Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-28

lead them TO trust bank arist9craey rather than
the people, viii vote the Opposition ticket Those
whose republican sentiments would lead them to
confde in the people rather than the selfish inter-
ests Of corporations, will not hesitate to vote the
Democratic fieket.
Let these facts be understOod-let our active
friends that the public are properly adVised-let
them guard against the misrepresentation and per-
versions on this subject, indusFiOusly circulated
by our opponents and favorable result is certain
Otherwise great evil may be inflicted onthe State.
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Change I'm the English Administration.
The Earl Of DERBY and Mr. D'IsEAELI have retired
to make room for Lord PALMERsTox and Lord JOSH
RUssEL In ordinary times this is 9 change which
would be of but little interest to American readers,
but from its probable bearing upon the var nov
raging on the European continent, it may be worth
| reading half column to learn little about The
position of parties in English politics.
| All the statesmen who are now recOguizsd as po-
tical leaders on both Sides in 1882 the great
era Of Parliamsn airy reform, members Of Earl
GREY's Wing ministry, which carried the reform
bill against the Tory party headed by the Duke Of
WELLINGTON ami Lord ELDoS in the house Of Peers,
and Sir ROBERT PEEL in the house Of Commons.
Lord srASL Y. (uOW Earl of Dsiby), Lord PAL
MERsTOE and Lord JOHS Russell were all subordin-
ate members of Earl GREY's administration, Mr.
| D'IsRAELI and Sir LlTTsH BULwER being then re-
cognised merely as promising libraries attached to
the same party For long tine this administration
vas the strongest that had held power IN England
since the death Of the elder PIrT but internal dis
cord gradually broke it down, leading FIRST 10 the
abrupt resignation of Earl GREY and Lord ALTHRoP,
Earl GRRT being succeeded by Lord MEIBOURNE,
which soon after led ID the further resignation OF
Lord BRouGHAM, who, il is said, considered himself
the proper man for Premier. Shortly after this Lord
| STANLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM and the Earl Of Ripon
sseeeded in a body, Loid STAxIEX thence forward
becoming theeadsr of GpOWeFful mid lie party, tt,
however, calling himself Wing aud Liberal
While the Wing administration was growing weak
By these sive lsses, the old Tory party was
Strengthening itself partly by The adherence Of some
rising young men and partly BY the occasional sup
port of Lord STANLEYs clique, and the result was,
that on some important Measures the Wigs were
| put in q minority and had to resign. Sir ROBERT
| Peel now formed new administration, by which
the Old unpopular title of Tory dropped and that
| Of Conservative adopted. In this administration
the DUKE OF WKLLIEGTOS was Secretary for For
eign Affairs, and Lord LIEDHuRsT Lord High Chan
oellor; Lord ELDox having died meanwhile, it was
decidedly stronger in talent than the remnant Of the
Wing party which it had displaced. By the help,
however, Of the Irish members, LORD JOHN Rus
SELL managed to beat them on a question of Irish
| policy, and the MELBoUEsE- RUSSELL administra-
L 1Snb
befel them was the death of Lord MELBOURNE which
left the Premiership for RUSSELL and PALAIEKsToN
10 strive for-the undignifed and selfish squabbles
4 Of which two noblemen have kept the Wing party
disOrgsnized ever since.
Lord SrANLY and his section still preserved their
neutrality
The discords Of the two Wing leaders soon led to
| the return of Sir ROBERT PEEL to power. The
salutary effects of the out-Ofofce atmosphere had
the effect Of cooling off this QUARREL and seeing that
the Treasury could only DO regainea By reunion,
they agreed to act together, so far to oppose the
PEEL administration in concert, the only difficulty
was q question to bring forward which PEEL was
opposed to, and which was sufficiently popular to
promise we'll for the support Of the country. Re-
pesl Of the Corn Laws was the new cry, and it
desintd SO completely 10 remodelpartes in the State
that to it to be attributed the present political
| pect Of parties in England. Dissatisfaction had
long existed, and was g. owing very high in re-
gard to those taxes on foreign corn and produce,
the avoWed purpose Of which was to keep up the
price of English agricultural produce, and 90 sus-
| tain what was Complementary termed the agricul
tural interest, but especially the rents Of the land,
the propretorshp of which had been in the hands of
the arts ocracy The other classes but especially the
manufacturing portion of the nation demanded
cheap bread at all sacrifices, to enable manufactur
| ing labor to be chesply maintained, that England
might continue to undersell the manufactures of
other nations. repeal Of these laws had been
mooted as q ministerial measure in the palmy days
Of Wing rule, when the cabinet contained GREY,
MELBOURNE, BRoUGHAM, SrAELLY, Russell, PAL
MERsroE, and in short, every body who is Of any
note in the present party tactcs-but was clicked
by the dissidtnce Of a msjority Of the cabinet-it
VAS opposed indeed then, not only by Lord STANLEY
| Derby but by Lord JOHN Russell himself Pub
lie opinion was now however, getting strong in its
| favor, the great manufacturing cities growing in
power were resolved on it. and it was necessary to
| bring something to bear upon the adminstration,-
so Lord JOHN got himself converted and the repeal
of the corn laws was opposition question This
separated the STANLEY Derby section more decid-
eddy from the Wigs and led them to give their sup
port mainly to Sir ROBERT PEEL, for Lord STANLEY
! adhered to his cid opinions about the corn laws
not having the same reasons for INVERSION which
Lord jobs possessed. To cut matters short, the
country was determined upon the repeal, and at
last the great Irish famine on; the duties had
to bs suspended for q while as it was necessary at
all risks to introduce ad into Ireland They we're
suspended for dehaite period, and when the time
for their going into operation again, the Wings
thought their time was come the country was in
tensey excited, chartism rampant, the lsndhOlders
and the tories obstinate the manufacturers resolv
ed, the conservative administration apparently find
Russell and PALAERsTcN on the tip-toe of expec-
tstiOn,-Nhen the gordisn not vast cut by PEEL fol-
lowing good example, getting converted toO,-and
himself bringing in a bill for the repeal Of the
corn laws The bsfied Wings could not but sup
port measure which they had been long clamOring
for, but new opposition was now formed Lord