, 1869-07-23
TEE CRISIS In ENGLAND.

, The Etand made by the House Of Lords,
: and the consequent defeat Of the Irish
, Church LII by the overwhelming vote Of
III to ~. brings Great Britain face To face
with the question-Sha1l her forty millions
of pon,,lc ,a.nely submit to see every ave-
, nne To gEa,lual reform suddenly closed, and
: every hope of progress dashed, by the votes
, of less tll;n two hundred hereditary lnntl-
oyncrs. who have no constituency but thoir
nc.rs, rud who can only be removed from
Office i,y revolution On the other hand,
The Peers whose votes precipitated this
crisis fully comprehend that more is IN
vulvcd tLan the mere question whether the
Atsljc.n clergy IN IrelInd shall continue
during their lives to receive annuities in
coupens alton for the forfeited revenues of
their Church, or whether the Roman Cath
.. olic and Presbyterian clergy sha1l be con-
!, currently endowed, or whether the entire
s11rplr,s 1.rising from the sale Of church
,, properly shall he applied to charitable and
non-reEi"1is Uses. TIC Peers and the peo-
! l.lc ff' x: LeLind these details Of ndrnin-
: istra,ion, which could not in themselves
Esu, ;lt crisis, revolution, either blood
: lcts or bloody, il waiting Is the House
Of Lords Il debating society, as the Lon
, don -N,,-A, the most influential organ
, Of tie Liberals asserts it to be, or is it
coordinate power in the government, as it
usetstA itself /: II it is a mere debating so
! ciety, It'd ta1&s by leave Of the Commons,
I " bat :ssuraacc Las it TINT it will long be
/ permitted 10 do eren that? For two ceutu-
! ms Tie doctrine has been silently growing
up ,Lat the House Of Lords has no const-
, tuti.ra! power 10 oppose the House.of CON-
/. u.ons-n doctrine which, in Its logical con-
c!nh;. II, implies that there should be no
Hursy If Lords at nll- For neariy as long
, il L;.a been taci'lr atlmitted thAt the throne
Lad uo power to thwa,t the Cornmons-a
doctrine " Lose logical conclusion is that
there should be no throne. Tho conclu-
.;-.-4. ~~r.t~u,.n,y ~stLl.elu until the
Premises khoul1 be irTcsistibly established.
1t WIZ inevitable thst, wbcu The Honse Of
:. Lords Ind ceased 10 lie acknowledged as an
c,,nnl power, the agitation for ita abolition
rEr- @9iu. Tho ltiah Church bill m
,scatB f1o,n the House Of Lords the few
members thereof who sit as Irish Bishops,
h cause they have no constituency. But,
aB the otler members havc also no oonstit-
iurrcy, In impartial application Of the
r:lle would abolish the House altogether.
In principle, the Lords are right in their po-
.i,ion TINT TIE Irish Church bill is a reform
ur revolution in the constitution itself, md
= tia, Tic House Of Commons could, BY their
futile. ,u:ts, as easily dlsestablish the
,pccrare or tie throne ftseH as the Irish
Church. They make the Irish Church bill
1L.ir Sevnstopol, knowing that it is as well
10 settle the question Of power by decisive
battles On the frontier as to allow the enemy
to rlnndcr Aeir territory piecemeal, and
'fffiunily Slaughter them in their citadel,
=, J. vauEot be dc,.,cd TINT the conraro
I OF 1aAlnesa of the House " Lords will far
IL time irvcst item with the dignity ~L-s,
".iLr!ougs 10 Ell who boldly throw down the
wager Of battle against odds, and abide By
their hios1, eAaIeuge. II GILL uo longer
-1,. said tLa, tie House OF Lords is nonen-
atty. It arrests the attention Of the world
Pms our late President did by his first veto
tLs our rebellion did at the firing On Sumter !;
sas Napoleon when be landed from Elba-not
fl,ecA,,Ao VIC look for the SUCCESS Of the
movement, bu. because we know the trciu
iis f1cd which leads to the magazine, md
:-e hold OF: breath for the explosion
In the mere machinery Of leg'sla-
tive legerdetnain Alr. GlAdstone cas. secure
j ulH triumph over ths Lords by Withdrawing
sthe bin, proroguing Parliament, and ap-
pointing, against its .easscrpblage in the
sfall. batch Ct new Peers to outvote the
3prcsent majority against him, Eighty ncv
Peers are heavy load for Mr.. Gladstone TO
.carry, and 20 less than this wonld suffice
10 carry The I'LL Nbeto viii AIr. Gladstone
Find The proper materials for eighty new
i,L5be1al Peers: He cannot take them from
THE Liberal leaders in tie House Of Com.
rmors without luapa1ring bis strength there,
as On becoming Peers they would be ineii,
csib1e to the Commons. Where will he Look
for eighty Iibc1M lenders outnde Of the
Commons to Ehose votes the Qcccn End
tiroyal family would willingly entFust thei.
fate during the coming half century2 What
Twill the royal debauchee, Engiands future
eEing, Soy to the crc-.ion Ct eighty Radical
Peers 10 bling democracy into the House of
&Lords, G,st to break down the aristocracy,
Ind af.errzrd, by ine1orable loeie, the