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London, England, 1852-03-22 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, M.4IICH 22.

TIME was when Mr. Diehattt thundered against
an " organised hypocrisy r and when his party were
virtuously indignant cutout could wish at that ter-
rible thing an "organised h •." Yet Mr.
DISRAELI and his party listen with perfect equa-
nimity and approbation, on Friday night, to ono of
their number, Mr. W. Mu.sa, arguing that Lord
DERBY ought not to dissolve parliament immediately,
became "if a dissolution were to take place at once
the country would be thrown into confusion." Mr.
W. Mass, Mr. litsnara.t, all of them know that
the country is being thrown into the greatest con-
fusion, and that because Lord DERBYbns made up
his mind to dissolve parliament. Lord DERBY,
indeed, would fain put off the day of dissolution
as long as he can, and he would keep the coming of
that day a secret from his unfriends, but only in
order to steal a march upon them. AU his supporters
who have or seek seats in the House of Commons are
already canvassing as for bare life. Every county
and borough are filled with their agents; election
promises and election gold are coming into circula-
tion. The opponents of Lord DERBY arc, of course,
obliged to be on the alert also, to begin can-
vassing lest they should come too late. From
one end of the country to the other it is
"thrown into confusion" by the coining event of
tin. Mass dissolution that " casts its shadow
before." To dissolve at once would not create a con-
fusion which already exists. but it would abridge the'
time of that contusion's existence. For this reason
among others, it is the interest of the country that
the dewolution should take plate at once ; but then
it is for the interest of Lord DERRY and his col-
leagues that it should be put off, in order that they
mar have time to put forth all the Immures of minis-
terial influence and corruptiou, In order that they
may secure promises of votes before the gnat mass
of the electors arc ay.are that the imams' has
If to throw the country into confusable and keep Ii
confusion, and yet to affect that it ludo est bow dome.
to proem that the parties who act thus, while reck-
lessly promoting their own selfish and sinister end%
are animated solely by 'wishes for the public good, be
sot an " organised h • ," it would be dial,*
to say what deserves this name.
'Time was when Mr. DISRAELI mad. his party
merry by mimicking Sir ROBERT PEEL'S sententious
utterance of—what was with that statesman a fa-
vourite phrase and perhaps rather too often repeated
three courses were open to nee." But Mr.
DI,RAELI and all his Mende sate grave as judges,
and nodded pleased applause, when Mr. CaTLEY, on
Friday night, with infinite command of countenance,
declared that government have " three or four
Courses open to them." Toss Moons long ago taunted
Lord CASTLEREAGH with having" two strings to his
bow ;" Mr.Dtsasul and his fricuds when in opposi-
tion thought it sin and shame in S:r ROBERT PEEL
to have three ; but now in office they think no shame
to let it be known that they themselves have " three
or four."
Of the three or four courses spoken of by Mr.
CATLET, that gentlemen enumerated only three. Go-
I ernment, he said, might " beat free-trade," or they
might" establish reciprocity—real free-trade; or
they might make '• a complete revision of taxation."
'flee fourth course open to them, of which Mr. CATLIT
did not deem it expedient to speak, was, we presume,
to support free-trade—unreal free-trade as he would
probably call it. Now, this is naught else than saying
that government may do what they think is right
anti honest, or may do what they think is wrong
and dishonest, or may do something between both,
or may do neither, but turn their attention to quite
different matters. If this be not an unblushingly
avowed " organised hYPectillY," it would be dificuit
to say what deserves the name.
It is curious to observe how the consciousness
of ministers and their party that they are pay-
ing $ hollow, equivong, dishonest part, tinges
all their figures of speech whenever they have to
speak of the course ew courses they are pursuing.
Little more than a week ago ono of their organs in
the press thought it had sadatactorily.defended Lord
DERRY for not attempting to restore in its integrity
the protective system winch ho. once declared essen-
tial to national prosperity, by reminding his oppo-
nents that protection was .broken up by the whigs
and Peelites, and that thegrest Wizard of the North
only undertakes to restore to their owners, safe and
uninjured, such watches as he has broken with his
own hands. On Friday night, Mr. CATLIT declared
that government will " play their cards" in their
own way, not as the free-traders wish them to do.
The very metaphors of governiuent and their sup-
porters smack of their conscious insincerity ; they
cannot open their mouths 'without betraying that
they are trying to do one thiog and appear to be
doing an other; they talk of themselves as dealers in
legerdemain (conjurers nobody will call them), mani-
pulators of cards, and other juggling professions
They are conscious and avowed thimble-riggers;
they have their protection sop and their free-trade
cup, their reciprocity cup, and their taxation-revi-
sion cup, and they defy any bystander to tell in
which the pea will be found.
But they are not quits' so clever as they flatter
themselves. Their elaborate reserve and equivoca-
tion betrays that they have something under their
cloaks winch they would fain hide, but do not con-
ceal what that something is. Whether they speak
of protection, or of reciprocity, or of a moderate fixed
duty for revenue alone, or of revision of taxation, it
is one and the same thing that they mean by all
these names. Their object is to pat money, which
honestly belongs to other people, into the pockets of
tke.stpurearchy. If they can accomplish this, by M-
ailing a "direct," as they call it, that is an avowed,
duty on foreign corn, they will do it ; if by imposing
a duty nominally, for purposes of revenue, they will
do it; if by exempting agriculturists from taxes that
other people pay, they will do it. They are not par-
ticular as to the mesas, provided their end be
attained. They have come into office to do the dirty
wok of the squirearchy ; they will do it if they can,
thnigh they confess that rather than go out of
ofha, now that they have got in, they will
remain in doing nothing—allowing matters
to stand as they ars, their object is to do
as mach mischief as they can ; the country is
net safe from their tricks as long as they are not
driven out. Not a measeM's unnecessary delay
ought to be allowed them; they must be compelled
to choose between resignation and an appeal to the
coxitry as soon as the votes of supply and the
Mutiny Bill have been pamsd
lord Beaus indeed 6ediaa to see that the call for
an immediate dissolution' too reasonable, too con-
stitutional to be resisted. On Friday he gave a
kind of promise--caiitiotisty worded, and craftily
qualified, it is trine—in' phieses full of parenthetical
qualifications—but still a promise, that " the next
teatime shall not be allowed to puss over, not only
without the country having had the opportnnity of
coming to a decision, but without parliament also
having had the opportunity of expressing definitely
and finally its opinion and its judgment upon the
course of policy which may be proposed on the part
of leer Majesty s government. For this concession
no thanks are due es Lord Bestir. It hos been
wrung from him by the imposing array of strength
arrayed against him in both houses of parliament
on Monday and Friday last. He feels that he cannot
hope to soaks head against the combined forces of
He-seat" GRAHAM, BMW, GLADSTONE, VILLIEIOe,
(20BDEN, CARDWELL., Oeauaiel in the ono house, of.
Cut Doke of NEWCASTLE, Earl ORLY, Lord BEAU-
RION rin the other. lie backs out, therefsre, of his
haughty refusal to tell when he will dissolve, and
promises to do so " before the next autumn passes
over." In this he resembles ono of Mounties
••• her" who, having promised, after a 11100114
Mei UT!:
oress: wplinansce endg,'lled,
with a request which he re-
ndrileed, adds : " People may
got mos lode anything, if they only set about in
preptr manner.' Not, boomer, that too much reli-
ease aught to he placed iwLeed Kith tartly and
rshietast promise. Extorted in the way it has been,

it clearly belongs to the clue of "vows made in pale,
as violent as void." lie will wrigglaArallif it, if be
can: and the language used by himself aryl ,his colr
leagues shows that they are pre-determinist to mai-
vocatc, if possible. Lord DERBY said at first *it
next autumn should not passipvcr, without parlia.
meet being asked for a vote oireonfideneei but tn a
few minutes he amended his 'phrase and said this
should be done so soon as " not to interfere with the
ordinary and current business of next erosion."
Again, he only described the question upon which he
is to take the opinion of parliament as the course
of policy proposed on the part of her MAJINTT'a
ministers "—which may mean anything or nothing.
The studiously vague end vacillating manner in
which Lord DERBT has sp ken, shows that he must
be closely watched, and sternly held to his promises.
This, however, is easily within the power of the
opposition by which he is confronted in parliament,
if the members are true to themselves. They can
compel Lord Daisy to confine his operations in this
session to the money votes and Mutiny Bill; to carry
these through without tergiversation or undue delay,
and to dissolve as soon as they have passed. To-
niAlit will doubtless see something done for advancing
this good work. For all practical purposes, therefore,
the country knows that a dissolution is coming, and
when it will come, as well as if it had already taken
place. If the electors are taken by surprise, it will
be their own fault.
Tho question submitted to the electors is, " Shall
we have free-trade or protection r About this there
can be no mistake. file electors must not allow
themselvts to be thrown off their guard by
the affected moderation of the Derbyitos. When
Lord Ilene/maul say s that " a great deal tee
much importance is attached to this question of
free-trade;" and when Mr. CAYLET says that " the
farmers are less anxious than they wore for protec-
tion," they only seek to lull the free-traders into
unwise and indolent security. Lord MARCH spoke
more truly when ho defined a "protectionist" as "a
warm and cordial supporter of that government of
which the Earl of DERBY is the head." The terms
are indeed convertible; they mean the same thing.
The one end and aim of the whole band is to get'
back protection in any shape. as much protection as
they can. There aro three surviving protectionist
cliques or coteries in the country—the landlords, the
shipowners, and the West Indians: the Ikrbyites
will serve all three if they can, but failing this, they
will throw overboard first the shipowners, next the
West Indiana, and take their last stand on the de-
fence of the landlords.

The Dertitea pretend that they will be satisfied
with a low, a little more than nominal, fixed duty on
corn. And so they will (for the present) if they can
get no more; but if it were possible for them to get
• as. duty this year, the next they will come and
tell you, that having conceded the principle of
,pro-
tection, you must give them real protection, which
means a higher duty. Failing to get any protective
duty, the Derbyites will propose to exempt landlords
and farmers from taxation, under the pretence of
revising the taxes; this would be protection in dis-
guise. Against protection in all these varying
shapes, and to all these varying amounts, a resolute
stand must be made at the coming elections. The
free-traders can beat the Derb)ites and protectionists
if they are watchful and active; and if beaten now
these worthies are beaten for ever. It is " the last
time of asking."