The True Peace Policy.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume X, Issue 640, 16 August 1853, Page 4

The True Peace Policy .

The appointment of the Earl of Elleaniere as Her Majesty's Special Commissioner to the American Government, at the opening of the forthcoming Great Exhibition at New York, has given unalloyed satisfaction to the friends of peace between the two countries. Nothing could be in better taste than the selection of such a nobleman as

the representative of Great Britain on this occasion. No man in England is better suited for the office than Lord Ellesmere. His great wealth, his exalted rank, the high position that he occupies in the world of letters, and his cultivated taste in all matters pertaining to the fine arts, point him out as peculiarly fitted to draw still closer the bond of union, which it is as much the desire as the interest of Great Britain to maintain with our transatlantic brethren. Nothing has been left undone to enhance the value of the compliment offered by Her Majesty's Government towards that of the United States. The noble Earl, with his suite, will be despatched in one of Her Majesty's frigates ) and immediately on his arrival, he will proceed to Washington, where he will remain for three months, as the guest of our able Minister, Mr. Crampton, whose wise and conciliatory policy has already so remarkably diminished the antiEnglish feeling which, previous to his appointment, had been on the increase among the American people. The auspicious conjunction of two such men as Lord Ellesmere and Mr. Crampton, coupled with the graceful tribute offered by Lord Clarendon to "the zeal, ability, and good judgment" of the latter statesman, afford strong evidence of the amity existing between the Governments of England and America — an amity which some of some of our would-be politicians in this country have taken such pains to disturb. — 2b.

The Value op Machinery. — When spinning jennies and powerlooms were first introduced into England, nothing would do with the outraged and insulted spinners and weavers but pulling down the factories and breaking the machines. Poor shortsighted mortals! how much tbey resembled Don Quixote battling with the windmill! We do not say but the hand-spinners and hand-loom weavers of old enjoyed more of the comforts of life than they do now, and perhaps enjoyed the world with a more hearty relish, but this we do know that those power machines which have superseded severe human toil have greatly benefitted the very operatives who were ruthlessly opposed to their introduction. Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, declared that the invention of the threshing-machine was one of the greatest blessings ever conferred npon mankind. The drudgery of the flail was as the life of a helot to him ; he became a freeman when the threshingmachine was invented. There was a machine for planing wood, too; its introduction was violenty opposed by carpenters — their occupation, like Othello's , was gone, and nothing would suit many of them but smashing up the planers. But are there no£ many carpenters, in the world, now, who look upon this machine as a blessing? It was their emancipation ; it relieved them from a toil which, at best, is gross drudgery. Machinery has done wonders for the elevation of our race, and we also believe that it has but begun to fulfil its mission. Some people have extolled the blessings of machinery for allowing more time for mental development ; this is one benefit it has conferred upon mankind. Laziness is a vice, and a lazy, idle man, should not eat ; every man and woman should do something for themselves. There are too many men and women who kill themselves with idleness. There are thousands in our cities who are not under the necessity of working to procure daily bread, who, nevertheless, for their own health and pleasure should labour, or take active exercise in the open air every day. On the other hand there are thousands, who drudge away at unhealthy occupations, wearing out soul and body to win their daily bread. Improvements in machinery will benefit this latter class, and improve their condition. Improvements in machinery for the rapid and cheap construction, manufacture, and execution of domestic' utensils, goods, and labour, are the very things on which the attention of philanthropic inventors should be fixed, "They were good old days," say the old folks at home, "when all things were made for the family on the plantation and farm. Our clothes were not so fine, but nobody wanted ; there was less pride and more contentment." There is much truth in this, and we are far from believing that large factories, and congregated hundreds labouring together in pent-up workshops, is a higher developement of humanity, we believe that in the majority of cases, it is the very reverse — men and women have become the servants of machinery insted of machinery having become their servants. Can we not lookto a future of better things ? We can, at least, point to the road which will lead to it ; this is our present object. Sewing-machines, simple and cheap machines for making boots and shoes, great improvements in small carding and spinning machines, and weaving looms, together with other machines for doing different kinds of domestic labour, would conduce to a. greater elevation of our race ; this is the climax of our remarks — improvement of machinery for the benefit of the toilers.

The 'New York ITerald' announces the appointment of the Hon. James Buchanan as Ambassador to England in the following terms : —"A telegraphic despatch from Washington announces the -gratifying fact of the nomination, made by the President, and immediately confirmed by the Senate, of the Hon. James Buchanan as Minister of the Court of Saint James. We regard the selection as in every respect a wise and judicious one. Mr. Buchanans talents as a statesman and diplomatist are recognized by all parties of the country, and we do not know that the appointment could be conferred on one more deserving of honour."