The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-27
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.
Address OF DIsRARLr TO HIS coNsTrr-
URNTS,

Address OF DIsRARLT TO HIS CoNsTIT-
URNTs.
LONDON, Jan. 2G.-Rieht Hon. Beni
Dlsraeli has Issued an address 10 his con-
stituents In Buckinghamshire, asking fol
reelection to Parliament. He SAYS Il q
not necessary to consider whether The dis.
solution ot Parliament was resorted 10 10
avoid the humbling confession OF The
Premier, who has violated the Constitu.
tional law by persisting for several
months In occupying seat to which he
was not entitled, or whether It was 10
eVade the day Of reckoning for q war con.
Quoted without communication with Par.
lament. II sutilces opolnt out that II the
unprecedented course Of summoning and
subsequently diSsolving Parliament could
be justified, there Is no reason why Il was
not adopted six weeks earlier. The Pre-.
mier has addressed prolific narrative to
ni9 constituents, In which find nothing
definite regarding the policy OF the Gov:
ernment except that II intends to apply a
large surplus TO the remission Of taxation,
which would be the course OF any party
or any ministry. This surplus must be
made adequate by adjustment, which
must mean an increase in existing taxes.
The principal measures Of relief prom-
ised by Gladstone, the diminution OF local
taxation and abolition OF the income tax,
are measures which the conservative
party has always favored and the Premier
and his friends opposed. l will support
all measures for the improvement Of the
condition OF the people, but this end can
not be attained by incessant harrassinp
legislation. The English are governed bY
customs as much as by laws and dislike
unnecessary interference by. q meddling
administration. 1t would have been better
for the country ifduring the last five years
the foreign policy Of the government had
been little more energetic and Its do.
mestic policy q little less so. By an act
Of folly and Ignorance the government has
relinquished the treaty granting the free
dom Of the Straits OF Malacca to our com.
merce, and has involved us in the Ahantee
war, which requires vigorous prosecution.
But 1t will be the duty of Pallsment
hereafter to inquire into the origin of this |
costly and destructive contest. The ar. |
taASht tot tuc eAleuSlUu VI tue House OF |
Lords suffrage to counties Is IalIacious and |
no one has argued more strongly against |
this contemplated assimilation Of fran.
chise than the Premier. Such measure
Will involve the disiranchisement OF |
smaller boroughs. The impending elec.
tions are most important for the future of |
the Kingdom. Though there is reason to |
hope that the Premier Is not at pres
ent opposed to the national institutions
yet his adherents include the assailants Of |
monarchy, those opposed to the indie
pendence oil the House Of Lords, and
partisans oi home rule. Some even urge
the disestablishment OF the English
Church. His most trusted colleagues
openly concur in the desire to thrust re-
ligion from national education.
Disraeli concludes as follows; "These
are solemn issues, claiming decision.
When Europe is more deeply stirred than
since the Reformation; when civil and re.
llgious liberty mainly depend upon the
strength and stability Of England, ask
reelection to resist the impairment OF her
strength and to support her imperial
sWaV"