New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-12

he os- tpppo.t 20 the reso;aoE c. he .ohs fiI.ad.
TiAtre,c,u'io wss 10 ceIsure &C he Goyersnent;
wss srct1y sppeftatlrg to The matter 10 land orsx
H. into 1cUssioB tso II the esditg isA'nres oil Tvs
bill s5ich ouS be better exsuHped At tins stsge
tbsu N Coun,,t,e. The debate hsd been protueavs
Of some good 81 mt. They hsd thought that Iss
,rsusftr Of toe brTovsh yO,ers and he identity OF
snhrsee were essential parts Of TIE mcclure, bat Il
tor appesisd that every part of the bill vas ooeo "
COS citation ttst 70 pert was % BE- sac 9sS sss
with the Government. He hoped that further pro-
srfss would be before toe debate closed IN tae
CONVICTION ard thst they voad all end 10 sgreeisf
:, the resolution. he reprobated the pessonsi
attack Il toe Sohctor-Geueral on Lord Joss
Pus,rT xiich wss uDwortuy of bis position asa
lrdtse,yed ny re unexsmped fofhea snce VI tss
oppostCr. lie admitted that toe presea' eremss<
h,d ri, oore IT'S duty 10 pr posing measure OF M
fun lbey took the Government Sitn ITS engage
rnsns which ttey were bonnd 10 fuhu. One OF those
srRs.eueuts vas the Itdis Bd trey hsdoPposed tho
IIdis Bill but IN office they carried II on, tooasan
vas true hey bad spcled l. q mite. Lac! NoLe Nv
q, nit obliged 10 postpone Reform til the preseot s-
sion Hear heAl Nos, they were Cons fvs
tive party pledge 10 grad0sl progress: Iney ousut
y ers'ore 20 hsye taken their stand on the Act %
lS,f! ana o. have carried ont is principles hero
see defects II tbat sc.,he exclusion Of the ran
cbise which their present bill remecied he dld no
ION IN the ohiecti, L "a shat had been cahed sns
srcy ohists u the bill, believing that taoy woaid
aout \ very deserving CisSs If men. As 70 toe oor-
oue franchise be bad loTg been OF epinco thst the
10 Occup suCy ought 20 be mslntslnei, ou' hs Dog
believed that it might safely be oseIed 80 as ID IN
cude toe 1oLes ant deserving part OF tle YORK
rg classes. Hs would not by admitting majority OF
The least Instructed and poorest class swamp aud de-
stroy the influence ~ property SobJeot To thar COO
dltiop be belle ves that reduction O the franchise
ecu and ought TO be made. Provision ought to be
made foy the Isdls ribuon Of seats spd ne DID n1
quarrel with the bill for the small amount VI those pro-
visions He DEFENDED the small Constituencies, which
included vas, class OF education and Intelligence not
included either in The counties or the greas tosns.
a tlsirt mir "a N
Act of l>:Sl snd euieavoied tn remedy them Ia the
.p'rit Of that Sc he had no douot that toey might
hayt csIrec essure which Tor auuew uid nave sct-
Ted tie question. The evils TO be rsmejed now were
ess thar those Of 1892 and were Therefore more easily
De alt WITH But they bad departed from the sPuis OF
hat sct, ard introduced new provisions which were
alien TO the Constitution They had disfraochised
the borough freehcders, aud introduced Identity OF
suffrage o. sroyirg ancient aud recognised p n
c.le ~ orr Cor s,ituiion The bill of the Government
lot Only led 10 electoral districts, but It actulls 80
tabishtd them, adapting them only to tee dstriouaoe
Of population. Toe Cow rnuent would seen ID nave
tel eL couI sci With the member Tor birmingham, ana
20 be rowing in the sac boat with him far more than
Lord John Russell The fret impression on his own
mind hsd b. en- that bill 80 framed ought 70 bs met
BY direct pegative but the amendment of his nobo
Trend met the case ard he gave IL his cordial APP
nroyn az econ as he it. 1. brought at under
discussion the tao rromii ent features OF the ON,
instead If waltz until they had got into the conta-
sion and CHARGE II committee. 80 lar from tne
re,,lpton beirg vote Of censure, the Government
ought 10 thsnk his noble friend for bring ng for
soTd the resolution. Ii carried, It would relieve
them from a great difficulty. lie objected u any
ether provision Of the bull as 10 the proposal
for voting papers, iGtD which he would no.
lien enter. When the Bouse had affirmed
hat the two Objectionable parts Of the bill shoad
no, reusn the OIL ready for the Com n,Itee fae
resolution would no ubt be carried. what ~Jud
follow II ~es said that Ministers would resyn, lie
did not believe It. lie did not desire IT, IL would bs
derelictop Of Their duty If they had undertaken tne
question. TDey had great means OF setting IT. ana
they oug hi 10 tie it. Again n was said toey mghs
dissolve Tbis, again, he dad not beleve. inoy must
obtain the concurrence of the House. Could they gse
their votes in supply In cases of peace or var, or
erea Constitutional questions an sppeal To the coun
Try waa ius,ifiabe. This was not now the osse.
Would they allow the British Constitution tn be
scrambled for on every busting in the Kingdom They
would no, II they COULD and they could not Il they
would. Agsin, they might abandon the bill lie did
not believe tb at they would show 40 n te sense o tho
duty IL ey had to perform lie felt sure that II the
Honse affirmed tho resolution, the Government would
still 90 on with their bill subject 70 the control OF the
majority Of thai Uousc All doubt, "a I, their sdopt-
/ ing this course had been removed by tue candid sud
an pie admission Of the Secretary 10 the Treasury.
! Let the House Therefore, discard a fear lest tho
adoption of the resolution should retsrd The settsmeos
of the question, while without it, the bul would M
| doubleday have been lost.