The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-06 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1844.

Of all political enigmas—and they abound in
these days of shift and expediency the most
difficult to be solved is the enigma of the
politics of the Morning Pint. He must be a
clever man who can discover the Longitude, but
cleverer still who can discover the principles of our
eece.ntrie Contemporary. One day he runs upon a
Conservative tack; the next, he puts the helm about,
and makes sail in an ultra-Tory direction. Now, he
is all for the peopla; and now, he is all for
prerogative. On Thursday,. he is a staunch
advocate for constitutional principles ; on Friday,
he fights with equal zeal in behalf of JAMES
who did his utmost to destroy those prin-
ciples:. 'Will the . Poe be considerate enough
o tell us what he- really is, and what are the political
doctrines which he upholds ? He is not a Tory, for
TorYitra repudiates the claims cf the people; he is
not a Conservative, for Conservatism is a thing of
petty trick and truckling expediency--and, to do our.
Contemporary justice, there is nothing tricky or time-
serving about him; for he has at least the merit of
being honest, so ler as he is intelligible ; he is not a
Whig, for Whiggery is of the Doetrinaire school, and
he evidently hates that school with as much hearti-
ness as the Devil hates holy water ; and he is
not a Chartist, fur Chartism is subveriive of all
the constitutional laws of the realm. Poisibly he
niay be what is called a Whig-Radical—that is to-
aaytan independent, straightforward Reformer, who,
abjurieg allegiance to party, regards only principles;
but this can scarcely be the case, for he is furious to
Is degree against the notion of unrestricted freedom in
commerce; and vvouid, we suspect, hail the hour that
should see MeSSTS. COBDEN and BRIGIIT strung up
back to back upon a lamp-post. Then, too, he is op-
posed to ell necessary reforms in the Church; is
of opinion that. the _ hierarchy has not half
power or consideration enough ; and laments,
with the solemn pathos of a JEBEMIAII, the
gradual decline of pure, unleavened priestcraft.
is
evident, from this, . that our Contemporary -cannot
be a Liberal Reformer;
and once again, therefore, we
ask will he vouchsafe to-tell us what he is—or rather,
what he is not ? . His leading article.of this morning
clearly shows that, whatever else he may be, heis-no
Ministerialist, for he denounces the PEEL Cabinet in
the most energetic, unqualified terms, and boldly
states that if they were all to be transported to
Botany Bay to-morrow —we Wish to GOD. thOy
were t—they would - not leave a single scut behind
them to lament their expatriation. Thus speaks the
Post on this delicate point :—" Ministers have better
talents and more prudence than their predecessors,
but we lament to be obliged to say that they do not
appear to have any batter principles. It is morally
impossible that such men should-awaken any warmth
of afrection On the part of ration. The national
heart is as much neglected as if'-the're were Tro
such thing. Ministers seem totally incapable of raising
any such sentiment in the public mind, or of even
Appreciating the vain?, of it! Friends they have hot
in•tbeir capacity of public men, nor has any principle