The New York herald., 1851-10-14

tering to America, and his replies are such - to
produce happy effect and favorable impression
everywhere in all minds. II would almost seem as
if new impulse, new turn was being given to the
Irish mind, and that religious contentious sslouses,
and disputes, would soon give way to the cultivation
of those pursuits which tend to promote the imme-
diate well being and interests of the bodily man.
The protectionists are coming to their senses !;
they are, in fact the landed and aristocr alto party
but by making their war cry to be "protectiol"
they made q commercial division, and bee anne only
as II were q commercial party. Numberless minds
Of men leaning. towards srstocracy and ready 70
war cry separated from them, because CONNER
oialy they belonged to the opposite side that s
to the bread question; and whstever their political
tendencies might be, they had decided predilec-
Of ralying, divided the party Of the arstocra ~,
sent Thousands of their friends who loved cheap
bread, over to the ranks Of free trade and No "pro
tection.' The arstocracy now see that they n: ast
change their course, and get up another ma ne aud
hoist different flag, for with this party caption
they never can obtain power. Were it not for this
marrow naJue and limited issue, they would be at
this moment in power. They are, therefore, has
their party under more general colors. The wings
are alarmed, they smell the rat, and their organs
let loose upon them.
In Australia, in New Zealand. in the Cape of
Good Hope, in the East Indies, in the West Indies,
in Canada, in Central America, in Berbce aud
South America, in the Ionian Isles-in all those
places where the British have dominions, and where
their agents, Governors and troops, and bishops,
play the farce of church aud state, receiving sa-
laries and pay, drawn from the pockets Of John
Bull to keep up state dignity, and teach the new
world to worship and venerate the royalty OF the
oid-in all these colonies, with & no exception: the
duct and management is exhibited. The wonder is
how such an empire can subsist under such ma
nagement fall these people and nations were wise
enough to govern themselves, they need not 60 to
n distance q m atCh n nf
IL would be wrong to attribute any of these foles
and misdoings to the Queen, fine and clever
woman; it is her Majesty's advisers, as they are
called, whS managed these ss things Nor is p j. ths
ment which governs England and her colonies, and
from whom alone her s'advsers' are selected. The
people have not suffrage enough to balance and
chech this aristocracy. They have just enough
sional clamor in Parliament; and then, after sll
this show, there decent ways Of stopping their
mouths, Of CLOSING over mean and base proceed.
ipgs in diplomacy, government and finance, and
Such is nearly the whole amount and value Of the
popular element in the British government. Among
the colonies which have had large share of the
common misrule, 1! the Cape OF Good Hope, and
rious. The Cafre war, which is now raging there,
and visiting the unhappy settlers with ruin and de-
struction, was brought on entirely by the tyranny
Of hs
drove them to desperation. They suffered con-
tinual encroachments upon their territory, which
was secured to them by solemn treaty; and when
they sent deputations to Sir Harry to make known
their complaints and obtain redress, they were
told, in reply, that they had plenty Of land left.
Despised as they were, they have since proved, by
their formidable hostility, that they not such
despicable enemy as was first imagined they
would be. They have now held out for years
sgaiI st all the British resources and power brought
to bear against them, and threaten the
complete destruction of the unhappy colony. No
thing of this would have happened if the govern
ment had been in the hands Of the people. Instead
thereof the colonists are left to the mercy OF an ar
bitrary Governor, and have been, for some years,
seeking in vain to obtain the boon of what is called
ga constitution" which is simply putting some
nominal check over the Governor check generally
inc Elective and easily evaded. Thecase Of this and
all the other extensive colonies and tributaries Of
England plainly shows that distant people in new
countries cannot be well governed by orders from a
foreign head, and that the abors Of the British to
erect the form and shadow of the British church
and state government in distant colonies ends in
disorder, discomfort and ruin THERE'S not single
colony Of Great Britain where they have not pur-
sued this bad system, and there Is not one where
the country Is badly ged, its interests thrown
back, and its people suffering and disconted.