Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-06-08
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ENGLAND AND THE U. STATES
EXTRACT FROM a SPEECH OF MIR. DhsRAEII TO
THE ELECTORS OF BUCKINGuAMsnIRE.

/ " and Tor the tranquility of Europe that
England should show that she is a power
which can assert her influence at q mo-
ment with effect Well, what is our pres
ent condition in that respect? Have we
been caught nspping? ! have no wish now
to claim any merit for her Maesty's gov
ernment to which they are not entitled.
am not quite sure that, whoever might
have been the Ministers of the Queen,
their foreign policy would have been ex-
actly the same as ours, and that as regards
their preparation for eventual dangers and
duties, they would have adopted the same
course as we have done. 1t is, therefore,
not in any boastful spirit, but WITH /
hope, the becoming pride of an English
man speaking to Englishmen, that | tell
you what IS our situation. You have in
India 100000 seasoned and valiant troops,
such as the world, probably, never saw be-
fore certainly equal TO that army which
Wellington rendered immortal. Cheers. J
a great portion OF that force ought to quit
India for England. They are at our com
mand; and if they come here it is not
from necessity Of tins country, but because
the happy course OF affairs in India and
the position of the Indian government
make it desirable that they should return
home. You have in England itself at this
moment 100000 men, not equal, perhaps,
TO these who have been seasoned in the IL
lustIious campaigns of India, but diciplin-
ed and | need not add brave soldiers,
since they are your countrymen. (Cheers. J
was told by one of the honorable gentle-
men who preceded me that nothing would
satisfy him but that we should have a
powerful fleet in the Channel. You will
have before six weeks have passed, not
only powerful fleet in the Channel but
also powerful fleet in the Mediterranean.
Cheers. What nation in thcworld, then,
can compare with England? For, with
all these, you have a condition of your fl
nances which is most wholesome and
t healthy; and these great armaments,
which will never be exercised except for
your defence or for the maintenance of
your honor and the vindication of your
absolute interests, will be supported by q
people lightly taxed, q geatly prospering,
and whose heart and soul are with the in
stitutions of their country Cheers. Why
then, are We to be alarmed? Why, ought
we not rather to feel that ours IS the po-
sition TO give temperate counscls, prepa-
red as we Shall be to support those coun-
scls with that authority which belongs to
a counsellor who is known to be strong
I(Chcers.) But what is the condition of
other countries? | shall not single out
for remark any particular State, Sovereign,
King, Emperor or dominion but we have
seen something of European war on a
great scale within our recent experience !;
and let us look to the ways and means by
which those naughty princes and their
mighty armies carry on war Why, when
the second campaign comes the shoe al
ways pinches. (llear.) | cannot see that
there is any Continental Power which can
enter upon third campaign (Cheers.) J
| know very well it is sometimes observed
that at the great French revelation Mr..
Pitt said that France was in such a state
/ OF Insolvency Shat she could not hold out
for two campaigns and yet the war lasted
twenty five years. That is all very true,
but then great French revolutions do not
happen very frequently. Little French
revolutions may. daughter and cheers. J
The great French revolution is to modern
what the seige of Troy was to ancient
history, and it is not going to be repeated.
We know very well that var is always q
very costly operation, has immensely in>
creased in its expenditure from the cir
cumstanees under which it is now waged.
Your armies IRE larger, munitions are
much more eXtravagant, your artillery
now costs as much as the whole of your
armameuts 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 an
nouncement made within these fewdays
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 o
monarch who can raise twenty millions
the funds fall, and everybody thinks that
even the independence of England is
threatened. What is twenty millious of
money by way Of loan to carry on war ?
1t goes like water. A Voice, But then
= eS00, 100000. Why, GS00,000, ,000 flown,
ed by an industrious az d free people, is u
feabite Laughter and cheers. Ny friend
seems quite frightened by our national
debt. Ono, no" and laughter,) Let me
tell you how England carries on war.
) An Emperor of the French, or of Rus
sia. or of Austria has a loan of twenty
millions--all to be spent in year; and
allow me to remind you that that is an
experiment which cannot be very often
repeated. A laugh.) But what does the
Queen of England do? She goes down to
her Parliamens, and with their concur
renee by one single tax, and that not
heavily imposed, can in an emergency
D raise twenty millions per annum. Cheers
4 Why, if the country were in danger, we
Z. could. by the aid of the income tax alone
and God forbid that this should ever come
|, to pass, or that | should be the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer to propose it
(laughter) but by levying simple income
tax of ten per cent. we could have twenty
millions year--not in loans, not by bof'
> rowing money, not even adding to the
/. terroFs of my alarmed friend-(cheers and
{ laughter)-but out of our annual revenue,
and afl this pot grudgingly, but heartily