The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-28

inevitable The number Of Engiishmen excluded iron
the franchise Is out Of all proportion TO those admitted
10 the privilege is impossible 70 compare the oroes
each side OF the barrier without seeing that the bar
rer must give way" To sum up, the press and the
politicians Of all parties appear 70 be rapidly
uniting upon household suffrage q necessity; bat
whether the present Ministry will accept thus neceiy
60 out Of Office is question upon which nobody
give decisive opinion Indeed, Ii generally under
stood that the Ministers themselves have not yet agreed
upon policy.
In the meantime the people Of England are by no
means inactive. Another great meeting is TO be
another demonstration q. upon Hyde Park are in
preparation. Similar meetings being held or have
been held at Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and
throughout the country The pgess and the politicians
have apparently agreed 70 ignore these manifestations
Of popular feeling; but you might well attempt 70
ignore an earthquake. Tho people who get up those
meetings the mon who have created all this agitation
about REFORM and they certainly have . right to BIO
heard in the settlement OF the question 1t makes
rea! difference a. TO what settlement will satisfy Mr.
Gladstone, the Timss the liberal party or the
House Of Commons The practical issue ia, what will
and thew say 20 yery plainly More than this. they
back their demands by threats which II they were
uttered against the government OF any other country
the English would be the first TO quote a. treasona
BILE and dlsioya
On "Wednesday evening Of this wcsk the Reform
League held public meeting al the Sussex Hotel with
Mr.. Edmond Bcaies, NJ. A., in the chair. Mr. Beales
opened the proceedings with brief speech in which he
nounced both tories and liberals and added that she
question would 10 be whether moral having
failed might not be necessary that they should have
recourse TO other means which he did not wish TO
MENTION This hint was received with great cheering.
Mr. Richardson. gas tter followed in the strain.
"They had not only to fight Disraei," he said, ''but
with determination that they would be satisfied with
nothing less than justice and they were not deserving
their might and demand political acknowledgements II
they wied it they would have It in spite Of all OPPOSE
ton" Ihestrongcr the expressions used by Mr. Rich
ardson the louder grew the cheering
Mr. Brsck then delivered another incendiay speech.
He said--'There is limit to patience. He trusted no
one, not the middle classes They all remembered
the Bristol riots and hoped such things would
happen again but II they did the middle class would be
serve them right Mr. Maci:ie, bookbinder evi,
IDENTITY alarmed at the frankness of The previous speaker,
took OCCASION TO say that the people we're as loyal and
loved their Queen well the middle classes but this
well meant appeal to patriotism was received with cries
of som" and "tosh!" Mr. Bradlaugh followed in a
said that she one OF those who in that which he
had marked out for himself to do, counted the precise
words OF act of Parliament the precise consruc
ton OF some statute tChecrs) He was one of those
who thought the sooner bad laws were broken the
better for the people TO live under the good tCheersl
He thought the time was coming when some OF them
must be prepared, Deeds be to incur some pains and
run the risk Of some penalties 70 ~est their political
rights from the hands OF those who were deter
mined not to do them justice, who had
sympathy with them VINO had betrayed their
hopes who would leave them one side and walk up
on their heads they lay down. loud cheering At
the demonstration oil the 1lth inst sergeant Of tho
division asked him hat right be had to turn aside
tain traffic TO allow the procession to pass, aud no
answered, The right have 10 ride overyou" Chcers)
The position they were in was iraught with serious con-
sequences, and they ought to consider well before put
ting their hand to the plough how they could draw
back from If they we're to have another procession,
ward but from trafalgar square to Westminster Hail.
Cheers He did not care for obsolete laws; IL they
bad, they ought TO be set at nought IL that
involved some pans and penalties and he for one
prepared To brave that consequence Cheers II they
had another PROCESSION they must prepare 20 protect
broken by policeman truncheon Policemen had no
right to ferc with their Efforts 70 obtain their poti
cal rights and II they attempted 70 do 80, II was their
duty TO take sufficient to them out Of the
way. They did not want bands. banners 1agsafs,
fifth battle must be won, and those who opposed them
would bitterly rue It :" loud and prolonged chcrrsl
THIS speech q one q the popular leaders may mean
not be significant Engshmcn say that these things
eare all nonsense, and thar Americans are very foolish
pie very much In earnest about them, and discuss
them lie seriously. Al the meeting which am de-
said accepted as quite sensible Colonel Dickson
rema led that 'he quite endorsed all that had been ut
duged in equally decided language. Dir, Hawker and
Mr.. Bebb snsse-ed grand Demonstration 10 Hyde
them 10 resis. them The suggestion was unanimously
adopted, resistance and all, though the people we'll
knew that at Hyde Park occurred the previous conflict
with the police. when tho ratings torn down.
Mr. Lucrat saic, in abiding 10 to-nights meet
ing: that they . would have to light THIS
and no hoped they would rally in such numbers as
would make Dsraeii and the other irbberB trenlbe
II was then proposed seconded and unanimously
solved That inns meeting opinion that no measure
OF reform will sufficiently meet the just claims OF the
unrepresented classes which is not without any subier
fge evasion, based upon the true aud constitutional
principle OF residential registered manhood suffrage,
protected BY The ballot and calls upon all sincere re-
formers to redoublc their Efforts in insisting upoo these
principles the only inal settlement of this question
This the PLATFORM If the people and the ating
night and the demonstration at HYDE Park on Good
Friday Intended 10 enforce t. But the plans OF the
rcformcfs 90 further than mere meetings. They pro-
pose universal cessation fron labor II Their demands
be not conceded BY Parliament You have seen how
boldly the wcrns people Of London talk in public, and
you yerg easily judge how much more revolutionary
private utsrances. but the masses IN tho in
terror and especially Manchester far in advance
OF their London brethren, aud from them this
proposition FOR a general strike which the London Re-
form League has eagerly and unanimously accepted
The English papers, ahersg to the true british policy
OF ignoring every think that I unpleasant do not dcass
this extraordinary proposal; bat the ordinary English
talk about u In manner quite as characteristic n
silence Its perfectly absurd they say, because ces
saton from work will OF course lead TO cessation Of
wages and the result Of that will be cessation from
food-and there's an end Of H. Not at all The people
know better than that When they have no Money and
van, food they know how TO get u The plan was tired
only few weeks ago during the cold weather. as place
called I,cptiord in the suburbs Of London There were
bread riots at that place. aud the shops were broken
open aud empticd. The papers said little about che
AFFAIR and nine Eneshmen out OF en never heard o. il.
and will deny that Il occurred but II did occur for all
that and the riot lasted three days Here just
tie danger Of tho plan proposed IL the peope should
work and get hungry they Will take what they
want aud perhaps the rowdles will take something
Jewellers stores are quite rs attractive 10
mob bakers shops and although the honest
and intelligent workngmeu may protest against
robbery, il will ali be done under the name ~ re-
form. rren the police viii interfere and be driven
away And then the soldiery will be called out and
blood will dow II would be useless any pre-
dcons as to the sequel All reasonable men must hope