, 1865-10-16

q q Reform AND REFORnlERS II
lie ENGLAND.
r. LEADERS and Parties OF, tn
+ + :. : Suffrage Question.
!. FaImsfsdon, Gladstone, John itrtch,
:. -.EaWerd baf1es, W.. Il. Forster, nn
=, 1homas Rayaey Potter-Tho Man
chester Pnrty and the Reform Lca-u
, How Americans Can Help TheI
r Friends In England,
lftom Our Own Correspondent
LONDON. Sept. g, 1865.
The interest attending the question Of Par
; AamenteFy Reform IN this country cannot bt
Understood from the present tone Of the Eng
1sh press, nor, except in very minor degree
lEou the language Of pnhlio men. Tho best
knoTn and most determined OF. our Reform.
ers, Mr. John Bright, has lately expressed
himseNs as .dfsinclt1ed to take aay further
steps IN the matter until "the only man who
Is able and willing to betray the liberal party,
Lord Palmerston,' no longer sits as an tncu.
bus upon the cause Of progress. Mr. Brieht,s
resolve is certainly: not the result of timor-
oushess or doubt. There arc, in fact, many
Ways IN which We may account for tie pres
cnt determination Of a statesman, who. least
OF al Engl'shnen, Is open to -the charge OF
hesItancy or want Of courage.- The
country has accepied two e9entnalit,.a,
! as ear1y-to-be-accomp11shed facta First
that Lord Palluerstou Will very shortly
retire from active politics SECOND! that the
Nieht Honorable William Ewart Gladstone !;
Hcr Aa,csty's Chancellor Of the Etcheouer
"1il succeed to the Premiership. Now. Il Ia,
cosertly whispered in certain circles that tha
LIST Of Secretaries Of State which viii then 10 he
submitted to Her: Majesty will. contain. .tf,s.
name Of John Bright In = very prominent M:
{ siaon (the, Home Department would mi h.
IN unlikely one, for instance} and some II
the quidnuncs opine that In view Of snchia
possibility. not to. ssy understanding, Mr..
Bright Is naturally disincliucd 10 commit hls
fnture chief to any particular line or policy,
Then again, the liberal party is as much dis.
jo1nted at the present time as your Il democ.
chanan- ~d,, haa sans..s. y VI .'tnles ~
Slavery adroratos on;9 sacass,a.,s.s nen,
themae,ve. a,,no1.,,n1e .oe' Ss.s"s' " ta1nnss
haye ,arfstoetat,c 4 fan,,,., -rr,,s.s,, lug "e
suffrage. and uanhoo,, a1i;r.a.a 49, tse" ssNsS
tho disiointed vertehr, ~ e. , .sA..a,s .o.1n"s
Lord palmerston now r,,,ns ND ~ 60! ."nieu
will lead In the near fntnro Tba no,;s.t-p sue
only made nm 3ts mind 'sn f,r -. aaa
,aame)y. that Reform ,nnst he ~ 49,, f F.
in the platform Of new m,n5strr ~ f.ua 80
that plank shall be cut and faab,onas ass
above Ill, of what mater;a, n sh.u -. @ .'
posed, the count RI tas MT vat 5a,..n1'sss
This question motrria11r .aaots
tions with FOREIGN countries es-aotS,,., ..,.,.
the United statns .n5 49, ' .i,sNa ".n
American Psnnb,;c ,r,,1 n,tn,,nr -.aa.sn y. .us
fntcrrst the nr,,,-oss ~. aaar1a - ,s.. - wv
conn,acta,l ,rjtt tho1nsa,4as P =; ~, ~ .atuA.'Y
moving or5stocratic ,,re,onaa.aana ssA n.14 " ~
ot,nc r..f,r,ns wh;a,, a,Is-s,-N, Ane nn.i@
n he nonrht e,sa than a.aasa.!ssaast .asa as7ers
1,sb institutions =, r. 80 ,;.sa.,1 lying lug
Britain nre The dcscendoa,s ortsaaa 80, -. ossae .,
rnb~,d thc r;n,.s nstSa ~, W Iuose inea VINO
war of. In,,cT.n,,o,aa ~, ..Ss ~ ~ ms your
ss,res h.,t,si, r.s .s1 @ aou "no nave tnem'
md mt or p..1;an.a.. as !. ~ 'ne on'ou, Ill
years; and they Represent. moreover. fbe
policy of frcfrcnchmcnt. ftenao,, oft,s,a ,.'s sus
III nations, and heartfelt alliance Win n1 % tho
United States. Their srrress ia thar.c,-, ~
the manifest adyantasc of vonr countrv. ,.s
an organ influencing public oni1,on ~ 81 n-a.. a
IN extent as the Ch,cara Tp1n11,:n vi e. -.
hink q portion of Ia snace ha51, maa1 ~ ~ :
,ettine before tn r.adera +ho cxo.t oon.,t.1.
If the Reform ouestton IN Gr,sot Rr4,.,a
The ar,stocrntic ,rhtc, NAV n, ~ ana. IL,
;.:sria ;.ri 46;;,;1, i1be d,scnss,on =, w.. .s
.lly disinclined tn snTrendsr an1 na..,aa ~ ~ 4
be privileges which their c,,o ~ ~ sss,sss
guripe so manv Years. Thev,,o1,ayo ~ ens,;..
be only difference hctwson +hon,sa,ra. +
be Conservatives ~ Tor;.s hs,a,- ,r.,as {
hall sit nm tl,e r;rbt h.ns -, 49, s.s.1le
The question NJ Reforn :. Fo.,sa,, aAe ,!psa ]
tn a lsflcr ~ run5s 49,. 10y ~,
ows: 1st. a air ronnda sto-I,a,s -, W =
n,,u,, In borounhs and tsr r.on,ds = s.rn ~ q
les Cd. househo,d ,nfrr,ce ed ,aa.as ~ anf
faee and 4th. At The i'm ,n.nh,oa .ut,. 7
the same m rou bare II q tha .t7.;.ss
tates; The first has comn,ra,;ra,x f.>.. 49,.
ostcrs. beipr generally ree.ri1od a. stnn,a +
lcans Of" dodgipe the issue >, Int tha H. e
u Of !" household suffrage :, il that which - :
resent, has the rreatcst numhcr ~ a,ror,tas q
mour lie middle c,asacs Tba u1o5...u c
ual,ilcution il looked unon n. h-,onstns :, I:
hat Is termed the q fancv enffrares ), ,.d !
,ects with comparatively little fsyor' bel1r ~ :,