Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-05-12
An American on the English RsfOrm
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toast referring to John Bright and Parli.
msntary Reform. We give two extracts
from his speech. He said:
"If can respond to the toast in an of
hand way, l will do SO. You permit it
proceed. Senator Douglas told me he
considered him ore of the ruling minds Of
Europe. like the man like the spea-
ker; like the matter that he speaks
In the intellectual forest, Mr.. Bright is
an oak !; (cheers) among the animals, a
lion p! in commerce, a steamship of 1000
horse power Mount Blanc among the
mountains and among the nations---he is
Eng land if his reforms will benefit Eng
land, l hope that it will succeed. With
his name ] see connected Parliamentary
Reform. Now l must, in speaking to it
ask you to remember, that am not poll
iticlan. am a merchant. make books.
| make speeches. ! write letters, but not
as politician, only as merchant and
in speaking of Parliamentary..Reform will
respond to it as an American-and only
as an American, as a guest, and not as q
member of your association. In a few
words ! will define my position. fire
form means placing men in Parliament
who will cultivate American friendship,
who will disdain to misrepresent her: who
will bear towards her the affection that
America bears to England, who will study
her geography, examine her institutions,
appreciate her progress, and not Islander
her character. If Parliamentary Reform
means to elect members that will spend a
hundred pounds or so, and run the risk of
a little sea sickness on the water. and
little extract Of tobacco on the land by
visiting America-if that is one of the yir-
tues OF Parliamentary Reform, you may
count on me as one Of your most enthusi-
as.ic supporters cheers. The people of
America want to know the people Of Eng
land. wish you knew US better, and we
wish to know you better. Reform is the
off spring Of knowledge. Reform mean
improvement-a desire for something bet
ter. There are many things that | wish
mother England would Reform in-bu.
none more than reformation in her opin-
ions regarding America ! want her
as matter OF pure experimental, to turn
her phtIanbuQphy to Africa during the
next ten years, and buy our cotton at pres.
ent prices. la other words, ] want her to
look through the practice eyes of com
merce insted Of the theoretical glasses Of
Exeter Hall"
This is admirable, but not better than
what follows, when speaking on the sub.
ject Of taxation. lie said, with equal
sense and humor:
Il believe in the Aristocracy Of good
nature, the Aristocracy Of good hearty
laugh, and would advocate that ar;stocra-
/ cy in Parliamentary reform that would re-
: move a.! taxes on the mind. (Applause.)
, should say to the statesman, tax the bel
ey-rot the brain Remove the tax on
knowledge, bat tax bachelors, tax widows
tax young men parting their hair in the
middle, tax criuo!iue, and. above all. tax
/, grumbllng, but removc the tax on PAPER
daughter and applause.j Here i, field
tor parliamentary REFORM. Why pay out
OF your pocket f2,o00, 600 for education,
and then force halt Of it back arain. in
taxing the chief agent Of educatiou-pa-
per! | am free trader Free trade il
theology, Free trade in education, Free
trade IN newspapers, Free trade in parlia-
Wentary reform. Remove the tax on pa.
per, and everybody would read, editor.
would write kindly about America. and
people would become better acquainted on
this matter. | gladly reply to the toast.
John Bright and Ocean postage relorm.-
Remove the taxes on newspapers. Remove
the protective duties on letters, and be a
free-trader in the expansion ofthe mind.
Why i Il that Englismen know SO little Of
America? Why is it that members Of
l'agilament like Mr.. Roebuck cannot coma
within 30 per cent. Of any American stat
istlcs-as to the number Of states-or
number Of population? (Laughter) 1t
IS because that England takes all our mon.
ey for her iron, her coal, her manufac,,r-
es, and we take hers for our cotton. our
sugar, and our tobacco. bu, the free trade
III geography, and in history is all on our
side, simply because she has no Parlia-
men'ary reform in removing the tax on
knowIedge-by reducing the Atlantic pos.
tage-and the tax on paper! No other
land, barbarous or civilized, in this respect
follows highlands example. Strange as it
may appear, Eng land is the only place on
the face of the globe that leyies u tax on
paper Hear, hear,) Through tho
courtesy OF Chas Maekay, of the Wusfrat.
"a Ae"s, | was present as correspondent
to the New York Herald at the delegation
that waited upon Lord Derby. | heard
Miner, Gibson, Chambers. Frazer Cassel.
and others plead their cause, and | was
surprised to see the GOODNESS and holiness
with which prime minister would dare to
snub hundred editors
You have told US nothing new-and
the treasury is short-good mornin. p
lLaughter,l The Press is greater than
| the Commons-the Lords the Sow.
ereign! The press, said De Tocuuey;le