The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-12

kingdom 10 the other YOU hear the murmrfe whf,l
precedes the bursting of Just such a storm OF in
dignant denial as broke in the clear skv of Biz
bingham yesterday. At the head Of 5000. Got
men, courage Is not a surprising quality. IN Mr.
Bright case 1t is the unHinching courage -LowT
during twenty years OF conflict which made him
the leader OF the 100000. and gives now Z, IN.
other great qualities an opportunity for wider use.
inintss than they have ever yet had. Yet SO un-
usual IS 1t in England to hear Il word spokt.p ont
oil routine. a word which implies that the existing
order OF things can ever be overilrown. ti.at !;
hint OF revolution makes people hold their breaths,
ana bushes even The comment of the Tory press.
Fully unfolding the Infamous proposal ot Mr..
Lowe to exclude forever from representation in
Parliament the $500. 600 or 5000. 600 of me- ROW
unrepresented- Mr.. Bright went on to say witi Il
deliberatiOn that became more solemn With every
word This policy Is not important at al be-
cause Mr.. Lowe recommends il. Ii Is important
only because it has been accepted and approved
OF by the great Tory party in Parliament. And,
Sir, l say who am charged with designs against
the safety of the institutions of this countrv-that
that is a dangerous policy, a policy which in other
countries where ii has been carried out obstinate
~ has done great things. Through it crowns and
coronets have sometimes been lost and | am not
sure that it is a policy that can be safely main
tanned with US" Loud cheers.1
throughout the speech Il tone of moderation
was preserved which made the invective. the sar-
casn. the denunciation, all the more tremendous.
With a voice SO impaired during the last half hour
that he could scarcely utter two sentences consecu-
uVely, the orator lnterwove his great genius with
his physical weakness in such a way that his hold
on his hearers was never weakened. despair of
conveying to you any sense of the art with which
the debility of his voice was made to contribute to
Il desired oratorial effect, as when at the close he
lifted himself to move the enthusiasm of the men
to whom he was about to say farewell - The
address which has been presented to me referred
TO the time of 1882. | remember the time well.
My young heart was then stirred with the trumpet
blast that sounded from your midst. There was
no part OF this kingdom where your voice was not
heard. LET 1T SOUND AGAIN"-and the cry of the
great multitude in and outside of the hall took up
the words from the orators lips with a suddenness
and irrepressible energy that was startling. He
spoke not quite without notes, but used them spar
ingly. To Judge him rightly. and to give him full
credit. one ought to hear Mr.. Bright in the House
OF Commons where he speaks to an audience not
friendly, as was that of last night. but critical and
hostile, disllking equally the speaker and his cause.
and feeling or affecting a contempt for any talent
not nurtlired IN its classical schools. That John
Bright Ommand the attention and compels the
admiration. delighted against its own will. of such
a House, Is probably the best evidence OF his mar
vellous powers as an orator."
At Leeds, on the 10th of October last, there
was held another of these working mems monster
meetings. The London Times correspondent es-
Inmates the number of working men and their
wives present at ITO, 900. They are contending
for manhood suffrage-that is, the right of n man
to vote because he is a man. Associations have
been established throughout the manufacturing
districts for the purpose of agitating this question
and forcing the subject upon the attention of Par
Lament. At the Leeds meeting, Bright. the great
champion Of the working classes of England, was
also present, as he is at all such places, and being
there, of course he had to speak. In the course
of his remarks he said
In America there are many nolitical parties.
There is a party that is always seeking office. and
1t goes by the name of bread and butter party
ana II turns out, after all. that the party of Lord
Derby Is not an anti-reform party. but a bread and
butter party. lChecrs and laughter.1 For six
months Office, or it may run on nine or twelve,
they have rejected an honest and good measure;
they have betrayed the true interests of the people.
anu 1 nave seen men on that bench who would sell
the mace, which is the symbol of LOYALTY on the
table Of the House. if by doing So thev could give
to themselves Sxffy OF tenure on the Ministerial
"encnes. lCheers.l Now, l must ask You in all
seriousness to let the country know what is our OBJ
Ject what you propose. and how far you are hon
estly asking for what you believe to be good. l
shall not appeal TO the writers in newspapers, one
OF whom (and not Il very creditable one) is con-
cealed somewhere in this town. [ shall appeal !
pnly to the truth-loving. vast majority eff the peo-
pie oil this country. Our object is this-to restore
popular representation in this country to make
the House of Commons the organ and representa-
ton OF the nation. and not of a small class Of it.
III you look all over the world YOU will now see
that representation is extending everywhere. and
tie degree OF its completeness is becoming the
measure of national liberty, not only in the North
American continent, but in the nations and king
doms of old Europe. GCheers.l have mentioned
the North American continent. Tomorrow is the
greatest day in the United States. when perhaps
millions of men will go to the polls, and they will
give their votes on the great question whether JUS
tee shall or shall not be done to the liberated
African and in a day or two we shall hear the
result, and | shall he greatly surprised if that re-
suit does not add one more proof to those already
given of the solidity. intelligence and public spirit
of the great body of the people of the United States.
j have mentioned the North American continent. i
l refer to the colonies which are still a part of this
empire as well as to those other colonies which |
now form this great and free republic founded byA
the old Genoese captain at the end of the fifteenth
century. a friend of mine. Cyrus w. Field. of
New ork-[cheersl-is the Columbus of our time
Tor alter no less than forty passages across the
in pursuit of the great aim of his life. he,
has at length by his cable moorcd the New World
close alongside the Old. [Cheers.l To speak from
The United Kingdom to the North American CONT
from the North America to the United King
dom now Is but the work of Il moment of time. and
does not require the utterance even of Il whisper.
ne English nations are brought together. and they
march on together. The spirit Ct either govern
nent must be the same, although thu form may be
If 1t be true that a broad and generous
the heritags of England. our purpose isl
establish that freedom forever on the sure
Of u broad and generous representation!
Of the people. n
But perhaps the most remarkable speech of this
'eformer is that delivered in London, which, bet
.er than anything, serves to illustrate the depth
this great reform movement. The report is
rom the London Times:
AT a banquet given to Mr.. Bright in London. he
the following impressive language: These
,reat meetings. as Mr.. Mill Justly said, were not
so much for discussion as they were meet
ngs Tor the demonstration of opinion, and. If you
Ike, Will add. for exhibition of force. CCheersl {
'uch exhibitions, if they be despised and disre- l
'arded. may become exhibitions of another kind of =
orce. Now, | have been insulted in past times, j..
lot a lsle in this very city. for the reason that | l
Ias IN favor OF peace at any price. l always said q
bat | was not in favor of war at any cost. which / a
hlnk ten years ago my opponents were. [Hear.l q
believe that however much any of us may abhor
he thoughts that political questions in any country :
houid;eyer again be settled by force. yet there is
omething in the constitution of our nature that 7
Then theSsseYilS are allowed to run on beyond a j