New-York tribune., 1876-03-11

castle had for years been enjoyed far more by tue
tsSsir tsaa Oy Hss II ssey wanted TO- The nobility felt
good deal wounded by this eandor on ne par cos I %
her nnmheTs for ~ was recognition o1 tne cos vi
closing round them They who nheri, the land 81 Ln
gland inherit it from ancestors to whom ,ne ihn hs
as ocsis, and they answeable for 50 much grain rain
for nation and so many yeSmen 10 Sssfo 10 IT, the
Crown, and to this doy if you buy mates PSSef PfSe,
Of lard in England 06 on tnG Inod"s L pu long since
the Lords have claimed their estates Ss ther
5 ~ bs eV very " word fee Which faith
points 10 the fact that each estate was Cgha & "
And now when progress has given England sucn q
shadowy monarchythat what belongs 70 the crown ne
longs virtually to the people is seen WIN hack in
one senseNin higher sense forward-to the national
ownership in which 1t began and that , ~ nvicfnS
and crodine The people into cities 1t shall be fsrned out
by contract with tue Government ~ arc ue P''" VIZ
graphic arrangements OF Inc country
ENGLISH SUFFRAGE AND REPRESENTATION
Ibaye spoken OF "the people" 1t may have occurred
10 YOU that it is in the relation OF the Enghsh
ernment to the people that find the most real e c
demarcation between that Constitution ana our OWN
Some would say that nation cannot he repupc No'
every man has a vote But there is uinerehco
betveen n republic and democracy. iepuooll,, y,
means commonwealth administered in the interest @ VI
the whole community, and not IN the lhIereso Va my
individual T family class. But pure uelnOcIGiS i
means "A commonwealth governed by the Nh0e people
as well as for them such democracy has nunvn H.
existed our American Government excludes more lhan
half its population from any participation IN lp run
excludes minors, idiots, lunatc5 ana women ~ thi
that the Limitation of suffrage TO househoidsis @
excludes many others besides panpers, III Sheo am
Others who have any real stake in the country, "a
matter fact only panpeTs are cs"n may not com
port with traditional theories OF the Ilehs vi I AZ
But England is not theoretical eoun'R trv IN
basis of suffrage was under discussion m ,nS H., ~ y ON m
the last century Ben. Franklin Observed Inal ~ ma"
allowed TO emeTey because he Owned % % so1
the donkey that voted not me man bu. .e Tbn
in England is Shall man vote II he as DONKEY me ~
practical case is that man VINO rs 1C' hd oST M 500 or
sos year. if he has nothing he can can ms own IS G
dOnEey-n9Te proGsS ANY Rrigt % with his long tried
friendship for the people, Acknowledges @ mat
there is beneath the great mass sot NJ i'"T those
whom he calls tine " "resduum'-nOt eXsctiy men, nut
in the commonwealth cannot ne cohndeu 10 tnei ht
hands. They can be spured on 10 somethng Dg',eg m
more than walking two feet. or STAGGERING on them
Manhood suffrage must not drag u9%h m9nnoou; H5 ";
republicanism. There is in IL nothing inconsistent
with the old AngO-SaJon principle That tiXatlon
who pays taxes il excluded from vote unless il be in
some exceptional and technical sense lLe only sin OF
-liamely the exclusion of tay-payng women from tne
suffrage. To this inconsistency England Is hlNe;
local government and themselves eligible to such
office. The day of their fnll eniIlncuiselneht m ap
peuedly voted in favor Of it, and 9e bill f3[ woman
suffrage being now engineered IN the nouse oI COMMONS
III one t6inr nearly every Englshman s convinced
that with the exception Of women the whoe y Conauy Is
Every Engishman Is proud OF IT, every youIg man w
ability wants to get ih" IT, ana mo- eTf a.s az anv re-
formers dream has realized through IN the Pas.
make a clean sweep of church and throne aud ars-
tociaey; ne uousa s1falmns vi Co1SaaSs @ and no
Doubt win sit III the next Parliament elected.
For has he John Bright, beginning a. an OUTSIDE
adtator ike himself rise to ne great comm0mer ana
finally called by the queen he her Mmiseri The pain
OF Engands destiny hcs through that House have no
doubt tna main secret OF the ahlly the greatness
OF that House. consists in the fact that il IL the one only
law-OIignatiug and law-malng power III the nation.
Though England has n0miualy ana ostenslply Two
Houses of Parliament, and 30 has been the means
of leading or, misleading this and other countries
long ontSro1n that phase 1t has the House Of
Lords to debating society with suspens0ry veto lhc
House of Lords may advse 1t may delay cessation
few wears Tut has 10 power to defeat it, The House o
Lords rs sometimes SAID TO represent the bad principle
to to Icssiats at all lt is, composed Of those
who represent the past the history cGec cGe oiS :,
needed tna side upon auy action on the part OF he
Commons which may SAVIOR OF haste OF p%par @ S exG'e
ment. But while ~ may check, u eannOt pnt ooWh
brake. il may send measure back to the commons ior
Commons need not adopt the amendments. Tue hofas %
Commons insist the Lords must yield They cannot de
feat the determination Of the people.
POWER OF IHE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The House Of Commons is supreme-thr only real Iegs
lative b0dy-and II is the goal Of every mans amb
ton Parliament represents the glory ana great
ness OF England Its members regard themselves as SUI
tceny paid by the honor Of belonging TO IT, They work
hard sitting from i'm the afternoon through the best
usrt of the night and yet place becomes vacant with
out dozen asp' rushg bcb s' br in n' n" no
willing even to pay IOr an nonoI WI Mon pndnss III @ no
money, that Parliament is compelled 10 De severe
Though members of Parliament have sometimes
been found guilty paying money 10 get there, no
money And each member feels himself overawed by
the ancient standard of honor and inGorruphby which
1r.i,. dnu
suspected OF corTupuD. Every real interest OF
Great Britain Is ~ ~ rpdcsSm gnoyed
after it gets strong enough TO send repTesehlauon
10 Parliament Every Tadcaisn o,Sar nedG aS IaS'
Parliament thus draws into itself all the vigorous pro
gressye forces the enthgsiass OF ,ne county, % g Dy ray
Reform the Free Trade Reform, Household suferage,
cot into Parliament, and there gained success through
the formulas Of the Constitution II Wendell Phillips,
Garrison Emerson, Theodore Parker, and al those men
who have much TO make recent history had been
Englishnen they would have been III Parliament along
The Hose of Commons is indeed especially notable for
the extent 70 which II has employed the literary power
OF the nation. That DID notion that nation must LOOK
Tor counsel and direction to lawyers or farmers or proies
siona politicians, is crudty which England has out
len or fifteen authors in the House. and they are
recognized as an important element not oIiy IN IN
representing the commanding popular Interests OF SCI
ence art and education II Is an im9iessTe S raeL ,nae
are men who their first fame in literature Nor
there a great leader III either House whose power II
not TO large extent due TO his literary attahmehts
This fact NAV not he generally known with reference TO
John Bright but IL IL true, nevertheless Many time
have / listened critically TO the speeches Of
that great commOncr aud felt their charm.
Tndoubtedly that charm is due chiefly 10 his
moral earnestness, and TO the humanity which inspires
H. never Witnessed nObler sight than John Brigl
when he used 10 seattle with his indignation those who
watched and waited IN glee 10 see America SINK IN
ruins and the feuda fOrresses Of slavery Tse mp over
those runs Beneath the thunder-tones of his rebuke
there was an undertOne of sympathy for the humble and
the poor, aud sometimes his heart seemed TO
get mp into his throat Yet WIN AL inns
mis- effectiveness speech and in thought was largely
due 10 his having fed his mind Milton, and caught the
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