The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-08-06
IoSpos Julr 18Th. 1861

tramping along in the same Old beaten
track. hard 70 adopt any new idea, and
abhoT progression. They looku The
old world about them as benighied and
heathenisod. aud have looked upon us
ia the new world ~ luuatics and fanatios,
fast going to rum upon the free horse
Of Democracy. THIS idea, however has
been taken out ofthem by what hes pass
Cd over our country in the last FIVE years.
Lord Palmerston. before be died, two
years ago, made ihis expression in the
House Of Lords, I'VE, Great Britain.
have been called the greatest and strong
est Nation on earth. But that has past
and we are obliged to yield the title to
the Western Continent" For this ex-
precision he was derided to the day Of
his death. but | think it is to-day endors
eel as a truth by the intelligent majority
IN England. And am happy TO say
that Yankees are respected in Londoi
now as they never were before. This
like all new ideas, has to be forced upoI
them, by strong demonstration and thel
they endorse it, and any thing once on
dorsed by an Englishman, becomes
part and parcel of himself, and is con
tended for with unyeilding tenacity.
Composed with us, every thing here
is done on a gigantic and magnificent
scale, as every body will be impressed
with when they take the first view Of
the grandure and durability of their
public works and this plain sohdity
is carried out in every thing, down to
the most trivial thing, in household life.
1t is so with their address and their
habits System and square rule mark
out every thing. They are in general .
sober faced, matter of fact people seldom
given to jokes, or any sort Of levity. j
told Charlie as we were on top of an ON
nibus for a ride of two miles in the most
lovely part of the city, / wovld give
him a shilling for every face he would
point out that wore smile J;
he found only one, and that was some
beggar's child at play under the shadow
of st. Pauls Church. Everybody go as if
on some earnest, solemn errand; and if
a crowd are in conversation at corner
it is with the dignity of coroners in
quest The grades are more extreme
than in any other country ] ever visited,
the highest Royalty stand so far above
the other people they must only be
looked upon, and that seldom; thenext
of rank must be approached through
mediums and surbordinates The rich
domineer over the middle class, and the
middle class for policy respect the dom
ineering as sacredly as their religion;
the middle class Cypress and make slaves
of the poor and dependant on live by
the few shillings they obtain each week,
and must not grumble at oppression or
they will be dismissed from service. The
beggars of London are plenty and meet
you at every turn inmost miserable and
pitiful ways possible to conceive. All Of
their different ranks are as distinct as
the social life-as if they were another
race. Hence comes the conyentionality
and red tape of which, of all the world,
England is most noted, and in order to
sustain the Grown and Royalty it must
be so, democracy and equality would be
death to this form Of Government
This week has been one of the most
exciting weeks in the House of Lords,
which has been known for many years;
night and day in session they have de-
bated the Peoples Rights Bill which
has passed, and the opposition say
chat there viii follow on the heels of it
deyastations to the Government, that
viii lead to the abyss of Democracy" But
/ do believe that Young Americas sun
is rising and giving such light to the
whole world, that its great principles Of
freedom will work in gradually and root
out these old Dominions of Aristocracy
every where, even in old stubborn Eng
land.
find that the Queen is denounced
everywhere, and that openly. The whole
mass begin to despise and speak openly
without restraint hard things OF her,
and this among all ranks. The ground of
complaint is that she does not hold lie
wees and give Court receptions in Lon
don, which would keep trade good
and keep the people at home, that she
is too retired and makes it her home in
the country at Windsor Castle, fifteen
miles out, and even gives all her recep-
tons there. They have also a ridicule
started that she IS very intimate with
John Brown" familiar name to us,