The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1880-06-11


NerNssd,, onsui,ss Fiji lsna, shs peeple
uere xSstSs sAsgxe vssissenee md
overeoWsrsa |by the aic5ofious Nofmans,
yet the NorIpa cenaasser was NOT en-
throned luntilhx ~ granted Ill tie -.
cispt PfiyileEss ot The! people, md had
sworn solnla bath to- govern we'll and
truly his subjecss, Marx the democratic
tendencies "a tpe English towns 81 BOT
opghs IN the eleventh and twelfth centur-
les All through those dark times Of
feudal oppression, when the people were
serbs and tile lords wese their masters.
EHark tie dsep tones u bell strike the
ear. The bsll from the town hall calls
the Burgers together to counsel for the
welfare Of tIeintown. These Burgers are.
the people Again the bell peals forth
in quiet andstifring towns. The enemyl
Arm! Adyan|ie Resist These are
movements of Itle people BY the people,
and for the common safety and welfare Of
the people The tones Of those old bells,
mefhinks hepr waited down the cen
turtles Oh the swift winds of time and pro
gross and caught up lby the old bell ii
Independence Hall to join IN the glad
evangel of Liberty and Independence il
towns which shall ever Stir the Anglo
Saxon heart With rapture and excessive.
joy
The democratic tendencies Of the8An-
glo'Saxon race are again shown ii the
time Of Henry the VIII. When the
voice Of the English people was scarcely
ever 70 be heard, and when the despotic
King dared III deprive the people q their
Sreasess linitption on the crown, BY not
assembling Psrfament Money was need
ed for foreign wars, Parliament alone
could vote II. Parliament was convened
Wolsey Henry minister prosentea the
request for Subsidies. The commons
were silent He called upon Sir Thomas
Moore, that earnest champion Of demo
cratic principles, who filled the chair to
put the question. Sir Thomas refused,
Wolsey retired tlisgusted and ehagrined,
then did a democratic upheayal take
place which shook ths very pillars Of the
government, and which showed that the
people still loved ITO rule themselves.
Parliament il a democratic institution, its
essence and'all through the tyrannies Of
Henry VIII, Elizabeth, James. and
Charles !, has preserved and guarded the
rights ofthespeople. =
Even il these periods Of English his
tory, when absolute monarchy had ac
quired its greatest strength, even then
the people il Parliament assembled were
claiming Tho rights of the people Is rule
and were guarding aAdemocratio privilege,
which was, +, always will be dangerous
and destructive to tyranny. The reigns.
and tyranniss Of the Tudors and Stuarts
could only flourish while Parliament, that
eternal basis Of denocratic government
was not 1eohyened. Instances n ight BE
multiplied Indefinitely Showing ths demo
cratic spirit sof the Anglo-saxon race, but
suffice II te add, the revolution Of the
American colonies II but another instance
Of that deraocratie tendency ofsthis race.
All through this thine. from the 5th< to
the 10Th century, The democratic spirit of.
the English race has progressed and de-.
veloped, What areH now the perroga-
tives of The English Crown Parliament
meets annually, whether called by the.
Crown or not, and adjourns at q stated
time without any prsler from the throne.
In our carsory anhd superficial review Of
the historyof the anglo Saxon raee, we.
we have seen a decided tendency to demo
cratic principles, enough 50 at least Is.
warrant us in saying that one Of the
CHARACTERISTICS Of the Anglo-saxon race!
is 4 democratic tendency. The Anglo
Saxon idea Of Liberty IS again character
zed By it, persistence. Wherever this
race has gbne, this idea Has followed I'll
has endured two expressive tyrannies, II
has survived two civil wars, it has pene4
trated into the Wilds Of America, and
made thefh bloom and blossom as rose.
It thrust itself into the jungles Of India,
civilized y barbafous race and taught
them tp govern themselves Ii has per-
sisted Though tyranny, slavery, oppres-
sion and death, ssIt has conquered con-