The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-16 00:00:00

have far surpassed whatever was done by their
antagonists, when their power was unlimited.
Unencumbered during the last ten years by of-
ficial responsibility, bound by no oath, to main-
tain every abuse, what have the Tories in otSpo-
sition done for the nation ? What measures have
,they proposed which their adversaries plume
themselves on having adopted. What are the
merits on which they go to'the Country ? What
are the claims of the Tories on the gratitude and
support of the intelligent constituency of the
empire ?
We will. do them the justice to say that they
did propose one measure which their adversaries
adopted with advantage. Sir Robert Peel's sug-
gestion as to the Jamaica Bill has worked well.
Besides this the Tories have in a great many in-
stances forced their measures, fiv the aid of a
Tory House of Lords, on the Ministers, who
have adopted them as compromises, and accepted
them as the nearest approach the Tories would
allow to general utility. But those measures the
Whig journals will always decry, and will never
speak of them as the Tory journals speak of the
measures which the Tories took from the Whigs
as constituting the titles of the Whigs to public
approbation. The conduct of the Tories, as au
opposition, gives-them no claims on the support
of the electoral body.
There is not a single abuse of which they
have not made themselves the champions.
Not one bad law has been passed by the
Whigs, such as the Police Act,—not a single
good measure has been resisted by them, such
as the ballot, or the extension of the suffrage,
but they have been supported by the Tories.
Every extravagance of which the Ministers were
guilty, save one—the proposal to give 50,000/.
to Prince ALBERT—that foolish act of a fond
old man—has found, &your with the Tories.
They have called out for enlarged establish-
ments, and have increased the necessity for
them, by depreciating the maritime power of
Great Britain in the eyes of Europe. Not one
improvement of the least magnitude,—not one
economy of the least value, has been suggested
or carried into effect by them; and the Tories
in opposition have only been distinguished from
the Tories in office by wanting the power to do
great mischief.
At length a great crisis has arrived in pub-
lic affairs. Great distress overwhelms the peo.:
ple, and the revenue is unequal to the expendi-
ture. The "condition of Eughnd" questian threes
itself' like a moving glacier on the attention of un-
willing statesmen. Poverty and discontent go
band in hand; and an impoverished people, with
Chartism, have taken the place of prosperity
and love for the Constitution. What remedies
do the Tories suggest for this alarming state of
things? How do they propose to restore physi-
cal prosperity, and bring about improved
opinions ? On what grounds do they ask the
confidence of the country ? Mr. GOULBURN
said, let things alone. Sir ROBERT PEEL made
light of the distress, and told the House of
Commons to look to the revival of confidence
in the Banks of the United States, to put an
end to distress and Chartism in England. The
main principle of Conservatism is to maintain
the system which has brought about these ca-
Lunities. The Tories will alter nothing, they
will amend nothing. They will vigorously ad-
minister the law; but no improvement in the
the Executive Government, suppose that were
an improvement, can amend the condition of

the people. It is the systeni which is faulty,
and that the Tories defend. They are satisfied,
though the people are in distress and are filled
with discontent, and they will, if they have the
power, by some increased taxation, endeavour
to supply the wants of the State.

They look only to the few, and for their bene-
fit they tivill maintain and sharpen every restric-
tion. They propose, if the Government be
placed in their hands, to make it more coercive
and more expensive. The champion of the
Church hopes, when the Tories are in office, to
bring forward with success its claims to addi-
tional endowments. In fact, measures like that
proposed by Sir R. INGLIS are the only novel-
ties the Tories offer; and their only remedy for
distress and discontent is to increase the burdens
of the people. On the grounds that they have
done nothing for the nation during their ten
years' opposition, that they propose to maintain
the present system in all its vigour, augmenting
restrictions and burdens, they ask the support of
the constituencies.

They have another merit. The Whigs have
proposed measures which they suppose will give
ease to the people, will at once replenish the
Exchequer, and extend trade. The additional
merit of the Tories is, that they have endeavoured
to stifle those measures in their birth. They will
do nothing, they will propose nothing them.
selves, but they thwart and obstruct others.
Such are the Tories. When in power they in-
flicted distress by severe taxation, and sabred
those who complained. In opposition they did
nothing to remedy the evils of their administra-
tion; and now, when the system has become no
longer bearable, they use all their power to pre-
vent its being amended. If the constituencies
confide in such imbecile or wicked politicians,
they well deserve that misery, anarchy, and
slavery which will await them.

The hour "big with the fate" of monopoly, in
the borough of Marylebone approaches. This
evening we shall know the extent to which
the Liberal electors of that Borough appreciate
the honour of having as a candidate for their re-
presentation in Parliament, a man whose bril-
liant exploits, in connexion with his right Radical
principles, have obtained for him a distinguished
reputation extending over the habitable globe.
Marylebone has reason to be proud of being
able to command the services of such a man as
Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER. The sailor
hero is not a mere man of the sword,
who has only honourable scars obtained
in fighting for liberty to exhibit to the
people as a passport to their suffrages. A re-

ference to the columns of The Sun, at various

periods within the last five years, will show
the deep interest which the Gallant Com-