New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-18

,;o,Ne1,all shorten the duration OF Parliament
ebal give the secrecy, the shelter and the secitl
- tbe baIlot-aad shall get rid of the present
r5on;ed qualification for seat in the Legislature
l., tlIls seeking 70 Obtain new Reform Bill, and
,,I,5ar II House of Commons that shall actually
and nol9;ualIg be the creation o. the people
That shall really and net IN name oay represent
the people; 49,. TIL.
a control for the people
That shall continually feel It's fes2oas bility 10
II That. by being periodically resolved into the
mass from whence It arose, shall be a truthful r.
aerfion Of the mind and VIII OF the people, are
oil. seeking that which tie Constitution designed
the people should have and which the freedom,
security and happiness OF the people demand,
SocI house we think would not be reluctant
mr. sloyy to revise the Civil List OF the Crown and
purge it of its toles and extravagances.
such house we think would apply the pruning
knife To the Pension List and save the peoples
pockets by striking otithe names OF sundry pol!C
cal paupers who live the lives OF splendid mendl-
calts upon the hard earnings OF the industrious
cncb house we think would not be startled at
the proposals Of Mr.. Hume or MIR Golden, to re
duce the number of men in the army aud navy
and save the productive classes the expense OF
keeping in mechanical and demorazing Idle
ness men who are not required for the defense
OF the country.
Such house we think would listen to the de-
mands OF the Colonies for self government, and
relieve our dependencies from some OF those 9TH
cial personages, who are appointed less with
view to the welfare of our fellow subjects abroad
than with view to the relief OF the pockets OF
their friends at home
Such house we think would find some other
way OF governing Ireland than by means OF cur
few laws, arms acts, Crown and Government BE-
curity bills-the suspension OF the Habeas Cor
pus and the Punishment to penal settlements OF
those who have advocated the rights OF their
countrymen
such house would we think not be afraid to
look the Irish Church i'll the face, nor reluctant
to obliterate the sickening spectacle OF pampered
hirelincs, paid out OF the poverty OF the people.
preaching eonentment and suberdlnatOn to the
churcl.ridden victims OF hunger the spectacle OF
ordly preates in fine linen. with well fed serv-
ants in purple, and pampered steeds waiting to
convey them in cushioned carriages to Episcopal
palaces. preaching the free gospel OF Christ to
starved humanity IN filthy rags.
Such a house we think would so legslate for
the industrious millions OF Great Britain, as that
ii should not be necessary for man to exile him
self from his native soil and the graves of his ia
Tiers and cross the sea to the shores OF America,
to find a subsistence and ask leave to live.
| have said enough to show you that we have
plenty to do III England in the way OF reform,
and sufficient, perhaps, to satisfy you that bad as
things are we are progressing in the right direc-
ton, Past successes have shown US the power OF
a moral and peaceable agitation. The expert
ence OF the last half century has demonstrated,
that no real reform, when demanded by the voice
OF the people, can be long delayed however strong
the opposition to 1t may be.
We have seen the save.trade abolished though
princes of the blood royal, and the consolidated
bench OF bishops, and the whole OF the mercantile
interests of the nation stood in the way. We
a. a. md aptc
though supported by the banded bigotry and sup
erstition of the realm, repealed by parll0mentoi
ChurChmen.
We have seen Catholic emancipation though
withstood by monarch and his minions, and OPP
posed by all the influences OF sectarlan prejudice,
wrung from parliament OF Orangemen.
We have seen Reform Bill though resisted
by the King with the Duke OF Wellington and
the army at his back, extorted from parliament
OF BorOugh -mongers.
We have seen West Indian slavery, though
upheld by half the titled, and all the money max,
ing classes of society, abolished at the bidding OF
the moral and ust-minded portions OF the people
and we have seen the solid phalanx of the com
bined monopolists Of England defeated by those
who claimed for their fellowm the right OF eX-
changing the fruits OF their industry for the har-
vests of the world
turn for moment to the country am per
mitted to visit, and find that your course, like
our own has been 0naCard.
Language fails to describe the progress you
have made since last stood on these shores
Here III this city | see all the evidences OF In
creased population, augmented wealth, growing
commerce, an extending city and community
III circumstances of comfort and prosperity that
make me weep over the different lot OF thousands
in the cities and towns of my own land / look
into the Proclamation OF your Governor, and IND
that he calls upon you to thank God that gene
raj health and plenty have prevailed LII your Com
monwealth. That in the workshops and on
change amid the peaceful pursuits of agricul-
ture; in the busy marts Of trade, and among the
robust and hardy adventures of the sea, who
bring up from the depths OF distant oceans the ma
terials for lighting up their countrymen upon the
land, success and prosperity have rewarded the
enterprise OF your varied industry aud business,
which evince overriding Providence
Citizens OF Massachusetts, | congratulate you,
iron. my heart that such is your lot. | congratu-
late you still more, that, amid the signs OF In
creaslnG material wealth and prosperity, there are
also the intalhble evidences OF a no less remarka
bic progress III the moral feelings and the opin-
ions OF the people of this favored State. Need
go beyond these walls to find the proof that you
have not stood still during the last fifteen years
DO not furnish III my own history the unmistaka-
BILE evidence, standing where now do that Mas
sachusetts has kept pace with the spirit Of the
age-that Massachusetts has not sworn that she
VIII not be wiser tomorrow than she is to-day
that Massachusetts has not forgotten the God that
guided the Maytower to Plymouth rock-and
that though the peerless intellect of Massachu.
sets may suffer from the stroke OF a Southern
sun, the heart OF the old Bay State is sound and
still beats responsive to the instincts of nature
the dictates OF humanity, and the claims Of the
trembling outcast who asks shelter on her soil
Ii cast my eyes over the vast extent of your
country, from the rocky shores of Maine to the
gold regions of California find the same indica-
tons OF growth, expansion, prosperity and power
indications, ALSO of the gradual but sure diffusion
OF principles, tending in their spread and triumph
to the removal Of whatever is calculated to suily
the fair fame, or to impair the usefulness of this
Nation. AS lover OF human freedom, | cannot
but rejoice that the last State admitted into the
Union, is one which has by its own Constitution
prohibited Slavery and that at the last election in
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