Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-04-27

ed in political sentiment and ideas;
but the governing class and. govern
ment of England never did favor re-
publican form of government. The
of England as a class, have
always been proscript,ve in both, poll
tics and religion. The English gov
ernment, never lets. moral scrnples
stand between it and desired end; its
end is and for three centuries has been.
money and power. Its pretentions of
fri. ndship toward US, as the "World's
Republic are very hollow, as shown
whenever an opportunity is presented.
Americans cannot soon forget its action
during the ordeal Of our late war;
everything in the power of the English
government and ar,stocracy was done
to make the breach as wide and the
war, as destructive as possible.
Earl Russg re-echoed the sentiment
of his class and government, after he
had been here. on our fields dlenched in
traternal blood, and had been accorded
the highest christian hospitality, by
both sides, when he deliberately sat
down in the midst of the desolation
and sneeringly and with the heart of
an English land lord,' gangreened
with envy and jealousy, wrote home to
the London Times, the mouth piece OF
royalty and aristocrscy, that the
great bubble ct American liberty had
bust at last.
You see, the wish was father to tbs
thought. He and his class only hoped
1t had. They thought if 1t were so,
then they could point to the down
trodden of their provinces and Europe
and say, look at America, they had to
20 back to aristocracy and royal drones.
Our resubllc they regard as continu-
ed menace of their establishment and
Institution and it is. John Bull fail
ed to destroy the republic with the bay
onet in 1776; he has not relented in his
purpose, but he has changed his tactics.
He is now attempting to accomplish
with money what lie then failed to ac-
eomplish with the boyonet. He
has made rapid and unprecedented
strides IN that direction; he has sue.
ceeded IN Anglicising most thoroughly
one class of our society, our would be
aristocracy.
This influence is most apparent IN
New England, it yearly becomes more
and more like Old England.
He and his co ,kneys two years since,
thought the work had progressed sut-
work of under mining
and deslntegrating American setiment
andipatrotism-to to crown 1t with an in
suit to the memory of Washington, by
erecting a monument over the hole in
which the arlstocratic form of Major
Andre was placed after Washington
had hung him as spy. But John and
his American cockneys soon learned to
their great discontinue they were al )lt-
tie ''too previous in that undertaking
John Bulljudged others by himself; he
thought when he won over few mil
ionaires and a,istocratic flunkeys to
MS way of thinking, he had the whole
country in his hands. If he had not met
With W wholesome rebuff, he and they
would soon have proposed to take down
he Bunker Hill monument since its
presence recalled unpleasant scenes.
md American ministers would soon
eel themselves highly honored to be
permitted to stoop down and unloose
Johns shoes, some of whom are only a |
! little above that position now. En-
.liSh ministers have boaSted that they |
have compelled the world to adopt
heir system of finance" So far as we
re concerned, the assertion is an hu-
niliatlng truth. We have done it,
whether compelled to do it or not. No
ronder John had the assumption to
ropose a monument to Andre. 1fl
Washington could be called from the
hades of the departed and read our f.
ancial legislation for the last sixteen
ears with names dates and titles LETT
ut, he would think he was reading the
roceedings and enactments of the En-
lish parliament rather than the Amer
an congress.
Our senate has seemed to glory in
laking itself the counterpart and back
itchen 10 the English House ofLords.
While our House Is little better than
ckies and bottle carriers to the En-
Iish commons. Of course there are
onorable executions to the rule in both
odies of our national legislature; there
i've been burning, grand, patriotic and {
oDle protests from ali parties, and /
n not now speaking in party sense;
am SIMPLY speaking of the general
end ofour legislation on that subject. 1
S IN England the legislation on that
bject has been dictated oy the few IN :
9 interests of the few.
John is highly indignant that we
ould sympathize with the Irisbmen s
their struggle tor "life, liberty and ?