Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-31
FOR A BRITISH REPUBLIC.
Ar andrew Carnegie Attacks the Crown
ana the I.o-.i1

AFr ""dreW carnegie Attacks the crown
and the Los.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie was interviewer
By Dispatch reporter to-day, at his cot
tage at CressOn Springs, says Pittsburg
special to the New York Times, concern
ing the charge preferred against him by
the st. James Gazette and cabled to the
San, of instillinS republican sentiments
into English politics, and of being at the
head Of conspiracy which aims to de-
stroy both the Crown and the House -
Lords. He said: ''Fhes conspiracy CHARGED
ny VHe ~ <t0m9S Gazette is not a foreign
( one It Is Of home growth, an expression
OF the determination of the masses
OF Great Britain to rid them
selves OF an Anticipated institution and
burden. ! have been much in Great
/ Britain, and have talked a great deal to
/ us people for many years, and being a
/ ocotchman by birth, l take great interest
IN my native land. Americans are
/ generally Of the opinion that England is
/ conservative, loves its royal family, and
adores the Lords. Whenever the people
/ OF Great Britain receive the suffrage
and seats in Parliament are distributed
according to the population, this
opinion will be found erroneous.
At present twO-hfths only of the
people have votes, and the country is
so gerrymandered that minority of this
minority elects a majority of even the
House Of Commons, the only one in which
the people have voice. Even the House
OF Commons is composed largely of men
who secretly desire to maintain existing
abuses. Therefore it is that the land Of
Great Britain is tied up in the hands OF
the aristOcracY by the laws of primogeni-
ture and entail. The power of the church
is likewise maintained over immense
revenues in connection with the State,
and one million pounds per annum is
squandered to maintain in idleness a
royal family. Many millions are also
given in pensions to the descendants Of
men and women who earned them by
ignOble services.
Il believe that even to-day if a ballot
were taken throughout Great Britain and
Ireland, and every respectable citizen Of
Il years were allowed to vote, a majority
would be found in favor of electing the
Chief Magistrate after the death of Queen
Victoria, and in favor of the sentiment
that hereafter the flag of England should
proclaim equal rights to its citizens. The
50. james Gazette is quite right in saying
that l would destroy, if I coI&d, both the
Crown and the House of Lords, as | would
destroy every NeStige of privilege through
out the world had l the power. 1t is also
right in stating that this platform is more
serious and dangerous to existing insti-
buttons in Great Britain than that of the
dynamiters. We appeal to the reason of
our fellow citizens by constitutional meth
DDS, and the dynamite box is a child's toy
compared to the press"
"YOu assert, then, that England must
60 to the political school in which the Uni
ted States is the teacher?o
tsTbn nrpEpOf generation of Tn pIicbY1oo,,
are looking not only at the United States,
but at their own colonies Of Canada, Aus
tralia, etc, for political instruction,
England is no longer, as she hitherto has
been, the pioneer Of political progress,
but is now compelled to follow her own
children. There is not to-day upon the
programme Of the political parties Of
England one thing of which the newest
colony is not already in possession. No
branch of the English speaking race scat
tered throughout the world any longer
looks to England for political guidance.
On the contrary, they examine what Eng
land has that they may avoid it. England
is so far behind in the political race that
her Anticipated institutions are the laugh
ing stock Of the English speaking world.
Her throne, her Church and State, her
House of Lords, her primogeniture and
entail, her sham representative system,
are all unworthy of nation which has
played so great part. and. in my opin-
ion, has still so great part to play in
the history of mankind"
"What influence will the present status
have on the Church question: ]
''The enemies Of Ireland are the Tories. |
If it had not been for the House of Lords |
much would have been done by the Lib |
eral party to render justice to that IN
happy land. If the House of Lords per- |
eli or inf Iror o11f fp1n
and Mr.. Gladstone appeals to the country, |
his majority will probably be so large that |
the Irish vote will not be necessary to Sc |
cure a working majority in the House of |
Commons. In this case ireland will have |
to wait a little. If the Lords yield and |
Mr.. Gladstone has to go before the coun- I
try upon any other issue than that OF the !
Lords versus the Commons, Mr.. Parnell |
will & be the arbiter Of Irish politics, /
and win secure, believe, a management /
of home rule. But the final solution of I
the question is not an Irish republic, nor /
a Scotch republic, nor an English repub- |
lie, but a British republic. A thorough I
union of these three people under free |
citizen possessed of /
equal privileges, as Americans have /
will produce a race fit to cope with the |
American division of the English people. /
Ireland is already republican. Some say |
S1G mas DeGH lUSullcu DY IuG royal ldillly /
OF England, who ignore her. 1 congratu- I
late her that her soil has been unpolluted |
by the tread Of a royal fOOtstep for many |
years. Never again will a King Of Eng |
land set foot on the Emerald Isle. The /
last monarch has desecrated tie sacred |
soil of Ireland"
"Do you know Of any funds contributed I
from this side for political purposes Of any /
kind 2"
"TThh6 very idea is absurd. We need all |
the money we have on this side ourselves /
just now, and it is good thing, in my /
opinion, that our Presidential election is I
settled, because it would be T
difficult matter to raise funds for our own /
political purposes"
''Was your English newspaper enter |
prise started with political purpose?'
"I have great faith in my very clever |
friend Mr.. Storey, member !
from Sunderland, and a sound Radical, |
as well as in his ideas, and | have in |
vested some capital with him. The news
papers were bought up and are conducted I
as business enterprises, the first condition |
being that they must pay. Their pros !
perity depends upon their acceptance by |
the masses, and as we advocate the rights /
of the masses we are bound to flourish. |
We have now seven dailies and nine |
but that is only a start, and |
we hope to extend the plan Indefinitely"
NEW THINGS IN WATERMELONS. |