The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-01
National Cempartson.,

Mr.. EvERKTr's eloquent address on the $sh
Of July last vind,eating our coantry from
xAe criticisms of Earl GREY, hss been lately
evsrhanled BY the London Saturday Rsrisr.--
Il doe. not answer Mr.. EvRRETT's arguments
Mr.. EvKRxrr showed that American Legisia-
sures, which Earl 0RRY had charged with be-
sing corrupt, were not more corrupt than the
Eagiish Parliament, and the Rsciesc pro-
nounces this "irreleyant to the main question.
which bears rather upon the general ca
paeitv saa standing of politicians than on
the dAeree in which they are amenable to our
particular accusations., This is compte'e
doAEing Of the question, and substantially an
Submission of the truth Of Mr.. EvxRKrT's posi-
tion ~ indeed II would be hard 10 oeny IT.
No American Legislature has ever yet wit.
messed such shameless prohigacy as Eas been
...n an former times in the British Parliament
xrh.n the NEST important subjects were de-
c.ded by buying mp votes as You buy cattle in
thu market. There can he no doubt that even
a member Of the American Congress would
have been considered quite a reputable char
acter In the British Parliament century ago.
As liberal principles have gained ground in
England, there has been a corresponding in
crease of public and political morality, until
now she is in a condition to thank God that
she Is not rs other men.
The Rs-fe.c asserts that the American Pres
idents, particularly of late years. have been
second rate men, and there is no denying the
fact The greatest men of the United States,
CLAY, WEBSTER and CALHOUN, were not able
to come within gun.shot Of the Presidency.
But IL the Rsristc had condescended to exam
inc the various Presidential tickets Of the
present campaign, we think II would dis
cover strong array of names, worthy the In
telhgence of the country, and the dignity of
the trust confided to the Executive hands
Even at the worst, we have never had az weak
ruler as generally holds the sceptre in Great
Britain, or in other countries OF the old
world. There is but one Emperor in Europe
who has an imperial in tellec |, and he has come
10 his position, not by hereditary right but by
the will of France and of himself. What
contrast TO this monarch, of Natures making
TO whom all the kings Of Europe stand, cap in
hand, like so May diverted iacq uiee waiting
their masters pleasure, trembling at his frown
or rejoicing in his smile, is the hereditary
herd of royal blockheads by whom humanity
is dsgraced in the old world. in whose long
line of ancestry superior intellect is the ex-
ception and not the rule, who are compelled
to think through the brains of their mi nistry.
govern with other hands than their own and
confne themselves to the only legitimate prov
incs 81 kings not always legitimately exer-
cised, that of begetting other imbeciles like
themselves. -s d
The Reci.p also complains of the admins.
tration of justice in this country, and refers
especially 10 the SlCKLEs trial. We are COM
PEELED 10 admit that there is q good deal OF
truth in its CRITICISMS upon this point But
the leniency sometimes exercised towards Of
tenders of this class shows at least an exalted
appreciation of that domestic purity which
KEY was supposed to have betrayed, which is
not always found in older and more refined
communities. Doubtless, as our society
emerges gradually from the backwoods, we
shall witness fewer displays of savage ferocity
and lynch law, but we hope we shall not
lose with them those household virtues which
lie at the foundation of ali social happiness
and even national excellence
The Reriep declares that "politics in the
United States have become a sort of trade and
a trade that is not followed by the most dis
tinguished part Of the community, but is al.
most entirely in the hands of election agents %
Politics are no more trade in the United
States than England, nor do they ever assume
the heartless, mercenary vile, and vindictive
features which they constantly manifest in that
country. The tactics of Congress are faith
full, though somewhat coarse copy of the
tactics of Parliament, but the trade of politics
and all its appliances are essentially the same
in England and America. There are as fragrant
instances of political regeneration, corrnp-
ton, bribery. injustice, falsehood, w, hatred.
malice, an all uncharita beness in the poll tical
contests of England as in those of America On
the whole, we are ofopinion that there is "a good
deal of human nature" in the politics and
politicians OF both countries, and that any
candid judge in England would, like the UNI
pire at Aldershott, decline to give the cham.
pion's belt to either party.