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IOLtP4 QUIS DICIAZ TALSUM AUDILAT ?

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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1910;

An Opposition Paper of this .morning has pub-
li,hed a long lamentation on the total defeat of the
hopes of the Party, accompanied by a violentinvec-
tive against the present Alinisters, for -their unpar-
donable obstinacy in retaining their. seats. We are,
4.sr from being disposed to treat theses ebullitions of
di,,appointinent with severity, becauSe we are ready.
to'confess that the events which occurred in the last
Session, of Parliament were quite sufficient, if not to
justify, at least to. palliate, the petulance and que-
rulousness which the Party have displayed. They
bad contrived 'to raise their,hopes to so high a pitch,
and looked. for ward to. the accomplishment of their
ambitious schemes with so much confidence, that
they are utterly unable to bear their disappointment
th common fortitude. But their own expressive
langmge is the best calculated to convey the nature
of their feelings.

" Never," say they, " never was human sagacity
so baffled, or the well-grounded anticipations of hu-
wan reasoning so completely contradicted, as by
the continuance of such men in the direEtion of our
public affairs."

' This is undoubtedly very pathetic, but the saga-
city of the TALENTS hat been so frequently deceiv-
ed, and their anticipations have been so frequently'
frustrated, that we should have thought that they
might have acquired by habit, something like pa-
tience. As we sincerely wish to save the paity from
unnecessary paip, and to prevent theni in future
from sustaining such galling disappointments, we
would recommeta to them before they indulge in
sanguine expeaations for the future, to examine
carefully the ground upon which such expeaationS
are founded. The party complain most loudly
OA the present Ministers have not been re-
moved from office, and that they have not
been appointed to 'ucceed them ; and they say, that
human sagacity is baffled" to llnd out why this de-
sirable ei:ent has not happened, and why all their
" well-grounded anticipations" turned out to'rest
upon no ground at all. But it would be quite as
welt, before they indulged in these public com-
plaints, if their friends would state the grounds
upon which the Party expected to be recalled to
office; and if they would also mention by what part
of the
.community their recal was desired. Was it
by the King ? No, t-tis Majesty had justly dis-
missed them from his Councils. Was it by Parlia-
Meet ? No, Parliament has by their own conies.-
&on been uniformly hostile to their views. Was
it by.the People ? No, the People, at their pub-

fic meetings, in their addresses and petitions, have
treated therm with the most marked indifference,
and have not even condescended to notice them;
upon what grounds then they rest their claims,
except upon the very exalted opinion they enter-
tlin of their own talents, and the very ardent de,
sire they feel to be invested with power, we are
at a loss to conceive.

With regard to the other part. of the article to
Which we are alluding, it cOn4iStsin a great degree
of a repetition of accusations respecting the Wa!-
cheren expedition, which have so frequently been
brought forward, and so frequently refuted, both in
and out of Parliament. tThere is, however, ano-
ther charge against Ministers in this article, and
that is, that they did not lay on any addi-
tional Taxes this year. Mr. PERCEVAL'S con-
duct on this subject excited the disapprobation of
I‘lr. TIERNEY and of other Gentlemen of the Op-
posii ion, who_accused him of a Wiih to acquire po-
pularity by not laying any a‘hlitional burthens upon
tit people. It is impossible to conceive a more
vlsk than for a :Minister to plea-se a discon-
t, awed Oppo,ition. If any new Taxes had been
~li,t)sed, lie would haVe been acculted of

!),.!ing inscniible to the sufferings of the people ;
I.);it as additional Taxes wore not necessary, the 'Nil-
:il.teri4 very candidly charged with a wish to acquire

;polarity, because he did not 'propose them. But it is

~id that Ministers have been enabled to do without
llchtional bArthens, " becau,e they availed them-
es of the increased taxation which the financial
,-,3t.;,isures of their predecessors afforded." Now, if
that, assertion were trite, we do not see any thing
cuipal>le in We aI ; but the fa& is not so; the

ir,t(.lrest and charges.for the Loan of the present year
- w:r,e provided for, from the surpluS of the Stamp
:I,.ties; arising from a 'regulation proposed by Mr.
Anotherd6rge is., that with tspeel to
" ?Ministers become more indifferent to
the necessity of conciliation."-7—We really thought
the Bills brouallt in by Mr: PoLe, fa amend