New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-31
REFORM EN Ey.


The Tory Cabinet will give no pledges Oh tic sub
jet Of Parliamentary Reform. prefeung, they pro-
sss to leave it open question. At the first blush
thu, recence may appear strange and unaccountable;
but aaer all It is natural enough, and is justified By
very go'd reason. One would DO inclined TO think
that having turned Liberal Ministry out Of Office on
this very Question. not, as they aver, because they
are opposed to the principle Of the lately defeated Re-
form Bill but solely on account Of the Objectionable
character OF SOME Of its details they would feelhem
selves bound to bdnE forward substitute for tic de-
funct measure, ree INN those provisions which they
say they felt bound 70 oppose This, at any rate,
would be tho proper parliamentary course But in
the programme they hare put forth on their assump-
ton OF Office, we find Parliamentary Reform altogether
ignored. And Why Simply because il is morally
impossible for them to dea with the question to the
satisfaction Of the great body Of Eagsh Reformers.
Despite their PROPOSITIONS to the contrary it ia
notorious fact that theyare at heart opposed TO Re-
FORM The true secret their opposition to the late
moderate measure Of the Russell Gladstone Ministry
Is to be found in their eepseated dislike Of change
in the direction of profess Besides, they arc politi.
oally disqualified ioTettling the question They are
in fact. as party. sledged against Reform. Their re-
cent action in P6sment proves them reactioniss Of
the genuine tpe. Like the Baurbons, they have
learned nothing, they have forgotten nothing; and
ere they c,uld introduce satisfactory Measure for the
a.tans,n of thr elective franchise, they inust pre-.
mare themselves to do violence TO their c,avic-
tions cid to ,as. aside as obsolete and mschievoos
~ cherished traditions and principles of their party.
It is not surprising therefore, that they betray o
strong desire to consgn Reform to the "tOmb of the
Capuletsr
But how will this great national question be az
fected by the accession of the Tories to power Will
it be imperllcd thereby VIII II be shelved VIII
its advocates lose heart VIII the people despair Of
getting their owni BY no means. 1t will only be
delayed for short tme--that Is ALL The latepaltry
victory of the Tory party but prelude to the final
crushing defeat they destined to sustain at no dis
tant date. The peoples cause, though sometimes
temporarily checked, never stands still-never moves
backward. The ca~-s Of Rssorm in England il, in its
essence, as old as Magma Charta. That cause is
not tho outgrowth Of political expediency: it is,
rather, the embodiment of certain great principles,
vital to tho maintenance and security of liberty. It's
ultimate triumph, therefore, may be confidently pre-
dicted.
1t Is hopeful aud cheering sign Of the times too to
rcctly affected by the upshot Of the present movement
giving evidence that they properly alive to the i'm
portant issues involved in the conflict. The Liberal
English newspapers recently received here are filed
With reports OF public meetings held in different parts
of England and especially in tho large manufsc
ing towns of the North, to agtate the So -.
form. These meetings are numersas'y, a','.u' $50,
tho operatiye classes. and are eharaciefizeu y!
enthusiasm. while the extent to whi'h "olhiueh
take an acte part IN Iner proceedings, sr''Ains
remarkable point and power to riking
the policy of the late 49, Eases are.
feature in the ae-.VH'u"' ioHS' A"0 teir orvn
=, Co.. ,aRing the matter very much wv ,,d ,aI
nands and by the intelligence, good sou
Grafton with which they discuss the qu'sV", Az
yindeating most riumphantly Their 'n.u,,,
oIoc,,vo franchise. None save tbSe Win" olnu &
hrt must soc that not only as regards tue ppeS'loh
Of rronertv but in respect alo Of mea'ai aisufe'
a. classes arc ouite as mach enpdeu 10 iran ~
49, no,v os was the middle class IN whose terest
the battle of Reform was iou's s,s y,
ago. The English operative u ieov 81 81
emf bepr from the yorIagmap Oh iG~ 81 as I'll
snre "a 70 avoid revolution, inc Az a. ~
$50 oS.peied ;" yieiu " 'Ao 'sn'eo de- Ell
d. n'' The errul middle Glass; so ertalrs it q,
nan, I've the nation from a terrible convsion &C.
"a certain should 1t be suffered to tae pat to ri
shaks the institutions of England to their isndaths
ill Parliament have speedily to pass aeonrehense w
measure for admitting the now powcrIu workii- va
oIoss % thu enjoyment of their undoubteconst ne
tional rights.