settlement with
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