Indiana State sentinel., 1846-07-16

whi,h yc, cannot be DONE this word any than
to turn the back in his daily There Ger
tain progressive changes IN society and government that
go IL may be slowly, IL may be quickly but pro-
coed pace they must. \ man who looks calmly
the whole fsld OF human sars and Of past history
ard Pgt fom him n8iioia AMI party prejudice, msy
readily distinguish thesr some Of them. The short
sighted oppose them. The sangtine sometimes oTeThur
~ them. The cautious may sre to check their speed,
the wise drcc thef but ne statesman who
thinks subhorny them II folly only that
tempts the impnss bic.
striking example is 10 he fund.- this day. in France.
They talking there about the extension Of popular suf
fragr well they may, in country containing thirty
millions Of people, OF whom about quarter Of million only
Il requires lte sagaciiy predict the ult
mate result. The right Of suffrage in France will be grad
uly extended let the Powers that be- struggle against
fate they will. That is necessity much necessi
w. that a grow old with Ihe lapse Of years.
The law OF he day disfanchses throughout France bur
Of every fifteen male adults bpt you
max this perpetual disauchisement Than you say
the youth of tweniyone, that half century more shall
him the same youth still.
The bold spokesman Of the movement party in France
b. Thiers spoke words Of her truth, Of vaunling
fancy. when debate. quoting the noble language
Of German writer be said place my bark on the af
promontory of The beach, AID will wait the rising OF the
waters make it flit." That brave may be under
the sod before the waters rise. But they c use; and
day, his bark ,vR hoat despite the Canues efconserv
aIism
Similar in character TO the suffrage movement in France
Is the Aniicon law League of England ,the just
the certain. The British corn laws
than hundred years old. During all that time, these
laws have protected British agriculture; which beisg hon
esily translated means they have compelled the millions
dear bread in order swell the reirnls of few
thousand landed proprietnrs. Throughout 'ucs
this lnquiy has been suffered TO live. But the progress
of events is sweeping il away. lis days numbered
Tory minister, yielding inexorable necessity, himself
introduced into PaTl ament bll which cuts of cons
cradle portion Of this bread once aud provides that
IN three years shall be utterly bottfd from the stat
Ute book of Great Britain. The b passed the Lords
by triumphant majority, and the law Of that land
The cornaws part of great system very ancient
system the system Of CoNNERcIAL RESrRfcTIoS And
this in It's turn but Of the phases Of that master eF-
ror-ultfa legislation. II is of the form s.
in which the world has been governed much.
Now, it is thing rs impossIbs TO perpeiuaie, through
coming tme, this system of Commercial Restriction.
perpeuae the Acknowledgement of France
Il is fastening lis decay Already mlny Of lis forms
conssedy antquaeJ, and have fallen into dsrepute
and dsuse.
We may smile a; some of these rude old f,rms, we
fad them in the annals Of the mother country; yet they
like the forms of our day, had their showing
peas, aud their speci0us apOOgiss There ancient
Scots Act Of Paramcnt which going forward with blum
derng dTecincss, TO its audable osc the increase of
wealth sm0ug the cts forbade uoder heavy pen
allics the carrying gold silver forth Of the kingdom
Ffance, England Spain and Portugal all diff times
rcsorted TO the crude exPeent make times good
aud encourage domestic industry. We have outived the
idea that these oc may be attained 10y passing laws
detain money among perfoTce-
The placing of emhargoes merchandise, formerly
royal perogsive, is out Of date Queen Mary lre-
quenty exercised it, aud izlbeth before her coronaon
sent order 10 the cuSum-hOuse prohibiting the sale Of
all crimson silks until the court first supplied. An
other of this latter sovereign legal nermeddngs appears
still whimsical She took oeuce, if Hume may
credited, at the smell of wOad and issued In consequence
cdIc prohibiting the culture Of that useful plant The
ingenuity Of modern times has always hand TO
the laws restraints commerce, plausible
Pology than The oictoy anpIhies of sovereign prince
Thus, too m regard TO order ia council, promugl-
ted under Charles L. which commanded that all shops In
Cheapsde and Lombard street. London, except those Of
gosnths should be shut up, that the ST. Paus
might appear more splendid. 50 idle -whim would
b. deemed legitimate why the law should in
teriere and break up tradesman's business.
In the fourteenth century law gvers thought necessary
to interfere between the employers and the empOyed and
determine the price Of labor The statute of Iaborers
IN 1850 fixed thewages of eaPes al hreepence day. &C.
quail IN value TO nearly dJar aud quarter of money!
and for other labor in proportion AT the present day the
farmer my complain of high wages, and the aborer
low but the statesman does consider the complaints
either a reason to Justify his dreei interference.
The morality OF some portion Of the ancient legislation
contracts is no longer very ntegible 1t. Lou
is, called the best of French kings issued ordinance
which, "or the salvation of his SOUL and that of his
ancestors he released to all Christians third part of what
was owing 10y them 10 Jews When money is Iegisaed
nowadays, from mans pocket TO anothers political
decency demands that it should be done in b,re
FACED manner. We scandaz,d for instance, when
we READ mat Henry VIII, by mscated
benevolence (or forced loan. repay which be gave
written obgatl0n) One-sxth Of every mans substance
payable in money plate, jewels" obtained from his
Rexf Parliament statute, in which the Commons ID
for themselves and all the whole body of the realm which
they represent, freely, literally and absolutely, give and
grant uno the Kings highness all aud every
of money which them and every Of them is ought
or might be due by of any money any other thing
to his Grace any time heretofore advanced by way
trust or loan. We staggered The bodGess of
the early Virginia councillors, who when tobacco in
value in consequence of laws protecting culture scru-
pied not TO provide remedy by enacting that "no
need pay than thirds his debt during tie stint
and That al creditors should take forty pouads
dred And yet in this latter case, our scrupes are of
questionable consistency Restricting laws first raised the
rce OF the staple and consequently the scale Of debts
and such tolerated in day. Why then take of.
fence the direct legislation more honest and not more
positive, which lowered that scale original standard
again!
Al the politicians Of our country are a cvil and
smooth spoken with little of the Tud, anI Stuart
downrghiness of The den time about them. They
pie much to do inj1sce-in a straight forward wav.-
They will not hear word said about restraining or fe
eTing trade, or altering the scale Of debts mpairing
contracts Interference is be found in their
vccabuaIy 1t has offensive sound and paIaphrased
-FROTECTION.
When the infant settlement of jamestown lest by Ind
an massacre half her coorst< the gallant Captain Smith
offered the London Company of Adventures his service
To overawe the natives aud provide Tor the safety of TIC
eo'ny The company thereupon gracously declared that
'rhe should have leave to his expense If nc
would grant the corporation onehaf Of the plagr Sim
liar to the pr fired Pronsg of the Vnginan Alven
rers Is the protection which the law has usually a,rded
TO commerce.
common form Of such proteriion. in the Middle Ages
was that Of close eorp0raous. IL may be that this
rage Bancroft calls 1t "a part Of the bundle of lheriies
gathered together the of feudalism and which FORM