The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-03 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 3.

Ir is probable that in the impending elections
fewer candidates will get their seats without a con-
test than on any similar occasion sines the passing
of the Reform Bill. In almost every constituency
there is a fight, the Tories being at this time un-
usually pugnacious. We can neither deprecate
the disposition nor blame those who display it.
If the Tories are right the Liberals are wrong, and
it than becomes a matter of public importance that
they should be defeated and deprived of power to
injure the country. On the other hand, if the
policy of the Liberal Government during the last
six years has been a source of boundless advan-
tage to the nation, it is the duty of those who
acknowledge that fact to exert themselves to re-
move every obstacle to the fullest development of
the same course of action. So far, therefore, from
regretting, we should rejoice over every contest
which fairly brings out the opposition of Liberal
and Tory principles.
But there is a kind of warfare, of which each day
L bringing new instances,which is neither straight-
forward in itself nor capable of becoming of public
advantage. There is a class of candidates who
are too sensible of the impression which the mea-
sures of a Liberal Government have made on the
public mind to think it safe to avow themselves
followers of Mr. Diseram, who nevertheless want
to get seats in which they may assist the obstruc-
tive party to the best of their ability. The fa-
vourite device of these gentlemen is to announce
themselves to constituencies as " Liberal Cower-
" vatives." Liberal Conservatism is a name to
conjure with, and it is nothing more. It is heard
at election times, and only then. There is no
Liberal Conservative party in Parliament, and
those who have been elected under that deno-
mination obey as naturally and easily as others
the impulses of the Tory Opposition to which they
truly belong.
This desire to assume the name of Liberalism
is a tribute to the present Liberal Administration,
as hypocrisy is a tribute to virtue. Only that is
counterfeited which is esteemed. But there is no
reason for putting up with counterfeits when the
genuine article is to be had. if the Conservative
opponents of the Government are ashamed of the
illiberality of their body, there are more honourable
ways of acknowledging the fault than that of pre-
tending a title to the qualities of the Administra-
tion. But it is not only by assuming a false
name that these Liberal Conservatives attempt to
impose on the public. They have the audacity to
pretend to adopt those liberal measures which were
carried against their opposition, and upon which
success has placed its broad seal. Their liberality
consist& in a fussy acquiescence in measures wl•ch
they were unable to resist : their conservatism, in
denouncing measures of the same order which
yet remain to be carried as revolutionary and dan-
gerous. They cannot but acknowledge that the
nation is prosperous and satisfied, and yet would
have us atop short in the policy which has made
it so.
But the issue to be decided during the next
week or two is not to be disguised or complicated
for the convenience of men who have not courage
to stand by their opinions. The vote which every
elector will soon be called on to give ought to be
asked for in a plain, business-like manner. It
matters little what opinions a candidate may pro-
fess as to measures which are beyond recal : it
matters little to the City of London that Mr. LYALL
approves of the free-trade meiumres which he opposed
in Parliament. Bat it matters a great deal for what
purpose he wishes to enter the next Parliament.
When the candidate is transformed into the mem-
ber and enters the House of Commons, he does
so either to oppose or promote Liberal measures,
and to strengthen one or other of two parties which
are divided by deep-seated differences of spirit and
oouviction. It is only in and by combination that
legislation is advanced or impeded, and every
elector should satisfy himself as to the side on
which his candidate will be found. No fanciful
distinctions of profession will deceive the intelligent
voter. For the practical purposes of the House of
Commons every one who is now asking for public
support is either a Liberal or a Conservative, and
has made up his mind as to the party with which
he will act. The question to be now decided is
whether the party from which all the Liberal
measures of the last six years have proceeded, or
the party which has only its opposition to those
measures to appeal to, shall be made stronger by
the coming elections. Every candidate can tell if
he will, on which side of the House of Commons
be means to sit, and every elector who is in
earnest will insist on being satisfied on that im-
portant point.

IT is s common complaint that the force of social
opinion and usage is destroying the last remains of