The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-07-28
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ths Ia=- mail. Thy --7e o. -ao~ 81 ! done
il o-ie- m9uzrcaizI c9uu,ries. when . di-4=re-
mea: -kss Place b-tvsen tae Ministry and the
legislature = tie pe9rle. The rule : the zane
IN al such Governments, and NJ Ministry, 10;
in full harmony With public sentiment. can r.
tain oEoe. - ~ stated Ia: week. it : q wi-e
rgle, fr j, tend= u increase the reject of the
people fr their Sovereign.
II the ca- II the English Ministry, although
the action Of the Ministry On the reform bill e
unqueztionabIy in full accord with public oJin-
in, YET as they have failed 70 find . majority in
Parliament % sustain their policy, they have
determined % reign, and throw the issue
befgre the nation for is enforcement OF re-
jecti5n. The present Parliament was elected
several years since, and il Considered - not en-
bCdYIng the views Of the nation On the great
reform question now before IL. The Ministry
are willing to have their policy laid directly
befg-e the people, confient that they viii be
sustained. The great que-tion at stake in Eng
land = popular GrsedoDa-ihe eLerGfgn IF The m
d1sfuai GASES 10 q haIgT DaThcpqfi0H m tie
G~oserHmenf. The people will Be found support
Ing the Ministry and the principles Of political
equality, while the ancient and wealthy aris-
tycracy, JEALOUS Of the encroachments Of the
poorer Glasses. viii q firmly resist the measure.
There are two kinds of members 81 the House Of
Commons saws an exchange. f1Cs" who represent
couutie-- called knights q tLe shire. and ;ho-.
Who r-pre-.It bgroughs. called BUrz---c-. The
qualification fora county voter = 20 I've in q house
worth $50 a year for a borough voter. 10 live in
. hJI-e worth <Jpa wear The new bill reduces
t1@-r amounts ~ 80 and So This will increase
the number Cf voters IN England and WaIe- about
900 900 Scotland and ireland have other qualif-
cations. and are not affected b. the present bill.
The adult male population o. England and Wales
i about I've and q half millions. OF these about
nine hundred thousand are now voters. II the
bill ps--"-- thirteen hundred thousand Of the five
and a half millions will vote or about one man in
I'VE. instead % the one in seven who now vote. II
has been said that England will get 20 universal
outrage a. soon a. thu United States will 70 iwpar-
tai suffrage. However that may be. one thing J.
very certain. each cXcrt- a great Influence over the
other The blow that struck down the rebellion
shook ali The pillars Of tyranny. To lift mp one
man J. % iHt all. To give q new privilege 10 one
man. j % offer q premium % ten - demand the
same No wonder. then. that Great Britain IL
shaken by intense excitement that the cOnseIyl-
tyes fs they call Observation-Disclosures a. III
people call them-fght desperately. They know
we'll that If the present barriers are broken down
there J. no resisting the flood. IL one man IN five
may vote why not one in four. three or two; If a
hity-dCilar house can vote, Why not forty. thirty.
twenty and ten any house at all in short. Why
not MAJ and not a house or mpue-- l. It houses.
OF lands. or MN that make a state.
England has few acres AMI many men. 50 acres
have governed and not men and ruled for them
selves b. laws Of entail. game laws. tenant laws.
labor law. poor laws: but the whole fabric j. tot
feriDC - it. fall. The reform bill may be won or
lost now. but II will surely come. We hope and
pray for the passage Of the reform bill. not only
that q few more EnclishmcH may vote. but that
humanity NAV learn 20 make and mold it, rulers
and it. rules Till every man shall be a las % him
self IN the highest and best sense.
We have digressed from our subject TO show
how the British Ministry, although it has re-
signed, owing to disagreement with Parliament,
Is yet in foil sympathy with the popular in
terest, and viii in the end be supported. Here,
however, the case i diferent-as tie Ministry
have not only been dofeated cy me EegfyauHe,
but have been shown to be opposed to public in
terest, seeking 70 enact measures which The entire
have openly and unequiYocalIy con-
The case here IS, therefore. just the
reverse Of what it is in England. There the
are popular NTH The PeoPle, here they
arc looked upon with distrust.
BY a nearly unanimous vote-30 u 3-the
Hawaiian Ministry were defeated in almos: the
only important Cabinet measure which they
before the legislature. And this took
place after the most elaborate exposition Of lis
scheme that the Minister Of Finance could pos
sibly make, and after the measure was before the
Assembly for several weeks. Never in the his
Of P~arlraments or Legislatures has a more
iastardly defeat been sustained by any Ministry.
Had it occurred in any other country, they one
and all would have retreated from Office, and
a hiding place in " Dayy Jones Locker
or some other place equally secluded from public
gaze.
The Ministers may continue TO retain Office,
they cannot retain that respect which should
attach % to the office.
Oh how wr.tched
Istha' rNNr man that hangs On County fsyors
There D. h-t EIrt that su4lr they would aspire to-
Th4f sN-et z-T-~t ~ >ubfa-. aud th-ir ruin
More fau-s AMI f-ar- t-su wars ~ xofnsu have,
AuI 4Iaa b. frH-. De- falls u.g Iuuf.r.