St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-23
1HERTCAN GOLD.

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paign cries in this land of universal balloting,
was ssBritish Goldl" 1t is heard even yet
from some of the old fossils who have not
advanced any in a quarter OF q century land
who are like u venerable Georgia 'cracken"
who issued a few days since from the brush"
and learned for the first time that Lee had sur
rendered But there was time, when fail
ing in all other matters wherewith to damn a
candidate, there was hurled on him the
weirht of "Britsh Gold" When no stain
could be found in mans private life, when
he was known to be immaculate as citizen
and politician, then it was that his motives
were explained by the startling announce
ment that he was the recipient of "British
Gold" If this charge did not settle candi-
date, 1t was not because there was any fail
ure in making the charge, or let-up in its
reteration.
Strangely enough, this method of cam
paigning has been ansferred to great Brit
ain, or rather, American gold is now cut
ting figure in English politics. This class
OF political campaigning is not new one in
England, save in so far as 1t makes use of
American gold. Anyone familiar with Eng
lish politics knows that there have been
times when ''French Gold' played very i'm
portant part, and that the influence of Ger
man Gold'' and even "Russian Gold, has
been potent in the shaping of English af
fairs. That is to say, whenever party in
England cannot otherwise malign the oppo-
sition. It charges 1t with being corrupted
by somebody's gold. It's now the fact that
the advocates and leaders of the movement
in favor of the extension of the franchise are
being charged with being corrupted by
tAmericau Goldn The franchise agitation
originated in this country, and has for its
purpose the corruption of English politics by
diluting 1t with Yankee Repubfcanism, and
has FORTS end the ultimate abolition of the
crown and the House of Lords. These as
sertions are being freely made by the St.
James Gazette, and probably are believed by
the editor and a certain per cent. of his
readers.
Admitting this to be true, it proves that
this country has taken a long stride forward
in POLITICAL management, and development.
We nave established republic on our own
aceouut, and now we are furnishing the gold
FIR the establishment of another one. II
may be that the patriots who are supplying
GOLD from this side for the purpose of turning
ENGLAND into y republic may be under the
imprcssiou that the attempt has failed here,
and that there are better opportunities foi
pushing the experiment in Great Britain.
There are many people, who, examining thi:
government without knowing its protesse
character, would not suspect that it is a re-
public, or. if one, that it is very dishonest
ana badly-managed one. 1t is possible, then,
that there are good republicans, in the true
meaping OF the term (uot the Blaine repub
ncans who do wish to found republic, and
who are directing their efforts towards Grea
Britain.
If il be the iotent of these American po-
litical phianthro6ists to establish true re-
public in Great Britain, then it will be mon
ey well spent in case Of success, but if the
purpose be to rear one simf'ar to the Repub-
lican Republic such as has been in exist
ence in this country since 1860, then the
English people viii do well to resist the in
novatiou at any cost of either blood and
money. They would find themselves IN
fected with political itch, in case of the
success OF such republic, they have never
known in the worst phases of thSir career.