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    shadow of an objection to Monarchical institutions . I never hear any thing approaching to a demand for Republican institutions ; and wisely , in my opinion , convinced as I arn that a constitutional Monarchy affords the best security for liberty . ( Hear . ) I must say , that those are very ill-advisers of the Crown who put such notions into the head of the

    Sovereign , ( cheering ;) who attempt to persuade him , that the great fund of loyalty which has always existed in this country , has suffered a diminution . I believe , in fact , that it prevails more strongly at the present moment than ever it did ; and that it is only pent up , and not exhibited , because , in the first place , there is no occasion for calling it forth ; and because , in the next , those who ought to excite it , have exhibited too little sympathy for the wishes and wants of the people /

    His toast s at the conclusion of the speech , is marked b y still greater feebleness : c The last words that I have tittered naturally prepare you for the toast that I am about to give , and which I am sure you will receive with the same hearty and cordial cheers with which you received the health of that hope of the country , the Princess Victoria /

    Hope of the country ! The same phrase was used about the Princess Charlotte , after whose death the country , nevertheless , continued to exist , though without hope . It is painful to hear a man like Lord Durham talk such absurd stuff , as if the existence of a young , and , probably , spoiled girl , could in any way affect the well-being of a great nation . It makes one sick to think of the welfare of millions being thus hyperbolically made dependent

    on the health of a purposeless unit , a mere plaything , a puppet , to be moved by the hands of others . Whatever Lord Durham may think or wish , the time is coming when irresponsible Aristocrats will cease to hold any sway over this noble nation . But whether Lord Durham shall go on with the Movement , or stop short with a prejudice , he will be at the present time the popular leader , for there is no deceit in him . To quote his own words , in his Reform speech in the House , in 1821 ,

    We would rather he served by a man of plain , downright , even stupid honesty , than by the most eminently-gifted rascal that ever wore a livery . ' Onward with us , then , Lord Durham , so far as your conscience will warrant ! and when your conscience shall stop you , even should we leave you behind , we will honestly bear testimony to your honest worth . Junius Rkdivivu s * March 22 . 1835 .

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    Lord Durham . 267

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1835, page 267, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2644/page/43/