The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-04 00:00:00

the brand of exclusion upon them. We ask for
Short Parliaments that representatives may not for
a long period be independent of their consti-
tuents. We ask for the repeal of the property
qualification, that any man who possesses the con-
fidence of any constituency may become its represen-
tative. We ask for a re-distribution of scats,
that Harwich, with only 156 electors, may no
longer have an equal share in the legislature with
Manchester, which has 10,000. These are the " five
points" which must ultimately be adopted, and be-
fore any Ministry can expect to carry on the Go-
vernment of the country with satisfaction to tl'e
governed. The time is past for that faint-hearted
Whiggism represented in the Press by such Jour-
nals as the Guardian. That must merge into
Toryism, from which it can scarcely now be distin-
guished. The Obstructives and lithe Destructives
must each be pushed aside, and the Practical Pro-
gressives must move onwards, with one heart and
one mind, to the reform of the Reform Bill.
(From the Reqfreurshire Reformer. )
Lord Melbourne's Cabinet has been permitted to
exist for the last two years only by the suffrance of
the Radicals. Had they therefore perilled their
existence at this time on a vote approving or dis-
approving of their general policy, there would have
been souse merit in their courage ; but when the
question is confined to Ireland it is nothing but idle
bravado ; it shows their fear of more tender ground,
because that question can excite little interest.
Bating the million loan to the clergy, the late rail-
way proposal, and a few other little jobs, the
Irish policy of Ministers has been their best ;
it has met with the general approval of all
classes of Liberals, and they are sure of suc-
cess. If the Duke of Wellington and other mem-
bers of his party really wish to unseat the present
Cabinet, they should attack them on more tender
ground than their policy to Ireland. The opposi-
tion to that policy is so unreasonable, it smells so
strongly of the overbearing claims of the Orange
dictators, that though it were for nothing else than
to discountenance a faction that has carried ruin,
blood, and death over the country for the purpose
of maintaining an idle, pampered priesthood, in op-
nosition to five-sixths of the people : thousands in
all parts of the country will support the forthcoming
motion who care nothing for the existence of the
Cabinet, and who would look on its members being
turned out of office in a body as one of the best
things that could befal the country.
(From the Kelso Chronicle.)
The Courier of Monday evening, commenting
on a leading article that appeared in the Chronicle
of that morning respecting the necessity of union
among all Reformers, and of Ministers conceding
' Household Suffrage, the Ballot, and Trien-
nial Parliaments, says—" arc strongly im-
pressed as our Contemporary is with the necessity
of reforming the Reform Act ; and we are not less
convinced of the desirableness of unity and harmo-
nious acti.m among all ranks of Liberals. But we
venture to think- that it is scarcely fair to press
upon Ministers, at this juncture, for an assent to
the ballot and extended suffrage—simply for this
reason, that even if willing to be at length con-
vinced, they could not at this moment, with the
smallest pretension to honour or character, comply."
—[ln this conclusion of the Courier we by no
means concur.—Ed. K. C.]
(From the Monmouthshire Merlin.)
It would be both weak and silly to deny that
Lord Melbourne's Government has given the
greatest dissatisfaction to some of its best and
ablest supporters ; and by not marching forward
with the spirit of the times, and aiding the
people in obtaining those other changes essential
to popular representation, they hare all but
placed the sceptre in the hands of their adversaries.
The ill-directed, blundering, unfortunate Chartists,
who move but to distract, who- speak but to confuse
themselves, have played the game of the Tories ;
and, unless checked and frowned down by the com
mon sense of the country, would, ere this, by their
conduct, have unsheathed many a sword ready to
shed their blood. They know not the precipice on
which they stand—the rope of sand by which they
arc held. Their only hope rests on the Reformers
of the empire, and by their assistance their conch-
tion can only be ameliorated. The Government,
even if triumphant on its coming trial, still
cannot go on without large concessions to
the Liberal party ; and those concessions can-
not much longer be evaded or denied ; with
the House of Lords against them, in the face of a
powerful, compact, organised opposition, led by Sir
Robert Peel, the Liberals of the nation must be
rallied in their favour, for, without their support,
the present Government must soon go out. There