The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-04

-AML'RiGANIZLNG -ENGL1ND.

The great cry against the Parliamentary Reform pro-
posed by Mr. Bright in England is that he wishes to
Amercanize England. AT large meeting held at Man
chester December l3th Mr. Bright replied to this charge
follows:
But still / know exactly how We shall be met
"You are going to Amercanize u.s. [Iaughterl Moth
ing is SO dreadful to Englishman who Is thinking OF
cnigratng the Atlantic az that we should be-
Amercanized in England. daughter That s phrase
coined by some cunning knaye augterl intended to
catch good many very simple dupes, and no doubt it
will catch some OF them but should like to nsk these
gentlemen whether representation is English Gus
tom and an English principle. They Englishmen
whelrst took it to the United States. tCheers.l
Ii il said that wherever Engshlnan goes Just as
he takes with m his white skin he takes with him the
foundation of representative institutions. lie has taken
them already to the Cape he Is already as busy
possible in building up four le nionachca republics
in Australia he has carried the system 10
Canada he carries it wherever. goes Shy, the bill
of 1882 was desperate in the drcctio.of Ameri
canzng us 1t took some boroushs, where twelv lem
bers OF corporation returned the members Para
ment and 1T gave the suifages to 900 OF e peo
pie, Was not that Amciicanzing such boroughs With
vengeance? Laughter. The you extend yotss11,
representation the more of course you become like that
systematic and theoretically perfect representation which
exists in the United States. Hear, hear.
am not insensibe to things that appear to me
to be errors in princplesome that prac-
ticen the constitution and the customs Of the United
States but protest against our being shut nm To take
nothing from America but cotton and rice and tobacco
laughter and cheers, aud in fact, do take a good
many other things told that my friend Mr.
fatt, member OF very eminent firm in this neigh.
borhood has wonderful machine from America with
which TO make bricks We know that the agriculture of
this country has been greatly advantaged by the i'm
portaton Of reaping machines from America We know
that those persons who going about aprehensive
OF Innovation have particular to be delighted with
America because they have received from that country
the invention OF the revolver. ILaughter.l
At this moment, in the government small arms estab
slt,nnt nj E,iaII fha,
America for making gun nstocks They can turn out !,
barrel what dreadful thing TO think Of liauehtcrl
and am that Mr. Miles, ii his protectionist princ
pies have not long ago deserted him. will be horred to
hear that they have actually brought Americans over to
show the English how to worA them Icontnued laugh.
ter Il but there is much more behind The Times
the Morning STAR the Daily Telegraph and tho Headline
newspaper in this district the Manchester Daily Examiner
with believe, two three OF the widely -circuatet Lon
don weekly papers, all printed on machines which
were either made in America or, being made in this
country were made upon tho American patent ICbeers
Further than this, don't you remember that the
gentry the Westcnders, including even the ladies
nave been subscribing ten g,lineas apiece 10 invite a
clever farmer from Ohio to show them how 10 tame /.
horse Loud laughter and cheers. Anything but
politics. renewed laughter you may delight your
selves with their charming poets ii you likc-with Bry-
ant, Whittier and I.ongicllow you may interest ana
instruct yourself by their great historians Bancroft Pres
oot and Motley but il you ask how free popular nstj
tutons are working among your countlvmen on the
American continent, you denounced unratriotic
and at any rate reasonable TO The House OF Lords
Cheers and laughtcrl But am not without great ex
pies in this country.