The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-01
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" rr6gstee 81 fblisttat Cssxupsise.
a hovemehs Il now anakisg II EnGtand to
extend shs Constituency which IL represented
in Parlianens, and the opponents Of the move
n6At poant to this couasry ~ an evidence OF
~ decAAence which they assert Is the naturai
coa.euaeece Of popular rule. The opinion OF
Lord MAo.uLAY on the decay of American
tn.,itn, ioux. have formed the text Of many
81 ,h.en commeuts. The London Tunes has
- EDITORIAL. IN which IL endorses and even
Gees bevord the views of MA AULAY. 1t
Gays:
The evils of the American Government do not.
unfortunately. REQUIRE = hundred years to ripcn.-
beiofe New Eaxlsnd shall have become ~ popu-
lous ~ Sid EnsisnI long nstore the ruling power
sns s's's ms sI sn msG 1rv.n s nassnce To-
rlundcr there 10 fear that the inst.
81 America will have run their destined career ard
heen surer seeded by som etnnx more speclouS' anu
pcrhsv~. Tar less toersolc than they are 49,.
We do not speak of etec,orai corruption ana
mon ana sS,m ID atom are disyrsrs. which, though
dissraenx and s.feebIlnE are no. m"rts, ;,n IN.
lures s "i the dheren, ssa.es; Of the tyr.nay Of
n",,s,. bn, On ,he law Itself OF the contempt int?
which the jud CT Il Office. he Id for short periods ana
elected nv a yeTy low franchise. has laien ana 81
the uIteI astrust which the nation itself feels Of
AGILITY OF its institutions to answer the emo and
Oh;ccfs Of civilized government-the security ot
rs"p.rty the projection OF individual liberty and
The pure and upright administration of the public
Tevenue. the danger that most nearly besets
America 10. that these institutions which the
fathers of the present Eeneration OF Americans
aS to their Sse the children Of the
present generation oil Americans should learn to
~ and The vsnoSascn Tor law should be destroy cd
and no curb should remain strong enough To rem
in the headsons course OF Democratic passion
Iu a New York journal, which copies the
And oHi
rial combating its views, and endeavoring to
show that the only cause of apprehension in
the United States at this moment is sectional
Ism. In ano .her editorial column is condens-
I'd statement OF the acts pr bribery and cor
ruption perpetrated in the New York Legisla-
ture last winter, which afford a curious COM
mentary on the reasoning in the leader. For
example, it is asserted openly that from fifteen
to twenty thousand dollars were spent TO pass
the New York West Washington Market bill,
which is worth about half million OF dollars
The New York city Railroad bills, worth some
fifteen or twenty millions, cost about S250,oO0
in money and stock. The New York Aims
House bill cost about 5000 A clause in the
1ax levy, giving $4,000 to the Commissioners
OF Record, subject to judicial decision, cost
about $1,000. Among the bills not passed,
was the One Cent Ferry bill-to defeat which,
$1,000 were spent, and it would have cost a
good deal more, only for the mismanagement
of an agent on the other side. Although he
went to Albany, furnished with 100000 to car
~ it through, he attempted to drive so hard a
bargain, In order, as it was suspected, TO pocket
all that he saved, that finally the enemies of
the bill were able to defeat it for the smaller
sum of $1,000. The railroads had to spend
about 100000 to defeat the Railroad Toll and
Pro Rata bills in the Senate. The Sanitary
bill was lost through similar influences. The
New York Amended Charter, against which
the Aldermen directed all their strength, be-
cause it deprived them of their patronage
was kept back by an outlay of S25OL0, and SO
forth aud soon. Some of the more prominent
personages in these proceedings, it is said,
have gone to Charleston, and others are wait
ing to go to Chicago.
This Is a startling picture of the progress
Of political corruption in the most powerful
upon by the London Times and other conser-
va&ive journals of Great Britain. 1t sur
passes the shameless depravity, even of Eng
1ish Parliamentary elections. The public
men Of some parts of this country are becom-
ing as yenal and corrupt as those of Russia
corruption is found under all forms of govern
ment--it is the defects of human nature it.
seif, fits imbecility and innate tendency to de-
mobilization, which give to demagogues the
capacity to destroy Republics.