The Sun. — 1842-01-12 (London, England)

STANDARD.—The conduct of the Conservative . Ministers, in receiving with respect and candour the reptesentatives of an important. d;vision of the working classes, naturally provokes the rage of their predecessors. Such conduct in the first place gives the lie to all that these have been for years saying of the supercilious contempt of their fellow-subjects entertained by Conservatives; aCeoudty.,is presents a bright contrast to the conduct ' of the Whig-Radicals themselves when the unworthy -occirrisots ,office. -.With them the people were • always.nol /Abstraction-4 term .to he :used when it • was expedient or necessary to terrify or to Complaid.; but, like any other thing, exciting only in a word', no object of care, or sympathy, or compassion. Everything was done by them nominally for the people in general ; but of how many cruelties were they guilty towards the people in detail? Is yet the rancour with which the applicants for the Ten Rotas" Bill are pursued an illustration of the system of sownfieing the actual to the abstract people7-an abstraction which has no representative in rerum nature but the men of money. Hail these applicants addressed them-selv,s to the late Cabiuet, doubtless they would have been welcome ; for when was an opportunity of pro, viding for hungry dependents otherwise than welcome' to the Melbourne Administration ? But the WhigRadical advisers of the Crown would not have condescended to the " baseness " of personal communicationNo ,; Commission, they with wonu,d co thei representatives of labourer,. hnalypeosedappooiredhalfa_a. do z well e paiti nyounger brothers of officials, or briefless barritters devoting their abundant leisure to scribbling political economy in newspapers, pamphlets, and reviews. Tne Commissioners would have gone to the scene of alleged suffering; examined what witnessN they pleased—alwa) s preferring men of enlarged anti enlightened views, that is, men who had read their own trash, and profited by it to the extent of haling the industrious poor—would have selected what parts of the evidence, thus collected they might think most convenient for their employers, and then prepared a Report under the superintendence of the Home-office, recommending that nothing should be done : and this Report, duly presented, would remain for ever unopened in the vast unread library of parliamentary publications. Sir R. Peel and his colleagues have acted differently : they have determined to hear the truth, and to bear it with their own ears, from those who can tell it most accurately, and must tell it most honestly ; and by this " base" condescension, they have divested themselves of all protection against the responsibility of refusing relief, should it appear that relief is practicable. Let this free country be ever governed by such " base" Ministers, as will listen respectfully and impartially to the temperate representations of all classes of the people, is our earnest prayer. How much of evil sbou'd we not have escaped had the country been always so governed ? It is amusing to see the organs of a party calling itself emphatically popular, denounce such a course of policy as base. There is nothing base in inflaming minds by " enormous lying" to the very verge. of treason, rebellion, and anarchy, and then commanding the Crown and the Legislature to prostrate itself before this respectable impersonation of the people a: but. it is base to listen to men who will not signalise • their. approach by outrage, by murder, and confiagration.,, VirilT,- we cannot help loving the -baseriaSii44..seli, _  is Jjecl va~to is not Wority of the most serious attention-Of all who • consult for the welfare, bodily and mentally, of that portion of her Majesty's subjects-confined to the unwholesome atmosphere of a factory, hut because we deem such a mode of discussing it obnoxious to numerous and weighty objections, and liable to create hopes and expectations beyond the power of any Government to realise. Questions . surrounded with intricate difficulties, and involving extensive interests, are not to be dealt with in that off-hand manner; nor do we much approve the habit of elaborating for the public eye the impressions left upon the minds of the deputation after each successive interview, describing one minister as an entire supporter, another as a partial approver, and a third as a decided opponent of their views. If what passei at private interviews between deputations and the responsible adviser's of the Crown is to be made public after this fashion, with the addenda of what the deputation may have collectively thought of the " heart and head" of each individual Minister, it were, better that sbort-band writers should be invited to attend at such meetings; in order to ensure a full, fair, and impartial report of the proceedings.  tlehop Wilbrahamfar Advcrtiset•.