The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-14

sser, Of ulstes Tor Ulster, Of Munster
and Connaught for Munster and Con-
naught The same With the 1.-The matters
in England and Scotland. The local leg
isla,ures would regulate them.
Hut there 10 more. Everybody who
wasches ahe workings at our institutions
preceives what strain and friction Is
caused in il At present. by our Aa sing a
second chamber composed almost en-
tirelv Of great landowners, and represent
ing the feelings and interests OF the class
OF landowner almost exclusively. No
one, certainly, under the conditions OF a
modern age and our actual lite, would
ever think Of deviAing sGeh a chamber.
But We will allow ourselves to do more
;a~a mercy state .4ss :-:s.ss.::. ~e ~sll al
low ourselves To ask whas sot, Of second
chamber people who thought s,Faigh,
and saw clear would. under tina eondi-
tions OF y modern age and OF our actual
life, naturally make.
And VIC aud, from the experience ot
the Uaited States, that such provincial
Legislatures as We have just now seen sc
be the natural remedy tot the confusion
ia Ireland have the further great merit
be sides OF giving ns the best basis possi-
HE tur modern second chamber. The
United States senate is, perhaps Of all
the Institutions OF that country, the most
happily devised, the most successful In
It's working. The Legislature OF each
state OF the union elects two senators to
the second chamber of the national con
gress at Washington. The senators are
the lords-~if we like TO keep as tits surely
best to keep. for designating the mem,
hers of the second chamber, the title TO
which we have been for so many ages
hahi,uated. Each Of the provincial ley
isiatures of Great Britain and ireland
would elect members to the house OF
lords The colonial legislatures also
would elect members to IL; aud thus we
should he complying IN the most simple
and yet the most signal way possible
with the presen, desire of both this
country and the colonies for closes
union together, tef some representation
Of the colonies IN the imperial parlia-
ment. Probably IL would he found cx.
pedient to transfer to the second cham.
her the representatives Of the universities
But no science for second chamber will
at the present day be found solid unle
II stands on genuine basis Of election
and representation. All schemes i,r
forming second chamber through nom.
nation, whether by the crown or by any
other voice, OF picked noblemen, gIea,
officers, leading merchants and bankers.
eminent men OF letters and science, are
fantastic. Probably they would not give
US by any means good second cham.
Der. But certainly they would no, satisfy
the country or possess Its confidence, and
therefore they would be found futile and
unavoidable
So we discover what would naturally
appear the desirable way out Of some Of
our worst confuslons TO anybody who saw
clear and thought straight. hut there is
little likelihood, probably, OF any such
way being soon perceived and followed
by our community here. And Why is
this1 Because, as a community, we have
so little lucidity, we so little see clear and
think straight. And why, again. Is this Z
Becauss our community Is so little homo.
geneous.
How homogeneous American society
is, have done my beat to declare how
smoothly and naturally the institutions
ot the Uaitcd States work, how clearly,
in some most important respects. the
Americans see, how straight they think
Yet Sir Lepel Griffin says that there il no
country calling Itself civilized where one
would not rather live than IN America.
except Russia. In politics do not much
trust Sir Lcpcl Griffin. hope tina, he
administers in India some district where
q profound insight into the being and
working institutions IL not requisite
But. suppose, Of the tastes Of himself
and OF that large class OF Englishmen
whom Mr.. Charles Sumner has taught
us TO call the class Of gentlemen, he 10
no Enthusiastically reporter. And an EGG
lishman OF this class would rather live 10
France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, italy,
Switzerland than Ia the United States, 10
spite Of our community of race and speech
with them. This means that, In the
opinion OF men Of that class, the human
problem ut least 10 not well solved in the
United States, whatever the political and
social problem may be. And to The
human problem In the United States we
ought certainly TO turn our attention,
especially when We find taken such an
objection ~ this and some day, though
no, nov, We will do 80, and try 10 see
what the objection comes to. have
given hostages TO the United States, ! am
bound TO them by the memory Of great,
untiring and most attaching kindness. ]
should not liketo have TO own them 10
be Of all countries calling themselves
civilized, except Russia, the coantyy
where one would least like 20 live.