The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-03-01
From the IN " Reekly Herald.
THE CRICis IN ENGLAND.

The newspapers brought by the mail ien-
der it pretty certain that Lord Palmerston
will be the next Prime Minister OF England,
and possible Earl Grey Minister of war
Bm there are changes OF hand 10 the British
Isles of far greater import than This: changes
in comparison with which The substitution of
this for that lord, or the fall of this or that
ministry are mere childs play.
From the accession of William and Mary
TO the presen, day, England has been ruled
BIZ a.elique One hundred and seventy years
grea, British oigarchy held supreme
S md trodden The people under foot
hput ftful bursts of Impotence, dark
- 5l<f4< NJ OF HFItsiuS .-rs.s-vf ,,.
& IGdden. William went 10 his grave
without hearing Of them. Anne served as
shut,lecock to the arisiocratic baltledores till
she, too, died knowing nothing of The peo-
pie. The two first Georges spent their swim
ish lives in unconsciousness that there was
people at all. But The third George began
TO learn. Ouispoken remonslrances. and
fierce mobs, nay, stones rattling on windows
and peers carriages overset were his teach
ers. 1t was necessary 10 compromise, and
few men of the people, much TO their as
tonishmeut and 10 the delight of blockheads,
were raired 10 power these, of course, 10
lose their popular origin, to blend with the
aristoeracy and 10 beiray the cause which
had raised them. Then more ouicries from
the real people, and more quaking Of lord'y
knees, and paling of lordly cheeks. An int-
pulse fierce, almost uncomfortable, is given
10 the m movement by the French revolution,
This time no compromise is tried but the
gulIible masses are hushed by senselsss
declaration of war with France. For twen-
ly years men are loo busy cutting French
,hroas to think Of English rights. AT the
end of the slaughiering, the people have
been bled so freely as 10 require repleiion
before they can fight with spirit at home.
With years their strength is strong again
and the battle is renewed with the ars!oc-
racy. All the prestige of Engiand's military
glory is on the side of tbs latter. The Duke
of Wellington belongs TO the order : he will
die for II. Parliament is sold body and soul
to the peers: members wipe the lords boots
But by this time there 10. new power in
England, The press. The Edinburg Review
and others as bold demand parliamentary
reform meaning, the overthrow of the no.
biily. Ten years they fgh, then the lords,
fearing worse, sulkily succumb. For ten
years or SO, the people are satisfied. That
cycle accomplished, up starts Dick Golden,
and asks that the lords be no longer allow.
ed to lax the people TO keep up the price of
corn, and herce land, wherein lies their
wealth. Then another long fight, al polls,
and meetings, and Parliament and printing
press. But il ends like the former ones the
lords walk out their home into the lobby so
that free trade shall pass.
A pretty strong foundation here for the
continuance of the war. Accordingly Mr.
Locke King or some other nobody moves for
Parliamentary reform, meaning the old sto.
ry and Lord John Russell the model Trim
mer resis,s i, for while, then whips round
and fathers the bill himself, This time il is
serious matter, the margin left for mon
archy being quite fractional, and universal
suffrage close al hand. Al that critical mo.
ment the war with Russia--it was war
with France which saved the mobiles ~
Isss-iooms up, and for time no one
thinks any more oil the war that is being
vaoed nj home. The mobiles are in an 60.
stacy.
How grievous their disappointment, The
foreign war has hardly Begun, and the poor
fools have hardly settled themselves in the
best Offices Of State. when the domestic war
bursts out more desperate than ever. Men
see that the arlstocracy have ruined the ar
my, demoralized the State, dissraeed the
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