The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-07


would have had majority. II is quite useless 70
condemn the Roman Catholics, for they are 10 posi-
tion-they are the people. Thousands are awe 70
witness the contrast between what they were snHy
years ago and what they are now Ireland mas,
moro than any nation in Europe, undergone revo-
luton.
Several disgraceful election riots have taken place
in Ireland: but there is often something healthy in
riots In national rascality there Is no redeem
ing point, and the Meath election is thing OF
atfocious baseness. Historical idols ennoble
country and one Of the noblest OF Irish idols was
Henry Grattan He was not faultless, be was not
AL wisdom, but he was one of God Almg hty's
nen-ope of earth's great spirits-one of the few
who dignity the six centuries Of Ireland degrafa-
ton. Reverence for his memory Is a national OBJ
gation dsrespect to his names revoss our sense Of
right outrages our veneratiOn for the departed
great. Yet Ireland. in Meathshire. Is now insult
ing the memory of the hero OF I1e2. Henry Graf
tan, the of the Henry Grattan, is not pattern
representative, lacks his fathers mental endow-
ments, and is not the most discreet and wise Of
p 9; but, as things go, an average public SER
allied the Irish parliament into patriotism, and
conciled the British Parliament to Irish eloquence.
His son is candidate for the county Of Meath, and
he is opposed by the Catholic clergy, because five
years ago. he voted for bill intended 70 stop mid
night assassination; and because he is opposed by
renegade Quaker convert to Catholicism, who re-
wives, in journal he conducts the obsolete tana-
ticsm Of the sixteenth century, rendering Us far as
he can, the religion he has adopted odious TO all
the advocates Of Christian benevoence and political
progress.
II is pleasant TO turn from such vlanous ingrat-
tude 70 the West Riding Of Yorkshire, which elect
| ed, Saturday lat. The marked man Of this age,
Richard Golden. His speech, on the occasion, was
hardly worthy of HIMSELF but, in all his speeches,
| there was much suggestive matter. He is for
combining in generous whole the anti ministerial
party, aud be asks for the cabne. fair trial. in the
assurance that the result will be their discontinue
On the previous day, the Chancellor Of the Ex-
che quer telling the electors of Buckingham
min had n n tIDn tha
reversal of free trade, buC that they had plan for
recopciling all parties through an adjustment Of
taxation. As he did not disclose his secret no one
can tell what the plan is The protect0nists ro-
gard it as an ''artfu DODGE" and the liberals look
upon it mere rhetorical artifce. having refe-
renee to the paradise of desperate characters-the
chapter Of accidents .'One word,' said Sir George
| Grey, on Monday last, 'to the tenant farmers nre
ference to this proposed REIMBURSEMENT Of taxation.
Let me warn them not to be led away with cry of
| that nature, Let them take care that the matter
| be not too narrowly looked into; that the exemp-
tions which already exist in favor OF agriculture be
not assailed for without reference 70 the income
tax, which presses alike upon ALL it may turn out
| that the Wanted re adjustment may be more likely
10 leave you more heavily burdened than at present
Bnt this adjustment oftaxa.ion is only another leaf
taken out Of the book of their opponents. Sir llo
bert Peel advocated the same and it is from tina.
that the free trade policy has been established"
pretty general opinioTprevails that Mr. ID Israeli
has taken opother leaf out Of Sir Robert
Peel's book, and that in the adoption of popular
measures he will astopsh the liberals the aIthor
OF the repeal of he corn laws astonished the wings
Sir Edward Buwer ton goes further, and rsads
in Lord De-bys antecedents assurance Of future
progress on the democratic road And now" be
said, lin the very name of reform and progress,
ask on to look fairly at the present administration
which appeals to your sense Of justice for fair tri
n. Who and what is this Lord Derby, that he is TO
be denounced as foe 20 the people! When first
entered Parliament, ! remember man who rose,
night after might. in defence o. the Parliamentary
urh all a 10
and TO whose courage and energies, more perhaps
than any living man, il is owing that you
have ''the bill, the whole bill, ani nothing bu. the
bill, which was the most popular measure Of our
generation. That man was then Mr.. Stanley; he is
Low your Prime Minister Again, little later, ]
Ismember man who rose to introduce into the
House Of Commons measure for the abolition of
slavery tbroughou. the British dominions. And if
you can now boast that mo- slave may be found in
your colonies some praise ani honor should be given
10 that man who is now TIE Prime Minister Of Eag-
land. And why should you suppose that now, when
he is at the head Of affairs he be that almost
impossible phenomenon n loiiics-tbat, as u
Prime Minister, he would d. less for reform and
progress than had been done by Lord j. Russell!'
The French President has been taxing Tor applause
all his Iar.isans and officials between Paris and
StIasboIg, end the idle desire foe show has suhsi
dised into seeming popularity. The opening Of the
railway, however, was IN event which originated in
ard 1es7s u social advancement at enuity with des
potism; and the Bishop o. Strasbourg, in blessing
the railway and The locomotives, uttered rords OF
christian philosophy and deep political meaning.
Let Us not suppose, said the preata, :. that Pro-
whence remains indifferent to that prodyous deye-
lopement Of modern industIy-to those astonishing
discoveries which genius the most vast anjth bold
est never would have dared to foresee fifty years
ago. Let Us not suppose that the wise and bounti-
fui Creator will not cause that arjopr for material
interests which agitates the world in our day to
serve the OF truth If distance be annihilated
by ipdustry-ifthe barriers that time and space op
pose to its creations be broken, is also opens way
M mn q q
the gospel: it causes frontiers TO disappear It des
troys the limits that separate nations, in order 70
make Of them but one and the same family, united
in charity ard in the practice of christian virtues
The good bishop traced to The increase Of knowledge
and the Roman roads the rapid progress Of christian
ity and We can excuse the solecsm when ne ascrbes
the same merit to the presence OF Alexander the
Great on the Euphrates.
This fortunate county presents happy contrast.
Our beloved Queen takes her summer excursion on
an element which Britain rules and, although
there is no absence of fitting pomp and dignifed
ceremonial, there is no significant announcement
tha', being well received, her Majesty trusted her
person to the people. Where despotism governs,
royalty moves within circle Of hayonets; where
constitutional liberty prevails, the soldiers retire
and the subjects approach. Respect and love for
the sovereign is here thing Of course in appear
ance; in reality, hearty, living sentiment, which
identifies the good and gracious lady enjoying the
coast scenery Of her kingdom with he glory and
happiness Of the state The sovereign and the
people are without jealousy, suspicion, Of fears.
We learn by the news from India the death of the
Burmese sovereign, and it is probable tina. his de-
cease may lead TO q speedy termination Of the war
The japanese Expedition and American
Foreign Diplomacy.
From the London Globe, July 20
The American newspapers, which garrulous
enough and sufficiently communicative on public
well as private matters, have of late been
marbably taciturn on the subject Of the great an
kee armada citing out in the various dockyards of
the Union and destined TO 90 forth against the
Islands OF Japan Some months ago the Ntc York
Herald intimated that the Commodore found consid.
cradle difficulty in obtaining supply Of sailors ade
quate 70 the requirements Of large squadron; and
when the superior attraction Of the dggings for ad
venturous spirits is borne in mind, that eoald scarce
have been otherwise. There is natural unwilling
the part Of transatlantic kinstolk to dis
close the failure Of 50 ambitious project; and it is
from Amsterdam that the first intelligence of It's be-