The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-27
Present Condition Of The Great Political
Parties of Great Britain.
Tending 10 DiSiniegratiOR for Want Of New
and Grand Point OF Issue.
What Has Been Accomplished BY the Con,
sepatiyes and the Liberals
THR PEOPLE BECOMING TIE CONTROLLING POWER.

The condition or English political parties at the
present moment Supplies interesting topic OF
public study. WING ana tory, conservative ana
LIBERAL one hears OF nothing but "splits" AMI the
rumors OF "spnts.n What Is the liberal party :
That Is the question which has secretly suggested
itself 20 many intelligent minds Of late, and am
BY no means certain that the same answer has
been uniformly forrncemlng. 10 may sound o
startling assertion, ouL l am disposed 70 think
shat since sir ROBERT Peel's surrender In IS4o
there has been o. snch thing as political party
whose members we're held together by the con-
I,raining power Of any definite principles ana
whose alliance rested upon any arm and intelngi-
bic basis. There have oeen great and more or less
continuous Parliamentary majorties, and these
majoriues have been LED by eminent statesmen
calling themselves liberals and conservatives, as
the case might be, ana have succeeded
In passing great measures, but their service has
been secured rather b the personal popularity or
influence OF The iIustrou3 individual who acted as
Eheir chief or oy the overriding authority OF tho
special legislation on winch they we're benr than
by the insDlriiing power Of party Itself Thus the
liberals enjoyed Tor upward o. twenty years IN
disputed supremacy under Lord Paimerston, be-
cause every body believed that. while ne would 40
nothing rasn, he would do nothing mean, ana
that the country was safe IN MS hands, and be-
cause everybody liked him.
WHAT POLITICS HAD PALMEEsroS'
But Lord Palmerston was not a liberal at al IN
the sense IN which that term is now employed.
You may call MIN wing II you ike for the prln-
cples OF Lord Palmerston we're enlnently ex-
cusive and aristocradc and those were the prin-
ciples OF whigism. IL WAS Lord Palmerston
whose prestige great that Tor upwards OF
q quarter OF century he delayed the
one measure on which liberals OF all
Kinds we're resolutely bent, the one measure
which could claim 10 be called dlstinctively ho-
eral-a reform OIL. In 1865 Lord Pamersson dled,
and what happened Ihe liberals attempted q
reform bill, and a consequence the so-cAiled
liberal party Immediately went TO pieces. The
conservatives came in, anc Mr.. Disraeli gave n
household suffrage.
The PHASE or 1858
Then followed the general election OF 1885, and
the so-called liberals we're voted TO place
and power BY enormous majority. But
wnyf SIMPLY because the liberals under Mr..
GLADSTONE consented 10, and the conservatives
under Lord DERBY opposed, great act OF
national Justlce-the abolition or that esclesias-
ucal monstrosity, the lrlsn Church According 20
AIR. Dlsraen household suffrage measure
singuIarly suited for the conservative party 10
carry. Tor he said It embodied the IDEAS or LORD
Grenvie and Mr.. Pitt and the traditional princi
pies 0f me tory party generally, u may be so.
gcally, but Will merely remark taat n 1t Is 30
similar character might be claimed for the
Acknowledgement OF the Protestant Church IN
ireland. Certainly 10th Lerd Grenvle and
SIR. Pitt, whom Mr.. Disraeu Is 50 lond or quoting.
were in favor OF considerable modification In the
revenues and In the status OF that Church, and
there was nothing 70 prevent Mr.. Dtsraeli seven
years ago rom having urged that n those great
iumlnar,es oi torn IN Dad i.ved tnea they wvu
nave peep VI avsn when I'D not 40 70 the length
~ disssta onshment or dlsenaowmenL However.
Mr. Disraen Rad nad ia way IN the Rs.orm oil
ana nc was moi TO nave ms sili IN tue matter or
YHE fhIsn CHURCH.
Meanwhile the English nad made up their minds
that tnaf CBurcl should 10, aad MI. Gladstone on
Ine recommendation 2, Lord John hussel, was
rne liberal parry to whose agency thst acnleye-
ment Was dn.. II was hat mIgnt 81 tne time
have arroga ed 70 Itself t4e Tie OF tne national
PARTY. Ii was 4 party winch represented every
pnase Of nahonal tnought, except tnat sentiment
other exists somewhere o. otner IN hn@lanu. ana
perhaps IN every country under heaven. After
the irish Church was dtst Dyed and ne Irisn Land
laws reformed the impetus when ne noeIal
party had acquired from tnese great ieats was
enought to carry n %, even a. the csrriages Ia
IRAN viii commune In motion ions after tney are
detached from tue steam engine. Ine end came
at last. and m 1874 Toe liberal party collapsed
with more Of ignominy aaa On q more universal
reaction tnan tne conservative party hAa COZ
rHR VOICE AND SENSE or RE FEoPLg
The inference 70 DC 1rsvn from TINS political
retrospect h. thuk O0y 40us, and u Is this-thst
vnaf il called con-eryatlstl and a0eralam are
rather phases o inc puJllc n nd tnan terms CO
extensive with any party limits. 1he u6uoh y
not now as u Was once Or, Al least, was supposed
cam = IL Is al cne 1me cOu servative and az
another liberal IN Is mode o vieniag arairs, and
a. the preseat mOmeHt IL i onat - regAraed as
conservative, ius1 as a year or two ago u was
said 10 Be ~ "a. Nos, ] % not saJ that unoef
tnese clrcumsfances-wnen instead Of parties
~ pohtlcs we nave passes Of isehng-pary gov
erBmenE OF SINE Nud or another - impossiOle.
cnange y one when VI render some mOelhca-
uon Of the accepted sJssem o. parry
goysrn@sns indisgess~oI,s, od saa ,, Ss,
We are a. present ex1en ncing, the united eth-
argy Of conservatism and tne hopeless disln-
tegratiop Of liberalism IL aae 20 tue TACT that our
public men have lot recognized tne Gecessiy
walcn mention.
IN the House oil Commons remains unDroken and
ounlpotent But why because Mr., bisrdell never
asks II 10 do anytalng dlstInctIveiy conservative,
or anything Of any kind which couid eau for
energy or demand execution. fet even thus
there are rumOrs q conseTvatlve schism. ~ =
Lne government and the House OF commons tnere
A. IN socetY-shu English society has much
vet UPON English DOL ucs-a sentiment aud q sect
actively inImicsl 70 Mr.. Disraeil The great tori
families, with some lew exc -puODs, nave never
qulfe overcome their dislike 10 nm a. q pdTuenti
aud Hebrew. Mr. DisTast nas succeeded 10 over.
sWIng the afistocrdlc lhnuence ne mas nOs
succeeded 10 cOnchiating. Lore saiisoniJ
and Lord CarDarvOn believe THAT WIZ
MS commemorate cieveruess MT. Disraeh
could oVerwhelm any party Vaccinations
or which D. did not pull the string. Ibefei0re
rney have recognized zoe fact that thelr love Of
power can only be Rrat1eo BY their acceptance Of
erlce under Mr. DisraeM But, secretly, thetr ami
mostly 70 Mr.. Uisrae l. - bitter As II always was.
AND or late they have complained " M. DsrAeii
on other grounds.
THE PRIME MINISTER
has given considerable annoyance 20 BIS Cabinet
Dy the scant courtesy wAlcn ne has dsplayed--ln
singular contrast 70 MS pOilteness ia tue House or
AOmmOns-and the eDulltlVns Of temper 70 whicn
ne has given way. IL - a charge against Nr.
UsraeI that he conducts CaOlneg business almost
entirely tnrOUgb MS private secTefa arr, Mr.. Mon
ragu COREY. Perhaps IL - q consciousness OF tue
strength which this vague KIND o. personal III
will ana drawing room anIagonlsra mas some day
acquire that has caused Mr.. Dtsraeh Of late 10 pay
Exceptional attention 70 6nose nos yitaOi9 duties
winch are indispensable from tue position Oh a
great party chief IN England. lie has been
giving now fVr more tnan month A
series o. 0lnhera, once ana sOmeuaita twice
week. In Downing street Not the least remark.
able feature 10 these entertalnments 10 that tie