New-York tribune., 1874-11-23
MIR. DISRAELPS SPEECH At TIE GUILD
HALL BANQUET.

CIVIL AND POLITICAL LIBERTY UNDER THE BRITISH
GovERNMENT-COMPARIsONO OF THE CONDITION
OF BRITISH wORKMEN WITH THAT OF PERSONS
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
At the recent Lord Mayors banquet in Lon
don Mr. Dlsraeli made the following reference to civil
and political liberty In Great Britain:
My Lord Mayor this s not the first occasion on which
have had, in this Hail. the honor Of returning the
thanks of Her Maiestys for the distinction
which you have offered to u.s. Six 81 years have elapsed
Mayor, could not help rejecting, when you proposed
More s0' femarkaD events than probably have oc-
CURED In any similar interval OF modern his
G ths Pdrha Interval Of mS ases sr@ss
have been brought into the field than are upon record
atve OF science 80 years ago could not have con-
templated. During that interval empires have been
created aud empires have disappeared Republics have
been proclaimed IN sight OF your own cliffs and Of your
own domDions. More soveregnties have been abol-
them that ihDemOria and sacred throne which empe-
and hngs for had failed to control has
pSiiod, sHt" amid all this change and turbulence,
the people of England have remained tranquil and
content. (Cheers.l II was not always so. But few
years ago, comparatively speaking, In the memory
Of many. dare say Of the majority within this hail. the
seemed the sign Of sedtion throughout the whole OF
this THIS Of ge city F one 5 Day o Wos to s
great military genius of the to conduct your
fesaton Of patriotism which Will DO forgotten.
Artillery planted upon your bridges and for four.
anutWenty
10 leave their roofs 1t is impossible to refrain from ask
ing what has produced this great change. 1t has
occurred because the people are c0Deuted they nave
obtained that which they most anxously desired and
because the Legislature thought 1t was polite and just
IL given with no grudgng hand lcheersl; and
they tranquil because they content. Choersl
Ny Lord. one Of tho consequences of this change
public feeling the part OF the people OF this country
s-althOugh haze intention OF touching tho for
biddon province OF patty politics, STILL as matter OF
fact and explanatory OF position at the present
moment may say-one Of the consequences of this
change OF feeling that Her Majesty called 10 her
council q Conservative Administration. (Cheersl I
have been alarmed recently by learning from wnat
1 suppose IL the highest Liberal authority that a
Conservative Government cannot endure because 1t
has been returned by Conservative workingmeD and
that Conservative workingman Is an anomaly
man cannot DO conservative, for he has nothing
10 couserye-he has neither land nor capital L.
iaugh-as il there were not other things In the word
US precious land and capital. My LORD Mayor,
be allowed In passing to observe that there are
things in my opniOn and hope and believe In yours
even precious than land and capital cAeers and
little worth Cheers WHAT for instance Is land with.
out Hbertyf And wnat Is capital without Justice
(CheersJ The working classes Of this country have
Inherited personal rights which the nobility OF o,her
sacred They have no fear arbitrary arrests
domciiiary visits tCheers They know, MS the Lord
Chancellor has justly remiuded u.s. that the admins
Of law In this country pure aud that IL Is no
respecter Of individuals or classes. They know very
wen that their industry is unfetteredthat by the law
Of this country they may combine To protect the inter-
ests abOr, aud the Comma Ddetn-Chef has well
reminded they know that though 10 Is open 70 all or
them their Sovereign by land can
from his craft hearth TO enter military
service which Is repugnant 10 him. lCheersl surely
privileges winch are worthy OF being pre-
servedf CheeTs Can We therefore be surprised that
q nation which possesses such rights should wish to
wonderful that the working classes are conservative
loud cheers