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

, WV 10 ~ a aiD degree my N0nlt IT tlsIu
mus sun iur,t or adsi', Ia, hot oniy pust reform be
granted but that 10 yield 10 that uuer 10 ous wisb to obey
nna, irresistible voice and q satisfy the people the r,fo'm
"r'eE 1910 be granted must be nj Of ncmini',tu nj ct an
nsrsoai ,escf'phon (Hear } A, all events, my N :
oi- friend La admit d The necessity at som. measure
" rtio'm M. But what did the Noble Duke (Wsl.,ug
onl say on ms sui c.!lt ever l have heard a deeia'
.s'on whieh has more than another mortified me, X is
We declaration which has bsen male by the Noble
DuS'; II ever have been more erjeved by one hing
30" ano'nerin the chnrss Ct my life, IL IL by the line
% sondoet which bas teen taken o. This sutj Ct by one
VINO mas rendered 20 great services 10 he country al
Tue mead OF her armies-who his rendered equally
great services at the hsad OF he Kings couoeil' ser
vices winch l shall be evsr for yard TO aeknoSlsdge,
and winch, with my l'est bre ath | .hall be most aux
lons 10 proclaim-'t ever, L repeat, 1 have BEEN mOrti-
u d and chilled with disappoin'u.ent, it was by 'be de-
eiara''on which tia, Noble Duke made at the com
nenceu ent OF the present ssseioD, on the sUbjec, OF re-
io'm 1 mad expected. AMI L bad fondly hoped, that
mat Noble Duke would have yislied To what he must
usVe seen was she general desire Of the country, and
tna' WIN the boldne 50 OF a public nan, ard Of a cap
tale, rs would not have he stated in adopting those
nea ures, and pnIsriug that cour,e, which alone could
sauly the JUST eSpecia ions OF the y ople OF this Empire.
bnt mat fatal deciaralion which h. Noble Duke made
against ali reform, at the commencement OF the present
session. diss'Pa'ed al 10 se hopes, and now, after seve-
ra' o'ntrs nave changed their op.rians, and yielded 70
mat TIDE which they saw il was vain to resist, L have
heard hat Notle Duke again, with a manly consisteu-
cy, detis,e that his oPiuicn re msined unchanged. While
'hat NOPE Duke sac iho5e who had heretsi.Te stood
WIN him fairly ba ksliiing from tie cause-bec coming
me victims OF espsdiepcy-and oil. one by one, drop.
Ping l or his site to hear that Notle Duke, Under
sueh circumstances, ia N ally, strong aud honest terms,
tell your Lordships that his opinion remained unchang-
cd on tha subject, while the voices of he public bad
oeen ieifeu sgainsi ito hear him cay that, 50 far from
exicihnS my as'ori- hment, | may add my admiration,
was exactly what | had expected from that noble
person L am ready 10 award its just need OF praise 10
me Eooie Dukes consistency, but [ fee that The No
ole Duke may be perfectly consistent, and still be
in he wrong. L tesl tina, the Noble Duke NAV be per-
ieeuy Consistent himself, aud We, that lie may no,
pave psen aiis to preserve the consistency of every
one else employed Tor him | will warn him tina, H.
has mates on board wbo do not pull the vessels up The
stream That, stationed at eithOr cad, hey work ia op-
p1ste direclionf; lhai while there are those with him
wfo are against al r- form, and for having things n. thew
ar; aud who agree with the Noble Duke himself trat
.he con'h'n'ion is a most perfect on, and that ( il were
iet 70 "hen 10 create IL over again, they could not
can ih'o eSi'tencs q single new perfection in il, nor
nope 10 adu q sar TO that galaxy Of rolton hircughs
which sxeiie their admiration, ard demand th-ir re-
spec'-'hai While here are those who thu. 90 with
'e tN"oie DUKE, there ere also those on his eide,
anu artayed with him against the present measure of
reform, whe, unlike him, are ready 10 admit tn ab.o-
Ihte necessity Of some species OF reform. NV Noble
FRIEND who brought for I'd ihis motioD, tho leagued
WIN ths Noble D+k' against he present. measure OF
reform, df'rs much. more on the general question ef
reform, rem itat Nozzle Dnke, Than he does from his
m'Jesiy's Minis ers: lie OILY dife = from them in de-
gfee, 'bey golns 10 an eS ent 20 which he cannot come
up; and here 3'e In fact but few poin's Of variance
b'twesu US. | can row. therefore, l. think, success.
iuty rsio't upon The enaHies o! reform hat charge,
Whicn, IN form r times. they lev-lled Al The heads Of the
advocates OF ref rm. L can tell hem, thar no Two Of
them HSem to agree in ter noie of opsosipg. or
ooIsc Ion 10 this measure. Ia bringing iorHad the
seUuemento oil such an Important qrc sti n as This, IL is
nothing wondei ful that those who propo,e The pyn
should hnd d ficuiie' in determining The sour e which
should be arop'cd; but that those who hsve ONLY a
mere negative TO support, ard 10 deny what the Others
ask Tor, AMI TO rebu; what The Others propose-tha,
they should DIFF r 20 much arno, get themselv,-I 10 /
upon a. a singular feature in the discussion cf his gre,,
que,tion, aud one If the strong st and most iucon,,o.
verioie proofs that the pressure of a-gumeot and NJ
public opinion is on that sid. OF ihs question which ia
esPoused ny ne and my Noble Colleagues. | have M
desire 10 detain your LeFdstips, by ~allutinp [, he de-
tails OF INT measure, as a more fitting opportunity will
arise for the discussions Of ii but j cannot avoid oh.
serving upon the concession, "a l will call il, which has
been made by my Noble Friend, who has cp ned this
debate. There IL no avowal, there is no admission.
which | overheard made upon any great popuiar cues.
uon, which comes up TO the acknowledem mt. which
has been made by my Noble Friend, az TO The mani.
nous acceptance OF this great measure, bv all classes
all ranks, and all de crip'ion Of persons in his country
Men OF every sect, party ard class, WHO may hiher-
TO have en- ertained a diff renee Of opinion on the ques-
non OF reform, have, with a miraculous unapimiiy,
abandoned ali their dill erences aud cordially uni ed m
tevoT OF the present plan Of reform. But this is not ,hs
most extraordinary fact connected with The present
measurs.-They wio will be Injured by i'-thev
whose franchise Will be virtually taken from them,
with but a few miserable exceptions-lhe msi,ritv OF
that ela's who will be virtually distrInchised by tbis
m easure-j in the county, and Weld to fhs ,cr(.n, NJ
opinion, which has become quite irresiuible, in fsv !,
OF the measure But here / am reminded Il a 1res
100, which L heard put 'Fom the oss.bonches-,ha
quarter, emiOeDt FIR saglci,y-and which, though il
may have escaped their Lordsbips, unaconainied "a
hey are with he subtleii-s Of the law, did not pass
observed by M. have heard ii, said from ths cross.
benches, that they ouEtt 10 be furnished " e. the daes
OF the PETITIONS, az well az with the prayers which
they contsined. ] kaow to what his, question l,afs (; /
an well aware what a foundation wiz be srec,sd upon
the recent date 81 he petitions, and upon the absepc,
Of all complaints for 800 or 400 yeas. have no hes.
ta,ion in asserting, that the people havs complain
I'd over and over again, AMI that they have = ius,
RICH, 10 -mplsin IL il not true, IL il most unfoiud-
ed, and most false, TO charge the people with con-
ing forward a, a late psr;ol, 10 compiain OF evils
which have existed for years. | will refer your lord.
ships TO the parliamentary history In proof f. the truth
OF what | assert. You will find that the table of this
House was crowded with petitions praying for reform
in 1901; In 1917, your table was also loaded with petit
lions calling for reform, and now again, almost wi hout
the slightest concert, and certainly without precOncciy-
ed arrangement, petitions flock in upon you i'm thou.
sands, and as my Noble Friend admits, irresisGbly
overpower all objections TO the granting of a large mea-
sure of reform. But thus it ever is with Injustice il
always moves quicker than the complaints ofits effects.
or the desires for redress. Injustice, 1 remember, the
poet tells US
'Injustice,I swirl, erect, and ~unconfned,
Sweeps the wido earth, and tTaDplss DER mankind,
While prayers TO heal her wrongs move slow behind"
But though pro yers be slow, they are not less sure TO
follow, and it injustice tramples DER mankind. and
sweeps the wide earth, and it Irayers lag behind, il is
as sure that 1t is in the power OF Heaven 10 grant re-
dress, that injustice always leads TO complaint that
tie denial OF tight engenders the sense of wrong; and
were the~ Government even inseusible to the signs o.
TIE times and to al the other examples which it has
FINISHED before il, it would, in my opinion, be perfect,
aaNHama go. "a -Aat A-A... r.