Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-12
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CE1sr.e. Speech Of JeAa Bright, N P eiA'Eov3
1t is striking thing to observe the wonder
fol decisions Inch nations live under in almost
all ages of the world, and the submissive spirit
with which they yield 20 them i have often
compared in my mind the people Of England
with the people of Egypt aud the Foreign Of
fee Of this country with the temples Of the
Egyptians ! am told that those who pass up
and down the Nile-And We know something Of
it from the beautiful artistic representations that
have been laid before us,-that you have, as
you approach these temples, massive and lofty
columns, towering ObeliSks, and gigantic statues,
each one Of which would appear almost to have
exhausted quarry. Tou have those vast cham
bers and gloomy passages, and some enormous
recess, some holy Of holes, in which when you
arrive you find, perhaps, some crawling reptile,
almost loaths0lne TO the unaccustOmed eye, to
which a nation had knelt in alteration and to
which it had offered the countless treasures Of
its wealth. In our Foreign Office we have none
OF these columns 70 S6sSss of t1s he's,
we have mystery profound, we have de-
scriptiUn complete, We have superstition as
contemplate; for in the enormous recess we
find some miserable intrigue, in the pretended
defence of which your fleets are trayersing every
cline, your toil-worn artisans and laborers are
sweating at every pore, and the blood Of our
countrymens children is SQuandered as though
applause.) / hope that an improved representa-
ton will change ali this that that great portion
Of our public expenditure which IS connected
with the doings, the secret and responsible do
ingS, of our Foreign office, will be placed direct
~ under the firm control of Parliament elect
ed by the good sense and virtue of the great
body of the people Of the United Kingdom, and
then, and not till then, will your industry be
secure from that gigantic cOnfscaIion to which
it has been subjected during the last $50 years.
(Appause) There is much in this country
notwithstanding all this, that we might be
proud Of We can write freely, we can meet in
public as we are met tonight, we can speak
freely all our political wishes and our political
grievances. The ruling class, with = wise sz-
gacity. have yielded this of late years without
further struggle. But We are so delighted with
our personal freedom, that we have no passports
that We have practically no censorship of the
press, that We can move, speak, write, and
act as freely as men require to do in free
countTy,-we are SO delighted with all these
that we appear to be almost altogether uucon-
sciOus OF the fact that our rulers extract from
the industry Of the people, and have done it for
half century past, far larger amount than any
Government on the face Of the earth, in any age
OF the word, has ever extracted for purposes OF
government, OF for pretenses Of government, for
an equal number of people. DR.. Livingstone the
African traveller, if | am not mistaken, is = IA
tive OF this city, or, at least Of the neghborhood
some degree with yours (CheeTs) lie gives
in his most charming work many annecdotcs Of
the various creatures, not human creatures
which he SAW and heard Of during his travels
He describes IN one place, l reeollect, bird
which he calls dull, stupid bird, 4 kind Of pei
lcan, believe, which occupies itself with It's
own affairs by river side in catching the I'M
snsPecting hsh which are gliding by. The peli-
can seizes a fish and puts itinto purse or pouch
which he has, instead of the ordinary accomms-
dation which anglers in Scotland have, fish
basket. Dr. Livingstone says there Is another
bird IN that country which Is neither dull nor
stupid, and 1t is called fish hawk He saws
that this ish-hawk hovers over the fishing peii-
can, and by and by comes down, not quickly
but with gentle poiSe Of wing The pelican |
looks IN, becomes little alarmed, opens its
mouth. The hawk comes down, takes the fish, |
and away he goes. lLaughter.l The pelican. |
delighted that the hawk did not take himself
away, Immediately sells to work with the great
est possible diligence, and endeavours TO
catch another fish. Now, ! ask whether you
can apply this anecdote Laughter and APP /
plause) You are delighted that your Govern |
ment Is Government that allows you to meet
in vast assemblies like this-thatit allows every
man at least in times Of ordinary tranquility, TO
say anything short Of absolute treason, that
your leading article writer's can denounce every
member OF the Government, and still walk the /
streets in perfect security; you are delighted
that your ruling class makes no objection &c the
possession Of all this freedom; and, like the pei
can, you are so delighted that you are not alb
'oluteiy eaten up, that you allow them to ex-
ract from your pockets every week Of your
lives, every year OF your lives, an incredible
portion Of your industry. and you go to work
lgain just as the pelican did-Producing, labor
ng, making wealth, and this great Government
'pouge comes down again upon you
come among you not 20 stir up animosities
between class and class That is the charge Of
men who wish that one class should permanent
y rule the other classes Of the country come !
ImOng you rather that we may all deliberate in
friendly and open council on this great cues
ion, which our individual success and our
latural prosperity so much depend. You know {
I, At least If you do not know, can tell you.
hat am no freqOeBter Of Court; have never
'eel seeker for Office for the eunoluments of
,ftiees have no craving for popularity; think Z
have little Of that which may be called Inst