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

THE VICF,PRDADENT OF THE C. it N

Mr. Forster. in addle-ming the el-2, ir+ of
Itradf.A, mid—l cannot ray h'w graite:'.ll lam
you for this renewed mark of y.nir I
need n. t Ito over the different sahj..cts am
which you know this government is met anne is
to promote epee ly and etticieut leglshosin. I be-
lime the coustituton of the govertimint •h w' it is ‘1 -
fermium! to drat with the Irish ounitiou in a• cariasi:
with the ptofe,,on• and promises of its members: tire it
is determined to make retrenchment a matter of realty.
and to carry out to its fullest extent the principle of T.
Terrinieut by the people for the people. I m e.t also 4de
that, in veering m the nepowsmosnou of etlawtienal
queetions in the House of Commun.—not the p •c,
as my friend Mr. Brown say., because the presiden,T ail
the chief responsibility re.t with my oil and intim ..•••
friend Lord be Grey, as Lord President in the Ile ase of
Lords—

Aldorrnsn Plows—But the real work will be coin.
sir. (cheers.)
Mr. Form ta—Teti but I mud riasd mysolf in roe. •et
of ...se n mark. I @appose that a man iu the IL, ise of
Pommels, in such a question so this. wid have much id
the work but yo must rentomber eiis inst.,- to m
that the law deans- that the ultimate re;ponsilishty reap
with the turd l'revalent. (Hear. hear.) lloosoyer.
1 feel that to bo asked to take eliarge of t4itietti 4ust
pa Aiwa; in the lith.se of Couscus* is a a sty hie*
honour and a gnat respmebility -(no.ir, hear) —in I it
was also work than which I know no other us welch
take so much interest. (hear, hear.) It ha* lee!' tai
object ; f toy life to Wu" education home to No.
of the poor man—(hear, boar) - ant as Mr. Brown
Las Very loom ly stated, to remove a large prim ;mon
of the mils which ffillict our county by making iguor-
mice. so far as legislation tan make it. Mile-sail-. sif,Dr.
hear.) But the very study that 1 have given to that, w-o
only shows me gnat difficulties ; and altho IA I feel
that, having been asked to take upou myself 00: ditty of
trying, as best I tan, to aid nth, r. in a rath •r ps
ni.ut position to remove those difficulties, I en slat not
refuse that ropiest. (Hear, hoar.) Yet you must allow
me to state that I know those ditbcalties to be very
gnat ; and if )•ou find that speedy actioa (1,, es not
follow' or such inintediate and efficient action as you
would hope for, you must remember that it is one thing to
Wadi as you on. to wish as I have done, that the w va
should be done, and it is another thing to do it. (..
hem.- and cheers.) You know that in offiee. as it is
with every thing else, it is easier to talk about is than
it is to do it. (Hear. hear.) Tin' reponsibelitim of
political life are greatly increased by a anti allowing the
duties of goverittueut to be imposed upon him ;
while the respostalelities are mpeaos so also are
the difficulties. line of the reason. why I so 14.151 y
value my counectiou with the eoneituency of Bradford is
that 1 belie* e, iu the future with my new duties, iu the
last with my old duties,they will look at my portorrn-
same of them with • coriederate, though at the UMW
time with a just and high-principled view. (Cheat...)
That is, not for one moment would I be without that
stimulus which you have often applied to me as to others
to keep us up to the high standard of political duty ; not
fur a moment would 1 ask you to diminish in your minds
the sense of the deep responsibility wader which 1 act.
and the genial turpitude of any action of mine vi h h warn
not in fulfilment of that responsibility; but on fie other
hand you will be swore of the difficulties that every
official must have in this country, and you will rt'gsr I
them iu considering what I am &Lie to do. Now, 1 will not
detaiii you homer. except to mike a single remark.
That has happened withiu the lost month in this
Ixtough which makes mo the more grateful ta
the constitnet.cy of Bradford for mmetintonsly re eleot-
ing me, becaum a showsthat nothing 1 have anal. uothia
I have done, liOthing that anyou• has said ah ,at n; .
nothing that ao)one has written about ma nothiug t'..ar
anyone has sigued about mu, ha', removed from in." t..-
sympathy of my fell; yr-townsmen, and their eon
that iu lay persoual anal ha m palitioal relations I hov ;
tsiad to do toy duty to them )'mull in my private and pablit
life. Again I thank you from the bottom of toy 'mark
In answer to a atios of questions by Mr. A. tau ter,
kr. teems a observed that he was most amebas to
extend ll:eatna of education, but, in justice to olliore iu
the gore; unicut, awl *specially to eadaot ministois mat
those lion. he could not be more explicit thau t D
ray that it would mot do to autiuipate public optffiou, and
that if public opinion was not rya for cosuemt, can.
puts ory edi.caUuti would not do. lie was personally
strongly in favour of plat muoicipal goeseunoots iu
the mum position as parliamMitary ; and the last el a:thou
showed it would be a must expeilient immure to tow public
houses on the day of election. Le was, mho always hat
been, strongly in favour of the leillot.
A vote of thanks to the Mayor, propose! by Mr.
Foams, M.l'., and secondel by A • Baowx, eldsod
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