The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-04-05


world akin. The movement for reform and the
extension of the electoral franchise in Eng
land is kindred to that for manhood suffrage
in the United States. Here those opposed TO
it are they that accepted the slave regime as
an institution sacred by its years, and an
assumed divine sanction. In the Southits
onnonents are late rebels in arms to establish
the degradation of labor, and the laboring
classes, white and black In the North its
opponents for the most part are those that
we're the allies Of those rsbelsin that attempt.
The Northern democracy profess desire to
degrade only the black laborer. Yet they
are the confederates of the Southern rebel
democracy, who degrade both white and
black labor. There is q bond of unity between
all the enemies Of popular right. The con-
federate Northern and Southern democracy
is another phase Of English toryism. The
Copperhead democrat, the reconstructed
rebel, the English tory, belong to the same
school. Their sympathies all run in the same
direction during the struggle of traitors to
establish the Southern Confederacy. There
are ties of political brotherhood between
them. In describing Mr.. Lowe, who is one
of the leaders Of the English conservative,
anti-reform tory party, an English paper un-
Willingly, probably, shows the main spring OF
political action of the reconstructed demo
cracy, North and South, in our own country.
The paper says:
"We all know what is the matter with Mr..
Robert Lowe politics. lie hates the people
1t is malady of the heart and brain, like
many others, but differs from others, being
ineurable. A vast number of intellectual and
distinguished people Of all ages could be cited
as sufferers from the same cruel afflicton. II
is endemic among ultra Tories; but, of
course, where there is not much brain there
cannot be much brain disease: so in their
case it has usually broken out in eruptive de-
clarations about the trail of a six-pounder
gum and prescriptions of 'currypowder and
hot water for starving peasants. MIR. Lowe
caught it in Australia, though the mental
leprosy has only just appeared; and thence,
and thence only, springs his real hatred OF
reform. II he ever wanted to be received
into healthy Liberal society again, he should
have kept his miserable secret close but
and the gateways of any wholesome human
Government must be slammed forever in his
face. He did not hesitate to tell the House
of Commons, with regard Of the conGnonalty
of England, that below the middle class all
was vile. base and brutal He said that six
million of his countrymen and countrywomen
were too flthy-metapho the
skirts OF State Councillors to touch. He sa1d
it with emphasis-he said it with dehbela-
tion-he said it with the gleam of cunning
conplaccncy at his own sander, that people
had been afraid to tell a truth which he would
publish. namely, that the working people o.
England were not fit to be trusted with SO
much as voice in the realm where they
labored, and that that realm was ouly safe
while they were kept to their incessant tasks,
their coarse food. and their vulgar existence
like beasts, which it is better to tether than
to trust. If you want yenahty-if you want
ignorance-if you want drunkenness-h you
want to be intimdated-if you want all i'm
pulsiee, unrefectiye, violent people-go te
the unrepresented class Such is the insult
which Mr. Lowe flung into the face OF his
most patient population; these are the word:
which an Englishman did not scruple to use
OF Enghshmen in bidding their House O
Commons deny to them their rights, ons
due
This Mr. Lowe was, very properly, the
s,aunch friend of the rebels during our war
Il saw in the success Of the Confederscy tbs
success of an aristocracy; of slave oligarchy
which was anti democratic and unfriendly x
popular right, and was seeking, with himself
to make mere beasts of burden of the labor
ing classes To this scheme the Copperheat
Democracy have given themselves with {
hearty good will.
But reform in England viii succeed. That
oountrys intellect, like Gladstone, ant
Bright, and John Stuart Mill, and its human
ity is arayed upon that side, and justice vii
be done to manhood in the end. So will it b,
in this country. In free government thu
the party of progress. They will discove
lions in the way of an advance, but when ii
made they will follow in the trail Of the arm!
of Human Rights for the sake of the spoils
THE CASE OF SENATOR STOCKTON
The case of Senator Stockton Of New Jer
sey, involving bis right to . seatin the Sepat
of the United States, which has been pend
ing for some months, was finally decided
against him the other day. The case pre-
sented a very nice point, and the Senate wa
very equally divided. 1t seems the LeEisla
ture of New Jersey met in joint convention
to elect a Senator, and that Mr.. Stockton re
ceiyed forty votes while all the other candi
dates received forty one votes. He, therefore
had plurality, but not . majority, OF tn
votes cast, and his right to seat was contest
ed on that ground Il less than q majority 9
the legislature may elect United State
Senator upon their own motion by the abro
CATION, on the spur of the moment, Of
rule to the contrary, it opens the door to frau'
and leaves the majority at the mercy of tn
conspirators fthe minority. And fore les
than majority can elect Senator, then tel
less that a majority or q small minority of tn
members of the Legislature may do it.
When the case came up for decision befor
the United Senate, in violation of preceden
and rule and of deceucy and honesty, all Q
which exclude Senator from voting in
case IN which is personally interested, Stock
ton voted IN favor of retaining his seat, an
thereby saved 1T by one vote. his own. Sena
tor Sumner moved to rescind Stockton's vote
the motion vase arried, aud in conseouenc,
the seat became vacant
The Senate had the right to decide n
question and did decide it very fairly a. =
think, but at all events no harm was done 60
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