The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-24
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Contingency Of War.
In . speech delivered at A,lssbnry on u
and, returning thanks to the electors Of Bucl
for his return to Parliament, Mr.. Dlsraeli, Il
Chancellor Of the Exchequer, remarked:
Now, may BE- asked-and II il i very 81
Question-whst is your opinion OF the confi,
that has nov begun-whas will be it's fleet npo
England, and what probability il there Of be
being drawn into it's vortex? Gentlemen, m
policy 10, believe, the policy Of every soun
/ headed man in this country. The policy q
England il emiDently one Of peace. Cheers
| Her interference in other States, in order I
change their domestic institutions, or to inha
ence their internal affairs, whatever may be il
motives, 10, think, invariably mistake. Blu
although the interest as well as the policy .
England Is peace, it 10 OF the utmost importance
that she should be prepared for war. CHEERS.
It 10 our best security for our tranquility and 70
the tranquility Of Europe, that England SHOULD
show that she - Power which can assert he
| influence at . moment with effect. Well, wha
| il our present condition in that respect? Hav,
We been caught mapping? have no wish nov
to claim any merit Tor her Majesty's government
to which they are not entitled. / am quite sure
that, whoever might have been the Ministers o.
the Queen, their foreign policy would have beer
exactly the same as ours, and that as regards
their preparation for eventual dangers and du
ties, they would have adopted the same course
as we have done. 1t il, therefore, not in any
boastful spirit, but with, hope, the becoming
pride Of an Englishman speaking to EngIishmen
that tell what is our situation. You have ia
India 100000 seasoned and valiant troops. such
as the world, probably, never saw before-cer.
tainly equal to that army which Wellington
rendered immortal. (Cheers.) A great portion
OF that force ought to quit India for England.
They are at our command, and il they come
here IT Is not from the necessity Of this coun-
try. but because the happy course OF affairs in
India and the position Of the Iudan govern
ment make it desirable that they should return
home. You have in England itself at this mo-
ment 100000 men, not equal, perhaps to those
who have been seasoned in the illustrous cam
paigns OF India, but disciplined, and need not
ada brave men, since they are your country
men. (Cheers.) l was told by one of the hon
orable gentlemen who preceded me that moth.
ing would satisfy him but that we should have
apowerfui heet in the Channel. You will have
before SIX weeks have pissed, not only power
iul Meet IN the Channel but also a powerful feet
10 the Mediterranean. (Cheers)
The world has been startled by an announce
ment made within these few days that a great
sovereign has gone down to his Council and OBJ
tanned vote of twenty millions OF money TO
carry on the war. The world seems quite fright
ened At monarch who can raise Twenty mil
lions-the funds fall, and every body thinks that
even the independence oil England is threatened.
what 10 twenty millions OF money by way OF
loan to carry on a war; II goes like water
voice, but then f5OO, 0uo,VOO Why, $500.
100000, II owed by an industrious and free
people, is quite a flea bite. daughter and
cheers.) My friend seems quite frightened by
our national debt. C. No, no." and lauyhter.)
Let me tell you how England carries on war
An Emperor OF the French, or OF Russia. or Of
Austria has loan of twenty miilions-all TO be
spent in year; and allow me to remind you
that Is an experiment which cannot often be re-
peated. laugh.) But what does the Queen
d England doy She goes down to her Parlia-
nent, and with their concurrence, BY one
single tax, and that not heavily imposed can in
Al emergency raise twenty millions per annum
Cheers.l why, u the country were in danger,
We could, by the aid of the income tax alone
out by levying a simple income sax of ten Der
cent. we could have twenty millions year-not
u loans, not in borrowing money, not even add
ng to the terrors OF my alarmed lrend-tcheers
and iaughter)-but out of our annual revenue,
md all this not grudgingly, but heartily given.
And adding to that sum derived from taxation
loan OF t2O,OO0,OO0 year il you want loans
-tor England could give the Queen a loan OF
t2o,ooO,00O per annum for ten years running if
necessary, if the honor OF the country REQUIRED
e, and az the end of that period the national
'esources, instead Of being exhausted, would
not really be found, considering the circum-
stances OF the case-that the freedom Of her
people, the independence Of her realm and the
greatness OF her empire were at stake-to have
been seriously impaired by such a contribution.
Cheers.) When know these things, | am not
inundated by the leagues of Kings and En-
'erors. know well that, if there is to be a
var OF nationaiities, OF opinions AMI of races
war OF revolution and reconstruction, we shall
Weather the storm. (Cheers.) Il viii not be |
England that will suffer. II is Europe that will
'e injured, Europe that will be desolated, and |
ne very potentates whose pride, and ambition. |
no lust OF conquest are bringing about this |
erllous state OF affairs, will find themselves at |
he end in an inferior position to that which |
hey now occupy. iCheers.t We hear a great /
Zeal OF the balance OF power. OF the importance |
I sustaining certain barriers in Europe. and |
lany other axioms, all Of which to a certain
egree are true, and which may for a certain
me continue to prevail. But let me take this
pportunlty OF impresslng upon you that the
ay Is coming, II 1t has not already come, when
De question OF the balance of power cannot be
onnned to Europe alone. Since the time when
iat doctrine obtained credeEce, great commu-
tues have risen in another hemisphere who
i'll not permit the balance of power to be
mited to Europe. You have on the other side
! the Atlantic vigorous and powerful commu-
tiles, who will no longer submit to your cir
hmscribed theory Of authority. The Austria
an COLONIES, though now in their Youth, but in
ie youth OF giants, have already as it were.
lfown their colossal shadow over Europa
M II Is Tor old Europe lament that she is ex-
austing her energies and her resources in these
ars. | could wish that she would rather pre-
are for that awful competition which in coming
mes she must encounter. | would rather see
rance, aud Germany, and Russia, teyelop such
sources, Improve their agriculture, Increase
elr population, and cultivate the arts of life.
'cial and scientific, instead of wasting their | ,
fehgeh, fisking their ability, and sinking when
e era 10 winch l have referred arrives, by
eir own Encouragement and want OF pres.
ence TO an inferior aud exhausted position.
emember always that England though she il
'und TO Europe by tradition, by affection. by
eat similarity of habits, and ali those ties :
iich time atone can create and consecrate. is
. mere pomer Of the Old World Her geo i
ePHtcdf position, her ldcs, her iangnage and b
'tgton connect her much NTH tht Neg World ! a
Wtf" t"e Old Aud although she has oecn- b
"a not only an eminent, but, am bold 10 saw. r
most eminent position among European ma L
rs Tor ages, still, it ever Europe by her short Il
htedness, falls into an interior and exhausted "
&c, for England there will remain an illus Fl
Gus future. (Cheers.) We are bound to tie
nmanities Of the New World, and those great u
ties which our own planting and colonizing
ergles have created, by ties and by interests
ich will sustain our power and enable us 10 R
y as great part in che times Vet TO come. Il
we do in these days and as we have done in
past. (Cheers.) And, therefore, now that
rope is on the eve Of war, say it is Tor En-
'e, and not for England, that INV heart
INKS: And this hope, that il viii be by q
influence Of England that tie unhappy fl
ngge which has just opened may be one OF At
'rt duration; that it may be limited IN its bl
sc and local in its character; and that after D,
ne brief encounters Of arms both France and "
strla may feel that il would be we'll. by tho tt
uence OF those who have not been sedaced th
Their political passions, to terminate the as
fe and secure at the same time the better NJ
eminent OF Italy, and the peace of the tn
Id. (Cheers) Ct
The Austrian View Of tf,c va.