New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-12


kitwletge m he public, we shall not secure that
III QUIT fdeIce aud support which Is essential to
every Mhister, ana the possession Of which is the
prcac, and highest reward for the anxeties AMI tolls
to which he is exposed. Loud cheers
John bright ON THE WAR.
In addressing his constituents at Birmingham, on
H. 18th ut with reference to the pending election,
Mr Bright spC Ike Of the war in the following terms:
hear to-day thar there has come down from Lon
d, u intelligence If the most s,,leun and awful import
to Lm,Ie 'Ia to humanity. The war, which, for Tour
months has been coming with steadily, but not
or unheard sies at last has made Its appear
in all it, grim and devsh pr portions d,.a.
His io di,d tres.,s de- p MING in the sun,
With dttth-s OF glowing VI lis fiery hands,
And eye that soorohes all it glarti upon"
[Cheers1 such is the monster that appears above
lie l., rizoI and Threatens to scatter desOlation and
bloodshed and sgonies unuerable through the HOMES
# countless millions of the population OF Europe.
What ale We to do Looking TO the past, know
vLa, We are TO do. We are for time To mediate
when mediation is no use We to give little en-
curagement here and little encouragement there
are by and by 10 connect ourselves with one sde
in such II amer that the other will accuse us OF hos
tility and perfdy. Meanwhile, act, it may be Of
Treat cruelty, or great atrociy, may be committed
by one Of the belligerent Powers. II may be told
to us in words Of truth Or in terms OF gross ex,
oppelation If your Government is disposed
tr war. there will be agents of the press in
London to agnfy and distUrt everything, and to slim
uste yen by appeals III some cases to passions that are
noble but III others to passions thdt are DaSe until
at this country, this precious gem set III SILVER
81 b. Inch alone riues secure amid all the storms ana
Ten pests that agtate and perplex the world, VIII
be ked to mingle in the strife ana English blood ana
English treasure as you know IRON pasl history .hty
have been will agaih be poured out like water III every
Tart Of Europe, wherever battle II to be lost or w0
1Cheers.] A gentleman not particularly remarkable
for political consistency, who held office under LORD
palm erstop and who now seeks the suffrages Of the
est Riding to do the bidding Of Lord Derby, said in
slecch the other DAY at Leeds that he Is for peace
and that it nay be necessary for the fleet OF England
10 enter the Adriatic and to protect the ancle city OF
Venice, IA laugh.l / have been III the ancient and
venerable city OF Venice, and say, excepting the peo
nj, who live there let Venice sink into tie seaweed
o., OF Witch as The poe, tells US, il first arose, rather
Il an that tue Il, ct f England should axe up position
there uroclamiug to the world that we are become
belligertnts III this great contest. lCheers. Others
lave told us that we have solemn treaties with
BE GUM, and that if anybody treads, "a it were
upon tie very tue of That little kingdom, the
might If II gland must be called firth to de-
fend its capital and its Monarch. | am no party
10 any such sroay Lor are you; ana say, as nave
sad before thai the Minister who tries To force En-
Gland into this war cOnvcts himself OF the fOulest
treason to the English Crown aud the English people
ICbeers1 You are all in the dark, however, az to
What your Government will do. We have bad two
speeches from Lord Derby, the second intended to
rect what he calls the false impression which had
been created by the first. No man knows better
Il an Lord Deiby the Of words i'll the English Ian
puaee ard onIy hope that the second speech more
brsi. Iut rem en- Ter that you know nothing Of the
negotiations. Parliament knows nothing. We are IN
total ignorance what Obligations we are under to him
who rules in Paris or him who rules IN vienna. MY
1, iliob is-a1d commend II TO the gentlemen who
offer from ne-tbat If the people OF England were
fairly repre-, elted in the House OF Commons
n all probability our foreign affairs would
We coIdLcted with greater openness, greater
f mkn,st, greater truthfulness, and We should
be less liable some morning to awake and md
t is noble country, with all its industry, all its
teige ce all its morality, and all It's Christianity
Al ont 10 be pu into the most fearful crime and the
most fearful calamity tbut can affect mankind
(( hetTs. One word NOE upon the question oil war
" latt>,r nay be the seeming necessity OF awar al
any tine-aId have never denied, and knowing hu-
II an i6ture somewhat, and having read history sohe-
what shall never deny Il AZ there is at times to the
human eye and to the human heart an apparent hece
sy for GeItaking the responsibilities and the suieI
lls of war cheers let every man be able 10 acqut
himself in the sigt If God who knows the secrets OF
every heurt as TO the course which he individually
NAV take i'll any emergency Of that kind. Hear
hear.l War in its nature destructive and auarchca
There can be no freedom IN Europe-there can DC no
Permanent assured peace in Euope-so long as the
Treat Powers maintain 5000, GOO or 4,OOOOO0 OF men
IN arms at a period Of profound peace. lCheers'I
Even in England, and 10 us what can be more
auaiChical and less conservative than war LOOK
back Ia the war in which were engaged nom l'g3
to 1915, That was a period of fearful suffering. III
was also q period Ut utter tyranny There was no
free expression of opinion no free press no freedom
% ybt Unless lie chose 10 Out-trlp MS
in foolish passion for war. So, too, from lsio down
TO 1873 there liberty in England or little more
than now exists i'll the neighburing country OF France
From year TO year there was intense suffering, pad
trade depressed population constant plO's, secret
sueti.s ilcipleut insurrecuns dangers OF every KIND
to the Institutions Of the country Such things were
the legitimate natural and inevitable offspring OF that
gigantic and wicked which your rulers had waged
fr twenty -fve year. (Cries Of No., followed by
cheers. And now war again. After that war, hh-
onal debt after that national debt, increased taxes
after those taxes danger and discomfort of every Kind
in the future if YOU permit your Government TO med
die for one single hour in the armed contest which Is
Iist con encug. The other day, in the House OF
Common Minister had the audaciiy to taunt me- not
with having criticised the House of Lords, but with
Having spt ken in disparage ent OF the Crown of
England Whoever did So for | was not preseDt-on
whatever occasion, throw the Islander IN his teeth
IGreat cleerIg.l The Crown Of England VIII never
b, jeoparded by prosperous and conented people
Cheeis Lock to other nations and to the history OF
the past. " hen a crown has been knocked OF some
body's bead when throne has been trainpled IN the
mirc-when Royal family have been exiles and wan
deiers upon TIE earth il has been not the result vi =
policy o Justice of mercy and of peace, but the pun
isln ent awarded by the Eternal to those who have
violated His laws aud disregsrded His commands
need travel back not more than five yeers TO give
YOU an example Of what mean. You remember that
famous siege Of Seva,topo-you remember the suffer
irgs of your counrymen, not To speak OF those III the
Frerch the Russians, the Turks, and The Sardinians
You remember that on one occasion, when an assault
was made upon troops by the Russians be II acc-
dent, be it the everything hand of Providence, be It
anything To which you please TO ascribe it but by
81 something little short Of miracle the English forces
were preserved from utter destruction. You reinem-
Der the excited stse Of the public minH You remem-
her the foundations Of the uos powerful cgan O the
Press. You remember the dark thoughts that passed
through every mind news came home by dribets-
how IL en- asked themselves Nha was to become of on
unfortunate couitrynen aud Of the honor Of England
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