Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-03

ton of any periodical in Great Griiniu. The Non.
Con'ornlsi, known TO be under the direction Of
AsiiiIfs X The organ of the Moral Charllsls Ono
Of The hest pamphlets the subject was written
by William Lo,eit, Engineer, AMI JOHN Collins
IoulHnaktr AMI published while they were con-
fined in Warwick jail for some political offence
1t is hnrdly TOO much to saw that for noble dictnn
and thought 1t has few equals in any oiIhe Essays
which recent political events in England have
produced.
The Chars,s, ms body, have taken no action
in relation TO the Established Church or National
Debt Doubtless nuny nre ready to abolish the
Church, as indeed the great body OF the English
people would willingly do; aud some ndvo-
cate Il reputation Ut the Debt. MANY tllinl1
that the Debt is not National but an Aristncralic
one, incurred To uphold high rents and sustain tho
Arsiocracy in the exercise Of power and there
fore that it ought not TO he paid hut the greater
number would prefer TO conn oUnd with lie cred
tors by paying them Us far ms they could out Of
the Church property and National domains. The
Rev. Thos Spencer advocates toe full payment of
the debit and probably, on farther consideration,
such would be the decision of the majority.
! Mr. p. remarked lhat nothing could more strong
ly show the utter weakness and dependence OF the
people than the perseverance with which they in
sist on the J1tot; the privilege Of secrecy being
regarded scarcely less important than the right
of suffrage itself They know that without this
the right OF voting would be mockcry, which
| would still leave them bound in the hands ui The
rich What contrast Ia His il presented IN our
own country, where every man is proud of The
party on whose side he yoes
In the ccl-hraied letter to Lori Durham, pub
lshei IN lc30, live Radicals apoOgize Tor not car
rying out their principles hy claiming the rights
OF suffrage Tor women, on the ground that there
would he no probability Of rfiecDg II change
aud u similar apology is found IN The Preface to The
Charter itself. Buckingham is understood 10 adj
vocate the right Of women TO the elective fran
ali ,.t@, ntl,os
never publicly avowed his opinion on this points
but he is supposed to advocate the right of I'M
married women to vote.
Mr.. p. next showed that the National Deb, wns
contracted in order 10 prosecute the various wars
in which Great Britain had been engaged and
that, after the close OF The with Napoleon, the
sum of El7 100000 previously raised by u tax On
laud shifted 10 the customs. Thus by a
satesman's trick was an inloerdble burden placed
upon the shoulders Of those enst able to bear it
add the people demonstrated, as well lhpy may.
The Protective System is continued solely because
without it the burdensome expenses Of II govern
ment which has been tgh ing all The Tine iOr 300
years cannot be mel, and each succeeding age has
reckl essly lett its children 10 pay its debts
| The only means we have OF estimating tho
strength OF the Ch8rtsts is from the immense Pc
ttions presented TO Parliament the las Of which
bore the names of between three aud four millions
of persons.
some imagine Tint under the circumstances at
present existing or likely soon 10 occur, HE Brit
sh Throne, like thai of The Bnurbons WIN puss a.
way in night. They mistake snd Mr. T.. the
history and nature OF briti,h INSTITUTIONS. The
Com Laws will probably ne abolished aud hat
viii strike off one halt ni HE strength OF lhc Char
lists; AMI IT, alter long years nt struggle the right
of suffrage should BE- gaNeh the Reform Will halt
for long period be!"ru u goes further
England tries no expeii,nen in Government 4:
Tor rather. she has ri- but nnr--and that in
LII
from the slaves OF her w. l. Coionjps) Her pc =
siion always shows how iur The unanimous opin-
ions OF tie race have proceeded ia The path OF IN
provenen,. She is the last fortress which new
oIinion conguers The Mother of Freedom -
she is never, as n Government, in the van. Her
Wic'iff struck tue keynote in the great struggle
with Cath nicism, and yet Germany marched be-
lore her in the path OF the Reformation. Sir
Thonas More struck out the glorious theory OF
, federation but Rhode Island and Mary land prac-
u sed lesson which two hundred years OF exam
: Pile have MOI suficeh Great Britain to e2:n. Al
J, though tie principles OF Republican Liher,y lie al
!, The very foundations Of her institutions ii is pgoba
iIle ila we aud our children aud another genera
tnn VIII Inss away from The sage before any great
change will he effected in her Government The
= people ara slow 10 change, are fond of Il strong
government hate excuses. and scorn limo atoms
and the Steps III her giant progress shaking they
: do the civilized world. made hut in an
age. The Liberty of the EngIish is not like the
y Frenchmans-a sinnrt, new building, JUS put w
j. but stately tree, striking its roofs through the
u strata OF a thousand customs.
i The covered bridges of Switzerland, said Mr.
e r., are adorned with paintings many hundred
', years old. That which passes Tells gorou:
u aka OF Luccrne is filed with what is called the
j. Dance oi Death" Il skeleton, representing The
g grim monarch ming, rs in every scene OF pleasure
u Stands with the merchant amid his bales, iornl:
. the escort OF beauty, mouhts the eqnipage oil
% wealth, SIPS WINE with The reveer, but never for
{ gets his dart There was one scene, SAID Mr.. J..
which always reminds me- oil the ate oi Great Brt
ain. The King OF Terrors is dragging knlgnt tC
u death by the gorgeous folds Of his siiken banner
Such is Gteal Britain. II she fails, it will be hel
" own sword that has hewn down her throue,--lr
;, the umut OF military Success like Pharaoh OF old
she not the plunge she is making but drives
. right INTO the flood that is closing over her. He
u daa,h- mantle W III he that standard which fOaet
" in so much pride at Trafalgar and the Nile, owe
: Copenhagen and Waterloo! Yours, truly,
. REyILo.