The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-26

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REFORM ACROSS THE WATER AND THEl
REVERSE AT HOME
The able London correspondent of the New
York Tribune, who, by the way, is the per-
son who wrote the celebrated letters from
this city about the time of the commencement
of the war to the Tribune, writes ss follows
of what are called tho Reform measures now
pending before the English Parliament. AS
we mentioned, some time since, these mea-
sures look to the enfranohisement of large
class of the population of that country hither-
to excluded from the privilege of voting, and
the reorganization of the Electoral Districts
They are brought forward under the leader
ship of GLADSTONE, q member of the pre-
sent Ministry, and decidedly one of the ablest
and most accomplished statesmen now in
Great Britain: ......, -:,..
The issue now before the country is not only
the acceptance or rejection OF Mr.. Gladstone's
bill, but the existence OF Liberal administration
The ministry having wisely, ss well as courage
ously, resolved to stand or fall by the measure it
lies with the people to close up ranks and go into
action after their leaders, determined to win or
stack their arms in calm, dishonorable, base sub-
mission" ct the feet OF the triumphant Tories
That e the alternative, and one is rejoiced to see
it accepted pretty thoroughly. An enthusiasm
which the bill was certainly not calculated to
evoke on its own merits seems likely to be excited
by the delightful perversity and admirable un-
reason OF It's opponents, and especially by the out
spoken rancor Of the renegades whom deficiency
Of drill in the ranks to which they had deserted,
urged to the front: The Tories and their allies
have shown Enthusiastically that what they hate is
notNthe Particular kind OF reform propoRed, but
THE arouments mt Rorverd hy Neos., -.
and Horsman, and Endorsed by Lord Robert Mon
tague and Viscount Cranbourne, assert that unen-
snShsoa are Eaaoa unfit for the pos
lers, brutee, and corrupt ras6als that the first
named member for the rotten borough Of Caine-
IN the Vest Of TO call
much divided in opinion as were the AbolitIonists
Of America. to whom have compared them, as to
ing state Of things; they differ as to what extent
tho franchise ought to be lowered, and many
were disposed to consider the redistribution Of
lowering Of the suffrage, which viii only practi.
eally increase the power Of the unrepresented
classes, without touching fagrant anomalies and
Republicans we're oil agreed that slavery should,
with our consent, go no further, 80 the Liberals
here entertain no doubt as to the e1pedienoy OF
workingmen Of England ought to be pernnanentiy
excluded from any direct share in the government
Of the country is to renounce the whole creed OF
tion With which Mr. Gladstone rrepndiated the
stigma which, the Tory pErty attempted to afix to
their poorer conntrymen was perhaps needed to
expressly calculated for that purpose. A-p'fn"p'
sS IN answer to the vapid In
epprehensions OF the Conservatives sto the idea
Of dealing ,oth these etatistica as If sDere as
people ,Sh6 tetu be adnated 70. ne ljraaci;se are
flesh and blood-11es lduded TO the skies for utei,
| eonduct-7nea tolo haze borne destiution, starua-
0 t0n ql9.t 79 '.iSa patience sa!o e lesson to
Words" sentimental rant rs Lord t:ranbourne
termed them Ia man whose mind has been Yelici-
tously described as ZONE with falae bottrnl"-
takes tue stump in Lsncsshire2.
It was the frat time during his leadership that
spoke .Sa With his old passion and for the rst
stone was in earnest about reform, as it only
learned recently to appreciate MIR. Bright as, not
speaker, but m debstera Never was engineer
the Tories were discounted by the information
that government intended to lay the Irish and
Scotch Rstor 6 sIa The
We especially call attention to the italicis.
ed remarks of Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to
the Tory Advocate, Lord MONTAGUE, and
cite them in contrast with the views of the
illiberal and petty minded disranchissrs who
are ruling the Legislation Of this country: In
the onoe free, enlightened and progressive
Americs,it was held that our institutions
were the light and landmark for the spirit Of
liberalism throughout the world-tLat they
were 30 conatituted that they could stand all
the convulsions to which all other forms of
government were subject and survive
them unharmed in the integrity of the prinoi-
pies on which they were founded. But there
has arisen among US asohool of political
wiseacres who contend that, after the suppress
sion of rebellion, and the submission and
return Of the revolving element to its allegi.
ance and duty to the laws, it is necessary, for
the, safety Of the state, that we should revert
to the ideas Of government prevalent hun.
dred years ago--that we must discard re-
publicanism, and order our governmental
machinery after preoedents established by
monarchy and feudalism.; o gEi
Tho course of the Liberals of England, who
chiefly represent the middle GLASS of that
country-apd which is, in spite of the aristo-,
cratic features of that government, still ex-
listing, the real and reliable support to'its
power, in the prosenee of the Fenian revolt
and ferment in Irsland--in endeayorine to
extend the right Of franchise and enlarge the
influence Of the people, should put to blush
the blatsnt liberty -bhriekers Of this. nation, !,
who, TO servo their own selfish ends, are pre-