One　thing　is　undeniable；　and　must　be　continually　repeated　till　it　get　to　be　understood　again：　　Of　all　constitutions；　forms　of　government；　and　political　methods　among　men；　the　question　to　be　asked　is　even　this；　What　kind　of　man　do　you　set　over　us？　　All　questions　are　answered　in　the　answer　to　this。　Another　thing　is　worth　attending　to：　　No　people　or　populace；　with　never　such　ballot…boxes；　can　select　such　man　for　you；　only　the　man　of　worth　can　recognize　worth　in　men；to　the　commonplace　man　of　no　or　of　little　worth；　you；　unless　you　wish　to　be　_mis_led；　need　not　apply　on　such　an　occasion。　Those　poor　Tenpound　Franchisers　of　yours；　they　are　not　even　in　earnest；　the　poor　sniffing　sniggering　Honorable　Gentlemen　they　send　to　Parliament　are　as　little　so。　　Tenpound　Franchisers　full　of　mere　beer　and　balderdash；　Honorable　Gentlemen　come　to　Parliament　as　to　an　Almack's　series　of　evening　parties；　or　big　cockmain　（battle　of　all　the　cocks）　very　amusing　to　witness　and　bet　upon：　　what　can　or　could　men　in　that　predicament　ever　do　for　you？　Nay；　if　they　were　in　life…and…death　earnest；　what　could　it　avail　you　in　such　a　case？　　I　tell　you；　a　million　blockheads　looking　authoritatively　into　one　man　of　what　you　call　genius；　or　noble　sense；　will　make　nothing　but　nonsense　out　of　him　and　his　qualities；　and　his　virtues　and　defects；　if　they　look　till　the　end　of　time。　　He　understands　them；　sees　what　they　are；　but　that　they　should　understand　him；　and　see　with　rounded　outline　what　his　limits　are；this；　which　would　mean　that　they　are　bigger　than　he；　is　forever　denied　them。　　Their　one　good　understanding　of　him　is　that　they　at　last　should　loyally　say；　〃We　do　not　quite　understand　thee；　we　perceive　thee　to　be　nobler　and　wiser　and　bigger　than　we；　and　will　loyally　follow　thee。〃
  The　question　therefore　arises；　Whether；　since　reform　of　parliament　and　such　like　have　done　so　little　in　that　respect；　the　problem　might　not　be　with　some　hope　attacked　in　the　direct　manner？　　Suppose　all　our　Institutions；　and　Public　Methods　of　Procedure；　to　continue　for　the　present　as　they　are；　and　suppose　farther　a　Reform　Premier；　and　the　English　Nation　once　awakening　under　him　to　a　due　sense　of　the　infinite　importance；　nay　the　vital　necessity　there　is　of　getting　able　and　abler　men：might　not　some　heroic　wisdom；　and　actual　〃ability〃　to　do　what　must　be　done；　prove　discoverable　to　said　Premier；　and　so　the　indispensable　Heaven's…blessing　descend　to　us　from　_above_；　since　none　has　yet　sprung　from　below？　　From　above　we　shall　have　to　try　it；　the　other　is　exhausted；a　hopeless　method　that！　　The　utmost　passion　of　the　house…inmates；　ignorant　of　masonry　and　architecture；　cannot　avail　to　cure　the　house　of　smoke：　　not　if　_they_　vote　and　agitate　forever；　and　bestir　themselves　to　the　length　even　of　street…barricades；　will　the　_smoke_　in　the　least　abate：　　how　can　it？　　Their　passion　exercised　in　such　ways；　till　Doomsday；　will　avail　them　nothing。　　Let　their　passion　rage　steadily　against　the　existing　major…domos　to　this　effect；　〃_Find_　us　men　skilled　in　house…building；　acquainted　with　the　laws　of　atmospheric　suction；　and　capable　to　cure　smoke；〃　something　might　come　of　it！　　In　the　lucky　circumstance　of　having　one　man　of　real　intellect　and　courage　to　put　at　the　head　of　the　movement；　much　would　come　of　it；a　New　Downing　Street；　fit　for　the　British　Nation　and　its　bitter　necessities　in　this　Now　Era；　would　come；　and　from　that；　in　answer　to　continuous　sacred　fidelity　and　valiant　toil；　all　good　whatsoever　would　gradually　come。
  Of　the　Continental　nuisance　called　〃Bureaucracy；〃if　this　should　alarm　any　reader；I　can　see　no　risk　or　possibility　in　England。　　Democracy　is　hot　enough　here；　fierce　enough；　it　is　perennial；　universal；　clearly　invincible　among　us　henceforth。　　No　danger　it　should　let　itself　be　flung　in　chains　by　sham　secretaries　of　the　Pedant　species；　and　accept　their　vile　Age　of　Pinchbeck　for　its　Golden　Age！　　Democracy　clamors；　with　its　Newspapers；　its　Parliaments；　and　all　its　twenty…seven　million　throats；　continually　in　this　Nation　forevermore。　　I　remark；　too；　that；　the　unconscious　purport　of　all　its　clamors　is　even　this；　〃Find　us　men　skilled；〃_make_　a　New　Downing　Street；　fit　for　the　New　Era！
  Of　the　Foreign　Office；　in　its　reformed　state；　we　have　not　much　to　say。　Abolition　of　imaginary　work；　and　replacement　of　it　by　real；　is　on　all　hands　understood　to　be　very　urgent　there。　　Large　needless　expenditures　of　money；　immeasurable　ditto　of　hypocrisy　and　grimace；　embassies；　protocols；　worlds　of　extinct　traditions；　empty　pedantries；　foul　cobwebs：but　we　will　by　no　means　apply　the　〃live　coal〃　of　our　witty　friend；　the　Foreign　Office　will　repent；　and　not　be　driven　to　suicide！　　A　truer　time　will　come　for　the　Continental　Nations　too：　　Authorities　based　on　truth；　and　on　the　silent　or　spoken　Worship　of　Human　Nobleness；　will　again　get　themselves　established　there；　all　Sham…Authorities；　and　consequent　Real…Anarchies　based　on　universal　suffrage　and　the　Gospel　according　to　George　Sand；　being　put　away；　and　noble　action；　heroic　new…developments　of　human　faculty　and　industry；　and　blessed　fruit　as　of　Paradise　getting　itself　conquered　from　the　waste　battle…field　of　the　chaotic　elements；　will　once　more；　there　as　here；　begin　to　show　themselves。
  When　the　Continental　Nations　have　once　got　to　the　bottom　of　_their_　Augean　Stable；　and　begun　to　have　real　enterprises　based　on　the　eternal　facts　again；　our　Foreign　Office　may　again　have　extensive　concerns　with　them。　　And　at　all　times；　and　even　now；　there　will　remain　the　question　to　be　sincerely　put　and　wisely　answered；　What　essential　concern　_has_　the　British　Nation　with　them　and　their　enterprises？　　Any　concern　at　all；　except　that　of　handsomely　keeping　apart　from　them？　　If　so；　what　are　the　methods　of　best　managing　it？At　present；　as　was　said；　while　Red　Republic　but　clashes　with　foul　Bureaucracy；　and　Nations；　sunk　in　blind　ignavia；　demand　a　universal…suffrage　Parliament　to　heal　their　wretchedness；　and　wild　Anarchy　and　Phallus…Worship　struggle　with　Sham…Kingship　and　extinct　or　galvanized　Catholicism；　and　in　the　Cave　of　the　Winds　all　manner　of　rotten　waifs　and　wrecks　are　hurled　against　each　other；our　English　interest　in　the　controversy；　however　huge　said　controversy　grow；　is　quite　trifling；　we　have　only　in　a　handsome　manner　to　say　to　it：　　〃Tumble　and　rage　along；　ye　rotten　waifs　and　wrecks；　clash　and　collide　as　seems　fittest　to　you；　and　smite　each　other　into　annihilation　at　your　own　good　pleasure。　　In　that　huge　conflict；　dismal　but　unavoidable；　we；　thanks　to　our　heroic　ancestors；　having　got　so　far　ahead　of　you；　have　now　no　interest　at　all。　　Our　decided　notion　is；　the　dead　ought　to　bury　their　dead　in　such　a　case：　　and　so　we　have　the　honor　to　be；　with　distinguished　consideration；　your　entirely　devoted；FLIMNAP；　SEC。　FOREIGN　DEPARTMENT。〃I　really　think　Flimnap；　till　truer　times　come；　ought　to　treat　much　of　his　work　in　this　way：　　cautious　to　give　offence　to　his　neighbors；　resolute　not　to　concern　himself　in　any　of　their　self…annihilating　operations　whatsoever。
  Foreign　wars　are　sometimes　unavoidable。　　We　ourselves；　in　the　course　of　natural　merchandising　and　laudable　business；　have　now　and　then　got　into　ambiguous　situations；　into　quarrels　which　needed　to　be　settled；　and　without　fighting　would　not　settle。　　Sugar　Islands；　Spice　Islands；　Indias；　Canadas；　these；　by　the　real　decree　of　Heaven；　were　ours；　and　nobody　would　or　could　believe　it；　till　it　was　tried　by　cannon　law；　and　so　proved。　　Such　cases　happen。　　In　former　times　especially；　owing　very　much　to　want　of　intercourse　and　to　the　consequent　mutual　ignorance；　there　did　occur　misunderstandings：　and　therefrom　many　foreign　wars；　some　of　them　by　no　means　unnecessary。　With　China；　or　some　distant　country；　too　unintelligent　of　us　and　too　unintelligible　to　us；　there　still　sometimes　rises　necessary　occasion　for　a　war。　　Nevertheless　warsmisunderstandings　that　get　to　the　length　of　arguing　themselves　out　by　sword　and　cannonhave；　in　these　late　generations　of　improved　intercourse；　been　palpably　becoming　less　and　less　necessary；　have　in　a　manner　become　superfluous；　if　we　had　a　little　wisdom；　and　our　Foreign　Office　on　a　good　footing。
  Of　European　wars　I　really　hardly　remember　any；　since　Oliver　Cromwell's　last　Protestant　or　Liberation　war　with　Popish　antichristian　Spain　some　two　hundred　years　ago；　to　which　I　for　my　own　part　could　have　contributed　my　life　with　any　heartiness；　or　in　fact　would　have　subscribed　money　itself　to　any　considerable　amount。　　Dutch　William；　a　man　of　some　heroism；　did　indeed　get　into　troubles　with　Louis　Fourteenth；　and　there　rested　still　some　shadow　of　Protestant　Interest；　and　question　of　National　and　individual　Independence；　over　those　wide　controversies；　a　little　money　and　human　enthusiasm　was　still　due　to　Dutch　William。　　Illustrious　Chatham　also；　not　to　speak　of　his　Manilla　ransoms　and　the　like；　did　one　thing：　　assisted　Fritz　of　Prussia；　a　brave　man　and　king　（almost　the　only　sovereign　King　I　have　known　since　Cromwell's　time）　like　to　be　borne　down　by　ignoble　men　and　sham…kings；　for　this　let　illustrious　Chatham　too　have　a　little　money　and　human　enthusiasm；a　little；　by　no　means　much。　　But　what　am　I　to　say　of　heaven…born　Pitt　the　son　of　Chatham？　　England　sent　forth　her　fleets　and　armies；　her　money　into　every　country；　money　as　if　the　heaven…born　Chancellor　had