Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-26
NATIONAL lNTELLIGENCER.
FROM OUR LoNDo on CORRESPONDENT


of facts and arguments which could not in their entirety
be effectively enuncated orally. His latest efusion Of
this description appeared last week, under the title Of
1893 and 1853 in Three Letters ltappears that Mr.
Golden short time ago. received sermon delivered
upon the death the Duke of WELLINGTON in which the
Duke was spoken of as an instrument raised up by Pro-
violence to rescue the nations of Europe from the
ton of NAPOLEON. Upon reading this sermon, Mr. Con-
DEN determined write series of letters to the preacher
conestng this point and the opportunity to deliver
his opinions upon the alleged unendness of the French
nation towards England the present day From Hnsad
the Parliamentary Debates and other he draws
materials show that England the aggressor in the
with France in 793 and deduces the conclusion that
such war Was Matched upon the Continent in the secret
councils Of depotc courts and fed from the industry of
England by her then oligarchca Government that its
object to deprive the French people of the right Of
sefgovernment and to place their liberties at the dis
posa of an arbitrary King, corrupt Church, and de-
PRAYED arstocracy" Mr. Golden seems to think that
i, most complete delusion for English people to ina
CINE that they have been peace-loying nation the
contrary, he says:
''We have been the most combative and aggressive
muny that has existed since the days of the Roman do
ninon Since the Revolution of 1858 we have expended
than fifteen hundred millions of money upon wars,
of which has been upon shores, in de-
fence of our hearths and homes For it is, says
not unrieny foreign critic other nations fight
their territory the English everywhere From
the time of old Froissar who when he found himself on
the English coast exclaimed that he among people
who loved better than peace and where strangers
were well received down to the day of amabe and
admirng viser, the author of the Sketch Booh who in
his pleasant description of Join BaH has portrayed him
always flmbling for his cudge whenever quarrel
among his neghbors, this pugnacous propensity
has been invariably recognised by those who have studied
national character 1t reveals itself in historical
fayores, in the appropriately of the madcap Richard
of Chatham
monarchs and statesmen who have been most famous for
their warlike propenses. II is displayed in fond
ness for monuments to warriors at the
doors of marts of commerce; in the frequent
rails Of battles in the of bridges, streets and
omnibuses; but above all in the display which public
opinion toleraes in metropolitan cathedral, whose
walls decorated with basreie Of battle scenes
stormng Of towns and charges Of bayone where horses
and riders ships cannon, and muskery realize by turns
in Christian temple the fierce struggle of the siege and
the battlefield Ihave visited believe, all the great
Christian temples in the capitals of Europe but my
mory fails me saw any thing 10 compare with it, Mr.
Layard has brought very similar works of art
from Nineveh but he has not informed that they
found in Christian churches"
Respecting the present state Of affairs in FRANCE he
says:
''When told that the present Emperor possesses abso
lutte and irresponsible power by citing three
things which he could not if he would accomplish he
could endow with lands and tithes religion the
exclusively paid religion of the State although he select
ed for the privilege the Roman Catholic Church. which
comprises than nne-tenths of the French people
could not create hereditary peerage with estates
tailed by law Of primogeniturc and he could not i'm
pose on SUGGESTIONS which should annv &c personal
property only and leave real estate free Public opinion
In France IS an nsupeabe obstacle to any Of these
sures becoming law because they outrage that spirit Of
equally which the sacred and nyolable principle Of
1889 Now, if Louis Napoleon declare his deter
mnation to carry these three measures ich all in
tu force IN England part Of his Imperial regime
his throne would be worth twenty hours pur-
chase and nobody knows this better than he and they
who surround him. j am pennng these pages in mari
time county. Stretching from the right to
the verge Of the next county and embracing great part of
the parish in which sit the estates Of three proprie
tors which extend in almost unbroken for upwards
Of twenty miles The residence of one of them is sur
rounded with walled park ten miles in circumference
Not only could not Louis Napoleon create three such
tailed estates in province of France but he de-
clare himself favorable such state of things it would
be fatal TO his popularity. Public opinion by which
alone he reigns would instantly abandon him. Yet this
landed system hourshes in all counties without OPP
position question. And why? The poorest cottager
these estates feels that his personal liberty is sacred
and he little for equality and here, will repeat
that would rather live in country where this feeling
in favor of Individual freedom jealousy cherished than
be whout in the enjoyment of all the principles of the
French Constituent Assembly"
Mr. CoBDENs ably written pamphlet closes with pro-
test against the eagerness shown by many clergymen
eulogze the late departed warrior in express pulpit dis
lie says that the Dukes highest notion of duty
he held the duty Of the commander Of army be sub
mission to the orders Of his Sovereign through the Gov
eminent, thus making the general-inc chief much
chine as the private soldier in the ranks. Mr. Golden
thinks that the only general who ought to receive such
encomums have been showered upon the late Duke Of
WELLINGTON is he who fights upon the principle Of de-
Tending the right; who takes in really just and
necessary who is convinced of the correctness Of the
cause for which he contends and hazards life We admit
the abstract truth Of this mode of argument but feel
that the world is at present constituted it would be
impossible to carry into practice II is the glory Of
WASHINGTON that he could and did do so when he
manded the American army in the Of the Revolution
but had he quite the conviction of the absolute JUS
ce Of the which he had espoused when he fought
under General BRADDocK in 1854? We think Mr. Con-
DESs argument If carried to its full extent would break
up OF the standing armies Of Europe and perhaps
he intends that it should He says "the Duke did not
evidently recognise the responsibility Of the commander
for the moral character Of his campaigns. His theory
Of duty gave him military absouton and separated
most completely the from the soldier" Mr. Con-
Den accoris to WELLINGTON dignity and moral worth
UNNECESSARILY above MARLBoRoUGH or NELSON" but
adds :" he would have BEEN probably, the last to have
claimed for himself the title of the champion Of the Ii
berries of any people"
The Registrars returns for the last quarter Of 1852
show that the births 066 the deaths 9996 and
the entire emigration from all the ports in the United