Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

melt, so. far from strengthening; ifoald weaken
audi impair the vevyfundations of the edortarefri•
It itterly impoesible; without such tat shun,
donniknti of principle. a 8 we cannot belie,' the
statesmetV,*e have fust maned would everbqulitY
of, that al gefortn Bill can. be-
_prepared. bY
present M-Inistry to lohieh• their supper'lii°
of the " adiettteed "' Liberal paity ever dnrs
give their adhesiOn. Ther:may, it is' true,
frightened frorir any actual opposition; by
_being'
told, as they are,,- that ,t the present- Citbi--
"net should fa& to pieces, there is. no- alter;
" native but a COviserVative- Administration.
This, however, wosi4not settle Ito. question, as
it its so desirable thagit should bysettled: A Ile'
fora* Bill there musr-be -but if it is,-to benefit
the country, brpurifying and strengthening• its
institutions, it must be- a, conservative measure,---
suitieient for the great reformatory object in-view'
'but yet designed, and calculated, not to‘ Prcduae
organic- changes, but to adapt more happilY t°
;the altered-circumstances or the country's Pre-
sent constitutional systeint- and thereby' eolis°l.‘
date and strengthen the monarchy.
It is- to. the furtherance ot this ''great,..- object'
„then, that the approaching Conservative Delo°°
stration at Liverpool will be directed. Its4ol`..eA"
diate• purpose of course is to do honour to4-I°.`"
-DERRY- and his late colleagues in the GOverli-
'meat of the country ; but its. ulterior, and, still
more important object, is to support and ezterlf
' that great ConservatiVe cause; in the succeo °
. which the highest interests of our country sre
so
deeply involved.. Whether Lord DERBY Willi or
will not, on the interesting occasion, give `‘l°
"-outline of his course next Session.," we are'Dot
prepared to, say.. But this we know he will d°'
aslhe "leader of the majority imParliament;'-;
which he is confessed to be,--he-will shelrtta
the course into which he will direct that malb,
shall continue to,be aihormighly Conservativeefle
;.
and we are very-much mistaken if the countlll„s
•
not hail this as one of the most auspieions o,ssursilr
which it can have, of safety and: security 1.°4
those time-honoured; institutions*, under wilt%
it has attained:the higiaest pre-eminence a10.°1381,11
the nations of the world. It is. to, this? °llO
to nothing short of this, that Lord. DES to
committed,—a+ fact to which, we are prepared- b,
expect, he willelognently testify at the agile
ing Banquet,.--4nimating his auditory wit
encouraging. conviction,.that he is, now; as- b°
ever been, resolutely determined,, to:
" Stand for his country's glory fost-,
" Aud nail her colours to the-most!'

♦
Irt is a curious problem, still waiting a satisfactlt
solution, how it is that the Papal GoYernine're
should have provoked a more rooted and ni°4g
extensive- discontent and dissatisfaction ani°-ci
its subjects,, than any other. government kip
Europe- has had the misfortune to do ?
eminent lawyer was accused k the other day'
giving.countenance to the theory, that its asiaP',e
bility to the present life, and its power to eegaof
temporal success, is the distinguishing 14 on
Christianity. Without. going this length' rol
venturing to say that misfortune and tcml'
failure. never attend, upon piety and virtue' e
will at least not be alleged, that where er—iAt Ii;
rix
means and opportunities exist, the religion: Poto
ciple is a drawback to. success in life. W°ll,,iii
[ not say that commercial prosperity, thrih of
trade, and the attainment of a high Pitc.-riii/
excellence in the arts and appliances Otet,t A
wealth, are always sure to follow* frii-0,01
healthy state of Christianity. Virtue' do
magnanimous poverty may mark, as trali
i
consistently, national piety, as the indivrioll,
saint. We do not ask Rome why she ig ri°t ttfi'
prosperous, and powerful ; or why, in an the: the
butes of material greatness, she is just n-tileo
bottom of that scale, of which her hen-ost
progenitor was at the top. But, considering gi'
this " eternal city "is the centre-point and'aiito
tal of that form of Christianity which tirr°2lo
an exclusiveness of authority and power, ;opt
comes nearest a theocracy of any ecerlito be
since the old dispensation, which professes diote
the focus whence the rays of Heaven rshiee
over the world, and almost the dwelling:r v
tilli
where Divinity has taken up its only
abode, to scatter blessings upon mankin-'OO.
very fair to ask, why these special rep re coo'
tives of Heaven should be signally unable tc).l.
vince those within the nearest range of thei
fluence, of their authority and wisdom. Ile 110
The Church of Rome cannot plead that s
ere tir
been thrust into a position wholly out of
to be
vince, and for which she does not preten ohjell
fitted. The temporal sword is a weapon °feasible
she herself has laid a very lofty and lacier doll;
claim. And if we were disposed to bind he ootile
to her own principle of unehangeability, wei.e pc'
say, that even now she is committed to too 0
trine which claims for her as special a in7.l
temporal affairs as in spiritual.
of
go
might have supposed that if the POO ° 1 See'
be indeed Universal Bishop and Univers:ace
reign,as
sumd e the little
characterlittle dioceesfe osfnßexomame
pwieo:lo4cl ra
Chin
bs,
all the other episcopal jurisdictions in the
ostiacr'
likethat the little state of !tome might, in of 01'
have been no less than a perfect ehJenue
world'
tation to every christian kingdom t.ilproPe
If the Bishop of Rome is out of
indeed
sphere as a temporal sovereign, why incl. pre
not content to confine himself to his elf
duties? Or why have such tremendensootiti
tual claims been brought to prop up his t
here,
position ? But if he is in his proper sPwo, too
impression which is evidently his ° _ 0.00
which is now flooding the world with i`ht:sre
deal of ultramontane enthusiasm, we ry
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