The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-09

tul in our Judgment 10 De 1ncOrpOEALsu
in. the act OF, the Legislature to carry
out the contract on our; part, to be pre-
scented TO the Legislature. for considera-
ton at its next session, If like action Is
adopted. in Virginia, h't,.s - 80
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-" (Signsdl -, C. III. HAToHER,. Z ca
..s...-..s Secretary Kanawha Board.
A Speech by John Bright---The Unen!
TranehIsed Claases or tho EnSIilIi
People. ...,..-,.. ,.i----.,...il9 ~, I
In the course of a speech recently de
livered at Birmingham, England, Johi
Bright drew this picture Of the Enghsl
poor,who are denied the right of sui
frage. His illusions to the treatment
he has received from the Tory press q
England are amusing: "a
HLet us now for moment (said MI
Bright) cast our eye over this country
after the many great and useful chang9
that have been made during tho last
thirty years. There remain, as i sale,
five millions of families who are entire
.Iy unrepresented. Confine your atten-
them one million-considerab mop
than a million, Ibelieve, in the Unitea-
Kingdom-of those who are classed ii
the Unfortunate list of paupers. Thers
are at least a million who are just abovs
the paupers-always in peril lest they
themselves become paupers. Their con
diton and their prospects are no InorS
favorable than that. Then, look at tht
ignorance of the lower strata of this por
ton of the nation; look attheirpoverty
their suffarings, their utter hopel elessneB
ofipood.,l Why, In the American South
iern States, during the reign of slavery,
every negro had an idea that there was
4,
used to say, the Lord Will come and de-
liver u.s. But in this class, this loves
strata of the population of your own
country, venture to say there is neith-
er belief in anything better for them
nor scarcely is theirany asperation aft
ter it. 80. ~ 7fai1i
z E"Have you read the paragraphs re-
Gently in the papers about John Crosse,
the Dorsetshire 1aborer? John Crosse
was respectable 1aborer. He worked
six days week. He had an excellent
character from his employer, under
whom he had worked for twenty-four
years, at the rate of SIS. a week. ZAP
.plause and cries of of'Shame.' y Now, this
is u acurious arrangement; for there is an
meat comes But John Crosse has a
family of seven children, 1 think, and
one ofthem has arrived very recently.
To provide fire in his hoyel-the Eng
'iishman's castle laughter. l-for his
legally, / believe, he stole Wooden
hurdle'of the value of Cd and for that
he was tried before themagistrates and
sentenced to twenty-one days or a fort
nights simprisonment. am not defend
ing stealing hurdles no doubt certain
newspapers will say that am. (liaugh-
ter. VI am not even finding fault with
the magistrates who committed the
man won't speak evil of dignttaries'
tLanghter.) .5ls....l.-sts5. s5.St
Crosse, the Dorsetshire 1aborer, may be
found in thousands in various parts
of the country, and especially in youI
southern counties, and that II you Will
raise the wages from IS. to los. you will
find scores Of thousands, with that diff
ferenca, in the position of John Crosses
You will find hundreds of thousands
whose condition is such that hitherto
the most anxious Investigation has
been unable to solve the mystery as tc
how they keep body and soul together
| TCheers. Cast your eye, I say, over
This citV and see these 1--WE millions Of
families and the desperate condition o.
the lowest strata of. them. Is it moi
| true that this unenfranchised nation
may be. snid to toll, and toll, and al
most know no rest? Compare it with
the ruling class; but if 1 do 1 shallibt
charged with communism. LLaughter.-
| 1t will be said that i want to divide the
property of the rich, and squander il
among the poor. They said, you know
| that wanted to take the lands of the
rich, and divide them among the poor
| But compare that class, that great ma.
tion, the toiling and unenfranchised
| nation, with the section which may be
said to be the governing class in this
country.
'sLook at this wealth, this ostentation
| this luxury-behoId this wearineSs-
for there is evenvast WEAKNESS amongst
them, but tits the wearineSs of safety
land see how they push from place tc
place, as it were, TO discover some new
| pleasure. Il But that great nation o.
whom have spoken-that great nation
which has built up the power of this
1 country-this unenfranchised people
without whom Englandwou1d be but 6
/ province, which a single division of {
4 continental army might subdue anC
annex-that great nation of five mil,
Ilionsi of families is utterly excluded
from any share In political power II
4 this country, and that small section o
4 whom / have spoken, containing a vas
1 liproportiono of excellent persons, is po
l.tentialIy the governing power in thii
realm. Loud cheers.
IL tsLet me now put to you, before 81
| down, single proposition, and through
/ whom freedom in this country is st
4 greatly and so constantly indebted
tlapplause,1 let me put 1t to the people o
thisi Kingdom-if of the five millions
Il who are now shut out one million wert
admitted-and you will mark the ex
IRENE, some viii say, blameahle mod
GRAFTON, of that suggestion-if only ont
llmillion We're admitted, would not thu
Ferry of the toil-laden and the suffering
(which even now ascends to Heaven
would it not, think you, reach further
/ be heard even on the Hoor of Parlia
.ment For do not forget that the ear o
4 the Supreme is nearer even to the low
rulers. [Uheers.l But If that voic'
Il was heard in Parliament, would it not
perchnnce, do something to still TIN
1 roar of faction, and TO bend the power
of statesmanship to the high and holy
i purposes OF humanity and of justicef
/ "1 speak not the Language of party
In feel myself above the level OF party
/ FGreat and continued cheering. j / speal
I as 1 have ever endeayored TO speak OF
/ behalf of the unenfranchiseds the al
I most Yofceless, millions of my country
men. Their claim is Just, and it is CON
stitutional. 1t VIII be heard, it canno
be rejected. [Cheers.l To the ontwart
n eye monarchs and parliaments Seem
'erule with an absolute and unquesHoneC
I one one Of our old Pdritah poets has lef
u lfUrsIis:
4 q There Is on earth yet auguster thing,
A Yelled though II be, than Parliament o
That auguster thing Is the itribuna
Z which, God has set up In the conscien
81 ces of men. II is before that tribuna
that am now permitted humbly Z
4 plead, and there IS something IN m.
. heart small but an e1ultant voice