Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-05-21

their country. rCheers.l Why, then, are we
10 be alarmed Why, ought we not rather
to feel that ours lie the position 70 give tenn |
perate counsels, prepared as we shall pc 70
support those counsels with that authority
which belongs to counsellor who IS known
to be strongf But what is the condition OF
other countries I shall not single out for
remark nny particular State, Sovereign, King,
Emperor, or Dominion but we have seen
something of EuropeNn war on a great scale
within our recent experience; and let us look
TO the ways and means by which those haugh-
ty princes and their mighty armies carry on
war Why, when the second campaign
comes, the shoe always pinches. Hear.l
cannot see that there Is any Continental
Power which can enter upon third campaign.
Cheers. know very well it Is sometimes
observed that at the great French Revolution
Mr. Pitt said that France was in such state
of insolvency that she could not hold out for
two campaigns, and yet the war lasted for 70
wears. This is all very true, but then great
French revolutions do not happen very fire.
auently. Little French revolutions may.
| fLaughter, and cheers. The great French
revolution is to modern what the seige oil
Troy was to ancient history, and il is not
going TO be repeated. We know very well
that war, always u costly operation has i'm
mensely increased in its expenditure from the
circumstances under which it is waged Your
armies are larger, your munitions much more
extravagant, your artillery costs as much as
the whole of your ornaments in old days,
and the means of destruction are much more
complete. Well, what is the condition of
England The world has been startled by an
announcement made within these few days,
that great Sovereign has gone down to his
Council and obtained vote of twenty millions
of money to carry on the war. The world
seems quite frightened at monarch who can
raise 20 millions the funds fall, and every
body thinks that even the independence Of
j England is threatened. What is 20 millions
of money by way of loan to carry ON war
1t goes like water. A voice. :" But then
y fs00, 900, 000."1 Why, fs00, OO0, 600 " owed
r by an industrious and free people, is flea
bite. [Cheers.1 My friend seems quite fright
ened by our national debt. ["NO, no, and
/ laughter.] Let me tell you how England car
ries on war. An Emperor of the French, oil
/ of Russia, or of Austria has q loan of TWEEN
/ ty millons-all to be spent in year and al
' low me to remind you that is an experiment
which cannot be very often repeated. A
| laugh But what does the Queen of England
: dof She goes down to her Parliament, ant
with their concurrence, by one single tax
Q and that not heavily imposed, can in an smer
gency raise twenty millions per annum
GCheers.1 Why, if the country were in dan
ger, we could, by the aid of the income tai
. alone-and God forbid that this should eye
come to pass, or that should be Chancello
t of the Exchequer, to propose it, Laughter
but by levying simple income-tax of ten pc
: cent. we could have twenty-nine millions
year-not in loans, not by borrowing money
not even adding to the terriers Of my alarme'
d. friend, [cheers and laughter but out of on
: annual revenue, and all this not grudgingly
but heartily given. And adding to that sun
/ derived from taxation, a loan of EGO, 0OO, O0
e year, if you want loans-for England coul'
: give the Queen Il loan of 100000, 900 pc
), annum for ten years running, if necessary
v the honor of the country required it and a
r the end of that period the national resources
d instead of being exhausted, would not reall.
e be found, considering the circumstances of tn
t case-that the freedom of her people, the in
g dependence of her realm, and the greatness O
V her empire were at stake-to have been Sc
/ riously impaired by such contribution
o TCheers. When know these things an
It not inundated by the leagues of kings an
z emperors. | know well that if there is to b
/. war of nationalities, of opinions and of race
+ "a war of revolution and reconstruction, W
10 shall weather the storm. CHEERS II wi
a not be England that will suffer. 1t is Europ
IS that will be injured-Europe that will be des
l. olated and the very potentates whose pride
y and ambition and lust of conquest, are bring
|, ing about this perilous state of affairs will fin
n themselves at the end in an inferior positio
l. to that which they now occupy. GCheers.l