, 1881-12-26

nlid tl'ero wna 4 constant contest will ,bo-'
" ortler 10 nltnll, my further cse.san! Xii" saGn!
Or ti,re yoars tw5 or trs. Wy yIu it1wo ''sst,wo
iieasl,trs s-rrru trat!r. Tic Curt;nrraa rraaE,r'ant
firm bill, und tho ambition if"'.nn Of sIar.lse- lse-
iHsu were great MEASURES but, Ut tn, ssn,
time. !iloro m wonn E!eas many inras,,1na, inr,na
try wished tenl to cnrry, uni With eG1a,l. '11a,l.
know whit l,np1'ctle1. Sir t,oimrt II" p',,So you
cured tito reform ut tho ttrflf, nuisl,ol -" ~.
CotM !a'gs alM! t!,o old a!S! Irrc, alu bnas b.''s
IT ,,'lee. 1llo lust great strIgslo We w''ius; %St;
household siltEr!tge wns tOrrea. jrou "',"a IN
t;nynrillcIit u Lbrt l'erby, ntttmi,gi' Ia.ss ,as
ID mafy ,;, an ~ 's is friSas 1,'xi s1, @ ,t;.es
thals that could pusslbly be uni,. uib.",. ):
l'nriiah1cut, and now nj, prasrnt yon so.s %
toatly, different ,statu of t'l,ugs. fhe9Mse 9ses :
much less OF cnfttst butweem t,lu t,pnrle ~; ;
tn tigsflne!'t , s,,ns ArEent ses fr note
declared public opinion brIngs--anl 1t at. a,',
rptllnte tieriott-tho concession ijlat ~ ~
9alrea. lCltecrs. Tllat y n great eiian'xss Il; ~,
iron wllat existed previously; but tllen hvfss
j,avo oi,ta1ncl. mid wi,ich "niy s isw wyet, y,st,
ngo wns an Observation-Disclosures. ,.tl lS,s iS,s
Is the power Ut tho newspaper 1 tr.s ,,s'
IClcers.l That sMb1ect y Inni,tlo1le ms Fl t,s
adrss; ID, i;,, YnIch lns been kindly presented i
:. I cnns1ler the reform Of the press law.h.
liberty given t., thu press, rs change Of iu' s
nlc,,sc Importance IL tlIU country. / win
ElVp sou \ fact OF some Interest from ,e aI
natlao with rcgass1 to this. III tb1C tlat !,
The Corn liws wero repeaie;l-in lid uHas thsiss
WGrp fourteen daily papers iii tho In,g
Kingdom. Twelve were III England at.l IT, txa
were IN Ireland. There were none III VValr,
|in,gl!tcrl; nnt appnrantly hone In scotlaad
Grant srita aa III lreian 1 iIoye SsIs aTs sIs,s T.
een-t'mt ~ 1oG daily papers in tho Unitei
ktngtt0ln, instead 1T fourteen. Again II
!Siti t'lor1 were only h'f newspapers in hs
United Kingdom. Now there uru ISL
nauers aro Muw illoro ,thnn double the s|,s
they were tllelt. md what ~ still more to ,hs
Wint and ,plcnsaNt to tlliik Of they ats
t!nt more t!lnn u1lc:tIlartur. Of tho price
[ClaeerA.l IT yUu " i'll tnke Into Conshler,.
tie press Is doing, yoM viii SEQ how va staad n1d
INT ns 1t sGre On tho threshold; but insICS
tho door nt Il now atnto OF things and n new
caroer., Tho. press speaks from every .q,ar.
Ter, md TUG frinclllse llMs bec1 extended 10
every householder III all 0!lr br0ngis, aud
by.aial.by--sumetlnles ai1o hopes before ws
cltso will bu Uxte1llud iii like ml1i,,.er in iha
counties: (Cl,cers.1 When tlat Games 10
l'ass. and eyen low. by tlle Influence of ooi
Tic peoplt.-nro positively atiinittWi into 's shs
cnuncl-cliatnbur of the Statc. aud It Is llot ii
tho pGWur OK sOveTeigNs, Or Of Cabinets, asof
tint House In wllfcl. lneMburs lo no. at
from Doplt1Mr -[nughterl-lt
taEnetl fifty Years aRo to 10 anything that ths
gr!nt body of thu, people have beon tanghtot ot
led to bel1uvH to bG contrary to tic 1,atl0nal
interests. (llenr, lleAr.l
YOU seo the whole stnto Of things IL great.
ly el,anged politically, mud nlso etil'cat!ofa!I1
cNtninttY ttlHn tho extension Of poIltlca!
rights to hundreds Of thousands of pvop's
wflO i!Gtl no knowledge W!,Atey4r Of how to
nxurclse those rights? They might be inala
wIl aud inposyibie scllelnes q. the ou,eL
[llHAr. lle'!s.' It IL as essential Tor the lMopla
t!nt they should know something Of polite,
ns tint they. should hayo the poitlcn1 waapa
Of tho voto in tllclr lialNls. [Clleurs.I TI!cre
fese es " m 1a In ssg c2 tgi M akn 9n1 , Il 9r :" o.
Il upon yoll, tn llrRo 1t upon tho colrl1y
TINT ovUry. nali, whatever hfs position. wio
li1A any tntcrust IN llfe, AMI any 1ntcrcsttn
the country, alld any children to follow ,'fm,
llss direct pcrsollaf lntcrcst III thu educa
tion Of the peol,!g. so t!lat our (inyer''u!es.
hencef0rth may bo Government Of Wisdom
utd not Il Government committing tho tolit,
which described III tho carly portion of ny
speech. (Cl,cers; Anu now, IT yonr ch!t
Hre', arS the children! WHO go tp your scAous
spect to their playlnatrs, respect to the'
parents, klndness to nnimnls--[heur, hearl
s-.7nd iuyQ ot; truth -[l,eArl-ths love of fE
dllstry, tue Idea Of what IL meant by o,.4t
eilgu TO th0sn cU1nlNGn ylrtnes-l an afraid
solne 0f tllcin aro uncommon-,if they aIa
taught Nfl fills, how Eri0t1Y must tho rtsnk