The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12,

AFTER Covent-garden Theatre--EVANS' to
sul'.
After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP.
After Lyceum Theatre FVANS' to SUP,
After Adelphi Theutre
Aticr Olympic Theatre . .....EVANS' to SUP.
Alter ...trautt Theatr,‘ I'VAN,' to SUP.
Atter New 1-loyaAy Theatre ...... EV A NS• to SUP.
After St. James's Theatnt FVANS' to SUP.
Alta' Prince of Wales' Theatre ....EVANS' to SUP.
London Singing and Supper Club, J' SASS', Covent-garden.
Vocal Entertainm2nt at Eight.

JIIIE GREAT JAPANESE TROUPE.
IL TO-NIGHT. This extraordinary Company will
make their FIRST APPEARANCE in Europe, at the
Great St. Martin's Hall, TIIIS EVENING, Feb. 11, for
a limited number of representations prior to their appear-
ance in Paris during the Universal Exhibition.—Stalls,
ss. ; balcony (reserved seats), 35.; area, 2s. Admission ls.,
which may bo obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
33, Old Bond street; and at the box-office of the hall.
Business communications to be addressed to their solo
agent, Mr. A. Nimmo, 55, Wigniore-street, London, W.

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LES DRAGONS DE VI LL ARS (Opera Comique), Music
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" The strength of Mr. Morton lies in his operatic selections,
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ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will-make
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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

--~ - --

TIMES.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer is so
speech
ngthe
deliveredeaplaaesitty
clever a man that he constantly deceives himself by
upnedeeerhrt he The elaborate
signal instance
of this self-deception. The House of Commons is
longing for a settlement of the Reform question.
It recognises its difficulties ; it is conscious that it
has dallied with a problem which becomes more in-
o f
night others.
was a
in-
volved the longer it remains unsettled •, it is ready
to welcome any proposals which would redress the
glaring defects of our representativersystem without
subverting the principles of the Constitution. The
country is of the same mind. The course the
Ministers of the Crown have adopted is not, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer last night confessed,
flattering to themselves.
'This is true, but they might
have converted it into an opportunity of triumph.
" An offence handsomely acknowledged," as Lord
Delamere said last week, quoting the most brilliant
comedies, " confers an obligation," and if the Mini-
stry had shown that they frankly recognised the
position in which they were placed, and were dis-
posed to concede freely what it is incumbent upon
any Ministry to concede, no ungenerous construc-
tion would be put upon their conduct, and they
might have achieved a distinguished success. It is
now probable that their conduct of Reform must be
a continued humiliation, and the only practical
question is whether the House of Commons must
not take the matter into its own hands and use the
Ministry as an instrument to register its Resolu-
tions. The Administration is ready, Mr. Disraeli
said, to consult the sense of the house and to accept
its suggestions—words which may indicate a desire
for real co-operation, or a supineness ready to bend
to any fate. The House of Commons is fortunately
not called upon nicely to discriminate the mean-
ing of these phrases. Its desire—and in this
respect, as in so many others, it reflects the spirit
and intelligence of the nation—is to settle the
problem of Reform on terms which may be accepted
as permanent for a generation. It has declared
over and over again the necessity of an extensive
enfranchisement ; it has manifested as often its de-
termination not to take away anything from its own
representative character. But now there is a need
of prompt and immediate action, compared with
which the fate of a Ministry or the ambition of an
&pposition is a matter of trifling consideration. To
eject the present occupants of office from the
Treasury Bench would delay the solution of Reform
for at least twelve months, and too probably for a
longer period ; to keep them there is to employ the
services of several able administrators, and to con-
ciliate an opposition which might be too powerful if
unloosed.: The highest considerations demand a de-
termination to abstain from party triumphs. The
House of Commons must take the Ministry at their
word, and mould the resolutions so as to correspond
to the requirements of the case. The house must
express the sense the Chancellor of the Exchequer
is ready to consult ; it must put forth the sugges-
tions he is willing, on behalf of his colleagues, to
accept ; and so the session of 1867 may not be
wasted, and the work of Reform may be accom-
plished.
HERALD—In the fortnight which is to elapse
before the House of Commons will be asked to enter
upon the consideration of the Government resolu-
tions, the country will, we trust, study carefully,
and consider fairly, the speech of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. We do not think we allow ourselves
to be blinded by our long admiration for the dis-
tinguished leader of our party when we say that it
affords a conclusive vindication of the course which
the Government has resolved upon pursuing, and
an irrefragable statement of the true principles of
Parliamentary Reform. In calling upon the House
of Commons to divest itself of that party spirit
with which it has usually and legitimately ap-
proached the discussion of this question, Mr. Disraeli,
who certainly is not the man to underrate the im-
portance of party organisation, or to dispute the
benefits of party spirit, summoned the house to
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co-
operation
of the other side of the house, can settle it.
The Government does not present its scheme to the
house saying, " Take this
resolved to ide by the leading principles of its own
or none at all." Whilst
plan, which it could not abandon with honour or
safety, it will receive propositions coming from the
other side of the house with the desire to find in them
the means of rendering the measure more complete
and satisfactory. In fact, the Government says to
the House of Commons—" This question of Reform
is one of your own stirring up. By the manner in
which you have dealt with it its settlement has now
become a matter of urgent importance. We have
resolved to do our utmost to bring aboutthat settle-
ment; and the only way in which we can find a pos-
sibility of attaining it is to take you into our confi-
dence, to invite your co-operation. It would have
been more agreeable to us to introduce a bill ; but
this is not a time to consider the complacency of
Ministers or the pride of parties, and our past expe•
rience shows the danger of that policy. To effect
a settlement of this question we must all give and
take. We ask you, therefore, to meet us, to rise
superior to mere party spirit, as we have risen above
our personal predilections. We want to bring in a
bill that will pass,
and pass with promptitude."
DAILY NEWS.—Of all the places of evening en-
tertainment which are now open in London there is
none more attractive than the House of Commons
when Mr. Disraeli is announced to perform. This
great actor's British Constitutional Statesman is as
clever a personation as his Buckinghamshire coun-
try gentleman. Both are a little artificial ; but they
are not the less amusing on that account. But
though amusement is very
well in its way, it ought
not to interfere with business. To be put off with a
player when a statesman is needed, is as impertinent
as a jest out of place. Mr. Disraeli's speech yes-
terday evening must have brought these reflections
home to the minds of his most enthusiastic admirers
in the very crisis of their enjoyment of his eccentric
history, his whimsical philosophy, and his piquant
personalities. The practical conclusion of his
lengthened exposition is clear. The Government is
determined to keep office, and to let Reform take its
chance. It is not, Mr. Disreali has discovered, a
question on which the fate of ministries should de-
pend. It is not a party question, because all parties
have tried their hands at it and failed. It is a
House of Commons question, because the House of
Commons has refused to accept any of the proposi-
tions of the various Administrations which have
attempted to deal with it ; and because the motions
which revived the subject in and after the year
1848, and the amendment which defeated Lord
Derby's Bill in 1859, proceeded from private and in-
dependent members.
m in bigproperty
basis is
for nothing
er
POST.—lnto the merits of the resolutions it would
be premature to enter at present. We may, how-
ever, say at once there
objec-
tionable involved in any of them. Rating furnishes,
t
perhaps, a better_
qualification than rental, and so the majority of the
necessarily
House of Commons thought last year when they
adopted Lord Dunkellin's motion and defeated the
Government. Again, no one can seriously complain
if no boroughs are completely disfranchised, pro-
vided the franchise is extended to their satisfaction.
Those who represent the borough interest may de-
mur to Mr. Disraeli's figures, and the inferences he
would draw from them, but still the general prin-
ciple of the third resolution would probably be ac-
cepted by those who were truly anxious about the
passingf 1
of a Reform Th eau t which we fancy
will be found with the resolutions is that they carry
us a short way on our journey, and that their accept-
ance is quite consistent with the future loss of the
measure they are intended to introduce. The vital
issue will not be raised until the House of Commons
is asked to decide whether the Government offer a
sufficient extension of the franchise. But on this
point they are now silent. When the House goes
into committee on the resolutions, we conceive it
will be the duty of the Government to state the
substance of the measure they propose ; as other-
wise the house may reasonably object to pledging
itself to resolutions in total ignorance of the man-
ner in which they arc to be applied. We did not,
however, understand Mr. Disraeli to say that the
resolutions should be discussed otherwise than as
abstract propositions, and we cannot therefore
assume that the initiatory step proposed by the Go-
vernment will be taken as a matter of course even

167.

Bill
by those most desirous of seeing a lib.corin
passed.
ADVERTISnII.—It is due to the Derby Minist..' to
say, that while we do not quite like the visage ofth,2
forthcoming Reform measure, so far as we fancy we
can discern some of its features, we are willing to
wait until it is Hie and fairly unfolded befog.; we
condemn it. Mr. Disraeli again and again assured
the house that Ministers were willing to listen at-
tentively, and to give due weight to any sugges-
tions
which may be made with the view of improv-
ing the measure. Under these circumstances it
would be ungracious to prejudge their scheme, or to
assume towards it a hostile attitude. But while we
are willing to extend every possible amount of in-
dulgence
to the Government, and not condemn their
measure before it has been submitted to Parliament
and the public, we deem it right to make some ob-
servations with the view of indicating what we con-
sider indispensable provisions in any Reform mea-
sure which the country can be expected to accept
as a satisfactory settlement of the question. First,
everybody expects that there will be a large ex-
tension of tke suffrage downwards. To suppose
that Mr. Disraeli will bring in a bill, or resolu-
tions, having no such feature, is to suppose that
he must have taken leave of his senses. But how
shall the suffrage be extended? Shall the £7
householders, or the £8 householders, or the £5
householders, be enfranchised ? Somehow or other
no one appears to expect either of these conces-
sions. People have come to the conclusion—we
know not on what grounds—that the new measure
is to grant, in some way or other, absolute house-
hold suffrage. If it does so, it will be more libe-
ral than Lord Russell's bills of 1852, 1854, and
1864, and more liberal than Mr. Gladstone's bill of
last year. But then, if such a proposal as this be
made, we must expect to find it balanced by some
provisoes intended to prevent the utter " swamp-
ing" of the higher and middle classes. Such pro-
visoes have been recommended by several noted
Liberals. Eighty years ago, Mr. Horne Tooke pro-
posed a wide suffrage, but he proposed also to give
ten votes to each of the wealthier electors. More
recently, Mr. Bouamy Price, Mr. Rathbone Greg,
and Mr. Mill have given their approval of such a
safeguard. Mr. Mill, however, only suggests six
votes each for the educated classes.
TELEGRAPII.—We are not going to quarrel with
Ministers about their motives—we assume good
motives; we are not going to question the spirit in
which they have acted—we sympathise with the
painful plight of so many politicians debarred from
the luxury of indulging in the last infirmity of noble
minds. Mr. Disraeli may leap into the gulf which
he helped to open, and we shall condole with the
survivors. But, we ask, what claim have the pre-
sent Government—except, perhaps, their willing-
ness to become the clerks of the house—upon that
forbearance which they demand almost as a right?
Why, for their sakes, should we abandon, even for
a moment, that great modern improvement, the salt
of the Parliamentary system, the real distinction
between the English and the American system—
government by responsible Ministers ? 'Why should
we repeal responsible government for a session in
order that the Cabinet of Lord Derby should re-
main in office ? The British Constitution and par-
liamentary usage are no doubt elastic enough to
lend themselves to forms of procedure ; but far
stronger reasons must be shown for acquiescence in
this particular form, if it is to have full warrant.
It is no light thing to throw upon the entire house
the burlien of responsibilities that properly belong
to Government. And for what ? That we may
discuss and adopt resolutions which, so far as they
have been explained, are alike distasteful to the
house and to the country. If, when they are be-
fore us, the resolutions do not promise a sounder
measure of reform than that sketched by Mr. Dis-
raeli, the Government must then take them back and
tell us what they really mean, or take themselves
out of office. There is no other alternative. As
we Understand it, this Tory plan for the evolution
of au inadequate project, intended to " reconstruct
the House of Commons," is one that lands us in
nothing less than a Convention Parliament and a
Provisional Government.

THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION.

THE SPEECHES AT THE AGRICULTURAL

HALL.

On the platform were Mr. E. Beales, M.A., Col.
Dickson, Professors Rogers and Beesley, Dr. Per-
fitt, Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., Mr. P. A. Taylor,
M.P., The Donoghue, M.P., Mr. Bradlaugh, Mr.
Ernest Jones, &c. The Scottish deputations :
Glasgow—Councillor John Burt, president ; James
Moir, vice-president ; and Mr. George Jackson,
secretary of the Scottish National Reform League.
Auchtermuchty, Messrs. John and Thos. Menzies ;
Aberdeen, Mr. John Anderson ; Dumbartonshire,
Mr. James Nisbet; Edinburgh, Mr. John Grant;
Galashiels, Mr. Oliver Rae ; Haddington, Mr.
Robert M'Donald ; Kilmarnock, Mr. C. Johnson
and banner ; Paisley, Councillor Robert Cochrane ;
Port Glasgow, Mr. Alex. Carmichael ; Selkirk, Mr.
David Linton.

Mr. BEALES, who upon coming forward to address
the meeting was loudly cheered, said that he con-
gratulated them on the demonstration of that day,
which had been conspicuous for its observance of
law and order, and of which the metropolis might,
well be proud. The speaker next explained the rea-
sons for the absence of Mr. Bright, and read a letter
from Mr. J. S. Mill, who stated asone of the reasons
for his absence that he considered that " his taking
part in any public meetings should be confined to
exceptional circumstances." Mr. Beales proceeded
to comment on the letter, which he pronounced to
be in its general terms very different to the homily
which Lord Derby had treated them (the Reform
Leaguers) etrsak)e to
place i, n ;
the House of Lords on Friday
night, when he said that they would be held re-
sponsible for any destruction of property which
but it was the law, and not Lord
Derby, who would have to decide that question. He
(Mr. Beales) would like to know how their demon-
stration differed from any Royal or municipal pro-
cessions. He would tell Lord Derby who were the
men that were responsible for any breach of law
and order. It was the party who foolishly, obsti-
nately, and selfishly resisted the just claims of the
people, and sought to maintain class interests.
Why, even Lord Russell was so carried away by
class feelings and oligarchical prejudices as to
declare that manhood suffrage and the ballot,
which had been declared for at large meetings,
through the length and breadth of the land, had not
a single supporter in either House of Parliament.
(Groans.) But Lord Derby had said that such con-
cessions would be equivalent to revolution. Ile
(Mr. Beales) contended that the Government and
the Parliament were at variance with the people.
(Hear, hear.) To deny the people the rights they
claimed was a violation of all common sense, law,
and decency—political decency ; and he charged
Lord Derby with violating the true principles of the
Constitution. Mr. Beaks concluded by deprecating
any wish on the part of the Reform League to dis-
turb the public peace, but said that they would con-
tinue to agitate this question until the people of the
United Kingdom had their full share of political
power. (Loud cheers.)
The Reform League Minstrels, at this stage of
the proceedings, vocally rendered " The Reform
League Chorus," which was received with loud
cheers.
Professor ROGERS, president of the Oxford Re-
form League, proposed the first resolution, asrd
fol-
lows : " That this meeting consider it their
which is not based
duty to distinctly declare thatno
ofm theetahsourpeefooprlein
Parliament will be satisfactory
improvement of the representation
upon the principle of the people
directly and personally so represented, itea
such representation being only virtual and sectional,
and that such direct and real representation can only
themselvesus bdein ofg
a
be effected by means of residential and registered
manhood suffrage, protected in its free and honest
exercise of the ballot." He said that they distrusted,
and
with good reason, the persons who had taunted
them in the first place, and who now would mock
them with a delusive promise, which, if carried out,
would only be a mockery and a sham. The °Ned;
of the present meeting was to endeavour to secure
those rights for the people of which they had so
longio
been
Commonsunjustly
toelected baylitehye nationwished ; theand
h use of
with regard to the House of Lords, they wished to
be deprived.

PRICE.— id.
STAMPED sd.

relegate it to its proper functions. Whilst it was
intriguing against the liberties of the people, as it
was at present, it was transgressing those functions.
With regard to class legislation, let them look at the
Cati; le Plague Bill and the Night Ponelii:m: Act, by
pt, Iple were taxed to find gamekeepers
for the.rich. But, crowning wrong of all, let
them look at the present state of Ireland, the coun-
try which had been misgoverned for centuries. After
some fartiler remarks on these subjects the speaker
concluded by moving the resolution.
THE o'DoNoGIICE, M.P., seconded the resolution.
He said he had just left the House of Commons,
and he could tell them as a matter of fact that the
Government had not introduced a Reformßili. (Loud
groans, and cries of "Turn them out") The im-
pression left on his mind was that the Tory party in-
tended to carry a Reform Bill through the House of
Commons without consulting the people. They
would see the papers in the morning, and be able to
decide whether the impression on his mind was the
correct one. The hon. gentleman then spoke at
considerable length on the reform question, andcom-
pared the electoral franchise as at present existing in
some of the continental countries, in America, and
in the
.colonies, with that existing in this country,
and asked if the English nation would be content
with their present fractional possession of political
power. He said that millions of the people in Ire-
land would unite with the people of this country in
advancing the common cause of reform.
Mr. T. B. POTTER, M.P., in supporting the mo-
tion, alluded, amidst considerable interruptions to
several of the features of the reform measure pro-
posed by Mr. Disraeli, which he characterised as
wholly unsatisfactory and not of a genuine character.
He stated that it transferred no portion of the pre-
sent overwhelming power of the landed interest, but
which was carefully revised to protect them.
Mr. TAYLOR, M.P., supported the resolution, and
said that he had just come from the Theatre of St.
Stephens, and he had gladly escaped from that
atmosphere to the Agricultural Hall. At the pre-
sent time the House of Commons was thinking of
how much reform it could give them without con-
ceding too much of its present interests ; and, se-
condly, how little they could induce the people to
accept.

Mr. Moir. (of the Scottish Reform League), in
supporting the resolution, said that there was a set
of " audacious wretches" in the country, both north
and south, who spoke of the masses of the people as
having no stake in the country ; but had they no
stake ? Why, they were liable to be called upon to
sacrifice their lives in the service of their country,
and he thought that a large stake. Some time ago
he had been asked for what reason he would give a
vote to a man who could not write, and his reply
was for the same reason that the inquirer would jus-
tify the punishment of a man for breaking a law
which ho had never heard of.

put to the meeting and
_
carriedl'he ruesnoalnnitmioonuswlyff then

Mr. Ernest Jones proposed the second resolution
as follows :—" That this meeting desires most ear-
nestly to press upon the Liberal members of the
House of Commons the absolute necessity, as they
regard the peace and welfare of the country, of not
consenting to any measure of Reform designed to
evade the full and just rights of the people to be
directly represented in their own branch of the
Legislature." He said that the Tory Government
was a " Godsend" to many half-hearted Liberals,
and would enable them to accept a small measure of
Reform and then excuse themselves on the plea that
they had taken the most they could get from the
Tories. The Tories had saddled the country with a
vast national debt, and if they could have had their
way we should now have been at war with the
United Stetes of America. They were the enemies
of progress, and whilst all tie rest of the world was
pressing onwards, the Tories were standing still.

Professor BEESLEY seconded the resolution. He
said be was in no hurry to see the question settled ;
he hoped they would not take the advice of those
parties who said, take all you can get. They were
close upon obtaining manhood suffrage in 1832, and
if they had not compromised the matter would have
had it granted them.
Mr. BRADLAUGH supported the resolution. He
said they had shown how many hundreds of thou-
sands of working men they could take out into the
streets of London on this question, and it
would show the Government that if they did
not give them the measures they asked that
they could sweep them (the Government) away
from their path. lie advised them not to be
content with simply passing these " sham resolu-
tions."
He trusted they would not consent to be
governed by the present House of Commons, which
was composed of the railway interest, the sons and
relatives of the peers, and were the worthless out-
side gill which concealed the rotten gingerbread
underneath which was predominant, whilst the
people were prevented from sending true value in
the persons of t hose they might desire to choose as
their representatives.
The Rev. A. O'NEILL proposed the third resolu-
tion, filled up as follows :—" That, in the opinion
of this meeting, the propositions made in the House
of Commons this evening, on the subject of the
Reform of the representation of the people in Par-
liament, are eminently unsatisfactory, and com-
pleted the proof of the present Government being
unworthy of the confidence of the country."

Mr. Councillor BURT, of the Glasgow Reform
League, seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried, and
The proceedings terminated with the customary
votes of thanks.

A grand banquet took place at Washington on
the Bth January in commemoration of the 52d an-
niversary of the battle of New Orleans in 1815.
The Hon. F. P. Blair presided. Among the guests
were Senators Cowan, of Pennsylvania ; Sauls-
bury, of Delaware ; Hendricks, of Indiana, and a
number of others ; Hons. A. J. Rogers, of New
Jersey; John Hogan, of Missouri ; Judge Charles
Mason, Thomas J. Henley, of Indiana ; Mr. Kerr,
of Indiana ; Montgomery Blair, F. P. Blair, sr., of
Maryland ; the Hon. George Taylor, of Brooklyn,
New York ; Hon. J. M. Humphrey, of New York ;
Mr. Finck, of Ohio; Mr. Akins, of the same State; C.
Winfield, of New York. The Texas delegation were all
present; also Mr. L. D. Evans, of the same State
Messrs. Glossbrenner and An ; the Hon. Mr.
Wheeler, of North Carolina ; Mr. Niblack, of In-
' diana ; Mr. Trimble, of Kentucky ; Voorhees, of
alndnivamnabecJuodf
of
,t,hNPresidenteou sn
ti wtaeta(els enthusiastically
a tietsts;loe:ninldeeowrililleNtl rhoheoecfaresciai
tnaoehsynde ,3
Constitution,
tgntitti,oi
luintdtlhieeer
course of his speech, in reply to the toast, " The
the
ealetloi
nosftitthnetioi
lPresident,torenofoutnh Unitedceeits
place StaSta tienes,,
conditionUllion of a mere territorial
lieleethe Federal head. The one is a
dependencyddpliou'siwctrliulendprgrtaittoloini e fiduraeongutndor::°:alni dissolution of the Government ;
the other is consolidation and the exercise of despotic
power. The advocates of either are alike e
enemies. enemies of the Union and of our Federal form of
government.

By the new French press law printers and pub-
lishers will only have to make a simple declaration
of their place of residence and qualifications. It is
believed that the newspaper stamp will be reduced
to three centimes. It is not yet known whether
non-political publications will be submitted to the
same duty.
NN'e hear that the manufacture of the cable for the
new North Atlantic telegraph route from Europe to
America, via Iceland and Greenland, will soon be
commenced at Liverpool, and the line will be com-
pleted this year or next.

The following letter has .
editor of the Anglo-American Timev--
Sir,—No two nations are doing so raucltto mkd
the character of each other as England and America.
To promote between them mutual harmony by
mutual knowledge is a truly noble work. This is
the work of the Anglo-American Times, and by it
many friends of liberty and peace are strengthener-1
and encouraged in their struggles for the riglit
While thanking you for your labours I would join
.
in the sentiment recently expressed by my friend
the Rev. A. L. Post, of Pennsylvania, published in.'
the London Freeman, that. England and Amerka
might unitedly advance in wise and just measures,
and become leaders and examples to other nations.
I will refer to three historical facts to show the -value
of mutual knowledge between England and America.
The battle of New Orleans was fought January 8,
1815, but peace between England and America was
concluded on the 24th December, ISI4. A tele_
gram to that effect by an Atlantic cable—bad one
then been laid—would have saved the lives of a
thousand Englishmen slain in that battle. In 1811
there were two parties in the American Congress--
one for peace with England, the other for war.
The latter party declaimed against England on ac-
count of the " Orders in Council," which, though
framed against the policy and edicts of Bonaparte,
injured American commerce. The peace party, an-
ticipating that very soon intelligence might be
received that the objectionable " orders" had be en
repealed, asked for more time. A vote Was taken,
and it was decided by one majority not to wait.
War was declared soon after the expected intelli-
gence reached America of the repeal of the " orders,"
but it was then too late. Could a telegram have,
been sent to America announcing their repe.l,
the peace party would have carried its cause
prepar-
ing triumphantly and prevented the war. When Mason
and Slidell were taken from the 7 rent the Ameri-
can Government designed to surrender them if re-
aqnudesateicnl
itloliodno
of pounds
po'lrinhdisswwaesronoetxkpnonowdendinin aEulan
for war. Could each Government have sent a
telegram to the other that amount of money would
have been saved.

But in commencing my letter I designed to refer
to the knowledge communicated by the press in the
Southern States, and to show its influence on the
future of the Union. The slave party has always
been hostile to the liberty of the press. When the
rebellion began there were but two free presses in'all
the slave States. A free press through all the South
would have prevented secession. President John-
son's policy represents the ruling classes of the
South unchecked by the influence of a free press.
But a transition is going on. The Southern press
is obtaining its liberty. This obtained, the inte-
rests and sympathies of the people will be one,
North and South, and the Congress and the Presi-
dent one in their policy as exponents of the will of
the people.

When the anti-slavery reform began the liberty
of the press, even in the free States, had been de-
stroyed by the slave party. William Lloyd Garrison
published au anti-slavery newspaper in Boston,
Massachusetts. For this he was dragged through

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the streets with a rope and thrust into prison; but he
maintained his ground, and published the Liberator
in that city till the slaves were free. J. G. Birney
published an anti-slavery paper at Cincinnati. The
press was destroyed, but re-established, and after-
wards removed to Washington. In its columns in
that city " Uncle Tom's Cabin" appeared in chap-
ters. This was its origin. The anti-slavery press
of John G. Whittier was destroyed by a mob in
Philadelphia, but the attempt to publish it was re-
newed with success, and it was continued to the
end of slavery. The Rev. Mr. Lovejoy published
an anti-slavery newspaper in Alton, Illinois, and
for this was slain by the mob. Two friends of the
slave, Benjamin Lundy and Zebiva Eastman (the
latter now the American Consul in this city) re-
' solved, without knowing each other's design, to re-
establish a free press in that State, and succeeded
in doing so. Eventually the whole Northern presa
opposed the extension of slavery, and thus enabled
the Federal Government to carry out this policy,
whatever it might cost. But, passing from the
Free to the Slave States, I observe that in all, these
either state-law or lynch-law prevented discussion
on the slavery question, and no press was free. Mr.
Clay, the present American Ambassador to Russia,
having emancipated his slaves, established in Ken-
tucky an anti-slavery press. A mob gathered and
determined to destroy it. Mr. Clay resolved to
defend it, and having made his will placed a
small cannon in the office. A few friends sup.
ported him with their presence and aid. Eventually,
while he was ill, the mob broke into the office,
boxed up the press, and sent it to a free State. Ile
maintained his ground, and printing his paper in a
free, published it in a slave State. It was suspended
in the Mexican war. When I visited Kentucky I
laboured to re-establish it, but was compelled to
leave on pain of death. Six weeks afterwards
Mr. Clay established an anti-slavery paper in that
State. It was, I believe, merged in the Louisville
Journal; and this, with the Free South, published
at Newport, in the same State, were the only free
presses in the South, where the rebellion began..
Hence there was no opportunity in the slave States
of discussing the questions of liberty and union—
secession and slavery. There was no check to the
power, and no contradiction of the falsehoods of
slaveholders. There was no opportunity of en-
lightening the people ; of ascertaining the strength
and numbers of Union men ; and forewarning the
millions of non-slaveholders of the inevitable de-
struction that must come upon them from the might
of the North. A free press through the South
would have been a better support to the Federal
Government than armies or navies. But the press
was subsidised by the slave party, and secession
followed.
As the Federal military power advanced in the
South, free presses sprang up to sink again when-
ever that power was withdrawn.
But the slave system has departed, and with it
the chief motive to paralyse the freedom of
the press. Both editors and people are acquiring
new courage. Wherever in the. South the policy of
justice to the black man is fully discussed, it secures
the voice of the people. A large measure of power,
owing to the ignorance and prejudices of the people,
is still in the hands of the ex-slaveholders, and they
have still a heavy hand on the freedom of the press.
This is but temporary. The North must give
character to the Federal Government, and this will
secure a free press for the South.
in ess formerlyee published
a;h
e y sym-
pathised As illustrative of the transition nowgfouilnlg on,s
J.
Nashville, R. Graves,
Tennessee will refer to a new paper just issued at -Memphis,
Tennessee, under the title of The Baptist. Its
ipedinagttho Nirs'eadttchhweei newspapertz Rev.hthe rebellion, but succeeded in escap-
ing on the approach of the Federal army.
He says in his new journal, " If any look to me to
foster the fell spirit of hate and revenge that rankles
in the breasts and burns upon the tongues of some
of our brethren they will be disappointed. . . .
What can we effect by fomenting feelings of hatred
and malignity, but to sow the noxious seeds in the
breasts of our offspring that will and must inevit-
ably fruit in another harvest of desolation ? As
Christians, do we desire to repeat the scenes of
the past four years in each succeeding generation ?
Are we so earthly as to desire that our sons may
find graves upon future battlefields, and devote our
daughters to widowhood and sorrow ? Forbid it,
gracious God !"
President Johnson values the advantages of a
free press, as the interview with the American
correspondent of the Times evinces ; but I do not
learn that any thing was said during the interview
be wrought
upon the beneficial effects which wouldlreurs
very
truly,
out by a free press in the South.
Bristol, Feb. 5, 18G7. EDWARD MATHEWS.

will cost jetty, traversed
15 millions of
francs, and take six years to complete.
A telegram from Cairo announces that two large
steam
and
ywo an
works
immenselvil
states that M. passaud, the contractor, has siqnc(l
tugs
arrived have
passed through the fresh water
canal safely at Suez. The isthme SIPS ue .z
an agreement with `the Viceroy to construct two
ports, one military and the other commercial. They
will breailswepaayr.ateTdheb