The New York herald., 1870-01-29
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Premier GladStOne'S Democratic Plat
form for Great Britain.
Agricultural Reports from the North
of Ireland and
Emigration.
Napcleon's Cabinet ana the French
Press.
SPANISH DISuNiOy AND PARTY FACTION.
ENGLAND.

HIr. Rrigsf,s speech at Biru,ng bam-The
Gladstone Democratic Platform--I.iberal In.
sentions Of the G0vernment-Pariiamen mentury
Combina oms-IiOw the Worsingm men Take
the Address Of the Minister.
LONDON, Jan. IS, 1870.
n MI. Brighus Birmingham speeches failed to
satisfy those who we're foolish enough 10 believe
that the invarlaDy SOLDERING effects OF olce would
fail to make the Manchester refofmer retlcent and
cautious. and who anticipated from hin, u blunt
expose 0i many important Caonet secrets they have
yet afforded ample ammunition bc;n for ms friends
and enemies, ana the daily papers are sti!l com.
mentng upon them according 10 tner several pro-
clivites
The conservative organs would II course have
found occasion to assal the Objectionable Minister,
no matter what ne had said II he should have .old
his constituents that the cabinet had been seriously
divided on the details OF the irish Land b and the
mode OF dealing with the present awlessness IN lhat
troubled country, when taey met IN council last
month and should have then goue on u state TIE
points on which he insisted IL tile great measure OF
next session, the whole tory pack would have opened
cry upon him ana denounced nlIn as unat Tor ONCE
Had lie refrainea from mentioning Ireland al ALL or
simply alluded TO Irish aifals as subject occupying
the serious attention of the government, ana hence
not desirable theme ~ as2asson q THIS time ne
would have been aSsatIed iro'n the same iaI tel as
coward ana traitor 70 his lifelong convictions.
Had he SAID any more or any less than hc did say
his CONDEMNATION would have been IS certaIn aud
as severe IS IL now is IL is not surprising, there.
fore, that tory Objection should be taken to Mr..
Bright's observation, tnaG the orosant government
- had gwen 10 tae Irish a free Charcl an free
schools and would soon, lie hoped, gave them "a
free vote and free land.n
To be sure he tOok the preCautan To avOsY that he
was enemy TO coniscation, and that the eva or
handful OF landowners ana nation or starving de-
pendents was one tnas could only be removed by
time and by careful legislation; out tlls goes TO-
nothing IN tie eyes OF The conservative organs aud
on the strength of the promise OF free und'' Mr.
Bright Is denounced rs u red republican, ana a So
cialist
So IN ms interview with amnesty deprla,ion
although ne told his visitors that The stores ot the
suferngs OF the Feniaa prisoners mtsclIe yous
fabricatlons circulated for the purpose Of
stirring up seditlon, and declared tnat no
governments would be justified IN setting
determination to repeal the offence f0r
which they were imprisoned soon liberated, he
Is assalled Is ieniaD sympanzer. because ne drew
distinction between rebellion against a ree gov
ernment and Sebellion against a tyranlr, and be
cause nc expressed the hope that The time would ar
rive when the cells oi All poliacll PRISONERS could
be opened.
The ificauS or Mr. Bfislt, on tue other nani,
although some OF tue most eXactlng among tnem
would have preferred 10 have llstancd 10 such
speeches a. he was accustomed TO deliver when he
was trloune of the people ant not Il responsible
member of her MaIesGy's government, IRE III The
maln well pleased VITA MS uttelancCs, anl accept
them as "A gratifying ASSURANCE lit taere Il i
heal ny spirit OF progress IN the CABINET Wicn eau
not iat IL bfla4 iorth good traits 10 die season. lis
words, gnarded as they were are Interpreted
and no DOUBT correctly interpreted, a. an
assurance tnat OF the noSt Important
Of all pending reforms, the vote by ballot, wound De
brought forward tnis session Is government mea-
sure. ana that an equalization oi representation
would as-uiediy be made, 50 that the votes OF 4
handful 81 dependents NJ some obscure POCKET
borough would no longer HulinY the Wishes OF a
great cly IKE Birmingham or Manchester, WIN
populations bordering upon haii million. On the
whole, Jonn 3rights recent speeches may be re-
garded as giving good hope oi progress IN the
future and Of steady, resolte viii on ine part OF
the present liberal administrator 70 perseVere Ia
the work og discriminating anu eie.atuG the people.
On one pOint Mr. Bright has maialed to array
against himself the Two extremes oi tonism and
radicalisa. lie ubectS to class Representations lt Is
a mistaken idea he argues, 10 suppose that the
working classes cannot he property represented
IN Parliament except b. memoers chosen nom their
own BODY ana he deprecaes on many accounts the
principles OF Class egisiation Gave workilgmen
and al other men The rgnt 10 vote give them repre-
senaton al accordance WIN Their numbers ne says,
and let them choose what men they please 10 repre-
sent tncnl, and ther interests VIII De properly
guarded The tory organs are ylrtuousy indignant
TINS heresy. The artisan saws the Sfufl0srd has
mucn right TO be heard through one Cf MS own
fraternity ~ has The manufacturer me lawyer the
TO be heard, and heard by the mouth CT one VINO
VIII really and fuliy flOln convection ana SYM
pathy, not with the imperfect knowledge Of
volunteer champion or the shallow and lnsncere
zeal Of retained advocate vindicate their IDEAS and
defend their interests before the great council OF the
natlon.n Brave words tnese and one can scarcely
persuade himself that tney now ron the pea that
Is always ready to oppose the workngnan and 70 DO
it's best 10 deprive him not only oI class repre-
sentative but or the rlghG 10 exercise aEy voice IL
the choice OF any representative a6 all Tue WORK
inginen's political clups, ana one worhlngllan, SIR.
1rnr yff1a ar IN
JON IN the assault upon Bright lUF lnls supposed
infdelty 10 the cause ~ Tie Horknsmen, But tncy
seem TO overlook or ignore tic tlcL that Mr.
Bright really says nothing at az against the return
OF any artisan or aDorer to parliament. All he does
say is do not elect any man rs Il class repre-
sentative, for by 30 oong you help 10 array
class against class, and lou cripple the
efficiency OF your member Make choice Of
the very best man you can find, whatever
he may be, mechanic merchant or miliionnare
and he VIII represent YOU properly fhe gist oi all
seems TO be tDat what hr. Br'gllt did pro.nise or
more properly indicate in hts several addresses to
his constituents anu 10 the deputationS nat waited
upon him. Is made the more vaiaatle IRON the TACT
Ol his caution and reGcence, and tbat aiS WorCs
may arly be accepted an inulcltioa OF t1e trnly
liberal spirit OF the Cabinet of wncD ne l. 50 innuen-
tial d nlenlOer.
The Colonial Questicn-- Emigration From
Canada to the Autipodcs-Annr xeiion 30
the United States.
LONDON. Jan. Is, 1870 :
The colonial and emigration questions are just
uOW dtltdCiils EItdb ucdi Oh hllSut+bu. IBt
colonial policy OF the present day does not appear
to be very popular ~ home or In the dependencies,
and Earl Granville is continually ia hot water.
The colonists and ex-coionlsts have formed them
selves into o sort OF league and meet together con-
stantly to abuse the Colonial once without being
very definite as to the remedies tncy desire 10 be
applied to the evils of which taey complain.
The policy OF England just now appears to be to
hang ON to her dependencies, and az The same tme
to expend rs little money as possible on them. You
can have sefgovcrnmelt they are told, bat you
must take care OF yourselves In all cases except that
OF foreign INVASION This appears 10 be fair enough;
but say some OF the colonies, we do not have self
government for you send dapidated arstocrats
and British pensioners TO govern us; wnie others
complain as in New Zealand, that the troubles In
which they are involved are legacics LETT them by an
inefficient colonial administration. aud are owing To
nofaults OF their own and hence they claim that they
should not be left alone 10 fight against them. The
difficulties OF the colonial question are aggravated
by the movements that nave recently been mace IN