Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-02-24
Mr.. Bright on the American
and British Governments.

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and British Governments.
In his recent powerful speech at Mancbes
ter, John Bright, the eminent English states
man, draws the following parallel betweei
the financial features of the American ant
British governments, which must prove IN
tercslng to all, and instructive to most, OF
this side of the water -
81 was told the other day, by a judiciou'
friend, that it would be much better for on
never to allude to the United States. Laugh
ter, Why. in that letter, which / have
lust re erred written by the Emperor of III,
French. does he not refer in singular man
ner to the assertion that the laboring popu
lation Of Engand-the manu- nutacturing popu
lation Of England-are in condition o
greater comfort than were the manufacturing
porulation Of France? And if he can DE-
that, and if you read it with pleasure, and
see that there was magnanlmity In that, IN
his position, ask are we not allowed to look
across the broad Atlantic to speak to our own
friends and relatives. those OF our own blood
and of our own ancestry-are we not allow
ed to look over there, and if it be possible
to gather some grains Of wisdom-for there
are grains Of wisdom even thereto make
use of among ourselves? tCheers) Now
lust in one sentence, let it be understood that
this is no question whatsoever between mon
archy and republicanism it is ques j IN OF
policy mostly foreign policy and aquest'on
Of the existence Of u real control over the ex-
pepditurc of the public funds by those who
contribute those funds. Now, in the nited
States YOU have the English nation westward;
you are told constantly tina they have the
sane religion, ana the same laws-to GER
tain cxtent-much consolidated, and much
simplifcd, and much improved, as Lord John
Russell said at the Social Science Meeting at
Liverpool. am Obliged to give some very
nigh authority on that point. daughter }
Well, they have, as we know. the same Ian
.unge, which they say they speak in more
pure manner than wedO ourselves (laughter)
and we know they have the same litera-
ture. for, | believe every author OF eminence
in England finds two readers in America for
one in England. That being the case, |
think it Is tair to make little comparison
between the English nation that has gone
abroad and the English nation that stays at
home (Ilcar.)
If Won will take the Oldest man in Man
chester now, and imagine him to be Il little
child. and see his little hand in the hand ot
the Oldest man there WIS in Manchester when
he was a child, these two lives will carry you
back to period when there WAS NJ natlona!
debt in England. when the whole revenue oil
the government did not exceed two millions
sterling per annum. Now, let this sink into
yegr minds for a moment. We will let the
first life drop and it viii bring us down from
loss. the time to which have referred, to
l-60. the time Of the accession OF George Ill
In that period no man dOubts-it he does
l9ubt he can only do it from excessive ignor-
ance-no man can doubt that the govern
ment OF England was a government hy the
rreat ari,t1cratlc families, who contendcd Tor
power around the throne and round the wear
tr Of tn. crown In 1860 the taxes had risen
from two millions to upwards OF II millions,
and the national debt had become debt Of
one hundred and forty millions. and all for a
poIicy which leaves nothing To Eng land that
/ know of but the reputation OF the Duke OF
Marlboro and believe, to use very home
lv nbrase, that would be Il very bad thing
Tor our working population 10 put knife
and fork into. (Chcers.) Now, immediate
Iy after the accession OF George Ill, began
that system of attempting to DO what we do
to six millions Of men now in England, that
is, to tax the Engllshmen who lived in Amer
lea, without giving them any representation
and tine En.lishmcn in America resisted 1t.
Whether the time will come when the En-
r,,shmen here will be- no longer content to
nav taxes and have no representation, must
be left for the decision ot u future day; but
about that time began the troubles with Am-
erica, and very shortly after that there was
the establishment Of Il new government in
America. Now, want you to look ut the
course Of these two governments since that
period. They are the same people, having
the same language, the same ldeas, the same
everything but there is this difference, that
here we have the happiness to be governed by
,,rent families, VIII, Sc blood goes how far back k
nobody knows. and nobody knows how thick
a rreat deal of 1t has become. daughter. }
Now. in the United States they have not been
;, governed. They We're governed by Wash-
ington, Ly Adams, by jefferson, by Madison,
and by Muuroe, and some Of these were ad-
viscd, counseled and assisted by that imnor-
tai printers boy, whose name will endure
forever. (Cheers.) Well, now, what has
taken place durln. that hundred yeas? We
started u 100 Years ago with debt Of l40.'
900 600; now we have added 1850, 900 ,0Uu
to il, besides having spent in the same time
TWO. three, or four times as much. which has
been raised by taxes and not raised bv loans
and therefore doe, not appear IN the shape ol
a debt. Our taxes have risen in that tlm'
from 10 millions and half TO 10 millions
and that We find them at this day. Oul
English nations wet Of the Atlantic hav'
still no debt nothing that requires to b'
snoken about Whatever it is, could bt
maid anv time when they chose to buy 1t on
and their taxes according to Mr.. Buchanan Z
message, which you have been looking a
during the last month, will amount this ypal
i speik OF their general guvernment-to =.
million dollars, or about l2milions sterling
and IN that about a million and halt Is TIN
cost of the post Office, ior the post Office rem
,lcrs much more extensive service than onr
does. and is not source ot reyepGe. U
course, know several people will say. 'ther
are all those State governments and the.
are very extensive adding the taxes o
those 10 the central government, make a
much AS ours Well. none OF the State
maintain an army OF navy, and there ar
very few persons in any OF them who get
salary of $1,000 year and believe tn
whole of the take, Of the State government
of the United States added together woul
not amount to more than the amount pal
for poor rates in the United Kingdom. Now
bear in mind, there is the same populatio
and the same industry. but there is this va
difference in the burden, that there thirt
millions OF people will raise taxation for the
general government this year at the rate