Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-10 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

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THE DUTY OF CONSERVATIVES AT THE
PRESENT POLITICAL JUNCTURE.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE NORTRERN DAILY TIMES,
"Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not,
ho would be free, themselves must strike the blow."
"Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said,
This is my own,-my-native land."

SlR,—These were two favourite quotations of Ire-
land's arch-agitator, in the years of 1842-43, when
spouting his treasonable declamations to the coalporters
and others, on Burgh-quay, in Conciliation-hall, Dublin,
when he thought by threats and intimidation to sever
Ireland from this country ; and whose name shall go
down along the links of time in the dark catalogue of
misery and poverty, and which have made Ireland a
bye-word and a proverb among, the other nations of the
earth, as being himself, in his day, the cause of that
misery and poverty.
But, sir, how apropos arc, these words, at the present
political juncture, to the Conservatives of these kingdoms,
who would wish to shake off the trammels of Whiggery
ani misrule, and have .England "great, glorious and
•
free. _

Let us take up any daily newspaper in the morning,
and the first thing that presents itself to our view, under
the head of ‘4 The Latest News," is- the convulsed•state
of the Continent, the nations of which are pining,
panting,.and enduring thadeepest throes of agony that
they may, obtain their freedom. Italy, itself, is a true
illustration of this; and the universal wish and desire
of those who bask in_the unsullied beams, of freedom,are, that Italy were free! So that it might be pro-
claimed with joyful voice throughout the vast domain
of the universe, as far as winds can waft it, and where-
ever waters roll, Italy's deliverance.
Your leading.articles upon this deeply interesting- and
important subject, are well worthy of perusal. The
Northern Daily Times has not yet given an "uncertain
sound." Then, let me ask what is the duty of the great
Conservative party at this momentous juncture ? The
eyes of the United Kingdom are upon them. Yes, the
eyes of the civilised world are set on them. They have
a crafty, unscrupulous party in power opposed to them,
and against whom they will have to do battle ; who are
playing "fast apt loiise" into., the hands of the %prof±
of the Frefich,—and one of whiise first acts is, .to open
our ports for- the 'imports of that Country. What they
'neat may do remains yet to be seen. Should this in-
tended manoeuvre pass the house of Commons, I would
still. titter the words of 'the great `Lord Eldon—one of
England's greatest judges and statesmen.—" Thank God
for a Souse of Lords."

The duty of the Conservatives is a most serious and
responsible one at the present' moment; and that duty
they are called upon to discharge. with undying energy
towards their most gracious4aeen, their glorious Con-
stitution—their constituents and their country. • They
are summoned to a man to be on their watch-tower,
and guard the citadel,--to wrest from the hands of the
Yes, presentto protectin e a liatat ehse
and
and hold, with deathless grasp, that happyreligion,
those hallowed institutions, for which heroes
proud tuhde
bled and
t heroounnet country the
Victoriaren froofmpo ruth-
lesswer
hands. In fide, they are called upon to preserve
martyrs died.
As I said before, the eyes of the people of these
countries are npon. them ; and if they value liberty and
freedom, if they love peace, contentment, and tran-
quility ; if they delight in domestic happiness and social
order ' • if they would have " happy homes and altars
free," they are strongly, loudly, imperatively called upon

" The wreck of our proud COnstitutiou to save."

I have no misgivings as to the result. The day of
trial is fast approaching ; and the issue of the test, I am.
satisfied will result in that great statesman, Lord Derby,
being called upon to once more take the guidance of the
State-ship under his control. The country is ripe for
this change, and, in Lord Derby, the country will place
the most implicit, reliance. Let, 'then, the great and
noble phalanx, of which he is the head and representa-
tive, do their duty ; and, if 'they do, they will hurl the
motley group from those high places in the government
of the country whioh they are incapable of holding,
and undeserving 'of being entrusted with.—l am, sir,
your very obedient servant, VERITAS.
Liverpool, Feb. Bth, 1860.

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