New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-07
EARL GREY ON BROTHRR JO<A-

Earl Grey has been making speeca0n Amerl-
opropos To the proposed Extension OF Suffrage "
Great Britain by Lord John RuSselPs Reform Mil
now before Parliament. He ID an independent sort
of peer, rather liberal in his autecedents and assoc
catious but votes about as often with onsparty AZ
with the other His text s the recent developments
of corruption in our Federal politics and admins
tration. as exposed by the recent reports OF Con-
eressionaI Inv estigating Committees Having been
amazed himself, he proceeded 10 amaze tire House
by his exposition Of of the dirty linen that
| we Yankees have recently laid out to wash-such
| as the appointment Of "a Coal Inspector, who not
only knows nothing whatever about Coal, and does
nothing about it. save to divide the SIS, 900 per
annuDl which the Governments pays him for his
services O. With two other favoritos designated by
the President letting the favored coadealevs sup
ply just such On article they chose, give their
own weight and charge their ewn price,. which
was only fifty cents per tun more than other
men would have gladly filed the Government
bunkers for, and not expected to be bess with
such accommodating inspector. The beautiful
Live Oak dealings Of Dive Oak Swift" with the
Navy Deparlment-capital business for Swift, bat
BY no means so nice for Uncle Sam-the Navy Yard
manpuiatiops, whereby the Treasury was enor-
mously depleted, not to build or repair Federal
ships. but 10 reflect John COchrane, Dan Sickles,
Maclay ference, &C., to Congress--the sale Of
Military Reservations and purchase of fort sites,
wherein the Government had uniformly the worst
OF the bargain, while its agents and their orsnles
feathered their nests deightfully-all these 'dcngs
and more like them have made deep impression on
Earl Grey, aud were received with lively interest
BY the House ef Lords. The facts are, unhapplly
beyond dispute: and Earl Granville was quite
wrong in urging as he did urge, that We should
take Ofense ut their restatement BY Ear Grey
We claim here the right 10 speak ourInina about
other nations and their doings, and shall not OBJ
iect to like freedom when exercised by Others. On
the contrary, We shall all be quite willing to profit
by any wisdom Earl Grey has to spare MS. Here
is a specimen of his speech:
me remind ycur lordshpsha the great Who brought
i. Revolutionary with this country 10 >ec. sa close
established Federal Constitution by which they thought they
bad provided sufficient checks against ths dangers O.
Democracy At this time the Constitutions OF the several states
founded on similar principles Bs G@ sssy sn,es .ia
cddoiaaton 81 e e,iea MINORITY nae b.,n r"ashhsa
N
eye If the Contemporaries Of Washington bad been asked
wleihe they would abandon the system they had c'iaohca
for the that has replaced It, they would hs.e ess req "s
il has taken place. neyerheess and how BY succession Of
leading by gradual steady end certain progression to that re-
sud- which And hoy has thai chang %g,ara ,o
the happiness aud webeng OF the United Sites IN onEmg
this part the subject under attention wish 10 say hs
which wound the feelings OF people Ter whom
the highest respect and bit 1t would os
false deicaey IN 70 abstain irom descn1hs ne e'iS %
now afic kindred nation, and when the best ana
most enlightened Of thr own citizens are tue inst 10
admit and deplore wil endesvor then shortly 10 point
out 70 your !Ordsips what ia the state OF things no" on"
ing the United States described ny witnesses OF tos
d MAI he oldest and more enightend citizens Of the United
STATES are absolutely eJnded from all share - ne Goeren
eSe he SMALLEST influence the acts OF the Government
Hey perfectly helpless and PoweTess and NE n 1,o IT,
Ia ~ tbo men oho do not seuple fdttey The eH pas
sons Of tie mob Hear hear The effects OF TINS are seen
both in the Executive and in the Legislature eon heno
ell pon the tone but we all know in what nanne tho ela
tions Of the United with foreign nations are carried on
Everybody aware Of tne no. ono E
ooa aaoH 10 0e, IN e sone manner ~ e2sId nos ap
ng yGn we o@rse.e' sse p, ~ dysrrence
Of Interests, bot The strongest possible in'ere on pon sdc 70
maintain the closes. end,hP we nave more , one eo bee,
ro;d beco1e oreynmetof hs country has mad ne gooa
sense more mar onrs 70 a. ne rss and iboaoS he ros
~ ea,lg on our aide has yielded 10 me unredgoHdDf Wn
mons of he Uned Stat,s THERE'S danger ma M nay os
yb,d Zoo far gussfi0n which our hon
and ouI aeYess 0H HakeoHeesssoHs on our parf i~p0
There is spice Of truth in this, but it is not
all true. We do not approve the bullying tone
often assumed by our Government in its dealings
with foreign powers; butwe must remind our CEN
sor that France aud Russia, bothautocratic States
have recently given more ofense 10 Great Britain,
and excited more alarm in the breasts Of her rulers