Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-01-28
Change of English Ministry.-This

Change of English MtntStry'-i HIS
unexpected event opens up some interest
ing views in relation to British politics.
It is evident that if the present Parliament
is dissolved, and an appeal is made to a
general election, as popular test tor con-
tinuipg or abrogaling The corn laws, 'he
struggle will be more eventtnl and bl'ler
than any which has occurred in England
between class interests. The whole mo
MED power and hereditary influence Oh Inc
landed proprietors will be, brought inio
fierce array against the manufacturing
and COMMERCIAL classes. 1t will be bard
Tough, fight, and the victory, if II remain
with the middle order against The arlslcc'
racy, The magnates Of the soil. will not oe
obtained by large odds. Should the Rus
sell Ministry carry into the House ol Com
mons, under the banner Of total Tree
trade in corn, less than one hundred ma
= ejority, i, will possess uone Of Inc elements
of Durability. A recas'ins o: the MINIS
try will then be necessary, and The more
moderate views OF commercIel reform
known 10 be entertained by Sir Robert
Peel, will have The ascendancy. In sacu
csse he must come back TO Office and re-
assume the Premiership, with such an ac-
cession of power, popularity and influence
as few public ministers have possessed in
English history.
II is obvious that there are but two men
in England. known 10 fame, who are ca
pable of undertaking the management OF
the House of Commons. an essential fnnc-
tiou of An English Prime Minister. il is
needless to designate these as Lore John
Russell and Sir Robert Peel. The policy
10 which The former is pledged partakes in
too great degree of forward movement,
in the removal of commercial restrictions,
10 be extensively popuer in EuglaDd.-
The ou,works of The protective policy are
yet scarcely carried. The assaiants have
TO overcome gradually, and step by step,
the opposition of those who defend The
citadel of protection. The vested inter-
ests which would be overhrown or j..
iured by the too sudden removal of the
restrictive system are formidable in a
couutry whose mercantile and financial
policy has been bull, up and fashioned
from the materials peculiar to compli
Gated scheme of excise, irlpnst and re
clriction. To advocate sweeping reform
is to attempt 10 pluck the fruit before it is
ripe. 1t will be recollecled that Lord
John Russell, in his leller, recautins his
restrictive opinions, avowed his conversion
TO the free trade doctrine Of total repeal
He did not seek to limit or qualify The
injury to any class connected with The
ownership or cultivation of the land,
which that repeal might damage. Sir
Robert Peel did so limit or qualify his
opinions, as reported to have been OK
pressed in the Cabinet. He spoke ofcom.
pensalion:lo landlords, farmers. ,sad 4srm
igaoierss lie would. no dsnbi: haze
!;itsAi ,hose h:,s>'e.ls- ah;eh Ill exclusively
ofl ne .}an,, .,e we0it CHRONOLOGICAL .Fs,
q 2fl. 2fcls:. -. maj: 1D:it5 sai: otbcrs.g ks
,g1,eh ciu.i.iish ,as demand for end cpn-
~Gsapian u ho prodOce Q. nc iand.--
Placing himself thus at the head of a
moderate movement in The repeal of
commercial aud other restrictions, he
would be likely to increase that moral
weigh, as Minister. which he has &C
CURED by The sacrifice of bis opinions and
by his timely submission to The spirit of
The aee,-CharLeston Eue. Ne,cS. Q