The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-30 00:00:00

`THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1864.

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COURT AND SOCIETY,
lJ From ELIZABETa to ANNE.

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Sir Stafford Northcote on the State of

Parties.

A dinner of the Conservative party in Devon-
shire took place at Exeter last night, mainly in-
tended to forward the interests of Lord Courtenay
as a candidate for the representation of the diviiion
at the next election. The chair was taken by
Edward Andrew Sanders, Esq. ; and besides the
youthful candidate there were present his father
(the Earl of Devon), Lord Churston, Sir Stafford
Northcote, Sir Lawrence Palk, Air. Kekewieb, and
Mr. Gard, members of Parliament, besides a large
gathering of the landowners and tenantry of the
district.

After the usual loyal toasts had been duly
honoured,
In responding to the toast of "Mr, Disraeli and
the House of Commons,"
Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, Bart., M.P., who
was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheers,
again and again renewed, said,—Mr. President,
Vice President, and Gentlemen,—lt is no light
burden, I can assure you that any one takes upon
himself, when he undertakes the task of responding
to "The House of Commons;" and, let me add,
that you will not make the task the easier, and my
friend Mr. Barnes has not made my task the easier,
by the warmth of the reception which you have so
kindly given to me, and by the contrast which you
make me so painfully feel between my own merits
and those which your own kindness has been so
good as to attribute to me. I can assure you that,
warm as my affections are for the county of Devon
and the city of Exeter, and rejoicing as I do now
to stand before so large an assemblage of my Con-
servative fellow-citizens, I shall not be wanting in
the best endeavour I can make to express my grati
tude for the distinguished honour you have done me
in associating my name with the toast just pro-
posed—(hear)—and, gentlemen, if I have no other
excuse for intruding myself upon yon, I have at least
this, that I was charged (as Mr. Barnes told you)
with the commission to invite my friend and our
leader in the House of Commons, Mr. Disraeli,
ii
by possibility he could spare the time for a visit to
Devonshire in the Easter holidays to be present
this day. I executed that commission, and I have
now a note from Mr. Disraeli, a few words from
which I shall, perhaps, be allowed to read. (Ap-
plause.) It is a private note, but there is a passage
which, referring to this invitation, says, "It had
been my intention of responding more fully and
formally, but let me say, I am very sensible of the
honour they have done me. I must return to
Hughendon, which under any circumstances will
render my acceptance of the invitation impossible.
I have heard before of their great efforts and equal
hopes, the first cannot be too much praised, and the
latter I feel will be triumphant." (Loud applause.)
Mr. Disraeli is what his enemies call a sanguine
man—(laughter)—and what his friends call a man
of great courage, and there is no man who is better
justified than he is in anticipating the triumph of
the cause with which he is connected, for there is no
man who has done so much, who has fought so gal-
lantly, and under such difficult circumstances, to
bring that cause into that proud position in which
it at present stands. (Cheers.) I cannot forget
that five years ago, or a little less, when this Par-
liament had just been called together—a Parliament
called together under the auspices of the Conserva-
tive Government which he represented in the House
of Commons—its first act was to pass a vote of cen-
sure upon the Government, and to expel it from
office. (Hear, bear.) I remember well how gloomy
the prospects of the party then appeared, because
at that moment we were a beaten party, and saw
gathering against us all the strength, all the expe-
rience, all the weight of the House of Commons ex-
cept that which was to be found in our own imme•
diate ranks. We saw men of different shades of
politics all bending together against us, and the
most formidable array of talent concentrated upon
the seats of the Treasury Bench that had ever
sat there since the earliest days, I sup-
pose, of the House of Commons, and it was
at that time the feeling of no inconsiderable
number of the members of the House of Commons
that the day of the Conservative party had gone by,
and that the section of it, at all events, which was
represented by Lord Derby and Mc. Disraeli might
bid a long farewell to the position which they had
hoped to hold ; but, gentlemen, Mr. Disraeli is one
of those men who are so English that they know
not what it is to be beaten. (Hear, and applause.).
He took courage and rallied his forces—(hear, hear)
—and I think we may now turn back, and, looking
over the events of bygone years, say that he has
met his reward. (Loud cheers.) The difference
between the position which the Conservative party
holds in the House of Commons now from that which
it held five years ago is not to be measured merely
by the difference in its numbers. We have, it is
true, gained a certain number of seats, hut that is
far from representing the whole of the case. (Hear,
hear.) What we have most gained is in the tone
and the spirit which animate our party. (Hear,
and applause.) When questions of public impor-
tance are raised—when such questions for instance
as church rates and others are brought before the
House of Commons, we were in minorities of 60,
of 70, of 80, butiwe determined not to consider our-
selves beaten. (Hear, and applause.) We rallied
to fight again and again, and to fight a losing game
run a losing race—until at last we had con•
verted it into a winning one. (Tremendous cheers.)
In proportion as the Conservative power in the
House of Commons has gained so has the Ministe-
rial power declined. I know nothing more remark•
able than the declension which has come over the
Ministerial party in the House of Commons since
the year 1859. (Hear, hear.) It is a subject upon
which it is impossible to speak without some feel-
ings of pain. It is impossible not to feel that there
have been losses which have been sustained, not by
the Ministerial party, but through them, and in
their ranks, by the whole country. (Hear.) It
was impossible not to feel that men have
been carried off in the prime of life to
whom we all, of whatever party and whatever
sentiments we were supposed to be, looked with
pride and respect. (Hear, hear,) And it is impos-
sible not to feel, when we look at the manner in
which those places have been filled up, and when
we see that the seats on the Treasury bench for-
merly occupied by Mr. Sidney Herbert and Sir
George Cornewall Lewis are now occupied by men
of far inferior position and in whom we can repose
far less confidence—it is impossible, I say, but to
feel that in proportion as the Conservatives have
gained power so the Ministerial party have lost it.
(Hear.) They have lost, not only in the number of
their supporters, not only in the importance of those
who conduct their party and who manage their
debates for them, but they have lost also in some-
thing which is still more important—they have lost
in character. (Renewed cheers.) I feel, with Mr.
Barnes, that it is not for us to speak of the members
of the Government in their individual character.
Even with regard to the public characters of many
of them I would speak with the highest respect.
But when we look at the Government who now
occupies the Treasury bench in its corporate cha-
racter—when we consider how it is made up of men
who differ from each other on principles, on funda-
mental principles, and therefore neutralise each
other, and render it impossible for the Government
to act with irraness or decision, we see at once why
it is that the Government has lost character, and
why it has lost the confidence of the country as it
has done. (Cheers.) For what great subject is
there upon which we can venture to speak of the
policy of the Palmerstonian Government ? Is it
reform ? (Loud laughter.) We are all here
amongst friends, because otherwise reform is a word
which I understand it is not polite to mention in
their presence. (Renewed laughter.) But reform
was the great card of the liberal party—(hear, hear)
.reform Was the great battle-hone upon Ittieh