Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-06

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There have been many profound and
ahle writer's Of France and America,
who hsvs toilsd up IN Alp 81 difficult
ti>s 10 convince the world that Eng
land wss in sort Of transition from
Constitutional Monarchy, 10 RePub-
licsn Government, resembling that OF
the United States, in its essential icA-
lures. We confess 10 some incred"li-
" respecting conclusion obtained up
On the facts from which these writers
resson. There can be no doati that
msuv reforms have been secured which
give . larger degree Of liberty to the
middle classes, and place the represen-
tstive system in the House Of Commons,
upon . broader basis and the forms OF
lsw have been modified and simplifed
in . manner that renders it compare
lively easy for obtaining redress Of
grievances against the highest aristo-
crat In the realm. But these very
facts are arguments against change
q government. II the great essential
rights Of personal liberty were with
holden, and the Prerogstives Of the
Crown increased and strengthened, and
the Aristocracy stiff-necked aud exclu-
sive, then we might have reason TO tear
" expect rupture that would end in
establishing . Republic. But the stnr-
dy Euglishman is now in the enjoyment
Of nearly every privilege common to
our own people. There is freedom Of
the preas, freedom Of speech, com
plete Judicial system with jury trials,
q House Of Commons elected BY the
people, where soter exercise the cleo,
tive franchise under no greater restric-
tions than are imposed in some Of our
States, and there is no espionage ofthe
police. no vexatious passport system,
no absolute barrier against the most
humble citizen becoming leading
statesman, and-with the favor Of the
Crown-a peer Of the realm. Again
there II no such thing - withstanding
the will Of the House Of Commons, which
makes and unmales Cabinet Ministers
or the Sovereign, ~ often as il choos-
e. The Sovereign governs by his
Ministers, and they arc the creatures OF
the House Of Commons, the represen-
tatives Of the people. Oppression, tyr
amy and outrage are things imp"ssi-
bic under the British Monarchy. The
people are 10 closely related to the Arts.
tocracy through the Younger sons o.
peen. that there is scarcely chance
Of any rupture between the Lor'ls and
Commons. The thread Of relationship
extends from the Crown down to the
humblest peasant. The landed gentry,
the mercantile classes, the mechanics
artists, and literary men, are so inter
mingled Is to prevent any dangerous
sntagonism among themselves OF
against the Crown.
The English people have no cause
70 desire q change except the Aristoc-
racy and the Monarchy, with the his
tory and associations Of which they are
20 familiar and related, that Loyalty is
asintense in the English heart as among
any other people on the face Of the
earth. A revolution in England might
be brough, about by the tyranny Of
the Crown, ~ in the time Of Charles !
or James II, but it would be an impoe-
sibility to erect upon the ruins Of the
Monarchy, a Republican Government.
II would either result in military
Dictatorship or liberal Monarchy.
N. dc Montalembert, of France, has
written a work upon the subject cf an
English Democracy, in which he en-
presses his belief Of n gradual change
in the present government towards a
Democracy. The wish is probably
father to the thought, and is similar to
many Of the wise predictions Of the
American journals upon the same sub
jsse.
There is an inner network OF life
10 England not observable BY traveller
q writer Of other countries It is the
very essence Of loyalty, and extreme
pride in the Sovereign who ecan the
crown. 'God save the Queen" IN q
hearty and spontaneous shout from all
classes. 1t 10 not bought or created BY
compulaion Is is too often the case in
France, but is = living, active sentiment.
Take the great majority Of the English
Who settle in the United States ~ IN
example. Their attachment and 10y
city 70 England is such that they will
scarcsly commit the sacrilege Of re.
aouncing allegiance to the British Sow.
srsigu. Many Of them never become
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