The Portland daily press., 1866-10-25
yohu Rriuh, ON American Politics.

Probably very few people are SO Him
formed as to need to be told that all through
the war and now, English Liberals have SYM
pathized with the party of progress here and
English Conservatives have been in full COM
muion with our Tories on this side of the wa
ter. Perhaps the silliest notion the Argus ever
preached was the notion that the party which
advocates impartial suffrage here is "advocat-
ing the exact policy" of the party which OPP
poses manhood suffrage in England. In COM
menting a few weeks ago upon the present as
pect of English Reform we said, "The time UNI
questionably draws near when the motto of the
American colonies century ago will be adopt
ed as the rallying cry of English Liberals, and
No taxation without representation will be
the inspiring principle of Reform bill which
will shake the nation" The Argus quoted
these words, and appended the following extra
ordinary remarks:
In view of this deliberate and decided Ian
guage in leading editorial of the Press, is it
not passing strange that that paper can be SO
blinded, so muddled, as not to perceive that it
is advocating the exact policy for the South
which the English aristocraoy pursued toward
the American colonies ?-the exact policy now
maintained by the Tory Derby Ministry, and
against which John Bright and the masses OF
the English people are struggling. 9-
We replied briefly to this astonishing allega-
ton at the time. We propose now to let Mr..
Bright speak for himself, and shall wait with
some curiosity to see whether the Argus con-
siders him also $50 blinded, so muddled, as
not to perceive that he is advocating the exact
policy for England which the Democratic par
tu monld Ar,,a a1Y,,o
At the great Reform meeting held at Leeds,
on the 9Th October, and attended by 10000
people, Mr. Bright concluded his address by
saying: ~ sli a9as l4e asa s.. SO
Our object is this-to restore popular repre-
sentation in this country; to make the House
OF Commons the organ and representative OF
look over all the world, you will now see that
representation is extending everywhere, and the
degree of its completeness is becoming the meas
sure Of national liberty, not only in the North
American continent, but in the nations and
kingdoms of old Europe. [Cheers.] have
mentioned the North American continent
Tomorrow is the greatest day in the United
States, when, perhaps, millions of men will go
to the polls and they will give their votes on the
great question Uhether justice shall or shall not be
done to the liberated 1trican; and in a day or
two we shall hear the result, and I shall be
greatly surprised If that result does not add one
more proof to those already given Of the solidity
Intelligence, and public spirit Of the great body Of
the people Of the United States. have mem
toned the North American continent refer
to the colonies which are still q partof this en-
pire as well as to those other colonies which
now form this great and free Republic, founded
BY the old Genoese captain at the end of the
fifteenth century A friend of mine, Cyrus
Field of New York (cheersl, is the Columbus
of our time, tor after no less than 40 passages
across the Atlantic in pursuit Of the great aim
of his life, he has at length moored the New
World close alongside the Old [Cheers. -
70 speak from the United Kingdom to the
North American continent and from North
America to the United Kingdom now is but
the work of moment of time, and it does not
require the utterance even of whisper The
English nations are brought together, and then
must march ON together. The spirit of either
Government must be the same, although the form
nadyb different If it be true that broad and
generous freedom is the heritage of England,
our purpose is this, to establish that freedom
forever on the sure foundation OF broad and
generous representation of the people. D