New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-29

of the Irish Church, and no would become
C,,,aorvotive He wOnld not venture to sepa-
rate State and Church in England anu o'o.
land. He is not prepared TO touch INC ms"
landlord question by measures c"icuiatoo ~
vest the fee in the tillers OF the SOIL. Ho 70
not ready, with Mill, to break up inc s.o"V
landed estates of England, on the prino'pio
that tbe rights of landowners are suoorail"'o
to the welfare of the whole people. Tic - ie',
,,ronared than Disraeli for the next 1OrWaIo
str;de to manhood suffrage. He has no remedy
for Jreland,s discomfort. Meanwhile the masses
Of the English and Irish people are prea'hihe
n new life in every breeze that sweeps o'9i
the Atlantic laden with news OF the Liui'p"'
of popular liberty and equal rights. Inc sup,
preston Of our rebellion taught them ,la' "i,
The specious arguments that monarchy anu
nobility are essential to snational streneth arc
false. The election of Grant and Cofax
will satisfy them that Republics are las strong
IN preserve their honor as their existence
They see ancient, priest-ridden SPAN, lying
aside from the highway of the nations ana
stranger to the march of progress burst 'he
vtbes of Bourbon rule and base her Govern
mont ON the most advanced principles OF llber-
olism. They see the United States giving the
ballot to four millions of ex-slaves just leou
from centuries of bondage, and to SIX hiliiionS
of Rebels still red with the blood OF eigantic
rebellion. Can it fail to follow that increasing
millions OF the intelligent people OF Engiahu'
Ireland and Scotland can only regard the
throne with respect because OF the personal
attributes of the woman who fills It'll When
the confidence of people attaches to charac-
ter and not Office or blood, they are prepared
for better government than England offers.
If the statesmen of England would avoid rev.
CLINTON they must inaugurate tiff they wouiu
not have it sudden and bloody, they must
enter upon it quickly, sincerely, and peace
fruv They must leave the religion OF Ire
land to its people, the land of Ireland to hs
cultivators. the government OF Ireland to It's
Parliament. elected by manhood suffrage,
and the defense of Ireland to its citizens.
They must allow the future Parliament OF
Ireland, to protect Irish manufactures once
powerful, but now feeble and struggling,
against the runous competition with those OF
England which has broken down a third OF
Irelands industry, destroyed the markets OF
her farmers, and changed that beautiful
kingdom into nation of paupers lhey
must, within q few years, give MANHOOD
suffrage to England, sever the Church ana
State. and either make the House OF Peers
elective or sec it sink from ineihciency
into contempt. England already has the
noblest clements of popular freedom. Her free
speech, free press sovereignty Of the House OF
Commons, and suffrage, so far rs they go, bring
the material benefits of freedom to every man.
But the cement and conference of the present
British Constitution, the source of the influence
of the nobility over the Government is what
we Americans call flunkeyism. lt Is the same
which a few years ago made Northern legisla-
tors stand in awe of the Southern aristocrats-
the habit of ascribing greatness according 10
the accident of birth or fortune to men VINO
are not great. Such decisions wear OIL. Ihe'r
end is approaching in England. When the
Conservative party through its leader, Disraeli'
declares that it has no policy, it implicitly az
firms that it foresees no limit to the impending
revolution. If it knew what is to DO preserved
it might muster all its forces and contend Tor
hat only. But knowing that one relic of OPP
preston founded on aristocratic pretensons Is
no safer than another, its leaders aim only
to retire in good order from every point at
which they are assailed.