The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-08-10
THE GLOBE AND ENGLAND.

THE GLOBE AND ENGLAND.
1t passes the understanding of most people,
what our elections have to do with England, or
in what way England or its government interferes
with our elections.
The Globe. an able but violent party paper,
published in this city, instead of combining Its re-
marks to its own country, its own party, its own
candidate and the opponents of that candidate,
the editors transport their ideas over the Allan.
tic to one chosen spot exclusively-England.
They inform their party and their readers what
the British Government IS doing, what it ought
to do, and what it ought not 10 do. They discuss
the relative powers OF the British Government, to
the very minutia of its effects upon the subject.
There is no fault in their Government with which
the editors appear not to be acquainted, and the
same of the remedy.
Globe of the 29ih ultimo occulies over column
(the only editorial in the paper in pointing out
| the "craft of legislation" to which prieslcraft
and kingcraft OF former times is nothing.
"The extracts which we have made from the
authentic statements brought to the public by he
| abest and most enlightened patriots of the Uni
ted Kingdom, render il indisputable that the dis
tresses and crimes which have made the misery
Of the masses, in this era of liberty and law and
philanthropy, exec ed that ever experienced under
the worst III despoistns for the most part are al
trlbutable to the system bv which labor is encour-
aged and protected where monopoly and famine
are the agents."
AGAIN: " II England, the privileged projected
class have a m"nopoy Of the lands, which, not
being Of sufficient extent to iced the whole /, opu-
laiion, enables the LANDLORDS to extort what rent
they p'ease from their tenants, who farm the
lands, the competition fur land to work being rer-
dered excessive by means Of the corn laws passed
by the landlord interests"
"This ia plain confession that it is necessary
hat the aristocracy OF England should have the
power Of robbing the people"
1T is this monopoly of land which saaintains
the privileged cass-,he nobility of England
Lord Wellington acknow lodged that his opposi-
ton to the repeal of the corn-aw monopoly was
founded on the fact that it would shake the poll
tical power of that order"
"None can study the question of protection as
exhibited at this moment IN England in the shape
of the corn laws. without percewing that the sys-
tenn is the very worst and most oppressive feature
| of that aristocratic government"
| Now, we should like to know what all this has
| to with Presidential election in Republic like
| ours! 1t might possibly tend to put down mon-
arches, if actions were equivalent 10 words; but
why go TO England to electoneer for this wide
domain! Is there not room enough here? Are
not the candidates here? What has the rights
| or wrongs of foreign Governments to do with the
fitness or unfitness of candidate for the Presi-
dency of this country!
/ If the editors mean to reform the Government
of England the better way would be to cross the
! Atlantic, take the oath of allegiance, become a
subject, and hammer away as hard as they like !:
their efforts 60 for nothing at this dlstance-they
ought to be on the ground, and give it to John
Bull face to face.
if on the other hand, they are merely moved
| by sympathy for the common distress of the poor
er class, occasoned by the rgor of the corn laws,
why select England, the only portion of Europe
that has the semblance of freedom! Lpok at
Russia, Prussia The German States, &C., where
the common people little better off than beasts
of burden, the sovereigns being absolute over the
lives and property of their subjects, who are put
to death and barbarously punished at the will of
the sovereign! In England, no mans life nor
properly can he moested without trial by Jury.
Therefore, it cannot be sympathy for human dis
tress that prompts the Globe to this eternal out
cry against England, otherwise it could find OBJ
oofo IF cl,,e r.