, 1861-08-20

asasaphaut1y reaxested when hard pushed
"by argument, h2s bean finally taken and
destroyed, knsws no hounds. They can
no longer, he say.t point TO America ~
final refutaton II ali arguments against
"zeform" and aprogresA" He treass
the whs1e question 81 Though the
separation of the Union were COM
plete and irrevocable. American
Democracy has sunk from the decrepi-
atude of premature old age" "The same
adtcase which insured the fall Of mon
*archy in France in the lsst century, aud
tin Naples in this, has destroyed tie
"Ameiican Republic. The same symp-
"ton1s hare shown themselves in all these
"cases: the discomfort Of whole sections
"of the people, and the utter lack. in the
"hour Of need, Of rulers who could per-
"torm the commonest duties Of govern
"ment" And the writer exulta again and
again that the success Of the American Re-
public has forever ceased to point the AZ
guments of The dangerous and fanati ,al''
reforms Of England.
We cannot: give complete SYNOPSIS Of
this article, nor can VIC afford the space to
zefute its ssphiszns and exposs its incon-
sistenc{es. It may be considered fair
statement Of the views and the general
tone Of thought Of 3 large, influential, high
y educated and rejecting body Of men,
who are just as fraay: convinced Of the es-
GENITAL right and justice Of their ideas and
theories Of government, as the most fanat-
ieal apostle Of Democratic principles can
be OF bis. the writer takes up the subject
fom European point Of view, and consid-
CTS it wholly with reference to its effect
Oh political action in England. He sneers
moet scorufu11y at the bare idea Of prog
ress among the masses, and jus:ides the
movement Of the South as resistance to
brute force-to the despotic tyranny Of the
majority over the minority. He calls the
last election "yictory Of the majority
over constitutional restraints" and ap-
proves of the course Of the South in antic-
ipating an attack On their institutions.
But he especially draws great comfort from
the fact that the South, being itself essen
tally sn ariatocracy, has acted in partner
ship with democracy for years, and final
II discarded it as an unsuitable and inef1-
cient form Of government. This view Of
the relative positions Of the North aud the
South deserves attention as being the re-
suit of unprejudiced and intelligent obser-
vation. And the writer presses it with
great force on the English aristocracy IS
an encouragement 10 presevere in their op-
position to the 1eveling tendencies Of po-
itical men in England.
Of course there ReYer was and never will
be an Englishman who could, by any pos
sibi1ity, takes just view Of American poll
tics; but the opinion Of Ibis writer is novel
and curious. He says that the true cause
Of the rebellion Of the South is the en-
croaehment Of the North On its rights, by
| means Of protective tariffs, and that the im-
mediate cause Of the attack upon Sumter
was the Morill tariff This, to be sure, is
| old, but the way he crawls around the fact
that the South have always had the con
troll Of the Federal Government, is pecu
iarly refreshing. He says that bargain
Was made between the South and theil
Northern allies that protective tarif
should be swepped off for the extension O
slavery; but the growth Of Abolitonisn
making it impossible to keep up the ar
| rangement longer, the election Of Lincoh
was notice to terminate the contract. 7,
us, who know the immense number Of pro
tective tariffs that have been passed for th
special benefit Of the North, and he1
strongly the Northwest must have been
party to this contract which advocate
J them, and how little the subject OF SLAYER
has been mentioned in connection with th
present contest, the article il the Lo1ada
Quarterly appears peculiarly rich IN info,
: nation and profound in logic.
: "Rut," says the reviewer, "the veal
/ "ness Of Democracy to repress rebel1io'
$ "and its strength to incite it is terrib
e thing. Then, referring TO the suspensio
e Of the writ Of Aabeas corpus and the seizu
l. Of the telegrams, he says, "this exec
l. "honal Vigor, on the part Of an individu
n president, in the height Of an exciti1
$ "crisis, Is no proof that the America
If "Goyernment Is strong. There is nothir
?, amore de1usive than the sernblance
.e strength which is presented by these j
te q .JA spasms Of .tsfoeaous energy" "Fer
b rocious energy" is good. The review
is must have been reading the Charlesto
It papers. What would the Cabinet thin
= to hear themselves called such names
e "ferocious energy?"t
I. Finally, the reviewer cengratulates
d readers that "the lesson has not been 10
# son the public opinion Of England" IT
It Parliament, which in 1863 rejected Lo
= Derby's Reform bill as not liberal enoug
/. has successfully, and by increasing n
IS joriies, REFUSED any Reform at c
a The Church has shared in this Bile
re- ed reaction, which has reduced
r majority Of seyenty-one against chur
of rates, to a majority Of one in their fay
II. and it is apparently not too much for t
be reviewer to hope, shat the last gigan
of stride Of an msolent and fanatic mob
n wards anarchy, may yet be 1etraced il
st return to the proper duty. "For den
le "cratic change now lacks the one II
he "ommendatien that has power "
"the English mind-pr actical 81
n "cess We have seen the drama act
lie Through before cur eyes; its boast
lis "opening, its fair seeming progress, and
to "cloees. We have seen that small germ
to "evl develop bit by bit; the suffrage, Of
:al "rela1ed, leads to greater relaxations;
3. restraints, which the law imposed up
est "the multitude, one by one torn dow
e. "unt every organ Of the State, legis1ati
re- executive and Judicial, has at length
is "come the passive mouth-piece Of m
II "law; and at last the reckless aud nee
i'd "partizans, who 1uled under q govermt
bis "of mob-law, have goaded each other il
it "ciTl WAT"
Of T anything VAS needed to prove
he natural alliance Of the South with the p
IN tisans of aristocracy and despotism IN ]
he rope, here it is. If anything was Meet
= L l.