New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-23
aTHE ENGLAND OF TODAY"


than dare TO say. have said enough 10 you H.
he Jealous OF their establishment and growth among
you They often silent aud secret in their Increase
THE POWER PRIVILEGE
a,rong IL vested interest the old country; great
Also is the power Of privilege. Privilege IN 0ermssy,
controls govornmsuts, rules society commands the
army suppresses the people. and In that free Germany
trus. privilege may yet be oyesthrown by revolution
But what Of privilege 70 Ens S You ~, gsgs haze
to $40 rstepayers. and the second stu liberal bui
would contribute to diminish In tho House OF Comro0.
the power privilege, but has yet done only little
| The present House OF Commons. elected nearly aso
capital aud srisocracy tho last. Privilege tes st
every point, often unconsclousy. for ia one thing go
gland Is superemnent. In the ability and purity OF hes
statesmen. No one ever dreams OF mputng 10 an eni
Inent English statesman any corrupt
but party motives. I has never been suggested In ny
tune that there was member OF the House OF commons
TO be bought with money HON. 9essed an IThnsnee %
tel OF her great statesmen you cannot oyerestmste
| Ministry can be formed without prtp0nderstnx
| representation Of the arl,toeritc party Tue
| sons peers laDdhOlders have the boss
chances OF secrearyships in The army and navy tho
privileged get appointments. Privilege Influences Par
lament. sits InagstoraI benches mantaus unjust
laws. dcourages the unpriyieged classes Birmingham
time ago. suffering from bad drainage had carried
through the Lords and Commons bill at the cost on
800 900 this bill 1t proposed 10 discharge tho
sewerage on u farm between the properties OF two
swols landed gentlemen. but they would not have tbe
| sewage between the wind and their nobility and
though il proved that the proposed scheme would
TO throw out the iii on inc reading aud the people
of Birmingham lost 10000, ana 100000 people went on
generating disease. The minority on the division OF tno
Birmingham Sewage bill represents more voters thah
the majority. In EOelsnd we have unequal consituen
Ten OF the smallest constituencies return as MACY
members as ten OF the larger ana ths s one vi no n
cideuts OF privilege. Since the last Reform act the
workingmen have been attempting TO get representa-
tives OF their order into the House OF 'Omnons
The principle Of class representation IS not
sound one 1t is prone 20 exaggerae class pne
JUDGES and create representatives less useiui
to tie community than dllgent IN promoting
class Interests at the expense OF the common good But
IN England you conceal that there Is class leg
times adversely TO the workingmen. Tue only way 70
prepare the for unpreiudced representation 10 "
place In the who can speak authOritatVeIy
the wishes OF the working class the present Lperst
parsy were iherI Government shrinks from meet
ing IN the House representatives or labor Inc REACTION
among the upper classes they call themselves IN BID
gIand after tine HYDE Park riots, was great
The inf renee on the humble classes a,tst
erfu and the WING element in the Cabinet and IN
the House OF Representatives has been increasing ia
England. Tnis Wing element is an element OF danger
In is the worst antagonist to reform. Wing 10 re-
former whose hOrse has more action than speed no
be busy while ne himself ~ interfering with the os'
lie is conservative without principle. ne pr
of liberalism The creed of the Wing Is rathe-
liberation than eeu"% With '' MY
Tue Roman Catholic priests OF Ireland are Liberals.
eonntrV some people are Wings when they claim that
they can force Roman Catholic children into Their
friends with the OF society and afterwards ses
| him TO the Pharisees He runs about In lion,
s yoa % Snh and d" you Sf have only got piece
Of sliced jackass. The Wings have been gaming
ground In England The wOrkiDgmen's candidates have
been discouraged and on every question affecting work
men, the existing Government have been the friends 81
capital When men seek To repress powers, they exaS
perate those powers Look at the position OF the work
ingmen ID relation to royal dowrles hear their erow
ngs about the retirement the Queen; watch them 10
reference to appointments 10 the nayyyards while sine
not abolished and IN the progress Oh rePuo-
canlSm.
| COMPLEX NATURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The next noteworthy thing to foreigner 10 En-
gland would be our system OF local government. Il
coat Of many cOors of patching turning and slit hing
| IL ia the very medley OF BumOeton In some places
there are yestres IN others boards OF guardians aud
YOU have mayors and corporations local government
| boards boards of health, county MAGISTRATES, ana
beadles And the spirit Of the parish beade Is the spt
boundary parish boundary san
itary boundary. Take map OF "a iocahty tesrH up
them again together IN the greatest variety ,, gS Of
an idea Of the manner in which England IL
laid out for purposes of local government friend tod
me that necessary To know I'D what PARISH
man ,lept one night They found the boundary running
through he occupied. from corner 10 corner anu
it became important to know in which corner ne slept
IL WAS found slept corner but that too was
dssected by the boundary, aud At was necessary 70
know which side OF the ped ne slept, ahu nov ne got
out of il tnan can tell Inc reason OF tns "
because OF the power OF vested rRns no. Long snSo
Gladstone threw necessary warning 10 the COrpot-
alton OF London The whole Oevy OF Bumbiet0n weuJ
into Mysteries There IL one way 10 wnlch an Enslsn
prepares for battle. he SAYS ms prayers anu
he eats his dinner The Lord Mayor OF London asked
all ne lord of England 10 dine win MN. AZ
dinner they soothed their outraged spirits over maui
pa and beef and encouraged eacn otnef 10 ooeEe
thai their antique institutions should never die, ana
n,edyed themselves TO a new solemn que aud cove
nant The oath be confirmed az other dinners 10 DO
oy 90 london And Gladstone 1nched before hes
| beef and dignity at the Mansion House and gen
eralzed on the importance OF local independence.
| TO a new community one cannot point better MORT
than the state OF municipal legislation IN Engls
ect OF citizens It is OF the gaVes evidences OF
roenness nation, Tor sacrlnce n the secret or
|
disconcerts the pIay Of free government The govern
me nj eau afford TO be free when the CITIZENS assume
the common burden OF working for It's good Men NAV
speak OF the tyranny OF malerltles out usIe say UNA.
e man suffers from such tyrannles nnds IL as hard
10 give way 10 majority he does to Pope OF Kaiser
But is something TO be one OF community having
voice in the minority III halt the people are ln'
different the otner nan VII take au y, ~ anoS.
who complain most Of the tyranny OF naJOrtles gener
slly are those who keep out OF state harness la the
tues As Christianity dlmshes the obligation ought we
not 10 children that next 10 the love OF Goa
comes the spirit OF national service The rockets and
fireworks OF your national anniversary the assertion OF
American citizenship divers places Intensely national
! oratons on certain OCCASIONS lmpeteey comply Win
the requirements OF American elukehshp, as you al
know II you would make OF TINS lree people "a realy
great nation, supreIne IN us oety us wealth anu us
ism which requires little urging 10 Ihe country service
which is root OF nations power ts future Dess-
edness IN the sacred CONSERVATION 10 JUS SOIL Oh All s
S0"' The DARN SIDE OF ENGLISH LIFE
haye ,poken OF vested interests, privilege local adj
minstration and the czen's duty. o' rs change the
scene. The amazing vitality and wealth OF England
transit the foreigner with aston shmen The endless
streets OF noble mansions in Belayia and May Fair,
be maguifcence OF the the shipping on the
rivers give the spectator ldeas ot tsnhlous wealth.,
| have place But there exists poverty ana degrade
ton so terrible that is greater marse tnsn tno
at the magnificent pile OF buildings in London erected
ON the plans OF Engiaud's greatest architects
| where all these stand. l used eight years
ago 10 visit after week the population OF the art