New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-23
mr The .f,rts of the TenantLeaguers Inwhst


Iirht This srhism Is viewed by the true Catholic
nsrtv NAV ~ seen from an article in the French
Csirers. the European organ OF Jesultlsm- Ii
saws: -
r.. orlv rsr-aaeh which can With good toundalon,
h. directed 70 Masrs Heosh an Sai!sr = n a N y
suffered themselves 10 BE- thrOsn into connection WIN
,,,o Association che TensutLesgue aud the ketsoas
Fc,.ry Associatou) which have no other object nan
10 make patent the anarchy which consumes IreliaI
In its Indignation. the URirers beIrays ITS Sc
cret:
them selves in open opposition 70 The bishops and Gerry
IN country where the preaies and dignttFes OF tne
Church have hitherto been the safest guides Of popular
and national organization
We NAV infer that, should the Tenant-
Leaeuers happen to be in France, the UH'7srs
uould cause them 70 be transported 20 Cayenne.
The Repeal agitation was a mere political move
ment. and therefore. il was possible Tor the
Catholic Clergy to make use of II, for extorting
concessions from the English Government while
the people were nothing but the tools of the
priests. The Tenant-Right agitation is deep
rooted social movement which in It's course.
will produce a downright session between the
Church and the IRISH Revolutionary party, and
thus emancipate the people from that mental
thrsldom which has frustrated all their exer-
tons. sacrifices, and struggles for centuries
past.
pass low 70 the "Rednion' of the leading
retormers of the County of Lancaster and lis
representatives. which was held st Manchester
on the Sd inst Mr. GEoRGE WusoS was IN
the chair. He spoke'Only of the iniquitous ne
presentation If the commercial and industrial
compared with the agricultural districts, upon
which he expressed himself in the following
terms:
In the i've Counties Of Buckingham. Dorset, Wills,
Northampton and Salop % members were reurned ~
- OBJ voters while only the same number were returned
by Lancashire and Yorkshire, with - 669 county and
a OLE borough voters, making total OF lf+Sol 20
thai they returned members in propornon 20 foters
alone those I'VE counties could only clam ~; Wae
Lancashire took their proportion wOuld De entiie1 20
2O7 There twelve large cites or boroughs taking
London az a double borough returning q members,
with 1872 900 voters, and population OF 32s2ls' and
3s coo Inhabited houses On the other eide, u mem
b.rr were returned BY Andover, Buckingham Chippen
ham. Cockermouth. TOtnes Harwich, Bedford Lymins'
ton Marlborough, Great Marlborough and Richmond
but they bad only so voters o., +34 inhabitants, and
{73 inhabited houses. ..... The most tlmd reOsmsr
and most moderate would hardly object % the DIS
franchisement Of those boroughs which hal popus-
ton less than 5000 and a. handing the % members
10 those large constltuencies.'
Mr.. Miner Gibson, NJ. p took up the sub
ject OF National Education, and the Taxes on
knowledge With regard 10 the Reform bill,
the only passage ia his speech deserving notice,
is his declaration on the point OF equal electo-
raj districts:
1T may be. if you please, great cll.s question:
Mr.. BrothertOn, another NJ. T., said:
"No Reform bll would be satisfactory at this time
which did not propose to equsze the Distribution Oh th'
representation
But BY far the most memorable speech was
that of Mr. Bright, VI. T., the real man among
the Manchester men, He SAID
The Government II a coalition Government com.
posed OF Wings and Pceltes ..--. There L no great
cause for throwing up Of caps, ~ Ne had 10 the HJF-
ernmen, men Of new principles, and OF new policy,
who about 70 take great START aud who would not
require 20 be urged By al those who are idyorios 70
Reierm, IN every part Of the country. Hear
In reference 20 Parliamentary Reform NJ
said:
IIou's Napoleon had started with a Representation
H<cours In France hsd given all the MemDerstot the
rural DISTRICT where the BJnapaEte family are 50 popu
lar and had no; allowed Members 70 be returned rom
Paris and Lyons, and Marscer, ali the Press OF Eng
land would have denounced toe sham Representation
which be establishing that country Hear hear
I'VE have ono-eishtA o. the population OF England
here In Lancashire; have eteuth OF ~ rmea0ie
property, and We have Onetenth OF the whole NUMBER
OF houses We begin 20 know where we are now
Loud cheers. There Is another hte duhclty
which u the difficulty OF the ballot. TEAR hear y
read Lord John Russells speech NJ h- election, ana
really these London electors were in capital hJmOr, or
they could not have allowed such an argument 70 pas
without sayng something against H. lie against
where. and When l read the p0rhgrdpl
sGd to myscf Very well had been one OF your sup
poriers, should have recommended you 10 take re-
p0rertrom The Times Office 20 the next Cabinetmeet
ing with you" Hear laughter.l
Now we come 10 Sir James Graham argu-
ment:
"He did not think secret Voting could be made com
pulsOy."
Why can il not be made compulsory Open
voting is made compulsory, and secret voting
could be made compulsory IL is compulsory, at
any rate, in the State of Massachusetts, il not
in the other States of North America; and Sir
James Graham knows perfectly well that there
was no force in what he wss saying 20 1000 or
5000 OF the people of Carlisle, on a rainy day,
when suppose, people did not weigh matters
under their umbrellas very carefully.
we mus, not forget concluded Mr. Bright, thtt
everything the country has gained since the Revolution
OF l6cc-and especially everything OF late ycars-has
been ganc in manly e0atss Of ths industrial and
mercdi cidsses against me AYistocrdcy ana e prcisgei
eiasst' Of his country. We must carry on toe
eonaict there are great things yet T. be done.' ;ar
hear snd cheers
The resolution unanimously agreed 10 was:
THAT this meeting requests the Liberal Members
ncctcd with the County OF Lancaster TO couHier them
selves committee for the purpose OF aiding in any pro-
eeedngs with reference 10 Parliamentary reform with
view 20 secure such additional representation for the
County, a. ss population industry, wealth aud intelh.
gence require"
Inc MANCHESTER schooi nave repeated al TINS
meeting their battle cry the industrial Bolr-
geOisie against the Arstocraey; but on the
other hand, they have also betrayed the secret
OF their policy, viz: the exclusion ei the people
from the representation OF the country, aud the
strict maintenance of their particular class
interest All that was said with regard 10 the
ballot, national education, taxes ON knowledge,
&c, is nothing but rhetorical tlourishes; the
only serious object being the equalization Of
Electoral Disiricts-at the least the only one up-
ON which resolution Was passed and a pledge
taken by the members Why this With equal
electoral districts the town interest would be-
come the commander of the countryinterest-
the bOurgeoise would become master OF the
House OF Commons. II il we're given 20 the
Manchester men to obtain equal electoral dls-
tricts, without a necessity OF making serious
concessions 70 the Chartists, the latter would