The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-04-26
bloomsbury Thursday Ap,i, &c. 1866
A Serious Biunder.

Tie British government has lately comics.
sad that one newspaper in London is more
powerful than the cause and influence of The
crown. The London Times felt the ground
sinking beneath the blunders oil the lecher-
GUS arislocra,es who conduct the govern
ment for the Queen, anc had tho nerve 10
say that the cry Of the people for reform
aust be heard. 1t was the same kind OF
thunder which in olher days terrified the old
'ttIrun Duke" and made him yield TO the
demands for Catholic emancipation and
again for Parliamentary Reform, when he
was placed at the head of the ministry 10
hold the spirit of Democracy at bay. l, was
the Sam kind of thunder as the voice OF
Nacauley, when on a memorable midnight
he arose in bis seat, while the infuriated
mob was roaring and swelling around Par
lament House like an angry sea and with
spirit of tho storm king Of The old fable,
through Parliament, or orer Parliament this
bill must pass.
To punish the voice of truth on other oc.
casioEs the best blood OF England has been
excluded from all official position. To sup.
press truth how the rod has been used to
punish The Times. But men like Golden
have done their work of good in spite Of
persecution, and The voice Of The Times and
the truth will now only be the louder. The
blow Of bigoted power will not any more
suppress the truth now, than il did when
torture compelled Calico 10 say that the
earth did not ~revolve. The government of
tie British iEcapables has abolished the old
stamp duty which heretofore gave the Times
las powerful monopoly. This will open
newspaper competition, and already hun.
treds of new publications are announced.-
The incapables around the Queen told her
this would raise up a new power 10 break
down the Times, and SO 10 aid the crown.-
But the result; must be, that, Whatever be-
tide the Times, a million oil British subjects
will now only for the first time read the story
OF their suffering, and begin to think of hu-
man rights aud wrongs. A thousand pens
can now for the first time write, and a thou
sand woes can now for the first cry out for
vengence. A spirit is loosened that can
never more be Gained, but will always Tor.
msnt The w~.ongdoers. Reading is cheaper.
cd, and IN this lays a revolution.
IT is perhaps well TO be so, and we think
we see a providence in this Gispeuea.ion Of
man. The British government has l%oosened
fsiiers of mind that will never be bound
again; and the country must now rely on
the public mind for its support. 1t is the
greatest victory that the Democratic spirit Of
sEngland has gained within the present CEN
tury, or rather il is the security for all the
victories Of The liberals.
Ii is such a movement as the Bourbous Of
France made when they attempted to punish
the British King by aiding the United States
10 sustain their independence. Lafayette
and some other young nobleman were des.
patched TO punish King George, but these
very missionaries Of Freedom brought back
from America a spirit Of republication that
swept the Bourbous forever from the throne
OF France.
But the Times newspaper will not be
crushed. II has men in its Offices whose
minds hold more of craftsmanship and poliii-
cal economy than all the British ministry
Its men Of learning study and labor with a
passion, ant because they love labor and
learning ; and not like Aberdeen and Rag
Ian OILY from the lust for office. ITS leaders
are men above the want of wealth or the SO
ductions of ambition, because they feel that
they have within themselves that which is
above all wealth and all ambition.
Mark the prediction -lhe English mon
,rchy has awakened a spirit that will con.
quern.