The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-04-22
The Late Election In EnKla nd.

d symPathIes were so Intensely enlisted in be
e half OF Fremont, Black Republicansm an
j. Freedom" have just passed through th
S. ordeal OF an election themselves. In alIu
Q ding TO lhis event, il may mol be unicterestin
8 10 consider for moment what on Englisl
election is, and who participate in il. w,
J. have had SO many honiies read to US by tn,
n press of that country on the blessings OF Free
!, dom and our lack of devotion 10 il, that
!. may be we'll TO look what sort Of an exampl,
: this "free" and "freedom-loving" Euglanc
, holds up 10 us. OF course, Englishmen have
o no vote or voice in The election of their Chic
. Executive officers. The King or Queen, who
l inherIls the crown, wields its prerogaives, be
: he or she wise or foolish, vir,uous or de.
5 bauched, imbeoils or able nothing short o
absolute insanity can change the course oi
; this inheritance. The people appear 10 be-
long to the re:gaing family, possessing, 10
be sure, certain reserved rights, &c.,) and the
power 10 rule aud govern them is transmitted
from one generation TO another, precisely as
the title 10 landed estates or personal proper
ly. In The selection of coordinate branch
OF the Legislative power, they also have no
voice, aud any new legislation or reform,
which they may demand, are therefore only
at'ainabIe by the consen, Of body in the
selection ofwhich they have no voice, and
which is entirely beyond their reach. As a
compensation for all this, however, the House
of Commons is elective, and here some op.
poruni'y is afforded for the public sentiment
of the country to make itself felt in the ad-
minislraiou OF public affairs. The appor
ticnment Of members is so arbitrary and un.
equal that there is lius justice in ii, as 50,-
900 qualified voters in one locality may have
no greater representation in Parliament :han
, 800 voters in another quarter. But the ex-
clusIveness OF the whole system is ut once
glarinsly shown by the fact that only little
more than half million, out of the en,ire
population. is allowed 10 vote at all With
aropulatton considerably greater than lha,
OF the whole United States, her number Of vo-
tsrs is but little mote than that OF psunsylva-
MIA. English sympahiss were wrouet; W
10 the highest pitch, for the Fremont parry,
which just now seems rather more violently
exercised with the terrible suffering of the
negroes in no, being considered c,,iaens, than
with any other sublec,-yel this same philan-
thropic, freedom. loving Ecslaud refuses TO
extend the 'iShl of citizenship 10 more than
a mere faction Of her own white inhabitants.
who are Of the same race, color and physi-
cal aurlbules as the ptoudesl Of her atistoc.
! tacy.
| This is a itGs type Of the negro rhilanthro-
| ny, whether displayed in England or Ameti.
ca, 1t acts On the same principle rs those
/ healhcu naiious who deiied interior animals
| and rendered them most revcrent homage,
while millions Of fellow beings OF their own
race, we've le0 10 pine IN cmel bondage, aud
/ temo Useless tyranny, SO Enslaud, with the
executive pot,'on OF her government entirely
/ beyond the teach OF the people, with one
branch Of hct Legislature also high above
their heads, and with only 500 900 OF her III.
hNoi,autS alowed to Participate al all. aud
hs, toe, under peculiarly unfair aud urJua
circumstances, in the So-called popular branch
OF her government, reads US long homilies
and weers over our cruelty, because al
thoush every white male OF the legal age can
exercise dirsc, Influence IN the choice OF
our rulers Of every grade, we are not ready
20 sxlend the privileges oi citizenship 10, ana
recognise as our eQoal>, some three OF four
millions Of diiereul colon al offensive
oiot, peculiat characteristics, and Of an in;e-
nor race,
\ noticeable feature "a the late elections
in Eusland, is tho lsmsniahls tscl that the
modest champions o. trssdom Great Britain
has, have been sulcksu down al the polls,-
Amo0s otsers less eminent, Cobden is che
ct the victims, He is one OF the few BRUSH
statesmen who have hsi the man!insss and
courage 10 advocate the introduction nla
Ssitian Of soGs OF The reforms which Mad
been successfully inaususaIed asre, aud to
aaemp, some hing really practicable and
substantial, ioI the benefit aud freedom OF
the masses OF the British nation, S0eh an
offence could nol be ioTsiven. He was re.
al, not . mock phtsa,hropiS, He sadisd
the welfare Of The people, noi that of q lew
selfish classes, He sought 10 initiate some
OF The salatary examples whlch America h al
given, aud among other misismssnors, his
persistent etiorts bad rescued irom imminent
peril OF starvation large bodies OF his country.
men, 9, the hazard OF diminishing the profits
Of monopo izias laRdhoidsrs, and for all Ibis
ffss Easari has doomed him 10 dsfsL;.
The British journals announce thai Leri
Palusrs,oa has achisvei brilliant victory
in the isae elections. Tss lsadahs question al
issue was bis Chiasss policy, sni this hks
been susssiasa TIE tue reason OF The en-.
aaa,ie eadosssmsat OF Loti PainssSon By
the BsiIisA people on this qaeS'oo, Is TO Be
found in laeas admiration az tn. ssssssSvs
ta,sj.a policy, which ehs-sctsr1ss him. The
soecSNions OF asg'sss'oas which England
Asa,s 0pon ssare Is hyPccuucal ss lie nom
les a. fresdon she treats us 10. TIE woIld
has 2sve, behed nA'ioa more aggressive il
IS s-ri, ,s2a England is, There Is scarcely