The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-04-14

the river boat. Two cars were thrown Of {,Ninr a
distance Of hundred feet in their descent t,y con.
taned TORY passengers, II whors eight were Killed
The famous Richard Cobdcn WHO'S know, sor H.;
worldwide philanthropy, has recently written se-
RES Of letters TO the People of England il which he
proves that the effort 10 involve his county, ia large
expenditures in order guard against AZ. nvas,on
iiom France, Of the mos. aaciiul e bt,ut,-s
lie insists that there is not the slightest Danger ani
declares that Great Britain vas the acsresor IL .h.
bloody and expensive wars wagod with Napoleon.
lie says with bis peculiar force:
eve have been the most comlatve and aggressive.
community that has existed since the DAYS i Tho 70
man DOMINION. Since the Eeyolut ion! Of l69S y,e
have expended more than fifteen hundred .. Ions of
money upon wars, not Of which has been mon ,ur
own shores, IN defence If our hcai Tbs ard homes
'for 50 1t L., says not u.irendy critic s,.,,r M
lions fight on their territory; IA En.sh
everyw here. From the time If old froi...rt ;, hc
when he found himself the English r.sss ex-
claimed that lie was among people who J,e 81 war
better than peace. and where strangers were we'll
received, down TO the day Of our amiaTe ;l ADMIR-
ing visitor, the author OF the Sketch Boo, aha IN
has pleasant descr pton of John Bull has 5af.ayed
him As always fuublins for his cudsel " lclevcr a
quarrel arose among his neighborS, this Iua.ciou,
propensity has been invariably recognized u. those
WHO nave stutiCd national character. er.3iv
itself III oar historical favores in the IN o. !srity
OF the madcap Richard, Henry Of Agiu art. the
naughty Chatham, and those monarch, al .tafes-
men who have been most famous for thei v..r-!ihe
prorensities- IL Is displayed in our fond, = nu-
Inerous monuments to warriors, even al the ,,s Of
our mats oil commerce.; IN the frequent me .. ia. Of
onr battles III the names OF bridges, sire:, and on
niauses; but above all in the display whist .a,,.
opinion toeratcs in oar metropolitan Cathed' .ose
walls are decorated with bls-tclieis of bat mes
OF sorminS of towns and charges of bayono-. where
horses and riders, ships cannon and ..... s..-,,
realize by turns, in a Christian tcmpie. r.lcs-
struggle of the siege and the battlefield. 47 VS.
Ited, believe, all the great Christian t,in, a fl,e.
capitals Of Europe; hut my memory fails m, saw
anything Ia compare th it. M La,asd h. .Y,..,yht
It's some very similar wniks OF an from N. b.i
has not informed us that they were found in '.i.tss,
churches
Respecting the present state of affairs il. .aaoe,
he says with speci; terseness:
Nv hen told that the present Emperor -.esasses
absolute and irresponsible power, | anSv .. three
things which be could not, If he would nc. oforl-h
he could not endow with lands and tiihes 90, -iei,n
as tho exclusively paid reg OF he STATE oag,.
ne selected tor the privilege the Roman Cuholic
church, which comprises more than ninr-trntls of
lie French people; could not create AN hcfettar,
recrage, with estates eni;ilcd bv "A law oi d ll, ,
itne; and he could not impose on sue s,ofs~
which should apply to pes onal property orl,, ard
leave real estate fee. Public opinion in T...nec IS
an nsupcrable obstacle to any Of these inca so,os be-
coming law; because they age ths spirit q odua
Ity which Is the sacred and invioIahlc prrcit &C
1889. Now, if LOUIS Napoleon were to declare his
dctermnati ion 20 carry these three measures which
are all in full force in England, as Fart If IN, Ia,e-
rial on,e, his throne would not be worth twen,-
four hours purchase; and nobody knows dis better
thaa he and they who surround him. am peunin-
these pages IN a maritime country. Stretching t.,.a
the night across to the ver1e of the ne.t county
and embracing a great part Of the parish in which
sit arc the estates Of three propietors which extend
IN almost unbroken masses for upwards of twenty
miles. The residence Of of them is SUI. GUIDED
with a walled park ten miles in crcumcrence Not
only could not Louis Napoleon create three sach IN
tailed estates 10 a province OF France, bn he is
declare himself fav oiabie to such a of hors i
would be fatal TO his popularity. Public opinion by
which alone he reigns, would INSTANTLY abandou HIN
ict this landed system fourshes in all our counties
without opposition or question. Ami WIN The
poorest cottager these estates feels that e.so-
nal hbcr, Is sacred, and he lit,e for c,rs;y;
and here, will repeat, that | would rather hse "a "A
country where this feeling in favor Of indi,i..s rec
dom is ]ealorsly cherished, than be without in the
enjoyment al! the principles Of tho French Consult,
ucnt Assembly"