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fjOHE " two great parties of the State" have felt JL s ^ vtved consciousness Dftheir £ wn jftaristettWB , and hatvp »»* d © a studied endeavour to struggle back into strength . The repeated defeats of the Government had caused new hopes to awaken in the breasts pf the ( Tory party . ; at least , the period seemed to have come wien they could again exercise the power Of a combined bod y * and possibly even dispossess the Ministry , take the Tfeasutyb > nch . distribute places amongst ; themselves , arid to
enjoy the exercise of power ^ aiid influence ; say nothing of the fact that some - *> f thfr most active , though not the highest men among them , would veap no small profit from the occupation . The mistakes of the Government had given them the opportunity of making several attacks , some of which had told severely . Deserted by their liberal supporters , Ministers had been defeated by Mr . Sjpooner , and had boon thrown into the
disagreeable necessity of maintaining' Roman Catholic Maynooth against the Protestant constituencies of England , or of invading at once statesmanship and the popular feeling in Ireland , by ratifying SrooNER , and abolishing Maynooth . Here they were placed against Ireland . In the debate on Air . Cowan ' s Billeting of Militia motion , Mr . Pkbi / s supercilious manner had most unexpectedly provoked the Scotch members . Scotland looked as if slie were lost . Lord Palmerston seemed to
have made a mistake by deviating into something like the preliminaries of needless hostility with the United States , —nn intention which he now emphatically disclaims , —but Sir Edward Lttton had on the notice-paper a notice that would brin « r this question to an issue . Mr . Wiiitkside had recorded the notice of a motion on the remaining great blot of the war—the capitulation of Kars nfter its gallant defence by Williams , because he
wns not supported by the Turkish Government , by Omar Pacha , or by our own Ambassador at Constantinople . There was a prospect of more defeats , if Ministers should not be supported by the general body of the Liberal members , who now began to show great indifference . Mr . Whitjcs idb ' s motion on Kars stood for Monday , and on that day Lord Palmehston summoned u meeting of Liberal members .
The summons was not indiscriminate , nor was the attendance indiscriminate . The Roman Catholic Irish members appear to have been omitted
from the invitation , apparently for the purpose of showing England that Ministers did not intend to rest their support upon the . once famous Brigade . They did not care to . conciliate the alliance even « f the ghoit , of O'CoiiNEi ^ . The so-called Fjokx . members were away , and the absence has been mentioned as a gain to I * ord Pai-mjbrston . Another remarkable absence was that of Lord John Russell , who- had received from Ministers a very half-and-half support for his Education
plan , and who now showed that he did not intend to share the parliamentary fortunes of Lqrd Paj > MJiRs ' ^ oN . ' ' The Premier mustered not ; quite half a dozen ' over two hundred members . To these he spoke with much of his old manner that freedom , that unaffected heartiness , that point , that dashing spirit , which have rendered him personally so popular , even when as a Minister he has disappointed popular hope . The gist of his address was , that if the liberal members did not lend him a support as the representative of the Liberal party , they could not expect him to go on . Support
must be given practically , he said , or Government must surrender the reins of office ; and he implied that they should surrender . them to the opposite party . A species of debate followed , and it is rather remarkable that none of the most influential political leaders took any part in it . The speakers were men much respected and independent , Mr . Divett , Mr . Mangles , Mr . Montague Chambers , Mr . Muntz , and Mr . JfciiN George Philjlimoke , who had himself an amendment on the subject of Knrs , cutting half-way between Ministers and their opponents . " As a favour to the Government" — so Lord Pai-mkrston called it—Mr . Phillimokb
consented to give way ; and it was felt by those who were present that Lord Palmerston , a youth in spirit though so experienced a veteran , " a truly wonderful man , " had gained strength by the muster . We did not observe , however , the slightest sign of public interest in the proceedings ; wo did not observe the slightest symptom that Ministers intended to put forward any new programme , or to earn a warmer interest on the part of tho public by measures for the people . We have enjoyed a high state of prosperity , and the wealthier classes have gained a groat increase of privilege and station : tho time has come when some of those
classes have attained an intelligence that entitles them to the suffrage : yet even from that ft ^ gon of the people suffrage is still withheld . **^* » word about it from Minister or member , . is . t | p nKeetiiig held on Monday . JtVas siro *** of partynersons , to * * purposes of thoS ' There was anv , Lord Derby summoneu *»*~ to them on the subject of supporting , side . But again a total absence of pubn terest . ¦ . _ . " £ > . . v '¦ . .,: , ' . . ¦ . ' . ' . V- .. .
The people took almost as httle part in thes » manoeuvres of their representatives as they di < j in the proclamation of peace on Monday . The ^ stood by as spectators while the heralds , the i * diseval toys of the State , uttered tfcr clamation of an event which eve * , forehand . The muster in the House of Commons was Uu morous , for a party struggle is always interesting to members . Mr . Whiteside found a strong gathering around him ; he surveyed a muster on
the opposite side which was a compliment to his presumed prowess in the attack . It was h dramatic incident that tho Treaty of Peace and the accompanying papers were laid upon $ he table . Manifestly the matters contained in those papers had a close bearing upon the subject to be debated , but Mr . WiiirwBijoM was ready with his speech , and of course he must proceed . The immense expectation was proportionately disappointed . The opening speech was tediously prolonged , as if he
had read a file of the Morning Herald for the last twelve months , and the adjournment of the debate for that evening was inevitable . By the next day , however , tho Peace Treaty and the papers had been read : they had produced an effect decidedly favourable to Lord Clarendon's colleaguoa , and the result was seen in an amendment proposed by Mr . Ker Skymkr to defer a judgment on the Kars question until the Peace papers should have been taken under consideration . Mr .
WiiiTEsinic ' s speech had been a decided damper for his party . They felt infinitely loss confidence ' on the Tuesday than on tho Monday ; and on the Sjstmer amendment there was an opening for a retreat , tho more so since on somo points thp * e . y was little dispute . Mr , Whitdside blamed tyOrA . Stbatfobo PK Repcmjtb ; Lord VKhtJfaNaap ., * admitted , at the meeting of Monday , th ^ L ^ MNt ' ¦¦ . Stratford was not immaculate ; Mr . t ^ l / jBH £ avowed in tho debate that the original fowjujfll ^
benefits should be extended to tho working classes . The time has long since passed , when tho mildestof reformers , like Lord John Russkll , have avowed that a vory largo number of the working
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" VOX ,. VII , No , 319 . 1 SATURDAY , MAY 3 ? 1856 , VjaoE i ^ S ^^ SS ^^ :
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Leader (1850-1860), May 3, 1856, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2139/page/1/
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