The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-03
ENGLANDs CRISIS.
Trade and Industry LaDguishing in
the Face of the Eastern Trou-
bic Her Military Weak

Ana wS9t IS England TO do IN AL this?
Hold aIoof "a long - she is able, md
fight when cha ism fhat is the long
sud the short Of the story. She will
i.as if her Eastern possessions nre
threatened, AID liot without | do net
myself believe. and l write it with re-
luetsnce, that England Is in any condi-
ton to make war Her commerce.
where is it all going to2 hope your
readers have not yas iufgnrtea what ]
wrote to them sb3 GO. r." r1ar ufoccures
here some weeks azg zal TIN
and Poople are jos; beginning to zee it
Tho Chancellor Of the Exeacqscr v3s
obliged to acknowledge 5hs other night
how could he Aoip i;7-snat thu ex
ports are failing of with o1oiaous regu~
lsrity, and Mr. Baxter stated thst gho
manufacturing trade was nsysr uorss
,han it is at present Ia fac5. look Cor
ward "ish apprehension 10 the n@xs TWO
or three years il Gnglual " hat Is
there to cause q gre@5 revival Of trade
or increase the prosperity Of the pooole2
4 war? That viii 10 you good on your
side of the oceao, for you will virtua!l-
have to supply the conAasaaJs with food
# hostiiitiss ara at all pro5rac.eI We
shall not grow half enough IN England
this ysar to feed the mouths az home.
A large part of the country is sill under
water. travelled through Sussex last
week, and it wa5 q most depress ing sight
to see the wretched state of the l4ad
The farmers can 10 notbing-shcY ought
to have got their seed in lo7g ago, but
although it may be wise to cast your
bread upon the waters, it is of no use to
fling seed there. a farmer sho wed me
some fields on q hillside, near Lewes,
which he had sown one day, and the
next morning he found the seed in the
turnpike road Heavy rains during the
night had washed it all down. WHIT
sort of harvest are we likely to have
with such beginning az this?
Yet it wouli not do to overlook the |
fact that England has not only enormous
DOt4O"AH9 DOH-AI Jul tAAG EiilslO1S Il /
money could and would be brought OF |
in a moment from the private resources
of the people, if they ere needed.
England as a borrower would command |
could carry on long and d9spe rate con
test before she need appear as borrow
er at all. Aud this it is which gives her |
Il power and an influence such as her |
army and navy never could obtain for
her. As for her army, l am sorry to saJ
it is almost a farce to speak of it. The !
Duke of Cambridge pretty near strangles
it. His own personal friends are foisted |
into every position of conseq uence, and
On officer who has shown any signs Of
marked ability instantly provokes his
jealousy and displeasure. He is for
keeping down able men, as likely to get
in his way.
The army will never be in an efficient
stare while it is deemed necessary that
royal Duke should be az the head Of it,
40 matter whether he has anything in
mis- head or not
If you could hear the common talk of
men who have seen real services in the
army, you would perhaps come to the
conclusion that the present fgure-h esd
style of business Is destin.l to CONS to
an end as no distant day, and that
''royaI Dukes" will havs 10 get back
to royal palaces, and leave tle hard
work of q nation to b5 done o7 m,a
wno have more brains - their heads
than a canary birj-L J jennings
London letter to The Nel0 York World.