The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-03

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We copy from the Pennsylvania the follow
: ing article on this subject, which embodie
facts and suggestions of much interest. In look
inu through the article in the London Qurterl
to " hich the Penn sylvnnan refers az les author
i - we observe inadvertence in our cotem
). porary : statement. The Quarterly affirms tina
the British Premier has minated his intention
: to bring in bill for extending the basis of suf
frare universal. On the contrary, the Quarter
G " holds that the Premier, having abandoned
his former we'll known position Of the s.fnality'
Of the reform bill is now utterly at sea as 10 the
rrtent of the reform which he will propose, and
: that upon that point he will and mus; be govc-
rncd entirely by the circumstances or the clam
ors of the hour Such is the view of the Tory
organ 1t is true, however, as the Pennsy Iva
man shows, that the liberal organs have made
the Premer's intimation occasion to rene "
their demand for uairersat suffrage
IMPORTANT BRIrIsH REFORM AND Tory
aLAaM.-A crisis in the governmental ins'nu.
lions of Great Britain. at the opening of the
ensuing session of Parliament, is about to take
| place-one Of the most important for that coun-
try since the time of Magma Charta or at least
the times of William and NJ ry. II is no less
| than project of law tn be introduced by
Lord John Russell. the Premier, sanctional bv
the Qncen hers, If to give to the people the
right of anirersal suffrage by ballot--such as
exists in this country thus wholly reforming
the present representative system, and causing
a radical change in the character of the Cove
rnmcnt in all its important elements and branch.
es.
We at first doubted the assertions to this eff.
feet in the English news by the recent rivals;
but the last number ofthe London Quarterly Re-
view, (October, 1851. the high tory Review
,<sl, -, Al
privileged classes, and also Of "Church and
State, places the matter beyond a Doubt for
it comedies not only the fact of the project, but
tho probability Gifts success. II this should be
carried into effect, what woadrons change =
What important consequences not only to Great
Britain, but to all European mankind, by force
Of the example! What man, in the beginning
Of the last half century. would have reasonably
predicted such a consummation, at this day de
voutly to be wished, IF Victoria shall accom-.
plish This, she will justly deserve not Only the
name she bears as holding out the standard
successfully in the of civil liberty, but in
future history her nam will stand higher in es.
timation than that of the greatest yet of Eng
lands female overeigns-Elizabeth. The PEG.
pies Almanac for 1852 says:
s'lfthe people are true to themselves, we sha II
have in our next years Almanac to record the |
triumph of reform in our representative sys-
tenn. That will be the first step in bringing a.
bont reform in Church and State
Animmense number of petitioners in their
,cument state:
'They trust that this, their claim to Justice,
will receive that due consideration which the
fairness Of the demand. and The promisc of her
Maiesty's Prime Minister, lead them to ex
pect."
Reynolds newspaper--popular and extensive
ly circulated-says:
.'rhis we do ssv and know that if universe |
suffrage became the law Of the land, the hcred |
nnry dristocracy ,eom'd be srept a,cay and the |
church establishment ,eouid be annihaated."
That these probable results are wonderful, no
one will deny; yet many will ponder over the
question as to the causes of such mighty |
change. ~ Nevertheless, philosophical observer
will find an ensy solution of the problem; he
will judge Of the effect Of the events Of the last
ten years, during which most civilizad nations
have been struggling for civil and religious
liberty, but far beyond and more potent tn IN
this, the silent BAT aU-porerfm example, and |
influence Of these United States, our ,nstitutions
and their success. They have been the heralds
and lenders of this age Of progress Still, that,
at the lapse Of but thrce-fou-ths Of century,
the parent country, as it Is called, should by
taking lessons in the science of government !
from that Of the child, is historical phenom-
practical discovery Of any part of the territory
now Of the United States averages only about
three centurion since, while the history Of the
British isles begins before the Christian era
However this my be to the general reader, in |
order to show the well founded anticipations of
this great change in the political institutions of
Great Britain, we extract the following from
the London Quarterly:
"Thus, then, sher .Najesty's Prime Minister
is put forward as the instigator of a new revo-
luton, by which the Aercditary aristocray and
church establishment are to be s,oen aicay,' and
the hereditary monarchy is matter for future |
consideration, when the other two institutions |
have been 'annihiiated.'
ssThis, then, is what Lord John Russell-and
We go even higher-this Is what the Queen has |
to look to from the introduction of new re-
form bill Its details will be of little other
Importance than the Fastening or delaying the |
catastrophe. If, in the present state Of the
world, the Minister of the crown shall propose
any extension Of the suffrage, we believe that
it viii be fatal aud irretrevable move down
the incline Of democracy, or, in other words,
towards the experiment Of British Republic.
awe have already stated strongly our points
Of hope and resistance; they are powerful, but
they ,ci be ,ceak, and, at all events, Intellectual
il the authority and influence of the Crown be
thrown into the adverse scale. The majority
of even the well wishcrs Of monarchy will not
be very forward to incur the trouble, the risk,
and the ridicule of being more rnyaist than the
sovereign herself II her majesty sees her own
interest and that of her son and family in the
same light that we do, and shall forbid her
ministers to begin revolution, the end of
which it is fearful to look it, get hardly possible
to doutt-if, we say, the august mother OF the
Prince of Wales shall take her stand against
any further Entertainments Of democracy on
the conssilution-the country we have no doubt
would stand gladly and CALAMITY by her. But
if ministry shall be permitted to use the name
and influence Of the Crown to forward revolu-
tionary reform, God help all-prince or people,
,oho hare any thing to lose by republic''
In the last sentence-",ch0 have any thing to
lose"-peeps out the secret Of the opposition to
the proposed reform, to wit: the loss Of pen
sions, sinecures, and perquisites of privileged
class for having done and doing nothing, the
support Of which is wrung from the sweat Of
the brow Of the industrial classes Of all Sorts
May the work speed!
EThe newly elected Judges of the Su-
preme Court of Pennsylvania met at Harris
burg on Friday, and drew lots for their terms Of
office. The following are the respective terms:
Hon. jeremiah s. Black, three years, (Chief
Justice) rat
Hon. Ellis Lewis, six years.
Hon. John B. Gibson, nine years.
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