Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-20 00:00:00

leaders of a strong Opposition can assume

presence among their partisans of those high princi-

pies of political virtue to which this manifesto

appeals

It is the glory of England when the

NI in the Sta

hope and calculate with confidence upon winning th

calm approval, if not the sympathy, of the best men

among its opponents

of admir

when men are not dispirite

they have riot despaired of the republic

whose political claims are based upon their attachmen

,o the vita

principlbs of t

do not lose c

fence in themselves, simply because they have

'ost faith in t

prudence. At the mouth of an unfriendly critic, no
better meed of praise need be desired. But we take
leave to question the propriety of the inference he
The display of an admirable spirit in oppo-

implies

conduct when in power

prospects of good

Those who manage

n opposition with reputation, and are not found

sacrificing patriotism to partisanship, it is clear,
are not to be charged with that pernicious and

not wholly unknown vice of oppositions, an ex-

elusive zeal and talent for pullin'g down the work
which others have raised. And in

just the

same proportion they may be credited with the

ability for wi

and well-weighed construction. The

so true

The captious are

if not critical.
.Nothing, except in the easy

and unscrupulous arts of destruction. Nothing,
are called upon to put life into a formula;

when th

They are the
Their political life is one

to build a principle into a system
nezatives of the State

eternal " No,

Their semblances of progress are

is of destruction. When they light upon

removal of an ob-

stacle for which successors have to provide the sub-

,SELL, conspicuous for

finding holes in the Reform Bills of others, is not con-

spicuous for elaborating Reform Bills of his own

And the country have not forgotten, that more than
once he has overthrown a Ministry for the non-

recognition

of a principle or a theory, which

when succeeding

shrunk

to their power he

from elaborating into practice

praise, then, redounds to the credit both of
Lord DERBY'S honesty and talent. If a party uses

power wisely and well in opposition it is a sure

proof that principle guides its conduct, and not
faction. The inspiration which is only drawn from
the spirit of antagonism indicates or leads to the

gradual corruption of political motives, and to the

substitutic

of the lust for power, and the gratifica-
gnant passions, for the highest interests

of the State

A. party only obstructive when in op-

position can be potent only for evil when in office.

But, on the other hand, what an effective instrument

for the elaboration of a great and virtuous policy

must I

that devotion to principle which is so wisely

tempered and so judiciously managed as to furnish

seven in the

cold shade of opposition" a bond of
union strong enough to keep together and to

.estrain a collection of diverse human minds and

When the Conservative

extort such praise

as this from their critics,

they may well have a noble confidence in their for-

e in the patience and

Never did the leaders of the Conservative, or of

any party, present a more dignified and imposing

front to the country than on Saturda3,

Never was

it the duty of newspapers to report a political de-

monstration more entirely free from the bitterness of

party disappointment, and the vituperations of poli-

tical envy

all was generous rivalry, and cheerful

indulged in no