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

cipation, the abolition of the slave-trade and of
slavery, the reform of Parliament, -with every
other political improvement of modern times,
have been carried through by, the energies
of the inhabitants of the towns, and very
generally in despite of the opposition of the
inhabitants of the counties. They were feebly
supported in the beginning, but, after Wye
years' of discussion and struggling, they be'
came the general opinion. The same progress,
and the same results, await, we have na doubtht,
the great doctrines of free trade. To them e
bulk of the town population was not long a6'° •
opposed. Protective and restrictive laws, in facts
had their origin more in a desire to protect •
manufactures than agriculture. The town popu-
lation are now suffering for the errors and sins of
their forefathers, which are visited on them jai':
the third and fourth generation. They have ,
been forced, however, by their sufferings to cxa-":, „
mine their theories, and they have, generally', be;
come converts to the opinion that protective law
are injurious to a community. Such, too, are
the opinions of the Ministers ; and he must ha"
a shallow intellect and a little heart who despairs
of the speedy and complete success of the doc-
trines of free trade, because they may be at pre'
sent successfully opposed by the backward and
interested landlords and the voters whom
they
command.

On the 30th ultimo we quoted a passage
from the Times, accusing the Tories of having
resisted the ordinations of Providence, and '
being very slow to comprehend its ways. Our
it the
Conten.Torary then expressly said,
defective state of the representation - led
to the inti:oduction of the Reform Dill/
which, ':as we hive often said before, Was Oe..
casioned rather by a sort of philosophical ne-
cessity than by the
I.,..lculiar patriotism of all
ascendant faction." We :119ught when we (111°-
ted that passage that we sholld have to refer to
it frequently, in order to answe: the Times itsel
f,
or the party of the Times. The .first person
lt,
whom we must apply it •is the great 3eader in
al.a_
master of those presumptuous quacko, vviio,
politics, thwart the ordinations of Prov.4lenei:e.
Sir. R. PEEL, in his Tamworth oration, lise'.4 t

following words :---
, It was just at the period you elected me that tho 4)
events took place in France which exhibited to Eurqe
physical force triumphant over the constituted authorities
of the country, which led a second time to a great reALtlr Art
tion in France, and expelled from the throne of u"- 't
country, for the second time, the elder branch of the lion-411i20-,
of tourbon. Those events in France made a deep "inlPrer
sion throughout the whole of Europe, convulsed
public mind—in some countries led .to revolution, and f
there were some which- escaped from the influencxee es
those great events. This great country was not eril
from that influence : there arose here a desire for chas9e
in fhe ancient institutions of the country ; and the ae",
queue was a fundamental change in the Comni°ll2,,
House of Parliament. I then foresaw that that cWb"
was acconnifinied with a restless desire for further change'
I then foresaw, I say, the importance of laying the feuir
dations of a great Conservative party—(Loud cheers);
attached to the ancient fundamental institutions of
tf.A
country, not disposed to resist such changes as the 407;
circumstances of society might require, but a party t.•
termined to maintain on their ancient foundations t',
institutions in Church and State.--(Tremendous cheers"
Sir R. PEEL, far front believing then tht.the
progress. of society, and the overthrow of ilefee4
tive institutickns tis according- to the will of 601::
.evidently now treats the desire which has aris.e
in England for political improvement and Pobti;
' cal change, as the consequence of the Free
Revolution. That again he disparages) 89 t
triumph of physical force over the constitute
authorities, to which good men ought to berst
.posed, and accordingly asserts, that from tb
period he ,had seen the necessity Of deWs-illi; .
ing a large party to resist thept,
for ehaoge and improvement: The Co':17“:
vatives, tht-n, according to Sir Roasirr P5-' „
are formed it; to a party, on the principle of ll'
sisting the phi;osophical necessity of amendiog
defective institutib.ns, and of opposing:the etcli;
nations of Providen,
(!e. Whether Sir: Roost. %
PEEL had then really ti,:e foresight to which- 'ci.
now lays claim, after the &vent, or merely acte
on resisting Reform on the 'Wind and mulled a}::
prehension of little minds, valid' dreattece::
change their limited powers can neither colvPh;
he nd nor control; whether Sir RaBliRT bOag Ll°. r
of a wisdom he did not then possess 0:not, is to 01
5 0
no earthly consequence ; all that we care for io to
show, by placing in juxta-position hitr lapel
and the language of his chief suppor.ter) ',i‘t
the Times and Sir ROBERT PEEL are dir stains'variance. The one maintains that the nits,,
tions of Providence, or philosophical nee eOsii;,l
governs the affairs of society; the other72-eot
the great changes are the offspring of tle'tea
or change, which wis e men, like Sir 14°13.
PEEL, must take means to prevent and: OP; ,ii;
We briefly noticed yesterday the grk'at 1%0
cretion of this declaration of Sir .."13,45
PEEL, and the distrust it would excite °'.,b.
government in our greatest and nearest 1- tetfoi,
bour, and that one who can do us most 13° ill
and with whom it most behoves us to li`eiti'l
amity and peace. As might be expected, Anle
extraordinary passage of the proximate our
Minister's speech has already been malt, c baS
mented on in the Parisian journals, Ault' #
given us a foretaste of the mutual nation la to
1 essl
cerbation we may expect from his acce:S°U. i. 4 '
glt •- '
power. But this passage is-as fallacious tt-aocs
indiscreet. The constituted authorities of -.F3' ,59,5#
were, at the commencement of 1830, in l'n tole
sion of the organised physical force of the 1.. cif
kingdom ; and, vain of that support, just a' 0 itt
R. PEEL and the Duke Of WELLINGTON area ~
of the support here of the organized force' 11l s•
constituted authorities endeavoured, as 611..t0e
PEEL and his friends endeavour, to atoPfito!
..
progress of society, to' arrest the march ° tb.
provement, and extinguish the desire ill 0,0%
people to remedy defective institutions. It the';
not the physical but the moral force which
people—of the deputies, and the press—. to ',
called into exercise another sort of physicaTtlie
to resist the organised physical force °6oa,
constituted authorities—that did, thalli iienit
successfully -- most successfully—resist t ' 00, -
teaching constituted authorities a useful leessoii,
and setting'a noble example, which we 110r:00$1,
trust will fie followed here whenever Sir R'• e3'-
and his Conservative friends shall imitate tbo,nr,
ample he praises and admires, and eccie.atia" of
like Prince PoLIGNAC, to resist the ordicatlfef- 0'
Providence, and oppose those reforms in ' ,
v
ce
tive institutions, and the abolition of those
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honest plundering laws, which are recialred
" sort of philosophical necessity."
~,,-nose lite
But whom does Sir ROBERT PEEL S•r. or
deceives by putting constituted authorities
to
physical force in opposition? The consti.tureif
authorities in France, as well as Englanttsin
on an organised physical force to Maw Di
them, and dare not for a single asoaY.oo:
it aside and trust to moral force. be 0
sible of this is Louts PHILIPPE) that is to
Safe
building forts, the more securely and
„oath
into 7...i0/3.
bring his organised physical force
and subdue the moral force of public ci. in,
office, Nor will Sir ROBERT PEEL, Wheel he is Pe7sity ot
feel himself relieved from the ne face'
relying almost exclusively on PhYsimil,aroite
What would he do with the Chartists, fie. eI ,
ithri,-.:haiin.dug?ry-,:hunt,iziciiad. itiheeytddio,:isiriot
ttir,,,,,,i
- zed P" to
aye, a prodigiously large, organized
force in soldiers, yeomany, an hooe
keep
differ from them hi political optvvin.:_',,,i
too
in awe the physical force of
opinion
oil. :x..:
PEEL may deceive himselfby hiss own
__°.170,0 0
politicians like him and Lord T
se. !)_botollo,
use words chiefly to deltide them tve7„ of c
0,
will deceive nobody else when he speakfe josi
Wilt°
tamed only by organ.'
stituted authorities which
foregY
such a fOteef
would not last a day without icsi
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his evil. ato
iecdh
pe:yi
ss fear cfloracie, , 0
minion of organised pnys.
sthomeyetltienigngdisgtoinogud fished
a,
this
flo3:
oT.tibilyert
the
oef
to society, lal Pll3r
much greater advantage
.se , „diviclu __ of
dominion of rude unorganinsoe; ,9 titis:e;„o
steal force; but it is sheeriuo
as
o,,r,ratice oo
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the world, with the Repuh.tcda. 1
and ate'
submission only by the stiff ,
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