New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-17

tor, Of tie coas.J. have % soon fsded IRON tie
msnoy q R,plsiesr iocraslat''
Bat. # tao.e oppossd 10 tie eItens.on d Slavery
committed an error II forming the coalitions d
1856 and lsrS, they bsve aggravated their osrn'e
by rep. .,iuz tie folly within The pat tes moa.h'
To r.i,uke Ne Leoomyton vLl,inie' Of The preseai
Administration the R~publes,so Of se"-icrh, New
Jensy, PelnjtssEis, Ono. Ard IndiAnA' united
with UemDcrsts and 4 percans II the C0ngresio,-
a election. Of last Fall and thereby have county,
ted the blunder, (orim>, some u our Repuslcsa
Contemporaries will call il, il they are eonsisseut,
q wre,ting The msjoriiy o. the nett Hou~ ofR,p
resentstiyes ont 81 tse hands Of the Slavery Pr,pS
gan6iss They seem 70 have fallen into the ..ne
error 10 the recent election IL Oregon, and !. .
painfully evident that they sIe preparing 70 repes!
the bunder. in California ADD Minnesota.
Nov, il the successive stages Of tae~ coalitions
acrimonious ascetics, and csnting cayilers reso-
luteIy bent on saving The country IN their own w.y
or letting il 70 10 pcrditon, might have blasted IN
the bad the glorious fruin gathered BY THE friend.
of fire.. dom in the years 1856, lc5S, and l55s. An
inviting field for sowiog dDtrass and jeslsu'y, lay
Deuocrats had struck hards with lifelong Wings.
Germans, with the oath Of fidelity TO the Consti.a
ton warm On their lips, stood shoulder 10 shoulder
with Americans fresh from the councils Of the Or
der; followers Of Clay and Webster in the exciting
controversies Of $50 found themselves for the hrst
time On tie same platform with Abolitionists who
repudiated the Fugitive Slave Law Though these
al ~ Al rpHar re
pressure Of a great efigeocy, either advanced
little or yielded little TO meet on this common
ground, it might have been possble for sour, or
tmd Or stupid men, by artfu appeals 10 prejudice,
or by raising groundless alarms, or BY assuming
TO be wiser than their associates, TO have 70
mented just enough strife to turn all cheering
victories into depressing defeats. But better coun-
sells prevailed then and we believe they will pre-
vail now
A striking example Of the wisdom Of combining
political elements not wholly agreed on a. subjects,
in order 10 avert q great calamity OF achieve an
important triumph, is exhibited in the organization
Of parties in the country whence We have obtained
the essence Of our laws the substance Of our judi
cial system, and the forms Of our Legislative as
semblies.
Since the downfall Of the old.fashioned Tories Of
$780, England has been governed by . series OF
Coalition Ministries. The strong Administrations
Of Grey, Melbourne, Peel, Russell, Aberdeen,
Derby and Palmerston, were raised to power and
sustained in Office BY union Of parties and frag-
ments Of parties that differed on nearly as many
public questions as they agreed upon. Look at
come of the memorable achievements OF these
coalitions The two most important measures
carried through Parliament for century past, aud
either of which WAS, in respect to England revo-
luton a. radical as would be the final overthrow
of the American Slavery Propsgandists, were
severally achieved by coalition Of party chiefs
and masses Of men, who, while agreeing on tle
question Immediately in issue, differed widely on
others of no ordinary magnitude. We allude to
the Reform bill Of 1892 and Corn Law Repeal in
1Si6-the one fundamentally changing system Of
rspresent NATION in the Commons which had existed
since the foundation Of that House; the other
oyerthrowing a landlord monopoly which had be-
come rooted 10 the soil BY the growth Of five CEN
turtles.
The Reform Ministry that abolished the ancient
Constitution OF Parliament composed of Libe-
ral chieftians like Grey Brougham, and Russell,
and hereditary Conservatives like Goderich, Ora
ham, and Stanley (now Earl Derby) Old party
lines were wholly obterated by the Corn-law agi-
taton. The measure was finally carried by the co.
operation Of Tories Wings, Liberals and Radicals
Peel, Wellington, Aberdeen and Gladstone uniting,
for that object, with Russell, Brougham, Golden
AID Bright. After all. perhaps, the most instruct
i've illustration Of the position we arc defending, is
now being exhibited before our eyes. We sec Pal
merstop, whilom Tory now semi-liberal and
Gladstone, once an extreme Conservative and
faithful follower Of Peel, uniting to carry tho ccun
try through critical crisis, with Russell, tho he
redary chief Of the liberal Wings, and Gibson, tho
ultra Radical and colaborer Of Bright and Golden.
A coalition, then, seems to be simply the bringing
into active cooperation Of men who now concur in
opinion upon given subject, but who have pre-
yiously been srrayed against each other on some
other subject Who but fools, philosophers, and
wiseacres, can discover aught alarming in such
conjunctionsf
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