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

dreamers looked for highly change; but the
great loans effected by OUT country in England
eoncurring with other causes on the Continent,
gave an impulse to trade, and the excitement died
away. Our imports from England, which, in 1890,
were not as great as they werein1300, doubled by
1888 the looms were busy, the people had work,
ard faction ceased; thus exemflifying the remark
OF Rothschil1, that England vas the great heart
of the commercial world, and destined to be az
fected when the remotest nation was CONFUSED.
Mr.. P. sdverted TO the injurious, unequal and
oppressive effects OF the Corn Laws, which he IL
Illustrated By convincing statistics. He stated, on
the authority of Hume, NJ. P, that the industr-
Gus classes pay toward the interest of the national
debt three times as much as the holders of land,
for whose Interest the debt was created, and who
receive immense profits from the Corn Laws
Strike oul those laws said Mr. P, and YOU take from
the pockets of ne landholdcrs sum equal to the
whole ex oorts of Great Britain 4 sum equal to
the whole Revenue of the three kingdoms is taken
annually from those who live on little more than
20 cents q day, and given TO those who already
have Gl000G year!
This state Of things awakened the feelings of
the nation and an Intellectual effort was made to
repeat be bread lax. Zen years ago, Hume found
but twelve supporters in Parliament; Villiers two
years ago. found 179; and in 1871, Lord John
Russels plan OF practica! repeal was supported
by 226 votes. Still, it was defeated, and Chart
ism awoke The people, convinced that nothing
favorable is to be expected while the Legise-
ture is in the haadss of privileged class, are
concentrating their efforts on the question Of Uni
versal Suffrage. The genius of Burke, and the
eloquence OF Johnson would fain persuade US that
government vested in the hands of the educated
classes is the wisest, aud trusted to those who
have an interest in the soil is the safest It may
be brilliant theory but stubborn facts are against
II, and 1t involves the grossest injustice. The le
gislatve landlords, in ievyipg taxes, have thrown
the burden chiefly upon The manufacturers, trades
men, and other laborirg classes. The windows Of
the cottage are subco, to duty, but those placed in
The luxurious houses OF the rich are free. Every
auction-sae pays duty, except that of the rich
landhoders stock. Lime, nnits way to thebllld-
er, is taxed; but, when used by the landholder for
agricultural purposes, is free The iron mines Of
these aadprinces are exempt from the poor rates,
but the weaver's bed may be taken for him -
The game of the rich is defended by The penalty
OF seven years transportation while the poor mans
land may be trespassed on for a trifing fine
lhese and similar acts of oppression have coz
veTtsd the Anti-Corn Law agitators into Char,sts,
In effect, though they do NOT take the narne The
most distinguished man of this class is JosEPH
SruRGE, or birmingham, of the foremost lead
ers OF the Anti Slavery Enterprise in Great Brit
AIN. lie Is now the acknowledged head OF the
Moral Force Chariists, as they are called FER.
GUS OCoNNoR is the leader of the other division !;
but the idea OF physical force, the resort OF
men driven 70 desperation, is well nigh abandon
ed. O'CoNNoR's violent but eloquent pen has
been the life of The enterprise in its darkest days.
A.. II
the Charter supported by 10 votes, among
whom were O'Conncll and other distinguished
men. Among the distinguished Chariists out Of
Parliament, Mr.. P. mentioned VIM. H. Ashurst,
an eminent Solicitor of London, DR.. Bowrns, j.
S. Buckingham, Rev. Patrick Brewster of Palsy,
and the Rev. Thomas Spencer, late fellow of ST.
Johns College, Cambridge.
There are four papers devoted TO the Chartist
cause The North Star edited by O'conner, was
long supposed to have the most extensive rircula-
ton Of any periodical in Great Britain. The Nom
Conformst, known to be under the direction Of
Ashurst, is the organ of the moral Chartists. One
of the best pamphlets on the subject was written
by Wa Lovett, Engineer, and John Collins, Tool
maker, and published while they were confined in
Warwick Jail for some political offence. 1t is
hardly too much to say that for noble diction and
thought it hai few equals in any of the Essays
which recent political events in England have pro-
duced
The Chartisls, as a body, have taken no action
in relation to the Established Church or National
Debt. Doubtless many are ready to abolish the
Church, as indeed the great body of the glish
people would willingly do; and some advocate a
population of the Debt. Many think that the
Debt is not National, but an Aristocratic one,
incurred to uphold high rents and sustain the
Aristocracy in The exercise Of an unjust power,
and therefore that it ought not to be paid; but
the greater number would prefer to compound
with the creditors by paying them as far as they
could out of the Church property and national do
mains. The Rev. Thos. Spencer advocates the
foil payment Of the debt, and probably, OH far
lher consideration, such would be the decision OF
the majority.
MIR. 2. remarked that nothing cosld show moro
strongly the utter weakness and dependence OF the
people than The perseverance with which they in
sis on the ballot; the privilege of secrecy being
regarded as scarcely less important than the right
of suffrage Itself They knew that without this,
the right of voting would be a ulockery, which
would still leave them bound in the hands of the
rich Whata contrast to this is presented in on.
own country, where every man is proud of the
party on whose side be votes
In the celebrated letter to Lord Durham pub
shcd in 1889, the Radicals apologize for not car
ryipg out their principles by claiming the right OF
Suffrage for women, the ground that there would
be probability OF effecting such change; and
a similar apology is found in the Preface to the
Charter itself. Buckingham is understood to ad-
vocate the right OF women to the elective fran
chise, and OF many others. Mr.. Surge has
never publicly ayowed his opinion on this poiat
bur he IS supposed TO advocate rho right of un-
married women tovote.
Mr.. P. next showed that the National Deb; was
contracted in order to prosecute the various wars
in which Great Britain had been engaged; and
that, after the close of the war with Napoleon,
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