The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-06 00:00:00

Onning

I ONDI)N, MONDA.Y. SEPTEMBER 6, 1847.

The enthusiasm with which Sir ROBERT PEEL is
received, in the different places whither he has been
conducted by circumstarn:es altogether irrespective of
matters political, must pr ave, in the end, something
more important than the ephemeral or local popularity-
of a single individual. There i 3 a moral of no mean
consideration in the kinguage of eulogium and confi-
dence expressed towr,rds the ex-Premier by the de-
putation of Darlivgt,on and the corporation of Sun-
derland. The import of these laudatory addresses is
already manifest to such whose judgments are neither
obscured by 'ignorance or prejudice. It will ulti-
mately be recc.gnised. by the whose of the next gene
ration. It w',ll tnen be remembered that the states-
man who had bees. reviled in the House of Legisla-
ture by those who were formerly his most obse-
quious adlier cuts was received with acclamation when
traversing the country, although shorn of his authority
over the once powerful and obedient party of Conser-
vatism. ae 'cause of this extraordinary change in
public and p rivrite opinion will by that time be clearly
comprehended, however much animosities and predi-
lections mu now-a-days endeavour to distort their

meaning.
From fne almost undisputed dominion of a faction
Sir ROBERT PEEL has voluntarily seceded : and he
who had been hitherto regarded with suspicion by the
vast majority of the population, has, in lieu of a
species of :Parliamentary despotism, obtained the
applause, elf; gratitude, and the cordial reliance of
the mul tit ude. To conceive for a moment that
the tables have been thus turned by some one
of the •ordinary accidents of political war•
fare w,aaild be a frivolous and illogical sup-
position ; and it would be equally frivolous and
equally iT logical to imagine that the sovereignty of
a strong :party has been sacrificed for an idle whim,
or that the devotion of a great and enlightened nation
has been acquired by an act of flagrant dishonesty
Yet such is the gist of all those atrabilious vitupera-
tions which have been enunciated against the Right
Hon. Baronet in the midnight discussions of St.
Stephen's, in the indulgence of Protectionist festivi-
ties, or in the vulgar personalities of the hustings.
Whether Siir• ROBERT PEEL has witched away the
hearts and jueigments of the people by a species of Sa-
tanic puissance, or whether he has accidentally bit
upon a means of transferring his influence from so
many hundreds of the popular representatives to so
many millions of the community, continues to be
without doubt an enigma to those who regard his
recent proceedings through the distorting medium of
bigotry and abhorrence. We can conjecture the
awe with which, for example, Colonel SIBTBORP
will scan the visage and proportions of Sir ROBERT
on the re-assembling of Parliament—marvelling
whether the mesmeric influence of the ex-Premier
has floc-'ed over the municipal authorities
of Darlingto.i and Sunderland from the ex
pansion of his buff Waistcoat, or the calm self-
possession of his eyes. That the corporations and
citizens have been, in some manner, cajoled by a sort
of political necromancy, such men as Colonel Sin•
THORP '..ll:St infallibly believe. Otherwise the
frenzy of the multitude must remain to them inexpli-
cable.

We cannot but ourselves think that another motive
beside that of approbation has incited the deputations
of the north to waylay the Right Honourable
Baronet the Member for Tamworth with scrolls
of complimentary parchment. Something beside
civic curiosity and municipal unanimity has
instigated the good folks at Seaham and Stockton-
on-Tees. There ht,,s been unquestionably at the
bottom of all this a solicitude to discover, through some
incidental sentence uttered in the fervour of gratifica-
tion, the future intentions of the late Prime Minister.
And with what exquisite tact has not Sir ROBERT
evaded the inquisitiveness of nis encomiasts ! By a
few well-turned expressions of pleasure, whetting the
appetite of the listeners for those political revelations
which they anticipated, and from the making of which
he most sedulously refrained ! It was a game of cross-
purposes, carried on in a shower of the most sugary
oratorical comfits.
Throughout these proceedings, however, there is
discernible a truth, which must affect in a beneficial
manner the mind of every embryo or youngling
statesman now living. That truth is that fame—even
contemporary fame—and goodwill are the inevitable
compensations of those Ministers who forget all per-
sonal considerations in the discharge of the duties
for which they are morally responsible, not merely to
the whole kingdom, but to all posterity. That
truth is eloquently proclaimed in the congratulatory
addresses presented to Sir ROBERT PEEL in various
parts of England ; and it must operate in a salutary
manner upon the plastic imaginations and ductile
intellects of the next generation of politicians and
statesmen.

Resistance to the payment of poor-rate in Ireland
is, we regret to say, becoming of daily occurrence.
Cattle, which had been seized for the amount, where
the parties were able, but unwilling to pay, have been
rescued; and it is much to be fealied that a general
organization will take place in many districts in order
to oppose the collection by every means practicable.
It is necessary that the most prompt and vigorous
measures should be adopted to meet this difficulty.
One single instance of successful resistance to the
law would have a most pernicious effect in that
tountry—the example would spread with the greatest
rapidity, and would entail the necessity of many
arduous contests. The difficulties of the case are
considerably enhanced by the fact that the movement
is to a certain extent countenanced, certainly not vigo-
rously opposed, by the landlords. Many have erroneously
beaeved that *general combination would have the effect
of inducing the Government to waive altogether their