New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-26

adopted BY the whole body in Engisnd and Scot
land n ireland there are few Chartists; that
whole marion is agi.ated with disputes between
p,o,es,an, and Papist aud blinded 10 every thing
bnt RensaL. The Charter above alluded to claims
/. The Right of Universal Suffrage: .. Annual
/ Elections: 8. Vote by Ballot: 4. Payment Ell
Members of Parliament j. That every man
shall be eligible to office. The thrones OF Europe
are startled at these demands; but an American
can only be surprised that they ask so Little, aad
that their catalogue Of rights embraces only things
so familiar here, that: like the alphabet, they
almost forgotten.
| The origin of the Chartis,s, as a sect, might be
very distinctly traced far back as 1910, for
Harry Vane and other kindred spirits Of lhar time
advocated many OF their principles, which, though
overlooked, still slept in the bosos OF the people,
ready for development whenever circumstances
| should call them into life. Oar own Revolution
quickened these ideas into fresh activity and the
cause has always found scattered advocates among
! the people. In 1880, Charles James Fox and
Thomas B. Hollis (the latter well known in New
! England as the muuiGceat beEcfactor Of Harvard
| College, rs Chnirmcn CT a Committee appointed
! by the votes Of Westminster, both reported in ia
voI of the plan of government advocated by the
Chartists of the present day; and, us early as
| 1880, the Duke of Richmond introduced bill into
the House Of Lords giving the right Of voting to
every man not inca paciiated by crime.
The ALLIANCES of the Churists with the Socialists
| may explain, thought cannot excuse, the disquiet
which the advocacy OF their princi pies has excited
in Great Britain Presenting themselves in such
company, the English people looked upon them
with distrust
1t issingular, said Mr.. p, how much the cause
Of Liberty has been indebted 10 those whom tie
religion Of the Gay has branded as lnideic, and
] how much in cur time, to Inhdels in reality. This
is singular, because. until Christianity, there
| nothing like Liberty. With all the parade Of
! classic times, neither in Athens nor Rome was
there vestige of Freedom, properly SO called
| There were more slaves than ireemen. The bat
tie of Marathon, as Everett has remarked, was
| fought by slaves just unclaimed from their mas
ters' door-posts. 1t is to the democratic organga-
| ton OF the Christian Church that Freedom owes
| its existence. The Catholic Church, corrupt as
she was. held for ages the ark of civil liberty
within her bosom. The Purtans in their day,
were the knigtt-errants of human rights Yet
France owes the invaluable benefits OF her Revo-
luton to lnhdelty. Oar own Revolution was not
T. little indebted to Paine; and the cause of hu-
man rights in Great Brtan, within the last so
years, has owed much TO men upon whom rested
the tacit II not the open anathemas OF the Church
When Christianity, srnothered ia abuses, becomes
dom army falls into an alliance with Iniidciy.
Let US see that, in our own land, perfect tolera-
ton of I'll sects and opinions shall save history
from such bots, ard keep the banner-s,af of Free
dom in the hands of that Faith which is at once
her parent and champion.
Mr.. T. next advertcd to the spirit Of war and
conquest, which, in Great Britain, had maintained
u long and successful struggle with commercial
nerests-thus blocking up the PG;h of Reform,
and this, he said, was owing to causes beyond the
control of any single generation, Much as young
men pride themselves on novelty and independ-
ence, not single generation can free itself from
the leading-strngs of the last No man can
wholly educate his1self Some men dread Reform
its excuses, its headlong course. They know
little of the philosophy Of the human mind. God
has wisely provided that changes should DC slow
in mans condition as we'll nature; aud TO this
end he has beaded the feelings Of the present SO
deeply in the habits of the past as to prevent VIC.
lent Innovations Some men dread the rashness
of the uneducated classes: but alas ignorance is
o.tener obstinate than rash. ThG customs Of
thousand years ago are the sheet-anchor OF the
present generation, so deeply buried ihat the most
violent efforts of the most headlopg spirits can
move it but hairs breaath. This conservative
power becomes curse, when it is strengthened
by artificial barriers to frown down the spirit Of
improvement. 1t is thus with the British Consti-
tutien. Though the spirit Of Reform may have
thrown down, here and there, Wondering but
tress, the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES remain uHchangcd.-
The original plan of the government was the tenn
porary league OF knights and it has lost sight of
the CITIZEN in the soldier So unchanged are its
great outlines said Mr. p, that the laws of the
Norman pirates now starve the working-men of
Manchester kindle the riots of birmingham, and
cause the grass 10 grow on the wharves of Liver
pool; aye, and stretch their baleful shadow across
the Atlantic, 10 blight the young prosperity OF the
West.
The cause of the present Revolution in Great
Britain is that the people want bread, Religion
and Starvation are the only influences which can
raise the body OF a people against their govern
ment The Swiss repellet foreign tyrant; the
Dutch Protestants rebelled against rersecuting
Catholic prince; the French peasant hated the
MOBILES because their luxury starved them; and
! the present movements in Great Britain result
from the tact, that the policy OF the government,
brings 10 mulhtudes bare table and cold hearth,
and to Others idle looms and bankruptcy. This
want and depression Of trade are owing to the
undue performance of the military spirit in the
government; and the whole history of Great Brit
tain is lesson or the folly Of war. To this Mo-
loch she has sacrificed her peace her people and
much of her commerce; and the next half century
will decide whether the monarchy Itself will not
be swallowed up in the vortex. 1t is mistake
| TO suppose that the mass OF the people OF Eng
land are opposed to the crown. Every man in
England IS tuft hunter and loyal TO the 1t
is only when his natural pride in aristociacy Is
| starred out Of him, that he thinks of Reform.
tits only by looking a, principles which have
been long operating, that understand the
presen, state OF parties in England, or the ,eyou-
ton which has been going on for centuries, and
which ia now In lis crisis. I, hns fer r,.n.s nf