The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-26 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1857.

Reformers—be firm, be true to yourselves, be
unanimous, be consistent throughout the whole
of the Liberal constituencies, and you have every
reason to count upon the realisation of your
dearest hopes in the New P.srliament.
Of this, the various leaders of the various
parties have themselves afforded you the guaran-
tee. They are bidding against each other M Re-
formers. Even the Conservatives are doing this
as formally as they can with any decency ! Read
their several Addresses. Compare their mani-
festoes one with another. Contrast, as plainly as
you possibly can, the terms in which each appoali
to his own individual constituency. Aud then
say whether it is practicable to draw from them
any other inference !

Mr. DISRAELI, for example, in his Address to
the Electors of Buckinghamshire. What does he
say ? What do we hear upon this head even from
the Right Hon. Leader (in the House of Commons)
of the Tory Opposition ? Why this—nothing
less than this :

"THE GENERAL POLICY WHICH I WOULD ENFORCE AT TIIIS JUNC.
TURE MAY BE• CONTAINED IN THESE WORDS-lIONOURABLE PEACE,

REDUCED TAXATION, AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT

Lord PALMERSTON, again, the popular States-
man, " The British Minister," the head of Her
MAJESTY'S Government. What have we heard
from him.? What does he promise? Observe—

".JUDICIOUS AND WELL-ItEGULATFD ECONOMY, PRO9RE3SIVE

MOVEMENT IN ALL THAT CONCERNS TIIE WELFARE OF TIIE NATION

TILE C)NTINUED DIFFUSION OF EDUCATION AMONG TILE PEOPLE,, AND

SUCH Yt'ELL-CONSIDERED REFORMS AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE

REQUIRED BY CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, AND BY TILE INCREASING

GROWTH OF INTELLIGENCE !"
Aud Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Arbiter of the
Destinies of Political Parties in the House of
Commons. What of hint ? What are his pros-
pective engagements ? What ? Why, note them
well—they are still more sequential, still more
distinct, still more cAtegorical ! Where he re-
marks :

" By ESTABLISHING PEACE ON LASTING FOUNDATIONS WE snALL

OBTAIN THE MEANS OF ENFORCING ECONOMY IN TIIE PUBLIC EXPEND

TORE,

WITH PEACE AND ECONOMY WE SHALL OBTAIN LEISURE TO

PURSUE THE WORK OF LEGAL, SOCIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND POLI
TICAL REFORM V'

So : each declares positively, in the first place,
for "Peace," _and for a Peace, be it observed,
that shall be at once secure and honourable 1
Each pronounces, in definite terms, in favour of
"Economy !" Each formally and absolutely pro-
mises the nation—" Improvement I" Mr. Drs-
RA.ELI—" Social Improvement." Lord PALMER,-
STON--" Progressive Improvement." Lord JOHN
RUSSELL—phinging boldly into the plural—lm-
provements, or rather Reforms, "legal, social,
ecclesiastical, and politicpl."
We cannot think for a moment, win Lord
JOHN, that " the terms Peace, Economy, and R.:-
form have lost their charm to the ears of the pre-
sent generation." The mere fact of the
remarkable coincidence here notified by our-
selves, we take to be absolute proof to
the contrary the fact of tile unprecon-
certed declaration for the "Three" by the Threa
great political Chiefs now going to the country at
the head of more than a thousand candidates.
" PEACE—ECONOMY—REFORM''—those are the
watchwords, alike, it would seem, of Whigs and
Tories, of Liberals and Canservatives. It in Ittsrs
little who the Minister may be from whom
Reforms, for example, are obtained. L us only
obtain thou'. That is what we want. That is
what the country wants. And that is obviously
what the country has a pretty reasonable prospect
Jfoulsltorthoof obtaining—If the Reformers will only
recommendation of the Painter's Imp
in one of Mr. TILICKER AY'S 1110:A fan fa- tic Sketches.
A comical little Devil incarcerated in a tiny blad-
der of pigment just as the Geni was inclos,:cl in
the brass pot dragged up from the bottom of the sea
by the Arabian fisherman. Which said Paint-il'i
Imp (own cousin, we should fancy, to the Printer's
Devil), announced his wish for Liberation in the
one (literally) ex-pressive monosyli."7_
ti S-Q-U- E- E-Z- Er :

Let Reformers only "squeeze" vigorously—ancl
their dearest hopes, we repeat, are at this juncture