The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-27
England-.-Its Government and its
People.
From the Milwaukee Visions

lerDment upon the laborlng classes AS Eng
land is. The Ieason Of this is that the
whole weight of the British ars,ocracy
aud the iaw-making classes is thrown
against ever, measure of reform. The
ruhug classes work and Ieglsate not how
to better their laws but bow not 10 Tn.
osershadowlng Influence Of = family" in
England can s"arcel, he imagined excep,
hy those who are governed thereby
Minister of England, down to the humbIes:
agisirate. whether that office be mii,
tary. naval. ecclesiastical, judicial, colonial
diplomatic or administrative. but what Is
filled with these "grea. families OF Eng
lad. The evils resulting from this MODE
of governing are b, no means The ou'!
ones from which the poor sntfer. The lie
iecls OF British ml,gove'nmert are equally
aIparehl III the kss,Iir,ed Suffrage, the
Established Church, the Land Monopoly
the scanty wage, given to the working
men. and the prodlgaIlty Of the Crown
10 these causes are directly traceahle the
tacL that in no country in the world, save
Great Britain, can there be found so much
suffering. =" much poverty aud so u.nct
crime. For !i'e wealth. anh the ruling
classes, and for 'h- clergy of their ts'ab
lished hurch. England provides two III.
sritu'ions of learning, Cambridge and Ok
ford, celebrated Ar the best in the worla
Bot what does she provide for The middle
classes of Der people Scanty provision,
indeed are made for them. The iguor>
aace which prevails in many districts II
amenlab-, and has a decided tencenc,
to foster paupersm and crime. The enor
nifty of cri'n- wtlch prevades Great Brit
ain is the sure result Of the limited pro.
visions made for the education of ,he Ia
| boring classes The nu,pber OF criminals
IN England aud Wales. tetu cen 1886 AID
and 1e4s aere 335 800. aud OF tia, nun.
bei more than n'rrt, per cent ~ere unn-
s,ructed. Ia lS4S 10 England alone, he
number OF c>uvictsd persons was % PIT
When one sre- country flooded witt
criminals. J. Is proof positive lha! in thai
c, untrl very Ii'tle advantages can ie
found for tho poor to become educared
and respected member. Of society.
| The suffrage Of Eng and is 40 reduced
that but one-Aevenlh Of the people have {
vote Even The benefits of this hm,tt q
vote are restricted AMI Deutra ICED b, I'M,
equal represen'aiicr England and Waie,
have ore member in tie House Of Com
mon, to ever, 80 600 persons ; wllct
gives 10 those we ,ounirles 496 neni
oer>. Ireland has one ii eurber to every
81 900, and Scotland has one TO ever,
$4,000. One ha!t Of the population q
| England sem thirty ihr-a members q
Parliament. and the Other half SEND
TWO hundred .ud ninety. One half of IT. {
population Of Ireland send ninety Sc ver
members and the other Is allowed bu,
eight. HE unequal representation Is sim
liariv ,just il >cnslapd. The members
OF Parliament are 90 divided AS To give t
slreng and The power 10 the agriculture
districts. or in other words 10 bestow il
upon the landed ger,r,, who go far to
make up tue larger part OF the English
arlstoclacy This majority Of the mem
bers Of ParIamen. ae TOO frequently i'll,
librraliy educated. tiggo'ed and opnost
tenaclousiy all measures OF reform The
more active ana progressive districts. such
IN Manchester, Lonnon Birmingh am, and
Liverpool, are allowed but little repre-
sentauon, compa'e6 with the agricultural
districts Forty three voters, 10 elecrinc
members of Parliament from the enlicht-
ened manufacturing districts, and h-nc.
the friends of progress. such as Lordon
Dublin, Bristol Alto Glasgow, have no
more inference in Parliament than one 20.
ter in the landed boroughs controlled BY
the arlstocracy.
The only branch Of the British Cover o.
men, which has the slightest pre,ense OF
representing the people is the House OF
| ommons; Vet one fourth Of the mem
bers Of ,ha; House have been for genera :
lions supplied by ,hirly>one of The SO
called great families" Of England The
remaining three four,hs of the House aye
| 10 great extent compo,ed Of members
who are il fuenced bv the House of Lords.
and hence, bur hrtle more favorable to
the people OF TIE TOTAL SIX hundred and
hity nine members, the greater por ion 1T
them are marqulses, lords and haronets
related to members Of the House of Lords,
and consequently are. TO a more or less
extent, governed by their wishes. In fer
reting out the crign of the evils of British
Inisgovernmeni, one cannot fail to per
ceIve that each and nearly every one arise
from the princi pie of The rich governing
the poor, without th- latter being allow ed
a voice in the governments of placing
the reins OF government. almost entire
mao the hand, "f the nobility. and of the
system OF procuring remunerstivs Offices
for all she dependents Of the ruling
classes.
The evils, too of the Established Church
are numerous These are mol only noto-
rlousiy unjust. hut ar. verv burdeusone
TO the poor. he annual revenue accru-
ing TO the Established Church from Eng
land and Wales alone. amounts to from
ffr 70 sixty million. 81 dollars ,3m