Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-10-23
From the .Ndssnchusetts Journal.
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g"od go,p by far To per nit w readily 20 be-
lvs ell that ~ contained in article, supposed to
u. written by Mr.. Brnugham IN the last Edinboro'
view, aud dcnominatcd IN the English papers the
manifesto of the opposition We shall present SC
vcra raCts from that article, believing that the
views disclosed in IL, whether true not, will be
tcrcstIDg. We cannot doubt That either the minister
will find II necessary discard his principles, the
King to discard h,n Unless accident, imprudcnce or
crime should rcard the march ct opinion IN Europe
there cannot BE- a doubt, that redushAsn of cXpcn-
SOS, and reform in the Cnrpmons House OF Parlia-
nicnt, talked o'by Chatham half century ago, will
soon take pace. 1t will be seen whether the Duke
can weatlc' the storm.
From the Edinburgh Review
THE MINISTRY AND TIE STATE OF PAR
TIES
Lot us cou slider what h,s sn Ear enabled tho D,kc
%; Wellington To p'rior'n GO extraordinary feat as
II take aud keep the gov of this country at
ssson IF unrxampcd lifcu v and while all tho onos-
ti'ns nf civil policy at which he IL conesscdly gno-
rant have been in discussion That he has no quail
'ions for thr place which accident has thrust
him, cannot be asserted by any candid observer He
has valuable qualities even a statesman: he has
Grrnurss. Sagacity. industry. Had hc taken The
Iircat Seal. ignorant of equity Sir John Coplcy
was in 1927. no would verify believe have m ado
himself mich better equity LAWYER than Lord Lvnd
horst cnr now pretend 10 hr His PRIDE If not his
principles. would have made him ashamed OF TAX NO
the cmounlnn's of high station, without Toast NJ
,r,nptnr To qualify himself for performing its duties
Eat to pretend that the Duke of Wellington has the
habits of debate and the experience Of civil afraI-s
c- tho political and general information necessary f,r
hin, who would oc first Minister OF great coun ~
the uf,irs Of which arc So complicated ours, ard
the business of wichis 10 be transacted in popular as
ecmbes would be ridiculous. And To pretend to be-
love that nc chosen Tor his office account oc
any such fitness fn s duties, would he tho grossrsi
afscta,lon. There nre-not three men. hardly three
women in the country, who seriously dream of any
such thing Why, then, was he selected for place
20 which all aCrr he had no claim from merit! Nav
vIv did hr consent 10 take place ~ January 1929
which IN June 1927, hc had himself pronounced no.
inr? The question is not difficult answer.
trhe late King was alarmed at the weakness Of fhc
Minister'S, who in the latter part of 1927, eft him
more than once without any Government by tho III
placed confidence, of some and the downright pusil-
onimity of Others. He must have Ministry; bit
he was resolved not 10 have those who alone could
we'll administer the public affairs steady man IT
all events was wanted-onc who would not lose heart
and run, tho moment difficulty in his wav
Such was the Duke of yelling on. HIS further re
Elections Of six months had made HIM think either less
highly of Of hers, less mcanly of himself He WIS
the only who had the nerves to under axe task
of vast M gnltudr, for wEich he almost wholly
unfit, and 10 risk III" chance ola total failure against
which, should il baiu him, he had SGT The success
Of long life IN war, and The Of having been
forced TO take plHc" which no body else was wiling
TO face. 1t plum. however, that his real uunfca-
ton b. found in tn" late Kings personal In reds
and caprices which m1de 1t absolutely necessary joI
rule him with s,cndy hand and at tho snmc time tn
avoid forcing certain individuals upon his choice.
"A fey months after tho Duke became Minister
tho abes and most experienced part of his coca cues
resigned driven away, it ~ und srstood -y hi. doni-
necring spirit which MAKES alEhls cnndistos$anerc
cyphers except r.. Pcel.-Hnd Raves even him 'ins.qr
soncwha anomalous and very cxplicabl, predlca-
n1cnt A NJ nlstry was exh.btcdto the aston
shad nation and pretended 10 steer tho State thro'
all r's difficulties home and abroad, such eye had
not seen, nor heard had it cn;crc} INTO the
heart of acsyncn to conceive. a Field ma rshal
ruled the Treasury-receiyed dcpu,ation.
from the Bank currency qucs'ions--the Stock ex
change funhing-Llnyds tradc-dl cussed
questions Of d1ckcs and coGuc's with The Chairman
of the Cusoms-the mysteries of tho Hong with the
I.eadcnhnl Street sovercgns and the of pro-
cess and Costs with the attorneys and the special
pleaders.'Fhe Secretary of War, ofcourse SOL
der; but the Colonies were handed over quarter
general, on whom devoved the dispose of oil
questions touching slave evidencc--,hc protecting d
ties on E1st and West India sugars-thc preparation
ofnew codes for C lonIcs stretching through every
cline. and pcpplcd by many races with such va
habits and institutions as it would alright Ben
than himself even to think of giving laws to. To
aid the board of general officers in their hopeful ask
and conciliatu the Commons to their measures
Chancellor of tho Exchcquer appointed whom
the House would not listen to; the foreign affairs
committed a nobleman Of PRICE Mcttcrnichs
scho a. OF whom the pamphlet before us speaks some
what complementary when it describes him 'as in
hcring all Mr.. PITTS ind lencc, with less than Mr. |
Addlngtons capacity; while Ireland and India about
70 becom' The grand topics of parliamentary discus
81 and whose affairs assuredy presented the most
appalling difficulties and required the most exporicn
ced heads and the most delicate hands, intrus-
ted to trothy spouter, whou, temper or Judgment
Snd feeble translator OF German poetry.
Such wa the Ministry of 1895 when the neces,i- !
IS OF some great measure tn proong IT'S existence for
TX months became manifest, and obtained for it the
respite which even party will give whom actuated by
principle Tho session of 1879 opened with the
Catholic question The Duke, and still more Sir
Robert Peel deserved the greatest possible praise for
10" manner of carrying through hat great measure
p3r OILY regret remained; the personal feelings Of
the KING IN regard to Mr.. OConne consullcd;
and the alficaton Of his Majosty's dislike OCCASION
cd mnch paInfIl debate IN Parliament and contest
cd election ~ Ireland The Opposition mrht well
iJr themselves have resisted the Acknowledgement
If the forty SHILLING rceholdcrs, which was annexed
~ the emancipation. IL would have raised instead
Of rskng, their popularity it would moreover have
destroyed the Dukos admnistTatIon-b it would
have endangered the Catholic question; and they no
by disdaned IN purchase, at such price. ony party
trimph and preicrng real and patriotic to anparrt,
and passing consistency, they reluctantly sun.
nDrtCd Innl.ufn flr Ihn LIE ~ H.