A WARNING VOICE.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 21, 14 September 1848, Page 3

A WARNING VOICE.

(From the Times, April 27.) The dangers of a revolutionary era are more than what lie on the surface. If there is audacity on the one side, there is panic on the other. The party of the movement takes fresh breath and spirits; the more conservative class of minds become engrossed by ihe mstiuct of holding, protecting, stopping, and do w> no mote tliao can possibly be helped. They ih»t hive any. thing to lose, whether in property or pj-itioo, see a scramble before them and begii to calculate, with s. natural anxiety, the comparative alvanages of the status quo and a fresh start. It is quite evident how the great majority of people iu ti.e metropolis, and, indeed, in all our cities, have settled thi> very home question. Every mail with cither house, or land, or money, or stock of goods, or credit tor a month, or a reasonable ptospect of employment, or a'good friend, or anything at all to depend upon, is almost overpowered by the dread of losing that dependence, whatever it is, and is ready to turn out and fi,ht for it. Every such man dreida a great change or experiment, lest it should deprive him of h : s little all, and leave him. aground. It is impossible to wonder at this apprehension. A strait of only twenty miles sepa-ates us from a nation of thittj-fivc millions going to the dogs with a rapidity unexampled iu human affairs. Confidence, capita, trade, employment—every. hing by which men live in this vu'gar world, is there fast disappearing hefore the irrational de-potism of an armed mob. Peace is purchased with ruinous sacrifice'. We do justice to soch men as Laiuarttne, and admire them; but a month may show that they bad better have perished in the dull defence of an odioUß monarchy than lent their names to measures neither justified by principle nor redeemed by success. With such a prospect in view, of course all England is afraid. It is a salutary fear ; but there a-e other things besides revolution to be afraid of, and when we can assure ourselves that we are net likely to follow France down the prt cipice, we may as well take them into our serious consideration. First then, it is a very wholesome and profitable question, " What is it that has a third time revolutionized Fiance?" Ii is her myriads destitute ot profitable employment. In the most luxurious capital in tbo world, iu the midst of everything that can fire the senses, kindle the ambition, impart activity to the intellect and refin.ment to the taste,—among palaces, gardens, theatres, and picture galleries, were lately not less than a hundred thousand men unemployed, homeless, and hopeless. The 24th of February did not pass without writing on the very face of the catastrophe ils social and industrial character. Louis Philiippe was driven sfrom his throne not so much by conspirators and disappointed politicians, though they had much to do with his downfall, us by bin gry oper atives and labourers. Say what we "ill about loyalty and order, let us urge them ever so mich as paramount duties, sti 1 the truth must be couf.ssed. What is a crown to the Btaiviug ? What are institutions to the outcast ? What are princes to those whose children cry for bread ? And what is public order tr. him who beholds in it nothing but a serried pliilanx of the prosperous classes marshalled against him ? la the best times, ami under the wisest govern nents, there are and ever must be a miserable section who view society as it were from without. There always must bj the incompetent, the unfortunate, ami the disgraced—men who cannot be helped, because they will nit help themselves. But it is the highest interest -and duly of Government to diminish those dangerous classes. In Paris it has been long a matter of remitk that they had acquiied a gigantic and almost incredible proportion. Writers ol all parties on this side the Channel have long pointed out the fearful bearings of this fact. In France the tree has at length borne its fruit. It is now our turn to look to our own country. There are in these United Kingdoms some millions who possess neither prcpeity uor comfoitable tenure, nor regular employment sufficient for a decent existence. Were tnis the, case i nly in lreli.id, that would not be an incoosideiaiile utfiir, and «e might properly urge it on the gravest consideration of the legislature. But it is the case iu England, in Gotland, and in Ireland ; and in no train; degree in this wealthy m-trcpons. Tliese men, as a liojy, will be revolutionists in one turm or anoher. I a'l ill ."iiaelves what they will. Repealers ar Chartists, they only want a system winch will feed, clothe, and house them better. They sue the state infuiuiapmtperii, and say, •' Give either employment or such political ruhts as will enable us to procure employment lor ourselves." It is their fixed belief that a state is bound to find them either food or work. '1 his priuci, le ihey hai e adopted, not because they are naturally addicted to pul.tical speculation, or because the principle itself is natural, . ut because they adopt the tluoiy .nosl cjnvm em and ton - fortabletotheirpositioii. Auestituteiu.nii.algn tally be an exigent and positive ph.los'pber. lie will taink he ought to have what he wants. His axiuns ore the necessities ol nature, and hi fiist postulate it lhat those necessities must be sat'stiel. Tiv your logic, and convince him, if you |l..ise, tint he is bouod to respect exiting institutions. Hit reason maybe mvstilied, but his app Me m.J his hodi y seuses, and| more thai all, hu feeliujs co .- tinually revolt against an adverse eonclustrn. He lorgets tue argument, but his stout uh dies not torget ttiat it is empty, nor lm skin tint it is rtgm «i'h c-dd; nor can Ins eyes forget that \uU- and cuthlreu are p : uuig around him. Ttieiu a e myruiU, nay. millions, of sucli 111 the ctnintr». The lUU lust, was no victory o\er them. The -pen»l countable* t"'VJ routed Feargus O'Connor, and scut, luck ilia Kultls, and Jones's, the CullVys, the Re) m.l Jars, and tie Slums, to their oiiiinal losigniikuio;, but Ih.-y hivj not vanquished hunger or eUtrpat.J naUe. n :ss. We have lavished our money, huiiu Hi -d out hi va. strength. eiu.l our defences, una sent over all the soldiers we could spare. Lord Uarendou may luve the cour.i-e of a hero, th.patience of a salut, and the wisuuui o: a -ij<. He may be prepared tor any olitorch , hut (he aoriO'Vtul fact survives too stubborn for soldo, is and viceroys, a"d e>eu lor occasional alms. Th; popuhit I elmd is miserably pjyi , we may stop the uiouth ut Hcpcal this

Tt>sr. and the next, and for twenty years to come, but tli* destitution will remain. Wbj t!-» we repeat these topics, to often urged, so 'i** e r. -arded ? Because we think that now is thf !>.•'? r\r a more emphatic rccogniti -n, on the part o ius ?:ate. of its duty lo give the destitute either re'ief or employment. Is that demand for employment so up reasonable aud su to be met ? It is true that tLese islands are v:ry thickly peopled, and that there if, especially iu Inland, a large excess of men, ■ compared witk lb- existing disposition of land and ope rations of agriculture. But in our colonies we possess the menu* of empl ytng any excess of population. Nature herself points out ttut mode of relief, which, since 300,000 souls left In-]and in one year, his acquired a providential character. It is nn longer a question whether emigration should be encouraged. Emigration is now indisputably shown to be the great outlet for these islands. As mrely as the Niagara relieves the inland seas of America, emigration is the door of safety forou r human reJondince. But woe to the stite that watches unconcerned the spontaneous remcaies and escapes of a miserable crowd. As it values its ow safety, it must take the mat't-r in hand, dhect the method, and guide the issues of the mighty operation.— Future ages may rue the preßent neglect. Let emigration be fairly taken up by the Legislature as an auxiliary of the great propose ion, " Employment or relief." It is admitted and undeniable that myriads annually apply to their unions for employment, who ask it honest'y and sincerely, with no stn>ster mte ition. They are forthwith either impriaoued'in a Bastile, — Mr. Cocaine's torn foole. y shall not rob us c f the word, —or terrifirdby tia*. threat into a miserable resignati m to their fine. Give ifn-m, Mi ther English, Scotch, o * Iri-n, the allenntive of and prepare the rolonifs for the influx by an inc ctsed staff, by public work*, and by a liberal ejstem of government calculated to httruct the cjpual, the enterprise, and the education of the -mother coun'ry. Our hope is, that such an opening once provided for the access of our in'iuitrious and able population, th-re will not be tV-t overwhelming pressure on the fundsof churitr at and it will be more practicable to discriminate be ween innocent and criminal destitution. But the cris sis imminent. The disorder g-dus ground, at any rate, finds occupation w-iit t'lt the tedious process s of the law have divided liisti properties. Hi-w many generations must pass anay t>efun» Lough Nea;h gives a thousand mure scree to the plough ? Six necks and as many pounds suflioe to plant the poor peasant where neither title-deeds, nor mortgages, nor judgment bonds, nor county cess, nor standing water, shall inierfere with his axe or spade.— The Imperial Legislature knows at list ihat it must do something, and it will not grudge the money,

Declaration of Louis Philippe.—At the Bridgehouse Hotel, at Newhawn, the ex-King granted an audience to several inhabitants from Brighton. Thy were received most cordially. Louis Philippe, clasping his hands as if overpoweted by his emotions, began immediatelvto speak on the subject of the revolution:— *' Charles X. (exclaimed the ex-King) was destroyed ■ • r breaking the Charter, and I hare been overthrown f<T defending it, and keeping my oath. J wish this to b distinctly understood, und I hope it wi'l be made