New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-24

! erasshopperr and when she asks concerning tler
| spiritual condition gets this response YES 1 DE
! regular born Christian. and my mother a1ore me-
! and that's what few gals in the yard can saw.
Thomas will take it to hemself when work is slack
and be believes now in our Lord and Saviour, ron
! thus Plate who oruced to save our sins ana
| in Moses. Goliath and the rest of the Apostles"
And as Sybl went on with her work she was aston
sbed to discover that in the midst of that toiling
crowd at was rare to find person who knew his
own age rarer to find boy who had seen book,
| or a girl who had seen a flower"
Bnt notwithstanding the willingness of the Govern
ment to incur these results the time came when
! taxation was no longer able to carry on the war.
What was to be done 7 Napoleon was still at large;
| and John Bull, so long az he could get load for
his gun and biscuit for his stomach, had no notion
of giving up the hunt
| At the beginning of 1906 the death of Pitt af
forded an opportunity for changing the Cabinet.
and in measure the policy of the Government
coalition. the ministry of All Talents" sue
ceeded Fox now for the first time came into a
place where he could make his power ielt; and
Lord Henry Petty took immediate charge of the
National finances as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
But the new Cabinet brought relief to the people
and did not long retain their confidence. Its fate
was that of all coalitions. 1t much as If the
Ministry had been headed by Blaine and Bayard,
Garfeldand Butler. Under the impulse of the great
| popularity of Fox, recruiting was somewhat
quckened but ii was soon perceived that the bur-
den of taxation was to bear down heavier than ever
before Great confidence was Justly placed in the
intelligence and character Of Lord Petty; but after
locking at the schedule from every point OF
! view he had TO confess he could find no method oil
increasing the revenue without increasing the bur-
den Finally as if seeking relief in fit of despera
I Al I'll, tuN oVHiD
creased the other assessments Of income and prop
crty from six to ten per cent. Such the short
cut by which genus, unenlighteno1 by a ray of
! financial KNOWLEDGE, sought to bring relief The
| leader of the Cabinet. appointed for the express
| purpose of financial reform, had often confessed
that he could not read Adam Smith, and the
| result of the experiment was what every
body ought to have anticipated. AS soon rs
| the new measures were promulgated the Min
stry sank from popularity into distrust. and
soon after into opposition and Odium In Parha-
mcnt Canning assailed the Ministry with the utmost
rancor, and the shop windows drew crowds to wit
ness the caricatures of Giray representing Fox and
Petty as tax-gaherers insulting John Bull. or Fox
as a bear and Petty dog taught to dance by
| Lord Grenville.
CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES.
! Still further corruption of various kinds was
! coming to abound. In January 1909, Colonel
| Wardle produced genuine sensation by n curious
revelation He called the attention OF the House Of
! Commons to the danger the country in from
peculation in the Military Department, and de-
! c,ared with boldness which must have taken the
breath of his hearers away, that "a certain house
in Gloucester-place splendid with carriages, ser
wants aud fine furniture. the nest of corrup
| ton" In this house, he declared. the Duke of
York had placed his Mistress Mrs. Clarke, aud that
she was in the habit. as could be proved. of selling
offices in the army By means of her favor with her
paramount the commander-in-chef. WaIdle
charged that Mrs. Clarke possessed the power o!
military promotion, and was In the habit of taking
| money for the exercise of that power. lie charged
still further that she had taken money from clergy
men for promotions in the church.
The excitement in Parliament and out OF 1t raised
bv these allegations prodigiOus. IL was deter
mined that a Parliamentary inquiry should be made.
The friends of decency endeavOred TO get the affair
referred to private committee, but the attempt
was in vain Mrs. Clarke brought before the
august representative body Of Great Britain. and
for two months the Peninsuar War, and even Ma
poleon himself deemed likely to be forgotten in the
| more absorbing interest of her revelations. Miss
Msrneaus description of the relations OF the affair
| 10 the pnbc is well worth quoting. " The woman"
| saws she was wholly unabashed-in full posses
sion of her wit and grace. ant so ready with the
story OF her successive am0urs as to alarm certain
of her hearers and stmullte the vici0ns curiosity of
! the whole Nation. For some years the popular
| temper had been growing saNage under the stlinu-
lus which long affords TO the brutal passions
| The rapid increase of crime and violence had been
nnonestionabe for some time past. There wcro
| more murders. and they were OF more savage ma
turc, aud new brutality had introduced itself INTO
! commoner affairs. And now il seemed IA # the
| domestic virtue OF the Nation was 10 be tainted,
| and the imagination was TO be familiarzed with
| Righteousness"
For eight weeks the stream of this filthy reycla-
| ton poured itself out The corruption at the head
of the army made all decent people hang then heads
in shame; but perhaps the worst feature of the af
fair vas that the sales OF Mrs Carke's VII at the
bar of the House penetrated every corner OF the
island. We are told as one OF the evidences ~ the
absorbing interest in the trial. that the urchus in
the streets, in tossing pennies altered the lingo OF
| tails" called for &" Duke or darling"
| The-affar for a time seemed likely to end in n
general clearing out Of Augean stables. The Duke
| of York, the favorite son OF the King and Conman-
der-in-Chief Of the ArLy. was compelled to resign
! his commission. As York went down. Wardle went
up Public meetings were held IN inherent parts OF
the kingdom III favor of his patriotism and courage
Addresses of most fulsOmc compliment were sent 10
! him from Glasgow, from Canterbury, from London.
sex But alas for the preusaturty OF popular judG-
| ment! Just as the people OF England seemed on
the point of treating Wardle as they recently
treated Pymsoi, by erecting monument 10 MS
| permanent memory, it leaked ont that the scamp
| had been paramonr of Mrs. Clarkes himself. that
he had even ordered the sumptuOus furniture of her
apartments and that the upholsterer had recovered
a bill for the same against hun et $4,000 and
| costs Evidently Wardles name should have been
Jingle. One of the political parties broke out into
loud guffaw the other turned its attention straight
| way TO other affairs.
But this dramatic entertainment, though il turned
ont 10 be nothing but opera bOue led directly 10 the
revelation of other corruptions and abuses. A Com
mittee OF Inquiry was instituted, which carried on
its work for years at an annual expense to the
| Nation of 500 900. That the money was not thrown
| AWAY NAV be in erred from two stupcndOus facts.
II was ascertancd that in the accounts of the Adj
| miraltv Board alone the enormous sum of
e,5S 600 600 was unaccOunted for; and that in the
| Government of st. Domingo no less than
| s3S 500 900 had been expended of which ac-
counting had ever been given. Surely 1t Is not nee
| essary that we lose recuperaflve energies ~
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