Leader (1850-1860), 3rd April 1852, Edition Town of 2, Page 322

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  John will consent io accept Mr . Golden , and any" one man or so belonging to the Radicals , but he will not associate with the party itself . Now : we take the present House of Gomntons « to fee a fair specimen of the clasa which the present Constituency is likely to returnfetheije ; is ; n& 4 eoykig the fact , that some , . of the altetjam iwfxmg : > tfcel Liberals are of the miridr . $$ pass Ofeaririadivif dually , as we see in the present instaneQ »> $ Oi ! ijhe exclusive faction which claim $ i-tp- ) foje - ^ ie-. he 04 l ^ f the Liberals : " therefore , and / this ; is fthe : ii » os 1 i
  
  important fact connectedwi # J ! M ± e . Jljwae Rebate , s that division is a tolerable ;\ illug # ati < ojQnmb $ *»¦ > House likely to be returned ; byfith « ip&esent . eoii- j stitueney , in the present- temjjeUp ? tjaj 9 ;« ou « try-. l " "We have no expectation : thatiiile'nfe xt eldetlbii- ' will return a House materially sdififerdiit ; or ; at alL better . On the contrary , the ^ 'iaeanB whieh evienthe best candidates appear ' 4 isp' 5 Bed idlfcakeV -t ^ conciliate electors , are likely to * . ' make the * next-Parliament a shade less ' H& ^ a ^ : \ TDhe- 'pa ! rtiy ! itt ' office will probably gain a few ¦ vbfces kx-oMtvo ^
  
  but nothing materially to dlter tije-rfelatioiiS'OTi the subject of Protection . Some who -werei ' one * Protectionists will now be prepared t <* rote with the majority , and will accept * J ^ & 1 m 3 > $ em& & % faiti accompli . But , following the' esxarnple bf Lord John , candidates are evidently ineliifedto , traffic in " Protestantism , " for whichl there is presumed to be a demand in the market ; >; On ithe other hand , Lord John ' s rousing of jth © Protestant passion , which he did not satisfy ; liakiithe effect ,
  
  by its insults and threats ,-of driving in' the / adi vaneed guard of liberalized Roman' Catholics-Ireland , as we have reason itoifoelievei 'eveix if r& cent elections did not prove it , rSs now-in the hands of the Ultramontane ^ arty . ; and wdlLreturn an . " Irish Brigade , " specially eleefed uto . tantagonise the Ultra-Proteatant brigade of iEnglaiid : may we not anticipate the spirit of debates on the Maynooth grant P -
  
  Let us turn for a moment to the p ' rospeet out of doors . What is the question of all others most obvious and most urgent ? Not , assuredly , the Free-trade question , which is a settled question . "What then ? Is it not the Labour question ? Yet what is the conduct of candidates appealing to Liberal constituencies ? They do not allude to that question . If they are supposed to have any connexion with attempts to
  
  solve it beneficially to all parties , no . t excepting the working classes , they are damaged by the supposition . The most obvious and most urgent question of the day , then , is this Labour question , and yet the Liberal constituencies flinch from entertaining it ! It is the Ministerial , the Protectionist , the Tory candidates , that allude to it in their electoral addresses , with a desire to facilitate the advance towards a solution .- Liberal
  
  candidates prune their talk of [ Reform to a " moderate" measure , which shall not alarm the middle class with fear of being swamped . Liberal candidates must appeal to self-interest , to commercial interest , or to local interest—it is interest ! interest ! interest ! everywhere . The disease of Liberalism is Selfishness . Political impotency is the retribution for that result of utilitarian philosophy . Not a class in the country can attain its ¦ y tfllnot even those that lie under great waritsi nor
  
  those that aspire to great things . The workingclasses have most urgent need that their , condition be surveyed and amended ; but the Liberal classes holding political J > owor turn front them both eyes and ears . The Liberals desire to press Reform—Parliamentary Reform , ad a ' mottois to obtaining financial reform—the saving of their pockets ! But although there is" n 6 t tjlib slightest doubt that the groat body of the pbbplo , divide it how you will , desire reform to some extent , and at least as far as Mr . Hume ' s nioticfa , oVery Specific plan , from Lord John Itussoira dr Mr . to ballot hibtidh 1 tUb
  
  Hume ' s , Mr . Berkeley ' s , oj so-called " Charter" itaolf , is tnheti&W'&jtftoiffl , the people not taking sufficient interest ' in it io place its success boyond a doubt . ' Public faith has been wearied out by the use of public " questions" as tools for dblujuo purposes ; " movements" have been got ! u £ ixwrpre * tended objocta j the one tangible tost or allineasuros has boon found in " intorest ; " publicafririt lias been taught to bo mean arid solfish ; arid . like ill-brod children , it repays its-parents , thoini triguing Jtofbrmers , with abandonment . ' Thto'beBt thing that can happen to " ltoform ^ ' is ' its BTiflpenaion for a season . Let the public recognise the great fact that Reform , is bwt&nHAjmvtL
  
  whenever it shows itself bodily , and stands the trial of battle . It will recover life only ' W ^ teh bolder arid more generous candidates shall have taught the people to see' * 0 hce nioreexiihitilbsr of high ' sp 5 rit , ' and to ' Sympathize with themrTOean i . ' riels # d Mfishnfess niuSrtie ^^ ea ^ j ^ tfe ^ f'tha ' naMSn $ p r ^ e& ^ ^ m ^ MM ^^ m & ^{ W ^ ^ ffim < Social ^ Beforin ^ can' Wev&i atf WeMt ^ mmioW Le # tfceM'foi ? g ^ riibKnanie ^ an tfi ' ^ km ^ andidij ^ S'WKat a ^ eteir ' views' ^ the ; Mbpu ^ HHi ' esliibn ^ - ^ ha ^ they % Mkof tnefehl f 66 ii
  
  abto 'an £ m ^ m 4 gd ' ^ par' p , $ f » liiw-i'eforlft / iii ^ He ° 3 ens # 6 ; f 'r ^ pTddiictiVe fehipi ^ i ' metttjand ^ iieh ;^ tiestiens- - ' V % u ' e r ^ nid ^ eaiiifgf generalities ^ ' pnclPaiFa ; *^ a ^ tblam ^ l io ^ ate ^ h e ?( condition of ih ^! MbWr % class « Sif'fn o Vio ^ bt f & $ - Siri (* feMy ' ei « ert ^[ iielI by a ! U' ca ^ did ^ s of every _ phase , ' ma y ¦ bfe ^ cce ' pted ^ ior what' tlieV a ^ e wortfi , ' / as , ' ^ Sa ^ Wlion&ge Wm dawnife ftzf •; ' bW distihet 'decia ± a € ons ' ¦ oh ^^ ecl&i ^ tiestidils ; ^ nd not ^ mere ^ phrases 'howe ' ver lar ^ e- Itt ;; bene , v 61 ^ 1 ir intention ? jM"& ihW ^ iuW 6 f electors ^ t 6 exfect ;' anol- ' of professing ^ TepresentatiV ^ y' tb ' give ; ' £ M : wherever it is ¦ Drac « ieaMe , ' 'let We S 6 ciai T ^;
  
  forine ^ ff'ap ' pb ^ ' a < G 6 imitUb of their-b ^ atad ac t ; ¦ tbgetKeri ^ fei * 1 i ( S 6 e ^ t :: Re 1 & rm ; objects ^ 1 They ma ^ n' 6 tbe abfe |^ ete 6 Vk } && c ^ cQiifattmy toW the ^ niay 1 be fiMfe tb -choose ' 'the ^ be ^ tei * ^ ian / ' ib tur-n ilbte ^ aiance '^ Mo ? &ihd-kt dhe | electi 6 ia ; and thus to esmblish th 3 ' So 6 iferileftJrni part ^ ' ^ s '? bne of the piilitical ^ poWerS of ; t ^ e ' . daV ; [¦ ' lit tloitig s 6 , we" pl ^ aV that ^ iM&f' mtay ; ^ hter ' the political field with the ^ ifiriri resolVe to' ^ tor ' e ^ 'mpre generous sp Mt ^ p ^ Iie ' acUo& " , : ' - ^ " ¦ ; - v ^} ;^^ " \ ¦; . , ' Tlfeb 6 NGiLlATiON OF ROMAN ' CATHOLICS ,
  
  TO TUB-STATE . . 4 ! Boman Catholicisni Ha , iS n 6 vf ^^ plaee'd ^^ itself , not only in an attitude o ^^ detfenee ^' but in an attitude ; bf aggression . ; ' We ' ^ liould $ refef to ' writp / were ^ it not a dunibiefrsbme ^ htaSre , ' Omcial 3 Bdnian '; Catliolicisni ' j fot th ^ re are two : -Ireland tyas-. ; seen . Bomaft Catholic biSh'bps' # h ' o riot : 6 nly bjad ' no obiebttbn ,- btit ' ivlib ' op&dlf lent asSis"tatice ' , to "' .
  
  the scheme of mixed education , and who supported the Cork , Galway , and Belfast Colleges . These gentlemen were prepared to improve , enlighten , and elevate the people of Ireland of all ranks and classes ; and under the wise administration of Sir Robert Peel much was accomplished in that direction . Liberty for all , protection of the rights of all , even assistance to all who really laboured for the common welfare of their common
  
  country , proved beneficent agents in the good work . Sir llobert Peel died , and was buried in the little unpretending Saxon church at Drayton Bassett ; and it would almost seem that his policy had died and been buried with him . Russell was Prime Minister , a politician usually considered as rather pro-catholic , and whose fate it has been to stir passions and rouse animosities long sleeping in obscure minds . The Popo promulged his bull—the Prime Minister wrote his letter to Durham—the British lion shook his Protestant mane , and growled in' chorus with enraged bigotry—the country was convulsed , * - - the parliament met , and a measure ) ' iiisolerit iri' its
  
  animus ; detestable in its provisions , ridlcutb'u ' s in its operation , begotten b y the Whigs arid fostered oy the Tories , received the Royal assent , forthwith tip Btarted Ultrambn $£ pii 8 iri ( which ¦ ' . we term official Catholicism ) , % ho'moderate 'Oathblics were'overwhelmed , Peel ' s policy was in spirit undone ; . and this work was tho work -of the Whigs . ' Tho Horn an Catholics are at war with tho State , and justly , ¦ ¦ while that detestable ? mea > sure , tho Ecclesiastical Titles AssumptiOri Acfc ^ is on the statute-book ; and ' nothing ' will recoittiilo thorn'tb the State but a r 6 curren 6 o'to il ; G policy initiated by Peel , land an enlarged application of it for the benefit of us all : ' ' " ' '
  
  1 Our prddelit state is calculated td . ' croatid Ojily regret andalar ^ m . "V ^ o imVo a Tdry'I ^ inistry —• a Ministry dftho men who envenomed the sham concocted by Pago Woocl and . Russell in 1851 . We Iikiv . e ! If dand , literally , in 'the ' hhnds pf tho Ulfcramontano jpai'ty , commiinidiiig all Hid votes , ready / tdeluct" anybody , 'so thai ; ho hS pl ()< LVed tb thoii » dospotitj < ftoed ; nion ' aWhL ' IrMli'national ' arid
  
  mixed oducatiiori , dofinnt ' , hiifti e' $ t&Yo , irisolt'rit , ready to go all length' ^ W 6 h ' dV 6 ' moderate ' llomata Catholicism swampod ^ -jvvo' liavb Prqiics- ' tant carididates jplacSbd uridef k btiri . ' TJib Marquie of KMtote l-eiii-Js beforb the af ^ m' r ' a ? s ) 5 d ngiurist ' Jiiirt in 'tho' very county '¦ ikMti ^ liti derives His ' title ;' ' > AIA 'Tottferid ; M'CulIteh ; a Protbdtant alsb , ; faithful eoldior in tho Irish Brigado , but ! yvMi of
  
  that ? is compelled to cede Dundalk to a thick and thin Homan ^ Catholic . The elections ara ^ to be fought as religidus contests j the Papal creed , like the sword of Brennus , is tlurown into the scale ; it is a religious war to alt intents and pur ^ poses ! " and once more Protestant and Uoman Catholic , as such , are ranged in opposing ranks . Oil the ^ bther 6 idte , iri '" England and Ireland , t iie Prdijegftiiity h ' avd ^ p ^ oters ^ ih ti ^^ d themselves ; and ; * f € er ;^
  
  nicy ^ JFor-Wheri ^^ trtfestarifcl' attempt to coerce thei 5 riiembBrs' ' of ab . olher'faithi and arrogate to th ^ m ^ lves ¦ $ & / . & $ & of siting iri ' ^ udgmerit on another emd ; % en they ^ "< y $ tiialljr forfeit their right' ^;! be"baHed ^^ 3 ? rb 1 ie ' ataritsj' aM place thoso whbrn they p ^ raedritB ^ il ^ fee position of Protesters . The'WWgs h ' ave'idorid ^ 'this . IDltrariiontane and Ultrfitii rat § & * tatttl % 6 W ; arose ' uhdet tni 3 hicantatioM of : Ii 6 ¥ d' $ 6 # n Russell j ¦» arid for the consolation of that ^ Mlaiscreet ** let « er-w ^« eri' we are
  
  enabled to iegist ^ r the bfroad facti so' T ^ ell known tp « ai 4 llV > tna 1 > TJltr a-P ^ as stich , has ha ^ ; tnfe wbrsfc of lhe conflibt , absd ¦ ¦ j&xxb : tJltrambritanisrii ' hasi gairiied tidthin * but Victories . It is no wonder that , unde * ' the itlfltience of bigotry atid psrejudicei accustomed to domination , andtiimicUty » the anotherof suspiciorij Lord Boden should preterit a petition in the House of Lords froto inWy ladies praying fdr an inspection of numieriesi 1 ¦< > 3 it is no 1 wonder that absurd accusa-¦
  
  tions ' are made 'against Icoman-cathblic priests , and ridicul © us stories , hke those inflicted dn the House of ^ Commons last' year by Mr . Spooneri are > toid of their doings in certain religious houses . We were prbparedr ' ror all this , we expected it , and are ; not astpnishbd by its appearanee . But did the statesmen o £ Eaghind' expectr it , and are they -prepared to meet it ? I What measures can a Derby , avowed- hater of Ireland , propose , or a Disraeh , thb recalcitrant champion of his own racer ; support P . We are hopeless of our
  
  statesmem iNii- , - ' . ¦ . ., s > - ^ - ^ - 'v ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . But there is a way out of the' anarchy , and it behoVeB all ; honeat men to take it . That course is the plain , simple , and straightforward one of standing up for absolute freedom of conscience , including , of course , freedom of conscience for that extremely respectable body of men , tho moderate Roman Catholics , and absolute liberty of publication as well as liberty of thought . At the same time , we must insist on the faults and abuses of Roman Catholicism being specifically dealt with . We must firmly inhibit all
  
  * r a . * . * " • ¦ J _ 1 _ 1 * _ 1 ^ Aim ! attempts of the priesthood to establish cml power under the guise and through the medium of spiritual power . We must resist all compulsory conventual seclusion , if such exist , and to prove that such do not exist , we m ust have authorized inspection of all religious houses . This is no more than we exercise in the cases ot hospitals and schools . In abort , wherever there is a known possibility of compulsory detention , there the civil authorities must have free access ; for the security of the indwelters , who , in the Protestants
  
  eye of the law , aronot Catholics or , but British subjects , and aro therefore entitled to projection from the law . But we have no right to ignore , or coerce our Roman Catholic brethren , pacing , jaws which aro an insult to them ,, and a disgrace td us . By no other mpde , aa it appears to -us , can wo reconcile tho Roman Catholics to tho 3 tato ; but by Qstablishiijg that true catholic freedom wlncn / shall inclu . de all mew , ndt aa Rdman Catholics , j \ ot as jprotpst ^ ts , not . us members of any existing- , r , o ] k'ioui ? creqd , but as British 8 " . l r bouu 4 to oboy ,, andl in return protoctod by t ^« Jaws . pf Great BrifainT
  
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  , ( l > ia 01 W 3 ANIMATION AMONG THE BOOKSELLERS . In dh ' o part or otlior of tho trading world breaks forth ; ifroin time to timb , Ipud cvidpnce that tn « denizens of . ^ at Ayorld cannot patiently onauio tlio'laWS wlUbh rcgulatb , or rather , do not ; row * laid industry . Tho booksellers aro now t ] io clans that : pfbdaim tlioir fluffdringa . They did ndt indeed moan td exhibit tlioir trouble to , tho puW « -i but it has boon done for thorn , by tho Tm *** } l ™ ' Glqfid ; t \ xh Herald , arid tho Westminster ' -WT In thb last ^ 'ill bo foupd a survoy of ' the wHow statb bf " tho oommorcoof Litcr ^ turo , i nciuauif , tho obstructive oflect of taxation , the payment a ^ authbra , ilib importation 6 f American boolca , tm regulation of thb internal trade . < feo . F Jr * etory it is evident that more than ono quostw "
  
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