Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-10-26
From the Massachusetts journal.
ENGLISH POLITICS.


wing az THAI conclusions for opinion of him is We
~ good, 100 god by far to permit readily to be-
eva all that contained IN article, supposed to
bs wr.ttenb by Mr. Broug,ar, in the last Ed,nboro
Review, ana dcnomlnued in the English papers the
manifesto OF the opposition. We shall present Sc
vera extracts from that article believing that the
views disclosed In IT, whether true or not will be in
teresting. We cuunot doubt that either the minis err
wi ind 1T necessary 10 discard his principles. the
King . dscard HIM. Unless accident irprudence or
crime should reard the march of opinion in Europe
there cannot be doubt, that reduction of eXpen
ses, and reform in the Commons House OF Pariia-
men, talked ofby Chatham half century ago Will
soon take place Il will be seen whether the Duke
can weat.e' the storm.
From the Edinburgh Review.
The MINISTRY AND THE STATE OF PAR
TIES
Let us consider what has So far enabled the Duke
OF wellington to perform OK raordilary feat as
In take and krep the government of this country at
season of uneXampled difficulty and while all the CUES
tons OF civil policy. oi winch lie IS contessey igno-
rant, have been IN discussion That he has no quail
bcations for The place into which accident has thrust
him, cannot De asserted by any candid observer He
has valuable qualities even statesnan he has
iirmness, sagacity. industry. Had he taken the
Grea' Seal, as Ignorant of equity Sir John Copey
was, Ill 1897 he would we verify believe, have made
himself much better equity lawyer than Lord Iynd
hurst cnn now pretend TO be His pride, if not his
principles, would have made him ashamed of tax no
the empuh,en.s q high stat on, without at least al
tempting Ia qualify himself for pertaining its duties
But TO pretend that the Duke of Wellington has the
or the political and general information necessary for
him who would oe first Minister o; great country
the atfirs OF which are complicated as ours and
the busiaess of which be transacted in popular as
senblies, would be ridiculous. And To pretend to be-
lieve that he chosen tor his office on account Of
such fitness for lts duties would be The crosses,
afectatIon. There not three men, hardly three
women III the country, who seriously dream of any
such thing. Why. then, was he selected for place
to which ali agree he had claims from merit Nav
why did he consent to take place in January 1928
which IL June 1877, he had himself pronounced no.
thing bst insanity could make him think OF hold
ing? The question is not difficult to answer
The late King alarmed at the .,ness of the
Ministers, who IN the latter part of 1927, EFF hin,
more than once without any Government, bv the III
placed confidence, Of some and he DOWNRIGHT pusil-
ianimty of others. lie must have n Ministry: hut
lie resolved not 10 have those who alone could
well administer The public affairs. A steady man u,
all events wanted-0ne who would not iosn he. =,
and run, the moment any difficulty came in lus wav
Such was the Duke OF Wenglon. HIS fnrthe- re-
Elections of six months had made him think either less
highly of others, or less meanIy of himself He was
the only man who had the under, AXE ,asl-
of vast magnitude for which he was almost yvboTv
unfit and TO risk the chance OF total failure aoans,
which, should it bofal him. he had to set the success
of long life IN war, and the excuse of havno been
forced to take place which body else was yy,ing
to face. IL IS piln however, that his real onaIcq
ton is to be found in the late Kings personal haired
and caprces, which made il absolutely necessary ~
rule him with steady hand, and at the same tina to
avoid torcing certain individuals upon his choice
~ few months after the Duke bncame Minister
the abcst most experienced part MS colleagues
rcsrned driven away II is understood by HE don,i-
ueering spirit, which makes all his coadiuurs mere
cyphers, except n. Pcei,-and leases even him in
somewhat anomalous and very e2piicabie pred ca
nent. 4 Ministry was exhibited to the aston
ishcd nation nd pretended to steer the State thru
all its difficulties home and abroad, such eye had
not seen, nor heard, had it entered into the
heart of statesmen to conceive. Field ma rs!lal
ruled the preasury-rece.ved Populations
from the Bank on currency questious-tle Stock eX
change on finding-Lloyds trade--di cussed
questions of docsets and coquets with the Chairman
Of the CIstoras-the mysteries of the Hong with the
I.eadenhal Street soveeigns and the arcana Of pro-
cess and costs with the attorneys and the spectral
pead.rs.-The Secretary of War, ofcourse was sol
der the Colonies were handed over 10 quarter
master general, on whom devolved the disposal of all
questions touching slave evidence-the protecting d-
tres on East and West India sunarstie prepnration
ofnew codes for Colonies stretching through every
cline and peopled by many Faces, with such va
e.ns habits and institutions as it would affrubt Rem
nam hlfIr,ef even to think of giving laws to- To
id he board OF general officers in their hopefu ASK
md 10 conciliate the Commons to their measures
Chancellor OF the kxchequer was appointed whom
the House would not listen to; the foreign affairs
comuftfed to nobeman ofPrisce Meiternch,s
schon, of whom the pamphlet before us speaks some
what complementary when it describes him .as in
hersting all Mr.. Pitts Incidence, with less than Mr.
Addngtons capacity; while Ireland and India about
to become he grand topics of parliamentary disous
sion aud whose affairs assuredy presented The most
appalling difficulties, and required the most experien
ced heads and the delicate hands, were intrus
ted TO troihy sPouter, without temper or Judgment,
and feeble translator of German poetry
Snch vas the Ministry Of 1898, when the necess
ty o some great measure to prolnng It's existence for
SIX months became manifest and OBJ, aimed for i, tho
respite which even party will give when actua,ed bv
principle. The session of 1929 opened with Tho
Catholic question The Duke and still more. SIR
Robert Peel deserved the greatest possible praise for
the manner of carrying through that great measure
OGe only regret rcmained the personal feeinos of
the King in regard to Mr. O Connel were consulted:
aud the G a!ficaton Of his Majestys dislike OCCASION
ed much painful debate in Parliament and n contest
ed election IN Ireland The Opposition might well
for themselves have resisted the disfrancbjscn,ant
OF the forty shilling freehoIders, which was annnxcd
to The emancipation 1t would have raised instead
OF rskBg their popularItyii would, moreover have
destroyed the Dukes Administration il voulJ
have endangered the Catholic que<tion; and thew No
oy dsdained to purchase at such price. any parfv