Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-10

"N J'N NNhh'huc VI le people. Iu This measure has
been called a revolutionary measure, and a great and
uncalicd for change. My Noble Friend lord Wbarn-
eiiie) mas SAID that is an unprecedented thing to do
taat which he argued this measure goes 10 doename-
", TO alter the frames OF the constitution Of the conn
try. Now | will willingly meet aud engage him On
this ground. without going into the details OF The
sure 1 VIII maintain that the principle of the bill is
the principle Of the constitulion-that il has been mi
iormly acted upon, and that it has been acted upon ina
worse way than il is acted upon in this instance.
will meet my Noble Friend upon the very threshold NJ
the bill, the acknowledgements Of sixty boroughs. and
the, IN part, disfranchisemen OF losy-seven more
4 MS IS INC part upon which the great attack has
been made, as ii il were the weakest and most vul-
nerable part OF the bill. AS to the objection about
giving an increase TO the weight of the landed ;p,er.
est, though some OF the opponents of the bill NAV
not object to il on those grounds they hate the bill
on account OF the Acknowledgement oil the boroughs.-
anb that disfTauchis IN mt is rcptr cen ed ~ an uppy,-
SIuen,eG change In the constitution OF 'hs country.
Mr.. Canning was as consist. nt snd1ns en- cus, a s,a,es-
'naSi re AMI ancces-iui, becaues consistent, enemy Of
AZ, reorth' lie objected 10 ell kinds of change, and.
when L would draw ms attention 70 the unrs ereSeni.d
state OF Birmingham, Mancbes er, Leeds. and sucn
p'acc', he would admit the fret, but ,h~u he yould
4ty that L~lverpoci, York. ard p l~n'strac, were re mrs
'ented, AMI that unrepressuted NJ ,nehesisr was al,
10 'he representation OF Liverpool. Teen when he vas
asked what ne could e3y TO Scotland, WHARF thsts was
no even that viz nal representation which he Could
ponteu' 10 Fog and-whsre unrepesscntsd GIasgow
could oct be said o b. sste 10 uerepre sent-d Ednbnrsh
- "hers tFom the tank1 OF tn Us eeJ 10 J.hn O'G.oars
baus%' there was rot even tbs ~ssmblance IF a popular
eIee"on, aud where iht e, bad com. to .uci, a pass
that, as bad been saij by Mr.. Fox, To. As r.pr.ssnta.
tvesof Scotland might be chos~n by men livirr In
Lombard street, L9ndcn-Mr. Cannios edm,,sd Tho
arsunen', but then he con ended that any change In
such a state OF thing, would be ouly a pnr,iop of a
parliamentary reform; III, I it would be am tora,ion n,
iha' parliamentary coGs'iu iou which had been given
10 US as data Tor political men; that that consttutjon
'hey nad no iiyhl 10 al eriu any respeci, aud thn lhey
might "a we'll thiuk Of tauching the constitution Of par
ha'nen' as The crowncn the bead oil the monarch. Nov
tla', al least, ~ g con i'eat arSumeDi. Ia some wears
alter, when M. Canning supported the distran cbiss-
tnenI oil a ID rough which had proved delinaneut. 4 ask
ed nm on ~hs' grounds n then ju, iced ,uch a mea-
angP, when he - cOil-e ted fbe =. -,,vnon rxt..l l.. -
formerly urged against any thing Of the kind. Mr..
Canning Jus'ihsd the measure On the necessity OF ,bs
case, as h argued tina, those p4opls had committed am
oH'nc. ioF VIII en- ,hsy stould be punished. Tha, was
the onIy answer talt NJ. Canning could yive 70 that
q"e' ION. Bit th,y were told that the disfrauchise-
hspt ~ me bo'oughs mentioned ia ne tll was a revo-
intionary measure, al IL there had been an eterra lv
hX~d order ad Gus ON under the constitution of this
country for ~ tuaiutcnan:e off, rarsjn nuyba- ., no.
rouShs-S. II the number of shose boroushs should re-
maiu perpetuasy The samo, and il H. az their advocates
assert 'hey bTmed a portion OF the ancient aud ima
mutab'e conSiitutton of ibis country. Nov here ne.
YER was eharGs Brought agans. any measure which
was more conplets y touoj-d upon an uusr isnorance
oil ne hi+'o' OF ts constitution o. this country. Well
ana ttuy Oh ny lea ned ard eloquent iispd (tha
Chancellor tor lreland) say that such pe,sons had re ad
history % tile Of ~ puFP?se-that they poured with tho
delight Of an antiquarian over the ru., of the brazan
toys white they collected in heir .aar.h. bnt IN a, ,bey
d'd not d'Pioto toe mine Of soltIo c, nor SEEK for the
preeous gsms OF tsuia. Do auch persons mean 10
assert ;hat Cation aud OLD Sarrm, an , all tbe other
hoT"asas, have been, ti'ce on, el iniad. q part and
paTcei OF the eon Il uton oil the country, aud that
h"N VI ave not been, even In recent timps all
tered and a~bfoSa'ed? | do no, know whether am
about to give information 10 your Lord. hip of that
"0ich you do not know, bat idgiog iron what has ia
Ken place eisewh re, \ am cesa n that | communicates
Information - soma msmscrs Of the House of Com.
mons, when l state h1', 20 the crown Of tiis country.
up o me period OF the uni n wi Seoadnd, never was
dsnisd tbs unques toned aaj undissuted riybt of
senilng write 10 any borough it pleased, and of pleas
ing to send them TO any borough, il might choose moi 10
SEND mem 10. hyou lock in,o you history, you will
ma ,ha' snch wac the eass. IL appears, from a slate
meni made by Mr. Pitt, shat Abou, The period Of the
revolution seventy boroughs wers jiyfranchised. and
thlr'y.one we're entranchised. We only uoy pfoposs
to do shat which the cfown has often done previons n
The union with ScO,!aut. Can that iii ,hersfors
which di'lraDchises a certain number of boroughs bs
justly described as a bill which goes 10 put d avn the
constitution, when you fnd that ~ to he beginning of
the seventeenth century exactly the same power has
been exercised by the crowDi The noble Earl who
spoke on that side of the Fl use has tauated some NJ
my noble ifients OPPOSITE, because they, the discipIea
ot the late Mr.. Canning. support this bill, and he has
defcuoed al the Speakers at present 10 Parliament a,
mere puny orators compared with MIR. CaDniny. The
noble Earl, met probably, never before h ard the Lord
Chancellor Of ifeianI ,or ne would not have n,de ,ha,
assertion, AID his tanat against the noble Lords WIN
have been The friends If Mr.. Canning Is quite unJess,v,
ed. From all that | Jaw Of NJ. Canning in his lime. I
am convinced that if Nj. Cauniog, sill lived. he would
o. wan me, AM opposed 20 those who resist this mea-
sure. But we have heard of the grea, men who adj.
vocsted this sys,em. NJ. Ctnning was but the disciple
OF a sliil greater maD-Alr. Pr; aad after all wa have
mead about reform being dangerous, Revolutionary.
and so forth, isis a curious circumstance that Mr.. PHI
was for n loog psrioi a strenuous re.ormor. III, bs M
proved OF T.; hat while iE ofice he voted for If: that h
proPounded d measure of reform himself; tina, he d.
Vided NE House 90 a.; and If he ceased to advocate n
ct the period OF TIE French II .~voluti1n he never CON-.
ceal d hiS deciIsd nor ID tattoo and isappoin,D mt that
his P'eEs OF teiotn bad failed His u,Pniors able saving
'hou'd no. be tsrgo,tcn-"shal without reform mn bns'
nest man coal! Ne the M;niser OF ;hf, counrv. and
mar 1t At NJ rd sou sh iu!d yet IN honest man Minis
Ter, Do eouil tot bOnesly serve ycu." What " one
po0on OF MIR. p, - refarnl To odd 100 Dsnbs,s m
the o'hef Bpuae 81 Pdtliaio ut. Oar bill oojy PROPOSES
to make he Ho ie 10 numbers more Ike vbs. n ,yas
before 1901 A nu'dgliti'y Of changes have f,on time
70 tim 6etn made ia ths represen alton of me cam.
- aud 10 The coEsitu ion Of Parchment. ] will not
go back 70 tic line OF Hsury VI. When the auali6ca-
ilon ioT an elec'or was raised TO 40s. eq1ivaIsnt 10 Gao
ct our money; but l VIII Tefer youg Tor INSTANCE. 10
what occurred 90 ihs union with Scotland and The IL
mon with Ireland. / will refer 10 ITS 1882. and l79a
when Pdtlten, Mt repesled a great por ion Of he Ca.
'holie disabfiiss, and actually admired s 6ths OF the
Popu'sion 70 The fi3ht OF vo'ine who M YER possessed n
osiers. mt "a',n fact,more a ~ame ptary reyoIu ion
.hat a parliamentary reform. I will refer YOU aIso
% n period when Parliament rsduted the rei resspta-
dves 81 Ieelnd from three hundred 10 Ole bundred.
.nd added those one huadrtd msmbers 10 the English
H,usc o. Comtuons. Thase al wsrs r~aYur.s which
inucA bsittT deserved he fpihtts Of re evolutionary
400 % 'oftb, HAN 'hs measure prSn Whicb they are 90
abundant y layishsi. | am sure tnat II more mpde.
sate r-iotm, sush as has hesu recon meodeg bv nv
Noble Il lieBd ihis evening, aut wlIcL win Doversa,
'lsy ihs people, had b6tn brought iorystd BIZ Co.
vsfDnsn', u would hays met " ia qnifs as much or
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