Middletown transcript., 1871-10-21
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nnOLAND.
In days Of old. when English radical
ism wss represented BY the Chartist lead.
NJ. Feargus O'Connor. and his compan-
ions, the conservatives could afford to re.
gard these men as noiry adcmagagucss and
their agitation rs hdrmlsss. Tts Charti&
we're so fat In sdsnncelof public |
opinion at the time that s;except by hsnd-
~ Of crazy fana,io6 and professional n,al- |
sontents, they were universally treated as
Wild absurdities Yet such hus been the
extent Of the political revolution through
which the United Kingdom has been rss~-
ing. some of the most important parts of
O'Cvnnor's chart are nov part ~ the
law of thcslsnd The Church Establish
men, in Ireland no longer exists, the u
nion of Church and State has been dis.
solved. Household suffrage is now the
law, and though Parliauen, has not yet
passed the Law establishing the vote by
ballot, it is almost certain that at the next
session, this reform. IL such II may be cali
ed. will receive the sanction Of Queen,
Lords aud Commons. Having achieved
ors Tor other and greater reforms. Brad
laugh. the leader Of his party. declares
tha, within five years he will overthrow
the British monarchy. aud that the House
Of Lords having been previously abolish
ed, the Commons Of England will repeal
the act Of Parliament which vested the
monarchy in GEORGE Of Hanover and his
descendants While Dradlnuels prom
Use may be hoo,ed as prcpostcrous. aud he
may he looked upon MS the violent vapa-
bond described by Dickens. il is never
ihclcss true ihut he is the leader Of large
party, destitute, perhaps. Of cultivated in
tclllgcncc and social distinction. bu, by
no means cnntemp'bl" 10 point Of mum
bcrs, or IN that influence which belongs Ia
numerical strength. II cannot he denied
that IL all the great manufacturing towns
and ciir. in England Brndlaugh's disci-
pies are to BE- found. These men. large
numbers Of whom rcut houses and have
The Ugh, TO vote. are. like the leaders. in
fidcls aud open scoiirrs at religion They
posscs. considerable political influence.
obscure and ignoblr though they are. The
most obsccnc aud disrcpuiahlc newspaper
ia all Europe. owned aud edited by thn,
dlhy proligaic. g W. Reynolds, is the
ayowed organ Of the English Radicals in
any other paper cf the weekly press il,
- workingmen's meetings Radical clubs
and other :" reform" gaihcrigs the Qnceu
and the royal family are violently de-.
ununcrd rallied aud slanicrcd and how.
ever unjust it may he it cannot be doubt
ed ila, the payment Of the civil list 10 lh,
Queen, ani the grants to her sous an
daughters. are anrrly cendcmurd by larg'
masses of the people. Respectable men
members Of Parliament. wcrc compelled
hy the pressure from their constituents 1,
vnie against the dpwry ot the Princess
Louise. aud some who voted for i, had I,
make apn',1ies in order To- apprasa H.
wrath of those who elected them. Th'
hereditary branch of the Legislature i
f.s, falling into di-rcpuie The Radical
demand It's instant abolition. aud maui
whn are not Radicals think that il need,
10 bc ihcrnlizrd
Nntr by ballot twenty years ago seem
ed much mare improbable than does th
overthrow of the House Of l.erds ta-dny
Radirnlism ~, The inch iu the cnlurg''
iueut of the suffrage Ia hpusehnli"rs. an'
it will a>nrcjly take the ell Thong
Mr. Gladstone would Indignantly d"u
that he is either Radical or ncpui.li
can. il i uuqne>tiounhly true thnt III
Radical party are mainly indebted to hit
fnr tn rapid prpgrrs. they have mnlc 9
late years By his policy of " concts.io
to public opinion" he has given impr,u
10 n movement which he can no longer di
rect. ard hns nnwiliinsly huilt up for
milable pariv, which hc dare not lrspi-,
which conservative men IN England hay
good reason to fear. aud with which III
friends Of well regulated liberal Govern
mcu' everywhere can have little s,mp'
lhy. iih Ga-eiie