The Sun. — 1835-04-11 (London, England)

THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.  Sin,—The sun of Toryism has gone down for evert Springing, originally, out of that ocean, whose billows at the close of the last century lashed the shores of every European country, it has soared with a dazzling splendour, and is now entombed with those who grew, and who basked beneath its genial rays. The future historian will have a theme worthy the great Athenian's concise and energetic pen in describing the birth, progress, and decline of Tory influence ; in childhood, fostered by abuses, insidious and slanderous ; in maturer years, proud, contumelious, blind and blood-thirsty ; in old age, halfinclined to repent, hesitaing. seeing, but eager to avoid its fate, until at last, worn out and covered with woun,ls, is leas been hurrie,d off the stage by one small firm stroke of public opinion. -11 ever a man could have kept together the crazy materials of the late Cabinet, it was Sir Robert Peel—clever, cautious, backed by long experience and by much personal worth, he was pre-eminently Atted for the leader of his party. Let us, too, give him his due—he has fought well, leaving no stratagem untried, but opposed to an enemy numerically and morally stronger, he has fallen, and his defeat will assuredly " point a moral," although his campaign be not brilliant enough to "adorn a tale." There are many instances on record of battles having been fought and won, and the conquerors, in the exultation of the moment so given themselves up to revelry, that the defeated party have rallied their forces and reversed in their favour the wheel of fortune. We must take care that this be not our case; the great day is over, but the foe, unable to collect en army, is still hovering about in all directions, ready to take advantage of any division or want of discipline in our camp. Men of different opinions have united to effect one grand desideratum, but let them remember that if they now split into separate parties, and will not coalesce to carry out these measures, the means of performing which they have now in their own hands, they are opening a door through which, one day or another, the wolves will again enter. The friendship that has existed between the Liberals since the accession of the late Ministry can only be severed asunder to the peril of the nation. No private feelings, nothing that has happened in times past ought to obstruct the continuation of this good understanding. I am convinced that the salvation of the country depends on this, as that real Patriotism merges all minor considerations into one all-important point. Division is weakness and, with the political as with the physical frame, weakness is the forerunner of death. To suppose every man a Patriot who professes liberal principles, would be about as absurd as to look for- honesty in•a. Norwich or a Cambridge Corporation ; interest is the primuni mobile of mazy, and habit forms not a few ; but in enforcing the necessity of union allusion is; of course, only made to public men. Let the officers of a re- giment understand each other, and the rest will not be inclined to mutiny, because they will see no gain to be derived  from it. Ido hope, Sir, that you will lend your powerful aid for the purpose of impressing on all parties how absolutely indispensable is unanimity of sentiment, on important questions at least. For the attainment of it every selfish feeling must be resolutely eradicated from the mind, for so long as weed rankles in the soil, it will twine round and (1;-%oie., if not entirely conceal every fair plant. the imrnediate extirpation of this base pirzion no rational hopes of success can be entertained. There must be a general cancelling ; these who hold what are called extreme opinions must yield to measures more gradual in their course, and the timid who are fearful to put their feet forward must walk boldly out, and meet views confirmed. in their nature, and fixed on a wider basis. Rely upon it, if this be not the rule of conduct, before we are six weeks older, the Tories are in office • in other words, the confusion, no iv confined to the few, will extend to the many, and then when the waters of agitation are running.mountains hiqh, when the vessel of state • is pitching and straining her masts and cordage--whose voice will be heard in the storm?—whose hand will gu'dc the rudder ? When the ship is driving fast on the rocks, and all hands are called to work her, where is the man with power enough to command the multitude, and ordain the manoeuvres ? Fellow countrymen and fellow reformers I if UNANIMI rir be not your watch word—if you indulge in idle speculations—if your impatience will not allow you to watch the thick fog of ignorance and superstition, clearing up as it is pierced by the steady unerring beams of education—if you are clamourous without reason, and deaf to the voice of experience, or the wisdom of history—you are committing suicide. You are desecrating the cause of liberty, which is founded on justice and morality_ you are promoting the views of your enemies—you are alienating every heart that beats with love of country and detestation of tyranny—you are pandering to the basest vices, and removing the only bar that separates immortal man from the perishing beast. _ But I feel confident that-you will not bring these fatal consequences upon yourselves, you will belie your slanderers, and frustrate their wicked designs. You will NOT open the bags of Xolus—you will NOT suffer that tree, which is taking root and whose sap is spreading through the branches, to be darkened by the gathering. clouds, and torn up in the• hurricane of a convulsive revolution.