The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-09


vbo answer to the call and assist at the party de-
monstration-thal all the most furious speeches
are those which are the best received, ana the
most outrageous passages are those when are re-
echoed by Ibunders of applause, we must admh
that this party is numerous as well as Vloleh'
and violent as we'll as numerous.
In the House of Lords this Tory party mum h
hers. at least, one-lhird of the House. In the
Commons it is less numerous, and IS more care
ful 10 mask itself from the public eye but even
there If il were thought polite to show It's
strength we should find that it is, at least, hun
u ~ '''O0 THE CONSERVATIVES.
N.xt TO his faction, and allied TO II from eXpe-
diencv. is the Conservative party. rms party IS
onnosed TO all violent enterprises. It's oeJect Is
rather to work silent retrogreSSion than 10 FISK
~, nnan and decided recurrence 10 our unleiorm-
Al Sr,tern Of Government. Instead of repeating
The demonstration Act, they would be satisfied
nh rendering it as imperative as possible; ill.,
s,ead of denouncing the Irish as aliens, they
vould be satisfied TO use the smallest degree oil
force which might suffice to keep them in sub
lection to a Protestant church, ana unreSlSllhS
drudges to the owners of the soil. They would
DENY Them all influence in the management OF
local government-they would deny their chill
dren education, unless they apostatIzed from the
RELIGION which they believe-they would practi-
callv but not avoWedly, raise the Snttrage-they
wonld do all that could be done by indirect means
but thew would not undertake any open or deSpe-
rate enterprise. e.,
character. Their principles lead them to think
that. in a representative government, property is
every thing, men are nothing. They think the
weight of human beings is already too great, and
the weight of property too little. They therefore
oppose ali extension of popular influence, and
would silently contract it, bit by bit, as accident
or opportunity enabled them
These men are constrained to moderation DC,
cause they hope for power. lhey nave a thlIu
of the House of Lords with them, and upwards
of two hundred members of the House OF Com
mons. They are constrained to moderation be-
cause party that hopes to govern IN England
must not alarm the rich.
Ar This line the tendencies of our parties Sepa-
rate The Tories and the Conservatives are
Juggling at our republican monarchy TO move ,f3, II
towards an oligarchy or arlStocracy: Inc
Wings. Radicals, and ChartistS, are pulling it in
opposite direction.
THE WINGS.
The Wings, like the Conservatives, resist all
violent measures. They have made their grand
constitutional change, and although they are in
clined rather 10 extend than to restrict the lnhu-
enee of the people-that is, the influence OF men
as men, and not as men OF property-yet they
are only inclined to do so by giving liberal
consider-educatio without proselytism-the
balboa reform of the corn laws-representa-
live local government in Ireland-a repeal of the
rate-paving clauses in the Reform Act-if we
consider these as the proposed measures OF the
Wings (and no Wing goes further than these,
although many do not go so far) we shall still see
no proposal for constitutional change IN any
one of these measures. All these things are
quite consistent with the existing constitution,
and would only enable it TO work with greater
practical efficacy 10 the accomplishment OF its
already acknowledged objects
The Wings also, are governing party, COM
posed of many hereditary poSseSSors of land, of
the greater portion of the commercial interests,
and of the bulk of the tradesmen Of the king
dom. They, also, must be moderate, for they
are properly party, and cannot abide the pros
pect of revolutions. They claim one-third of the
House cf Lords, and about two hundred and fifty
in the House of Commons.
In numbering the Conservatives and Wings
in the Commons, we have on each side includ-
ed the Irish members who attach themselves to
the Conservatives to obtain the ascendancy Of
the Protestant minority in their own country, or
to the Wings to obtain for the Catholic MAORI
tv that influence to which they think that ma
jority is, in every free state, entitled.
THE RADICALS.
Next to the Wings come the Radicals, and
looking at the present aspect OF this party, we
admit that it is very difficult to assign them eth
er a station or an object. In the House of Com
mons they were almost annihiated by their mis-
chievous and most unpopular conduct during the
Canadian rebellion, and since that time they con-
fine themselves to giving a sulky and uncertain
support to certain measures proposed by the
Wings. If we attempt 10 examine their objects
we shall find it difficulto find out what these are
from any thing which any members OF the party
either say or write, nor do we believe that these
men have, as party, ever put forth any state
ment of what they would wish to see accomplish
ed. If we sock their principles in their openly
avowed organ of the press, we should be incln-
ed to think that they have no other rule of con-
duct than to cavil al every thing that is done or
attempted by the wings. So constant is this Rad-
cal organ in this course, that its most numerous
class of readers is 10 be found among the Tories
and Conservatives. The SarcasmS of profess
ed friend are more pungent than those of an
avowed enemy, and Tory reader can endure
that his paper should abuse the Tories occasion
ally, if it amuse him with continual snarling at
the Wings.
If, however, we look closer at the Radical par
ty, we shall probably find very few among them
who would not, if closely pressed, avow himself
in favor of general suffrage That they have any
formed plan upon this subject, we do not believe.
In all probability each would differ from his
fellow if the question were openly mooted Still,
even from this heterogeneous compound of dis
senting politicians, a principle may, perhaps, be
drawn, by which a Radical may be tested. As,
however, we have no certain knowledge upon the
,ra ho1 tn IF the n adj whefbar