Extracts.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 696, 9 July 1859, Page 3

Extracts.

■ ; =:,-; ..><■■) :is\^i^i!TSmh/h ; ..','■„'■ >Fow>»e©ple,!itclHj l^iescpmplexof the Gdntiriant befose tkfim,i*ill;deny [ that; 1& ihas t boea.; a; happy |i|»flg;4op,Engli»hflakej!jf)! ? b»te ift^lde| pol^ jtifjaljinst^totipßft) wj^iout j.regfxdi fe Jihe^,the.oriM to ,d6nHrfap|; jji the wprld. When \ve recollect' what "itlis1 past geriwations l 'qoA^ideted■ ;Ut6 i;'ile r> i^efitag"lilDry I proved;or;:fina% oVer^i^wn.^o^-Jthe i one roee-of 'b^joiisle i'the; derilioji iof their buccessors, !whiieither;|bßli*fsf»c)ufiagei w'Meli oil of ; .tihe»Vicen4pjß4iv :t h^ej *fw¥iti3r w ; b,ich, t,h,ey ;ar*i r )inaW£to % ai^.fp^e,^ t9^hej:3s^p|p t e jpreseQt SessionL.^Cßritrsb^peoMe^m^bVehgaged. through'their irepre'seH^tives" % ;|efercriiningl'He long-dejbatpdqup^n^f^pjffa]Mii^eilana,;sHb^ the-erppelition peraiitthe iifefoito'Bill to j -be read afeeednd itime^, Ahey; will,fiie doubts make: ;up ifori^U»r^»&iF(^d«ilettee.dn fehe;g9fe?tipn/rf fdisjbrir MM^yi^EgftngotJie; olaji^of ;> $ buj; Jie^vy.esl; \ , jTfi ji^e^^u^s"t.anceß!r sre jcaa f .piietty .we'll pfe> i jdid; $& f i?efw6mn^ or the more O^eh\ocratic li.eform).; .■ets. J 'I?hpy lha\re tjro logical 'fbattering-rams, • whioh •theythink; acesistsble,; 'aua which eertaiidy^have ] ibeforeitww rudely shaken t>eig*tes of'ibheiConsti-! ftution. j<Qm is ( the«etic»l-T*hs.irid^ssiWe sight | «if;tb,e eijya^»^s r a dsliape ( i^i ,the. r gpyje;rfti|jenj;; $if ] .^b^e.^i^ql..,§,tat«f j l^gCT .(jblonieflj . Thai; p; pinßsunip'fciye i^glf| |o : the -suffrage^ ;and slroilld 'b;e! (excluded only an tHe grojonflfth,at3feis tboigribrant; %> judge1 rightly or too'depeo'disn't 'fcpfljudge >freely, is the doctrine of -a large sfchool, jaiid possibly &b\\s i obo the;redkaliiDn of Jtithai ;?wie. jar« 7 Kot• .fiYQp. oift?e; __ vrh^i fffitdd • J>jß > fOj.-ry: fc > $($ <a. 0,1-ow<d, of; tourers; ,i«t.«^c^ i»ojco,ttg^i wti^ing.^eir-Jp^t! .dejna'gogiie ; tbfijie^.otise {^.|g9nim^ obliged,] in order to. have "a fouh^aup^ jfer- jtneii1 arg^ihen^,! , tol depd^is 1 'feei'ih" theirown'hearts TOi^b^the =pp©per?couwe"'ss;ifo j admit to the franchise^^ only.|fee cila^es4wMcaiSnay| j ■fee expectedi'tb-vdte usefctllyg itH^tjjbfieyitbihlgiiliat! | if they .ikeir r^^d^ifoftSiltseiieft?!^, «>n ,|jhe \ j /mere gro^nfl«f>ex,p_ediene|f,^iyey;^^^P'be, c^d upppl tp.eater iptp tie discu^.^on j?fi^%er. JTor ,p,r^icalj purposes f^up irepresent^iiph J-e 1 n^t gpod asj it is. fibwev^ there xce tb'ese akiorig usf^hp arei Iwld enough •■doctrines of ihe n>riglitig»of'man^fjheiorlginal'ncona-i fact, attt- allikci iisst ;bf/ iL •. '■ ifflEei.< masfe,oihldeiadvibei lind who dbfts;nst- nee.tha^fr^d^psi-i^ija^jlqinjajid; .|nthe conuntts.teaUon :of;^dea|j, f wUhja; appprtipntfieaii©f State ID«id.^|is i j^apf9^dwg,ioi the aieans.pf tte^indivjjiual, to" e"4uQ^' thefaculties of a people, aka^inci'e&Be^theii! ha^iiiess,' itnpwledge,^iri^ : *-' ] But'.^ffliafi every mai#6f: ■Q\ /years Hsßisa claim't6; be parfe<©f ithe-machineifor: -electing;members iof 'Pi^lianieHt is as'ubsupported^ •^|aßserl^tit»jwas^e^;ad?ranesi<L;-i ';>.■ '-4^,^\yji \ Hpv?^-^ th©Slk *Hp/wgttjaaej^=|yants iv. Jqg\cal| . iConapJetenjesSj^U; ;^i»j J)e^rei^gpfii^^r^jrpraCjti^ ■ "as^a^ples..",,^'"^all " r be ?s(ss.', th^k«*.sM' Unit§d| .' tenergy; of'^TO'pett^piiß, |hejir " atid the'diftnision; »frudimentavy tedueation among; •^ihem *re prOjafe' of ih^' vivifyingl spirit of: dembjeraey. rThwlisiorie of tlie most »j»portant ,que^tiojris; . hakffi fopijnpj ;^ jpjiJmfS., ffenniver^l - tfjr&ge,,^: |^e ff 9f ■.pr^erit^ ?'' r ls it '[l^^.m^^'wxmj^eidS. m: thfe soil^of its birth? ;*|Row ;ijb°fcekd wrai^e an estimaMe race 'of m^ii td T political power-?^^jtadii'presilitoafflg^that^thef- ah-? ewers to these questions are favo arable as regards \itoericai jkUt/lildelyit&at-.thp;«aiopti(w 4 _ #ypteni iMPJii? ¥?i||dy;aaj;age»Sß in- iajepuntpy, like ;opß,f i^cKi^^sidera^nsia^iib^^e^ '. ;,*iMia^d :;^7.^rr;^isr^ej^, .Mll'|an|;^',agitatipn of Mr. rßrigMj't^^Regard. Im^ers'oflastitig' imr sport, 1 and' ajjfeqtP"|Hfe.-Whbje 'fut^e";idiestin:y of r th9 ' vcpunfcry. ;^ei^ttes|ion''Miay *bei *imply": piit ap . 'joUbwsi^pbw^Qe-'Cdntroye'riie^ '■ of1 -a^ inalienable political I tight i residing . inveach iadiiwidual mMrivgiWikfitiaibtlonJvom -jtheJ.^peripacp .<?f.the Unite^y^fc^s?^ ;.iEor,|jifi,th^ pryipiplp.fbiß %ue,:it^pr^^f:ftughj 'to,.\]^. r^^&piA^,'m^-ihP adyanta^ef ,«igj||i', \o Stiiftefeejimfrmake : 'thenibeive]s ■obvious :a^^i^advartce^i;' * iV; V !;.'•"' '■'"';' '.' . A;ietter iagsed rif'^n wiiich we published a 'few 'dayS 3incei giifeU a fait- Mswer to • thip i rtjuestipn. 'We -wish; to dogmatize; bmthe the iostita|iM»nSi«f; Ameri<s3,' IlJhe[*3i&.aditipns:;undejr ', .they.exist,|t:he.;m}3Qaber ; of.,4isjt;ifrbing,'gauges, ' •among.; which,,p»ay - ,b^,;. jre'cjioaed,, the, e^tept. and newn^s§ • t^ue .^oantry. and '. the " ms|itutu)n\ of •slavery, prevent 'us'vfiofm'1 saying.'wfiatwiU^be^bje o-esult of r^piiblicati;:dembiirac'y ' when'"'the ': country becomes '-morei-Tike "the rdld i;wdrld.;: f¥e -are'ialso willing-toi jadmit najatfthbuCongaress y.nd?the7.SMe Xegislatures, though.not disti»gw]§hed Qfilate.;bly ►either abiiityor refinement, legislate sensi|)ly; ; and rtp.the.publip pa^^tioa.. IThera^e ,npt many of w|iat«we. fjalljp.Qlitical questioH3,-bu| tiie"public in-'tei-ests are w«ll^ attended jid, aid. 'thb;mantier which ;^e.' .ilawa ;of different'1 states Shave beea Temddelled • dufiog ' : the -last fifteen years .:fihows'^th rat;;there';-are -men'"; bf i High: order .engagedidh s adding: the;^ Legip- j Sature. JBut :«erjbaialj f put jpw.n .-^arUament ..does iirft fall short in this respect, while there are peculiarities, of the American_^semh|aes which, shpw that

ithe influence of the educated • classes 'in elections lis :almost extindv;. JTo one can read £he proceedings -of these bodies without perceiving fihat there jis •generally a ; lower ."tone of manners and feelings than •existsih; oue;House;:of Contraens, We instinctively Tecogriise thai even .the politicians at Wasjiiingtori mere the vestryipien ; of a London lparish .than the representatives of a great, confederation.-, Look at Ihe; newspapers, and. you will at once earne/to the conclusion thai; politics are exclusively in. the: ifeaads of an illiterate class. The "nomenclature of the parties is perfectly-unintel-ligible to a, stranger ;• every politician has his nickname ; eveTy artideor speech is ftili of catchwords and slang,; [- accusations iof i cowardice or ..dishonesty are bandied;ifrom^ one party to tike other, and' the impression I you receive after half-an-hour's reading is, that there as alow standard (£■ political life,and , •of political morality.; J- ;: C r ; According to the testimony of Americans them- , rselves,;the spoils of office ,'■■ are thechief inducement5 for a man to meddle in politics; with a change of Administration everybody is turned out, from the; Ministers/ at St. James's and tfe Tuileries to the. pettiest clerk in a Government Office. 'While in England it would not be tolerated that a laborious .official should' be:diiven post for political reasons, the people ,of the United, States; see the . ■whole machinery of administration put out. of order that a set, of rapacious placehuaters niiay be. paid the price, -of ; their unscrupulous .electioneering, Yet the people; of ..the United States are advancing in wealth and refinement* and, though their edu6a: ' tion is mpre. hasty and superficial than ours, they5 must have men capable of supporting in Congress the reputation of tfre country. How is it that suichc men are not returned ? There u^ed to be a higher ■order of politicians -in days w ; heii America was' a. joung. State just struggling irtfeo existence; now, i. when she has obtained the raak of a first-rate.! Power, we have nothing but aaiediocrity. The. cause may lie partly in the consi?ll)ution of the men E themselves, but the principal reason no doubt .is, that with the growth of large aid .-.turbyleut ,con-. sfituencies, ithe more gifted. -Battues are .^liable-; to compjeiije in /populftrijy wit^..' thjs cparse • rough;

qualitiesiof >jthe.'stump; orator. :Jibe leaven .of rowdyism has increased from year to "year, until !;ihow 'r"it''';has; i'leaVened"the ' .wlible "lumpl This | greu^evil 'is ' phe cpse"that the'educa^e^ and'refined' shrink' from ; pp)itical\ste; ,and 'ihf man of wealth „a^d /^pjfiwr^^'.wh^mj^l.it^eyjo^ his time to ,p ; ujsxc ; ';.b"uslses& i-\tos.':'s&<wMs''si Parje, fcp iflnd;in e^ei^se, '§£ ljwj!-.'en T ergies'which his own country,.(Jgniesjiinj,. '.^ifte result be lamentabie.tniAjm.eric!a'Sw,h(it WQuti: jt M be here^whereHheillouseiof[CximmQus;• hat)oiily Jder liberates on public affairs, but actually .administers them t It tbJget'l»^etheiVa ;'body"^f imen wjid^hallrepresent>'^'e<>pim6nß<)f^the':counfcry on some broad question,:su6h''as sPree''Trifle;' ,-The mefe'opplit^n, ,members do, this. ej|ici,ent jy 'enough,. Oii the great majority of. quesjbij)^,tfiey vj?,te\pp'the .o^iflion.sftb'&ssqne^^ $0 have been the right one. But sbmefcHiiig .pqi'ejthan this,tis;(KequLred!!.of ;»>Member, of tlie Mouse of Commons. We hayjearight vto.ide»iafld: itiiat 'the electoral machine shoald-^e -so constructed as to giveus'''mer^bforigih'alityygenius, 'official lability, in the prime tfflKfe';;'and ,willing ,to ideyote themsetyep itp p.Qljtics apia paljing. Our iuj;h^ constiiuenbies rate ceiiiainlyiof k much higher, class thap the^'^obs iwiiQ vvote;tKeir respective 'itickets' .in America; they'drelnotlijltely to return;aSveiitflrei* or (men'^of indiffereiit'dliaracter to the (House. -'Bu% a ParUairie^f; '.of :eldeily' manufacturer's would-'fc almost^as gre^t-a'ca|gia,ity, If-tne'ory' coujd:;be >ieconcile'd^ith,:gd&d,gp|^r^ment f —lf-pop'ulai'/'ri^bts would give us raen'i)f^i)ißity and en^yjHve.migfi't be contenjb frith''||l4«4io|)d^S^f&Nige^an^'l^ieotpiiiai. Disfcric.t|!^ „Wt g,s r there;is little ,"pf ''. st)i.at^' jt jniay be : better t tp ; bear with ourpKeseAijb.appm^ii^;