The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-11

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Liberals who do not desire to be buried alive in
that memorable tomb in Westminster Abbey, in
which the last Of the Wings, is to rest. and his
10 them say, with the Chancellor Of the E1-
chequer, BE wise, and be wise in timo.' Loud
cheers Be wise before you CROSS the Rubicuu
There is story Of q famous French preacher,
who, delivering sermon on the duty OF wives,
said: I SEQ woman present who has been guilty
OF disobedience to her husband, and, in order to
point her out to universal condemnation, l will
hlng this breviary at her head 10 lifted tho
book, and every female present duoked and divel.
tGenera1 laughter and cheering.l Alasr said
the preacher, the multitude of the Offenders ne
cesettates g. general amnesty Now I SEQ gen.
tlemsn opposite who is guilty OF detesting this
BILL and yet intends to vote for it; aud it, in order
| to point him out to universal condemnation, the
courtesies OF Parliament would permit me to fling
these statistics at his head, 30 many heads oppo-
site would duck and dive that nothing but gene
| raj amnesty could deal with such multitude OF
Offenders" [Cheersl
JOHN STUART MILL spoke next, and sup
ported the bill in his usual strong, logical
manner. Mr.. MILL is one of the fret of living
English writer's and thinkers,- s,-acknowledg-
ed authority in many points of mental, social
and political philosophy. We naturally feel
Interested to know the views taken on the
subject by such mind. He began by say
ing:
Gail that was asked for tho workingmen was
| that they should have such an amount Of repre-
sentation as that their opinions should be fairly
| brought before the House, that they should be-
| met by real argument, addressed to their own
| reason. and that their sentiments should be ex-
pressed by men who could enter into their own
way OF viewing the questions in which they were
| interested. tHear, hear.l When some persons
attempted to correct the errors OF the working
Glasses they did it as i they were talking to
argue with them, it Was from premises that hard
~ ~ any WORKING man would be ready to admit.
They spoke as il they thought that everything
| which appeared self-eyident to themselves must
| appear equally self-evident to the working man.
Consequently their arguments scarcely ever reach
ed the mark These persons hardly ever came
into real contact with the working mans mind,
because they did not know it. When questions
which lay near the heart Of the workingmen came
to be considered, there was no want of good will
shown toward them; that he cheorfully admitted.
| [Hear, hear.l But all those artificial arrange
ments OF society, the necessity and advantage of
which required to be proved to them, and iu re-
spect to some of which it was most essential that
they should be proved to them, were usually taken
entirely for granted. He did not believe that the
working classes would be found to be unc ,nvinci-
bic. [Hear, hear.1 An OBJ ervant Engtishuhan,
who had long lived in tine United States, lately
summed up his judgment upon the Americans in
| these words. He said, They are the most teach
| able people on the face OF the earth.'"
1t is not our design at this time either to
confirm or to contradict Mr.. Mills views
about the "Model Republic" Farther on he
said
''As little did he undervalue that sound eense
| and good feeling which had enabled the govern
ing classes OF this country to keep their ground
| epd at the same time advance thus far. Hdbes
pretuna; cruel non igeris. Their reward was that
by doing no harm they were not hated, as other
But was that all that the Legislature OF this couu-
| try could offer to the people2 We're they to be
content with only undoing the mischief which they
Were not all the great and crying evils Of an old
| aud crowded state OF society waiting to be grsp-
Piled with2 [Hear, hear.1. The curse OF igno-
ease, the curse Of population bred and nurtur.
| ed in crme-all these things they were Just be-
ginning to think of--just touching, as it were,
that two or three more generations were dead and
gone, they would perhaps have found out the way
to cope with these evils, and to make their coun.
could not help thinking they would make more
progress in that good work If they had the cassee
who were the chief sufferers from the chronic
maladies OF our civilization regularly among them
| to stimulate their zeal we'll as add to their
knowledge. tHear, hear.l"
To all this it ia objected, that however
sound these views may be in the abstract
they become dangerous when they inspire q
hasty and ill.considered legislation; that this
bill can only be the forerunner of universal
suffrage, and an entire uprooting of the most
Cherished British institutions.
1t does not become US to obtrude our views
on such o subject. We cannot but feel the
livelieSt interest, however, in the struggle
and shall watch its progress, and communi
cate to our readers, from time to time, any
new phases the question may assume.
: P.s. S;nce writing the above, we find thai
the telegram referred to at the opening Of the
article was correct, and that the Bill hat
passed the House by u majority Of five.
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