The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-04-17
From the Pfiueeton Mngazine.
Westminster and Washington.

estu1inister and washington.
1t is so long age. since was in England,
namely, ten months, that / would not have
thought Of writing any thing about it if you
had not asked nae; but as You have done SO,
j am prepared To state my views at length,
on the issue Won have made, freely and fear
lessiv. rs we used to say at Washington =
You ask ne whether what | saw Of Parlia-
ment, when was in London led me to think
It equal or superior to cur national Congress.
reply. not at all. nor even to the humblest
Of oar STATE Legislatures. As to the House
Of Commons. It IS not 10 he named in COM
pa1ison with the House Of Representatives.
In lie FIRST place, the members get no pay
aud must Ct course be men Of means
There is nothing to attract plain working
men, or broken merchants or ingenious spec
ulators. Only think Of legislation without
q Per diem CT even mileage. Why the man
who makes q thousand dollars BY imaginary
Journeys 10 and from cur capital, would be
actually paving money in London. This
plan Of making laws for nothing, Is undoubt-
cdlv the funniest idea that has been inlagin-
cd since the, days Of Scion. was told in
England that The members formerly receiv-
Cd pay aud rclinquished it themselves. But
tbs / hold 70 be impossible. just think of
our House even lowering their pay, or redu-
eng Their expenses, let alone abandoning
th,m This IS che Of our glorious peculiar
itiss. closely connected with The preservation
oi cur freedom. N hatever else may be as
sailed the enormous expenditures of Congress
cannot be touched without its consent, and
that, we may confidently hope, will never be
given Another ridiculous absurdity about
the House cf Commons, is the place where
il rlccts--a room just large enough to hold
it This IS the more absurd because the
Lu.n-ag of the Old house gave them a fine
opportunity OF Huijd5ue one like ours with
I6ttv columns and a dome.s But although
the have erected 4 vast palace, the room IN
which the House Is to assemble is no larger
than D-foT,. Tits ;rue they can hear one an
other, which IS more thancan besaid of our s
but what Of that? Who would think of
prcferring sound to sense in such case
Bat It is not merely the size and plainness
of the room that l object to, but the want
9f all couycn.eItcs. Six hundred men and
more, crowded together On benches like
sclIoei5oys, O. like an audience at a lecture,
Is 4 pitiablc spectacle compared with cur no
lie Hall at n ashiugton. No desks, no arm
chairs, no facilities for writing books orI
business letters, no supply CT newspapers or
stationary. Tho consequence. as MIGHT have
b-,n oznacted. i that instead of taking the I
.I.inl- Ioisnrnl, The bns;ncss is hurried thro' I
u 81. 4, rtIaa.a The members from their
cn,,,f..y5,.-s conina.nau+ What would be
5h~,,oi,t il The N;ztr:cr Il IN INN. rtant de
bate f:s.i.i.od in . SINGLE NIGHT? Some OF thej
rc,aI.,s with whom 7 co1vcrsed. had never
cz,r 1.aarl If e75r 4 American method Of cut
finch. H., 17--;-.== int. slices and Iehatino
,.,-.7, =, s..., ,..,.s:.,, f,, ~, l,onr \ dav
tn I'm VII. -.nr,r4h II think the sub
icctr .,3sd b. ant 10 Get confused, as well t
- T., l~.c,v sale h-f,re ne came to dccis- '
ION Ono moor, creature went 50 far as to :
say he rbar5ob+ fleir method was more nat
nral and s.-r..1 b stor with the way we man
ao-e t..,nr-7., +, ,.r.yafe l;ce. When Two or
fire mon moi. said bal to talk over mat
1cIe 81 Ir..m,.. f..- 10 not fan, Of them in n
+nrn I'm. IN .,-.alssi5., who over thinks Il
il NH 4 ls-- IF la++.ne one man talk ton
minute about one thing and then the next :
man Of anorEcr. and 50 On to the end? =
This speech q inv English friend ViIllctid
YOU INTO the secret Of their foolish notions
On this subject. Their idea Of Parliamen-I :,
tarv rr1eae1lipus Is. that they must ~ conf !.
due. d like an ordinary meeting for business. q
ONLY oo q larae. scale and on more inpor- q
liant SUBJECTS, L I. nan naS a'ytllhS 70 a