The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-14
THE BRITISH wAR-FEvER.

position and protected by their wooden walls they e.
perience none the real ealamities Of Their heds
are never desoaied their fresdes invaded their lives
placed jeopardy and they can look out on the s'or'a
they have raised with all the neable compaeeney OF na
tiona vanity seeing themselves safely moored IN the
haven while Others drifting at the mercy OF the winds
and waves Their soldiers and sailors fight their battles
and all they have do is TO pay them which being done
for the part by government loans they have been
taught to believe out Of the pockets Of the rich who
lend the money instead Of those who are responsible for
its payment Being pretty certain, however that ~ VIII
never be paid il is OF little consequence how much II
amounts TO and to The interest that il mere hea-bite
only some twenty-seven millions sterling annually They
by the political economists who nyen, theories to
suit every exeency that all this back to their own
pockets with interest that their public burdens are great
blessings which stimulate then to new exertions
Of industry economy invention and that the heavier
the load they carry their backs the faster they will
travel This consoa,ory theory (which is called the sci
OF political economy reconces them to increasing
burdens and they sagger along blithey under the load
of M tonal debt national taxes, and national glory
For these reasons will be observed by those conversant
in the history OF England which in fact familiar
to American readers than that Of their own
shame for them-that every in which Great Britain
has been engaged since she asped to the dominion Of the
seas has been popular least in its commencement This
is most ephaticaly the with the present war, which
the people of Enganda forced ON the gov
eminent by popular camo stimulated by the press It's
perfectly notorious that the prime minister, Lord Abe
deem opposed to this war; and entered into 1t unwi-
ngy in Difference to the wishes Of the nation reinforced
perhaps by desire to retain his place which he could not
have done without making this sacrifice to the popular
feeling.
The war then being essentially of people of Eng
land one might naturally presume that those who had as il
were begoten the banng would at all times stand ready
to protect and defend their vorite offspring that they
would volun arlynay eageryrush to the standard of
their country and offer their services in the present ext
gency when England is obliged to convert all western
Europe recruiting Office and purchase white slaves
from their masters fight her battles and shed their
blood in cause with which they have concern what
ever But this does appear to be the Their
al spirit like the vaor of Bob Acres in the play seems
to have cooked the ends of their fingers and evap
GRATED in contemplating the siege Of Sebastopol. The
details of the hardshps prvatons suerngs and sacrifices
which have been them in the correspondence
published by the British journals, (hough not greater
than those every day volunteered by women and
tie prospect Of assault of the strongest places in
the world which, however may terminate must cost the
lives Of many ,housandsal these combined certainly
calculated aay if absolutely cure the most raging
war-feyer
The people of England though perfectly willing seems
to pay Others for encounteng these formidable evils
decidedly opposed to voyageto the Crmea They prefer
fighting by proxy Hence the British Secretary of War
D.r <bot;t hna ali,
solutely necessary to compulsory fill
up the ranks Of the service Whether this apply
ing the system Of mpressment the army well the
navy indicated by the Secretary and left in
doubt whether resort is contemplated partial gem
conscripon comprehending all ranks and degrees
without exception whether in the Of impress
ment it is TO be exercised at the discretion Of recruiting
officer We presume, however, though in theory all sub
ects Of England equal in the eye Of the law, the
ocracy and the privileged orders will be excepted 1t is
only necessary enact law for that purpose and the lib
critics Of the people will be inrnged in the slightest
degree, for all know that Parliament is omnipotent
Be this may, to predict that these com
pulsory measures announced by the British Secretary win
operate eectualy in checking that bcgerent spirit which
has made the people of England prone to thrust them
selves into almost every and interfere not only in the
affairs Of their neighbors but all the rest Of the world
When they find they only called to pay but to
fight it will be sautary lesson teaching them that they
be spectators but actors in the drama and
partake in the suerings of those who have hitherto for
ages past been only their victims Weopne that the East
win not be quite popular with pugnacious John
Bull year hence it year ago. The lesson he is
about receive from these compulsory will do
him good by bringing the wolf to his fold, and by
giving him practical illustration of the evils of
WHAT THE ABOLITI0NISTS HAVE TAUGHT THE
SOUTHERN SLAVES.
The New York Tribune exulting the anticipation
Of the approaching triumph of abolition under the
pieces Of the knownothngs whom he pretends oppose
announces the following among other results brought
about by the labors of the abolltionists:
"But the Shareholders only who have heard OF the
northern aboltionss and who much they hate and
crate them, fear them still more and submit their
conduct in shaped by them The saves aso
hare heard Of the aboiisonso Mr.. Anthony Burns said
his address in this cyand such doubtless
fact throughout The Sos'A And whu glorious CLEAN of
hopethe glorious hope Of freedom seownershp and
hoodthe rision Of friends ready adsAe visioa Of city
of refuge whch Gy-mus the vaguest Of
these aboltonss light up in many suffering, throbbng
hearth
The professor of the philosophy Of Janus has been
sufficiently comprehensive in enumcratng the abstract and
anticipated blessings Of aboltionism in their application
his proegfs and shall endeavor supply the def