The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

PITIII.IC OPINION.

The Morning Herald remark s,iian7article suggested
by Dr. M'Hale's recent denunciation of the Irish teetotal-
lers—" Disgusting and degrading as intoxication is in
all men of all ranks and all nations, it is in none so
maddening, so reckless, so desperate as in that section
of the Irish people among whom the mission of Father
Mathew has been carried. On this account we have
never demurred to the praise which has been heaped
upon him for his perseverance and his success. If that
Success have been but one-half as signal as we are as-
sured by the Irish papers that it has been, no eulogy of
ours, no tribute from his own countrymen, can approach
his deserts."

The Chronicle says, in referring to a remark on Sir
Robert Peel's presumed policy, that appeared in the Times
of yesterday :—" We are gravely told by the Times that
the question of finance is nearly, if not absolutely, the
sole great question of Government on which Sir Robert
Peel has not already, on more than one occasion, ex-
plained his views.' That is to say, the State Doctor
has given his opinions on all subjects, except
the disease of his patient and its cure. That is the
only point on which he has said nothing ; and is
prepared to say nothing. It is also the very point on
which his imputations and contrivances have occasioned
the removal of his predecessor. And further, it is the
point on which his manoeuvres have been tried to the ut-
most, not without some success, for preventing' the full ex-
position to the public of the views which that prede-
cessor entertained, and was ready to act upcm
Physician 'of Tamworth, is this professional ?"
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The tactics of the thorough-bred Quack Doc are fully
manifested in this conduct of Sir R. Peel. fle has got a
remedy for all the ailments of his. patient ; but for the
one-dangerous disease that
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mininghis health, he has ndne. at all. In dismissing
Doctor Whig, and sendipg for Doctor Tory to prescribe
for him, the valetudhiarian John Bull will find that he
has retarded his cure for, many a long year. Lucky if
he do not expire under the copious system of bleeding that
will no-doubt be practised on him by his new physician !
-74 The Post again warns its readers of " the political
danger and the practical hopelessness of depending upon
lii.great extension of the manufacturing and commercial
system in this country." This is a hint in seasox and
should not be lost' sight of. We grant that it is perfectly
hopeless to expect an extension of trade .mid 'commerce
under existing circumstances—that is, to 'Say, with a Tory
Monopoly Government hanging :over our heads. Our
Contemporary, with great tact, is gradually preparing
the mind of the country for this disheartening conviction.
" Each 'day furnishes new proof," says the Adver-
tiser, " of -the little estimation in which Sir Robert Peel
is held by the party who find it convenient to follow him,
but.who evidently yield themselves with reluctance to
his command. Recollect, Sir,' says one of these
gentlemen who addresses him by the name of Pit-
tacus, what Pitt would have done in your place, and
blush if you have a feeling of fear or a tendency to
compromise.' The star of the proximate and plebeian
Premier is apparently already on the wane. The aris-
tocratic driver of the Derby Dilly is evidently the favour-
ite, and political jockeys, who a few days ago backed
Peel at long odds, are now ready to lay the evens on
Stanley or Aberdeen." If Sir R. reel-be out of favout
with his party, as the Advertiser insinuates, it is be.
cause they suspect him of undue liberality, which is the
best thing we have yet heard of him. As for a Stanley
or Aberdeen Administration, the thing is impossible.
Such a Government could not hold together for a week.
—The Times reads a longlecture to Sir R. Peel on the sub-

ject of the New Poor-law Bill, observing—" The admi-
nistration of the Poor-laws throughout England must no
longer be committed to the discretion of three individuals
residing in London, and holding office during the plea-
sure of the Crown. Difficult as it may be, a definite
law, framed upon principles agreeable to our fun-
damental institutions in Church. and State, and em-
bodying in its provisions the experience as well of
the last seven years as of the two preceding cen-
turies, must shortly supersede the present arbi-
trary experiment. The Poor-law Commission, if left to
itself, would naturally expire before the end of the pre-
sent year ; and, though it is possible that reasons of
convenience, and the necessity of proceeding with deli-
beration in the settlement of so important a question,
may induce Sir Robert Peel to postpone the period of
its dissolution" yet we trust that such a postponement, if
determined upon, will be for the shortest practicable
time, and accompanied by a distinct announcement
of its merely provisional intention." It is easier
for the . Times to give advice than for Sir Robert
Peel to act upon it, for his hands are tied imp, as respects
the New Poor-law Bill; and indeed on most great points
of policy, he will have little power to act according to
his own notions of what is just and necessary. With
the High Church party tugging away at one of his coat
skirts, and the crotchetty Stanleyites at the other, he
will hardly be able to take one step forward, without
taking two backward.
The Leicestershire Mercury thus comments on the
Tamworth remedial measures :—" Sir Robert will not
prescribe for the patient till he is regularly called in.'
Certainly not : such conduct would be reprehensible in an
Union doctor—in a State physician and Premier expec-
tant, not to be tolerated. Like Dr. Eady, Dr. Solomon,
and Dr. Morrison, he has his secret nostrum: but unlike
these benefactors of mankind, he has no list of cures.
We have not the slightest wish to know the. com-
position of his immortal Catholicon. State Quacksalvers
have as much right to boast of secret remedies as any
other empirics, but we love the patient ! She and her
children are very dear to us ! some of them are at death's
door ! and many are 'like the Manchester miners, who,
having been eight days without food, died by being
placed in a warm bed, and fed with chicken broth.'
That the Tamworth Baronet can prescribe a
remedy for the patient is barely possible—for
which ability his whole former life furnishes no
proof, his recent conduct no probability. Enough of
such solemn trifling ! Things are indeed come to a crisis
when, on the very eve of a conflict like the forth.
coming, the leader of a great party. can indulge in
feeble jokes, and pointless witticisms. The people are
looking for bread !—this pseudo statesman talks of
physic."

The Durham Chronicle suggests that Sir Robert
Peel, Kill make but a poor courtier :—" At any rate, her
Majesty seems determined, if needs must be, to let out
the Whigs gently, and to take in the Tories

tiously. Sir Robert feels, that he
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