New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-23

bothsm fnow a member Of tho Government), has the
capacity Of remembering how tho Chufch ueaVoo HIN
fOrefathers
Mr.. Dale lately went TO Manchester. where tho Non
cOnformist Conference IL now held, 10 lecte upOh 'o
"Poltcs Of NonconfOrnity," and did IT, inc vast
Trade Hall was filed He said they were told that they
should attend 10 Christian matters and not mcddie WIN
politics; but the churchmen who gave them thb counSei
were always meddng with politics. ana mane soou
thing OF II for their party. The N0nc0niOrmISVs n''
10 follow their example conditiOnaly' ana tue Loof'
party in Parliament did not do them Justice they woud
break with IL. The EODcOnfOrmists had dohe "S ""'
for tho Liberal party as tho Liberal party n"a
done for thcm He pointed out that Mr.. Forster ma
been engaged in passing an Endowed SohoOl DILL "ni'
with seeming fairness provided that the COMMISSIONERS
charged with carrying 1t out should he chosen reSPoo
tive OF the religious party to which they might DeOng
But all the Commissioners selected from the Chucn
Of England and when MI Forsters attention was drawn
TO this partatY no refused to correct It, contrary 10
the act, a Clergyman has been appointed an eSoD'e~
governor Of 81 schemes adopted by the Govern
ment and all" said Mr., Dale, "bear the namo Oh inc
Minister whom have learned to distrust-" H. forS
ter" MI Dales conclusion was this: 81 think II Is 'ime
for rs TO declare that we win not lift finger, or raise
voice. give vote ut the next election metey io' 'o
sake Of Keeping the Liberal party in power"
These are the facts which determine the character OF
the great Congress. The Nonconformists have not
uttered words big for several gencrauOns' ~"
question is with distant observers Will they Keep the
wordl II 80, the Government must pass new Educa
ton bl the Liberal party will be lying high ana ury
on what Mr.. Disraeli would call melancholy shore
I'm very short time It depends upon the resolution
dIscernment and persistence Of the Birmingham League
whether tho Nonconformists will stand 20 their guns
Az there two Dalcs prominent In BlrmlhSIain' 81
there are two Cbauberlains. Both arc men OF
power and purpOsc-bOth connected with inc be'su'
one Is an architect Of rcpute the other is member OF the
~ HID o. aphin
tant for the manufacture Of Screws The Joseph Cha
berlan OF this firm OF great wealth. is the next member
OF tho League who imparts determination OF character
to IT, and largo contributions 10 It's funds speaker
who studies spcech-making an art who looks ior"au
one day to share the representation OF BrmhShah' NC
has every lnducement OF YOUTH bOdness, means ana
ambition TO render the League famous for ts success as
It should be- having originated in a town which has
poltcal history and which represented by Mr. Bright
Tho League had weakness which 1t cast OH previous
20 this Conference. lis shibb0leth was the word I'm
sectatlan," which strictly might be secular or
might DO interpreted otherwise. 1t has cleared
kset OF this verbal embarrassment, by deVslng
a new programme, making the formation OF Schoo
Boards compulsory wherever needed; limiting the edu
cation given by Boards TO secular instructions for
bidding the teacher employed to engage in teaching TO-
ligOn requiring that every den0minatohai schOOi 90
mandng support from the public rates shall submit us
scholars TO e tuition authorized by the schOGl boards
being aiterward at liberty 10 supplement sucn lnsIuc
rcl gOuR tuition they please dt lheiV own
cost and their own responsibility This is, IN iaGt'
that very system which was recommended 70 MI
Forster and which he rejected. , -.
The strength of the Manchester Conference arises from
this programme being generally accepted; Mr: A I
accepts it and in it the basis Of settlement Lab
erals in politics ard religion alike accept ~, hnW we
Free Trade Hall aud the large QuakerS neetnRnousc III
Man N h ayg Oe Sy the phS and in
nnmber-of mark from every part Of England, wales,
eoUaiiv asounded by unanimty which the insurgent
religious have never shown before IN Lnglann'
tFtaaa aaln m
e s' remember in the days Of the AntCornLaw
League Deeper questions, Older memories, keener
eGHference thar aTe CORN Laws could evoke Mr.
M oe @Glin % tine last oeco
ana who has acquired considerable influence ana ne"
powers of speaking since the Ihrel spear OF Parla-
inent has touched his tongue said I've desire to sup
port Mr. Gladstone He i the minister OF our preuueC
II it comes to lie question TO party
and loyalty to principle, we cannot hesitate We are
adopt course which will Involve tho sacrifice or the
surrender the serious compromise OF these vital prn
not what we ought not what we must not Gnd ~ COOS
help what we will not do" The quiet prlm,formed'
aGr S FOR iha never Gd manceser Wit
ns'' c,aSt S a nRns and cnos ega al" agO%a
The same day Mr.. Mall said cost what II might, they
ity They we're told 1t to reopen the com
promise recently agreed To by all parties. comprO
Who bound themselves by itl Not the NonrOnformists:
What steps were taken to consult their Vewst what
isier any authority TO represent them The upshot Of
these transactions to leave them out in the cold
Thew were free from ali sefimposcd restrictions but
those OF patriotism, wisdom, ana conscience Ihls was
as energetcay said ~ admirably expressed, and was
received with no less tumuituOus enthusiasm. Mr.. Mall
cannot in deccncy forget fail to resent that his own
colleague In the representation OF Bradford concocted
me hin which 50 deeply affected all the NOncOnformsts
OF the nation. without once consulting MI Mail upon H.
he being the most eminent Nonconiormls OF them all
The battle will be fierce one before the Conference
points are carried MI. Edward Baines NJ r., and the
Andrew Reed disseners regard the BDe III Tue schOo
room as a protection against satan just as ola women
in England still hang horseshoe over their doors to
sent the Horseshoe Bible The battle lies between
Union and League. There are men OF weight at the
Manchester Conference VINO speak these WORDS OF re-
sentiment reced. The Congress Is full OF men VINO are
known TO have Kept serious menaGes before: Wei may
The PdH Nal Gazette record these uhler tne
heading, the "NOnconformist Revolt ME- lllhgNorth,
NJ F.. fold Mr.. Gladstone on the occasion Of great
deputaOn TO the latter some time ago, Hitherto Non
confOrss have been told TO be content with the crumbs
which the Church let iall from the ta9ie OF The
state at which they alone sat. We Intend to
have seats at that table ourselves in the
rI aort When the NoneoDformists have made
10 take seats. The Rev Nj. Rodgets veNtucd to
is to ask Mr. Forster TO take some other place
Notice given formally that the day OF Dissenting hu
where only one side deals the blows aud the other
hear them The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS resolved TO deal
we'll as bear rather to deal aud not bear. In the f
In the presence OF political rebellion OF TINS por
tcItos nature. PaTamentarians and many other classes
Of the public occupied with spcc"la0us Of party pros
poets Mr. Drael If preparing Tor tour III Lancashire
lie will 20 starring all the way down TO hnowslcy,
Lord Derby's ancestral home Enormous crowds OF wild
Conservatives and curious Radicals will attend the utter
anC6s 81 the great political novelist, whom rebelliOus
Nonconformiss may possibly land again on the Treasury
benches.
Disheced preachers absorb much attentOn for the
hour that public hardly notice with what lcnty
great murderers treated. We are not going Ia hang
the Rev Mr.. Seihy Watson, who murdered his wife so
brutay for he II learned and Old are not going to
hang Miss Edmunds who cast poison Oyer town broad
cast not because she is mad, bat because her family
were We shall have done with hanging in tins
country AT Brighton Prof. Fawcott makes speeches OF
such nccrhity against Mr.. Gladstone that
the hearts Tories rejoice that Brighton in taking