Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-27
AFTER WATERLOO.

leon plumber after the battle of Waterloo,
but the great Corscan had taken no ter
ritory from her, and she left the cont-
mental nations to rearrange the map.
England. to do her justice sought for lit
tie or nothing, and obtained little or
nothing by the arrangement of the
Treaty of Vienna, signed June 9th, 1915.
She had done the heaviest and costliest
part of the work; her navies had defeated
Napoleon It the very zenith of his power,
and she had only her glory as a reward,
with the exception of Napoleon himself.
whom she imprisoned for life on ST. Hell
ena.
AT the congress of Vienna the agrees
sions of the baibary states formed a
natural subject of deliberation. It was
proposed that a general European cru
saoe should be undertaken against the
lnhdel Corsairs who for 300 years had
been the terror of urope, warning against
every flag in the Mediterranean and car
rying off Christian slaves from every
shore.
r In the spring of 1916 Lord EXmoutl1
proceeded with squadron under his
command to Algiers, Tunis, and Trepoli.
where he effected the release of 1892
| Christian slaves. The Dey of Algiers,
however, refused to agree to the abo-
| lition of slavery without permission from
the Sultan. Hostiities were suspended
for three months, and Lord E,xmouth
sailed for England.
The fleet was barely out of the Med.
lterranean when large body of Alger.
ian troops massacred some English fish
ermen. tore down the British flag, and
| plllaged the house of the English vice
| consul and put him in chains. Lord Eek.
| mouth returned to Algers, and joined by
| Dutch fleet. demanded the entire abo-
| lition of Christian slavery and the de-
| livery of all Christian slaves in the king.
dom of Algiers; the restoration of all
moneys paid for the redemption Of slaves
by the king of the two Sicilies and the
King of SARDINIA; peace between Algiers
and the Netherlands, and the immediate
deliverance of the British consul and tw1
boat crews who Had been detained with
him. The Dey refused the demand and
the two fleets opened fire on Algiers,
which ended by the Dey's apologizing,
and the release within three days of ,OS;
| Christian slaves who were Immediately
| conveyed to their respective countries
After the close Of the great war the
English population was face to face with
poverty. There was almost no employ
ment, and in many regions absolute star
walton was the rule. Employment had to
great extent collapsed the price Of
food was enormously high and was kept
high with the avowed purpose Of ena bling
landlords to maintain their rents. Bad
weather added to the troubles. Masses
of artisans in the cities were clamoring
for a reduction in prices of grain and
meat. The assemblages lead to disturb
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houses of landlords and magistrates.
Many rioters were captured and put to
trial, and according to the ferocious
criminal code of the time. several We're
sentenced to death and executed.
The rapid Introduction of machinery
into so many manufactures seemed to
illiterate artisans but another means OF
lowering the wages of the working man.
In several instances manufactures were
attacked and the machinery destroyed.
Discharged sailors and disbanded MILL
tiamen sweled the ranks of Indulgence.
Losses and failures among the agricul-
tural. commercial, manufacturing, MIN
ing. shipping and building interests
marked that period as one of the most
extensive suffering and distress.
There was at one time much rancor
and bitterness occasioned by the reports.
travagance of the royal court. George
III had lost his reason four years before
the battle of Waterloo, and his eldest
son, the Prince of Wales, was made re-
gent Four years after the battle the
insane king died, and George ~. was
seated on the throne. George the regent
was living in luxurious style, and the
stories of his reckless and wanton ex-
, travagances, his monstrous debts, We're
borne out by incessant applications made
to the house of commons for new grants
to save him from BANKRUPTCY. 1t may be
easily understood how the bitterness OF
want anguished the people the more by
the increasing knowledge of the regents
outra geous expenditure. For some time.
however, the expression of national dis
lineaments of a deliberate demand for
political reform. Food, work. and wages
were the first concessions for which they
| cried out, and this was in the beginning
but a Wild cry of agony.
There were great many retOrmerS
| both ms de and outside the house OF
commons who had long been endeavor-
ing to remedy the national grievances
nspicuous among them We're Lord
| Rrougham, who was enthusiastic in his
denunciation of the existing criminal
code, of the financial abuses and the
| evils in the court of chancery. Fol-
years we read of nothing but the holding
of great public meetings to advocate the
cause of reform. and the breaking up OF
these meetings and the prosecution and
imprisonment of those who took lead
ing part in them. From that time to the
present day the history of England has
been mainly the history of reform tend
ing to give ever increased power and IN
ftuence to the mass of her people.
When We contemplate the state Of
affairs in England only four score years
ago. we are amazed that flesh and blood
could endure it. and we marvel that
law have been So profound that the
changes. We're produced without overt
revolution and bloodShed. p"