The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-28 00:00:00

CONCLUSION.

As the sum of all, the hand of Lincoln raised the flag :
the American people was the hero of the war ; and there-
fore the result is a new era of republicanism. The dis-
turbances in the country grew.not out of anything repub-
lican, but out of slavery, which is a part of the system of
hereditary wrong ; and the expulsion of this domestic
anomaly opens to the renovated nation a career of un-
thought-of dignity and glory. Henceforth our country
has a moral unity as the land of free labour. The party
for slavery and the party against slavery are no more, and
are merged in the party of union and freedom. The
States which would have left us are not brought back
as conquered States, for then we should hold them
only so long as that conquest could be maintained ; but
they come to their rightful place under the Constitu-
tion, as original, necessary, and inseparable members of
the State.

We build monuments to the dead, but no monuments of
victory. We respect the example of the Romans, who
never, even in conquered lands, raised monuments of
triumph. And our generals are not to be classed in the
herd of vulgar conquerors, but are of the school of Timo-
leon and William of Orange and Washington. They have
used the sword only to give peace to their country, and re-
store her to her place in the great assembly of nations. Our
meeting closes in hope, now that a people begin to live ac-
cording to the laws of reason, and republicanism is en-
trenched in a continent.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

BRECON (BOROITGE).

Yesterday the election of a member for the
borough of Brecon and town of Llywel, in the room
of the late Col. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, took place
at Brecon. When the vacancy first arose a strong
contest was expected, three candidates having en-
tered the field—viz., the Earl of Brecknock in the
Liberal interest, Mr. Howel Gwyn on the Conser-
vative side, and Dr. Price (all locally connected) as
representing the advanced Liberal party. Both of
the last named, however, having since retired, the
field was left to the Earl of Brecknock alone.
Mr. DE WINTON nominated the Earl of Breck-
nock, and Mr. MORDECAL JONES seconded the
nomination,

No other candidate being proposed, the MAYOR
declared the Earl of Brecknock to be duly elected.
The Earl of BRECKNOCK addressed the electors.
They had elected him to support a Liberal Go-
vernment, and he would make a few remarks on
the policy of the late Lord Palmerston. In spite
of large remissions of taxation, the army and
navy were in a state of great efficiency, and they
had a volunteer force to fall back upon. In spite of
the American war, which had crippled their trade,
the cotton trade was now again flourishing. He was
a Churchman, but considered that the present sys-
tem of church rates worked injuriously to the
Church and on those who dissented. On the subject
of Reform he believed that the Constitution would
be benefited by the admission to the franchise of
those members of the working classes who had
proved themselves to be worthy to exercise it. He
had great confidence in Earl Russell. He believed
that the measure which he intended to bring for-
ward would be such, that while it preserved the
balance of power between classes, it would give the
franchise to a great body of those who were, as he
had said, entitled to exercise it, and that it would
include many who were at present excluded because
they happened to live in lodgings. He thought
every elector should exercise his privilege freely
and openly, and, therefore, was or posed to the
ballot. But he should like to see canvassing
abolished, although he must say that he had
enjoyed his canvass so much that he did not care
how often he had such a duty to perform. He was
afraid, however, that nothing could cure this evil
until it was made illegal to use any influence in in-
ducing electors to vote. On the subject of the
malt-tax, he should like to see the- tax reduced and
beer made cheaper for the working man, but six
millions was a large revenue to give up. As to
Jamaica, he recommended that people should sus-
pend their judgment on the conduct of Governor
Eyre until the Commissioners sent over to Jamaica
had made their report. He approved_ the conduct
of the Government in this matter, and also for what
they had done in relation to the cattle plague. As
to Ireland, he was not prepared to give an opinion
on the question of legislation for that country, but
would give the matter his best attention.
Three cheers were then given for the new member,
for the Mayor, and for members of the noble can-
didate's family, and the proceedings ended.