The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-05 00:00:00

and out of it. width I am wee renders it imporrible fw
any one to say anythiag sew ea the subject here. There
may be persons whir With that this programme of Mr.
M. ••—wko es a. bonsai. ad sincere, and disinterested—
(ebevid—as nay man is the emenib.y or out of ; m teay
people may Eni' that ft dose not go far enough
tss:lly the demands of all. On the other hand
I ban is* doubt there will be many who will
ilumek us sos, sod mai with sates Emma which they
min aussidse aarsessuslis, basun su= Well now.
briesslteld suffrage is tie old isussased franchise of
the eosia. The whole somossimity la mist Hesse, were
easidered to be comprised im the —the bead
of • family represent.' doe hilly, mil the heeds of all
the hinnies represented tM while eammitnity. (Hear.)
Well, with the additive of • clause which shall give to
these who are not themeelves householder, bat who may
become householders, the right to claim to be rated, I
thiak the rate-book of this country may he taken now for
es
good a register a+ it could have been in the time of our
Salon ancestors. Whoa you have a registration franchise
proposed, ns one would suppose you could continue to
give to Manchester and Harwich the same number of
gepeeentatives. It does not require an argument—
the figures your chairman has given you are suf-
ficient to settle the point, and there is no argument
that can be established to enhance the force of those figures.
I don't peptise—Mr. Hume sever pawed—that you
should cat the country into parallelograms, or any new
11.11611441111, but as we always stated in the House of Com-
mons, we have always said we will take the ancient land-
marks as much a• we can, keep to the ancient county divi-
sions, and group the small boroughs into constituencies as
large as your own, end we shall get a true distribution of
the franchise, which alone can give • fair representation to
the whole country. Then we come to triennial parliaments.
Many petiole say they ought to be annual, in America they
my duennial, and we hail mcne persons in the conference to-
day who desired quinquennial parliaments, but I think
we bare • precedent for three year parliaments in
the old custoni of the country, and as there teen amount of
opinion settled on that question, I think there can be
very little difference about it between reformers who are
in earnest, in agreeing to go at laud to the extent of tri-
ennial parliament,. (Cheers.) I come now to a question
to which, I confer, I attach great importance-1 mean
the ballot. (Cheers.) (dye us the franchise, extension
of the suffrage, with the other points I have alluded to;
but they will %eel be comparatively worthless unless vou
hare the ballet. The ballot in other countries has been
adopted as necessary to the protection of the
voter. Yuu have never had, I believe, a large re-
presentative system anywhere without the adoption
of the ballot; and it is particularly necessary that you
should have the ballot in this country, because in 310
counthy is the world where a constitutional government
mute is there 1111 great an inequality of fortune as in this
country, and so great en amount of influence brought to
bear upon the poorer claws of voters. And 1 don't con-
fine my advocacy of the plan merely to protecting farmers
and agrieulturil labourers; I desire it also to protect the
voter in the manufacturing districts, for you may depend
upon it you have quite as glaring an evil seeking from
wealth sad influence in Lancashire and Yorkshire, as in
the agricultural districts. Go into any- borough like Stock-
port or Belem, or any electoral borough, and tell me the
polities of env large employer of labourers, and I will give you
the politic, of the labourers employed by those capitalists, by
knowing the polities of the capitalists theme-elves. Nine-tenths
of the men wail vote accunling to their master's principles.
le there any mesmerism or mysterious uffinity which make%
men think the is .111, as thew who pay them their wages ?
But it has an influence, seen or unseen, occult or visible I
don't care which, but it haa an influence on the mind of thei
labouring chi., and they have a right to a vote without any
ouch restriction or coercion as this. I want the ballot, fur
the protection of everybody in their vote, from the influ-
ence of everybody thee. (Cheers.) I want it as • protec-
tion against landlords, mellowners, priests, or euetemers.
(Cheers.) And I, for one, would look upon any reform
bill—l don't hesitate to declare it—l look upon any reform
bill as delusive that does nut comprise the ballot, and I don't
call myself, and weer will own myself as • member of any
political party, the heads of which set themselves resolutely
an opposition to the ballot. (Cheers.) Now, other ques-
tions admit of modification, other points also admit of
being eurinounted by the electoral bodies themselves and
their representatives, without going to parliament at all—
for instance, though the parliament will not give • vote to
• can, there is • way by which Wine men may get a vote,
without going to peerliement to pray for it; and though 1
you don't get triennial parliaments, there is away by which
censtitueuees rem arrange with their representative., as is
often done, and make • bargain with them that they shall
come every year and make an amount of themselves, and
receive your judgment. (Hear, hear.) In the question of
re-distribution of the franchise, we all know that is
a question, alter all, no league, that a greater
or a less degree of adjustment may be applied
es meeting your demand; and I don't see how
you can lay hold of any defined principle be which you
elan secure • fair and equal re-adjustment of the representa-
tion. Bat when I come to the ballot it is something,—aye
or nu—you have the whole thing or nothing, and you cau-
sed get it without au act of parliament; and I say I take
sny itemd on the ballot as • test of the sincerity of those
who prorate to lead what is called the liberal party in this
country. (Hear, hear.) New 1 once for all beg to state
that aceoreling to my opinions, settled now for three or'
four years, ever since the passing of the repeal Mike corn
laws, the old parties are altogether broken up. I have
sever enesidered that we have a political party in this
costatry. We luxe had • whig party, a liberal party, •
few trade party to fight and maintain the free trade
victory, and that party is as much flit Robert
Peel's patty as the whig party • but I have shrew thought
the neceesitiee of Janie., and the difficulties of carrying on
bummers in the Howe of Common*, have led to the need of
a fresh oreaniative. I have always thought the time must
corny, and come epeedily, when everybody, admitting that
free trails is a matter of history, and no longer to be made a
bugbear fur niatutaining this or that party in the ascendent,
die time must come when there must be are-organisation of
parties, end that there would be no doubt a bid made to the
eteuutry.hyreick therecaaW be a reeconstraetiora of what is

called the part Now I wish. coif for all, to state
that hot recognimng the bonds of party in an way since
the huie of the emu law repeal, I have bottomed as much to
lit J. Utahans party as to Lord J. Iluseell's party. From
that moment I waited to see when there would be • deg
, held eat which should warrant sae in ranking myself under
that inalgula without protanding to connect Myself with a
pasty when there is no bond of spapathy existing between
wllear, hear.) I take the as one test, the 'mailed
lost will accept, of tits identity of say palliest party with
my *pinnate —with myself and my opinions. But I say
mere, that if any body of statesmen attempts to carry • re-
bels eneasure, and launches it on the memory with the idea
a nitro such as amount of enthuaiatm as shall enable
num to pass nth • measure, sod they think that the eon-
stilasocies will allow that 'ministry to leave the ballot out
of it, they are under • very pees delusion, and
don't know what they are doing. (Cheers.) Because
it is men palpable svery day, and every hour, that what
the cascade have Maid dish Made upon, as one of the
psials in the new mama bill, is the ballot. Listen with
what mithosiaam de mate mention of it is received!
(Chests) Thaw. wm psi emaaimity this morning on
=tat, amongst me who came from all puts of
de and 'Veritable ,• and I venture to say, if you
tabs w het is called the liberal party is this country,
{het which is reckoned spa by our reform made's,' as a
Nipper to carry oat any realm in the House of Com-
ma% mum-tenths of that liberal party ars in favour of
the belle& (near.) That helms dis case, there being greater
Werstimity eat of Ogees mow& the liberal party, upon the
• ballet then any ether aaarim, I say it would be a
mast aboard and met bly unreasonable thing
ea the par st the undoes of what they call the liberal
pg,
_Bll think that that which constitutes the greatest
. bled a mime smage dr party should be left set of the •
Creof their mama 1411 Now, I ma sailentaad
are people who bate their doable alone the QS-
sag athe ballot. lam est thritraat at ell with people
who ha me " Yon are dessited as to the elm el the bal.
Ist I deal beheve any sea meth weal seise as yore
simpire. I don't think that it would elm dreakmare, or
bribery, or coereiam Of bethaidaliss, or prevent any of
these evils.- I ma tally erientsed that there should' be
dinnertime of maim emywhers ; but I cannot under-
stand how • perms salsa himself a refigure should set
himself up milately M appose the ballot, and set him-
self up at an times M oppose it, end mate interest
with other pee& as 'ppm it. That I cannot understand ;
sod I can ham we pest' sympathy with say leaden who
Me that mum in tapeabana and meth, the ballot.
Mar, bear. I Mae iely ta isy, La the ania that I have
szras4lEVeltie ete=sitteprimisig it was
all me (ma steads% sad hem ether parts of
as
the with Mass I bad 13 age this very lan-
gasp ma seither laths% aril whom I had the bap-
phase a baba sad sesgathey fee smelt years in carrying
• tea OW taped sf the OM lam I have seen great num-
b= et arse tam wily arsilsa is lthasheirter, soar of
them urge males. M one than they wen In the 13 years
Oa haw tiered; bat I heed them as sernese and ren.
Ms la shims in their sdhothe to what they believe
in be the Mere of the memo of the people, as ewe they
wave la the area& be hereade In met. It is • geed
awn le yam -farm in bid rase who poem the sinews
el low' its them mm the tank wad Ale of the
Mpitin the mw Of mfmlmg patrol justice. (Hear,
• boie.) Aaddsal lit sethedy permit yea, the working
ism, ems he a eismet, that yes as carry out any
gored a of 111•11111 mists yon me united.
whit • imp st the middle and eht class.
• Pam bear.) And deal be say me Mawaie yos either
hunt min lam an email dims rich
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sad wasasammers dem hen ; sad I will tall
• the meals of my obessmise and eapademe : it ie
of all the MA l• the timentep, the Wet
1111•1111 mermen are thee yea has. mange yea in
thug in. steatite. (gam, him) It h see 10 be
massed that • ma with a imp hams is be bombers,
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ay pascal shale lade me Mali se the ma
who is est so , booms the Midi Mabel moan
Is him at sese—m I thee get dr milbtaso I den's want
paid prise, I have got the_ pielealime se ths "
• thmedame yes mit make stainume im web mum d
• vase dim all the mon when you meth them (Cheers.)
I tee mums yes, if yee go to Loishielareet, or to any
Mee meter whore deb tam are to be itesok I will yen-
Iwm Mersese yea that yea will dad etedt tem liberal
amemplart, or mee who will wean Ida together
de • peal, dissibe M ithislder, with the work.
der deem la Me_ palliel reforms, then you will
laimmahha sed edmilm. (heers.) Aad I was glad
le awl dis mamba the hearty coamermeo with whish
them me laid la adveastra the ballot. Aad let it mit
Illi=eseplat lambersess sod pearls showitere, that
and Willmar, ardor last tithe woad,