, 1880-07-12
The Attempt to Exclude Him
from The House Of Com.
mons.
Tho Last "Nnrruw LEDGE" rs Glad"
stone Calls It, Of Religious
1hto1DfancGs
Something About Tbs Antsoadehts Of the
= Man Who Has Ratsad Hnoh q d.
'' Rutnpus.
0Iadstone's Mo!ion Permitting Bradiaush 10
Af1ft,-charaotsr Of shs Town Re-:
q ~, turning The Atheist.

). spsesat opsrsspondsces ~ -1As cA,adso 1stbaaA
LONDON, June A-~One of those OK
trnortllnary. scenes which become lalsdsnarka,
III Parliamentary tradition took place on the
floor of, the House ot Commons yesterday,
when Charles Dradlaugl,. tie Atheist. pre-
scntctl himself tu Insist on Ills right to seat
there rs the ,ne,nber-elect Of Northampton,
md was taken into the custody of the bef-
Chamber, On tile preceding night, the
House, contrary to tho advlco Of ste Gov
ern,nent, and warned by the l'rimeMlntstcr
: OF the yexattous proceedings TO which tho
virtual disfranchiscmeht Of such a con-
stltucncy rs Northampton might lead, lasl
resolved, ty 975 votes to 93o, li1t to teftnit
Mr.. Dsatlfaugl, either to take tho oath or 70
niRke tho Affirmation OF allegiance required
Of Its inembcrs,-tt,us excluding that gthue-
lsai, from his seat, The Inoinberelect OF
Northampton Is obnoxious To 1arge party III /
the House
nKcAusE Of HIS THEOLOGICAL VIEWS,
ntll so 1t wins with nu intention to aid tho
causo Of liberty OF conscleftce tint lolna..
jority went to division after two nights Of
heated debata. Yet 1t will be strange II the
action OF tho majority does not lead to tho
f1nat surrender 1T the Inst tstronghOla--or, rs
Mr., Gladstone calls IL. the Inst "narroW,
,,'. ~, I1,,so ~ ro,,,,'a,,s hos 1r..v,, TIN
% ,..a,st ~ ,hnista ~ tna ;,,ntaant. KIT hv
,a,i1,,,, ,nortSr af'a1r 1,r",ila,,rl' Il Ia nrc.
M r,,,r cInor ,yav for Athaista in tho fnt,,re,
'rhase rosnlts l,nve o,,1v hcc,, arrived Mt aStcr
atx weekA Of clumsy md circuItous effort,
which ona may compare To the docllo iabors
OF al, elephant to climb q tree. And, In fnct,
tie position In which the House Of COM
mons has landed Itself Is abaurdly suggcs-
two of the nnensy perch al elephant might
attain, suptosti,g that il,teiltRent anlmal to
have Succeeded IN getting up Me tfea' % FoT'
oy hasil'y embracing me view uaas nlr. nrGa@ nsot
!augh II ilot entltleu oy IL" 70 uahe III a..l-
la 1'aa'!on ~ 1iou " 'taAng H., IN ,,,n "1, ~
~ ietu9n!s' noieylt ~ no" o.a;,,, .nut ~
tnke an oatli as MI hlto[natlSei ano' 'lnnl's,-
rs was sl,re to follow nun OF Dfadlau8if9
1nettle,-by leaving itself no resource but to
plaee nana ~ casooy ~ suao'so lts ~ uI1o.v
aud preserve order Wltliin1 Its WILLS, Tue Aotso
llas brought itself face to face with q course
n nrocnat1,h o.. NJ, fha mart NJ Mr.. Dsadtaush.
and possibly OF Als Constituency whlch cah.
not In any event rebound to It's credit and
| dignity, and which, may In tho end CAUSE It
tho humiliation lint Of a w review. II not Of m ad-
verso verdict, III tho Louise OF Lortls, rs tno
htghest court Of appeal In the realm. The
Uonso of Con,,nons. therefore.
oANSoT De CONGRATULATED
on tho plight lii which 1t finds itself at the
end OF the first stage in this unpleasant b,,st-
nasa. ,,d ,,,lnra t'a t,art sto 10 ,,;,,, on,l Ma
parties to tho question, is for The moment q
ma1es r. Of 1s eaos n & Miss s9IsSs
l,att,r of tts ac1on rescfn,l ia RESOLUTION. and