The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-19
PLIMSOLL'S TRIUMPH.

THE EXCITEMENT ALL OVER ENGLAND-PRE.
CARIoUs CONDITION OF THE MINIS
TRY.
Moncure d. Conway writes to the Cincin-
natl Commercial: Between July l, 70, and
July /, IA, $500 Englishmen were "Iost at
sea-" ne ly all through the criminal selfish
ness OF ship-owners. The government hav-
ing showed aside the man who had set HIM
self TO redress that wrong, the said man
cries "Murdern' The nation y startled.
The Observation-Disclosures" chord still
rung in every British breast Il touched as
even old Dipdin never touched it.. The
prime minister demands that the man who
cried murder amid comfortably DOING
and decorous assembly OF politicians shall
be reprimanded; but the people gather in
their market places by thousands. gather in
their town halls-tories, liberals, neutrals-
and the lion-roar echoes through the land.
No English laureate ever before had
such national poem placed n the rough
before him as this. L remem Der 10 have
heard Bronson Alcott say once that al
though certain electors had somehow
counted their votes so as to make it out that
Frank Pierce was president, Almighty God
had elected William Lloyd Garrison to that
office, and would see that his vetoes were
respected and his mandates obeyed. SINH
larly it appears in England to-day that
when perfunctionary first lords fail, there
are first lords of the treasury Of a nations
mands which must and will be obeyed. Mr..
Plimsoll has taken the reIns from Disraeli's
hand, and directs public business. The
Premier has had no choice but 10 submit
meekly. The feeling in the country he can
not attempt to withstand. His ministry is
humiliated, and can barely save itself from
downfall by yielding. The London Times
has to plead to-day for tine Premier that
man should not be struck when be is down.
1t is the one theme on every tongue. In
railway cars, in omnibuses, IN drawing
rooms, this one subject occupies all.
women weep, mems eyes flash.
PLIMsoLL's TABLE Is LOADED
with kilograms bearing him sympathy from
every part of the Kingdom. The ship
owner now appears in the role of the dragon
pierced by his st. George. In Withdrawing
their o~ n bill, which somewhat biunted the
eige OF Pimsoll's spear, the government
has really taken away the only fragment OF
shield which at all defended the "ship-
knacker;" now straight starts forth
Plimsolfs own bill, which he
had been induced TO set aside tenn
porarily in favor OF the other: this is to
be brought forward on Thursday evening.
The government is bewiidered, the ship
knockers more so. They intend TO try and
appease the giant they have raised by bring
ing forward tomorrow "Wednesday tenn
porizing measure. They VIII be more for
tunate than anticipate If they can by this
means escape the threatened humiliation of
having the proposed reprinsnd of Plims0ll
turned into a tremendous ma
tional reprimand OF themselves.
The ''shipknackers' do not trust
that they can survive the storm, and for the
past few days have been trying 10 transfer
their rotten ships to Belgian colors, but the
Belgian Government has been admonished
OF these efforts, and has issued strict
directions that its colors shall protect
only registered, and, therefore, carefully
examined ships. The fact IS, the venom
Gus scorpion which Plimsoll has pursued.
is now visibly grit round with Ere.
and in Shaving of the Government bill
has stung itself to death. Above all
this towers up the fact that must row stand
as landmark in English history, namely.
that in one week the popular viii in this
country has been able to bear upon the
legislature with sufficient force to enact an
important law over the head of reluctant
dominant party, backed by powerful in
terest. This great democratic fact which
has been made manifest under supremacy
of the tory party, will be surely established
In its historical humiliation, If not, as Is
even yet possible, in its sudden and utter
downfall,