The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-01
A RevOIollOn Impending in England.

The London Tina takes sombre view oil
tho agricultural question in England, apd
In the following remarks even hiht 4
the danger Of revolution a. the OutOOmeOl
II: slsna YgG
"All over England our purely agricul.
lural villages are less- populops Than lllsy
were a lew years ago. W 1ti$a
moral consideration Of possibly more gray.
ity that In the event Of the soil, property
and power Of tAis country ever cbeing
mon opolized by fewer and still fewer
hands, even by processes quite sPonta-
neous and unexcepionable, there may
arise a fearful reaction. Revolutions DO
not proceed by rule and logic. They are
not even reasonable, and the more they
are examined the less they can be justified.
They may have received some impulse
from philosophers and theorists, but they
are generally rude dehveranees from great
iacts, often the quiet growth Of ages, that
have acquired tyranniC force and over
Weening magnitude. There certainly
would arise danger 10 the State and Con-
stitution OF this country II the number Of
landowners ard tenant farmers should be
yeTy much diminished, the aggregate pop.
ulation becoming meanwhile much great
er. and retaining It's present taste for rural
scenes and occupation" 10 iyk
The New York Ephing POI, a Journal
noled for caution and thoughtiulness in
its utterances, in speaking Of the same
subject boldly asserts that revolution Is
an impending peril in England 1t!ssys;
ali the safety valve Of concession inithe
engine Of English social and industrial
NE be not soon putt in motion, something
to use the homely phrase, will break.
Lord Beaconsield, in his late astonishing
speech at Aylesbury, showed conscious
ness Of this, carefully ashe CLOSED in Il
any hints OF apprehension. His superb
misstatements OF things in America put in
shade after a fashion his more correct
auguries OF things At. homeI but he gave
voice, II family and cautiously, TO doubts
and fear that have been for soma time
spreading through English society, and
which have now found direct and out.
spoken expression In the Londoa-Time
"WhRt is doubted and what is feared
The answer, sensational as It may sound,
lies in one word-revolution When we
remember last years famine in England
and this years trade distress; when we
consider how many thousands Of artisans
and laborers are out Of employment, and
how pany more this winter are likely 10
be; when We reflect upon the paralysis Of
English manufacture, and the rising and
successful competition in making what
she has SO long made and sold at profit
10 1thnR nAuRHRir9s ,,.ntr,t, h.
work done and promised by the Work.
mans National Emigration Society;
when We see Goals fall from sixteen and
seventeen to five and six shilHngs the ton,
while the iron trade sinks in d ratio ten
times as disastrous; when we find cotton
spinning almost at a standstill, the Weav.
ers set adritt by tens OF thousands,
and eaTthen and ornamental wares
almost unsaleable;, when We are told that
the crops, ID many places a failure, are in
nearly all places scanty, and that proyi.
siOus must needs be imported from other
countries; when We know that England
owes US in commodities SO much more
than We owe her that bullion Is constant.
ly flowing hither from her Golfers to rec
tify the balance; and finally, when we
understand that, US one consequence Of
all these things, the land of England d
concentrating in fewer and fewer hands
with all the risks that concentration en-.
tails, We shall not be surprised that, guard,
ed and conservative as 1t is, the London
Times sounds the note Of alarm and more
than hints that il catastrophe is to BE-
averted the time has come for action.
"The remarkable sagacity OF her do.
minant thinkers may tide over the danger
as it has done before, although It is per,
haps true that tho danger is more grave
than at any previous time. 1t is in any
case singularly unpropitious for the ex-
listing order OF things that tho heir.appar.
ent to the British throne should occupy
at so critical juncture the position OF be
ing suspected Of offending against that ia.
mily SanCtity so dear to the hearts OF his
GOuntrymen, an act charged against him
before, and only Condoned because Of the
dangerous and SOLDERING illness thai
brought him SO near the grave
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