, 1866-04-23


Hampstead and Highgate, where many ac-
families reside, who blond the
culture Of letters with the enterprise of the
merchant, or the sagacity 1.-THE lawyer, or
the sancsity Of the pulpit. In Leicester
Square, too. and in Golden Square md adloin-
ing regions, French, German, Polish, Italian
and other foreign residents Of London amuse
iM Mmselves as best they can, whilc
frumpton and the neighbo1ing districta
are The headquarters Of many
roaicking comedians and artist, and sprishtlY
women. In Russell and Bedford square, and
in many quarters clustering round TEMPLE
Bar, the benchers and lawyers make them.
selves comfortable over port and elaret, while
many houses OF Pimltco, and other parts con.
tguous to the Queen's Palace and the bar
racks are inhabited by officers and their
families, whose generally scsnty. means pre.
clude them from the honest possibility Of hlch
living. Many houses, moreover, IN patney.
Chelsea, Greenwich, Blackwall; and ali along
the Thames, and particularly in the direction
Of Richmond, ase Inhabited by families who
enjoy most Of the blessings Of life, while the
intelligent classes OF mechanics sur.
round their humble homes with various
charms. A great Babel like London.
presents, OF course, many rcdeening elements
Of social Civilization, and is full Of all manner
ofcl!aucs. who live In nis h clover, but who are
all the same destitute both Of the elegance
and culture Of The privileged few, and the
nnsophtsticated single-hcartedness of the
working classes. English enjoyment, how.
ever, consists, as general rule, more In good
eating and drinking and In comfortable living
than In tasteful appliances, and so VIC find
most Of the residences Of these jolly John
Bulls as drrary looking as the shabby-gcnteel
mansions Of The old spinsters in Baker street,
where eyer-babbltug parrots, and green
eyed cats arc far more abundant than
good laste or cheerful manners.
II London life is thus gracelcss in the houses
Of the well-to-do classes, It Ia positively re-
voting IN those Of the lower classes. The
sketches Of Dickens, highly wrought as they
are: rather under than oyerstate their actual
misery and 1nbccIlity. On tho whole, It may
be Eaid that the heartlessness Of the cultivated
ciasses, so wonderfully painted By Thackeay,
finds its counterpart In the brutality Of the
lower strata, aud Us the latter prepouderate
in The streets Of London, they become i'm
pressed with that sinister aspect Of rudcness,
which presents such painful contrast to the
graceful appearance ot those Of Paris or Vienna
The London rabblc is In fact the most hide
oua In the world. The present Queen, when
returning. at the time Of her coronation, from
M8s:tsRqlEsts. to 8BSEtaGfb6i taa b6ia Palace, was 50
como for time By the reelection that neNf e!sa a
jects shouldlcomprise go many Of these brutes.
So long as The privileged classes are t'petted, J"
Tho lower c1asscs will be blighted. The Lon-
don Of 1865, though .quadrupled in popula-
tion Eipce 1900, continues to be cursed with
nil these terrors which arc the natural result
Of an olisarchy.
THE PRESIDENTS ARGUMENTS.
It Is singular tact that every principle
which the President urges US reason for ad.
hitting the seeded States to seats In Con-
gress Immediately, furnishes, when fairly up
piled, the exact reason why they ought not 70
bc Eo admitted. He says you ought not 10
tux any portion ofthe people without giving
them representation, therefore yon should
admit the Southern Representatives TO vote In
in Congress before you try govern the South.
Compress replies, the loyal States hare the
same right to tax the Southern States With.
out admitting their Representatives that the
white citizens Of the Southern States have to
tax or govern the black without representa-
tion. Therefore, in order to maintain the
Presidents principle, We mnst defeat his
policy, reject the present, State Governments
Of the seeded States, and require them not
TO tax the colored citizens of the South
without giving them q yote.
Again, the President says our Constitution
makes all States equal, therefore Mississippi
has AZ good right 10 seats in Congress as ILL.,
nois. Congress will reply In due time that
the Constitution does make all States equal,
and that the seeded States, aB at present
constituted would have twice as many Con
Ercstmen as the same voting population any
where In the Northern States, therefore the
Johuson policy is gross violation Of the
principle OF equality of States.
The President says military Law Is great
evil Now until you give the late rebels eqnal
political rights with yourselves you must gov
crn them by military law, which always tends
toward despotism and away from liberty.
Congress will reply: Agreed, but If to avoid
the necessity Of governing the South BY MILL
tary law We must give them equal political
rights, then the Whites Of the South can only
avoid the necessity OF governing tho neErocs
BY military law BY gising them equal politi-
cal rights. We perceive that In Mississippi,
GeorEa, South Carolina and nearly every re-
constructing State mi1itias have bfeu
formed 10 govern the blachB. Where
no system OF military Law pre-
ra5ls, irresponsible military bands Of reg.
u1nfnrs nnvers1 fhern W. Enaw that in Sonfh