The New York herald., 1868-01-06
/ !, =, .,nxor,b, and seconded " Mr.. Robinson

he ars cbisc, OF this meeting doubtless 70
late mysha say fortunatint into the perils. and she
sul,,ss and the Of
life But shall pro9syn A1a
Of dealing Win .nss , srshsr and say 6ss We are met
for the purpose o. the cons;ituency o the city OF
men VINO aW m.Nhey have by their recent choice
II: he sssS fsssoP Do'Sp n The tIss Js
liberal psrbr moment, far as the year
Gea 0sSs win remember how the tor tories s,owsh were
n sa!me Kissing Of the Reform bill OF that year. 20
o.ahel fourteen years 10 the year ls4s and eau 70
S can ss,s Ss s's; spsssa q ~
Pthe press, believed In It may be, by thousands upon
aousands Of the people as 70 ths tFsms9aous naa up
people OF thus country to have free access 70 un
limited supplies Of food grown in other Countries Re-
tunats tories were plugged By that prospect. Now
como down 10 the present year 1867 Isl possible
as 10 the disasters that would arise II ever moderate
measure for tho suffrage were forced through OF
granted Iaramor1 rna' osnspss snsrs.uns. at! 4
profitable enon9h-they know very well what they are
dongthey. many Of them understand these questions
just well and much wa understand them; Out
speak of the tory parry the country who are ne pdlons
nechessmsn NTH ohch these leaders play their gdms
your commseration, how these men have been misled
from time to time how they have been alarmed; how
that were most calculated TO do them good; how they
have spent time and money how they have spent mil
OF money oceans OF Deer-taughterj-ln ngnt-
Ing contested elections 70 lose which would be the great
possible advantage 20 themselves and to the country
Laughter But all that fear, these terrors this stsv-
ing this political warfare this vast expenditure s 10
vain. For one OF two things always happens--ether
We entirely oveIthrew them, a as,e we did BY the
IN M 1857 ihslr o own isadsrs came forward TO
p ss:. hs ssTs &C.
my feelings to his friends-I must say feel for them
great commissrailon for i seems 20 me that then
tiralH fa hA aua arvt
disappointment -laughtsrland Il seems as Il the last
drop Of /. never 70 bs taken. There is always
swallow. I know Mr. Mil, the eminent member for
Westminster, the tory party are naturally the
denied Sy any intelligent man among the tories Unless
they stupid that they cannot easily feel the retro
spect must be to them sIcesdinsy eama1ins. and The
equally gloomy, But this last humiliation appears TO
me to be almost the deepest Of them ALL Lord Derby
has been considered moro than any other man, TO be
relied on, "Among the faishIsss faithful only hs !"
daughter and chsers Everybody has not ossn Of that
pa'' Opes b. 'n an accident spending an svenns At
l Welsh watering place In company with the pro.
iisd iished in this @ country. and he tod me that
he did not think much OF Lord Derby. Lsughtsr.l He
used term which will be understood oya good y many
bred as tory he was only % ,oroksn ns hard -. un "
| meetings which took place In different parts Of the
country this year. which showed them that II they met
Parliament without the promise OF reform bill 'hsy
60 back that side of the house which they had sat
upon long seemed 20 feel the sNaea degree
impossible In language which would be exaggerated,
unfair and even insulting. TO describe the eager and
ho~hng rage which theyexhib!ted against the unfortu-
proposal OF the pound franchise Their Bit
! terness and malice against the bill would have been
scarcely justified If the bill had been bad As they
said It was and Is Is clear that Il not nearly SO
bad they declared to be. Their conduct In the
suit OF office reminds Of some lines which were pub
lished great many years ago. which had q
exact application they describe the OF
tbs tory party last year. Tho poet in the "Rejected
! Addrssses' saws
80 when dogs meat 70 echoes through the street,
Rush sympathetic dogs from their retreat
Sink their bind legs, ascend iheir joy III cries;
Then rld With hope "a and painting pa ,h TO prevail
loud aughter.) Just the gentlemen tho front
opposition benches, and such OF them behind who
thought that there was something to be had especially
all the lawyers who since been gorged
with patronage and for the sake Of that patronage and
plunder which In India is called ''oo" formed COM
bnation the bill Of 1865 and place them
selves in office And TO keep there they consented 10
pass bill infinitely worse 10 all the points on which
they condemned tho bill OF 1865 And venture to say
their conduct this occasion leads the conclusion
that there Is scarcely institution OF tho country
for Me permanent pos,essson 81 Office lChesrs) Blu. II
there be occasion for crcise the conduct OF PaTa
or o. "e o ns les,
more 10 be added They were not willing TO let the
thing be done quietly but they have since the rising Of
Parliament taken steps 10 add greatly to that triumph.
For we have seen leader. Of the tory party At great
banques in different Of the dancing with
OF groesqus exuat a the Of the principle
which they have all the opponents,
| and which they have declared In their spesches
bo the destruction Of the constitution and tho
best interests of country To tho whole thing
stranger spectacle was never before seen In the pot
cal annals Of this country Ws ndoe seen Lrd Derby hs
a0ain densocrocvwe have seen him cxhbising himself
in defence Of free trade and household suffrage the
platform OF the Free Trade Hall in Manchester Chcers
OtTithstanding tBs l suppose that friends the
tories will still, however have aith for their creduiity
without limit and ss still beeve In him. Cheers
| They must believe somebody. and tha, Lord Derby
will st stand sort of sant the poi ica calendar
Of the conservative party do not doubt (Cneers)
That only slight elaboration Of the old statement
that the ballot would be Engllsh. II 10 curious
enough that neary all the English who formed colonies.
especial la the sou hern hemisphere, hnd the ballot
most admirable machinery for elections; aud Is there
universally accepted. As to pubic duties being per
formed IN public take court OF justice-hat 10 heid
1 In public. People may come in they like. The
take notes of the proceedings and the judge
and jury before the puoic but the jury itself dis
cusses aud dsliberates and ccnclus on In
secret; and Il understood To be very disnouorab
in any jurymau, after the jury have given their
any eutsder-as 10 what was the particular
view view Of any member r. Of H. the jury but y n 4:
that important duty that the jury should retire and
that its del beraons and conclusion should be 10
Then take Parliament Parliament open to the public
People come The reporters are there; and every
morning. II you read the papers, you may know more
OF what has been done 10 Parliament than nybody
the House itself That s all public, but the Cdbin
not 81 IA p4bic. The Ministers Of tho Qusen hold their
delocraions ana como 10 ther CONCLUSIONS IN secret
aud IL Is only when great result has TO be explained TO
ine public In Psram that the matter becomes any
deeree open to the public. And so with regard to
elections; they would be n public The returning of
the agencies Of the candidates. they would all be
public. Everything would be fully known except
tho individual vote Of the individual ctector that
would be deposited in the ballot box urn and to
tbs great advantage of the town and the consttu-
ency until four in the afternoon nobody vocd know
what the result OF tue poll Every man voting
would thus be enabled TO give his In sccordancs
with his conscientious convictions, entirely unfst
pnipa bv 9TH darafi and
the result will to cay beyond all contradiction,
would give, moro faithful manner than ID possible
under the present sysem the actual conscientious
diet OF tho constituency which The appeal should DO
made tCheersl hope az the nc1 eection thai hu
1ston Of ne bdLtt piu Be taken up by the liberal party
evoysoh<re tHssss and aughtcr.b l do not 60
everywters. tHsar, bearD lido not 60 into II any fur
ther now because st some perhaps not distant time
shall take opportunity Of devong hour at least TO
q thorough paton OF thig ques a. TO show
It's vast advantages not TO the hDeral parry Alone but
70 the public and 70 show the utterly diuy and uutsn-