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tor for England. 1ts vast woalth In fow hands
on tho one nIdo, and its torrtelo pauporsm aud
ndeo qE'o ont On the oor Sanat dwo toEet1er IN
extension Of Tic aafirago, or whether i is
quoncled in soa Of blood, tho Inv Of primo
yonturo must 60 out, porohanco before tho close
Ct tue prcsent century. AZ to the Houao Of
I 10 fssa eaS SGt h"s sF1s ere for e
both y and tho Drown ilsof have boon forced to
Yield tho must radical roforns at thu domand Of
tla people.
An to universal suffrage. whatever English.
81 ita danger to lilo stato in this country It is
fact will, which our states1nen and phllanthro.
p!ats must deal: No patriot Is Bound to asultify
at'nsolf by claiming that IN oil casos, i Icy
lot: Twood md hin Infamous Ring In Now York,
and the carpot-bnggerH of tho South. have found
tho sunrago the bout possible moans 70 carry
out thoir stupendous villainicB. That 1t rnny bo
most @ earnest to apply tho oniy cortaln remody
for suoh wrongs. Tho ballot oannot bo ro-
strictod and ut bost such restriction would bo
measure Of doubtful expedleney; but to educate
an1 moralze tho lower strata at tho South,
white aud bleok, and to do tho Bamo thing
IN Now York ind all Our largo oitios,
iis our only safeguard ngatnBt tho dangcrs and
tho iawloasnoss OF an ignorant and ytclouB
rabble: Whom e1cltea by Inst and passion, no
dcspotiB1n on earth is 90 romorso]eas and do
atruetive. But Tint moraliaing nust be doMo,
not by law, but by tho efficient uso OF those
moral aud religious efforts that have, thus far
at lnast, proaorved our Amarican Institutions
from from destruction by tic gsngreno Of yiee; L
Lord Macauaay. In = lotter TO Horny 3. Han
dali, In 1857, he said:
mover uttcrod word nor wroto line indicating
An opinion t,at ths supreme authority IN tho State
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?esa %as s0asesa III ae d.
ati!uton Il ali. sail md no anchor Eitior some
Csar OF Nnpoloon will seize tho roins Of government
n r :ronF h"nd e s y - tesru
tiesh contury ~ tho Rounn Empire was in tho Gftl
with this ditIeroncc that tho Huns and Vandaa who
TINT your Huus aud vaudale will have been ongondorod
within your own country by your own Institutions
When he wrote thls torrible prediction, tho
great EngEish statesman did not take into nc
count M fully as no ought to have done tho oio-
vating Influence Of our schools md Ghurchos,
and the controlling powor Of tho free prosa Of
America. We're tho majority Of our people
atoopod in ignorance and vice, It is admitted
tint nothing would save us from anarchy and
poloon. Whatoyer be tho daDgera Of tho ofroo fran
chipo England Is destined to bo on apar With us,
probably boforo tho century c1osos. 1t nocd8
Sa sgs s Rso 1 4 a aK e. EHS's s1 sss s
to MISUNDERSTANDING insane, and imbeeilos
excepted--evory man in England. It becomes
Englinh statesmen, therefore, to use the samo
means to educate and elevate their massos as
Christian patriots everywhere viii not regret it,
1lr. Dagohot rofcra to tho impeachment Of
President johnson to 1luatrato tho OWL Objects Of
olaoting our President, md with him having our
trial went rs far rs possible within tho Inv and
he frankly admits that "Amorica iB tho most
faw-loving Of countries. Tho Legislature was
80 afraid Of tic Tresidont'a legal power that 1t
unfairly accused him Of acting beyond tho law.
And tho blame thus cast on tho American ConBti-
tuition 10 10 much praiao To be giyou to tho Ameri
can political character. Few nations, perhaps
scarcely any nation, could haye borno such
trial 10 caaily aud 20 perfectly"
alt sSary a1a ds
Of the American Constitution, ho ctiticiBog also.
with untlinohing severity. those Of tho English
Government. WHO would have expected such
truthful and yet such scathing language as this
III regard to tho monarchy from ali English
writer:
An hereditary King is but IN ordinary person upon
AZ average at nea IT, H. nsarly sqsa to 30 taay
ia from youth by eve!y temptation 70 pleas.
ure he probably p9ssed the whole q hs yonsh Il tho
because he l,ss appointed work, and who will bo
considered almost to oWatep his tuncs!on II he unler
take optional N0fk. tOf Inc most part, EonHGtE-
tionai King is damaged common man; not forced to
spelled for business by most Of hs temptations whsh
tary oya families gather from the repcatcd influence
of thoir corrupting situation solno dark faint in tho
hura .p.r iamsnts Kan thcg p,su u IL
cloud on half their pleaBurc.
Then, an American would say, Why hayo any
hereditary monarch at ALI Why support in
idlonees with the single exception Of Qucon
Firt1rAA EahnI1Ht,nG vfp
lave ever leeu burning diagYaca to our coA.-
mon h,lmanty7 Why tax the poor, toiliug mill
iona Of Great Britain down to the rory verge Of
starvation to support c mere baublo Of lloya1ty7
Aftor the death Of Queon Victoria thnt dark
taint in tho blood" Of tho Royal family will he
almost sure to reappear, with the most terrible
consequences. Millions upon millions, ground
from the consuming toll Of loyal Englishmen,
arc aquaudored upon the wortlllesz aprigs Of tho
HouAo Of Hanover. It is time that abolnination
Of past ages passed away forever.
Ne1octing on tho defects both Of the English
and tho American CONSTITUTIONS aud especially
when ono knows how their beat provisions mlY
bo perverted BY dishonest statesman ordoprayod
charlataus, ono is tompte1 to adopt tho souti-
meut;
For forms Of government lot fools contest;
Wnateor III beat administered Ia bcst,
But. with sn abiding faith i11 the power Of our
Christian civilization. md that people educAtcl
and instructed in tho principles Of law aud
JUSTICE ean and will govern themselves in ac-
cordance With those principles, tho American
Republic can well afford to lot Monarchy abide
it's timo, willie frocmon doyote themsoIyea to the
elevation and tho progress OF the race.
Tho Irish IIncc.
TIE IRISH RACE IN THE pAsr AND pREaEsr. By the
Ney. ADO. j. TnEbAuD, 8. J. New York D. Ap-
peton l. Go. Chicago: W. D. Keen, Cooke l. uo.
This work. is written by thorough Catholic,
and in the interests of that Church. Once hay
,lo7 4fxn fall