New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-19
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Human nature ia much the same ct all
times and everywhere. Years ago, the match
less graver of Hcgarth dclineated the humors OF
an English election-the riot, the bribery, and
the debauchcry. In modern times, the Eatan-
swill contest furnished several Of the drollest OF
the "Pickwicl; Papers; the Yatton election
was prominent feature OF "Ten Thousand a
Year; and the chivarous fight Of the colonel
against his sneakine nephew, Barnes afforded
an entertaining episode in 1.-THE Newcomes'
The warm struggle now going on in England
10 which we have several times already alluded,
seems to be marked by the same Characters
tics. TO be fruitful of the same violent libels,
and to stimulate the same rccklessness OF speech.
At one or two points, riots have occurred so
important that the interposition Of the military
was required; ard those London newspapers
(Which have lecturC'l us so gravely upon
TIE political "rowdyism" Of New-Yors, can
now profitably dispense their morals and indig-
nation to their immediate readers. We have
heard more than was pleasant in martin
Chuzzlewitt" and IN other books by English
Travellers of our partisan intrusion upon the
sanctities of private life and opinion; but no
candidate, TO our knowledge, in this country,
was ever pronounced unfit for seat in the
House of Representatives because he believed
in-Homeopathy, Yet this measure Of a
mans patriotism and public ability has actually
been applied within few weeks in England,
and candidate has been declared by one OF his
own committee Gan allopathic NJ. d., of course)
unfit for the House Of Commons, because he
preferred the pellet to the bolus politician
who, when sick, insisted upon infniteSslmal doses
of nuT rorlioa or paisatiiia, and who coughed
scornfully at honest calomel by the grain aud
trusty castor-oil by the spoonful, could not be
otherwise than grossly unfit to legislate for the
British Empire. He was remorsciessly aban-
doncd by his alopathic ally, who wrote at once
to the Newspapers, and published to all the
world the Roman virtue with which he had
indicated pharmaceutical orthodoxy
But We have more serious, yet still an
amusing. instance of factious rage. Mr.. John
Stuart Mil. a scholar and thinker, whose con-
tributions to political and economical science
are among the most valuable of modern times,
is cls- candidate. He declined TO canvass
and left the voters TO accept or reject him, unin-
luenced either by grog or guineas IN his be-
half furious and foaming Tory newspaper
at is wits end for "A weapon, finally charged
H. t,a nrte with In "a ~
in the existence Of God There are thousands
of readers even in this country, who, from their
knowledge of Mr.. Mills writings, could have
given the lie promptly and plumply to this
volunteer indicator Of the Deity and in En-
gland, where ne and his opinions are still more
widely known, the denial which NJ. Mill has
degned to make TO the charge. was hardly
necessary at all.
We understand well enough he difference
between recrimination and reluta'ion. You
are another" is not reply to which we at
tribute much value: and we record these in
stances Of transatlantic folly, partly 20 say
that we do not dcducc from them an opinion
unfayorablc to the integrity and intelligence Of
The whole British people. Upon evidence far
less valuable and conclusive, our own nation
has, again and again, been coarsely, sweep
incly and scornfully condemned. This we can
bear; but when the false judgment is extended
to our potica! principles. il is our business and
duty to show that the same reproach which is
hcaped upon dcmocracies may be visited upon
monarchies with equal truth and Justice.