The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-04 00:00:00

within themselves an intrinsic and essential value.i
This is the alternative embraced unhappily by a body:-1
of Englishmen who call themselves the " movement, lii
and who from their numbers, and the state of par-
ties, have been enabled, for these two years orb',
more, to impose their own vassals, in the shape of -j
Ministers, upon the Crown, and their own chimeras,']
in the guise and under the name of " Reforms," i
upon that House of Parliament wherein they havell
contrived to patch up a measuring-cast majority.tl
Such, therefore, is that frightful alternative which,
without the most strenuous and earnest struggle on the
part of all honest and enlightened men, may still by
some fatality force itself on the counsels of the Crown,
and on the practice of the Legislature. Nor can a con-
st:tutional press, even at this dawn of a new reign,
be premature in deprecating the adoption, or rather the
continuance, of a system which tends to fling back the,
glorious monarchy of England upon its first princi4:
pies, to resolve political society into its elements, and
to break up that wholesome vis inertice which forms
the cement of the social edifice, and gives to nationsl
their most solid consistency and endurance. It is the 1
events of the next few months which must decide 1
directly for us and our posterity this tremendous clues- 1,
tion ; it is the composition of the approaching Par-.;
liament, and therefore the good or evil exercise .....
of the great trust reposed in the electors of the.
empire by the Reform Bill, within the next six
weeks, on which the decision must originally and
mainly turn. What a heavy responsibility, then,Of
rests on the conscience of each individual voter, in the.:
use which he shall make of his single suffrage t:') ,
this most awful occasion ! inasmuch as there is no ,
one Member of the Constituency, throughout thik 4
broad and populous realm, but will be answerable ii,
the person of the candidate whom he favours for som:
sensible proportion either of that security whith the
existence of the illustrious and mighty monarchy-
I ol;„
ngland,is sure to derive from the general election on "1
the eve of which we stand, or of the ruin which, 01l
the other side, infallibly awaits her. Thank HeaMil
each hour brings with it fresh encouragement to th,
ti
hopes of loyal subjects and of enlightened patriotsl
that the fruits of the forthcoming election will be L.
calm down and tranquillize the spirit of the times, tc
give us a Legislature more reflective and long.
sighted, and to acquire on behalf of the aim, ob-
jects, and effects of our monarchial institutions, the
advantage of behig considered by Statesmen imbued
with greater confidence in the wisdom of those wit' t.

fratned, and in the happiness experienced by those who
have for centuries lived under them—by statesmen who
have the wisdom and the virtue to regard all public
rights as involving specific duties—all powers, corres-
ponding trusts—all political liberties, so many under-,
stood obligations to consult and obey those moral laws.,
in- conformity with which alone they can be exercised)
for the good of the community. What we want to sec
within the walls of Parliament is a body of men less
diseased by vague excitement or puerile appetite for
untried and merely speculative change, than a large
section of that majority which of late has kept
the kingdom under successive paroxysms of anxious
and feverish turmoil. We want to see a considera-
ble preponderance of the aristocracy of education, for-
tune, and personal independence, among the Members
of the House of Commons. It is such men only who
can afford to look beyond the paltry project of the day,
and to maintain courageously, while frowned upon
faction, but each armed in his own panoply of self-
respect and of social influence, derived in part from
character, in part from station, the opinions which un-
molested leisure and extensive knowledge have enabled
him to form. We want in the House of Commons a

numerous class of men with no profession or other
wordly distraction to impede their study of the science
of statesmanship, and the►r diligent attention to its du-1
ties. Observe the Radical faction in the House of
Commons, and reflect for one moment whether then.,

has within a whole century come together a rabble of
wearisome and indefatigable praters, more ignorant,,
more shallow, more incapable, more conceited, more'
filse, more trustworthless, more selfish, or withal,l
more incorrigibly troublesome, and, if they couhl, more
mischievous, than the bulk of those (there are some'
creditable exceptions) who, whether as organs of Po-1
pery or democracy, occupy the otherwise bare benches
at the back of Ministers, and on the right of them, inl
that House ; which, failing a term more approprime.i
is still called the House of Commons. It is the cer

taint,/ that a large number of such men will be n0w.,4
displaced by others whose assumptioil of the name AI
"Representatives " conveys no insult to the electorsftt
of the c npir, which leads us to indulge the prospectit
of happier days.—Times. ii
Nothing now is heard of from any quarter, be itill
east, west, north, or south, but the note of prcpara-HI
ii
tion fur the coming election ;—an election unquestion-
ably the most important since that determined upon by
Lord Grey, upon the agitation of the Reform Bill, audit

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rendered inost intetestin; by a variety of adventition;

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circumstances to which—it is not necessary even to alli
lude. Almost every advantage is on the side of thei,
Liberals. Their cause is good—their principles are th;.i;
principle's of the people, and involve the future prosilc-
ray and welfare of the people for generations to come ;;'1
and farther, the fact can no longer be concealed that;
her gracious Majesty the Queen (" the innocent an 4
inexperienced young Queen," as the Times is insult-
P;
ingly pleased to designate her Majesty), is in favouq,
of the promotion of Liberal principles, and that those $1
who vote in favour of ultra and uncompromising To- 1
ries arc doing neither more or less than endanger-
ing, in her estimation, the stability of the throne and!
the safety of our most valuable institutions. But 4-11
notwithstanding these advantages, we would not have id
our Liberal, and more especially our Radical, friends%
too sanguine of success. The battle to be fought is'l,l
one between liberalism and illiberalism—between the
promotion of sound and honest principles of govcrnl4
ment, and a stupid adherence to antiquated preju-
dices and abuses ; in other words, the question islii
whether the people shall have a voice in the Lc-i
gislature free and independant, or whether the set•
tish and hardened voice of Aristocracy shall be of7-i
casionally heard in their favour; and when, in .tc1...,,
dition, it is considered that the die is cast, mull
that the abettors of corruption, misgovernment, andi!,
tyranny are now staking their all upon the rcsnit,lll
... 4I;
have we not good reason to warn those who pro!;wit,-
themselves to be sharers in our principles not [l'
be too sanguine respecting the results of the elee-'it.,

tion, but, on the contrary, to be most active and stirrin: ?
There arc other reasons which also incline us to givcnt
this warning ; and one is, the final exit from thil
scene of its Radical greatness of a morning journal—;!,
we hesitate not to name it—the Constitutional, whic:i

came forward boldly and manfully in support, of liberal
principles, and yet was allowed to expire on Saturday)
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last fr.om utter and total want of support.

In the eon-

eluding address of its editor, written in a style of gen;
tlemanly feeling, and breathing only regret that the:
great cause which he advocated had been permitted to
fall to the ground through the mere want of fund:, it
is observed by him that " Much advice was subscribed,
and little money. Everybody admitted that the " Con-,
stitutional"was essential to the wellbeing of thcßadical
cause, and very generous and eloquent were the sie9,,-

geslions Jor its improvement. It was frankly ow rd
that the opportunity once lost might not occur again,
but nobody stepped forward to convert that opportu-
nity into a golden one. Many could not, more would ,
not, and ajezu only performed in a very partial degree
the duty which was acknowledged to be imperative upon'
all. Reported speeches were plentiful, and supplies
scanty." A more terrible satire was never uttered in more.
gentle language, and when we warn our I.4.)t.ral—lxot
above all our Radical supporters, to be up and :it 1-rinc
—d:urna versare =nu, versarc nocturne—it is wi.b
the hope that they will lash themselves into in ire

Ural conduct during the ensuing elections than they
pursued towards the hopeless child of their adoption,
and not be satisfied with• the mere giving 91. redorts or
advice with respect to elections, but draw their pur6e-