The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-22 00:00:00

•2 1968.

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Ireerlsen the inability of some neen—jodg-
ism 1 preemie, by tbssmelvee—(hear, bear)--tu imagism
Sat a palm* 111 s est in a smatter of the kind apes
motives aellitaigt >, rams! nor mit& Pawing then with
of relief ham slseee_peremial matters, I premed
be speak of Fhb., Maim. U pubis ipotinds I sam-
=pan and the esewtry that Mr.
bee hand the eampestien of the Oases' s speech
• twit leo bony ter the imited enemies el the singularly
hemmedene ealitael.wilish shrank bona meeting the per-
lintent to the mild of while he appealed—the parka.
meat elaumed mew lie own and which was
to emstais all !boldest toryism eriontry. I rejoice
in it. Ido net desire to say a word es this onassiou which
may wound the iimaltilities of persons who do not agree
with me is poNm; but I believe I ezprem their opinion to
emir emlin ea well ma my own. when I ray that we
rejoice dot it has pit en and to the system of go earn-
ings* *pow false pretences which has sow gone on for so
Meg The late ',monument maintained itself in
its pieta= by amerting that there was a supppoossit
ant** Mho favour in the ormatry, to onuaterbeMoco
the marettliod minority in which they foetid themselves in
the ]geese o 1 Oommene. Bet the late eisetions have de-
memiested that there is not and sever was the slighte.t
finesitstion for this supposed majority, and that there is
was end *ever was the smallest ground for bulieving in
ile sadism glean.) lam thankful, too, that it has
put an end to a ryfitera of government by • minority,
which a great man in farmer days said always meant
government without principle. And for this roason, the
late government could not act upon their own principle--;
they could not avow the principles of their oppo-
nents; and therefore they caught at tory support by
metuning hollow toryinn, and csaglit at Bharat support
hp potting forward memures of abate and delusive
lilwraliam. And so it came to pain that so MIS as aadh
could tell what they would or would net do next, or at
what point in their political weer they would or would
not stop. It has been the same as it was with catholic
esnanapslion, with the corn laws, with the admission of
the Jews into parliament, with • number of other liberal
measures, and now with this crowning measure of the
extrusion of the franchise. They declaim against these
measures; they vaunt their own principles; theLesLi
cite to the highest pitch and the finest
the genius and hearty enthusiasm of thew party; an.
when they hare made a liberal government impoieiblr,
and liberil measures hopelen when they hive home
those into ofßos in this manner, they turn round and ilo
the very things they have been denouncing—they sell
theirty, and the snblest men in their party. for the
high and holy office of “dishing the whir. ' lan most
thankful that this has come to en end ; and I sincerely
believe that many, many • gond and honourable tort'. in
this city and elnewhere, is thankful too—that he rejoices
that he has now to deal with men who, whether he agrees
with their politics or not, at least he knows will art ac-
cording to the principles which they have uniformly pro-
fersed ; and who he knows—becatise ezienienca
has shown it—will relinquish *Moe sooner than
desert their principles. It is not fur one—
• very humble member of the gorensermt —to
launch forth into any elaborate panegyric upon the
characters of the men in who a errep my I have now the
honour to serve the country. Their names are known to
yen specially, mid well known to you —the wars of Mr.
Gladstone and Mr. Bright - tour
charaereci aci, k imam
to you also, and the principles and palmy which t pro-
fess. and Which they intend to terry into ea,: ',ion, hive
hue,. exp'aiiiel to the co :titre at length its -p .rte
it seek throughout the length and lir.-adth or Cie Ica
during the lute e'ect.on contests. which la-tel.
as you know, Limon' months. And it vrodA
mere wade of time on my pint if I were
to attenqt here to-d .y to re -aiiifulute tii-, ir prin-
ciples AA that policy. No doubt I ha., a
rig lit to my that thine ghoi. t the late • iot
again and again I indicated what in Jay iadgrrient were
the measnres which the liberal party, tf it e mie int
r Ere, would be bound at once to bike in Latch I tr,st
that they sill bike these nl.-4‘1.11V4 iu Land a .05,t an I ui
ratio-id. And if they sh,ntld h sitate if the g
to which 1 belong should liedtate either as reg.,-d, the
link church, or the Irdli land ten ire, or whicat et, iir
theballot-(Acer.)--or financial reform. or 'wady oth •r
!Latter,' width have been iudieateil. I th it yo t -t es
constituency—and the oleo oon-titaw pie I ..f tips e Ijl ..e
will keep then, totheir w.irk, will indicate Tear w. -a.: • nal
&Ares to then, in nu doubtful failiion. (Ciieer-.)
A vi•te of thanks to the High Shinn!, o i the ui .rip of
Sir Join Coleridg.e, erivisiled by Commit, t .I.r
Carter, conclude.' the proceedings at 12 a ciwi.