The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-21

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tion Of those societss be iotv dasie Who made shem
~srs challenger so s. took no step sS y
~ divae.s and the sets treat party in the Pasiis
r. men: Z, e , ,ss ua;S
possdlast session Nc. Dstfsct ana sfrument had no
eAecs upon wha er there Is of reasoning power In the
Working pssy pssEy Os s as
city, those Tho covered this iand with great cities
sssss wno have, cultivated every aero a iis area
through = al time ana shrcsshsut the whole World
9o tneY for ono mouasns imagine that you would 10
uniuY imputatons which were heapsd upon you Cloud
cneY ~ Did they think that you would be silent for
and patient for ever, sudsr perpetual exclusion
the benefits Of the constitution Of your c0untryf
they dissatisfied with this movement what would
they haves Would they wish that many did nfty or
ton OF your opinions you should conspre with view
to change the political constitution Of your country
Would thy ice hat yon should met !n secret socie.ie that
should undertake the task Of mdnigM drilling that yoa
should purchase throughout London and The prooinccs
n2ply Of arms that y5si.should ia hts f5asl and terri
bls edeavor TO the government and to
sc's0 from them s concession Of your ,ghS But surely
BE- sentiment Of the people, deep and wide. spread
sentiment Of injustice longer t0erube them Judging
from all past history OF all people, one OF two modes
will BIO taken-elther that mode, sad and odous,
OF secret conspiracy, that mode grand and so
noble which you have adopted lCheers) You have at
ILLS WOm6uC aCFusS tho Cndnuol, II reports WnlCn
the government sanctonsrc true, exhibition Of the
plan which / deplore and condemn. You have there
secret societies. and oaths and drilling, and arms and
menace and threat OF violence and Instruction; is
there any man in England who would like 70 the
working men Of Great Britain driven to any such
in defence Of In the maintenance Of their rights
Eheers Well, hold, then, that in this country,
whatever be their abstract opinion this question
wide extension Of the suffrage should really rejoice at
the noble exhibition, the orderly and grand ex-
hibition OF opinion which has been made by the
working men Of England and scotland during the
vSoct tnv1A h. Wall 4
that'if thore be grievance, and deep sentiment
that there is grievance, there must necessarily be
grievance Of which you compainf Il is thisthat YOU
live you the citizens, the native inhabitants Of
country which called constitutional and wha. is meant
by that isthis-that yourrgovenment Is not dcspoc
government of monarchy, Oligarchc government
Of ogarchy but that 1t s government large and
essential portion Of which Is conducted by the honestly
elected of the people, and the grievance
is thisthGt this constitution noble in Its outline and
80 noble in s purpose ~ defsced and deformod, and
that, when yon look AZ It, 1t in that respect
lutey worse than any other representative constitution
existing In the world(cheers Tor believe tae Is
Europe that "a entirely dsfcrned from IL natra
just uad bea.j proportions the Representatives sya.
than this that the arsocacy Of land ana Of woaIs
usurp the power in both houses Of fParliamentp
Cheers The lords represent themselves and generally
the great land owners It may be- with great fidelity;
but at the time wo must admit and deplore
that a. least one-half Of the House Of Commons
House OF Lords tCheers.) Now, said before, and
repeat again. that there Is security whatsoever for
liberty under government unlees there be.
tiai power m IT, fair representation Of the nation An
usrious man, the founder OF the great province and
now The great State Of Pennsylvania, William Pom
tcheersn the preface t0his for that prov
nce, constitution VI the widest and the most generous
Freedom uses these words-he says. "Anv government
~ free 20 the people under it, whatever be- the form,
where the laws rule and the people party the
laws; and than thisis tyranny ogarchy confu-
eau !, be said without the mos. direct asehood that the
people Of ths country through the House Of Commons
are really party 10 the laws that are nlades No.l
Lord Derby now stands nearest 10 the
throne; venture say, not strength bat a
se.akness . he tcheersfor in his conduct last
session, the conduct Of his party which heeadopts he
thwa,ed ut the benevolent intention Of the Crown
and the just expectations of'the people, lCheers)
confess that am rather surprised at the conduct Of the
tory party this matter When the bill was introduced
into the House Of Commons u appeared to me to
he the very least that any Minister'S with
and ! did not believe that the other side
OF the House there was, i win say if you like.
induce them 80 lsbt a combined battle with all who
would Join them FOR the purpose Of rejecting that bill
And nowore would sappose that the present. govern
sent mad troubles enough hand in what is called the
sister country without uryrg tbs people 70 excitement
hove. tChssrs) In lrsland-Ireland, which have
described before Irishmen toe favored field which
all the power OF The tory party has been displayed and
trieu--a ireland the Htle7s cvpas oct Is susyendea;
indiratol liberty ercept by cvca. If N. ey.c,afre is
n saio, are ordered % The o0s IL inert Be Jhops end
osiiee imaginary zee; cnnty g,'pten, 4 ss said,
iosss aud on is Is a. snclife-t rcu6 II ne policy Of
ne toypary n tos,eh Lord DIRTY T. NE hsrd Cntcrs
And even Up 70 thsvery last session OF Parliament
that party bsdno remedy fog that OF things
auccnt and rldc1and remedy ol military force.
hope and believe greatly exaggerated by public
wrters but stiH enough 20 pain and anxiety
was u judacous course for the present party
IN power 10 create great excitement
Great Brtains say that Lord Derby, as
the representative OF his party In Parliament, Is
himself the fomen,or discord and that his party and
not pnfty IA this
r1ent In English political society. fCheersD And let
me tel this ParyI tell them nothing from this plat
form that hsve not told tbem upon tho floor Of tho
House ~ Coumouslet tell them thar ths questis1
veal not teep Some months ago remarkable conven-
hence and character there by which convention ad-
dress OF memorial was prepared and forwarded 20 the
upon the close OF their gigantic struggle aud upon the
tabshment Of universal freedom the VIDE
bounds " tnerspuol'c There vas passage in tho me
moriala passage Of true phiIosopy and OF states
manahip, ard II was this:'srnfnished questions have
no pity for tho repose Of nations II referred 20 the
great question OF negro sl@sery; bnt 1t IL lust
ss true when applied TO the question before
us. where romT Oodo 600 100000 grown men in this
united Kingdom under n c6nstitationai government
and purposey from that constitution and are left with
ont representation tH.sr, bear ibis great question
and ~ the swiss express IT, will have no pity on the
r~poss Of this nation uptib II nnishsi question.
acme 10 be Of treat authority tina, the WORKING men are
told by Whist 40 called their bestrrs--for that
paper ouy WT1'cs for our beftcfe-t ghtert--thAt
they have nov done enough and they exhored by
the very hand probably which during The whole cf the
lssl sessicn Of Parliament was doing al could against
tbem-they are cxborted, ssy, stand SILL and 20
wLi-in coincidence for the action Of Parliament. Well,
but " y the same Parliament fesy bssr) n IL tho
House OF Commons which Ieft with .aSnez~ and
apprehension In July ,ss Tncro rray rc-I suppose
there ara ysthe res who side ~ the House
ayed tho cause Which they were supposed TO sit there
70 defend And the only change knpe 81 10 tina. the
men who threw out with al terms Of isDomIny the bill
which we wished 20 paw last arc now or will
be In February sncxt n they 40 Freak Ia piecc~
before Qaughterlon the Treasury bench and win take
that leading and authoritative position in the House
which belongs 10 the Ministers Of the crown Nov, |
differ fiom shs writor atogethcr wonld put any
coRhdenre in tbs courrecf that House OF Commons Ii |
Ilsn nuenfrsrcbiset and sskfng for a vote \
should Ike them 70 tell me they had wholly rcrsn;ed Of
th" cheers with whseh they met ali thcse vile rio
lent mputatlons upon your character ftb~ersJ Nv I
opinion - hts that ycur duty your ehvous duty the
duty from which you cannot escape ~ 10 60 on N ron
have gone Cheers Il 70 p,yscI tn -rerv pfrt ~
te o0ssbF yc oggurisr'iow Ia IF sesv cn c,uvs.
ehssensn iChserSb u Ia 70 bfog ever sorsefv with
et~lw arr.ftn .lN