The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-05 00:00:00

THE STATi

which those who, in their haw* an hostile to Reform;
have galena beam at great pales to propagate.
" He ;veld pot expert ninth to be done, be said, while
the people coatinoal to send men to Perliameat who bail
I on proper motives for going there, and no habits of ap•
plication, cadets of nobliiimailies, and uses of Wow,
who sought the stubs merely as o voila of bestow.
, The coustryfrequeelly emnploixed or the Rome. but
this was quite woremonable m long me it sent era ores
there. In truth, mot mat eighth or one moth ever seri- ,
wady thought about the lonians of the House. This
was a great evil. If it could be pot a stop to—if the
1 House would hot do its ditty—try to beebood our re-
sources—resources great beyond these of any other *a-
dopt if these were bat prepeily regulated awd goodected,
every ono would enjoy that prosperity which, in a as•
don mid under a Conatitutio• like owes; sway oars had
a right to expect. Hut before we amid look for this the
House of Conimoos must be properly hike!, sad those
who hod the power of sending Mextbere to Parliomeat.
must be actuated bfi right motives be their choice; there
nowt be a reform ex the electors beftre there could bo a
reform is the elected.
"To all that 'assist here of the met *lmmo*, Itylirl
rally retires/4 to Parlianatet. we williogly
bat we confess we are st a loss to see by what promos
Mr. Haan throws the biome of their elections oit there*
ple. There norm be a nylon* is rice electors bebre there
can be a reform is the ekeled 1 Those who has. the
power of rending Ittemberi to Parliament most be dr
'mated by light moires iatheidehoice? 'then die pee.
ple have the power of seeding peahen to Parliament—
then there is no neceseby for reform. Such oeft the
conclOsions to which Mr. IllamS'e argument weeesearily
leads us. • ,Not ire call for a rdona of Parliament, that
the people may hese the power of seeding menders to
Path amettt,Widels they hose sot it meow. sad bevies.
those who at present send minithers to Parliament have
an interest diattiet frail that elks ptsWe. and tboisgh
actuated no donkey effirt their choke. with
.Fferesee'to tbeß Own emirate Waist. cannot be app.
sed to be Xcritaiid by the right motives to which
oine evideptly 'Mein. it will its time ~eft to
blame the people foe a wrong choice when they have the
poor to choose:.
Thus far the Chronicle t and, werialtily, nothing ever
Irtin,4o7o This 141efrips' of Mr. Hums. Is
ppreciselylthist PT Mr. Wt.riiitr..t7id patio (hop",
sad of all the. bitiant eoesisn'of 'reform of all sorts;
There is see • political Poss. In Ragland. why has
t preached ihe' tease duatrineoredeefottrfy profligate
it Is. it is..in'fact, the everlastiog ery• of tbe
basest and most impatient of ell the tools of compiles.
What! Mr. fielre, GO It the/Iron of the People is sgd
about Qreesselwororgh, that they do sot eboose proper
frmir of the People in the South•
east of Surrey, .If props, mite be net chosen by the
Ono illiglailsose is dm -Dotaiiit sf datioa? Do Nfie
evil arise because the people here .abent want mftitm;
lay ? And aft: there wall nothing bat a etterris
the not a Cola ip Oki Sarum to make ther Nimbus for
that place whet they ought to be? Pal too aid
joking': Or, yolk are, after all yes *gator, that Wigdit
we will not here; we wish sot, witbegi
further peoroestiue, attempt to desetibit. '
liorioiter, we Will be freak' with oar asieelleirti
do not believe, that Mr. Hess has ever 'visited hise:m
reform of the parliament, or foe a 'Outage of the eye,
rem. tie has invariably stuck to the doetvloes of the
Gracie; and these all aim at the upbeldino of the
coerapt; 13Mitrouostey systrm,, Hr. though
often good is their effect. have bees aimed at the men
is Ofice, tether than at the system, which is the real
saute of the suiferlegs of the country; and, as to hie
reforms, they are net only nonsensical. but najuat,
while he is fee upholding the 'system; seeing that
the tleiaga of which he complaias, are absolloste m-
eson' p, if that system be to be upheld. The truth,
is (sad we bare always seen It and often rather more
than hinted at it). MrAlumg would, we are conrineed,
bare no Insuperable objection to be so situated as to
hare it is his power to put is practice the reforms
Shut nc reeomntends. lle mares to think, that the
system is bad only its the present hands ; and that. If
I a Moderate portion of it were manneitted to his hands,
the nation would hare no very great reason to mom-
pl n.

We, however, are of a very Jilt rent opinion And
we big leave to caotiun oar readers agaiirst farming
any tery high expectations from the acts of soy map,
be he who he u.at, wbo holJa the ductrine, that the
people have NOW the power to choose men to represent
them in parliament.