Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-08
Prgosx ~ ExcLAxD.-The English papers

Pygosx ~ ExcLAxD.-The English papers
brongbt by the last steamer. contain unusually
;,,t.rcs,;ng political news We have the cleo
,i.,,saring speechcs Of Thackeray, and Baron
RothschiId; the first candidate for the Guy Oh
1,f,rd. and the second for London. Mr. Ihaek-
cray. AS was announced in our telegraph col
,,,,n =, morning or tao since, was defeated by
his connection. Mr.. Cardwcil. but that does not
destroy either the import or signiieancy oil ms
sccrches. lie came out more avowedIy rs tue
,,eo..I-, man tilauany candidate, whose speeches
-. have read He took open grounds in favor
OF the Ballot reform, and appealed to the mas
"a. by declaring himself the champion "' inc
industrial interests We quote one sentence IS
q specimen:
- haze told Won that | am for the ballot an
,.,,tcrsion of the suffrage, and everything tea'
sill contribute 10 tine benefit Of the great ''-
dnsliial classes Of the country.
Tbi. sounds very much like the American
hustincs. and would pass as a pretty good proof
Of the liberty Of speech, in almost any country
!, sbo,rs how clearly and unmiStakably poPu'
lar influence is coming to the suriacc-that M
.,,,d oe being what is called the fourth or ti'h
,.,tate it IS slowly, but surely, becoming ','g
treat mower of the Kingdom. In this We "o"'''
not be understood as saying that Ensiand Is
NOT already a free and liberal government-in't
sbc docs not respect. aud has not for centuries
respccted. the voice of the people. Her whole
history proves the contrary. She, we are happy
to know, enjoys the proud privilege OF 0e','S
the bu!wark Of European liberty-shs /" inc
home Of the Hungarian, French, "r Tails" rel
ugee from political prescription. Her press
and her orators speak free as the wind ai''
make their words tell upon the throne rue
voice Of the people, speaking through tic col
umns Of the London Times, ousted Lord A6er-
deem. from the Premiership, during the inciPi-
emf STAGES of the Russian War, because he was
susDected of AbsolutisIn or strong government
procIivities. For the same reason, 1t happens
that English sovereigns never veto the WIZ Of
the pcople. as expressed through the House CT
Commons. They dare not do it, while our
Presidents can, and do exercise the veto almost
every session of Congress.
But what VIC mean by popular reform Is 3"
extension of the right of suffrage, such as a1'
clifton of property qualifications, &c; also the
removing and breaking down those barriers
which prevent, or make it 50 difficult for hum
bic life greatness to obtain prominent political
For instance the Premiership OF In
gland is always filed BY one of the PeerS-th'S
gives the House of Lords great influence IN the
house Of Commons, which in point OF tact' Is
,s often n house Of Peers as Of the people. Inc
Premier. is As we say, "er-ofi:io," the head OF
The Ministry party in the House of Commons,
and throws, of course, his official weight and
official patronage towards procuring govern
,nent majority among the Commons. We sec
how Lord Palnerston, with great success sig
nailed out his choice for the SPeakershIP, anu
how implicitly his wishes were upheld by his
large majority. But the people are getting at
these grievances. They are agitating the e'ig'-
bility of Commons-men from the ranks, to the
and once they get the suffrage re
FORM it Will be an easy matter TO dictate the quail
ification of incumbcuts to any office beneath the
throne.
The English people move slowly in all their
they reform wisely and conscrv"-
lively, and have no sympathy with spasmodic
French .Jacobinism. Even the chartists--the
enthusiastic radicals who went around with IN
Aammatory songs and speeches, could not oS-
cite the people to any general extent nr loosen
the ties which bind the English, as nation
to their Government The recent rejection, by
the House of Lords, of a resolution to abolish
the disabling clause, which all along had pre-
vented Jews from taking their seats when elect
ell, did not cause n riot in London, although
Baron Rothschild the victim of the rejection,
had been returned by large vote. A meeting
of his constituents, we notice, was held to dclIb'
crate upon what was to be done, and the Baron
with that dignity so well becoming one Of his
great fame and character. made n very dispaS
sionate speech, telling his constituents that he
had been rejected because he was a Jcw-that Il
was for them TO say whether lie again should lee
returned, but ir they did return him, he had No
doubt that he would take his seat in the House .
Commons by that Parliamentary right which
makes every legislature judge Of the qualification
of its own members. Although there was grc1
enthusiasm in behalf Of the Baron, there wa;
no riotous INSTRUMENTATION Plug q sy'Snl
manifested We have no doubt hut what h'
will be returned again, and that the House o
Commons will give him seat in their body
without the concurrence of the House of Lords
These indications are encouraging, inasmnci
as they show that the intimate natural and ar
dlicial alliance between England and America
the mother and daughters doing its appoint
cd work, and will act happily upon eaeh-th'
one producing wholesome conservatism here ii
America the other hcalthrnl reform in Eneland
fFs- .,- tnteilgeneerl
"ItIs UaconstIIutionHI
1t would be difficult to find more hacknie,
pbrase than the above. One would suppos,
that we legislated on the same principle as tn