The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-07 00:00:00

OR ANGEIS3I.

The Standard refers to report of the meeting at the
the
orange Grand Lodge, and says that Orangeism, with all
its faults—acid we have never been slow to point them out
-has done good service in the past, and maydo still better
'rvice in the future. However we may condemn intoler-
'nee and fanaticism, it is unjust. to speak of them as neces-
Barfly connected with the cause which the Orange Society
;Pkg. to honour, and for the maintenance of which it exists.
uere never was a time in the history of Ireland, indeed,
when it was more necessary for loyal men to combine for
mutual defence and support. The chief bond which united
he Irish Protestants to the British State has been
entlY severed. The • severance in religion has
T'doubtedlY deeply affected the political sympathy.
tore than ever do the Irish Protestants require
Asuablecommo centre and rallying point, and the Orange
adapt itself
to afford both the one and the other. Tc
d'aapt itself for this new and enlarged function it is neces-
BarY that Orangcism should widen its bounds and throw
°Pen its gates. There is no reason why it should not be-
forms public instead of a secret association. watches mystic
tine
and ceremonies—the hidden signs and ords,
tlie banners and sashes, and all the decorative and emo-
tt°44l apparatus of an Orange Lodge—however useful
, eY 'night have been in former times, are no ion°. er ap-
roPriate to the age or occasion, and rather detract
;'"na than add to the dignity and usefulness of Orange-
n• The Irish Protestants of the present day re-
;litre no such aids to devotion. Their aims are open
`11,(1 honest. There is nothing in their designs which
:tr
a" the world may not know. They do not meditate
atagems or treasons,; and, therefore, it were well if
e society which seeks 'to be the representative of Irish.
"Yalty should in the future discard all mysticism and mum-
blerY, and seek rather to gather strength by the light of
An4city.

GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE.

Post declares it is-Corcmonly of little use to preach,
f7d, above all, to preach moderation, to French p
,7elana ; but perhaps the incidents of the last week will
serve to show its necessity. Trivial and little creditable
they are, they will have done good service if they teach
141,e inembers of the Corps Legislatif to be more tolerant
ll' and generous towards a Ministry placed in a trying
„Position, with a difficult task to perform. At the same time
the Ministers themselves, and M. 011ivier above all, have
acanething to learn. They are too thin-skinned by far,
1434(1 too much inclined to encourage their adversaries
" rising" to their irritating baits. A little more
21difference to criticism, and a little more deter-
lination to disregard all opposition that is not
Mainly in earnest, and directed against its existence,
°aid enable the 011ivier Cabinet to go its way much
snore surely and steadily, and might save it from scramb-
ttg discussions which, like that of Saturday, although
eY end satisfactorily enough for the Ministry, serve
bell other good -purpose, and always leave evil fruit.,

MR. FORSTER.
The _Daily News thinks that Mr. Forster's speech at
Bradford deserves attention both from the supporters and
„p ePponents of the measure. The. Bradford discussion
totnised the whole of this dispute. It is a difference
aniOng friends ; a question of more or less ; a disagree-
Illveld as to how much can be done between those
Ttte agree in the main as to what should be done.
" hope which was expressed by Mr. Forster's
r etituents that he would pass his bill this year, and
heir expression of gratitude for the immense step in ad-
the which the bill proposes to make, fairly represented
Predominant feeling of the country. The bill gives
el% for the first time, a national system of primary in
Petion. Nearly 20 years ago Mr. Cobden said in a speech
Manchester. " There are but two principles on which
you can carry on an education system in this country, or
The one
" other, with the slightest approximation to ustice.
is if you will have a religion, toj form
hur•
Plan so as to p
adopt the secular system, and
Lave religion to voluntary effort. The Government bill
1.4,11 attempt to reconcile these conflicting principles by
fiZ"efying neither, and the choice now before the country
,40 adopt the secular system, and leave religion to
~:rife
effort" at once, or to do so after some years of
and confusion, in which religion itself will be die-
irdited, and thoksystein of Government interference with
Will teceeive its tleath-blow.

THE) CARDINAL DIFFICULTY.
e Telegraph observes that the religious teaching is the
the
difficulty of the educational question. Here is
e °no dangerous rock ahead. Let that reef be passed,
Band the bill is safe. And passed it will be—for this
the
if for no other, that, whether Mr. Forster's solution
It is religious difficulty be finally satisfactory or not,
more satisfactory than any other; and, indeed,
the only scheme which the House of Commons
ti a body, and the country as a whole, will accept. It
indeed, to use Mr. Forster's language, be a mon-
b teaching—were 2118 thin if the Bible—and not merely Bible reading,
Bible excluded from the day schools.
ty i 8 useless for the political Dissenters and the
eoularists to make a demand which the Govern-
Went cannot, which Parliament will not, grant. Even the
tadford deputation must know that the clamour for such
ta" Prohibition of Scriptural instruction is but an idle
R°ekerY• It is not denominational education that the Go-
etoment Bill sanctions, but, as Mr. Forster himself
,•8 the principle that parents may, if they choose, have
otteligieus teaching given by the same man who gives the
or teachino., and in the same school." We do not
I:3' that such 'a
solution of the religious difficulty is per-
ifet, or that it may produce no questionable results; but
thk the plan should not work well, we can. amend it.
e awhile the motto of true Liberals must be " Pass
ce bill while we can establish the system of education
ar every English child ; watch its working with jealous
IP, and let it be improved and developed by that light
Dekurioehaeseta,,,tesmanship itself will derive from practical ex-

ENGLAND AND INDIA.
"Times observes that the Duke of Edinburgh in his
I,,,Ler to Lord Mayor announces his intention of carrying
to the Queen a message of loyalty and attachment
,i°17,1 her Hindoo subjects ,• and the history of his tour has
,ire shewn how emphatically such a message was
e-,116,11. It is e sy, of course, to question the depth of
If4-"Ilgs thus exhibited by an Asiatic race, but of all the
440ustrations by which sincerity could be proved none
tonte Wanting in these proceedings. We may surely say,
tilat these feelings were justified. To us the Hindoos
e the peace which for the first time in their long history
vvatie3r,ll,ew enjoy. The establishment of our sovereignty
lite e end of internal war. Our Empire has been
ott"Y Peace, aud it is upon that Empire, and
'lll. IN else, that peace in India still depends.
c,lllB is known and felt by all the educated classes in the
evelltrYi and the educated classes, are increasing in, numbers,
Wei? ay- Perhaps we are too hasty sometimes in the
all. rnof civilisation, but the work is a good work, after
401' he Duke's own letter is, in fact, an undesigned
of such work. When he describes his easy transit
1-;;;`-'8,8 the whole breadth of the land from Calcutta to
exel:"V, his interviews with native Princes, and his
witursions into native States, and when he says, or rather
jou", he lets it be seen without saying, that all these
atillleYs were made through a civilised and peaceful land,
sur a quiet and contented people, he draws a more
trid:r'sing contrast between the India of 1870 and the
for•a of 1800 than could have been presented in any other
the His owu visit expresses a fitting climax. He was
firstullt of the Royal Family to visit India; he was the
elahii,l,.rince of English blood ever seen by the Indian
slieCe„e's-ef the Crown. Perhaps in another generation
to ec."Bits Nvili be less rare, and then it will be instructive
111 Pare with fresh experience the impressions now
ced upon record.

MR. FFOULKES.
of th° Standard says that on Sunday last, without any
eisParade and ostentation somewhat. gratuitously anti-
bY a contemporary, the Rev. E S. Ffoulkes, who
sateda_„
w4el. to the Roman Communion fourteen years ago,
tiqa formally received back into the Church of his bap-
co/)1• He departed in haste, he returned at leisure. In
voitlll4,?Y* with many of the early Tractarians, he was re-
the 611nY what he considered the Era.stian tendencies of
tier), 5, 110.01 of England. He put himself under " instruc-
-11,1, uo took everything for granted, and he filially
hiintot yer.o F,oo:teen years' experience has convinced
1, of his error. There can be no doubt that what are called
At'lT-7;r•tlt developiliwitA" have had a large share in forcing
the foulkes to take this step. Mr. Ffoulkes has studied
full -usti-
14ftlie:IY of thedireval Borne, and he has found in it a
gate),;,_ition of the I:eformation. He has investi-
Ord,„ controversy w iich centres about Anglican
and lie declares Li.; belief that the Sacraments of
loot:oglish Church are I and efficacious. In a word,
Ito the pat mid present of the Roman Com-
the 1.`,”,, eolyip.l,e(l to assert the " righteousiiess" of
(-1 pS tion' and with this conviction,
.•
bY• •,• • •
'pretensions put forth by the
• , sees no alternative before him
is • which he took fourteen years ago.
nsui • wild dreams and ill-regulated enthu-
°ad is ~,iotments and discnchantments. But the
.ette, ..oan the beginning

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