England；　as　I　persuade　myself；　still　contains　in　it　many　_kings_；　possesses；　as　old　Rome　did；　many　men　not　needing　〃election〃　to　command；　but　eternally　elected　for　it　by　the　Maker　Himself。　　England's　one　hope　is　in　these；　just　now。　　They　are　among　the　silent；　I　believe；　mostly　far　away　from　platforms　and　public　palaverings；　not　speaking　forth　the　image　of　their　nobleness　in　transitory　words；　but　imprinting　it；　each　on　his　own　little　section　of　the　world；　in　silent　facts；　in　modest　valiant　actions；　that　will　endure　forevermore。　　They　must　sit　silent　no　longer。　　They　are　summoned　to　assert　themselves；　to　act　forth；　and　articulately　vindicate；　in　the　teeth　of　howling　multitudes；　of　a　world　too　justly　_maddened_　into　all　manner　of　delirious　clamors；　what　of　wisdom　they　derive　from　God。　　England；　and　the　Eternal　Voices；　summon　them；　poor　England　never　so　needed　them　as　now。　　Up；　be　doing　everywhere：　　the　hour　of　crisis　has　verily　come！　　In　all　sections　of　English　life；　the　god…made　_king_　is　needed；　is　pressingly　demanded　in　most；　in　some；　cannot　longer；　without　peril　as　of　conflagration；　be　dispensed　with。　　He；　wheresoever　he　finds　himself；　can　say；　〃Here　too　am　I　wanted；　here　is　the　kingdom　I　have　to　subjugate；　and　introduce　God's　Laws　into；God's　Laws；　instead　of　Mammon's　and　M'Croudy's　and　the　Old　Anarch's！　　Here　is　my　work；　here　or　nowhere。〃Are　there　many　such；　who　will　answer　to　the　call；　in　England？　　It　turns　on　that；　whether　England；　rapidly　crumbling　in　these　very　years　and　months；　shall　go　down　to　the　Abyss　as　her　neighbors　have　all　done；　or　survive　to　new　grander　destinies　_without_　solution　of　continuity！　　Probably　the　chief　question　of　the　world　at　present。
  The　true　〃commander〃　and　king；　he　who　knows　for　himself　the　divine　Appointments　of　this　Universe；　the　Eternal　Laws　ordained　by　God　the　Maker；　in　conforming　to　which　lies　victory　and　felicity；　in　departing　from　which　lies；　and　forever　must　lie；　sorrow　and　defeat；　for　each　and　all　of　the　Posterity　of　Adam　in　every　time　and　every　place；　he　who　has　sworn　fealty　to　these；　and　dare　alone　against　the　world　assert　these；　and　dare　not　with　the　whole　world　at　his　back　deflect　from　these；he；　I　know　too　well；　is　a　rare　man。　　Difficult　to　discover；　not　quite　discoverable；　I　apprehend；　by　manoeuvring　of　ballot…boxes；　and　riddling　of　the　popular　clamor　according　to　the　most　approved　methods。　　He　is　not　sold　at　any　shop　I　know　of；though　sometimes；　as　at　the　sign　of　the　Ballot…box；　he　is　advertised　for　sale。　　Difficult　indeed　to　discover：　　and　not　very　much　assisted；　or　encouraged　in　late　times；　to　discover　_himself_；which；　I　think；　might　be　a　kind　of　help？　　Encouraged　rather；　and　commanded　in　all　ways；　if　he　be　wise；　to　_hide_　himself；　and　give　place　to　the　windy　Counterfeit　of　himself；　such　as　the　universal　suffrages　can　recognize；　such　as　loves　the　most　sweet　voices　of　the　universal　suffrages！O　Peter；　what　becomes　of　such　a　People；　what　can　become？
  Did　you　never　hear；　with　the　mind's　ear　as　well；　that　fateful　Hebrew　Prophecy；　I　think　the　fatefulest　of　all；　which　sounds　daily　through　the　streets；　〃Ou'　clo！　　Ou'　clo！〃A　certain　People；　once　upon　a　time；　clamorously　voted　by　overwhelming　majority；　〃Not　_he_；　Barabbas；　not　he！　_Him_；　and　what　he　is；　and　what　be　deserves；　we　know　well　enough：　　a　reviler　of　the　Chief　Priests　and　sacred　Chancery　wigs；　a　seditious　Heretic；　physical…force　Chartist；　and　enemy　of　his　country　and　mankind：　　To　the　gallows　and　the　cross　with　him！　　Barabbas　is　our　man；　Barabbas；　we　are　for　Barabbas！〃　　They　got　Barabbas：have　you　well　considered　what　a　fund　of　purblind　obduracy；　of　opaque　_flunkyism_　grown　truculent　and　transcendent；　what　an　eye　for　the　phylacteries；　and　want　of　eye　for　the　eternal　noblenesses；　sordid　loyalty　to　the　prosperous　Semblances；　and　high…treason　against　the　Supreme　Fact；　such　a　vote　betokens　in　these　natures？　　For　it　was　the　consummation　of　a　long　series　of　such；　they　and　their　fathers　had　long　kept　voting　so。　　A　singular　People；　who　could　both　produce　such　divine　men；　and　then　could　so　stone　and　crucify　them；　a　People　terrible　from　the　beginning！Well；　they　got　Barabbas；　and　they　got；　of　course；　such　guidance　as　Barabbas　and　the　like　of　him　could　give　them；　and；　of　course；　they　stumbled　ever　downwards　and　devilwards；　in　their　truculent　stiffnecked　way；　andand；　at　this　hour；　after　eighteen　centuries　of　sad　fortune；　they　prophetically　sing　〃Ou'　clo！〃　　in　all　the　cities　of　the　world。　　Might　the　world；　at　this　late　hour；　but　take　note　of　them；　and　understand　their　song　a　little！
  Yes；　there　are　some　things　the　universal　suffrage　can　decide；and　about　these　it　will　be　exceedingly　useful　to　consult　the　universal　suffrage：　　but　in　regard　to　most　things　of　importance；　and　in　regard　to　the　choice　of　men　especially；　there　is　（astonishing　as　it　may　seem）　next　to　no　capability　on　the　part　of　universal　suffrage。I　request　all　candid　persons；　who　have　never　so　little　originality　of　mind；　and　every　man　has　a　little；　to　consider　this。　　If　true；　it　involves　such　a　change　in　our　now　fashionable　modes　of　procedure　as　fills　me　with　astonishment　and　alarm。　　_If_　popular　suffrage　is　not　the　way　of　ascertaining　what　the　Laws　of　the　Universe　are；　and　who　it　is　that　will　best　guide　us　in　the　way　of　these；then　woe　is　to　us　if　we　do　not　take　another　method。　　Delolme　on　the　British　Constitution　will　not　save　us；　deaf　will　the　Parcae　be　to　votes　of　the　House；　to　leading　articles；　constitutional　philosophies。　　The　other　methodalas；　it　involves　a　stopping　short；　or　vital　change　of　direction；　in　the　glorious　career　which　all　Europe；　with　shouts　heaven…high；　is　now　galloping　along：　　and　that；　happen　when　it　may；　will；　to　many　of　us；　be　probably　a　rather　surprising　business！
  One　thing　I　do　know；　and　can　again　assert　with　great　confidence；　supported　by　the　whole　Universe；　and　by　some　two　hundred　generations　of　men；　who　have　left　us　some　record　of　themselves　there；　That　the　few　Wise　will　have；　by　one　method　or　another；　to　take　command　of　the　innumerable　Foolish；　that　they　must　be　got　to　take　it；and　that；　in　fact；　since　Wisdom；　which　means　also　Valor　and　heroic　Nobleness；　is　alone　strong　in　this　world；　and　one　wise　man　is　stronger　than　all　men　unwise；　they　can　be　got。　　That　they　must　take　it；　and　having　taken；　must　keep　it；　and　do　their　God's　Message　in　it；　and　defend　the　same；　at　their　life's　peril；　against　all　men　and　devils。　This　I　do　clearly　believe　to　be　the　backbone　of　all　Future　Society；　as　it　has　been　of　all　Past；　and　that　without　it；　there　is　no　Society　possible　in　the　world。　　And　what　a　business　_this_　will　be；　before　it　end　in　some　degree　of　victory　again；　and　whether　the　time　for　shouts　of　triumph　and　tremendous　cheers　upon　it　is　yet　come；　or　not　yet　by　a　great　way；　I　perceive　too　well！　　A　business　to　make　us　all　very　serious　indeed。　　A　business　not　to　be　accomplished　but　by　noble　manhood；　and　devout　all…daring；　all…enduring　loyalty　to　Heaven；　such　as　fatally　_sleeps_　at　present；such　as　is　not　_dead_　at　present　either；　unless　the　gods　have　doomed　this　world　of　theirs　to　die！　　A　business　which　long　centuries　of　faithful　travail　and　heroic　agony；　on　the　part　of　all　the　noble　that　are　born　to　us；　will　not　end；　and　which　to　us；　of　this　〃tremendous　cheering〃　century；　it　were　blessedness　very　great　to　see　successfully　begun。　　Begun；　tried　by　all　manner　of　methods；　if　there　is　one　wise　Statesman　or　man　left　among　us；　it　verily　must　be；begun；　successfully　or　unsuccessfully；　we　do　hope　to　see　it！
  In　all　European　countries；　especially　in　England；　one　class　of　Captains　and　commanders　of　men；　recognizable　as　the　beginning　of　a　new　real　and　not　imaginary　〃Aristocracy；〃　has　already　in　some　measure　developed　itself：　　the　Captains　of　Industry；happily　the　class　who　above　all；　or　at　least　first　of　all；　are　wanted　in　this　time。　　In　the　doing　of　material　work；　we　have　already　men　among　us　that　can　command　bodies　of　men。　　And　surely；　on　the　other　hand；　there　is　no　lack　of　men　needing　to　be　commanded：　　the　sad　class　of　brother…men　whom　we　had　to　describe　as　〃Hodge's　emancipated　horses；〃　reduced　to　roving　famine；this　too　has　in　all　countries　developed　itself；　and；　in　fatal　geometrical　progression；　is　ever　more　developing　itself；　with　a　rapidity　which　alarms　every　one。　　On　this　ground；　if　not　on　all　manner　of　other　grounds；　it　may　be　truly　said；　the　〃Organization　of　Labor〃　（_not_　organizable　by　the　mad　methods　tried　hitherto）　is　the　universal　vital　Problem　of　the　world。
  To　bring　these　hordes　of　outcast　captainless　soldiers　under　due　captaincy？　This　is　really　the　question　of　questions；　on　the　answer　to　which　turns；　among　other　things；　the　fate　of　all　Governments；　constitutional　and　other；the　possibility　of　their　continuing　to　exist；　or　the　impossibility。　Captainless；　uncommanded；　these　wretched　outcast　〃soldiers；〃　since　they　cannot　starve；　must　needs　become　banditti；　street…barricaders；destroyers　of　every　Government　that　_cannot_　put　them　under　captains；　and　send　them　upon　enterprises；　and　in　short　render　life　human　to　them。　　Our　English　plan　of　Poor　Laws；　which　we　once　piqued　ourselves　upon　as　sovereign；　is　evidently　fast　breaking　down。　　Ireland；　now　admitted　into　the　Idle　Workhouse；　is　rapidly　bursting　it　in　pieces。　　That　never　was　a　〃human〃　destiny　for　any　honest　son　of　Adam；　n