New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-12

repeated cheers and waving OF hats ohiy u'eu S""' "
the shoutsrs grew tired and hoar-e.
Mr. Brights recommendations were no' gene a'y
acceptable to the great bulk Of the press 1e aaA-
chester Guardian takes decided exception I'd MS
anda,ion Of American institutions aud the ~" an"
order which be couiended prevailed under theH''
We are indebted TO TIE Esrcgcan Timss Tor -
nopsis Of tie second speech Of Mr.. Bright, when Wa
upon
FOREIGN POLICY.
Mr.. Bn,ht on rising 10 respond. was rrcriVe"
with immense cheering which lasted Tor s-vera! mG-
u'es On rhe Applause subsding the Hon. geatcnitl III
expressed his thanks for the pmentary manner n
which bis name had been mentioned AMI for tue very
kind way In which the toast had been re'-iVei II
he was entitled 70 the laudsiions which had been
passed upon him. he began to tniuk tina, nis puons
career and bis opinions were Dot 50 ming Ism ani
antnationa a. the best Of our puohe Instructors nad
sometimes assumed. How could he. any more tha1
anv of them, be aa Engl-hmsn and not be- DitloSai
Had he not been born on the same soil Dii ne not
come from the same English stock Were not nls
family committed irreyocaby 10 the fortunes ni th'
country Wa. not whatever property ne possessed,
ard Of which any Of his hearers might be possessed,
dep4 pdent on the good government OF our country
Then how could any dare In say that any one OF
his country n because be happened to dirf WIN
him IN a great question Of public poliey-that he
was En- gii-h, and III. refore anti-nail0na lnere
were those who would assume that between MN
ard mis- constituents there was 4. great gnli hxei'
ard that he could not pass over II Ia them,
and that they could not by any possibility pass
over to him. Now be took the liberty, IN the
presence Of al audience intelligent coai be coli
ected together within the limits IT this ISLAND, To say
that lie had never held promulgated any views Tor
the confirmation % which he could not refer T. - ne ot
the best and most reyered names IN the history of
English statesmapship. hundred aud tweaty years
ago the government Of this country had been con-
Quoted by Sir Robert Walpoe, great minister who,
for many years preserved the country peace, AMI
whose pride il bad been that he hal done so. aor-
fortunately, toward the close OF Gls eareer he had bee
driven into pocy-the ruin Of his political prospects
This minister had declared speaking of the poiicy q,
war that il SO affected this country that nothing could
be 20 foolish, nothing mad As policy OF war Tor 4
trading nation and he had gone far to say that
any pence was better than successful war coming
down fifty years nearer our own time, Charles james
Fox in whose day the Government had been con-
stdLty inermeddllng IN tie affairs OF Europe, hai
given II his opinion that from inermeidlns great
aiiicton had upon the c0untry. Fty y-ars later
STILL during the time of Lord Gray, there had been un-
flfed the banner ol peace-retrenchInent ana reform
and that sentence and that sentiment hai been
received throughout the United Kingdom a. the pro-
nuunc. ul the ncement oi new era, snich
should this country from many OF the calamties
of the past Let them come down stu later, anu thsy
found another statesman secend Ia none he had men
tioned-ihe late Sir X. Peel Having watched the
career uf that aneuied statesman up 10 the p7ro1 of
his DEATH and having particularly PAID attention
thereto during the latter period OF Sir Robert life, he
Mr. Bright had TO state that his principles were iden-
teal with those he had abored 10 press the aten-
ton Of his countrymen-the whole tenor OF tue last
speech which Sir r. Peel had delivered was in accord.
ance with the policy which he Mr.. Bright hal urged
on bis countryen for years in relation to foreign al
fairs-and vet, notwithstanding that there was this
eminent testimony in favor Of his opinions, he had been
assaed in terms which Indicated that IN the opin0n oil
some people be incompetent 10 speak respecting
any department of Government. Mr. Bright went ON
at great length to Justify the policy winch he had
adopted on foreign affairs. lie adi1eed "a variety
meddIipg unnecessarily in the affairs of other
nations. He spoke of the e5dless waste of
money which had been incurred in promoting Prot
estantism abroad, in preserving and asserting the
Liberties Of Europe, and in mant ainng the balance o
power. He asked what mad been the benefit confer
red Europe not more free, and as to the balance
of power, it ike the perpetual motion, or some
other of those objects which men were rackng their
brains ard spending their time. As respected Eng
land however what had been the result In pursuit
of this w.o'-the-wisp there had been spent about
t2,OOO OC0,Uoo stering a sum which neither he nor
they might We'll reckon up as regarded the amount o
wealth which II represented, industrial or otherwise
The visible results have been large increase of the
national debt and great augmentation of taxati0n
and that increase and augmentation would continue as
long the present erroneous policy was pursued. He
had examined the matter and confirmed in the
conclusion at which he had sometime ago arrived that
this foreign policy this regard for the Liberty OF Eng
land this sOictude for the Decentralization OF El-
rope tls for the balance Of power, gantc
system of outdoor relief the arisOcracy of England
Mr.. Bright went at some length to condemn the
splrlt o conquest wDici had prevailed, ana 10 argue
that these cOnquests had seldom benefited the
country. Our expenses connected with the acqui
sition of territory had been out of all bounds
the attempted but unsuccessful subiusation
Of the United States OF America having cost
US not less than { l30 600 900 sterling. Ia paying
passing allusion to Cherbouig, Mr.. Bright rdiculed
the ideas Of alarm which had been manifested in
spect thereto sud asked if England had never fortified
any places. II she had no Gibraltar, no Malta, and
had erected at vast expense works which night
be used IN promoting the purposes OF aggressive war
fare. He wanted that night to iuaugurate of the
be revolutions that had ever taken place IN this coun-
try-he meant the revolution of mind. Referring 10
tie subject of Protection let them take the Of the
laborer. II was predicted ths the doing away with
Protection would be his ruin, in other worts, would
psialyze the pauper But tue instincts and common
cause of the country had wiped away al snch COB
webs The real result that in twelve years there
had been received into this country grain dOdr, &C.,
10 the amount of f22i ,0O0,o0O sterling. The
home growth had been stimulated To al enormous
exeut, 1000, 600 tuns of guano being annually lm-
ported, which might be said to represent the same
weight If in the increased produce. The abOrer
then for whom many tears were she'd was in
a better position than he had been since the com
nencement oi the great French war. As another III
stance Of revolution of mind, he instanced the abol
ton of punishment Of death for offeuses which
received a senterce of imprisonment for few months
aud Noticing the opposition encountered by Sir Samuel
Romily in his efforts for that end from lords bishops
and statesmen, Mr.. Bright observed that such aues
tons had not been decided by Government, but the
decision cane from such meetings rs the present
from the Intelligent heads and honest hearts OF the
people, who never went wrong except from moment
ary passion. He would note should this feeling be
temporary permanent, there still much sorrow
and suffering the base of their social system which
required their attention, among which was The social
evil, which he attributed IN great measure to
our loss Of in the CriInea aud ludIa.
/, a great sin in the people II permit
the loss Of money in the shape of taxes
and the loss of life in any war unless under
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