The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10
VOL L.

irish peers are not entitled to seats in parli-
ament, in their own right but are allowed to,
choose a delegation of thirty members. 70
sum it all up, England has representation,
! in parliament, of nine hundred, or one to a
little over eighteen thousand inhabitants,
while Ireland has one hundred and thirty five,
OF one to about forty thousand.
Tho history of English intercourse with
Ire and is, to great extent, the history Of
that with Scotland. In this instance, as in
the other. she subugated a brave and gallant
people, over whom she had no II ght OF control
under heaycn, and compelled them to do her
! homage. Against the union Of Scotland with
England nothing could be urged, provided it
had been on equal terms; for Scotch king
asccnded the throne Of Great Britain, and
with these who favor monarciaies, there car
, be no objection to being governed hy their
line Of native princes: but let us examine the
rcpresentation-tha sure test of freedom.
Scotland sends to the British, parliament only
+. fitty-thrce commoners, and all her peers are
not allowed to sit in parliament, but arc per-
mittcd to elect sixteen from their number to
represent them in the House Of Lords.
Al one time, during the struggle between
| England and Scotland the government of the
former as in the case of Ireland, prescribed
! the Scotch national dress, and severe penal
| ties were annexed toean infringment ee t-tsseg
/ Jaw. William Of Orange, Macaulay S hero,
fixed an ctcll.al Stigma upon his escutcheon,
by the wholesale bu.cheIy of ID body of High
landcrs and even Macauly himself could not
lustrfyin him Tor 1t.
The tale of British aggression in East India
is another, which, if given in detail, would
cause the blood Of every right minded man
to boil with Indignation. Suffice it to say
that some merchants, by coaxing and wheel
ling, iilst obtained settlements from Indian
princes. Backed by their government at
home they began to make ncIOachmcnts
which produced wars; taking advantage OF
which, they wrested territory from the
natives. The latter, indignant at seeing the
steady advance of the British i'll their dom
inionS doubtless frequently practiscd great
crueltics-but if the British had not invaa-
ca their country the Indians certainly would
never have troubled them or theirs.
Hastings, Give, nallis-even Well
ington -aAd a host of others, by diplomracy
and arms, extended the British power un-
til, 1T last, thcyienslavcd the whole of u vast
empire.
such is English history. These have been
her acts, and to-day the same IS the policy Of
the natiGn that presllmcs to rchuke the
peope Of tie Confederate States, tor holding
Africans in bondage. We take those who,
in their native Africa, would be living in the
worst Kind of barharism, anarchy, want, and,
indeed, the most miserable form Of slavery,
without lays and without civilization, We
compel them to work, for which we clothe
and feed them in their prime and Nurse and
support them in their old age thereby i'm
proving their condition many fold England
stacks independent, enlightened natinrs like
Ireland and Scotland, with ruthless hand
dc,t.ovS thcir ornnc:.ts-tleir nation
aticS-and reduces them to the degrat,.n"
position If provinces, o., En.land Eng
land 'stl,st cast out the beam out Of t!.inG
oWE eve and then llal thou see clearly 10
cast out the mote out Of Try t-others eye
"DowN WITH JEFF DAVIS, ''-s' The Nor
thcrn papers have jubant editorials over a
recent speech delivered by Mr.. Footc, 20
coH yrcSs, III opposition 20 the administration.
! summary % the spcrch was telegraphcl
North from the Richmond papers contain
ing it. received at Fortress Monroe Jhe
Philatlel pl4ia Inquirer. under the title OF ~
base jeff Davis, has the1ollowing co:n,aerte:
Aavices from the South inform Us that IL
). Footc, who was elected senator III lS IL
an active advocate of the compromise mc:>u-
res III 1850; chosen governor q Mississippi,
as the Union candidate, after an exciting con-
test, over Jeitlson Davis, n o5l; 9 member
OF the Southern C3nventun at Knoxville
Tenn. in 1899, and whore he made strong
ed the President ct the Southern tonfrdclacy
isl a severe speech, in which he attributes to
Davis military disaster and accuses him Qt
h: wing almost ruined the country
Now. i is the popularity of the rebellion
&c be cInbnt;lcd, as it were, in one OK nole
reprcSci!tatisc snrr. For this Southern rebel
lion, Jefferson Davis is SUCH man; nor is
there any one in the whole South who could
hold that position, were he taken from It. W G
have reason to be glad therefore, when OPP
: position begins to raise its head on the floor
of the Southern Congress and point to the
President az the of ruin; for who can
tell what the beginning Of opposition may
lead to?
+ Who does not rcmembe rhew the insign;fi-
can't advocate Of Artois had become the tyr
ant of France, and held the lives OF thousndS
at the mercy Of his nod, and yet how, on the
Sth Therlnidos when he came to tho AS
sembly to brow beat opposition, the motion
of Bourbon de POiss to refer, instead Of
publish, his speech, gave courage to the CD
position, aud secured the fall. .ot RobeSpierrc
The New York Herald, while it hasn't
much affection for Mr. Footc, hopes that
something may result from his speeches,
1t says:
He never was man Of much weight eth
, er in Washington, or Richmond but lis late
TRADE may do something towards opening
, the eyes Of the bcnighted people ofthe South
, to the true state of affairs. It is but the be
ginning Of the end
A MONKEY ON A SrREE-'.In DR. Cuthrie'S
quaint styled book, the Old Y ears Warming
we find the following laughablc description
, cfa drunken monkey:
Jack as he was called, ''sceing his master
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