Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-06 00:00:00

that it can only live and breathe in such an

mosphere ; tha

arc the conscious weapons

by which it is to work

Ind by which it assures

s. It is not that without lying the Ballot

would 'be unnecessary, but that it

is only by

lying it can achieve its object. The plea is, not
that it is a direct mode of protection, but an

SEPTEMBER 6, 1859,

lopportunity for fraud. Not so much that it pro-

cures secif.Wifoi• voting, as :that it preveidiai he
-frofn being found out.- This may make us wonder
at 4 the virtuous enthusiasm; which such a chal-

lenge as this of Mr. COBDEN'S disidays. If, indeed,

it be the secret Ballot, and on account bf its s -

crecy, that, Mr. COBDEN says not a dozen raell
in America could be found Whose hearts did 114
warm towards it as a yaluedinstitittion,`and Who
were not resolved to fight for -it to the last 6.1'44
as one of the blessings
,of independence; let us'
ask whether, in this, he intends to insult or ico
compliment the Americans? , It has been gener":
ally said by its advocates that no man would pro-
fess to need or to desire the Ballot for himself-.

The expedient, to be -of any use, is too dirty
one for any man to claim openly as a privilege►
o rejoice in as an anticipated protection, Neither

would the community venture to congratulate
any man, upon his good fortune; that henceforth
he could lie with imp Unity, and was provid
with a mask under which he could do either right
or wrong as it best served his interests or his Pa*"
sions. If,' on walking thrtiigh New York or
Philadelphia, we could caculate upon any dozew
men whom we might chance to meet, all boas
of the Ballot, and in fact glorying in the protect"
tiori it afforded, so far from gathering any reconl"
mendation from this, we should only draw 110

deductions as to the average'virtue of an Anicri-;
can community. Alas for the nation, thi Charier
of whose liberties is the -Ballot !. Alas for the

State whose citizens exercise their privileges, nod
as matters of duty but of calmilated interest•
Alas for the political society Whose membeis ar°-
held together, not by public spirit and the 0211"
science of patriotism, but barred off from 6011
other by jealous expedients, and the pitting
against one another of the sneaking arts of dis-
guise and deception.

But drive a man ever so close, there is alWAis

some more ultimate resource behind I;ini

BERKELEY went a long way to fine his dernier
ressort. He hada parting
fling Out even yet 0
retain his American vantage
round; or rather
to show that •he did not think himself reduce

to such straits as volikritaril_.:
he says, " if wo'n'tAme:;
i do, let us try .4*
" tralia. Drip; en
from the hest, I dare yo 16
" follow me, irl yto ebncede it ;•• but
that far ,eastern latitude, vrAcre
,t all tie 'Virtues banisted. from England base
‘` tAkert up their latest home; and, having Ntne
" fresh from the genial atmosphere of the digginfls:.
1, have marched down to raise the standard 0."

" political purity in the cities of the coast'
" What say you to this off shoot from the youvg;
" and vigorous life of the newest-world? "

We mustiiere put in a plea against The ittiew
perate speed of Mr. BERKELEY'S 100OMOtioll, Iu

fact, We hav not yet-disiposed. of America

all events, we are not prepared for thignff-bana

reference—this sudden. transportation-• to A's:
tralia. We are .not aware of haying eouw-L*--;tteci.

any grave political crime, and must protest