The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-03
TIL EDIS,PATCH


shsokIcy of emIsrating across tue Atlantic a. teat
We should be Amerscanfzea 10 L s s .an.tns
liar Inter intended 10 catch good many
very s,u pie dnpes snd no doubt IL viii catch some
OF them: DO, shoold like To ask these sentlsmen
vhethsr representation ie not 40 English castom
and an English principle. They we're Engs'ah'
man who Hrst took IL TO the Cnlted states
TChecrsl Its sail that wherever an Engiishman
goes, iu.t ~ he takes with him bis white skin he
takes With him the Foundation Of represents ative
tnstsstious. He has taken them already 10 the
Cape; he Is already ~ busy A. possible 10 buhsins
up four or fve mouarehieai repueiics IN AUS
araiia; he has carried the representative sem SO
Csnads; he carries IL wherever he goes why, the
bill Of 1882 vas desperate measure 10 the oiree'
ton OF Arn .ric an sing IL took some boroughs
where u members e corporation returned the
m,n,hars to Parliament, and II gave the suffrage
TO sns 5000 of the people Was not tha,
Amertcabising such borough With veogeancef
tL,nsh.er.1 The more you extend y'nr repre-.
ss.ntstios, the more, ~ course, you hte ma IKE
that sy.tematic and theoretically perfect repre-
s~utstioa whch exists in the United States -
&. fiIssr, hear Why, We have cone noS TO a
pretty pass ia this coustrY, and it IL curious how
free q ,uuire., and cpuntriss thai we deem
not free. often exbibit ja.t the same kidd Of
thin at the same tirae. You know that, lately, q
mot Distinguished Frsnchmsn wrote pamphlet
short y debate ia The Sngish Parliament. He
va. charmed with tha frest,tn of debate, With tn"
absence OF ali kind q diffcuty In expressing ur
ep.nions. lie webt away tui Of this impression,
ard he wro pamphlet in England, and, By in-
ference. Il COARSE ray ;ug something that uss not
very paiatshle TO th1re whn are The present. direc
tors ~ the government in France. Well, what was
donty IL was fbnud out that il was an indictsbie
on.uce, and the s!socae for the prosecution said,
IN 40 many cords, 'Ypu praised England. aud III
doing so you hrmiiisted France" lCheers An
humbis individual like myself comes before has
constituents, and he finds uation of twenty or
thirty millions chiefly Of Rn2iis men, on the other
side Of the Atlantic. He finds there, with some
small exceptions In two or three OF the Transa,
lau,ic cities, which more Germs1 and Irish
than American, in all the free States, law aud
order and security for property equal to that
which IL found In any other country IN the world
ICneers.1 He says that to his constituents, he 10
Indicted TOR IL; they do not ipfjct upon it 30 many
pcunds fine and 50 many months imprisonment
but some scores Of writers for the pressm IN who
come of them, pretended 10 be In favor of liberty
in England, but men who, il they were dressed III
the garb that most becomes tbem would be
dressed 10 plush loud laughter aud cheeringl-
thess msu asssii me- aud, probably, II were 10
France, and they we're ia France also, would do
their best 70 ndict and prosecute me- 0ae
I'd more upon this-I have said over and
again that perhaps | am the very last man
in England WHO would propose any institution
here because found il eiseShere. sm not in
sensible TO some things that appear to me to be
errors In priucip!e-some that are errors in prac-
tce-in the constitution aud customs Of the Uni
ted States, hut I protest against being shu up
20 take nothing froui Americs but cotton, and
rice, and tobacco, Laughter and cheers aud, in
fsc,, we do take good many other things L am
told that my friend, Mr.. Piatt. a member ola very
eminent firm in this neghb0rhooG, has a wonder
fu machine from America with which to make
bricks. We know that the agriculture of this
country hiss been greatly advantaged by the inns !
portasion OF reaping machines from Americs. |
We knew that those persons who are going about |
50 apprshensive ofiunovstioa have particular rea-
soa TO be lighted with America, because they |
have received from that country the Invention of
the revolver. Laughter At this moment, in the
government small arms Is ablishment at EufSld |
Lhey have patent machinery from America for |
making guu stocks. they turn out gun.
stock, am told, iE twenty-twO minutes fit for the
barrel-what q dreadful thing to think Of
[ianghter l-snd ata sure that Mr.. Miles, II his
protec tionist principles have not long ago DESERT
ed him, will be Mortified To hear that they have
actually brought Americans over to show the
Eugiish how to work them continued laughter
but there is much more behind. The Times, the
Star, the Daily Telegraph, and the leading news
paper 10 this district, the Manchester Daily Eys
amuer with, believe, two or three Of the widely |
circulated London weekly papers, are all printed |
machines which were either made Ia America, |
or being male in this country, were nade upon the |
American pateut fCheers Further than this. |
don't you remember tina. the gentry-the Yves. |
Euders, including even the ladies-have been sub. |
.cribing guioeas piece to invite clever far.
mer from Ohio TO show them bow to tame horse |
IL ,ud laughter and cheers. Auyt & bat politics |
y --ue we'd aaghter;l you may del yht yourselves
with their charming poets, ifyou like-sith Bry- |
ant, Whittier aud 'ugtrlioW; you may int rest |
aad Instruct Yourself by their great historians,
n,roft, Prescott and MotIey-butif YOU ask
b W free popular institutions are working among
youc own countrymen on the American conti-
nent, you denounced rs unpatriotic, aud any
IA Q trsasonabe to the House of Lords. Cheers
aud laughter. But | ain not without great
examples In this country. will read il you will
allow me, massage which WAS particularly gall
Ing to these gentiemen From a report OF m =
speech ia Birmingham, / said, generally, in all
the sovereign and independent States Of America
there is franchise as wide Ms that which have
proposed to night There is an exact aud equal
limit If members TO the electors, aud there is
throughout many of the States the protecti Of the
ballot; YET in America We find law, order aud
property secure. and IA population ia the erjoy-
meat If physical comforts and abundance such rs
are nos Known the great body of the people
of this country, and which have never been know
10 any country in any aga of the world before
Now Lord joan Russell, q short time ago, at
Lis-rpool. at meeting of Cue Social Scieucs Assoc
alton, ami he made q speech msuy parts of which,
] tuink were admirable and instructive He re-
fsri cd 10 America Ia two particulars, and showed
how, in the States of New York aud Louisiana, the
laws mad been codihed aud smpiifisi. He sad
that wiEh u few days study msu might ms Ike
himself perfectly acquainted with the laws with
regard To land and landed property. Lord John
Russell who was not afraid to 'o)k abroad on a
qasstioa II this kind, oaid ne did rot see why an
Old cinntry should be tormented with a system
which was unnecessary, and which it was fuuud
40 advantageous to dispense with in a new coun-
try. The noble lord said, III is education which
bles the United States II America to proceed in
TIE wonderful career, upheld by the mos, popu
lar ,nsitu tons without serious dstui Law
and OF der :" Loud cheers.t will also quote
other noblemaB--a most estimabe mau, too-a
who bias in his time done great justice to the
p~opie and institutions If the Uoted States, the
Earl Of Carlisle. tChsers Eight years ago, when
the state Of America WAS fresh 10 his mind, he dc.
livsred q lecture, from which have taken two ex.
6 acts Speak,Bx Of the elections in that country
hs says: AFFECTIONS may seem the universal bus.
Eess, tn topic and passion Of If but they lie, at
least, with but few exceptions, carried without
any sporOaeh TO iumuit. rudeness. disorder:
those which happened TO see were the most So
date. unimpsssioned processes can imagine. In
the ee States at least, the people at large bea
an active, and, believe, on the whole, useful
part in all the concerns OF Internal government
and pra ,ficat daily life" And then, bBea king Of
the condition IF tue people, he said-sud you will
g. how far IL col ro5oIates, how far 10 extends
even. what said-"fhe feature Whch i. the most |
obvious. aud probably the most inevitable is the
nesriy entire absence-certainly of the appearance
IN great deeree-of the reality 10 no par, OF |
the world, imagine, Is there so much general |
comfort amobg the bulk OF the people, and gush- |
Ing abundance ruck me as the perna nett charac. |
ter Of the iaud:" and then, with his own generous
sympathy, be went on to say, at is not easy 10 |
describe how far this consideration goes to brigh.
ton the lace OF nature, and give room for it's uu-
disturbed enjoyment" l cannot, Of course help
the fact that Lord Carlisle for moment has fallen
into rather foolish panic since undertook to ad
dress my constituents at Birmingham. / can as
sure him that do not wish to introduce Ameri. |
can institutions here; but | want to argue this |
poiht, that the people OF England are now in q !
condition IN which IL would be just 10 them and |
safe for all eiseses IN the country that they should
be widely intrIsed with the possession Of the |
elective franchise. Loud cheers
The Bar SrATE MLIs.-The Bay State Mill Corr
7pOrRtion, OF La grence, organized Thursday uGder
the nauas ofths Washington Mills, by sIectiug a |
board o. directors ard other officers Joseph 8.
Fay was chosen treasurer. His bonds are $50 COO |
The capital IL limited TO 81 000, 000 An excess of
subscriptions ofover 81 100000 is TO be divided
among she creditors OF the Bay State Mills.
A Yiss EsrAsR soLo.-That nne estate lying on
the Rappahanuock, In Kiux George county, Va,
belonging to the heirs of the late Seymour Tslis.
ferro, known ss Hays" was sold few days ago. |
70 Or John X; Taylor. Of spotsyivania county for