Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-07-27
EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH or
THOMAS DARCY M'GEE.
nELNEEEp Isl PHmAnELPHlA.


"An eminent English statesman is said to
have thanked God, speaking of the debt, that
his country was boUud in SJ0.O00,O00i sterling
t2 keep The peace with all the word-a foolish.
llipHant boast, worthy Of Lord Brouoham 10
make, AID OF the imb.cile House Of Lords 10 APP
paud 10 that extent is England bound 10 peace
to peace which respects not right, and dare
not combat wrong; to a peace which conniveS
ut the sins Of thc strong and the oppr, sions of
the weak To that extent she is bound TO force
ncw markets with the sword in the East, for the
produce oi her looms in the Wcst--to that cX-
tent she is bound 10 assist at the partitions Of
Poland, and see bleeding limb from limb torn VIZ
olenuy asunder--to that extent she is bound to
be hyPocrlte, time server, 4 Slave because Il
bankrupt, borrower, and irrltrieyeabv in debt.
] know the pleasant fiction still passes current
with many, that there is a constitutional govern
m2nt ID England--composed OF the democracy.
arisGcracy, and monarch. In our times til, is
pure invention For ten ars the present
sovereign has sat on the thrtn NJ and did as she
was bid. Has she ever a>seried a will Of her
own? has she ever drcamt of originating or
modifying, or Vetoing one measure of her minis
tors? Never; the royal Pen-hoder. nv courtesy
called Queen, is no more a vital power. than the
great mace which is carried before her carriage.
The aristocracy!-who are they? where are
they? Tie Rotten Borcuahs are eonc-the
Corn laws are gonc-thc House of Lords. like
the Amor Chamber in the Tower. is carefully
rreseYed-as a very singular curiosity. 1t
would be harder still to find the democratic cle-
nent in the present constitution. With fran
chlse limited to houschoders and laaseholders,
and sercnty-tire per cent. OF the population hag-
ngncithGr house nor lease, whore is your dem
ocratic clement?
Who then does govern the British Empire?
| repeat it, the monied m n--,le Bank of Enc
hand governs England. Ro,hschiid, Barring.
Gladaloal-thcy are the three estates of the
rcalm the Funds and Stocks arc its veins and ar
terieS: the Exchange Is its Capitol: the Prices
Current is lis Policy. and its Foreign Relations
are now only with the Wall Streets and Bourscs
OF The world. Twenty years apo, Iluskisson
the colleague and friend Of Canning, said that
any three leading merchants waiting on the
Ministry, could change tho course Of Parliament
and set What bills they pleased passed. Look
beneath the giidad exterior of the Empire and
examine its inner organism. For what arc the
East Indies dragged into submissun?-for the
gain oil the East india House aud the profit Of
the manufacturers. What was the Chinese
war? 4 venture Of opium. What has caused
the Irish tamiues of late years? The Ordnance
Surveyors reported the grain crops Of ireland.
after the fatal blight, sufficient to sustain twice
the population; why then did the people die?
me answer IS rents ana taxes, landlords and
money lenders insurance Offices and Jews; OF
these, and not of inevitable famine, the people
"itu.
OF the whole population Of Britain, IS per
cent are engaged III producing wealth, but not
for their own use. Perhaps no other town in
Europe MAKES more money than Manchester,
yet IN Manchester, bit last year. toe poor rate
was leyIcd at IS 81 IN the pound. Where GiI
the money 20! Where did the poverty come
from!
Cl the whole population Of Ireland, 81 per
cent were, u.t The last year or two, employed in
a4ric'.t're; raising produce, which is wealth.
l nc 'a1"e CT tie if!sI harvest WAS computed, IN
100 d , too.Coo,0o!' yCt me calculations IN
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'''',' "a - ono 'i-5'''i'S, mere cIu INC gram
go 10. mere old inc famine come from!
!, nc uIjh IS iAis; the rulers ct the Brush
Empire 40 not regard ihc preservation OF lie as
any PART OF tacl dU'y or oIey. Ihclf purpose
j.: not 10 MAKE Inc people happy, but to make Il
class rich. Their creed IS the mIsers creed, to
ou! al the chlapcst ami ssiI at the dearest price.
'y-l"e! pretend TO no morality beyond that
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1'@'. aux u'e coa'E coffio.fS oi l'ord Ions
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