The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-20

two -=- powerful nations in lEe war.G-E~g-
LAND AMI AxEzIca-i- iicHri=Iv tue same. viz
rtc er.ea-ian 81 The right # s.iragc. In the
fuB-r -,.ntry. John Bright. the great English
Eef,-mr-. ha- been a-ain uttsrin. h- clarion
rs-- DO the aar-- &C human right. ami in h-
hands -as trump ~ freedom gives 10 uncertain
'Uni- pn t-c ie-, Ta-e IF t-iays PAPER we
reprint q Tlr-i n % q T---h made hv him r. hi
emFIaye- 40 Beehd4Ie- Il VIII vel repay a
c-1-lv-l and careful rc-usaI. and J. exceedingly
h1lt. suggestive and significant. How must the
t--ei ai-c-aE and -aul m1n5p.l.s,s Of Eng
Ian! regret .ds times u fifty years a-5. when
IL u--e-iI- fr le-- E'-aI ~ &c re-a-utia nary
sentiments kan tLee, tie zuol. oi Quaker
would have been thrown into T-i-ru To- -~ediJi5n.
Blt lie world move-. Providence works slowly
by - appointed means, but very surely towards
tlar grand eenual pint yf Christian civilization
-EsUAL zsoHTs Tor AL Nh.
There J. s,Aelhing touching In Bright alu-
sion u HI domestic affection. and the fact that
through that Bereavement. AZ the suggestion OF
hi- deceased friend Golden. be WIS Induced e,
embark in political life. God tad & WORK for
him % IeElOTm. and noblv has he u-1-ecu-eI II.
Like Lincoln. L. seems 70 have been raised up
for q sEeciai purTp-e. not from The high. mighty
and noble. but from the humber classes. ~
tie present. moment. there ! not a man in The
United Kingdom who has - entirely lie conf
dence Of tie middle and labarinc classes - John
Bright. and he could. II - disposed. WELD an
Immense power and give 4 VAST deal Of trouble
u the government. But hi policy Of revolution
/ one Of PEACE. and the knowledge OF that fact
by the rGling classes l. one chief element thar
renders AIa - dangerous - their political system.
Lex him but commit one single overt act. or bv
Unc word encourage violence by tie Inas,e, who
hang entranoed on his eloquent periods. and
john Bright would SON DC silencoi. But lac i
e wise a. a serpent and harmless a a dove"
The gift Of a peerage would be the only WAY 10
silence him. and be would scJrn the empty honor.
How it must sh-ck the ears Of all the reverend
bishops and archbishops - hear the yery ire
weren't and of-hand manner in which he speaks
Of that venerable and time-honored institution.
The Church Of England. p~rofanely but aptiy
eymIaring her 70 an old woman, vho-e disorder
was INSIDE, lie more than hints. that the
Church. ike other cff-Jc system. Of tic J.-t.
needs r~cf5rming-noJ backward. a. i, i coin,
nDw,-but in tie direction u progress and tie
enlightened spirit # the age.
lie has 4 word for Ireland too. poor. unf1rtu-
nate Ireland, and it must make every IrisLman's
heart thrJb u think that their country has at
least enc true friend among English statesmen.
and one too who thoroughly Understands their
ca=, and i willing % lift his voice in their
behalf We believe he VIII lac the instrument
in tie hands Of God. Of accomplishing. great
thing in the cause Of manhood suffrage and
equal human rights.
One Of the best an.wc-s - those Old f.sie- who
Vrate about the danger Of trusting tac ballot IN
the hands Of all men. i found in tie writings Of
that justly celebrated British e~s-ayi-t. Maciulay.
More Ihan forty years ago, he wrote a. follows.
in the Edinburg Rerieue
There i only one cure for the evils which newly
acquired freedom proiuce-aEd that cure ! fresf5m.
When a prisoner leaves III cell, L. clnnot tear tho
light y day he = unable L. discriminate color or
recognize faces But the remedy : not 70 remand
him into his dungeon. but u accus;oEl him 20 the
rays Il the sun. The blaze Of truth ami liberty may
al first dazzle and bzwilier nations which have -
come half blind in the house u bon1lge- Bat let
them gaze ou, and they vii >-1n lie able u bear IL
IL 4 few yelr men learn a. reason. The extreme
violence q Cpin.on Subsidies. Hostile theories correct
each other. Tie scattered elements II truth cease
70 conflict and begin 70 oollesce and az length a
system OF justice and order : eiucei cut Il the
chaos Many politicians Il our time are in the habit
Of laying II down g. q self-eyileE1 proposition that
no people ought to he free until they are fl 10 use
NL-A lEEtAt-l- III MtAlIA = hhlAlF " AAE 4Ual N
the oil story, who resolved not to y into the water
til he had learnt 10 swim
How applicable u our own people are these
words Of the honorei English statesman and
historian, though uttered nearly half a century
ago. Like prisoners leaving their cells, the IIa-
waiian population had just emerged from the
darkness of Iagrnism into the broad light Of
civilization and liberty. They We're invited to
cnne forward and share in the government by
choosing and sending their own Representatives
TO participate in making the laws which were to
govern them. Without money and without price
they were all invited. And with the alacrity
Of faithful subjects they came and felt honored
and ennobled by the privilege. They were learn
ing TO walk alone. They were basking in =. the
blaze Of truth and liberty" when in an evil hour
they were sent hack 10 =. the house IF bondage
and told in effect. :. there i your place. YOU are
unfit To be freemen and voters YOU are poor. and
worthy only 10 be hewers Of wood and drawers
of water. No people ought % be free until they
are tit 10 use their freedom" They turned back
70 the prison from which they lad been lo,~ed. and
they still remain in . the house Of bondage
despite the fact that they nerer abused The priri-
Lgs granted than, and despite the fact that Mey
had progressed under the franchise hjerty more
than any nation under hearea IN the same PERIOD.
Il say" says John Bright, Z. without fear Of
contradiction. that tine extension of tine franchise.
and the Improvement of the representation Of
the people, which | have for many years demand
ed. as as necessary for The progress and the safety
Of The nation as it l. rendered inevitable 10y the
loud, gathering, and the almost unanimous cry
of i great people. am, therefore, if il be pos
s.ble. more than ever in favor Of this reform.
and l believe it 70 be necessary for the House
Of Commons. necessary for erery institution Of
tie country, and as absolutely necessary for ne
oo7terhaerf Of the people"
The learned NacauIay. in the quotation made.