Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-06-06
Republics must be Conservative
England, the United states
and Mexico.

Republics must be CONSERVATIVE
England, the United states
and Mexico.
That the government of Great Britain
will eventually bcstow the blessings of
great conservative republic upon its people,
we need no other assurance than the in
creased and increasing influence of the
popular will throughout its wide dominions.
The constant concessions of the rulers to
the ruled, that relieve and elevate the En-
glish history Of the last half century, in
comparison with its antaeedent chapters
the liberal views of leading statesmen of
that nation; the decadence of artificial
inequality among men; the appeal of Pal.
merston from Parliament to the people
the interest and sympathy manifested to-
wards the United States, all attest too
plainly, to admit doubt, that the deep,
safe, sound stratum of Democratic indie
pcndenco, in English society, has at last
been reached and will soon be the basis
OF an enduring political structure, illustra-
ting the supreme sovereignty of the people,
and opening every avenue to power and
place, to ambition, energy ability, come
when or whence they may--a copy not
unworthy the prototype presented by the
offspring to the ancestor--the government
Of the United States to th9t Of Great Bri.
tain. When this is accomplished, the re-
demplion of mankind from the unnatural
thraldom Of an authority not derived from
the only source Of all rightful law, will
have powerful advocate in each hemis-
phere, illustrating their theory by example,
and carryiog conviction by proofs, that can
neither be resisted nor denied.
The founders of our Government were
no exception to the national character of
those from whom they were descended
Their forefatherS brought with them to
Plymouth Rock and jamestown, the germ
of freedom in their hearts. And even
they, flying from oppression, and seeking
an atmosp 5ere less tainted with the cor
ruption Of courts and tie tyranny of man,
in a fair and favored nd, in all its native.
nudity, undisturbed since the hand Of the
Creator left it, as if designed for the thea
tire of events which should exemplify before
the world an attainment Of the highest ex
cellence on earth, vouchsaled by God to
man; even they, We say, in their early love
of liberty, afforded instances, not of con-
trsdiction to the capacity and character of
the British nation, But they were only
examples in advance of the age, Of the in
nate adaptation Of that people for the free
dom which they have now SO nearly attain
ed. The Government Of Great Britain
has been, and is still undergoing such a
revolution, as is in copsonanee with its own
and the character of the people it represents
"a revolution under the influence of intel
ligeuce, enlightenment and wisdom, which
will not be accomplished in year, or re.
sersed in day. There is point, beyond
which republicanism becomes highly haz-
nrdous, unless there is conservative SEN
timept, together with conservative institu-
tons, 30 countervail the radical tendencies
OF all free government. England, by ma
ture and education, is essentially safe from
such ebullitions of popular passion, as
sometimes endanger our own institutions.
And il will require ages SO to impair the
discipline of her people, in obedience to
Law, and wear away the old regulators of
her machinery of government, as to render
itN@ disrsr Ssse for an enjoyment of re-
pu4sig%i$s hat she should have some
sus en- SRS.Iliye safeguard as our own
ipAjSueis
As egesElent of the United States
S'a'fs II = point which Great Britain has
not YET Ssaessa
- apsbIe Of appreciating and pre-
''' w AfeRghlican form Of government,
VI 's'sr gluBli can form of government
no aIs@H iissends of constitutional liber-
w cilizths Of the United States
Ano1 W spicy it, the people must be
na'u hssofs 9f law and order, or there
muSI ssiastihaticas of strong conservative
hheetsg IN ihcif society.
/As an esidenge of which we have only
to adduce the example OF Mexico-a re.
public 10 name, and in form, but not in
fact That unfortunate nation, presents a