The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22
MARCH OF DEMOCRACY IN ENG-
LAND.


LAND.
A recent dispatch from London an
noupces that q society is about % ne.
Incorporated to carry on in the fashion
able precincts Of the Yves. End Of Lon-
don n missionary work similar TO that
which has long ben done by eharita-
HE associations in tho purlieus Of TIE
East End. In short. 80 uuIe5tiainea
has become the vicious influence OF The
decorated drawing-rooms of Grosvenof
s,uare.. Park Lane and Belgraea that
the same steps. it is said viii have 70
be taken for It's repression by religious
and humanitarian organizations. as ID
these drawiug-rooms were tie ioulesi
and most abandoned cellars and gin
sbops of White Chapel Road,
This remarkable statement flashed
TO ~ by the cable, bias al irst the sound
Of a popular joke; but joke OF not it is
full of a keen irony. aA the srimme'
for the basis Of truth upon which }.
rests. That there are certain circles in
the West End Of London chat ere a'
muoh in need Of moral reformation o.
that class in the East End which fur
ni,hes victims to Jack the Ripper w'
do not doubt for an Instant but that
the higher ranks in English society aie
booelesslv corrupt Is not borne out by
criminal disclosures. There are we
believe. some eix hundred members OF
the House Of Lords. 10 whom should be-
added a large number Of noblemen'
more particularly Scotch and lrishi
who have no hereditary seat Ia ibe
Upper House Of Parliament and ye.
we can count on our fingers once told
the men who have disgIaced The rank
and position which they enjoy
The factis that one notorious black
guard like Marlborough. does more in-
iary to his order than an hundred up
right and honorable peers do gooa'
There are many evidencestnat the Eng
lish aristocracy has as q body improved
very much in character since the age OF
the orgies of Mendenham Abbey. SD
graphically described by Treyelyan 'l
his memoirs Of Charles james Fox. So
glaring and searching, however, is tle
light which the English and America
press has thrown upon The private as
well as public lives Of prominent EMS
lishmen, that every deparime from
decent conduct ON the part of amy men,
Der Of the upper classes is a. once
heralded abroad with the natural resul.
OF creating the UNJUST impression tnal
the whole fabric Of higher society IT,
self is tainted and degraded.
The English nobility, whether titled
or not, are falling into dis9steem far
more on account OF the march Of De
mocracy than the march OF morality.
Their crime ia generally to be found IN
the coronets OF their browa and not Ia
the uncleaulness OF their hands. But
they are not the less doomed to ruin io.
that reason. Those who sit around The
English board of hereditary privilege
might all be philanthropists Ike Shafts
bury. or scholars like DevOush.re, or
statesmen like Salisbury, men entitled
T. the respect aud admiration OF all
whose opinion is worthy OF oousidera-
ton, and yet the inexorable hand OF
fate would continue to white upon The
wall the Same ominous message as li
they were all 3 abylonian jewellers.
All true men and women. however
firm aud sound their faith in Republican
principles, will hope that the monarchy
will al least survive the present noble
sovereign whose goodness has re-
Elected the highest honos Upon queen
hood and womanhOod. II the English
throne is destined to toprle over after
her death. we can at least trust chat the
seat that has been occupied by William
OF Normandy. Richard. the lion hearted,
Henry the Fifth, Elizabeth, William
the Third, and Victoria viii not be
filed by the simpleton whose highest
ambition 50 far Is reflected 10 such an
abnormal expanse of immaculate
linen as to have earned for him the
nick name of collars and Cuffs. The
line began with a conqueror, let Us
hope that it will not end with q mutt
tonhead.