New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-04
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sDeei6c intervEt OF tts avn. ibe D''p' =. a m.
sssrs had to become intxicafs6 oy sap '.,,. ons,
iaiex,cate itteG with GIN and porter =, And
Ga ;,s oracle. finders, the iegisa'0's; 80
~he,. these oracle finders were 70 oc ''o"'N
Mat was a matter OF course.
Th,s relative position Of classes anu POI ~
l...,,. radical ,haage from tne "''Inon' .uo
eei~ep. "a commercial mode classes, the
sno";.is took no its stand as an Official party
nou's :: 60 ofth, wings and Tories, and especially
~ .e .hs nasspg of the Reform bill in 1881. These
I.n,, ,os were IN no fond OF costly election
.~nns maneuvers, of faux frais OF general cleo
fiona They considered 1t chi apr TO compete
with the landed aristocracy by general moral than
hv pe sonal pecuniary means. "a the other naho
tke, were COM cious Of representing univer'
saIiy predominant interest OF modern society
They were, therefore, IN a position 20 o-manu
that electors should be ruled by their comm ID hS'
tonsl interests not by personal ana ioca hoI.ee'
and the more they occurred to TINS pst''aCo, 0''
more le latter species Of electoral influence "ao'
nv the YER, competition OF consttu. neIe-, center
I'd in tha lanced aristocracy, but witnheiu nol"
A.. middle cias.es Thus tn, BpurgeOls'e con
landed tor the principle oil moIai eieC''o :.'J-
forced the enactment OF laws IN that sense
ed. each ,fthem as safeguards against 'no taed
influence of the landed arstociaoy 80 ciy;l;zsJ
from 1881 down, bribery adopted nor oas os
.a h;dd.n Eo,u and general elections wen. oi
:, a mare sober way than before. Nhoh a, iaoO
The mass OF the people ceased TO De inere cuoIus'
f.k,os a more or less impasslobed part !" 'no
struesle of the official heroes, drawing inc ioIs
among them. riotng, in bu cchantc carouse, az
the cseation Of Parliamentary dTIntles, IKE tne
Crstsn Crptaurs ut tine birth If Jupiter, ana .sh
No nav nj treat for such participation III O"o
rl1y,-w hen the CbaTtsis surrounoeu III ~ IT,
su,ns masses the whole circle "iU"lm "u .I
efficisI ell, cton struggle must come on aSu
III with scTutiDizing mistIust every movement IAN
Il f-fnSn an eNCliDH I"oS VI
1850 couid not but call ior hunyeTtsl ln1ignruon,
.nS elicit even from the conservative ffH%s, OF
Ar 6rst time some words IN favor oil genera sur
frase. and make the whole mass )i the ID le'sh
Proleta,iat shout as with one voice. ne Toes
Of Reform, they have gwen ke'oruars Ine JeSC
.,,nw, nts. such is an election under the class
~ stem; such is House OF COhulVho WIN o"'
q Nsiem Of election n..
In order to comprehend the character oil ofoefy,
corruption and intimidatIon,' such as thoy nave
been irac tced in the late ele iOD, II - necessary
IL cali teDtion to fact which operated IN par
allel direction .,oo,
n Won refer to the general elections since 1881,
van will find that in the same measure Il, the
pressure of the vOteess majority OF the country
upon The privileged body OF electors vas Incress'
ing. as the demand was heard louder, IRON the
modle classes, TOT an extension OF the circle oi
constituencies from the W. kidg class. to eTUo-
xuish every trace Of a similar privileged CIRCLE
thaf the same mt ASSURE Tue hubDcI w ctcCtOi0
who actually vote q grew less ond less, and the con-
stituenci.s thus more and more CONTRACTED them
Eelyes Never was this fact more striking THAI IN
the late tl.ctlOn.
Let us take. for instance, London. In the city
the constituency numbers 2O,'2o only lo'oUo
voted The Tower llnmlt number ~ Oh regis
tered electors; only $4,000 20 ed. In tinsour',
Of 20U25 electors, OF one-haii voted III hNo'-
pool, the scene Of one OF the most animated con,
tests, Of II 433 registered electors, only l3,oOo
came to tie pills.
These examples will suffice. What do they
prove The apathy of the privileged cOnst,td-
encies. And ,nis apathy, what proves iti mat
they have Outliyed themselves-thst they have
lost every interest in their political existence
This is in no wse apathy against pohtics ia gen .
ersl but ainst g species OF politics, the Result
Of winch, for the most part, can only CONSIST 10
helping the Tories to Gust the wings, or tho
Wings to conquer the Tories. The constituent
sies ioel instinctivels that the decision hes no
longer either with Parliament, or with the max
ing Of Parliomeni. VINO repealed the Corr
Laws Assured not the voters who had elected
PfOtectOuist Pari ,mt Mt, stIll less the Protec-
ZIONIST Paris me nj it's H. but only and exciu hvey
the Or, ssuTe from without. In this pre- sure from
without in other means Of influencing Parliament
fhsD by voting, great portion even oi the voters
pow believe. Tney CONSIDER the hitherto Ia"iui
mode of voting as an antiquated frnaity, put
from the moment Parliament should make if0nC
against the pref sure from without, and dictate
laws to the nation IA the sense oi lts mario" COO
stitut ncies they would join the general assault
assiDst the whole antiquattd ~ stem OF machIn-ry.
The bribery aud intimidation prdctlcsd by the
Tones were, then, merely violent experiments for
bringing back to life dying electoral bodies winch
have bt cOme incapable OF production, and which
can no longer create dcciive electoral result aud
really national Parliamenrs. And The result The
old Parliament was dissolved, brcause, nj the end
brought each oth'r to complete stan i-stlll rhe
neS Parliament begios where The old one ended;
1t is paralytic from the nour Gifts bieth.
KARL MARX.