Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-04-20
REFORM.

lament contains about two thousand words,
and was transmitted over the Atlantic Cable.
The following are its most important para
graphs;
Il have suggested 20 the Government Of
the United States a mode by which the ques-
tions pending between the two countries,
arising out Of the c,Sil war, may receive ami
cable solution, and which method, a. trust,
will he received in corresponding spirit and
remove all grounds Of possible misunderstood
I ins, and promote relations Of cordial friend
ship
1.-THE war between Spain and the Repub
I lics Of Chile anl Peru still continues-the
good offices Of my Government in connection
with the French, having failed TO effect re-
Cancellation.
Your attention will again be called TO
/ the state Of representation in Parliament,
and trust your deliberations, conducted in
spirit Of frmness, moderation and mutual
{ forbearance, may lead TO the adoption Of
measures which, without undue disturbance
Of the balance Of political power, shall freely
extend the elective franchise"
! This shows that although John Bull has
hitherto hooted the idea Of our government
demanding remuneration for the losses infic-
ted upon our commerce by rebel privateers
fitted out under his auspices, the Queen feels
that such settlement must be made. The
speech also shows that her Majesty is sensi-
tive TO the popular demand Of her subjects
for political reform. II is said that during
the delivery Of the speech the people filled
the area about the Parliament house with
loud cries Of Reform Reform Reform !
Those cries were never more sincere, and I'M
der the powerful yet cautious and consider
ate lead Of Gladstone, Bright and Mill, the
thinking masses, the workingmen Of England,
will perseyere until the elective franchise is
greatly extended and the people Of Great
Britain really have a voice in their govern
ment. The reform movement is not a rash
! or unreasonable one, but one so just and prop
err that il is a matter Of wonder how any
! class can oppose IT,
/; In recent editorial the Ata thus clearly
sums up the great question:
The reform that John Bright demands for
: England is that the law-making power may
0 be taken out Of the hands OF the landed no
9 biity, who rule not only in the House Of
Lords, but also generally manage, through
their potency in rotten bOroughs, 70 secure
; majority in the House Of Commons. The
Reformers desire TO cqualize suffrage nj
2 over the realm, so that the commercial and
: manufacturing cities will have representation
according to wealth and population. This il
r the aim Of John Bright. The Lords will re
= sist it to the verge Of revolution and civi
D war, because il means, not only that theil
, great landed estates must be brought to bea
tbatr Ghara ~ the h,sr. off .rbf ~
= they have not done for two centuries, bu
that in the end these estates will be divides
and subdivided, the law Of entail abolishe,
Is and the whole Kingdom be cut up into ss,ai
r: farms owned in fee by the common people
/. in that event the House of Lords would los
: it, feudal character, It's influence Of wesI:I
and nine tenths Of its dignity. With tn
= single difference Of life membership, il woul
y stand in about the same relation 10 the Com
!. mons as our Senate does 10 the House {
J. Representatives. Now, the nobility Of Eng
y \ land really constitute the Government. The
: generally manage to elect the. majority {
:, the House Of Commons dictate or compOs
- the Cabinet that always directs the action
: Of the Sovereign fill up the army and nav
with cadets from their own ranks, and froT
n the same supply the Church establishment
- with Rectons, Bishops and Archbishops
1 physical, moral, religious and legal forces
the Empire. If the Reformers succeed !
- their ends, all this nice arrangement viii &
n broken III pieces the Commons will the
=, hold the purse in fact, and very soon e
- possession Of the land and the sword
= IL Is not 20 be reasonably expected, ther
that the Derby Ministry will favor anythin
- Ike the reform measures demanded by job
Bright. They will now, a. ever, stand b
~ their feudal guns and defend their class
!, the last inch Of ground. But the Reformel
4, are wide-awake ard every day growing nor
y. deeply in earnest. There is, we think. M
- the slightest prospect that the present Cab
= net can mold together. The public demon
- strations in London and throughout Englan
~ are growing threatening and alarming. Veal
u kneed NJ. P.'s who might, under ordinar
~ circumstances, yield 70 these popular thrca
and vote the Reformers all they ask.
new Cabinet, in which John Brigbf, Glas
~ stone, Stuart, Mill and their views will DR.
- dominate, Is what we shall expect for I'm
"a land before the first day Of May next Thu
- or revolution Of force, from which the n,
"a bility would be very apt 10 emerge in a bai
- ly wOrsted condition. In either event ii
!. common people Of England must gain irnme,
~ snFably by pushing forward the reform NOV,
i, ment 10 the annuneDt Of the law Of primo
- geniture and all other feudal customs in cor
4 hict with the free spirit Of this age