New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06

Quite the contrary. The English Radical abhors
our constitutional system a system OF checks
Upon Democracy. What the English Radical
wants is a Democracy without checks; unbridied
as well as unmuzzled. He hates to be told OF
the restrictions which the Constitution oil the
United States has put upon alterations of the fun
danenta law of the Republic. His one sidea
is a political machine capable OF turning out re-
forms Of the most fundamental and even revolt
tionary kind, -reforms social well as political
and to run il at full speed He wants to under
mine the security of property. He wants not
only to abolish the House OF Lords,
but probably TO set up a single chamber, after
the model of the French Convention. His eyes
turn, not to America, but to France in search OF
precedents He despises the wisdom of the Fathers
Of the American system whom we revere, and ne
detests the system itself.
The English Conservative, the other hand,
pcrceves that nowhere in the world institutions
SO stable as in the United States; that nowhere is
property worth so many years purchase: that
nowhere are political rights well assured, not
20 class only, but to all classes. He sees that
this is the result of the general diffusion of poti-
cal intelligence, and of long political training
which the masses in this country have not and
could not have II the English Radical wants the
Democracy of America without its checks, the
English Conservative probably would prefer the
checks without the Democracy. But he takes
things as they are, and being what they are he
casts a longing eye on America, and would be only
too happy could he import from America all, or
nearly all, that is most vital and characteristic in
the political life of the United States
Now a great newspaper" The Times" is beyond
comparison the greatest Of allis great centre of
intelligence. If the details of politics in America
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The ideas which have permeated the minds of
Engshmen belonging to the classes best represented
in this paper are familiar to the writers on it.
They know very we'll what they have to gain from
sympathetic friendship with America, and that
their interests lie in this direction. and not in
the opposite direction. Sympathes are as strong
In this world as interests often stronger, and as
both concur in this case il seems idle to doubt
that the prevailing feeling among those who share
them is one Of good will to the United States
That is the inference, and the evidence points
the same way If you want to find hostile and
acrimonious criticism Of America, go a rule 20
the London organ of Mr.. Gladstone which rceks
with it. In the organ of conservatism it is not
the rule, it is the exception Naturally, when
the exception occurs, it attracts attention. We
resent it, and resent it most iustly-the American
abroad more strongly than the American at home,
for 1t touches hum more nearly. Then we burst
out with protest against the whole thing; for
getting that the general treatment of American
matters is rather friendly, and often entirely so.
1t has stock Of preudces, and it is badly served
in the matter of American news Making due
allowance for both these influences and for
economical antipathies, and for the deep sense of
injury arising out of American interference with
Ireland, we may fairly regard the leading journal
of England as more friendly to America than any
other important journal published in this country.
g. W. S.