New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
THE ENGLISH STATE.
Continued from Frst Psse.

Parliamentary debate She cannot choose ner n
.or dismiss them. She is simply 3 nag, piece
Of historic heraldry and must float as grandy 9vet
IT MS e@bSer GSS as Of nf PsaeSt said to ~
san; Some OF these days you Americans Will follow
sOpP sST f1ns mean that we shall establish throne "oh,
no. said he. ito have throne is only the acede oI
onr history But have abolished the Oneman power
which once rened there while you have rescgcatSee ~ Sa
in tho form OF ms Is IN t6e VEN ol tnS tnS
frockcoat such he will seem to phllosopmme m nlhus I
service Of the country. And it is certainly fair
subject for our Centennial reflections, whether
eur evolution tSst the ss'Sst eVents ~ and since that
period have secured to England Walter savage ksndor,
speaEng of the primitive church. that our fathers
wen they abolished King George retained some of those
against whose exercise theS nad
IN Office instead Of real statesmen had made the English
Governmen ring" and from his court ring after ring
erept about all HE empire as 1t were the coils OF dragon
Oar centennial celebrates revolution against ring
transferred that very worst Of his thunderbost
10 their President and whether il has secured power to
thc best men, whether 70 has not brought about c0rfup
ton in the civil service you can judge as well as can
Perhaps sometimes indeed think an American can see
hi native land more truthfuly when he has had the OPP
portunity of seeing IL from the Old World STANDING
amid the crnnoihg runs OF snslSn1 @ SsS anu h liz
heart ne hcrads the living force the daily advance
visit Europe II only TO become true American
Aud he will become the less a true American be
cdS snsiS S s he sees little England which thumb may
hide map ruling the destinies OF thrd OF ths
human race, and carrying education, science, ana
cviSation to awaken the mind of India and Egypt from
The umber Of axes, he may learn to pnt less iatn ID
some negroes g. Kentucky held Union meeting, and one
Of them rising to addreSs the, the meeting en SriGSi
you ihe Mississippi River And have ny You the Nam
into fhe Mammoth Cave Talk Dustin mp this Union,
indeed" The argument seemed strong. But was not
very new II was the Hon Elijah POgrams reply To the
OH World, tina; his bright home is IN the setn sun
3 We who live abroad do not use u SO much now
and amid the ancient institutions which s6eathed the
germs Of our liberties have that America has
Imported JUST as it was decayiug abroad. We have i'm
ported fragments OF state Church and Keep mem III
hoo . hy sect man ScTipTnres That is an old English
ba and cham dangling still at the heels OF the greatest
Of all American principles principle oi perfect fcD
4pot6sr thing we have imported, which is painfully
Englsh-inequality OF representation The other day
John Bright made speech the urgent need Of more
eonoble disibution Of seats i'm the House Commons
lie spoke justice Of the hagrant anomaly that Ger
should have as many representative in Parliament
another group representing 100000 and his speech was
constructed condition OF Engand-the comm6 not
once rejecting that National Senate Rhode Island
has ss much nowera as NewYork and the in both
countries is the sam. In one country an antiquarian
borough system, in another antiquarian State system
has overd modern ideas Of just and equal representa-
ton and have thus far been able 10 resist the advance OF
Political science.
THE DEMANDS OF The IRISH " HOME RULERS"
We Justly regard The degree local self government in
country as the real Of its advance toward that ideal
of repubcani.m which nation has yet fully attained
And listen 70 the chronic clamor Of Ireland It does
not impress us indicating condition OF local indie
pendence in Great Britain. Nevertheless the Irish peo
pie free any in the world So 1ar as local sell
government is concerned The only freedom Ireland is
Ho allowed is the freedom claimed by the Confederate
States in the late war-the freedom OF secession
lately, indeed, since the hope OF breaking up
The United Kingdom has faded away from the Irish
secessiOnists they have begun 10 seek thcM object
under the pla sible theory of " Home Rule Ihcy
demand that Ireland shall have legislature and admin
isalon Of her own, submitting TO the BRUSH Govern
meut in matters Of imperial policy. But is demand
gGoffqp a lDug
driven into her present position y many % TSHtdPms ] haa n
with federation Of sOcaled sovereign states as We did
The ancieut kingdoms of scotland, W9es, an5
Ireland absorbed after long experience ana
mand wars. Ireland aud Scotland showed themselves
always ready iuvite the foreigner TO their shores To
cannot three swords in sheath The Scotch and
IRISH long they had Paramens OF their Own had
passion for asserting their own state soVereign Ihey
had a race Jealousy, historic pride, and no nation
can be great which nes mas not CsrH s S Mc hied hd 10 10
recognize 1t a. we9knesI %nen when 50 may Kter Were
Jams than Americans ana England eng @ roIeIDelS hs
what bss cost her to make BIon more re 4onSreo % @
TINT She does not regard il republican progress TO
make three crowns or KINGDOMS grow where only one is
growing now, and tnat nominal What Ireland desires s
the uster Of sovereignty not lgoyernnSnt sbe De
sires the restoration Of her ancient glory There IS moth
ing in the history OF that ancient glory calculated TO de-
light q republican. sOmc may say tbat u Is not thM
which "Home Rulers desire; but will tell You why
believe that II is very largo proportion Of English
men know well that Great Britain Is in need OF better
system Of local administration They feel that ~ll be
impossible for Parliament continue much longer 10
deal with both local and imperial questions An eminent
form several legislatures BY this means every section
deal VIII the common htteete OI ,ne SO
Ireland would thus have three or tour aranents But
sSch local egsiaturcs would do all that any bona de
Home huler could desire But 10 !shman wants legis
lature wLch would have chance OF reSusctatng the
old feeling of royalty OF Irish premnence OF Cet against
Saxon. Only supreme parliament could do that,
il is that only England declines to concede knowing
that ii would another dreafy tragcal round OF
rivalry, civil war. and ultimate suqugauon OF lana
SeSt6' S49iH separation "''-0 F.l
YOU that II is not interest of monarchy against
fepubieansn that Britain holds on 10 Ireland, but
il sin the interest OF one free and Donnal monarchy
as against two or three which could only exist if at all
empires armed 20 the teeth and, secondly, because
England deules TO IUshmen rights possessed by
Englishmen. The ruth IS that tue whole quarrel OF
They long had the nights as Engsshmen, but
demanded more; they have been freed from an eStab
hsbed church such as exists BON IN England ana scot
land 1t is this established church which is the chief
weakness OF England.
NERD or CHURCH AND LAND REFORM
True the Church ceased to be any pecuniaTy bur
den on the people. VesITes may assign tax, but
body need pay IT, The Church wise to let the peo
pie feel It's weight that way But the Church s never
theless gigantic evil; for has inherited the ancient
enaowmeuts both the Catholic and the early Protes
fant ages which have accumulated 10 the extent OF near
S5OO,OOOOO0. And with much money II u able TO
brbe the conscience OF the nation 70 fearful SXtent
Undoubtedly there cOmrensations. The English
Church places In every village dsricta scholar from
oxford Cambridge, wbUsccs Ote literary antiquarian
and interests OF his region. " Traveller finds hlm
self IN any rude nerate OF England ne is sure to
find az least cultivated gentleman 10 represent anne
etic rs TO curcnmun. For feels himself rcpIcseu
tstve, not Of mere sect but OF the English state New
ertbeess, his mind not quite ms own NE s9oi IS nam
ppred He shadows the dissenting preacher not by
superiority but b. statute law. The union OF Curf ana
etato Is perpetual source ~ LtauOn ana cOislon ~
is fast becoming mtGUrabe That the Church Is not az
once covered oln the state IS thing not due 10 t4e
tenscy OF the Church the conservatism of The ndon
rather 1t Is due to the unwi nsness OF inc progressive