The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-15 00:00:00

Zitmrpool ,ttanDarti•

39,
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER ju' -9
of the
No surer proof can be given of the weakness r prel
Liberal cause than the way in which they irlisilt!tpeir or
the motives and misrepresent the conduct of their c
the motives and misrepresent the conduct . leS of
ponents. They seem conscious that the PrinciPiroi
Conservatism, if fairly understood, must win thefs.
with the people of this country, and therefore 01.01rder
gine of detraction and calumny is set at work illbooeEt
to conceal or distort its character. It is not bYlls in
argument upon admitted premises that they rneeti 0)0
the field of debate,' but by hardy assertions °I, ods,
which we deny, and by such reiterated false'°
that,

" like one
Who having, unto truth, by telling of it,
Made such a sinner of his memory,
To credit his own lie," bri4
hey seem perfectly reckless what charges thozeo jai,
2orward, provided only they are backed by brat that
pudence enough to make the public believe 1, 611/
accusers are sincere. From the period of the 611
agitation of the Reform Bill to the Presie.lls beell
ment, the chosen policy of the Liberals /la j
ra
to act upon the maxim of Machiavelli, 3rileast't
lumniate boldly, in hopes that some part 3iilere°
their venomous malice may take effect. The itbey are
rottenness of their own principles is such that f
far less anxious to display them than to bear 3 geoCe
ness against those of their political adversailesi; do the
it is that the daily and weekly journals which
dirty work of Ministers are, in this present intetea
of politics, when leading articles must be wrise Cev:,
matter is wanting, filled with coarse abuseof
the
i
irg F
servatives, and every word and action of orpose
wrested from its legitimate import to serve theP
of base and degraded faction.
Justea byt
These are strong terms, but they are
shearnts.A.
system of wholesale lying to which the au
T" ySLP:
aleir
and Radical prints so unblushingly resort• of
at nothing which can blacken the charaeteitbeir;
opponents, and hope that the effronterY °oaf ro
tacks may dispense with the necessity of e Cly till
the last nine years they have been echoing t° anti ibie,
the Conservatives are the enemies of Ref°llfi'ortir
charge rests wholly on the ground that that r artic7,
nuously resisted the introduction of one
ifiar ert
measure of Reform applied to one Partilucioicil
namely, the state of the representation, arl_fts broligr,
now well known the leaders of the Whig at in
forward not because they hoped to carrY
der, like the beggar in Gil Blas, to obtain
ie 010°4,
by the audacity of their demand. This St'3A the 181wei
is now, however, almost out of date, ailo'nserili.o,
Radicals find that the conduct of the "d tile 36.:.(1,
while in opposition has effectually disprove 00-41
f the
sation and secured them the confidence oed the e
;
While they have firmly and steadily res"stolt47o
schemes and rash attempts of men vithur3arcase'.
constitution of this country as a dead c bavw.ol
ei
used only as a subject for experiments,th
of p.- fey
operated heart and hand in all measures rs bi
utility; and, regardless alike of the clam° . doff ct
eir ail
and the hostility of a Court, have done ce
the Throne and the People.
Act' t
Witness theirthe 513 ct,
with regard to the Tithe Commutation 00 ecl
they
eas
Emancipation Act, the Poor Law Anlfe tbeY Pif 101'
(the full obloquy of which they might,' iition ° „ire°
have thrown upon the Whigs,) the Au°,iier 000
prisonment for Debt Bill, and a host of other tbatforir
by which they have proved to demonstration] f
are in the highest and best sense of the
tatiop °I)S
interPre logt
ere. But what is the Liberal
01 les-
s he
term ? Unless a man is prepared to g
making organic changes in the Constitution d 01 Oise of
shows suspicion and jealousy, if not hatr,he IP°
tablished Church—and unless he vilifies diem (idle
Lords,—he is to be held up to Public 19,,, the
,:re 0 ,
he
Anti-Reformer. He may devote his I"tii fief' boo
of
task of benefitting his fellow-citizens 8_,;11
means of social amelioration, but all this.'t
of petrol"
nothing unless he is cursed with the Ili; ar of f a
change, and professes himself an adultintries
and newfangled theories drawn from ce
r„..
stitutions wholly dissimilar from his 01% 'n
id aw lie
" The steady Patriot of the wor 00.0.
And
present friend
mo
of
mevery
t country
thbe
ujj
u üblleatl°doo
to.iooo
At the
Minutes and Regulations of the Treas. ofth
Committee has again drawn the attentiogan Pais the
to this all-important subject, the Whig" ~tire. eto
Con strif tli
busily employed in traducing the 4fec
enemies of Education. The writers, art r f
• O °
palm this lie upon the public, are acting 3 P
uotto
see), t
0
consistent with their conduct on the oqw their itioo
Reform Bill. As in that case, s°n opP°6
confound two things essentially distinct - tooe
ei
eruP r
an end and opposition to the means _if they`hat
about that end. They well know th.ai:
lotion is
impregnate the public mind with toe
,er ortlerltifeo,
crease of knowledge amongst thbeylt°h`e` coiOttee;
sired by the Liberals and dreaded t the last
re ei,he
it will be taken as a sure proof tlfeir deeds 9veep vtia
darkness rather than light because tij.,soe Deis 07004
But this is not the real question at ID
tot be ot tP
he fact must 9
Pdsl's
two contending parties, and t
nuents* itie
to the most pig-headed of our opp- tbes
vast majority of the educated classes v's