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..THE VOICE OF FHE PEOPLE."

newspaper article ; but the North Sta
guides the ships Of the ocean, so does tn
press aid in guiding the ship of State
1.-The voice of the people," is not the "ca
mice of the multitude" nor the "sense
less cismor of the mobocracy." 1--WE thu
people of the United States" means some
thing.
Public enthusiasm, may sometimes
blow off like the smoke or steam from
locomotive but they poorly represent
the machine, to the power from which
they emanate. So public opinion is
power that moves the affairs Of the world
before which all that oppose it must Ell
Their retreat. open right and left, or be
crushed under its irrepressible advance.
Some regard public opinion as a greedy
beast, that only longs for something to
feed its capacious NAV, and hence the re-
sort to tracking Legislation or bribery, in
public affairs, thinking thereby to stuff
the animal or put him to sleep. But no
horse was ever yet deceived, to eat shaw
ings for grass, BY putting gree" goggles
on his eyes, Guzzling and intimidation
may cause temporary delay, but woe to
schemers, when the cheat comes to light.
An enlightened public conscience is the ad-
vance guard of the Almighty Mind, before
which, darkness and error must fec
away"
Let US note a few examples. At the
beginning of the 18th century. King john
of England, used some of the Pope's mon
ey without leave, whercGron his holiness
gave vent to his indignation by exdcm-
municatipg John from the Church, put
ting the Kingdom under an interdict, and
absOlving his subjects allegiance. But
John induced the Pope to restore the torn
fragments to their places, by promising
on his knees, to hold the Kingdom as the
Pope's, "vassal."
This of course brought upon John the
ire of his subjects, which he was obliged
to appease by signing the Great Magma
Charta,' of English liberties. Thus the
King and Pope, were compelled to yield,
to 1.-the voice of the people"
Prince Charles, afterwards Charles the
l of England, took it into his head as
most young men do, to "go a courting;"
he called upon the "Infanta" of Spain,
and proposed" and as some young men
do, "got the mitten." In revenge for
this slight, he vowed to go to war with
Spain, and asked Parliament to grant him
ships and money for that purpose; but
Parliament refused to give the boy any
such dangerous playthings.
On coming to the throne, in 1925, he
remembered the act of Parliament, and in
retaliation therefor, dissolved that body
and concluded to rule without them. For
eleven years he PERSISTED in this madness
and in goading the people to desperation
with his "ship-money-tax," the object of
which. was to levy taxes in his own name
to fit out fleets and armies, to carry on
any wars he might wish to, without re-
gard to Parliament or people.
At length he was obliged to call Par
lament, but finding it opposed to him,
he Immediately dissolved it, and ordered
new election, The second was still
more opposed to him. Vexed with this.
he intruded himself into their midst one
day, to obtain by force those members
whom he disliked. Failing Of this, he de-
livered a TRADE of abuse upon the whole
house, and left in fit of rage.
Charles soon found however, that be
had committed a great mistake, and sent
an apology to Parliament The only
apology however the nation would accept
was his head, which was severed from
his body January 3lst, l649.
George the III, came to the throne in
1850, but learning nothing and forgetting
nothing" yet not daring to insult the
English at home, he ventured to try it
upon the colonies Thus his madness,
brought on the Revolutionary War;"
which resulted in severing the colonies
from the crown, and securing the indie.
pendencc Of the United States.
The completeness and bitterness of his
submission to the "voicc of the people, u
is seen in his remarks at the reception Of
the first Minister of the United States, Ia
the Court of England. Said he; "thls is the