The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-27
BETWEEN A MON
ARCHY AND A REPUBLIC.

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the Peoples Paper, edited by Ernest Jores
The contrast between the English Mon
archy and the American Republic mus
strike with force the most superficial read
er:
"Here we have an old monarchy with ;
German Royal family costing one million
pounds per annum national debt Of SoC
millions pounds sterling, costing twenty
eight millions per annun,, and entailed ry
that German Royal family, through Ger.
man wars, for German interests a heredita
ry landed aristocracy, drawing rental Of
100 millions yearly, from the people; a
State Church. rohbing the same people ot
eleven millions more every year; poors-
rate equal to the revenue, and pauper
population equal to the inhabitants of some
continental kingdoms-and debt, royal ex-
travagances, pauperism, poors-rates, taxa
ton, and land rental increasing constantly
That is what we have here.
ION the other side of the Atlantic, there
is a young Republic, with native Presi-
dent, who costs only $4,000 per annum ;
national debt Of only seven million
pounds, which might be paid off in one
wear, without the revenue of the country
feeling any material drain, an income SO
large, that the Executive seeks to reduce it
by ten million dollars; no hereditary aris-
tocracy drawing the life blood from the
peoples veins no State Church spelling
the people as the Israelites were told to
spoil the Egytians, we are informed, but for
a far less excusable motive no paupers
and no poors- rates worth mentioning no
foreign interests predominant in legislation
no war undertaken for the interests of an
n-descenled family; no decay, no de-
cline, no threatened ruin but, on the con-
trary, prosperity, wealth, economy, happi-
ness and contentment. That is what they
have there
"Why is this difference? Because in
the one country there is franchise restrict
ed to one seventh of the population, one
half of which seventh returns seven-tenths
of the representation combined with that
useless, mischievous, and ridiculous institu-
ton called monarchy Because in that
country there is Universal Suffrage, and
republic That is the difference be-
tween the two institutions, as shown in
their results. Could there lie more strik-
ing comment on the relative value of the
two?
"President Fierce's last message, just
given to the world, presents picture
of prosperity and good government-such
as no other country in the world can show.
"Similar prosperity might exist here un
der similar government. The resources
of America are, it is true, greater than our
own, but the resources of Great Britain and
Ireland are more than great enough to pro-
duce identical results. The cause of the
difference lies in the difference between the
institutions of the two nations.
take a case in point. Holland was once
a republic it is now monarchy. When
it was a republic, it was rich, prosperous,
and happy. Its commerce filled the world;
its fleets swept the seas it had no debt;
its treasury was filled to overaowing, and
its people were the envy and admiration Of
the world. 1t becomes a monarchy, and
its commerce decayed; its fleets vanished:
its prosperity disappeared, and it has sunk
as low as once it rose pre-eminent. You
may say the rivalry Of England produced
those results; but, in the face of that rival
ry, the United States rose from small be-
ginnings under republic, while under a
monarchy, Holland sunk from consummat-
ed greatness"