The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-06 00:00:00

SEPT. 6, 18".1.,6.

fidence in men, who pretetid to look one way whilst they
steer; another
"If we take," says the authority already quoted, " the ex;
perience. of one of •the best Grecian historians as a standard.
Polybius asserts,
,that the best government upon earth is the
11'140 consists of three independent forms—Regis, optintaturn
et populi imperio,' which may, in strict propriety, be competed
to our own, as consisting of KING, Loans, and CommoNs
1
Such was the Constitution Of Sparta, as formed by Lycurgus,
who; observing the evils and imPerfections to which every one
of these three forms separately, were subject,• pe:fected his
scheme out of them all. Reges, seniores, et populus,—and the
celebrated
.authority quoted, (Poly bias,) further informs us,
that the Romans fell upon this system by chance but the Spar-
tans by design ! Such at Carthage constituted the summa res-
public°, or the supreme rule of power in the last resort,—for
they had their Kings whom they designated sujetes, and a
Senate, composed of the nobles or chief magistrates, and the
Commons had also a representative share in the government,
but not in. the character of a dominatlo plebis, or universal
sufferage." • *
" LI the next place, it must appear-self-evident, that those
political enthusiasts of the age who talk largely of upholding the
balance of liberty in Europe, and join in crying down the injus-
tice done to unhappy Poland, by the despotic policy of Russia,
and the impolicy on the part of Great Britain of suffering her
growing ambition to usurp the government of Turkey,—the
necessity for establishing free institutions in Spain, Portugal,
aUtl,Germany, act with flagrant inconsistency and specious de-
teption with tegard to their home patriotism, when they catch at
every opportunity to destroy that balance in the Constitution of
their own Country, which is the greatest stake in her political,
as well as moral existence and independence." * * *
"If England is ever called upon again to aid by her counsel
and example, or her energy in arms, the preservation or ex-
tension of rational liberty, which rests, primarily, in the reten-
ton of a well defined balance of power in and between other
States and Kingdoms; she will present but a sorry specimen of
political wisdom, or even of common integriti, by commencing
with the destruction of that essential principle, under her own
dotuestic policy, for the maintenance of her most valuable
Institutions !"—Chapter on Grecian History, p. p. 102, 103, and
104.

We would, recommend the great agitator of unhappy
Ireland tVtake a peep into this volume of five hundred
pag4 in the appendix, to which is given such an ex-
position of the doings of his holy mother church, social,

moral, and political, (leaving her .religious pre-eminence

. .
Out:of the question,) froth the ''beSt authorities and her
own are/ayes, as will leaVe him littleg-round for spouting
" equal justice,'.' universal liberty, freedom of conscience,
grid impartial government under his gentle dominion !
If we permit the destruction of that natural aristocracy
which operates as the pivot of our civil polity, there is an
end of our freedom and our independence, as a people.
Let us see how far we are approximating to thispoint.
It must be conceded by every man of candour, that,
until within the last ten or twelve years, and especially
Within the last five, the contentions between conflicting
Parties in the state and of the mass or gross numbers of
the people, with the peers and commoners, for an in-
crease ofpolitical power and influence; werecomparatively
harmlessat least they were national„ and, for national
objects., not at variance with the fundamental principle
of the constitution. The Whigs, however,. under Lord
Grey's administration, by their extensive measure of re-
form, broke down the necessary barriers for the preser-
vation of a balance of power, and the result was, that,
with all his ability and powerful influence, Lord Grey
was totally unable to control the elements of his own
creation. By introducing an increase of the democratic
povi,e'r into the legislation, Lord Grey thought to concili-
ate opposing interests—to remove jealousies—and, above
to pacifyireland. On every one of these poifits,
he signally failed; and it remained for one pity only
in theigtate; and certainly not one which should have
Possessed the greater influence, to hurl him, with scarcely
moment's..notice, from the plenitude of his power—
to cause his retirement under feelings of mortified pride,
disappointment, and even disgust !
And what has been the policy of the less gifted succes-
sors Oflord Grey in their rain attempt " to carry out
the great principles of the reform bill ? If the one erred
in judgment, the others have, erred in design ; for their
first step was to enter into an alliance, offensive and de-
fensive, with that party, which he had repudiated as the
only means-of enabling them to take and to retain office ;
and that was the anti-English party, with regard to politi-
cal objects, and the anti-protestant, as regards the de
signs'arttelVOThish priesthood—to-this latter, havirig
carried his reform, under the momentary demon, Lord
Grey was not disposed to yield, whilst the Melbourne
administration has never once thought of preserving a
balancing power, provided they could command a ma-
jority.

A new; and Certainly an irresponsible democratic
power, (supported by the
„Commons) has succeeded in
the state, and the struggle is. now for the preservation of
what we have now left, in the sacrifice of all. Where
bad men- combine, good 'men must 'unite. Where the
Instruments of party feeling'were formerly conducted for
the ptibllc benefit, with something like the display of
honourable rivalry, they are now made subservient to
empty liberalism—to factious bigotry—to the thirst for
uncontrolled power, and to the ignorant hatred of all
superior established authority—in the words of a sound
conservative print—" the pretender to religion combin-
ing with the pretender 'to patriotism-7the jesuit com-
bining with the jacobin—and each exerting every arti-
fice of public delusiOn, and private intrigue to enlist the
national feelings, against all that forms the faith—the
virtue, and the strength of the empire.
Finaly, as it is incompatible with every thing British,
that this country should be ruled by an oligarchy—
Swamped by a. republic—or held fast bound by the abso-
lutibn of popery, now is the time for every man, who
really loves his country to come forward with his per-
sonal exertions—with his purse,. and with his influence,
each in the sphere in which God has placed him, a re-

Vonsible agent, in the great community of our social
family--to assist in restoring that wonted and genuine
independence into the Commons House. of Parliament,
which once obtained for it the enviable title of " the first
assembly of gentlemen in the world;" and to maintain,
Unimpaired, the honour and utility of the British peer-
age. Liverpool has set an example of protestantism,
Which has astounded the enemv—may every borough in
the kingdom, profit by the example.

On Thursday next the anniversary dinner of the South
Lancashire Association will take place at the Conservative
hall, Newton, when, we doubt not, such a display will
take place •as will make our anti-English friends look
"blue." Preparations on• the) most extensive scale are
being made.for the, accommodation of the memhers. If
they wanted a stimulant to
.rouse their zeal in the good
cause, (which the Conservative men of Lancashire do
notp)- that stimulant .of. emulation has been furnished
theM. by the men of Denbighshire. The proceedings
at Ruthin, on Wednesday last, when the Hon. L. Ken-
Yen, in the absence of his noble parent, took the chair,
were encouraging in the extreme ; and we have another
cheering prospect before us, that, when it shall please
God to receive unto himself that truly Christian Peer,
Lord Kenyon, who has long been, an honour tathe:estate
of which he is a member, as well as a pattern of virtue
in private life, whether considered as parent, landlord,
=magistrate, or friend, his successor will honourably con-
tribute to the support of the. British Peerage; whilst we
join most sincerely. with his sort in wishing that the day
may yet be far distant, whilst he is so usefully engaged
as a Commoner in fighting the battles of his country !

We cannot refrain froth Presenting to our readers a
speech delivered last Monday but cne, in Belfast, by the
ilev Hugh.MTeile. It need excite no surprise that
such an active,,eloqUent, and fearless vindicator of Serip-
tUral truth'should be assailed on every side by the latitu-
dinarian in politics, as well as the infidel in religion.
kr. M'Neile's own speeches are the most fitting replies
to the low scurrility with which he has been assailed.
PaPists know full well that they can easily blind the
peat majority of the English people, who are too unsus-
tieting in general to impute unworthy motives to them
:11t.41ey cannot so easily hoodwink. the Irish clergy, who
-44ve spent the whole of their lives in solitary districts
surrounded bv.pop§ry. 878 itfpiritY---740 have been made
t° feel the privation§; Ogrspcptions, and the obloquy
Itel4l e-11 ttor o, posit :the execrable tenets of the
-4-uxch of Ron* Akepelutily entails upon thOtie who hive