, 1879-03-10
THE ROsT1sUM.

--t1Etnra ~ she How u. Any dTPiehfet
Tic Rev. James Inv Applehcct pastor Of ttc
Eourth Unitarian Church. ]cckuro1 ycsLeri1ay
Ha. ua.sa -. r1.ss,st. T4,os,. ~ ,.rs-a .,ssi
ate1hoon ~ !i"p!cf'n 1l'c4ta ~ 'a.ku Hui"@
oneo: ~" sao]ect was announced as "chs!ics
lcctutor tic subject vas changed, ant."Tho
Amoria., o,5 E,u,,.h ror,t{,r,iors. thn
.@s.tse.. a "s ~ n.'.,. A.. 49,
American houso OIL Representatives a1la ule
English HoHAo Of Comnnns"' given instead.
Tile lecture on Charles Lamb wttl be given al
the o,otc os thn ,crfc.
Ii beginning his discourse, Mr.. App,oucu s.l,
their authority directly from the people, and
,,cro dfrcct1y rapresnh,sttro NJ fhc nron1c.
chc .uhicct NJ Tin ,ccurc 1,,Idc, I. MI ,n,n ,yo
III, s,sa.s.s.. Wv n,,,s u'Moo neI'. n,so WV
nun ota"eaes' INC process W which TIC rep
resentatiyo assemblies are gotten together, and
the powers conferred upou them or Tie func.
ttona discharged, In the nrocesA of eating a,,
assembly tonether, four thinps 1ua to- hc cor.
iion saa be ' To the 1 non,,Iatnn1 Wat shoii
im tIa qualification rfnr vattna1 Wiat
sttall bo the Qualification ii esthc ron.
fcscptatiyea cf,ossn. or. in o,,,er" vor1,,
torn Of oeaH IL tn m' ,,.s1ta at sa ,9s hs is si,a
american avstsm wos in, ,,rncnxnrohiy kuRorior ~
lie EnrIi.h. II va. nt,t, nno,,,,i, idat nnsfon
tlctcr,nIno The mcnns by wdci. it, 'rcnrcsrntn-
so me nsa s9m 5s x9ten 10,
shn;,id WinLi il nnnu!d harr a !, yfu1 f,,nstin,;
A icvisnti1a funrtion an inni,irnv f,inrtinn' ~,
Informing fnnctious nnfl An rirrtnrn, frnrtton'
In America was :onnd 4 just Ind sensible md a
wise prpnurtfnu 0f rf,,resrrtntinn Ia unmtlntinn.
'rhu batiot Of a Teras voter wns ~ 7otant ns
that OF Resident Of Nssssrh,tsstt,i I3y lie
American sSetem OF npporti0uit,g fi,b renrrsout-
atives 10 tie uumter oS inbabitsnts, propor-
tionuI rcprcscntation vnx haii. T6at syetcm va,
a most ndmtrabIe ouo, nui insured that the vote
Of any one Amcricnn was worth iust 10 much
rs. md no more than. the yote Of any other
American, iu England nroportIonni rcptc.
seutatjou wns unknowu. fhis no.systcrn Ind
been brought about after the Norman Conquest
ny The establishment OF the fcudal system,
u,ticr which tte KjuV gos held to BE- tic ono
owner Of ali ihc lind in tha Ktnrdofn. There
wcro rC.tloldere. uot |auI.ownsrg. cniicd lie
Kings Bafons, whoso assembly was called Par.
finmcnk. There were two cj1ssre AZ Nnrnns-
tIlo Larger and tic Smaller Barops. They
originally sat ID onu chamber, aud their chief
to1l,Ifc oi lu,l. was to vote sunplies "t money
TO thc King md collect those n,o,lcys. tiiyis.
lon Of Tic Larger and Smaller Darons created
thc uouso Of Lords md Lie uouso al Commons.
Undcr such n stnte Of afInirs IL was
impossible % that representation according
to nnnmfnt1on ahnn,d br esfnhlishri. Irad,1niiv
tic IIousu OF Cumming becnne lerislattyl
body it ceased 10 be Of tie first ln,portunce 10
ths K linz tjmt Tia wcnithirat towns shn,,lI he
sunmo,,od to send Representative to Parlia-
mart. IA ahe 1ffe NJ EnUicni crcnt from tha
souti, to the no,th nart of lie co,.ntry. nII
towns rrtoiucd their FMrlfamcntars privileges.
yidpal croatpess had 90 REPRESENTATION ] mn 1T NIL nj.
Mnny of thc I'D towna wnrf nwnoi hy the arts.
tocracy who wcrs thus unab1c to mack TIC House
Of Commons With their nominces. Old Sar,1,n.
bera 10 Tic Eouse Of Commons. and an old
town which had beon wn.tci nut or nxistonce.
but mol nl1t Of Enelnntits ronrosontatiyo ava.
toa s nv hy the @ sca " .ti sent It's two o,nsors 70.
w o
1orns, no true prpportion Of REPRESENTATION
to nn,,,u1ot,nn. kn1oyor nonulation 7li;' r,cr.
sons. rnturnni oun men1bcr. Many n LunInn
two runrc.entstycs Th,,s ono v.,tor oF Ani1ovar
nosseHsetl twenty times morn nower thnn
rotor Of tha Maryjehona district Thu, England
failed tn do what America hnd 40 woii tione.-
%;on @ nenn stnald ncrce Ina % sjrht 1t IF t'ic
int lint raverI,n,ent :, IN ntvays tnoat tov.
nrnmnnt 4 fnr i thc neon1o nnurtar ,enre-
sentativn in America mt1st fulilll conilittons oe
Enctani Il is iii 70 tl,e electors to detortalno
III. t1tncaa of ,s,sn. H,,tI Il sccmc1 that. II n
man nj 9l waa H. to Tia mart II, tIo ehooslnr ri
REPRESENTATIVE, ile wos 1T to sbc .chusc rc,.
~ ~ tSinH lin ~ Rnscnea m vns
mt constdnrcsi in tin Enrjf.l svstc,1,. nn1 thfs
thn sncnknr rapnrtle1 1a cn1{nnntIy nropnr.
It would bc an ir1nroyoment i1l America to lcayc
fin raffnr If rhnfrn in tc urf1A nf thn ettrt ora
sho,saiHa. gnn1n n"n @rootor fro".aor,
to ' tlo Growth Of @ purely e nastoral roputations
fnr stetcsmnna,,in. sncakintt rat1ernI}y. II wns
n. nv assrntiai r. ann,,ias frnn!lam that renrea ~
sentative &c . asscmbly should e1prcss not only tlu
nnoninia iii Ink thnt II shnnIi, hovn Tho no,vrr
~ rnfo1cnr T' H. p"S AM nnitonoi assen'biy ahoi
bo l tie absoInto monarc!. Of tho national purse.
stra. H., H. an,a ri1is ' ~ nren"tinp iit. ~
iatinE Ito, to rovet,ae. @ fIc sanate had t,e power
othnr ~ his III" IN Enland W thc nnuinr Ghanr
% Ind not u'i onlY Tic ths SOL SOLE II riglt of originating
.nnnov h,I,s hut t,e iJnmr t,hnmher j,nf3 no
,,n,.n2 .,,,an1 t,er m ppv ues anil m nov n"s,"r ~.
bt But to pass % them T ID Al. II inaitorcd form. in
,a.sa' ~. ~ ~ IInns". o,'d In. nni,n twn.
thrds 1y yoto m " necessary % Tor tho passnso Of tho
"rc1, ha y" nowcr n vctn n Xii nassc thc
@ two Houses M tic tic Queen could not reiuso 10 siEn
~ nont .H''sI Thc Inr1. ca~Id recrt xiii. tat lad
] passca tic M Cotnmous, ] ind ths Commons could
tnetu1a n,os m's'9 hal ,w"r - Stea to rt. ,ntt
nas.I"Is tneasure @ "s mon wch The % nuopie Ind