The Washington union., 1857-04-22

yet contrye TO hand over te power 10 few famies as
in the pamy DAYS of the rotten borough system by giving
two seats TO Rpon and to Huddersfeld Stafford,
Dundee The franchise ought to be distributed according
to the population and wealth of district and IN England
IL would be found that wealth increased In proportion to
the population forming the rule for equal allotment of
electoral power Ireland would be exception to this
rule but Ireland exception and anomaly in al
most everything and there they found that population
had little reference 10 wealth He was in favor of shorten
ing the duration of Paraments from three years
his reasons being that few of the extent to
which a House of Commons might be coerced by the
threat of dissolution Hear hear Lord palmerston,
during considerable portion Of last session, and the
whole of this session. had exercised considerable aous
over the House of Commons by the consciousness of
having the power of dissolution in his hands Why
members afraid OF going to meet their constituents
One main consideration the enormous expenses in
which they mucted for the elections especially in
Scotland, where with the pures constituencies, the mem
bes subjected TO heavier legal and other charges
than In England II had three years instead of
years Parlaments, they would to be considered
OF bona @ duration; for it must be crisis indeed that
would render necessary dissolution before the time and
4 there would not be the same capricous exercise of
the power OF dissolution This reform, coupled with
that of the ballot would amount of turmoil and
STRIFE the effect of the ballot would be to put end to
the practice of canvassng at elections and the fe
quent of elections would be considered by
of all parties great boom He observed that his hon
oable opponent had plan for permissive ballot but he
Ir. Cobden) for compulsory ballot He would make
everybody vote by ballot, with pernssive open voting
that was any who chose to put the name Of hs ia
vorite candidate Golden OF Akroyd his hat on his
back at liberty to do 50. new reo.n bill
cessary it twenty-five years since there had been
any such measure, at present the government of the
country snrfey In the hands Of ogarchy of from
900 to 500 000only that number being within the
electoral pale. He sorry that Lord John Russell
and certainly the pluck OF that little nobelan was al
ways calculated TO draw forth the admiration Of his
trymen, and especially Yoshircnen who fond Of
fighting still gied at the ballot he felt certain that
his view OF pofganzng the liberal party with view to
reaction at distant date based upon reform His
lordshp might be certain ta. Il would be impossible to
constitute such party in the House Of Commons to
raise such amount of enthusiasm would enable him
to carry the unless he made the ballot part of
| that system. The reason that the 900 or
| 800 900 within the electoral pale had great
motive for calling for extension of the suffrage
| for them to ask for extension of the franchise
was to ask that their power should be diluted and
spread larger surface. He would give the lib
| cral party in Huddersfcd credit for being
disntccsted towards their ncghbors outside the electoral
pale than he had observed In any other borough Hear
He Mr. Cobden) in favor of household suffrage the
raebook to be the register and every rated to the
poor to have vote. Rounds of applause] He of
opinion that II leader in the position Of Lord John Rus
sell to introduce reform bill with the ballot in
cluded he would trip up the heels of his opponents and
take the wind out of their sails in very clever and very
successful and break the ranks Of his adversres in
the counties Hear, hear. The qualification for MEM
bers only fiction, and he would vote for tsaboon,
in Scotland Mr. Golden then proceeded to defend his
conduct in reference to the Russian The effect Of
that had been only to put the world in milf
ay aspect than before to press down the peoples and to
end in such result had been anticipated AS to the
late decision the China question: he denied that there
had been any conspiracy alleged by his opponent Mr.
Akroyd and said that since he had been in the House
there had been decision of such weight influence
and authority [Cheers Every man of sterling stub
born worth and obstinate integrity had voted for it, hear
hear !; and one who had voted against itNIr. Ellice
had since condemned his vote in his address to the
electors and declared it to be an immoral one Mr. Golden
ugued that should take possession of any portion of
the territory of China it might give umbrage to the Uni
4 ted States and embrol with that country. Mr. Cob
len then said he had been charged with being anxious to
reduce military establishments that should be
entirely defenceess What he had said thousand times
in every direction was that should spend 100000 600
on military and naval deicnces but if any hostile attack
threatened the shores of England he would cheefully
vote f100, 900 900 fl0 600, 900 IAppause He dep
recated the wasteul expenditure in the military and
naval departments II was not unusual to among the
items OF receipt $500 000 f400 000 5000 900 for old
stores and these stores he would venture say had cost
100000 000 OF this wasteful expenditure he gave
instances We ought to be that the money
voted well expended and this could be done
long the army navy and ordnance under the
management Of the class of people who had long had
the exclusive management Of those departments Loud
| applause.
Mr. Golden, then in answer to the questions put sta.
ted that he should after their recent vote in favor Of the
Canton massacre vote that the bishops be excluded from
the House of Lords He should not vote for the opening
of the Crystal Palace Crystal Palace grounds the
| Sunday, would he vote for the Maine law.
! Mr. CoDden and the Manchester men nave Bu1ler-
ed, it is true defeat but they are not men to be
kept down for long time. There is great force in
| the following views of the London Times
We cannot, however, pass without especial re-
mark the entire and complete smash of the rump of the
Corn Law League The constituency Of Manchester have
1 rejected Mr. Bright and Mr. Miner Gibson Mr. Golden
has shared the fate at Huddersteld Even Sir f.
Arrntage has been defeated by Mr. Massey the treasury
candidate The to discern the signs of the times
has been denied them and they have paid the penalty of
their blindness Surely the country has not been
grateful to them, unmindful Of their past services
But for the recollection Of what they had donoof the
great things they had accomplished in their tmethey
would long since have been dismissed to the limbo of all
useless and mpraccable politicians STILL with it all
regret the fate which has overtaken Mr. Bright and
Mr.. Golden Nothing be more alien to our feelings
than to insult these gentlemen with expression OF com
mscraon when the battle Of life has for the moment urn
ed against them Save in far for personal and domestic
aiction they need not the pity of any How many
among public living have done what they have
complishedY What say with regard to Mr. Bright
said when the contest yet undecided and when the
constituency of Manchester had not yet passed upon
him vote OF ostracism. We well understand that
Manchester should have desired to FREQ itself from the die
ation of the League perhaps the object might have been
obtained and yet the resolution have been more grace
fully carried out. With regard to Mr. Golden, can
only repeat that in opinion while he is living and in
the full possession of his faculties English House of
Commons will be complete without him. Let the const
uences think not what he has done since 1885, but
upon the energy the sngeness Of purpose the zeal with
which he the fiph for food for long