| Show ang endlish english lh conservatism A london correspondent of the louisville courier journal gives the following excellent xcell ent summa summary ry of bf the char character acte r of the british people they are conserva conservative both loth in heart and mind prone neither to malevolence nor enthusiastic admiration mirat mi ration nation ion fon they are slow but their siow slow slowness riess iless oftener proves beneficent than bane baneful rui rul their disposition is equally removed from a blind bigotry and obstinate adherence to injurious practices on the one hand and a spirit of rash innovation on thet thel other startling novelties of doctrine find as little favor in their eyes as hoary abuse sand vice versa they are wedded to monarchy but his history tory shows that they are ready to throw off monarchy whenever it prostitutes its powers and an art and wrong they lovo royalty but they love the rights of english men more and whenever the issue is made will sacrifice the former to the latter their ancient constitution ution is not written upon parchment but upon their hearts and when the parchments parch ments of other countries shall shrivel in the blaze of party passion passions the principles of human freedom will find a refuge in the bosom of f thia little rock girt island we first got magna ch arta aria from here and I 1 fear we will have to look again to the same ramo spot to find the best guardians of its principles vere were itaf it not too humiliating I 1 might institute another comp comparison arlson aribon which would present the administration of gen grant in a most unfavorable light no ho one who watches the wise policy pursued by england wherever her interests are concerned can question for a moment that if louisiana were a province of hers instead of an oppressed and plundered dependency or of the united states it would long since once have had a legal and beneficent government which represented the wishes and interest interested sd of the people and instead of so luxuriant a section being a desolation it would be a richand rich and unfailing source of revenue and new now orleans one of the great eist elst e st commercial corn coin leroial me roial centers of tb theat 6 ern hemisphere many citizens of that state stafe are nrc now living ju in this country enjoying that repose reposo and seeking that thab prosperity which is denied to them at home such is the difference between quack quac kand band ard genuine statesmanship between a 4 government that guard guards vand and promotes the welfare of citizens and one ono that is i degraded det dei by into an agent of oppress oppression lo n a and nd torture the worst type typo 0 is that people forget their own interests |
