New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-19

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Let Us uow look at his exsrsoa' for Catholic EnAa-
eipsitor-one Of As great'airns having beea to gain
the craitude Of the Irish people We Do no' dwell On
the Circumstance that having declared himself tor Ca
tiolie patton when member OF ths Gaming lua-
istry. lie rs,Crtheless entered tie Wellington ministry
svowegly Lssrl.e % that measure. Oil Lord Palmer
stor. then consider religious liberty as ona OF the
rights of usu nos 20 be intennedied with By legs
lat;on He SAY answer for himself Although |
wish tie Catholic claims TO BE- considered, never
VII admit thsse elsims stand upon the gr0ss8 Of
rir II thought the Catholics were asking for their
risht l. for one. would rot 60 ato the Committee"
And why lid he oppCse their asking for their right
Because he legislature OF a county has tue right %
impose such political disabilities upon any class OF the
CONTINUITY a. may deem Necessary FOX tie safety and
the welfare Of he whole This belosgs to the ssia-
mental priHcipies on which civilized government is
founded Here. then we have the most cynical con
fessiou ever made that the OF the people have no
rights AZ all but that they msy enjoy that quantity Of
immunites the legislature. or in oher words the ruling
class may deem III to grant them. In accordance with
this Lord Palmerston declared in plain words, Catho
lie Emancipation 10 be OF grace aal favor.
Il was then entirely upon the ground Of exPeliency
NAV ne W uAHN'utlnAt tuc N4r
bilities and uha, was lurking behind this expeli-
ercy' Beng himself one Of the great Irish aldei
proprietOrs lie wanted to entertain the deusOn that
other remedies Tor Irish evils than Emancipation
"impossble thatt would cure Absenteesm, AM prove
cheap substitute ioT poor laws. This great philan-
tlropist who aferward cleared his Irish estates Of
their Irish natives. could not allow Irish misery 20
darken even for one moment, with IT'S inauspicOus
clouds the bright sky over the Parliament Of land
lords and money lords II is true he eIchim5,
hat the peasantry ireland dc enjoy al the com
forts which are enjoyed BY the Peasantry Of En-
gland" Only think of all the comforts enjoyed by a
family at the rate of seven shillings weeh san
he continues still however the Irish peasant has
" his comforts Re is well supplied with fuel, and is
seldom Iory five days ont Of six 1t loss for food
But this is not all the comfort lie has lie has great
sr cheeriulncss OF mind than his English follow
sufferer As to the extortiOns of Irish landlords be
deals with them in no less pleasant way than with
the comforts OF the Irish peasantry Ii is said that
the Irish landlord insists the highest possible rent
that can be extcrted. Why Sir / believe that il
rot singular circumstance Certainly in England
4" the landlord does the same thing" Are We then to
be surprised that this deeply initiated into the
mysteries Of the gores Of the English Constitution
and the comforts Of 4" free Institutions, aspires at
spreading them all over the Continent
II is Known that when the Reiorm-moyement had
grownirresstible Lord Pamerston deserted the camp
Of the Tories, and skifully effected bis junction
with the Wbigs. We have seen that he once aPpre-
Bonded danger ofmilitary desposn from the demands
of the selfcalled Reiormers. Nevertheless as early
as 1925 he patroused the extension of the franchise
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aud Manchester not because avn friend TO Reform
in principle bat because ITS decided enemy" calcu
latiDg that timely compromise with the over
grown iactoryki kings might be the ONLY way Of escaping
The introduction Of general rejorm." Having passed
over 10 the Wigs, be did not pretend that their
Reform bill aimed at breaking through the narrow
traumels of tie Venetian Constitution but, the
contrary at increasing its strength and soiity, by
seyering the midde-cass interest from the peoples
opposition. The feelings Of the middle classes VIII
" be- changed. and their dissatisfaction will be con-
"yered ntO that attachment TO the Constitution which
will give to it vast increase OF strength and soldi
"ty' lie cOusoled the Peers by telling them that the
Reform bill would neither weaken the influence of
the House of Lords nor put a stop TO ts nterfer
ing IN elections" He told the ArisOcracy that the
Constitution was not 20 lose its eudal character, the
landed interest being the great foundation upon which
tests the fabric of society and the Institutions OF the
county" lie allayed their fears by throwing out
roDicGl hints that 1--WE have been charged with not
being in earnest or sincere in our desire 70 give 20
the people real representation, that 1T was
,ad We only proposed to give different form OF
influence to the arstOcracy and the landed in
aterest" He even went tar 10 own that,
befde tie inevitable concessions TO be made 70 the
oyergrcNn manufacturing interest "disfranchise-
ment that is to -, q new kind Of distribution OF
rotten boroughs between the Tory Arstocrats and the
Wing Aristocrats wac the chief and leading principle OF
tie Reform bill
We viii now return to his performances in the for
eign branch of policy during the Tory period Of his
life In 1923 when in consequence OF the resolutions
Of tie Congress Of Verona French army marched
into Spain in order 10 oyertum the Constitution OF that
country aud 70 deliver up to the merces vengeance
of the Bourbon idiot and his suite Of bgot monks Lord
slmerston diEcained any QuxOtic crusade for ab-
stract principles any Intervention IN favor Of
people whose heroic resistance had saved England from
Napoleon. The words he addressed on that occasion
10 bis Wing opponents are true and lively picture OF
Lis own foreign policy after lie had become their per-
nanent Minister Of Foreign Affairs Some said he,
would have had threats in negotiation without
" being prepared for going 10 war ii negotiation failed
" To have talked OF and TO have meant neutrality
have threatened army and u have retreated be-
" hid ststepaper-to have brandished the sword Of
defiance the hour OF delberston AMI TO have ended
IN penful Of protests the day OF battle would have
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