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oast tfceia ; and then Lord Durham must , come in , or somebody professing the opinions formerly urged by the noble lord ; and he will eventually go out , if he does not consent to some organic change in the Upper House . We are not prepared to say for how longp a period an ingraftment of that House with more salutary members might not ward off this necessity ; but-come it must , as knowledge increases , and the many demand a more equable partition of comforts . Lord John busies himself with little theoretical balances between town and country interests ; and , forgets with the apparent infatuation of every man in possession of a thousand-fold more than he needs , that there
is & n enormous power daily mcreasing ) the brains of which will soon be as sharp witJi knowledge , as its mouths are with hunger . The shop-ocracy is great , and may support the Few against the Many for a good many years to come , in favour of the More ; , but they
will ; not do this without the Ballot and its corollaries ; and then ( as Lord John fears ) the Working Classes will begin to be felt , and a juster system
must ensue throu ghout the fend ,- —justice being th' £ eiid of good goverrimeiit ; and hot great hereditary ^ roprtetofshipk atid a ^ tetros ^ c ti ^ e Whit parad ise of & 1 m da ^ S of William tire Thifdi : ' : -. ¦ ¦! = : '¦ - - ' ¦ ¦
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formers by Mr Wakley ' s very natural , and in our > opinion useful outburst on this occasion for what the Reformers- wanfc
above everythingis enthusiasm , and here was something to stir them . And we trust it will still do so * , to good purpose , however it startled their conscious want of enthusiasm at the moment . For this is the
secret of the objections to Mr Wakley . We fairl y blush to hear people talk any longer of " waiting , " and " seasonableness , " and ^ ripeness ; " Have they not waited enough in all conscience , arid watdhed the
crude fruit on the never warming tree of Whiggism ^ till their watchwords became laughingstocks ? We are glad to see the Reformers at their post , and beginning betimes ;—" beginning
with tlie beginning ; " "—losing with the beginning ;—losing * not a precious moment . We love many of the Whigs , as men , but we are sorry to see them afraid , as lords ; for they would not be afraid of th ^ lords , if they were not of the famil y * They , or ive at all
events , that is , the many , require such speeches to be made as those of Messrs Wakley , Hiime , Harvey , and Sir William Molesworth . There is some ^ e of leadership in Wakley * A ^ d it i & an hbhour to Sir Williatii
M ^ le ' switiili to havfe seconded Kim ' H- * thi % -in far Better tisfe , ' tl ^ n - ' Ih 8 ' ftMiekl jokes of tU Whik ^ d Tbiy ie ^ aer ^ ori # of ^ yhbrii w ^ weire sorr y ip se ^ c ^ ondescdtid iij ih ' em . JL
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/9/
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