New-York tribune., 1867-02-16
GREAT BRITAIN.
MR. RRIGnr Ar RounDNE.

tow wnsmeH held al ROChaaIe Oh inc Oven VI Jan
uary for the purpose 81 prcscntne@n address 10 nun
and testifying their respect and admiration OF lis
yublic and private character.
The following address was adopted and presented
20 Mr.. Bright;
HoNoREp SIR We yoEr feIoV-tOwnsWe1, in public
,neetng assembled desr TO express the sincere adlra
hSn we sSd % career S IN SvSntnf the political
condition Of thepeope All The services yOu% % nav b M
Iustrlons and laincuted Mr. CGdcn the nation ana ue
world know aIs thankful TO believe hat the sreat
announcement of Ponce earth aud good will toward
men" has received hcr impetus 10y your none elos
20 establish friendly relations between Lleh haios N ue
earth AS an employer Of l2JOr you Rave ever mani
fesed the strongest tleSre % educate ana elevate tho
have always been guided by love OF justice ana hunan-
iy We know chat dur your song advocacy OF tne
rcOplcs cavse yOnr words have frequently been nlS'I
resented and yOurCharacte~ u1usly attacked ana az
though are assured th@ you Will De ever s1S5I , UE
the consciousness that your cause Is ls we Cho' Uul
express sympathy VIII you ana nope tlt Sou may
long live 10 champion the cause OF popular iTeeu0an
In reply Mr.. Bright delivered an eloquent address
consisting chiefly of acetrospecs of his political life
during the past p years Mr.. Bright said he was
deeply moved by this token q esteem from those
who knew him best, and that this was the best an
swer that could be made to the TancOTOus attacks
which his political opponents had SO inceSsantiy
tnade upon him. lie felt just pride OF IS consist
ent devotion to liberal principles duElDg al 'AiS
time. ,, 80 1.
as my mental eye could detect that my path had been
straightforward varying, far as know 10 the
right hand To the left from any unworthy HoliNe
Found that the principles upon which had acttd were
well defined. were distinctly avowed and were easily
Gonprchended, aud those principles were SIMPLY theS
country should regard with just and equal eye all classes
of the people and that to allquesons Of government a
great national questions should bring those simple
but sublime principles the high and everlasuhs lciles
from the religion which we profess.
One of the chief motives that led MI Bright 10
political life is thus referred to:
look upon the multitude the mlliOns who form ma
fiOn the social rank they may he called of the lo"y
lab
They have less OF what we consider eIO(inIsuI
life they have fewer Of these compeuSaons which give
10 us who are better off the many charms OF life, ana
have learned from my earliest youth to ieel i0 theSe men
HOud cheoTs 20 feel for them sympathy WhGh nav
never been able to express m words ana iOr when can
find 10 proper exhibition Of outward @ TohacI TG If tis @
vast body of the people mlsht se immensely Ito{SG @ @
in their lives and more e all that without winch per
in another state Of life would appear 10 Ie HaiuF
wOrthbavng lIlearl Well, with Tins sympathy u WJS
not wonderful that IS years ago should IND myself
called out into 9ctive political life -,..;..,,;s,
The first distinction Mr. Bright won IN politlcalhte
was IN the auti-Corn law movement, OF when hc
speaks as follows: -
stbe year 1895 the year 1872 during the peod C pad
ihaEVssts, when starvation visited AuudTets ana lhon
Of Thad fearful s7ffernc the landowners monopoly
this beatf address there is reiefence 10 the services
which you kind enough to say have rendered ln con
Junction with the ilusuious and luncntc,' Mi Condcu
1Cheersl This reminds ne Ct an incident Whch ha9
something do with my after career H. ne year Isi
there il was near tie middle OF seJembcr when there
any man ! found myself left there with none living
of my house bul motheress child Nh Golden called
upon me the day after that event. terrible TO and
80 prOstraug After some conversation he said Don't
allow ms rcf great as it is to weigh you down too
much ThIt are al S moment in thousands Of homes
IN tins country wives and children who are dying OF hun
ger-of hunger made ny the law fEoa vii! come along
with me we VIII never Ies TN We have got I'd OF The
Corn Laws Loud and prolonged cheers We saw me
colossal injustice which cast It's shadow over every part
OF the nation and We thought We saw the true remedy
1unoton with as you know hundreds aud thousands Of
good in various parts OF the country we should be
The starving people OF this country 49,
Mr. Bright next spoke OF the struggle for abolish
. ing the taxes newspapers, III which he and hls
friends successful OF the significance OF this
success he remarks:
say that the repeal Of the taxes newspapers has
been felt IN every part country and there Is
siDge village in tie United Kingdom in which the aver
great gre tao act of leg legislation ''o '' NV
Of bis effoits in behalf Of the transfer of the Gov
eTnment of East IndiatrOm private company to the
i was aqaiist the Company and insisted that that
form Of government should be abolished, tat the Gov
ernment Of India so long as India was dependency OF
t ilI e. 3' ~ -, 80, an oIp,' ',ota,t Indiau
Minister responsible to Parliament:
lie always demanded justice for Ireland.
There is a party in England which speaks Of justice
70 Ireland as if il were merely catch phrase for the
popular ear IN that country aud as 1t had no real mean
y ing Now hold that 10 sustain IN country foreign
and hostile Church, and TO confiscate all the eccesas
cal revenues Of that country TO hat church ana that
Church iuclOsng within its borders but very small
DOry Of the peopeI say that is act Of injustice such
as believe staesnanshp or smaishp has never
Z vet committed in any other country lCheer>I;
1Ie Sre adyefss 10 the national division of the land
where The whole soil has been eonfiscated, as it
has within the last years, il 10 peIpetc the
exclusion Of the people from the posses ion OF their own
sO and 10 create and make perpetual paupersm and dis
content II that done IN P0lald in Hungary, in
Venetaf II had been done there under the influence Of
. a aoOHQuerng GOverment,I believe there is not single
man or woman in England vino would not have been
ready 70 condemn such state OF things lCheersJ l
have raised voice on many occasions-l believe on
every fitting OCcasOnaganS state OF things winch s
absolutely destructive Of content ana loyalty in Ireland.
lie next refers briefly 10 his speeches against the
existence OF the laws tayorlng the preservation OF
game; for the abolition of capital punishment for
the restriction Ot the immense land monopoly;
against intervention in behalf OF the Turks IN favor
Of permanent peace with France, and 0i the most
cordial friendship with the English nation beyond
the Atlantic He then passes over ts his efforts III
the reform 0uestOn. of which he speaks follows:
There thing. IL is true that greatly regret in this
retrospect that the small that has attended
any efforts that have been able TO make with gard
many of these subjects And now, when l ask very
reasonable thing that the millions Of my cOuHtTymen
NAV be freely heard in that Chamber which many
hundreds OF years has called itself the Commons Of En
gland when ask that they shall De heard, WAth have
said that 1t would be a good thing for the United King
DOM and good for freedom everywhere. that they
should seize the sccpter which Tor the last 30
years has been welded 10y clasS-when say this am
snbected net only 20 opp0siu6n-for that could under
etand-but 10 an opposition conducted with q HSehood
and malice which know scrupe and which If were
cOuntTymen, might Oyerwhelm me. What is the end pO-
posed by these changes II IS not TO destroy our nsttu
lions is not TO change dynasty, IL is not to seize the
property Of the ch It is not 70 give 10 ignorance and 20
vice the disposition o great national AFFAIRS but II Is 10
give power 10 Parliament from that source from which
Its only power De received so that Parliament may
have the power 10 remedy abuses which are acknowi
edged TO exist every hand IN the departments and
the legislation Of the State Parliament has not power
now 70 save the public money; We WOnld give u power
90 save the public money; 70 make the law something
felt OF justice and Detey9ence thToughout ne whole
20 the highest level OF comfort and instruction, Of moral
Ity and freedom
and he believes 1t 10 be necessary for the House OF
Commons necessary Tor every institution Of the
country and as absolutely necessary fOr the content
~ fta III le