The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02 00:00:00

2, 1872.

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:.d among ethers the districkot Stourbridgn
a great eaution—(laughter). Hesrn.
told that if he wished to keep his head in that state in
which every man wished to keep his head, if he coald—
h,tts.hha:ey,
that
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• and therefore, he cougratu.
fated them moat cordially upon a change which must re
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juice the heart of every man in the neighbourhood
be bestowed upon that whiaffi was:modeet
the
slightest
itoa
—(cheers). He would now proceed, if they would exc..
dangerw vt gthtwwt ea
st :h).beed outsideTatoph pt time
r:tehh :ginri heads,
enwdcomes ia theret
t.wtihoe wasn'
of t
him for • few minutes, to respond to the resolution, which
was a ver important one—(bear, hear). They were called
upon to do what in fact they had done already to re.
atthievierpaatrtetyn—tio(nth.eeatrsaiLl events,
solve that they had confidence in Conservative principles
to the
fidsoarsdtbeiwatteotrhrdesthCoafonnt:ehaeriresolution, stating that " The Comer-
v.tree party, both in Parliament and in the country! aue
determined to resist revolutionary change in the Cherch
and State. were desirous of carrying out all improve
-
meats necessary to the effective working of the institn-
Lions of the country "—(cheers). He adopted most cot-
dially these worde—(hear, hear). They had been
pressed upon the meeting is the excellent speech of
honorable friend the Chairman—a speech which he eer.
tainly listened to with great admiration—and when called
I upon by his friend Mr. Dowsleswell to may he enjoyed it,
I he confessed to enjoying a sPeeCh which seemed to cut
! from under him every subject with which he proposed to
deal—(laughter). However, he might proceed to Make
some few remarks upon the all important subject of the
Conservative cause of England—(applause). He adopted
the resolution, and so did all present, hut their oppo.
hio—(cheers). The Atiegm must well know. was •
-
!n,ints did not—(heas, hear). Their opponents hutteredfro,:n them with regard to the substance
of the resolution.
And here he could not help being inclined to have a few
words with the Attornev-lieneral, who had lately been
addreetoug his political' friends just as he (Sir J.
ton)r e
ywasG Peking.
nerai,
gage d.inmaoidtd addressing n
very eloquent man, and the Attorney-General was • great
master of strong language —abether it was of a vituper-
ative character, its witeu he applied all sorts of epithets
to gentleman with whose name they were all familiar a.
"the Claimmit "—l:aughter t—or whether of a laudatory
character, as he had ;ately shown by declaring, if not ex-
adds, in words. in auL stame , that every possible virtu,
tn
and merit under heaven yeas concentrated in the Govern.
meet of Mr. Glatistone—hlaughter). He (Sir J. Peking.
ton) ventured very much to differ from this conclusion—
(loud cheers). Perhaps they would allow him to advert
to what the Atorrney-lleneral Centered to say about the
Conservative party. lie oasis "To stood still and to
abuse the Goveniment seems to me to be, solar as I can
make out, their best idea of a policy "—(cheers). He
(Sir J. Pakington) could not subscribe to that opinion of
the Attorney-Oeueral—(chee.re). Be denied that the
Cone.ervative party was now disposed, Sr ever hat been
disposed to stand atill—(cheers). He asserted that the
Conservative party was anxious, and willing, and ready
to propose and to carry in an honest spirit every measure
which, in their judgment, could cm tribute to the welfare
of this great empire—(cheors). There was • broad di.
tinction between the legislation of the present Govern-
ment and the legislation of the Conservative party. No-
body could accuse the present Government of standing
still—(latighter). But the great distinction between their
policy was that the policy of the present Government had
been for the last four years too much—and lie had no
wish to emggerate—in favour of passing whatever was
radical and democratic, and tending to conciliate radical
and democratic support, to the exclusion of th,..se mea-
sures of a calmer kind which were only adept,ed to real
improvement—(cheens). On the other hash, the flea.
sores of the Conservative party were those which, in
their judgment, tended to the improvemerit of the insti-
tutions of the country, without consultiog Radical and
democratic opinion—(ctieere). He did not think that he
had pot this in too strong teems; but 'with regard to the
last pert of the accusation of the Attorney-General, he
wax not sure whether it did not behove him rather to
plead guilty—(laughter and cheers). He meant the abuse
of her Majesty's Government—Clatighterh Be could not
pretend to deny that, when Conservative gatherings took
place, there was a very considerable tendency to abuse
her Majesty's Government; but he should like to mk the
Attorney•Ueneral whether the abuse of her Majesty's
Government was confined to the Conservative party
(cheers). He had a great respect for the Attorneys teen.
ral in his private capacity, and '.ll he happezed to find
himself riding with him side by elle in a railway carriage
he should give him some friendly a deice in a very homely
phrase. He should advise him not to be too •' cocky "
(laughter). The present state of political parties and
the present complexion of political opinion throughout
the country did not justify the Attorney-General in that
sort of if-hand contumely and condemnation of the me.
lives and conduct of men who wero as honourable and as
patriotic as hitneelf—(cheera). In confirmation of this
view he would turn to that subject alivady so well touched
upon by their chairmau—he meant the remarkable fact
of the contested elections which had taken place through.
out the country for the last year and a half—(cheers).
And why was it that those elections had been so remark-
able during that period? Because it was a year and a
hall ago that the country began to entertain a feeling of
distrust and alarm with regard to the Government of Mr.
Criadstone—(cheersh This he held to be the clear nod
simple explanation of this remarkable enceeesion of Con-
servative triumphe—(cheers). There was a feeling of
distrust especially as regarded their foreign policy, and
there was a feeling of alarm with regard to the measure,
of the Government which affected the domestic interests
of the conntry—(cheers). John Bull was very proud of
two things. He was proud of being a citizen of the
greatest and freest country in the world, and he was
proud of being the subject of the Queen upon whose em-
pire the sun never sets—(chrere). And no one could deny
that if there was one thing which John Bull disliked
above all others, it was humiliation—telieers). He did
not blame the Government for the San Juan difficulty;
but when they turned to the aluesian Treaty, and saw the
manner in which it was torn up, and all the honour and
all the credit which the Government of England obtained
after shedding their blood and spending their treasure in
the Crimean war. he said it was moat humiliating to the
country sad discreditable to the Governinent—(cheers).
He held the same language with regard to the American
Treaty. He could not imagine anything more painful to
British feelings or more humiliating to the citizens of
this great State, than to feel that they had been victims
of an arbitration which had made them apologise to an.
other foreigu State for wrongs never committed, and con-
demned them to pay a heavy fine for injuries which they
never intlicted—(cheer•). The feeling of alarm with re.
pea to their domestic policy was tee well founded in the
apprehension that tie Government might be too many
led to apply the violent policy which had destroyed the
Irish Church, and struck a Wow at the rights of property
in connection with land in Ireland should be extended to
England—(cheers). When they turned to the character
of the miscalled Liberal pony in the House of Common,
there was much to strengthen their apprehensions in a
phalanx which began with the aristocratic Whig and
ended with the Republietto Dilk es, Auberon lierberts, and
Mialls—(cheers). There was an old and well-known prin-
ciple in mechanics that the strength of any machine was
wily equal to the strength of its weakest part, and no he
thought be might say that the policy of her Majesty's
Government was very mach too prone to be biassed by
the policy of the lowest section of its supporters, on
which they were compelled to rely for that support, with. out which they could not carry on the government of the
country—(cheers). There was danger in this state of
things. If they looked at the Cabinet they found pre-
cisely the same condition of affairs. He wished to speak
in the highest terms of respect of the new Lord Chen•
cellor, but he did not think it was a state of affairs which
boded well for tide government of the country, when they
saw a statesman who refused office rather than be a party
to the spoliation of the Irish Church acting in the same
Cabinet with • man who had not hesitated openly to avow
that he ~ouly bided his time for the destruction of the
Church—(cheers). In an article in • recent Quarterly
&rim, said to be written by a statesman in the Upper
House, it was said that "the mission of the present Go-
vernment was to destroy." He could not think that the
present L ird Chancellor Mks willing to accept that as his
mission—(cheer.)—but he believed Mr. Stansfeld and a
few others in and out of the Government were—lcheers).
The mission of the Conservative party was to preserve
and improve—(cheers). The time would come when it
would be shown whether the policy of the Conservative
party was conducive to the best interests of the country
—(cheers). In the meantime let them not be forgetful
of their mission. Let them not be forgetful of the coup-
let, is often sung
Here's health to Old lingiand, the Queen, and the
Church:

Let ail plotting contrivers be left in the lard.
—(laughter and cheers).
Mr. A. Freer moved, "That civil government without
religion cmnot 'inculcate morality, and can only punish
criminals, not ;lett, from crime; true religion on the
other hand teaches man to love and live peaceably with
his fellow-man ; thus fulfilling the moral law, and render-
ing good government possible and easy. It is, therefore,
the duty of all Governments to provide that their people
should be taught religion not only a. a pre„at me, of
good, but that all may learn the responsibility of man to
God, individually and nationally."
Mr. B. Wooldridge seconded the motion.
Mr. li. Monckton, M.P., supportnd the motion, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. Hodgetts said before the meeting was brought to
• close he bad one proposition to make, arid that was that
• vote of thanks be given to the chairman awl the other
_ _

a Mr. B. Brooks seconded the proposition.
The Clitorman briefly responded, snd the proceedings
terminated.

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