The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-26 00:00:00

either to Great Britain or Ireland. If, as the Time's'
affirms, the nation be Conservative, the Ministry ought to
hive been gaining popular favour through the very pried,
and by the very process, during and by which it hts been
losing. There is a slight flsw in our Contempoiarv's
logic. Government retires front what he calls " revolt!.

tionary ground," and becomes less popular. " That is
right, my brave boys," cries he, "continue to retire, till
you rest in the embrace of Tory peace and friendship ;'
the alienation of your followers proves you are in the true
path to universal popularity." The imitation is obvious;
and how can Ministers resist this ingeeieus version of the
Soren song. ' Ducky, ducky, ducky, ducky, come and be
?" If the " nation" be Conservative," why are
the Times and its masters inveterately opposed to letting
the nation say so? Why do they obstruct, with all their
might, the Extension of the Suffrage, and its frequency,
end its freedom? Why not trust the nation? It is sad
for a Conservative people to be allowed to give the world
no better evidence of its Conservative principles than the
unauthenticated assertion of the Times Newspaper. Judg-
ing sue more the Times ascribes some Cabinet intrigue to
Lords Normanby and Durham, which it supposes to have
had the t fleet of stimulating a portion of the Press to the
more earnest advocacy of representative reforms.
truly there must be some strong tenons for any
portion of the Press to ensure its own immediate
ruin by pleading fir further reform to a nation of
Conservatives ; and some yet stronger reason for its ex-
pressing ai.proval of such very offensive persons as the two
Noble Derdrarndescribed to be by the Times. • The efrelt
is misteken for the cause by our Contemporary. The Press
is more decided, for it is the organ of public opinion, and
• puhl.c Opinion demands the renunciation of that finality po-
licy ;I ith which the Times inqdicusly ecticets. Lord Nor..
inanby 'r accession to the Cabinet was matter of gratulation
to million,, on account of the moral courzgo with which ho
bearded Toryism in its Orange den. Lord Durham's name
is retro ful, because it is associated with an Exteeded
Soff•age, &tester Parliaments, and the protection of the
B itiot. By making these allusions, our Contentperary up-
sets his own theory. He seems to rcekon on some Key
personal feeling in this part of his appeal, as in the pre-
ceding portion he assumed the absence of public principle.
The two grounds which lie has thus laid for his " future
peace ant friendship" with the finality politicians, are fife,
that they arc knaves, and, secondly, that they are fools. WO
leave this b cis of a treaty of alliance to those whom it may
concern. It is satisfactory to fitvi the diFeussion of a closer
union of Reformers, for the purposes of redeeming past
failures, and insuring further reforms, already exciting
a'arm in the enemy's camp. The apprehensions of filction
are the encouragements of honest men. The outstretched
hand of Toryism to see, the sinking policy of finality is
an edifying spectacle. The warning is obviens to every
Liberal, that he should leave it to the Times and the
Tories. We are not accustomed to defer to their judge
merits ; but we believe in them thus far—that when they
arc hurt they cry out :—a lying cry, it may be, to avert the
repetition of the blow ; but the indication may be taken
wiLhcut the assertion. Of all things in the world, no-
thing ar.pals them like the union of Reformers for sub-
stantial reform. We tell them it is coming; and that
not all their attempted cajolery of the " timid section"
can prevent its realiz•ttion. What course should timidity
itself prefer, but that of security ? And amid the collisions
of factions and of sinister interests, a nation has no secu-
rity for any reform at all but in the progress of reform,
nor any means of progress but in the cordial cc-operation
of ail classes of Reformers.—elforning Chronicle.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

of the r
The Times of this morning speaking
oAlreadyntllei; ucias
ti !hi g 6 ißpr ii!sdns de nas
t
att' pec
at r(clf t partmi eas;testasy,s
backers of ,Nlinis!ers, arc clamouring for the price of last
Friday night's support. Pro :.pt payment,, say they ;
' Ballot at mace; no trust. A vote of confidence indeed
we have given you; but to give you cosficienco is One
thing ; to f; T.; you credit is another. We Will take none
of sour three' months' Bills. Our execution is 011 your
premises, aad we shall proceed to sell you up, unless you
give us an immediate instalment. Give us the Ballot, or
walk out.' Now, ail this difficulty is occasioned by the
obstinacy of the Tory leaders, who don't choose to help
their adversaries by making a push for office. They take
no step to give the Radicals and Whigs a chance of
making a good bargain together for a defensive alli-
ance. Whatever the Radicals can get from the Whigs,
they have to get, as they would get it from a walnut
tree—by hard, heavy beating I Now, say we, Ist the
Conservatives adhere steadfastly to this policy. The Go-
vernment which professes to exist no longer upon sufferance,
exists upon nothing else. The piles of its foundation are
loose in the crumbling earth, and the first high wind will
' shake them out ; but if you strike with your sledge-
hammer, you will drive them in fast again. Let the suf-
ferance
work a little longer —a little while, and it will
effect your end for you in a way in which you never could
effect it for yourselves." This is an ingenious attempt to
back out of the embarrassing consequences of the late des
feat of the Tories. Every one knows that this faction
banded together and tried its utmost to oust Mini=sters;
and now, because its efforts were unavailing, the Times
gravely assures us that it made no struggle at all—in fset,
was utterly ildifferent whether it displaced Ministers or
not ! The cool impudence of this assertion is scarcely less
to be admired than its ingenuity. Both are matchless.
The Morning Post, commenting on the Ministerial
treasure respecting Jamaica, remarks as follows :—" It
may be very necessary for the purpose: of Government in
Jainsica, that the Liberals should do that which prove s
their own dogmas, about which they have been wont so of-
fe.nsively- to thurish, to be as vain and idle as their oppo_
nents have ever contended that they were. SVeho
therefore
do not say that the Bill should not pass ; but we
the public—if it b© found necessary' to pass the B:ll—will
draw from it a useful lesson as to the advantage which
practical liberty is likely to derive from the cperstiou
liberal policy. We have always held that the tendency of
liberalism in politics is directly towards Despo!ic ,C; ovss„.
mem. The Jamaica Bill is an instance in points'
The Morniny Chronicle observes, with reference
t" the
case of Da,id Jones, wh•ch was trougLt. L:flre the Hots's()
1 of Commons last sight, by Mr. Hawes—,,
ing to enter on the question how far the connection between
the Church and State ought to extend, this we will Eav,
that the Members of one religious persuasion ought to
be taxed
has been,edfortheforsakeabstaining of another,
ot,liefrrn
,onto%t,,
pttzinlg. a c
iisled, asiliAricri;
James
to which V:ey do not belong. At present, the s,a ss,
t.rsrv, in
:heir ca, se ty of Judges in petty Ecclesiastic,' eta,
have the power of harassing and opprcssisg Dissastrs'
and those who arc politically opposed to theta. It is"•al'iih
time an erad were put to such a state of thin 5."
The Morning Advertiser, speaking on the suljsct o' the
Repmts of the Commissioners on the effairs of the
of Malta, says —" Con,idering the great imooA.nee af
11.d'a to Great Britain, the utmost attention of the G -
ver.lment should immediately be apolied to rescue the,
j I.land from its present degraded state of social exister.CC.'