The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13.
ADAPTATION of public expenditure to the circum-
stances of the people—substitution of international
arbitration for unchristian appeals to the sword—an
enlarged basis of national representation with a view
to render our institutions more stable—the total re-
peal of the navigation laws, the last remnant of mo-
nopoly end protection: these are the watchwords of
the magnificent and enthusiastic West Riding ban-
quet—the watchwords of the national party.
'lke trading politicians of cur old parties may
Effect to disregard men and opinions who con as yet
only command some 78 votes in the House of ammo] a.
The fine writers of the London cote ice may eel) at
expressions of this or that individual ; mar att-opt
to be witty at the expense of re-itiments which mezt
with no response in their narrow circles; or may
eondessendinelydespise public enthesiasm—fletterir g
themselves that they are knowing and experienced,
because in the blighting atmosphere of factious intrigue
every generous sentiment Vey roue possessed Las
been withered up. Their conventional witticisms,
their skill in the petty minceuvres of party, are fees 'e
and contemptible weapons when opposed to the ear-
nest rerolutton of moo animated by principle rni con-
tending for their dearest interests.
There can be no political party, worthy of the name,
without principles. No combination of politicians can
sway the inclinations and dedinies of a nation, except
by appealirg to its rooted convictions and habitual
sentiments; nor can any politicians au:easefully appeal
to these, unless they conscientiously participate in
them. And of all the political combinations at pre-
sent ]eying claim to popular confidence and eupp nt,
the party in honour of nhii h toe men of the West
Riding celebrated their banquet, is the only ore that
has faith in its own opiuiens and dare fionkly avow
them.
The party in office—the ",ramp" of the reform
ministry—have done letle for years beck but coquet
with conservatism ; the I'vehte s have brtn equilly
assiduous, fawning upon liberal ,sm. "Though re-
formers we are conservatives," whine the former ;
" though conservatives we ; are not averao to ail
reform, "whisper the latter. E Leh labour if defati-
gably to win adherents hr petfiseinga hank: tins
after principles opp-s d to these which they pi ofess.
And as to the tertium quid—the vapid residuum kit
in the tory retort alter all the intellect has been dis-
tilled cut of it—destitute of any ideas of their own,
they are gaping to have protessions put in their
mouths by reaegadoes from the liberal camp r.
STANLEY or a Bk.NTINCK, as tt.c case oaf be.
In marked contrast to ti co, men who dare toe
avow a decided opinion, or commit themselves t ) e•
practical measure, are the bold and uncompromising
leaders of the national par y. They avow t• e.r te-
tsrmination to hive the principles ca n e I oat evoich
have for more than halt a century been gradually
oozing into the creed of professional politicians. 'flie
are lent upon having a real, not a sham, represeta i-
tive constitution, purified ;rum the i doenas c f c e-
ruption and intnuiladon : curl they aro beat ups,.
emptying this constitution to ob-sen tie ttni t 'ex—
igible curtailment of Ve demon sphere of war; to
utmost possible simplification aed increased effi-
ciency in the machinery of edmieietrative g overn c.. nt;
and the atne-et pc iceuo.ny in tie public cep n-
diture to support it.
'I he times are propitious to the rapid growth cf the
irfluenco of such a party. Tem general public has
last its faith in all the old tarty ounabinetio .s. Pri-
vate individuals of all political diodes of opinion art
arming about more or lets in the clerk in revrei
leaders in whom they may repose confidence. As
Mr. BRIGHT, with a stinging and well-di served
taunt, told whites end tories on Weeineniuy n gilt.
"either of them can venture to seeemide their follow-
ers at a !minis) festival for fear of discoid. 7h • meet-
ings now being by 1-i throughout the agricu'tural dis-
tricts are all of them cheracterierd by mo t admired
incoherence and discord in the views and :ems if the
speaker,. The national mind is at present is that
state of painful uncertainty and sesperse, which uiti-
fermly precedes a decided pluuge into 4U c.at.ct and
resolute course of action.
At such a crisis men who know their own minds,
and combine tnetry with prompt dccSioa, sue
almost certain to take and keep the lend even when
their views are alloyed with no Beall admix-
ture of error. But the views of the nations! party
are ueprecnientedly exempt from this debilitating
'Weldon. They are based upon the truths proclaimed
from time to time by the roast profound said fearless
thinkers of the civilised world. They assert the
rights of citizens to the utmost freedom of opirooa,
and to the utmost freedom of action compatible with
the maintenance of order; they astert Cie right of
teeters, man to earn and enjoy whatever honest exer-
tion can command for him ; they aim at putting
down all senseless appeals to brute force, whether
between man and man, or between nation and nation.
And not only are theirprirciples sound, for a long
track of years the public mnd has been becominir
familiarised with them, and the habits and institutions
of society have half-consciously been accommodating
themselves to them.
There is one feature of the Wakefield banquet
which must not be passed over in silence—the entire
absence of the aristocracy of the West Riding. Tee
prominent parts were filled without one exception by
notabilities of the middle classes. S tch a phenomenon
has never been witnessed in England but as a pre-
cursor to the submission of the aristocracy. At the
commencement of the Long Parliament, Sir Pinter
WARWICK, and other young courtiers, sneered at the
slovenly dress of CROMWELL ; and in the course of the
stengele which ensued, the nobles who at first sided
with the people backed out one after another till not
more than two or three remained. Twentyy ears later,
owing to the mistakes and dissensions of the middle-
class reformers of that day, the old Cavalier party was
re-installed in power; but they were obliged to
choose their minister., and diplomatists, and warriors
among the public men of the Commonwealth, and to
re-enact with slight modifications the statutes of the
Long Parliament. Again, soon after the beginning of
the French revolution, the majority of the Whig '
English aristocracy made the excesses of the Parisian
Jacobins an excuse for deserting their party. The
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regained a tithe, of
their former respect and influence, till they
took heart of grace and put themselves at
the head of the reform bill movement
Then, indeed, they did attain to an ascendancy
they bad never before enjoyed, and which their own
lafirmity of purpose and want of faith in their own
principles, has aloes made them forfeit once more.
Now, as formerly, the deserted middle-class reformers
will carry their point, and our recalcitrating aristocrats
will be but too glad to be received again into the firm.
Ere long we shall hive them, with bated voice and
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to serve as as beasts—
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Ws do think that the time has came when, in the
arranseroent of international differences, the rights
and interests of the respsctine populations should be
weighed and aaaodsnd of the first importune, and
the supposed rights and claims of dimities not, as
hitherto, considered all paramount. Take the Italian,
like the Howlett question, both are the interests of
dynody against those of millions. Take the ques-
don of Oemay. The Bins of Paussia has been
elided pip SW by the Go macs, Heave—we think