New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-13


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THE POWER HOUSE oP lords TO BE CURrAILED
Another thing mean TO destroy II we can, ana i''
Is the power OF the House OF Lords The power Oh 'o
House OF Lords IN country is the power Oh INC
territorial arisocracy, and we aege against thein ''
while they number altogether 40 members, there are
hardly 80 40 OF them present I'D tne
place in the House, unless there may be some persona
dispute among some Of their members ques ron "
voting dowry or pension or further proectI n,
We 40 not want TO abolish the House OF Peers ut least
for one do not but we do mean to abolish the heredS
rights of that chamber People have claim 10 De DuIh
legislators. There many In that house OF Wno
1t would be moekery 10 say that they are euuVaaeui
or intelligent, Some are WISE auu
brave, and good, but unfortunately they afe
the exception, and the them merely aftenn
In their place to preserve their aud not 70
legsate for the wants and needs Of the nation. any
rate turn ont the bishops who there. We say tnat
II bishops have TO egslate for anywhere, let them
legsate for the next life, and not for this. Langnei
We put IT this ground that II the chief Of one enSn
has the right the House of Peers because ne
IL the chief OF a church, then, nation which bods s
banner over many churches, the chief OF every conIc
a right TO be there Bishop Bradaugh might claim
place. Applause and aughter.l We intend TO destroy
the absolute right of veto which the House
Of Lords has been in the habit OF exercising
They complain that the OF the people are
Vnoran but the House OF Lords thirty years kcpi
tax on knowledge which the House OF Commons WOuIu
have repealed. Our newspapers were taxed; the pdpr
upon which wrote was taxed our advertisements
were taxed. But boast that have knocked the ast
shacde of the pressthOueht should not claim too ncn
credit for myself and when they beaten they were
ashamed 10 have statute the books that they could
not enforce aud they tore It up which is what theS
ought 70 have done before. This is the TO agta
this IL the way 10 carry the warhght your enemy
VITA their own weapons. When they use teehneaiues
give them technicales. Neyerlet them take advanag
OF you. Remember that you the strongest Don't
let them excite your temper Keep your brains clear
and remember you have right TO button your pOches
when they come TOO close. We intend too TO take Tue
land away from those who hold IT, but will tell you
how propose 20 do it, In country land has been
entaed from father TO SON. People VINO have owned
land Ike the Duke OF Newcastle. with many creditors,
have been bankrupt and yet did not lose one acre
OF their lands. In the of poor his land would
have been sold for the benefit OF his creditors what we
say Is this Where lands are uncutyated when inSio
be cultivated proof OF the ability to cultivate
with profit let those lands be taken from the man VINO
holds them, for fair valuations valuation calculated
on what the land has brought them for the last seven
years; and many OF their lands have brought them
and laughterl Where 1t amounts to reasonable sum
don't propose TO pay tna in cash, but we propose
interest and redeemabe. The land taken should
not be parted with by the State; but it should be t
longer shorter according the improvements made
that is the more man improves the land the longer le
and economy the knowledge he has brought TO bear
upon IT, The Government OF Prussia with all the blood
and force OF Bismarck, Is much more free III ths
than we. There a man may acquire purchase At inc
end of twenty years of tilng il he can nd the money
TO pay Tor IT, lie can have - at the expiration Oh nlc
teen years; If he has not the money the government
steps in aud gives bonds bearing four per cent interest
TO the landowner; ana the one per cent ulnerchce
forms amount which redeems the whole purchase at
the end Of thirty or forty years These lands become
more valuabe and within the last fourteen years there
have been made more than $4,000 peasant proprietOs
We intend say the Duke of RoXbury, to the Dlke
OF Sutherland, 10 the Duke OF Bucceug, 10 tne Mii-
qus OF WestDinster-tO the twelve people who own
nearly the Whole of broad Scotland 1T you Will hoid
your land say, Will make you pay the burden
of the crime and poverty that crop out OF such SYSTEM
POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN GREAT BRITAIN.
And our politics take different ground from OF old
or old it Wing aud Tory. Now we owe nothing to
Wings and Tories in the past, and We nothing TO
them in day. II to the Wings We owed long
Parliaments aud the vile Stamp Act which brought on
tha nd the HAM nj be struggle with
America. which the Tories atterward carried on Ihey
tell you have corruption here. But have we none at
homef ] will quote 10 YOU the language or Mt VIM
Ewart Gladstone The editors OF your papers here who
corresp3a Win dhe LCa4g aes sena a a dfS o.
Gladstone said, There are number OF men. class
of in this country who suhsst only by Increasing
the National expenditure class of men who 50
powerful that Government IL poweriess to resist
supervision OF the people, Refer to pension list OF
Ia months and 1t contains the names Of Mr. Bdwell
and Mr.. Murray. They were clerks in the Foreign
Office One had $500 year and the other 81, 800 Each
of them spent many thousands year, ana one saved
over half million ana the other nearly two millions
sterling These gentlemen Foreign Office
agents, and in defiance OF law they took commissions
from every Foreign Office employ6 OF course that was
not TO the American papers. II 1t had been "A
matter Of the kind IN connection with your Gov
eminent we should have seen II in the 'front.' columns OF
me Times Then one other fact discovered. We have
a prince Of royal blOOd-the Duke OF Edinburgh. lie
paid visit To the Colonies, and allowed him t3iOO
to pay Tor the presents he made there We did not ask
him for the presents BE received because that womb hOt
got them We did expect. however, that he paid the
money he claimed for presents Well, the colonial jour
nails said that he e the cOOnsts aud their committees
pay small proportion OF them. And in blue 0ook
found among overdue balances OF abscondng ana deal
paymasers the sum OF $780, borrowed by tho Duke OF
as Paymaster OF the Galatea, from the pay
chest, which he had forgotten return. III that had
been President Grant, would not the papers have fug
with IL do not mean that you ali yrtuOus hefe
but do mean that virtue vice II not necessarily an
attribute OF monarchy or republic. You may nave
vicious republic II the people do not do their duty put
under monarchy even III the people do their duty hey
may stIll have to grlulble and bear "a great deal.
There only one or two words more would ike 10
do not pretend that the Of the people III
England for whom speak night, have yet arrived at
the republican views / hold myself There many
who have and all unite together for the reforms Of which
now show the need We will let our dream OF
public stand in the way OF achieving what can get
most easily. And the men In England asked me TO say
to you in America that should judge them as they
wish 10 judge yOuas striving to do their best for the
land in which they live, 10 make IL endurabe and more
had the power TO speak 10 you all feel. My only
training has been the rough bueting OF the world, but
epresent the who mean 10 Wrest the Government
Df the country from the few families VINO now hold H.
We preach mock equality, no sham brotherhood no
ieusiye liberty; but mean 10 make our land land
where a man. though born tue lowest round OF the
ladder, may climb 20 the highest. II he have courage
enough and virtue and endurance enough 10 do So |
Loud aud prolonged applause.
MIR. Bradlaugh then extended invitation TO any !
present discuss OF his statements ask any dues
ions. The only response was from a gentleman who |
unable pay TO hear him, II arrangements were
made for hall. Mr. Bradaugh at once replied that on
his return TO NewGOrk, In couple OF weeks, ne WOuu
pleased TO do so and with three hearty cheers IVr
the orator OF the evening, the audience dispersed