Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-08-10

victory over the shareholders rebellion
has been manifestly felt throug ghout
Great Britain. Most every known friend
of the United States has been reelected
to parliament. Some of the so-called
liberals support the Palmerston minis
terry. and that enables it to retain its
power.
John Bright, the reformer, was re-
elected without opposition. He did not
declare himself in favor of universal suf-
rage, but in favor of reduction Of the
property qualification, so that every
denizen of town who paid rent of
thirty dollars should vote. For the suff-
rage universal, as in this country, Eng
land would have seven millions ofvoters;
whereas she has now only one million
This shows how restricted is the suffrage.
Yet the English people who do not vote
do not consider themselves slaves. 1t
is thus they regard voting to be privi-
lege rather than a right. John Bright
is progressor, but he is not such rad
ical as John Stuart Mill, whose election
from the royal city of estminister, is
undoubtedly the greatest triumph acbev-
ed in England. He is a warm and out
spoken friend Of our cause. He favors
universal suffrage. He favors the vote
by ballot. He is opposed to taxing the
people for the benefit of any particular
clergy. He SO abbors corruption in
elections that he would not spend dol
lar for that purpose. To use a cant
phrase, be would neither employ grog nor
guineas, and yet he is triumphantly cleo
ted by the people of Westminister.-
Since the days Of John Hampden, and
Algernon Sidney, SO great a triumph has
not been achieved in England. It hard
! ly seemed possible, in the present state
of British morality to elect such man.
But he is elected to the joy Of every lib
eral mind, both in Europe and America.
Mr.. Mill carries the doctrine Of suffrage
much farther than most public men. He
thinks that women should vote, and that
is one of the cardinal points in his prin-
ciples Thomas Hughes, another zeal
Gus friend Of America, is elected from
London. The people have also made
their black mark upon some of the enc
mics of our country by defeating them
at the polls Mr.. Lindsay who has been
notoriously prominent in favor Of the
Shareholders rebellion, has been de-
feated at Hull. Lord Amberly the
eldest son of Earl Russell, the British
foreign secretary, was defeated. He
also was rebel sympathizer. Mr.. Glad
stone, who calls himself liberal, but.
who foolishly declared that Jefferson
Davis had created nation, was defeat
ed at Oxford The general cast of the
the new House of Commons, will be
much more favorable to our country
than was the last. The suppression of
the Southern rebellion and the abolition
of slavery over four million of persons
held in bondage, gave an impetus to the
cause Of liberalism, just where, and
when it was most needed in the election
of the legislature Of mighty kingdom.
Had our triumph been deferred another
year, the tories would probably have
carried the British parliament, whose
tenure is seven years, and thus deferred
reform to the people of England. We
think We can now see better day for
the popular party of Great Britain. 1t
will be strengthened hourly by our in
| fuence and our reforms The wave Of
progress here will reach across tho Allan
tic. Our great experiment in disband-
ing conquering armies in few weeks,
after the suppression of malignant and
defiant rebellion, will teach the people Of
Great Britain, that there is no necessity
Of maintaining large standing armies in
time of peace,
In truth we may say that the infu-
ence Of our example, SO dreaded by the
aristocracy Of Great Britain, must be
SO overshadowing and all-permeating
that American politics must hereafter
assume az international prominence.