The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-13
The Rrixilezed .

There is no power which can long resist pun
lie opinion. Not even royalty dare make the
attempt. We must look, therefore, for mighty
changes in EngIand-changes to be wrought
as we believe, not by blood, but by moral power
not through the sword, but by logic.
II is hard thing for the aristOcracy to give
up pension, place, power, title-but they viii
have to do il. There is no escape. Not press
in EngIsnd-nOt leading mind there, that does
not say IL has TO be- and it is for the privileged
classes to determine whether II shall be done in
peace, or in wild commotion.
Here is keen article from Douglass JerrOld
on the subject:
wemust believe that the late motion--though
withdrawn-of Lord ELLENBoROUGH, touching
public salaries and emoluments, is only Prefa-
tory 10 a great work Of self-sacrihce on the part
Of many Of the salaried and Pensioned aristoc-
racy. a sense Of shame has, somehow, risen
to high places. AS the vulgar are tainted with
the baseness Of a desire TO initiate the French
revolution, the higher orders Of Englishmeh are,
probably, resolved to follow the nobler exam
pie set them by some Of the higher officials Of
France. Lord Peterborough is a State pension
er. Allowing lbs, week to the laborer, II
would be a startling sum to show with how
manyl laborers' mouths the Earl Of Elllenbo-
rough eats the bread purchased for him by the
work Of the people. OF course, his lordshiP
has determined to forego all, or greater part Of
his pension; otherwise, he could not have talked
so touchingly upon the present dire necessity
for new economy. Thus, We may every day
expect a public notice Of the amount Of his
lordship's offering to the wants Of the country.
Present exigence offers to the English aris-
tocracy an easy and honorable mode Of self-ex-
altatiOn. Men enjoying public money-wheth-
er in the way Of salary or pension-haye now
an opportunity Of purchasing public respect.
Let them not disdain the vulgar commodity
they may rest assured that many Of them
would be the better for it-that moreover there
is growing danger in a growing contempt
of Ii.
What an answer would it be to the impatisnee
Of the hungry masses, If they could be told
that all eaters at the public banquet had fore
gone part Of the public feast in sympathy with
the wants Of the suffering wOrking-day world
How, for instance, would the riotous mob be
| rebuked into respect-were they told that roy
atty itself, touched by the generous emotion
had shaken some Of its suPerfiux into the greal
common store
Is the picture too glowing for the light Of
common days IL too like the scene Of an Aral
story-teller-to imagine Lord RUssEI.L upon
1 his legs-tho House hushed 10 suspense-the
heart Of the Commons beating high for promises
tidingsl And then his lordship in simple, homes
Saxon, telling the House and the country, tina
her Majesty-her maternal heart touched By
the sufferings Of her PeoPle-fOregOes say SONS
10000 per annum; her offering towards the
common relief Of the country! And further
that Prince ALBERT offers has Gl0,000 10 hi
adopted land-his fellow-subjectsl Can we hop'
for this1 Allowing it, we cannot hope even Ia
imagine the uncomfortable emotion Of thu
| Commons at the tidIngs-all the Parliamen
bursting into God saps the Quesn,' and tn
Speaker himself, after smiling at his owl
vain endeavOrs to keep order, joining in tn
chorus!
These subscriptions would, Of course, be fol
lowed by that Of Queen ADEIAIDE. A roya
widow, without membranes, the fashion ono,
set, she must only be too happy TO subscribe he
mite Of 100000 a year; being no more thar
half her present income.
Royal Princesses and royal dukes would throl
with patriotism, untying their purse-strings
| and in a short time the masses would bear thei
daily misery with new content, soothed an,
strengthened in ther wretchedness by the self
sacrifice Of patriots i'm high places. Al al
events, the drawn motion of Lord ELLESBO
ROUGH prepares US for some subscription from
his own pocket. In him will at least begin tn
example of giving, or wherefore this onslaught
upon clerks of one and two hundred a year b,
the pensioned, sinecurist hero Of the Gates o
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