Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-11
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e. r.marks on the general questions
:.a,.sI nv the crisis-if It may % cs"eu
"n.S".;il bere not be out Of place. ASs'
.Na.;..ns nossess . fair average Of Informs
~. ~ ~" Ecelish politics, but re@'eeers
t'on W. 80 very few-stAtistics, nay
II. House Of Commons consists o. 600
,.a,nl.rs namely: For England, 496 for |
Irsland. iO6; for Scotland, 81. According |
70 10 csnsuaof 1851, the population Of Eng. |
land and Wales WAS 20, DOC, 900, and Of that
number 5000, 600 were male adults. Well.
on q thes luW6se eWsy go, eco wsse ssp-
resented, leaving 4, 200, 900 non. represented.
ThIse fieusesi qtott Irep n Bsines, in De
House Of Commons, On The 4th Of May last
Thus the constitution only recognizes one
male adult in Ave IS possessing any polite
81 rights. In the House Of Commons, sup
possa 70 represent the people. Tie hsded In
terest claims 253 seats the army and navy,
81 the Law, 50; the laborer, b he artisan
or plowman, not one. Three hundred and
forty -ssvsn ssaGs - flllsd by The sons Of
peers, Or thsir nomieees. Il 4, Therefore.
indisputabIe that the constitutional rights
and interests Of the working classes depend
wholly On the COED nature y sens Of JUS
tice, or policy Of their 20 called superior"
Their political position 10 inferior 10 that Of
their fellow countfymen in the British colo
nies-to that which you propose to elevate
the American slave Of yesterday TO. This
ltSey know I'D aro dissatisfied With. They
vunt q extensioa Of the fraushise amount
Iine y univessal suffrage and the ballot.
II II b eouputed that out az oO0, 900 voters
in England and Wales, 45O. 900 are subject
either to bribery or coercion, leaving the
c,nscisutious voters in . minority. Eqnali
zation OF electoral districts is likewise i'm
psrasivsly necessary 70 SECURE any fair 81
ance Of representation. At present the 70
tor 10 . small bsrougA otSsa possesses tn
influence Of fifty in large one. Thus
/ Buckinghamsh,pe contains four boroughs
each one sending two members, and thre'
| members for the county--n all eleven mem
bsss. Bat the population Of the county i
4 not 20 large - that Of Manchester, which
q has only two members Then in the adjon
!, ing county Of Bedford, which possesses bu'
four. two for Bedford and two for the coun
: ty, one Of its towns has no representative
II And glancing at the tax returns you d'scov
a er the same m0nstrous anomalies. 4,oOl
has three times the power OF f9O,oOO and
f5O, 900 more (political value than 1900
i 900. And 50 much for the necessity Of a
. more fair and equal distribution Of seats in
o permanent.
Then, too, there 10 the question ofchurch
= rates ard = State religion. The following
figures show the numbers Of the various Dc
nominations in the united kingdom
Protestn's
Non
Established formists,
Z Episcopal CHI. Presbyte-
rian, &c, Catholic
England Wales 10, 600. 600 9,oo",oeo 900 oaf
ireland $1,000 2,75oOO0 $50 oVt
s~otland 67s,OOO 595. 299 4.49O, IS;
Total 1917 900 l2, 81, 1893 $40. 5ss
Thus the Disaenters and Catholics have Z
} majority Of I, 500. 900, yet the Episcopal ii
, the established" religion. to which oil per
sons Of other denominations are obliged Il
' contribute. These are Ne political evils
that cry for remedy now 10 Great Btitais.- =
e And the ensuing general election will Ger