Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-21
AN ENGLISH REPUBLIC
Would Disrupt ths Empire and Make
The Nation Insignificant.
NJ, rnvis Maintains that Limited
houarshy l. Essential 60 nritish
Autonomy and Prestige.

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Being ausout 1 dii not zee the reply
Of Demoorltus, published In your issue
Of the i0lh 10 my letter Of tue l7th, la
time for yOuu Of the 2llh. lie nres
from masked battery and no doubt
tbinka he has silenccd my guns by
my not replying before. The original
Demoorltus, like the present, was a
learned man-but both lac aud the
latter are prominent for ccceut1cilics.
Tue former frequently confessed that
"wU know nothing, not even " there II
anything 10 Know" He lived nearly
boo years Is. =. IA later yrnrs, H.mr
time IA the seventeenth century, an
other learned man Of apparently STINT.
lar eccentric proolivitirs, made his
nd went and publisnui n WORK entitled,
"a uatomy OF Melancholy" styling
himself DcmoofiIua Junior a.
p,uudonym.
In some points there IL remarkable
resemblance In the DemOctituH
family, especially " We fcsoIt TO
"Auatomyn on the "melAnchol -
blunicrs aud "occentTlcitiss" con.
tained Ia the letter u the younger
member II this Luxurious hou ohold.
H. ominontly noticeable are the Charac.
tetistics OF tue uii gentleman Ia that
portion OF the gfandsol's letter where
ne refers ~ Napoleon o. brinK "nu
statesman" Like his ancestor in the
second degree he evidently "knows
nothing ~ there IL Anything 10 be-
known about ~ Tor Hny school boy
eau correct him IN that point, 10 that
Il IL unnocuHATy Tor mo " do 20.
But let Us follow his "eccentrlcltiesn
In their proper order and VIZ oan then
show our iriend by "Anatomy" that he
IL on tue wrong track. Fird, he says I
'deioud the present system OF govern.
mont In Englaud.n lie certainly D.
wrong on this point. / neither dofend-
cd nor condemned the system, but
merely tried 10 show that In order 10
maintain her position ~ a great power,
II was necessary for Britain Il retain
the constitution unimpaifed. This l
sin assert aud he does not deny. In.
deed, II is difiicult for me to nnd a
point that hu does deny. lie Ia
evidently deficient In depth Of lOsit,
30 irndvAvoru 10 make Up Ia length
by wandering away from tne points q
Issue. In fact eau hnd scarce one
thing that he denief, but rather str0nl .
~ confirms my position.
DO not claim 10 approve Of the
Lords ~ part OF the Engl Va system,
only ~ they happen 10 form a portion
Of the sulersttuCtute. IL would be-
dangerous IA An opening wedge In the
constitution 10 remove them; bul
rather, ~ II 10 possible, trim them down
IN their functions ~ that they eau not
ctiectually Obsltuct proper legislation,
and thus preserve the government
intact IN IL fundamental features. II
IL unnecessary fUf me 10 follow the
gentleman Ia all his wandering As 10
WhAt England anu her COLONIES Will
eventually be, It would be only impO,.
ing ON your yaluablo paper. particu.
larry spoke VI things ~ they exist
10 lay.
II the subject was placed before the
English masscs IN an Intelligent mat.
ner and they were asked n thcy were
willing TO give up India, Australia,
Canada, Gibraltar, Malta, New Zcs.
iaud aud other possessions, besides
Ireland aud probably scotland, 10 sur
render her unriyalrd mmeroe, her
ocean supremacy, her prestige M Que
and dEiudlu down 10 an Insignificant
island with legacy u probably nearly
four thousand mllliO dollars Of
national debt Tor less than thirty
millions VI people 10 pay; and 10 DO de.
pfived Of commerce. anu influence, In
order TO step from governmental form
nearly ~ liberal now a. AmeTica-it II
possible the ueUplr would vote Tor u,
but tury nigh, reuse the luxury.
50 far Hti Washington Huu AmeTl-
eau inusptndUnce In concerned the
gentleman ~ Hn colt English poll.
Ilclau" must know that the Engllth
methods VI government are TAT more
liberal To-Day thnu then, and that the
American people had q perfect right to
revolt and form the gtAudest naliOn ON
earth. | am Htilotly republican IN my
feelings an believe It IL the ideal gov
eminent people who are patTiOtloAnd
pure, but today, unfortunately, all are
not,and the freedom VI the system Ia IN
measure turned into license ~ that We
nnd u greatly abused. We have
mOneyOcracy that II nearly as bad ~
All atistucrsCy Ia thl- country, besides
endless evils u social character
N0twlthslnndiug all this tho system
In 90 rect, but unfortunately people are
not quite a. god An they should bU.
America can do with nothing else
than rupubllcaulsm, nor should she.
lu fact, All mankind should, and Will
probably eventually, enjoy that form
Of government, but all this IL driitlug
from my standpoint SIN maintain
that Great Bulaiu,t 10 retain her auton'
Umy, must remain m0ualchial IA form
and her constitution continue unim'
paired--wreding out all anli-pTogres'
slve features as fast ~ possible
AZ these are the only points / nd
vancrd-and the gentleman does not
refule thrm--a discriminating public
must be the Judge AS to who Is right
on the subject,
Respectfully
Il AZ Ii .r.I-