Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-24

paper full of prophecy concernin
the British nation, which he begins
"There ::never was, probably, sine
the Heptarchy ended, or since
began, so hugely critical an epoc
in the history of England as this
Il Il in which no MOI
man invasion now ahead, to la
hold OF it, to bride and regulate it
forces, and guide it into higher AM
wider regions, the question of ut
ter death or noble life for the coun
try was so uncertain"
Mr.. Carlyle is tory. We hac
hoped to be able to record that al
the world were Liberals, and tina
he stood opposed; but before W.
wander into benighted Landslide
fore we search for people desti
tute of a knowledge of the Divine
law and its fruits, let us pause at
the commencement Of our journey
and look at those in our own land,
whose words breathe and echo
those of this tory oracle - who
writes a discourse on the Nigger
Question:" and laments in his moral
slough of despond that 100000
white slaves of England cannot be
bought and sold-who, like Amert,
can citizens, feels remorse as the
thoughts Of wrong and oppression
are arrayed before him. He opposes
the enfranchisement of whites-the
great question which shakes Eng
land from turret to foundation
stone. Yet while he feels remorse
he exhibits more clearly that prin-
ciple or element Of human charac-
ter, that it is far easier to force new
injury upon the wronged than cor
rect one injury done.
Mr.. Carlyle is the great champion
of "Force." He aims not to con-
ceal his contempt for his fellow
man, and his Jargon, rehashed for
all occasions, as his works appear
in succession, exhibit that trait
which proclaims in thunder tones
that all who retard the wheels of
progress possess but weak and un,
disciplined minds. He has left his
mark on the literature of the day,
ne has raised up school Of trans
,endentalism, and his weak and
ouny-minded worshippers, while
hey proclaim the virtues Of their
vould.be immaculate, have seen
hat as they preach up idealism, in
ike ratio has it succumbed to the
'eachings of the opposite. school.
In spite Of the law of force-of
Mr.. Kingsley's musclcs-honor and
are not proven by an ex-
libition of the biceps,
Mr.. Carlyle, like many in our
and, feels that universal suffrage
breaks down the barriers which up
lold and protect aristocracy.
He feels that the recent move
nent of reform in England tends
10 impair force-to overthrow lead
1rships-to substitute the will of
.hc mass for what he deems the will |
Of the wisest and strongest.
BY this he thinks the aristocrcy
will be driven into Punishment to
irill rifemen for rebellion" The |
great tendency of manhood suffrage |
was to believe in force and to pre-
fer jefferson and Jackson, Napo-
con, and ideals of MIR. Carlyle's
own heart, in place of those philo-
sophie man proposes, That which
worries Mr. Carlyle is, that despite
his opposition, despite the slaughter
,f mobs, Notwithstanding his writ
ngs, the leadership under new So
.iety will pass away.
To-day the down trodden mil
ions of America cry for the rights
lue to mqnhood-to-day the down
rodden Of England re-echo the
ry. The wheels of Time rolling
IN crush beneath them those who
Use up to cry in opposition to the
manifest will of Providence. In
'ur own land the law of force
Gems for a time to have ruled the
Iearts of men. Men who placed
heir lives upon their country's al
ar, who,