The New York herald., 1869-06-20

eign people has II in power 70 stand IN the
road OF progress at any moment it may see ~, snr
step shall you adyanceu 1t is satisfaction 20 tne
people 20 tell them the Lords dare not DO ths-tney
Commons-they viii even now back down
IN terror at the fury they they c nave aroused, n a.
pass. The very fact tnat they have the power to
defeat 1t. and nat they threaten TO use that power
Is sunlcent to prove 70 steadast am sturdy re-
human rights-the preliminary act TO alt other
action, must be the overthrow OF hereditary leSsia-
ton ana the substitution oi an elective House OF
Peers. ..-.--~s
The conflict comes at bad moment for the mobiles
Of England. Time was when British baron was
invested with something OF tue divinity whch doth
hedge KING" and when peer OF the realm was
reydrded with reverance by the common herd. But
just now the people are made painfully sensible that
the highest titles do not exempt their nhcrilors from
those frates follies and vices which all flesh
be proilgates of the worst description and
OF the most depruyed tastes; that dukes can play
the plackle9 on the turf and the swindier at the
gaming table; that noblemen can squander enor-
nous fortunes IN few years while millions OF peo-
pie are starving al around them. 1t scarcely adds
TO the respect fe for tue ut ed portion OF the CON-
munity TO hear thas o marquis has died so hope
lessy bankrupt as toleave his butchers and grocer's
bills UNPAID, or that the sherrS officers are In pos
session oI a noble dukes furniture and plate. Yet
such unpleasant realities too common in the
present day, ana tnsy have Their effect upon The
public mud when people begin 10 inquire wno are
the men who place themselves In the path OF pro-
gress ana impudentiy claim tie right TO oppose ana
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The practical result of the rejection of the Irish
Caurch bill by the House OF Lords VIII probably be
prorogation OF Parliament, session In August. and
the repassng OF the Identical measure OF the present
session at post haste speed and with The br,eiest
possible debate The leers Will thus gam but a
slight delay, and viii have 10 hight the battle over
again and decide whether they VIII repeat The action
they now IN eaten. IL has been suggested that Mr..
Gladstone might resign and eave the conservatives
10 torn ministry, III order 10 snow the country now
utterly p0werless and insignificant MS D, p0nents
practically are, or that Parliament might be dis
solved Tor the purpose OF lighting the battle
again al the polls and IN the certainty of yet more
decisive victory than That SO recently achieved IL
does not seem probable however. that either OF
these courses would be pursued. A defeated bill
cannot be introduced a second time during the
same session, but pror0gatiOn and
call for session would remove this difficulty,
and 1t would be sufficient triumph for Mr.. Glad
stone to send back to the Lords in silent contempt,
the same bill they had just rejected Ii he desired
to revenge himself upon them he could not put them
test more CALLING to their pride more hazard
Gus than this. In the meantime, should the oil be
thrown out now on the second reading, 1t will OcCa-
sion an agitation both in England and ireland that
VIII have IN II the seeds OF uure If not the fruits OF
present, danger to interests than those OF the
Established Inurch In Ireland Nearly three months
ago the HERALD correspondence advanced the opn-
Ion that while the irish Church bill was more OF
value TO the oppressed masses would be found in
operation the keynote to real reforms. The
words are likely to prove prophetic