The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

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sal of the present position of parties. Men remem-
ber the little which Lord John accomplished in
making inroads upo the constitution, and the
gigantic blows inflicted by Sir Robert. They look
to the high personal honour and the aristocratic
constitutionalism of the former, and they contrast
these with the unprincipled tergiversation and the
plebeian spirit of the latter. They remember, too,
the many sad instances of betrayal of past confi-
dences, which the plausibility of Sir Robert induced
amongst his supporters ; and the conclusion at
which they arrive is natural. " Why," they say,
" should we enter once more the turmoil of poli-
tical strife, when the chances are that evil, as was
the result of our former efforts, instead of good, will
follow? "

We doubt much the wisdom of the conclusion,
and dread the adoption of the policy to which it

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leads. Lord John Russell's consummated measures
were less injurious in their tendency than Sir Robert
Peel's, we admit; but it was because his views were
thwarted by a strong Conservative opposition. The
same opposition would again effect the same safety
for the institutions of the country ; but the result
of such success does not at all involve the return to
power of a Peel ministry, or a ministry of betrayal.
There are other men, able and willing to fight the
battle of Conservatism, without rendering it neces-
sary that we should again lay the fruits of a victory
over the combined hosts of republicanism and libe-
ralism at the feet of a renegade. We need not
always be taking unworthy and faithless servants
into our households. There are a host of good
men and true who have passed the fire unscathed—
who have clung to the battlements of the constitu-
tion whilst the assault was at the hottest; and who
still cling to them, though weak and cowardly sol-
diers are, in hopelessness, almost willing to give up
the fight, and to accept the yoke of the conqueror.
It would be ungrateful and almost wicked—cer-
tainly suicidal—on the part of the mass of Conser-
vatives, thus to desert such men, to refuse their
co-operation, and to lie down to be trampled upon
by their insolent opponents. Our duty is clearly
to re-erect that great party of resistance to popular
aggression, which Sir Robert Peel's apostacy shat-
tered to pieces ; and when we shall have done this
—when the cohort is formed and disciplined—
surely a Christian people ought not to fear that
God will not provide them with a champion.

We therefore invite our fellow-townsmen, and
the electors of both the borough and the county,
to throw off the lethargy which, thus far, has ap-
peared to characterise their proceedings, with re-
spect to preparation for future efforts in defence of
the constitution. The Registration Courts are about
to be holden ; and the host of objections which
have there to be met, by parties whose title to the
franchise is as undoubted as that of her Majesty to
her crown, will afford satisfactory conviction to most
men that if Conservatives have resigned themselves
to a sort of sulky sleep, the opposing faction are
lively and energetic as ever. Some, once staunch
supporters of the good cause, argue, that free trade
having been consummated, the League dissolved,
and a Reform ministry foisteJ upon the nation, we
have nothing more to fear; that the worst is accom-
plished, and we may indulge safely in our disgust.
But is there no other project of Whig-Radicalism
in the background, ready to he brought forward so
soon as matters are ripe ? We think the proceed-
ings of the Anti-Monopoly Association are of them-
selves sufficient to shew that other inflictions are in
store for us, against which it is our duty to be fully
prepared. In our humble opinion, there never was
a time when the vote of every sound lover of his
country was likely to be more valuable. A general
election is at hand, the result of which may influ-
ence the destinies of our country for years to come;
we have revolutionary and infidel principles gaining
ground on every side of us ; we have backsliding
statesmen yielding to the pressure of those princi-
ples—surrendering post by post of the citadel of
truth to the coercion of their opponents, or on
grounds which they call those of expediency. Give
us at such a crisis a sound body of representatives ;
give us the materials of that strong opposition,
which has preserved England on so many occa-
sions; and, whoever may be minister, whatever
party may be in power, we are safe, and shall not
have occasion to regret that we have put forth our
energies on the present occasion.

FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—On Sunday last, after
sermons by the Rev. H. H. Higgins and the Rev. J.
Jones. the sum of £45 was collected in St. John the
Evangelist Church, in aid of the funds of this most ex-
cellent institution.
SERMON TO THE YOUNG.—On Thursday evening next,
the Rev. Hugh M'Neile will deliver at St. Jude's Church
a lecture addressed chiefly to young persons, with special
reference to their duty in connexion with the society for
promoting Christianity among the Jews, the anniversary
sermons and meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to which
society will take place on Sund;:y and Monday next.
NEW RECEIVING POST-OFFICE.—The inhabitants of
the thickly populated district between Church-street,
Everton, and Great Homer-street, comprising the great
arteries of communication with Kirkdale, Netherfield-
road, &c., have memorialized the Post-Master General,
to establish a receiving-office in a central situation. The
memorial has been numerously signed, and a favourable
answer is expected, when it is considered that within a
small circle of which Netherfirld-road may be considered
the centre, the population amounts to upwards of 2,000.
NEW PILOT CUTTER.—We have of late marked with
feelings of the greatest satisfaction the spirit of emulation
that has influenced our Pilot Committee. Determined to
progress with the rapid strides of navigation, new boats

aye been built, each of which has exceeded in beauty