, 1876-01-29


after msruor crlnltuatod, lcon without water 2
How ss It. thon that 40 lasgo proportion Of
this !" dcnl danpness' lcka up tho oarth2 Was
y by so1tio such r1oeess & a. OUT n'yth49!oYteat
Is follT In this assumption, my acl Of knowledge
in such mattera tnuAt bc my plou. L. A. u.
THE SUEX CANAL.
Desperate Hostility uf <arcat T1rltn,n
to the Greet Work.
Springfield Republican.
Tho roccnt Investment Of England ia the saez
Canal is curious sequel to tho blind yolomence
with which tho natlon.-Goyornmont press md
Individual influence hl!ko-fonyllt against tho
work from tho very outset. It is interesting,
vl.ilo this acquisition IL got fresh in Our thought,
to recall TINT early history. aud foyiow tho ,nr
scyering contest which tho founder Manud
against British prejudice mud stupidity. Eis-
handsome t,,A,,, t!nely preserved In face and fig
ute slight, erect anti aud active. his thick. gray
hair contrasting well with (ts frosh complexion,
viii, clcar. bright oso. ss'uninE sslle, meotil-
ollD voico, rapid no:sous antl A&tinatou but
Gons!o mallner.
When young man. attached to lho French
Consulate At A!oxandria, lie becamo Intimate
with Said l'acl,a. younger hon Of s1slemo+ All,
a!teywafl khelivo Of Egypt. at later uosiod,
hap7aning to bo qunrautned nt Alo1aulrin, tha
Truuctl Cnusul calo1 gu him and lont him tue
great work Of tho FIonci expedition In Egypt Of
l7D5 to whslo away tho tedious 1olay. i1o wa4
especially Interested IN tho paper Of Sapo'eon's
engineer. I.e psre, ou tho junction Of thu two
scas So he took tn tho great idea of his life.
In It's prosecution, hc was much fnspred by hH
acquaintance with Lieut.. Waghorn, Of tho British
navy. WHO fought tile natioual stupidity till ho
died In his tracks on tho very ino Of quicker
mail communication With 1ndia by wny Of the
Ked Boa Having Devoted uovnn years ami lie
wholo fortune 10 thls ilea, Waghoro. continually
repulsod by tho British authorities, iost his
health. siicd, and loft lis family impoverished.
Leeaops bud powerful advantage in hia old
tluao frioutahip with Hail InclIa. who, wtaan 10
ha,lishcd himsu!f from Egypt, through fpnr OF
tho political jealousy OF Tho Eoighipg vlceroy,
wcps to Paris and removed his iutinasy with
LeHsopB nj family guoss When SAID racha
waa summoned 70 tho thFono OF Egypt, lio in
vitod [ossoru to return tue visit a. ioyal Euost,
Dy this tinc, having iaaturod Asa plan for thu
cai1a he sobu'itsod it to tho Kho&liyo, who re-
mined and persistent opposition Of tho Eug!iHh
Government and press, thoroughly narrow aud
selfish, taoyol by . joaiouJY Ut tho commercial
advantages which French ports, aud especially
tloae oil tho AHdltarEapeaut would gain Us nearer
1narkuts for Asiatic wates. Tllcy ratsod all ma,l
ter ul objections aud MtorfoTanccB. md wcre
unspa1il,g ol ridicule. Lord paltncrston was
particularly bittor, md Loft no tricks Of diplo-
| tho Eroat engineer, stephenson, to doom it and
frigAton capitalists away from it as "grcat
sti1l4ng ditch, II evot clt." Tho whole English
pross followed suit. Tic EdinhurK Htpiu.o Or
Navigation md anchorage along tlo roIaaiai,
coast. 1t declared will 10 ,npossible; tho drift
OF Tho Mic sands will continually fiji M any at
| tomptod harbor; sll such thugs ~ u1olcs or
broakwatcfs will bs swallowed up by qucksansIa :;
tho inequality OF lovol betWeon tho t:so sezs will
provcnt-or. II uot, tho equality Of leyol wilt !;
lilo great intermediate uittcr akea will be llllcd
up with SAT-; the navigation Of tho Ned Bea,
sLould tho i.npeHatblllsy Of tho canal be per-
! formed. will be too daugerouH-and 10 forth,
hut Lesoops went quietly aud eteaaily on. vis-
itod England, formed IN international commits
| Gion ct dt6tingu.H1ol nayal and clt1l cuginoers
OF EnElnnd. Ffauco. Holland, A,,h.ra, ssaln, and
the aardinian t'.atea. They wont to Egypt, aud
priucely hospitaitlcs. After thorough surveys,
they reported iayorably. And yes EuCRh mn.
| ncuscrinR and Interfering would hays defeated
tho canal, but for tho indomltablo energy, ateais
perseverance,, aud tklllfui diplomacy OF Loseeps,
lie proved more than match for paneraton,
lu 1851, he formed tho "UniverHkl Canal Com.
rauy," With capital Btock OF t4o, 100000. III
taken In lens than two month";. Tho british Gov.
tiropio howl went out from Exoser Hall Qlnt tht
horrors OF tho Hsavo-tzRda wore being rovlyod II
Egypt: LoEa e.rattoEd, At Coustan.!aoplo
hacked by his Government demanded of tht
Sultan tU stop hlB forced labor OF tho fcl1atl
lhas Lessons was employing. forgetting thpt
Own douland for this kaln0 forced labor OF Botnt
10000 follal.s 70 holp build their Cairo l. suo;
llailroad. Tho huttan dared Aot diaobcy Lore
tho Sultan whoa tho poremptoty order came
from The Sublime l'orte 10 stop th'
work md dsmtas tho fellahs. lie dis
all ho dared, however, and summoned
oouuo! Of tho Coueul-uouotala Of other Power
to aeo il tAsy would suntstn him IN reeiatipg
None of them vonla encourage bin, with my
thing more than moral support. He appealed y
lat 10 our Anarlcan Consul: *.Your 0oyer.'
1ncnt ID not afraid OF England. Would they sup
port 1ne?" mo. your llighnesa our country
'Well, theu," aghcd laid Pacha, "wha: can
DOR Poor 1.esaeiw mast 70 % tho vail. i,u
tn E'sat sna,nS Esypt IL stlo place. and
50, Just them lslmrsaton xas succesafui, Lc,
ac{,a skv his ao. 0oU follah1 fold up tholr tout
like tie Arabs aud lcaso only tileie toots be
hind,-aud tho London Times chuchlod oyar il
g11cn i,o nn,nnonod European laboferr, nutl, 1,o
the best inventive mechanical skill In Europe
!. Tho work organized a'ld begun Anuw. England
eVl! genius again intoEforod. aud another tlrma
eamo from tho sultan denying tho right Of IT.
khcdivoto ctds tho lands through which Il,
canal Was surveyed: 4his obstacle seemed fatA
and the London Times fairly hurrahsd. II,
Saturday Aeuie10 declared "tho action Of til
Sublime 1orte wlll DO tho ss1rh ruin OF III. l4o!
] l,or disquict III to tho tabue OF an onternlao I
which Hho haa boon TOO prudent 10 inyost an1
tlnng." Tho Standard la'nented '.tLe poe
Stockholders in Franco, Egyptt. and Turkey II
hexrss, will be AZ barron Ut protlta tho Thame
: tunnel" And all tho little dogs, Tray. tlanet,t
, aud Sweetheart, basked IN UNISON. but Lesser
! wont forward undistuEbed, and although h
matched tho Sultan, Fa!H,erston, aud ALL ~, o,
day, 1t meaning h1nt from Algh quarters, ha
Iacha submitted tho Mettera In c0ntrovcrl
between II. Ledseps aud h!naself as to It