Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-21
Nuiun aud gispateh.
wEDNEaDAY. AUGUST 2I. lss-.
Largest CircuIatiOa in City aud state.
THOMAS CARLYLE ON Reform.

N- .E -ea ". = ~
A Broaiside Against Universal suf-
frase - " MaHhOOd suffrage - and
'Swarmery Governmental Dry Rot
ii-Puity and VarnisIi, etc, etc.
Under the name shooting Niagara"
Thomas Carlyle, the Philosopher of Eng
land, has delivered broadside, into the
reform movement, which is unique in form
and curious in expression. We present
below some eextraeiss 3 il Z
1.-THE CRITICAL EPOCHp .E
There probably never was since the
Heptarehy ended, or almost since it be-
gao, SO bngely critical an epoch in the
history of England as this we have now
entered upon, with universal self eongrat-
ulaiion and finging up Of caps; nor one
in Whieh-With no. Norman invasion now
ahead, to lay hold of it, to bride and reg
ulate il for us little thinking il was for Us,
and guideit into higher and wider regions
the question Of utter death or Of nobler
new life for the poor country was 50 uneer-
tain. Three things seem to be agreed up
on by gods and men, at least by English
men and gods; certain to happen, and are
now IN visible course of fuiillment.
/. Democracy to complete itself; to 90
the full length of its course, toward the
bouomless or into It, no power now extant
to prevent it or even considerably retard it
till we have seen where il will lead rs
10, and whether there will then be any re-
turn possible, or none. Complete lib
erty" to all persons; Count Of Heads to be
the Divine Court of Appeal on every ques-
ton and interest Of mankind; Count of
Heads to choose Parliament according to
its own heart at last, and sit with penny
newspapers watching the same; said Par
lament, so chosen and 50 watched, TO do
what triae of legislating and administer
ing may still be needed in such an England,
with its hundred and fifty millions "free'
more and more to follow each his own nose,
by way Of guide-post in this intricate
world.
2. That in limited time, say fifty years
hence, the Church, all churches and So
called religions, the Christian religion itself,
shall have deliquesced-into "Liberty of
Conscience" Progress Of Opinion, Progress
Of Intellect, Philanthropic Movement, and
other aqueous residues, Of vapid. badly
'SNANNa NAtAA aNAtA anu bllhtls lAht water
split upon the ground, trouble nobody con-
siderably thenceforth, but evaporate at its
leisure.
3. That, in lieu thereof, there shall be
Free Trade, in all senses, and TO all lengths;
unlimited Free Trade-which some take TO
mean, Gree racing, ere long with unlimit-
ed speed, in the career Of Cheap and Ndsty
this beautiful career, not in shop goods
only, but in all things temporal, spiritual
and enternal, to be flung generously open,
vide as the portals of the universe; so
hat everybody shall start Free and every
where, under enlightened popular suf-
Trage," the race shall be to the swift, and
The high Office shall fail to him who is
lblest, if not to do it, at least to get elected
for doing it.
These are three altogether new and very
considerable achievements, lying yisibly
ahead Of us, not far of, and so extremely
that every thinking English
creature is tempted to 60 into manifold re-
lections and inquiries upon them.