THE NELSON EXAMINER. Friday, .January 27, 1871.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 22, 27 January 1871, Page 2

THE NELSON EXAMINER. Friday, .January 27, 1871.

Journals become more necessary as men become more equal Mid individualism more to be feared. It would be to underrate their importance to suppose that they serve only to secure liberty) they maintain eirilization. Db Tocquevillb, Of Democracy in America, vol. 5, 230. The news by the Suez mail is so far satisfactory, that it appears more than probable we shall be spared the misfortune of seeing Englaud engaged in war with Russia on the Eastern question. The firm sl/md taken by Lord Granville, and the almost unanimous feeling of the country expressed through the press, have made it clear that if great sacrifices are required to uphold the honour of the country, Englishmen are prepared to make them. The fact is accepted, that at no time could war be more inopportune; but England will not on that account shrink from its obligations. These obligations were under-

taken deliberately,.} tkey,; have already cost the nation both blbot^ttd treasure ; and to ; turn its back upo'Ej tajsoi (because their main- , tenance might bring'ffan|;er, would so lower , Great Britain in the^esteem of all nations, . that she would forfeit her place as a leading Power. Russia is unprepared for war, nor would a quarrel with England be agreeable to the people of the United States. A firm front is, after all, the best preservative of peace.