WILLIAM STEWARD.
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Lord Morpeth on Democracy.-Lord Morpeth,
speaking in the House Of Commons, referred 10
his visit 10 the United States and he did not hesi
tate 10 confess that the things he witnessed 10 this
country had contributed much to that change OF
opinion which he had lately undergone in REFER
ence 10 the corn laws. He is now in favor Of
abolishing those laws-not from any diminished
attachment to the arstocra!ic or mixed monar-
chicat principles which are the elements Of the
British CONSTITUTIONS but because Of the conviction
that tho democratic principle, strengthened by the
example and progress and papable influence Of
this Republic, renders it unsafe to cling with too
much tenac,y to exclusive privileges. Lord
Morpeth said: - !.


But feol that we cannot confront the example
Of general ease and comfort which prevail among
the American people. Hear, hear!] We all
know the story of the Irish laborer, who refused
to write home that he had meat three times day,
because nobody. would believe him. We cannot
confront the growing aspiration Of our own peo-
ple-we cannot confront the onward tendencies
of the age in which we live, if we do not consent
to administer and to work out our aristocratic
notions in more democratic spirit. tCheers.
notwithstanding that implied dissent, contend
that no arstocratic institutions which rest on ex-
elusive privileges will be able to stem the currort
Of the age. [Choers.] contend that there il
no aris,ocratlca body which rests on especial in-
,eres,s will escape their certain downfall-[C Chsersl
and that no aris,ocracy, no matter how long
descended, can exis, with the corn law when the
pressure will come, and that corn law will be
prohib,ory. think that that will be too hard a
strain for any title Iced, no matter how ancient,
to resist.-[N. o. Pic.