New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-04

remark made BY poor Goldsmith to an unpopular
English peer: IL do not know why they should
scxlfyou SfsMgrida, for he was very good man. -
dee we do not feel ourselves at all hurt a' eeing
called the Arstarchus of the North, for Arstafchus
ves very good grammarian.
] =, Do thus impeacbed us Of high misdemeanors,
,ar which is really one of the most moderate
. lid Dominion, proceeds TO prove its charges.
s,,rcifuI. however, and only puts US on trial
~, !, o.e count of the indictment. We are ignorant
,fh.s.ry. The proof Of this is found in the follow
inc quotation from an article in this paper That
great uprising against the despotisms of the
ssSfuari4 on which the eristisg liberties Of Great
f'Bxtsin are based, is stigmaaized as the Great
Rebellion" Now everybody knows, cries this
hnstarcbus Of the South that the Ebertes OF Great
britain are based upon Magma CSarta, and NOT
y-on the Revolution which dethroned the
S'Stewsrts." Therefore, to say what ihh iN'''
I'VE said is to say what is not historically 'rue'
This ia all very silly and quite worthy person
who does not know how to spell Stuart COT
r. ,tly. Horace Walpole is usually suPPosea 10
have known something of history, and TO nave had
pretty good opportunities of judging upon what the
existing liberties Of Great Britain were, IN ms DAP
= ~ What his opinion was may be inferred from
. No fact lat he nunr up OF strawberry Hill copy
tl,e ID sth. War; b of Cha l., inscribed Major
Cla y The r ash Revolution established prin
~,ules aaa crea.od laws which the barons never
>smed e. and which they would have been the
persons in the world to consent to, if they had
t. proposed. In 1915 there was, unfortunately
very little regard for popular rights in England, and
the efholders cared as little for them the King
did. Indeed, harrington, who is pretty good all.
tbority, expressly says that the object Of those who
.Atyffed the Charter from John was 1.-the preservs
50 tion of their own feudal privileges, which the
- great power of the early AnglO-NOrman kings
'' threatened to destroy" The Charter left the
Il Villains by far the most numerous class IN
England - almost entirely unprotected They |
=. ,, o,fy ri4ationed once, and then it |
vas M civ pr vided that they should not |
"a unreasonsb7 fined for small offense, and
should not be deprived Of their implements OF nus
,sndry. An English william had scarcely greater
privileges and immunities than piece of bifurcated
personal property in Virginia. We would not un-
ieryalue the blessings which this famous instru-
meDts bestowed upon Eigduut put "o nA"''"
hat II had lost much even of its original efficacy
one before the dispute between Charles and his
Parliament. The lawyers Of that most mendacloas
,f p,0asrchs r re never at loss for precedents
whenever their master wanted to steal the public
money, II did but little good to talk about Magn"
Chay,o to the servile judges whe indorsed the de-
,rees of the throne. But enough of this super I
f.. as disclss;,n. To speak of events which firmly
,stabsi shed IT. authority of Parliament, which Sc.
,ured religious liberation, which emancipated the
Courts FROM the dictatory supervision OF the King |
nd ,vb;sh gave to all succeeding British msnarchs
warning. which emily one Of them has had the te-
merit, TO aisregard-to speak of events resulting
n surb vital ind memorable reforms rs the iounda-
ion of English liberty, is no more improper than
4 world be to speak of the Declaration OF indie
oendence as the foundation of American liberty
We are certainly very much pleased to find that
mn, remarks have directed the mind of at least one
yirpnian editor to Magma Charta. We hope ina
he viii frequently call the attention OF his fellow
ciGgans TO .Iis document. Meager as 1t is IN Its
nrovisioa,s md unsuited as would be to the wants
of most modern States, believe that Its intro
duet;on AZ tAe fundamental law of Virginia would
he found vastly beneficial even to her Villains
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