, 1874-12-14
REpUDLICANISM III ENGLAND.

lecture by Charles Isrnaitnuuta nlcgoro
tlas 5uusiily-1.guttlrc Auciety.
Charles Uradlangh, tho great EngliB!l 1topub-
llcnn orator, spoke yoBtortlay afternoon, to M
inlnetiao audience, In tho Grand Opcra-1Iouso.
Writ Doxtor introduced tho Broakor and said,
ns lsochefort spoke OF Franco rs Ropnb!lo
without n 1topublicau, ho introduced 1fr. Drad-
ln,Kh nj Republican without q liopih'ic
Tho eloquent gontlcna,,'s subject WIN Il no-
publIcaism IN England" Tho speaker wan ut
tlniea Yoholnont1y eloquent, and also bittor III
hiB sarcasrna, nnd mordiless IN hlu warfare
ngainBt tho monarohlcal forneof government IN
Groat 1}rl.hin.
nlr. 1}adIaugh mentioned tin alleged con-
Baryalive rnaction Of tho pooplo Of Eugaut, n.,tl
roforrca to Digraoli's two lust Bncocllcu, III ono
bo arrested arbitrarily. I'llts tho spoakor d.
nlod, aud aail thnt DlHraeIl daro not interfere
with tho people he dare mt propose ouo slnpls
conservative noRsuro, mud tint hu was only per-
nothing, aud no longer.
11o roferred to H1r. 1tadstono's measures OF
reform. and Had that Mr.. Gladstone, In leaving
tho Liborala, angorcd tho Whigs, mud III leaving
tho WhiBs angcrod the 1tborals. The l1ydo Park
moosings howeyor, wero hold in apito OF tho
Government. In ireland, howovor, Mr.. G]atl-
atono hntl offended with his n,oaBnrcs Of reform;
ae had gono too fur; it was q challenge aRaillst
tho rlEhtH of property, and offended both tho
ariatocraoy and tho poasantry. Hero Tie speaker
In MI eloquent manllor, which received from his
andioncn unboundcl applause, spoke OF tho
rights Of matl to tho FREQ e1erciae of both his
religions ami political viowH atl aaid that llo bo-
loved 1llan had tho right to worahip in any
church.
Mr.. Drad!augh asked his hearers, What ia q
republic ~ mud said tint what llo meant by tho
word "ropubliu " was TINT ttato In which tho
dovornmont waa by tho peoplo and for tho poo
pls III which tho Chief Alagatrato was tho
ln'nator OF tho poopo's will, not tho master Of
its iiber.ios III which oyery citizon had equal
political rghts 1Io hold that political purity
was necessary for tho we'll being Of tho country,
In which thero Should lo Il troo prosa mid FREQ
platform. and wlloro the voice Of the minority
waB hoard before tho minority decreod IIo le!d
that it WIS right tint tho majority should rule
but it was equally wrong that the ma jority should
rofuae to listen to tho minority.
lilo orator Eaye Ills yiows OF What was nscoH-
aary to establish republican form Of govern
llels, md said that boforo civilization ropub-
licanlsna was impossible. 10 oBtnblisl. TINT tue
mnjority Of thu pooplo should be decontly elu-
Gated. It INA not tho rule Of tho strongest TINT
to make tho chains wore not republicans, '1Io
roforrel to Frauco III 1913 and in 154S, aud SAID
TINT Franco was not q republic whon Louis
Philippe "rnn nway with Ills umbrella" There
we're Two classos of people who nlatlo tho gov
ernmeut. tho poor as We'll as tho rich; taere
could uot be republican government where
thoro was no fieo prcsH. Ho Bpcko OF
Franco in 1870, and said that cpublio unlor
Marshal Macainion was not possible; no army
could establish Il republican form Of guvorl-
1aont. MuoluLoa w,. tho head OF tho army,
mud no QUO man could establish ropublic,-thp
people muAt do that. lie referred to Spaiu, mid
rennrlted that le believed Castelar, to bo q puro
man; yct whom tho pourhous fell thcre WAS no
republic. lIo Rnoko Of our Own Government.
mud Rsserted tint, so long as slavery existed in
America. wo had no nopublic, and that where
Tho people pad as much attention TO politics III
they did to blsinoss, thon republican form Of
government could bo successful.
In Hponktng Of tho possibilities OF establishing
republic III England. lie Aotd tint 1t was possi-
bio, and could be accomplished upnnly. A move
mont mado lawfully could bo mado openly, aud
an open movement would have tho advantage. and
would 10 successful, anu without force. lie in-
sisted that tue tnoyonlont could bo n,nde lawful,
and then explained tho laws OF England. 1le
denied that tho Monarchy Of England wus
hereditary, nnd 80 lunI as their Constitution ex-
istod they could <!ethrono tho Queen by
vote Of Parliament aud thereby
prevont, tho Prince OF Wales ascending it.
llo went OIL TO show TINT, If tho net OF SUCCESS
sion was repealed, tho llouso OF Brunswick lad
no moro right to the throne than any othor fan-
tako them of tho throne. aud therefore it was not
hereditary. M man hu'f right to lnuke social
or political changes by forco. Tho sword could
cnt, but not cement together, aid such ropub-
lie as lo desired could bo accomplished by tho
people. There nas q decided republican feeling
existing in England, although, II We wcru to
judge by tho BEns of tito times and tho verdict
of the telegraph. there WAS nonc, but OF Iato
thoy Ind admitted there was sonlo littlo ropublr-
ail feeling existing.
Mr. Bradlaugh referred ut longth to Disraeli's
Manchester speech, III which LIE taid thoro wero
several ,HuucH, tho disoRtablishing OF tho Church
of England tho tliAostnblisling OF tho House Of
Lords and aa Disraoli clai1nel, tho dlscHtabsIl-
of 11o
man tlon HpolSo Of tho gatherings Of tho people
III Northumberland, Yrrknliiro and Dlirla,a
1lo lad met 55. .oGU. people, tho miners who Aad
enhgrogateu, carrying bNnAcrB with lnEcrintious
thereon indcntiye Of their foeiings, and oylncing
evidence Of tho increase Of republican fooliugs.
At Quo inoeti,lg, whore there wore 1000 people
assomblod, he had put tho question to ~
vote, aud out OF tlat nuu,ber tllirtcou only
favored Il monarchy, wllilo tlo remainder were
~ favor Of n republican, form Of government.
Flo did mot moan to convey tho idea he said,
TINT it was coming immediately tito pooplo
wcro not yet ready they ssero not yet properly
ctillcatcd up to 1t.
1Io then showed by figures how tho proaent
form OF Goyornul ent existed, and thoir tiuancal
state Of AFFAIRS Tho increase Of taxation in 1GD
years was from less than GGo00,000 to .G70, ,ou0,-
oeo; nm dan ddns'ng tho present rcign fron nSa
pliotors Of England and Wales received
I222 500, 000 year; tu-taay, Tor tho sumo prop
orty, thoy receive moro tGnn IlOo,00U, 900 stor-
llng. On tho e23 GOO, 900 n year they pRid tlon
.G2. 2.0no. 900 aud upwards Of land-tax, uni on tho
cloo. 100000 thoy paid less than el,ou0.0oo Of
lal!.l-tax. Two hundred ycars aso, land IN England
paid two-tiftl.s OF all tho taxos, and to-dav it
pays less than no.suventy.six par. Of it. Tho
national obt hal Increased from Ea3, 600, ,D00 tn
,lSoo, ,00o0 0lo. Thts, ho said WIS mortgage OH
the work Of tho pooplo yat u.born, md nono OF
it for liberty, honor. or glory. \
Tho roal question in England, however, WAS
tho lanloa propriotors. Less ttat 200 families
ownoG ono-half Of 5nglana lsalf Of ireland, mud
t!roo. fourths Of Scotland. Tho Duke OF Suthor-
land aInno owned groat part Of scotlanl. and
tho Duko Of l,ucclough owned ha!t-a-n.illon
acroH of Anj in Scotland, aud othor nublea hal "
lIlo interest III II ouO, ,0U0acros Of anain England
capable Of cultivation. whic!, was devoted
to door-l,arl1s for thcso lantloti ariato.
crats. II tiny asked him what Ind all
that to do witt. tho republican 1noyemens llo
wouttls ny tint land was tho territorial arihtocraoy
1t ownod tho House Of Lords it stopped every
measure Of redemption i had loc.o'i up tho
school l.doors by itn opposition to education. It
prevented tho ll,asHuA Of tln people f.on bccom-
Ing instructed by tho saxoa il Kept u,ou k,sowl-