The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-12

OF nations tCheers) ! trust, my Lord Mayor that
although we have made a somewhat silent yet hope
sure progress dSai 1 tne iast year. the prospect
crease the wealth OF this nation, will stimulate its
enterprise and increase the consuming power OF the
we approaching the end OF that great depression
of which we have been 30 long conscious, the In
nuence OF which has been felt In some degree
revenue, and l more than trust that the time is
rapidly arriving when we shall again enter into that
sPe the ndr%a characerss Of Blush industry
(Cheers) In other respects, my Lord Mayor, do
not think that this country has any cause OF COM
plan U zoe look TO our foreign relations zoe see no
cause for anrietV Indeed, there Is little to be said
upon that subject; and the external relations OF Eng
when there is very little to be said upon tlrem. At
the present moment we have no controversy Of any
Kind arith 0Yly European FOtrer-tcheers-dnd fctth
regard 10 those subjects OF misunderstanding phfch
haze been so much eraggerated and so much d.oet
may sag every day, brings to US better understand
| ing upon all those questions; ana am sure Mer
respect Is orv ,onat mag be expected rom the nu.
tudl good sense and good Jeetfng OF t,o0 great ana
Kindred nations loud cheersl We'll my ayn LORD
is one that ought afford us the utmost congratula.
ton. lCheers) The state Of Ireland Is one OF
complete tranquility indeed, no inconslderable pc
Rod has now elapsed since her Majestys govern
ment have felt any necessity for availing themselves
OF those provisions in the Habeas Corpus suspen
sion act to which we at a moment Of extreme
difficulty felt ourselves, like our predecessors,
obliged to trust Cheers That fact proves 1as
of disGuietude, is now after ali that has occurred
one OF congratuation. Cheersl Well, | think,
domestic position and foreign relations-to the
condition of Ireland particularly with respect to our
domestic cOnditOn-lOOklng TO the prospect we nave
of prolific harvest, and considering that the in
Of the wealth. not only OF England but OF the
merce and industry the position OF this country is
which ought not to cause US dsquietude or dscon
tent Cheersl With regard to the course OF public
| the custom to remark very generally that session
has been wasted and that nothing has been done.
believe that idea ID caught too preciptately from
| opinions somewhat hazardously expressed in the
| heat OF the atmosphere OF our Senate. "a laugh)
But we must remember that the disputes of parties
In Parliament are very much like some OF those ira
| diuonary misunderstanding between man and wife.
dom OF recrlmination which prob bly, has no great
| foundation-ta laughl-but, however liberal may
be their epitnets under those circumstances both
terfering between them and adopting their opinions
Cheers and laugh:) am bound to say on the part
of the Parliament which Is about to close its session
and, may say, Of considerable portion of it, even
its existence-that entirely deny that the session
| has been a barren sessiOn-(cheers)-and that when
we appear before our constituents and the country
shall not have to confess that nothing has been
done. (Cheers.) In the first place. my Lord Mayor,
allow me to remind you that we have in this session
| of Parliament carried series OF measures which
haze completed that great acorE or the amendment
Of the representation OF the people lChch ,CdS
n,eaced last year, and which has now occupied the
attention of Parliament for no less than two ses-
| sons (Cheers.) That series OF measures aohich
eCefe necessary to complete that great enterprise
| the carrying Of which was always questioned, and
| for time seemed doubtful-has, however, been
completely and successfully carried into effect.
(Cheers Some OF those measures were of very dlfll
cult and important character and if the present
sion OF Parliament had only completed that great work
of the amendment Of the representation Of the people
| by carrying those measures maintain it would not
have been barren Observation-Disclosures one which
would have left its mark in the history OF this cou
try, and advanced the cause of progress now uni
versally supported by all intelligent and sensible
| men. (Cheers.) But, my Lord Mayor, it is not
merely that series OF considerable measures which
lions for which indebted TO the present
sion of Parliament. Many other and considerable
occasion dwell on them-it would be wearisome to
do 80; but speaking in the heart of the city of Lon
upon the passing Of the bill winch transfers the man
agement OF the telegraphs of the country to the
Postmaster General, measure which, | believe,
ests of this country. (Cheers.( | confess my
self that 1 could have wished that other
wished that in this session OF Parliament we had
continued those measures of social and adminisra-
tive reform, like that great with respect to
| the metropolitan poor with which We inaugurated
the session OF last year, policy which we were pre-
subjects. (Cheers.l I wish we had been able to
| prosecute that reform in the law which last year
OF the county courts and to the revision Of
the statute law. wish we could have continued this
year. as was proposed this year with respect to the
| reform OF the law measures such as we introduced
last year with regard to the Companies act and the
Improvement and reform OF the Court of Chancery in
| Ireland. wish we could this year have succeeded
In passing that Bankruptcy bill We introduced last
| year to the notice of Parliament. wish we could
this year have passed that Education bill which
introduced by the Lord President which would have
greatly extended the means Of education in this
which alone believe sound system Of national
| education can be founded. But, my Lord Mayor,
Majesy's government that these great objects were
| not attained and these considerable measures were
ser mot TO what
tent myself with expressing nv regret that those
| measures which were introduced were not success
fully passed by the government. Yet, notwithsand-
ing their mOmentary failure, | maintain that Par
| lament which has completed the great scheme for
the amendment OF the representation Of the people,
and passed the considerable measures to which
have referred is one that has not accomplished
barren session. But all these things sink into COM
| parative insgnincance when we remember that
event to which your lordship has referred which is
pending over us and that is the first exercise by the
great body OF the people Of this country Of that
elective franchise which the measure OF last year,
completed by the legislation Of the present. has now
invested them with. II IL impossible not to be
sble OF the great occasion which is now at hand 1
think he would not be wise man who for mo-
| other terms than those which would do Justice
| TO Its magnitude But my Lord Mayor, we have
| two years that the confidence that we reposed in
this respect in the great body OF the people was mis-
placed, and that the moment they possessed the
power OF the suffrage we should find them giving
rein to the widest ideas, and evidencing that they
meant to exercise that power In a manner most dan
gerous to the institutions OF the country. confess,
| my Lord Mayor see evidence before me in this
country which would justify that suspicion. Cheers.)
| On the contrary, believe the great body of the
| people are prepared to exercise the power with
which they have been invested in spirit OF pru-
dence and patriotism. (Cheers.) think 1t is most
| remarkable-I have alluded before to the crcum-
stance and confess 1t impresses me more every day
with its gravity-tt0t the great body Of the people
| invested pith this prirnege should be called
| upon TO exercise FOR the first time under cir
| cun,stdnces so peculiar as nOD obtain IN this
countrv--that the great body OF the people should
| be called upon to exercise that right upon the
most important question that could be brought be-
tttsltv Avg
which they are to exercise this power they have
tuay to decide upon the consultation OF their
tTp loud cheers.) This, confess, Is q state oil
affairs which the boidest man must admit to be crti-
cal. BIT trhen remember trhdt the constitution o|
| England fs-thdt the constitution OF England pro-
poses to useT tr0 great objects To maintain al the
time political liberty and reiiliOus feedonl