The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-14
TN0 HUNDRED YEARS.
rns TIME THAT Has ELAPSED SINCE
fHr BRITISH REVOLUTION.

rbe Constitutional Powers Then Won 10y
the People Of England the rorerunner' OF
TIE rrosen, ss,,en Of Government IN
the Uaiicd states.
The British are now beginning a series Of
local cceisat3ns 60 cni ,g cue gtNud cele-
Grafton ~ the most important event IA mod.
rrn history. She revolution Of l6sS Strictly
speaking. toe revolution began June -, lU5o,
whom jnutl so uobemcn invited William,
+ Prince III O4au.c. sonlu-law OF tie king, 20
c,rae over wi.h force sufficient To preserve
the hh.rti.sul England itrcacaed is climax
nov. g. when William lnSoa at Iorbay ia
Dsvousi.p and caici officially Feb. l., 1859,
when William aud Mary wero proclaimed
io.nt sltU ,ra of gland, Scotland and
ireland. Nit. tao declaration tn4tt tue aduuu-
istratIon sh3I'd be ia William. aud the sue
cess.o. prsyiled flr alternately IN the or
.rripv Of Mary ana William. of Mary Nv
s,.v olhar husband than William aud Of Wi
Tam bvaay other WHO than Mary BY thI
set NE character q The British government
was finally established substantially a. IL is
n0v-a limited aud strictly constitutional
monarchy, the power 100 tho house Os com
mons. The savofel "a is administrator only,
tic ro,--rnm .nt extremely ilexiblo ia charac-
ter, yielding readily % tho VIII Of the people
and securingro A degree never before at
tanned al the advantages OF stability anu lar
more than The advantages usually gained b
revolution III sAort tie British statesmen
bave yroralt out a system u government IN
which revolution is rc4cclll aAd continuous,
eud yof liberty. property and order are bet
ter secured thal uul9r the most rigid de'pJt
Ism
The Dutch revolution " tho Sixteenth
oennrv. the British revolution OF the seven
tecatA century and the American revolution
Of the Z. 1ltesn.L century are simply three
closely CO. t.1 chapters 10 the serial evo-
luton Of liberty Tie FIRST established the
ri-bt OF G homogeneous people 70 rule its own
ro,r,~- Absolutely free from the dictation Of
any FOREIGN u1ucr: tic second established The
principle that government exists not by d. /
vine rrL.. uor yet Tor the pleasure Of tie .
governor, tut solely for the benefit Of the
governed. aud that each people IS the best +
iudgs u what is best for It's own happiness .
and government; the third, or American +
revolution. carrsl tbs principle to its logical .
outcome ia persona. freedom, popular instltU +
lions AMI Tie complete severance Of church .
and state. Tae constitution Of the United .
States is simply Abelal.zed CT pOpulaTized .
form q TIE i1-dlru British constitution. No .
essential element IS omitted. The modern
British constitution is a slight improvement F
Gu tic oder B.llsa constitutions, and they
grew uD bya union Of the feudal system o.,
the Noruaus an TIA tribal and local self GOV.
srnrosut O. TIE Saxon. The element OF per-
tonal freedom Is Saxon, and 2.O0J years ago +
II tie forests q Germany there existed 10
the germ, trial by jury or Fight OF appeal TO
tie v!c.18ge, the saersduess Of the person Of
q freeman and the dignity Of woman, which
are tae basis and tle essential elements of al
Americans liberty today
The Norman conquest fastened upon Eng
land The rule Of tae church. on more properly
perhaps. the cas-, iron union Of church and
state, O., which thSEnglish have been slowly
relieving themselves through all the progress
Of 500 yslrs Tao United States government
bean tT completing the separation Of
church Gai state, but as tho colonies Lad
become states before the national govern
meut was established, the union Of church
and state ssh prevailed IN many Of
them and was MOI entirely done away with
until tAe administration Of John Quincy
AilMs All these and many other facts
make fl4 revolution Of l6s5 and the follow.
Ing years Tie nos. important Of all eras IL
British history.