The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-16

greater extent than ever before, and he sue
ceeded in startling some of his hearers into the
suspicion that he was laughing at them. Some
buildings intended TO serve as Corn Exchange
and Plat Halls at Luton, in Bedfordshire,
were opened with much ceremony on the 18th
of January, and Mr.. johnson, being one Of the
invited guests, made there two addresses-one
in the morning and one in the evening at
dinner. In the first of these speeches, he
sang the praises of the great republic
in strain which would have warmed
the cookies of any American heart, and
showed very plainly that, If Great Britain
knew what was best for her. she would soon
fashion her political institutions after the
pattern of our own. Owe are as free as you
are, " said Mr. Johnson; 1--WE are perhaps more
free than you. We have a larger share in
our Government than you had in the past or
have now in yours; but, if read the signs of
the times Alright, it will not be long So"
The town of Luton has no representation in
Parliament, and Mr.. Johnson did not fail to
remind the Lutonites that, il they lived
under a republic, they would enjoy legislative
representation. Universal suffrage, he de-
clared was the law Of nature; and nature iu.
tended that intelligent men, and intelligent
women also, should have a voice in the making
OF the laws under which they live. There
could be no danger in this, he added, since
mature never inculcstes doctrines from
which mischief can result" Mr.. Johnson
proceeded to draw a comparison between
our Government and that of Great Britain,
pointing out the immeasurable superiority of
the former. 1t was great error, said he, to
suppose that monarch was as powerful as
the President of the United States as an exc
cutive. Queen Victoria reigned, but she did
not govern, her ministers being dependent on
the will Of Parliament; whereas the President
and his Cabinet were wholly Independent of
Congress. "Can the Queen do anything
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to private lifs!' asked Mr.. Johnson, trium-
phantly, not to say tauntingly; and then,
turning to Earl Cowper, who sat near him, he
demanded:-"Can the House, my lord, of
which you are an honored member, stand out
long against the public voice! do not know
what it may be able TO do in the future, but it
has not done il in the recent past" Earl Cow
per treated the question as a conundrum, and
gave it up, without retorting on Mr. Johnson
as he might have done, with a few questions
about the Tenure of. Office act. And at the
aiter-dinner speech, Mr.. Johnson reverted to
the same theme, and poured in oil and wine
upon the wound he had made in the morning.
81 said in effect to-day" he remarked, "and
| do not know how your lordship liked it,
that perhaps the House of Lords exists only in
name. But if so, what name it is What
authority does it not carry with it What
associations does it not recall 20 The associa.
tions which it recalled to Mr.. Johnson's mind
were the gleries of Chatham, and especially
his proclamation, at the outset of the Ameri-
can revolution, that the Americans were
right and the throne was wrong" and his last
appearance in the House of Lords, wrapped
up in his flannel, and protesting against your
acknowledging the independence of the colo
nies''-neither of which associations can be
supposed to be particularly pleasing to the
English mind.
But this was not all. Mr.. Johnson did not
content himself with drawing comparisons
between President Johnson and Queen Vic
toria, to the great disparagement of the latter,
nor with congratulating her subjects on the
prospect of their soon becoming something
better than subjects, nor with speaking with
thinly yelled contempt of the sovereign and
the lords of the realm, in their politicel oapa-
city. He was resolved that the English should
not be allowed TO imagine that, in a single
instance, they were better off, or as well of,
as we are. The Earl Cowper, smarting with
the sting Of what Mr.. Johnson had said con-
cerning the House of Lords, had said in reply
something to the effect that at least Great
Britain had the advantage over the United
States, inasmuch as she had q lady to rule
over her. But Mr.. Johnson cruelty robbed
him of this small comfort. "Don't delude
yourself, my lord" said he, "by supposing
that we cannot have lady to rule over us. l
have read the Constitution of the United
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in it that draws any distinction between the
sexes in that particular. know it has been
said that occasionally we have had an old
woman over US; but we have never yet tried
the experiment of having young and beauti-
full woman elected our President. However,
in this age Of progress, when strong minded
women are abroad, who can tell what is going
TO happen If il should happen, my lord,
that we elect beautiful, charming, intel
lectual woman, don't delude yourself by the
belief that we shall not cherish her as much
as you cherish your beloved Queen. Aud
don't believe, either, that our executive autho-
| rity will not be administered with the same
wisdom as that with which your Queen may
exercise her authority
Clearly, there is very little toadyism in all
this. One would call it, on the contrary, the
"most grave and temperate" irony on a sub
| ieet of high English sOlemnity. Mr.. Johnson
may not be suffered to remain much longer
in England. That ia unfortunate for the
English. II he were kept there and allowed
to spend his leisure time in making good
Democratic speeches throughout the king
dom, he would soon inspire the English with
such hearty contempt for every thing of their
| own, and such an ardent admiration foI
everything Of ours, that they would throw
| Queen and Lords overheard and ask for an.
nexation, even like unto the San Domingans
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The Suffrage Amendments in Congress
From the ". y. Times.
The controversy which has arisen between
the Senate and House on question affecting
the alleged rights Of the latter will not exps
dite the adj ustment of differences in regard e
the suffrage amendment. Too much feeling
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