The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-27
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DAY FOR THE EVENING rBIRaRAPH.
The English Elections.

From The N. y Tribune.
The Liberals have carried the English cleo
tions. Mr.. Gladstone will go into the new
Parliament with a maiority OF 150 We pre-
sumo that the first step of the party will be to
declare want of confidence in the Ministry.
Mr. Dsraeli will resign, and We shall have Mr..
Gladstone in office shortly after Christmas.
We congratulate the Liberal party Of England
upon this result. The triumph of General
Grant would have been incomplete without
the triumph of the Liberal party in England,
under Gladstone and Bright.
The writer of the cable dispatches from
London makes some spsculatiOns upon the
new Ministry. He fears that the Liberals will
be weakened by their great strength; that
there will be dissensionS in the party; aud
that upon any test question affecting the
reform of representation on the dlsestablish-
msnt of the Irish Church, there will be new
"Cave of Adullam.' We think the fate OF
the Adullamites of the last Parliament will
prevent any secession under the new Minis
try. The defeat of Mr. Rosbuck is especially
significant This gentleman represented the
uncertain wing of the Liberal party aud tue
anti-American. He has for many years b5en
the member from Sheffield. He is powerful
man in his way, with strong individuality,
and has always appeared to be exceedingly
popular with his people. His defeat is graft
Tying TO Americans as being a rebuke on the
part of Bnglishmen for his insolent and often
sive references to tue United States.
There is a story of an intrigue on the part
of the old Wing families to form conserva-
tive ministry under the premiership of the
Earl Of Granville. We hardly think this will
be attempted. The Earl OF Granville is
moderate politician, and has no claim to dis
tinotion beyond his family and his class. Con-
nected with the families OF Devonshire and of
Sutherland, his house a young branch Of an
old Whig line, Earl Granville has been sim
I'D,
He was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
under Lo.d Russell, afterwards Lord Presi-
dent of the Council, and then Chancellor
Of the Duchy of Lancaster. He has taken
no prominent part in politics, and has made
no impression upon England. The only
class that would be gratited by his elevation
to the premiership is that Of those rich aud
ambitious Wings who have SO long been the
real enemies of Reform, while pretending to
be the representatives OF Liberty. Earl Rus
rell belonged to this class, while, in addition
to his connections, he was pronounced Libs-
raj and had taken advanced ground on nearly
every question of Reform. The administra-
tion of Lord Russell was unpopular. Although
he had brilliant men around him, and his
Cabinet contained statesmen who possessed
the confidence OF the British people, his coro-
net weighed upon him, and ne was looked
upon with distrust by the English Liberal
party. His ministry fell almost IRON its own
weakness, although it had majority in Par
lament.
We think the Liberals will make no such
mistake now. What the country wants Is a
ministry with the representative man at its
head. 1t selects Mr.. Gladstone as the abest
and most advanced exponent Of Liberal princi-
pies. 1t will be content with nobody else.
We do not see how there can he com promise
1t would jar upon the English sense of fair
play to see Mr. Gladstone kept from the Pre-
for
tive of an old Wing family. Something OF
this kind was attempted when Lord Derby re-
signed The old Tories were opposed to the
elevation of "pGrUeau" like Disraeli to the
Presidency of a Cabinet composed of digui-
taries and gentlemen. But England said
"This man has fought the battle; he has been
the champion of the Tory party through many
a bitter contest he has been Lord Derby's
Lieutenant, and now that the leader has fallen
We insist upon his taking command" Mr..
Disraeli was made Premier OF England by the
English people. They prevented his sacrifice
to intrigue, and they will do the same with
Mr.. Gladstone when the time comes to form
q Liberal Ministry.
1t is not without regret that we see so few
representatives of the working classes in Par
lament. The cable correspondent says that
these candidates "failed for want of money
and organization" We fear that in England,
as in some parts Of America, the workingmsn
have been blind to their true interests, that
they have been governed by whims and pas
sions, that they have failed to do for their own
welfare what wisdom would suggest. Still
the mistake OF to-day is the profit of to-mOr-
low. The workingmen are new to the fran
chise; they have not yet learned to appreciate
its value; but in a very few years they will
come to know their power and make it lelt.
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