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Fox 4 keyner L wins, 1986.
THE LIBERAL ‘TRADITION
INTRODUCTION
fensonably deny the wine of "Liberal fo any ofthe men
eprseted inthis buck, jel each of them and
Dena Richard Caste and Lord Job Russel, Maca
avd Acton, Herbert Spetcer and TH. Gree, Glne
Bl Loyal Geogsy Mill and Keyneshel ioe Wiel
Cieen some espe! om thse of heaters: Ard thee
‘erence re diereees moony of piy aid proganune
thos are mor eal expsined but lof icp,
caning onthe tole ofthe Sate the wesed question of
Iara
Ei ithe strongest argent i ating |
‘teeta hry. For nly when tiny are se
pnt of 2 devlping, and there changing, hwo
‘Maio tat thecal place ant or
thong ag re moa pop, Tc
ewer be lninated, aod would be a distortion of the
{tar tation bas degen many aifeen steam a |
perience and thong owes mack tothe Disewrs
i tee rong che i ron, the pl
“Sce'in pats nd thee democrat tee
fereroment but someting sk tothe Whig ih the
Scere rai ce ail righ Wey and thle
‘ae abiearygovenment El ne nb nt
tnd eta hse hs sory ep
by estan and the Pilon Rada tvour fe | |
Ice nf ity From the Cassel Economie aul the
Manchester Schoo! devs the erhudony of fice trade
tl aie, ota thee he gh cea esses(he here view of workings rico that someting
‘ugh to be don fo the poor
“Ths eatolety of origins is rfid inthe dione of
‘opinion which have always chaactersed Engh Liberal,
Bie hast compensation inthe richest of the Engle
Atudton hy eamparan with the wore doceinsite views of
antnea lira)
English Liberalism was born out of the sth-centary
sueugge fr Redon conncence and the tenance of
Pallameat tothe abtary authority ofthe King By the
fend of the sh sentry, the period at which fs book,
Dregs, al dhe thing for which Continental Lisi had
16 ght inthe rth Cenrys mere well exalted
England. The prinpls of il and tlgiou Ibert, the
rule of aw and the edo ofthe pres hein ot
Datlamentary government, limited moostchy ad an ie
pendent joing had made the Engh Constitution the
Eynaste of ibeentury Liber Uke Montexuicwaad
Vata
“The hereditary guardians of this Lira tation were
‘he Whigs an the Whig defence af Wiles and ehel ppos
tion daring the Arsercan Wat of Tneponidnce showed hat
“the priniples of 1688" od not x hi italy at a
‘beome In the han f the Whig, train of atte
Cierntiam, a teedios to Ye aantine rate. tha
xed, aod is tains sere shown by the equiva
tute ofthe Whig leaders towards Peoparal for pare
mentary rer, The ie ofthe Teneh Reva mate
ven caver the extent to which the Whig bad become
‘ontenatlve* Edenund Burke the greatest Duhcontary
Whig writer, dasnned the Revlon and ails works
2 majority ofthe Whigs lowed Doran Ia fiing Pi amd
upporting the war with France Indeed ke andthe
Powland Whigs appen to hove cet paiulanyseveely
From the pani es wich fected the Engh ring clase
she nev fn Pane a ef the ania of ig
She Teme tito Foe Choy, kn, Shera
Sess hat fms a el send te
ier ott ce Te fc of al
iecng ag the semen pu Gone
cao wn aa ern wg next
‘Seger fon Frames sec er Nepal oop
Sai opes te abd enery eget
Sieh srn owt coral he sea aeons
“ne rw ft won pty el he th
cents ote he spe a sb lade
veatatement by Fox iu a honk concer met et ‘the develop:
trata Lbzalan afer ter sve tee perp
Shabir he ony siren secon Eesti
Sw sha on wh secs ack Mion
ite nH ufertnsthe montster eic e Wheg
sn wine sn esti ed te
tend "the princpts oi 1600) re pt Fa a
Burke ington te saringe ps er the
Aeselopment whieh ean in the aco all he
tgtscenary the cation of 4 Lea Pry a eo
‘Whig Prey
‘White the ea ih Fran ah igh fr absorb
‘he tention he pel won Inn 1994
Seal srt he
Sf Binge i
by stheentny pian ‘The. ash Bagh istry,
‘chick hoa it ai ng Be runing ton Lt
sh the Manes Vay tn Oss pase wren
to the Britt Chay woes tele ono
Pivmighar- Mes
“These ehanger prev heave aegis
reser history Tings Taean, They ye ily
,
q
i
,siotind tnd ent ii mn
Cie Covroen en i a
‘ethers, Gillowed by Multiuas, Ricardo, Janes Mill,
Hiei oem Se na}. 8M he
[ae Mi Gi, Romy, Pr, Reng elaash
tet jac Hane
2, roi indutey a
twrnapocrion nil
There was nothing ety orignal i thse eas. Mow of
she ae te and inthe aBthseary, st ere
What was ew wae the seteaerdinary sulhrty which they
tow sega sl the way in wie they fied ke gle
the eas the interes and the prejudices of tht new
Indl cls hich wa ening HH no poe
Wha weve the characteris se phase nf Fibecd
on
twas ile fdivkai, Te cxmmanty’, Heath
wikia tts ey, composed of tenia pesens
sta are eansdered au costiating abt wer, ts members =
[it wat talon for grunt ths all sical progres duped
tp the wlsmaperel iniaive indivi and 3 prdent
*EFimerca wo egret the prottniat. ve I
Coraniipate any vontrccom betwen the navies
‘Ssh pai of his oe ene and he iter of the com
tmnt Hentburn tel tthe page Jot quoted. the
Finheetatences "Te ftest of te tout he i,
tithe sm of fnterne of the seer mre ee
impose Twat plea has tre wasn problem,
tobe ve
or thor who alba dubs there am Smith's
comnfitabe ssrance that te fl nvidia intend
tal his gi, he ic iat many other ce,
ine ove har wr poor an snd wich on no et
hints
he ennai was obvious 1 yar he eight of lyon
fe pant af Governments fo aieape Kerr ith the
evecare thier” ner Mhichy of He en,
Shed preuce w spntanenis cea im weal ed
{rch innpovement, he general eal Near wees,
hat aking aug oben or atempe y everamne
The oto watched government om hc en,
Sake Sa, Ea Ui Ek a, The
ce tt a 9 Rgyt be Be gut. «Theat (government) there
fe ted in sal comp THe eat
‘in apltrey emnaactoessd omece pst 0
evens, ls nest and cemonable sv at whch
Fingener mae Alecder: "Stand oof sushioe’
th omelet fone Hythe ober
aryumest thay even (a Mab and can though)
Ake pape human Shay were heir tha Aa
Shite csr Hwa Hl woke far gwen tt
ime o or tenn o complain, sins the work
ir grered by conan male cto awe which are
tf ascepabe to human egutian. "Tete ate miei
fhe etl sunt, Rudo We, Waid gion cana
foheve Hence the fity of pr relat af ate
te ee wage by coming i rae unions.“ iy ght
vw auempe, Cobden rated orga the as hy
ieee cane Ihe cue of he ssn or suber 3 of
the cierto arent wage fle depend
Many oer operations of wate?
aon inprtn fw os he Sete ding
wih ew eg tra ome she handed
Sav orcs poe dhe way np aera
toveaah edo noe Qt wat Con
Free Trae the AM ofthe abeat covet, fat
Conn dectine to se Casa Haan and Po
at ates ng etre the Asta Lave Heap ws
Faas he Fen a tks Meneses
fe th Napali Ware were meh wa apy pi
the tact of thar demande bythe inerhaa ai
‘hating Mach these att
mt nplib rectetwih the
sony of Pe Trae, Some othe at on ga
‘Adam Seth deat with tbe cv of the OW Catal sem
tie eng etre poe pics Henn et
Towpath it Chea of
Frei ry9.Shwing the esa el mines of
Ginn dpa toon Bmp Sie, Hee the
of Pree Tea, here i 2 fine of development which rane
‘Uvough Engh Taber thought fom Adam Sah 0 the
‘6 Government of Cammpal-Banneceian ad Beyond
‘An inveterate dts of the power of the Site wot
caacenie oF 9th centry Tiberi up the ast
‘fender af te entry, fom Beni fo Acton. Ba there
tiara diference between the Libera? atinde wards the
Sate in economies nin pls. The pint ox saul
idanity emer which nthe cooomie sphere, meant
Ines, a not txten tothe pola spheres the
‘ABBE Morse wrote fo Lord Shelbrne: Since Mie ie
‘arate and een ato the contrary, the Sate
I campulaon, by ving back ibery, everyting rexmes
isc place anc everthing is in pace, rv oy hat
tM nto cnt te eng" Governments ere
tecenary, theses i oly to make sich proven; tt
[pb weno provide the acne ef sccoiy within which
the pcp ofthe nmtve len f interes ol then
ev ite ploy The ental buen of goverment yt
Nama Senor “sto alord defences to proce the com
tomy agro foreign and domestic ieenee and
Untatonatey However, overnmens have gently tp
ped tbe incr ng mot merely to give sow,
el or erly tena thelr abject podicé and
ny in ety, bu to feck Shem wha fo pode Sd ho
TERR ft to of reform, deren, was cud the pre
earn of Govecoicnis and to onic eC that phere
tiie, even on te sett lerefeevews, was eae
Fer tem, The wcond wat to pave meurty aaa the
hue af power in their private interest by thee who con
Toll the Government "All the ifcntquextens
‘Ghvernmency Joes Al eres rate tothe means
tesla nw has as lndged the oerneceaay forthe protection a ll, om aking ad we
{Tit I pra ten i ant meses sgt es
Sham's tom Sint Totten, the Monatciea) a he
Atoecte. The Whige,coacous of the dangers fm the
frat atte shongh nat fm the ssn the ine
‘ature of de contain fo reevve w balance, Heaton
nd nothing but enter for soch a view} Tak of bance:
over wl do: lenve that to Mother Gore and Mother
Blachsone” At he went on wo peat oat, did ot povie
ined, in woe oot tenet to provide_any pusrantee
‘gsi a cana fate of the unformed poles,
arpton and the abuse af power not by the Mena hish
‘bat by the Ariocatie Tore Fr thi the ony remy
seas deste refem of te partionentry tes wl ol
Fafguard the interes fall by the reecenaton of als
“Thun economics (which was the busines of the mide
ela) the pipe tty pointed le ae rt
jn ne atl payors produce the ges happinst
ofthe grate number. In ples, however (wich ae sll
the busines ofthe srtceracy and not ofthe mile ea
the principle of wily ponte fa" the opps dnection
Minatecontdence’ Un sn iconolase ame of ind
‘wich wens totally fnifren to Durke's argument pe
pion, the Phlorphiel Radial demand the tb
Sion ofa naliticns—lega, consol cee
to the rsianalat cielo af uit” Uy meant the
festarhapne tegen nes, nepte e
Individual at parsing cr own enlighten sl Steen
Tasted mya, Bentham records low thio hat aes
{Gon contributed tothe peste happiest —Dit It coat
Ue? not, what Toston vad contibate 42" 1
tens tis fae of tind which made Heythaite hess the
Inet bend the pester part ofthe eben actity for
‘itch the years ram fh to to averemaable Ye alt
time de Liberal of these yer lke rei, ot
the imposion af hlve-peit pon soil, But the
Je, Grr aR, Cmte 70
revere of planing a8 the liberation of ats, spantanson
Finca in ancy which would of tir om ard promote
‘cal improvement
"hy adc he infuence of de Philosophical Reda
and the: Gael Econo on gi erat thought
tee eaefol qualification. "The Bentham. sid the
eonomiss never unde a party ther owas tei angular
‘those were to rg fr English police, They exer
thee intuence tough the permetin a Blk the exit
pane wih their test In certain dicetione—a obvious
examples commercial policy that influence we very grt,
ti waa never, ven in ts hey day berween T6pe sed
tp, tele uence shaping Lee ration, no
fnconered considerable opeaton ise the Whig well
or Macaaay ws ceiaily very much ified by the
Hea ofthe woltcarians and the poldaleconami, but a
Ties he ae oily exif them and quite capable of
takingan independent ine of hisown athe didn i ence
hte Ten Hours Ui tn the tech flues proc,
‘Chtorenver, nthe last quaver of the rae century the
thority of thet ideas, eel it elation 10 sola
iar ely tin ony tone |
tia fntervenon bythe State ease to appear sum dex
ion epping the atlemp to reve easly the sell
nd economic mmption of Liberals] rom the pat af
‘eth nbuene of the eae dior the developmen of
the gti abel teaitin, nfo Jo Staci
Reyne the hitory of Engl Lira pinay cone
feemed with the efit to abe fall ee Tom the pe
qurepione of he early rath con
‘Eo ientiy the aera ean withthe views of the
Uiitartans the Caueal Lenore athe Mnchister
Sell i therfore to ore is hata developmen Tee
uly unlisoriah, weve undress
‘line Unlence which hate ile bad upto 1870 aed |
thee pentence long aterward, Poly mo oir tt“eas has ever enjoyes sch authori Englael Tn Keynes!
[phroe, he was the re Church of Bnglad for a geet pat
{Fhe igh centay and ater devant into heresy have aot
Yet obliterated al res of the original ertosy.
The pact atthe ens on both paties wat sui
‘The fo atempt to come to frm with them were the
‘Toren Inthe t's ie ae 8 group of Tory ministers
ton Raion, Wace wh we ie hy
‘he Beano? arguments and toc the st alep te
Fre Trae i wat aneher Tory, Robert Peel, who Began
the elem of the ngs La hich Bena had Tong
smandet (ho tiers Tory was crippled bys own
tontadcio Any attempt tet, even partly,
the iw of Riatdo and Bentham mst sooner or err
tp again the demand for the repel othe Cor La and
i te reform of Parent, No Tory minster, however
Fiera hi ayes could entertain iter of thee
demands witht sping the pasty: Libra Tory led
hw bled sy Sethe end of hich wat wal too igh
fay lender to et Ms prty over ioc} With Canin
Stecenjon as Peine Miner in 7 the spit i the Tory
any beame open! tee yeas tater the Tore? long
‘mmopay of fie nme to a en
From the tion of 704 to he lection of yo the Whigs
tat een comtinnonly Ovo power the Bet exepion
fia shave the Miniry of A sh Talos. By 1810 They
Wad ought hie tert up to 179 eats inte Comes
th they lacked latest were dived by ton. Never
tte war somchin obave an Oppodten at some
thing a have event Randi of ein Patiannt wo
‘roll dete hl Hoey in the Back yey a ite afer
Ue wasan ox had dame thes
Tor war Whig ecam of ti Goverment itl to
hum ate andthe pan legion Bryan 89, ay
tro tan Pov hd tren Sharp eid of the Viens
Scent ant the messes taken by the renoted
Gaverament iv Earope afr is, ey were ae to
Maver Congres sysem and eutplen in she sym
puily fr the atl Gnd Maral oven in Gece a
Tiny inSpain snd Su Aes om sayy
wi he it of Sp tt te word Lora party
ine eae ito Engle poli neyo aie sg or
thr va the age of Doon swell sf enthany the
Moats no chan She Uae an Boa poets
in prate of fecdo-even mere perhaps hr deh a
Nitlonghi—played spor in basing One of the mot
penitent tad of Engh Liat, rympay th
feos sueting to te fee tin sympa whieh ae
‘ornedy dle headcl and dnpreiea,even ore en
ting hope iweb olson yl vay gence
viens and characte of Engle beso om
She Fein War of Naples ine ote Span Co
Warof on own
The Whig however, wee at much eagle in come
dict tie Vr thong hey spate wh
Shon Lies and tan bn thay ere cers
ft cpa to goto war otc Hae Ala they
eLeltonl oe he comme ier ey wee
tc swe han iT ade Pee Tadeo the
acne Eamon ugh yh Bsn paying
Th hele paramentry rum sce te 00 they
‘Tov datnated by every rene or the howarine
i eens oftheir suppor Rael opinion mar wel
Sued ip by Ponce Pte when he wrote “Tice no
ral fence ttn the Whig ta Tory eon, except
theileene wich aye ee amcly, that he on
Mo serny an the pene wh the Wige wed
Cran aoc Agcy otal onthe King
rening cla tebe ren les wv costed
IRINA concen They were suc the Tax
tenet the sl change wich ed ake pe
ie emer yb0-gs mde pial an eau
Ms ot aFel iperaive, Vet in he ea, sete pt the tcking
fri by spending mt of thane ity yeast foes, the
Migs nate their id for an alin with pecs
Tibet and pated the Reform Ac of vseFoty your
Iter, the loge of Fox's apt fom Baste 1990 had
Wrvked sats he Whig como aod the prices
11600" had een extend to inch the Iie ln,
fu the unimpeachably mildleclast Macaulay join the
Simpochaiyaritocraie- Rell to" delend the ist
{chump he ew Whigs
Teas an weary combination Wwidh much reesimination
on bah sides)Roebockexpremed 3 view cumon enough
mong middle caw Radicals when he wrote: The Whige
awe fver been antacid sretcont fst Huge
Unt emloing doce pn a pa
beeame eachaive oligarch’ 1 yar the ark who had
inated the esmamte serine othe ibis aid 2
Pie Minster, Pert io repented the Cem Lats in
‘Atta tine Gabon ged eel a comet al ad nee
{Beal Pury" Yau reese thera of the ge, an hae
“Alle carer he had ite oie ier Gorge Combe:
sh Whig ene (ae et in hess of
fovranle'» polar and bral nteyptetion af the Con
Aiton Det hit sin ested forthe mastery
‘conical qutatons a he ataches a nr imporine
torthom, He breathes the atmowphore of 4 prieget
thane ti’ sympathies re aricraie He meet
‘Wining othe ote of Rae) wet Pel copied apo
Manchester They ae fn fae pits Pel ont to be
the ledera themida eass'»
(Cli Prt declined Cobses advice and alah Pees
tera Taryn contibyied Glastne tote irl Party,
thon pariy when it wie nally how inthe Bie wae 3
ecomttted Whig Party. Another ty ear ater 1833,
ei
‘he Whig ayy of Pox sd Grey at sell ad become the
prt ol ills Liberal) hy the x's it wos Whig |
Meo ie Duke of Argyll nd Tord Ularngton who were
Asnding the pv othdouy of lase:fvenguina Radial
lie Chambers wh weve sbandoning
Catch she iat etectve pots exprenion of ide
‘Tias Liberaistn, before Gladstone created the Liberal Part
Was the An Corn Law League ofthe 1040" Tetieve hi
JJ High is "to be 3 ovement ofthe commer sod
dunia saz agaist the Jrds and great proprietors of
the ail and hi an Calan’ species ae clear ow
oc bh snl the ie athe Carma tbe the
Shinol t's deeper config Te was cnet between to
Stef Wt diferent Siew of the ftare of England
Thrthe one hand wat the Tanded cle, accustomed to 4
‘onopey of poles power ad socal lace expecially
REMI. fico nro ae a voles, they regarded
Memplnoul of the Mancieutce “bagman’ milena
‘ei buying the cheapest market and sling i the dearest
Sethe ght Ivana placa On the athe hand a
alten sam, was crag the manslacares pride aan
var the pet well ete nr of or, hat
tro clase of men Bed in the value af the world of
hiner aol the Chapel, the manulacnrers 18 thee un
trove cantemplanis the lndlrde a pare la, hey
tree ale tn Inch the wistce nn the ves othe ain
Tai ie, ntroweminded, aggreive, Bal. imenrey
‘efi that tha fue ofthe county ly wth them
i he indy ofthe Noh and te Blinds
{abe hnncver, wat n goed al wre than te een
(Grtganie ota manufaccrers peste yebap. Onto the
Teague geew the Manchester Seluelun Me atempt to
‘hal pon the pie of Free Trae wha ne jem
A plgy appropriate tos country whore reainest at
tound up ant her cnineces Cue wae alyssa
tthe ited Sater and he peter the commercially
\iva poi ofthe U.S.A, to he plicit ofthe bale
‘a powes ara Palmerstnin dipleney prased hy Ragland
Tie Woked on trade a1 am sey whic dee pect
together, which gave dem commen interest in overcoming
{he bari of rae, language ted ipa pace theeare
‘eae the natural corollary of ade, What threatened fade
tnt peace alte was the itervestion of Governments nl
the governing chur which conrad the, ina, anne:
Toni, aggresive, tinkag only terms of power and
prestige meres in their plies ae mine a thir
conamiybeving Dat ane waton could only gan a the
‘hyeme ot anothers Gallen od Might stacked can
feley on the grounds that it conceived sf the elaine
Eetwcen Independent anions ply im terme offence,
shimatey of war, and of the relations between Eagan
tn her colonies ‘purely in tens of supremacy and ex
Colder naninterventon was the potey of lie sire
applied to international ration, a eet on thes
itn natural harmony of interes nly posers
Would eerve enthan’s tai, fe que On the noe set
Shows the same dsrase of goverment athe activity of
the'Sute, on the other the same holly to the Engl
‘eng eshte nee cg py and
Aiploraey
eid sate noe Bight Ud he eae sympathy wide
‘he extension af tah rte over eter prope Bn they
were inet on the obligations which an empite imposed
Sn the metropaliien country. do oot tam eight sid
156, ‘male any comment pon the made in which this
Eogrcy hs ben put into posteion of Tas. accept that
fon ne fa, There ae we da not kaow how to
Feavei and shettre fet usec we knowhow to gover ite
Wa geablem such sm, paraps, ao ater maton a dt
solve ct urate whether there enough of eligence and
‘inne England ool the ile. Bight spose
‘vio ae a atemsat wih Tt the
Engl aerating bo ong bee Cason,
pleted to the dngrace which the condition of Heland
Feprsnted ta the god nam of Pitan and who, 3 quarter
tifn century belore the Gomtrvative Party was seed ta
Iandspurchse athe sation of the Th problem, ate
nigel for the romoval of evclycbmtace tthe fe slo of
Ein Irland
(COntden and righ, however, commanded les and le
ANpportia se go Nidhecas Libera England preferred
Palmeston's viens on ticign policy. Tine and sgn he
bat them on hr oun ground peal othe idle
tla electorate inthe stingy Cen wae dead
ft Tladerte ad ight in Manchester el
Palmerston wis Palmerston. "Pell hi 2 Whig ven
2 Cannogite dhe a ton use that extesondinaey
Fertonality.‘Fo cll hima Libera sounds ode alf)¥et in
Iiteippert fe alin indepen, ins generous Tad
“rcomngernent tothe Liberal cnute in Europe, his dike
tigrannyy Palmerson dil repraet 3 sde of the Liberal
tration, Ui Liberate wt oneycmate, 8 mater of
tetpersnearailer Mam pcp, yet pet of the tr
the Manche Ste
“Fhe th wae thn the rile cases had “ative” and
ln the paces were sedllng thee radealim. They were
Becoming respectable. "The ret (Cobden wrote} hasbeen
timate large eres inthe number of Toe, and to col
‘don ta genteel tame the pies of the, Whig until a
feel fr di fate" Liberal waco develop farther,
‘iad to find wider support than in the midle-cle eector
atc enfanchived bythe 0s Kelorm Act.
(riat meant a futher extention of the franchise, and in
ig Bright refering his eat trom Manchester tothe
‘hove detaate ieminghatn, opened the campriga whieh
feat Bea atin yar later nthe sean Teor Act
longtime Briel fad contac ths campaign sae
Banded the oes Libual Paty atl ed by Paierton,
lot power supine newy-converte Gladstone whoalin Manchester, ‘Alot ny fend asm come among
tou, and Tam come among yo unwell
Te wos a momentous conveon, Ia the sme year
Palmemten ied and, fers be inert der Reset,
Gludtonesocesce tothe lefesap othe Liberat Paty.
Acthe fiat lection fought onthe extened traelise,
Gtadtone wom a cleat nary aad frend caine wei
{vith Jon Bright a he Hrd of Trade) ws repeeantve
{eth fiat tine of all sections of Liver onion the
Cntroveral fue ofthe franchise tuned the confit
‘Semeants nthe Libera ean were brought fate tempore
Sry eiptte and fund in Cladatone » lender expable of
Uing then inthe most elective Liberal minisry a the
Ty exemte an effective Libesal Party i was weeny, 98
Egan pans brner hse hom that of ml
‘las which, once ig inerns had boon recog, ws
easing to be radial) A sila devrogeien wt aig
‘ce fe Lara ew
‘dag Liberati resin what i was at the
begining f the 1g, reflection of Peacock “seam
intlect mind the eve Une rent Ealbion, wml
hve been wore comiten bul much pontr ad fee
Intreing view of pie than it enn, fo the fs phate
“tisdevelopmeat, up ode 8g Liberate had expres
the neds, the nts, the prjuies sn the ele the
rmanufctving nd comment miele chats wih had een,
Citas io 1892 snd made te pee flim the repeal
‘he Corn Lain 1846. Inthe sco phone oe develop
‘nent, haweve, Liberals les ged eal he naman
Character and toms ito a soil patsy in ks owa right,
set of eae nn longer dependent fs their ait oF
fecptance upon the extent to wih hey elt the teste
fangs clan
{Ca Tew month afer John Bight pan hi canpsin or an
‘ition of the anche, Jon Start Mil published ie
‘Siny On Eder. Nl ad ion omy ps he chil ma
Hiro Benthamite Libera. He repaid the db by pro
cng in hit Citron a hit rine of Pale
‘Eomly the man fel expion ofthe system of ess
Aerie Gon ha tac, Hay vena that early tage of is
ithe wer sey tw eel aot the navownes of
ication is compet turn from James MMs essay On
Caennen tit sod Ov Lay wo ener 9 iret
ac ‘
Tr in De ao (lo) a in hi Reeaaie German
(0061) Mil peso argent which are desig
{eshow tht boyy, fn pear Hberty of thought and
Siresggs x nccsory for the development harman
Soy Progrens br arfuen, depends upon the Geedom of
Iai tn nate einen fry el
thiypreduse sagan This the atau bans of his
eeutent gent tly gel demon hat ely
tatedace¢iyrnny of tie wuety wc wil 0 th
In ee ntact whi ve ie ml ening
For James Mil dessa ad bata a weapon to deste
the power of tht "sniter terest fr his as
Penal veto ibe sv iver, the mal
ving human pect
Tht the heat Al's Segurent forthe ease of aber
wanes he witaran, ogee whieh are the easel
‘pesion af agli Labs ah he args the case for
Fry and for teprecnntve ian onthe ground
that thee ave ental ta tha fll and rch development
Sf touman inedeaity which be obs valves at an
cali tre wh apne in Hes
femary It cealy ra tmporadee not only what men
Teale wot sstoer often they are that do, or sates
thai alimankind minis ove were of one opinion, and
ly one perwn were of the onary spn mankind
Stoll be more tied sleneng that one per than
Bera he a the pes, wl be jodi encing
tno, Mil inte faint, arguing Te theory
{eleaition and nthe acond, tying that redo of
thang haa ae fh whch sero o Bena
oni the pen Hod o he peste! numer.
CetCiti thin bei, in hit demon fr “a sca
‘Spr fit apa for nde ream he ang
powess'8 protection, 2 rallying pit fr opine and
Inteets which the ascendant plc pain views with
dfs" thal ed Mi told back fom ay scheme hich
lected leisure except wader spell cenions designed
‘Acton ced he sume problem sien stand
Yor him, ao Tabery ft 8 means higher peal
tnd iil the highest pola eet he concerted
Hisanack on the dang inert te dour of uy
wich he regarded a ttl Incompatible with ety,
Forced an historian toate eo el eet
hic en pang say, Aston col ot eg on fa
‘Nance cowards dematary with anything at dro.
Tm his eay Oe Caf (14) ohn Morty, the most
‘niin ofthe young iba ttle inte Clanton
fra, alempted to provide 2 practi pia! answer to
thes fear’ On Canon eve an expen ofthe tec
iq of graduation, Small vets afte Rey to ordered
Pula progres, mining at ll ines hedges whieh
fest pt pets met or pt, May
there, able to age dat aight ene of ole
imehad «eas te wise comeralvets seep the smal
‘ange wose hing Def him, a the wine iva
tose te chane ofa shal ipeovemen, wile neon
Working inthe ditection of grent on Iso one sea
‘Merle ody, he owed rest ong i pining othe pth
whic Bei poles have flowed drt be age af
emacracy,
Ta this dale period of Liberian, thn, not ony
fie argument fr iberty taken dient frm rm the
trash abd aggresive tiara theory of Denton nd
James Mil thus Becomes dfnce a intlesval and ural
Tedom, valued for is own snk, ops the danger
inherent in demeracy. Ties sing fe that see danger
Should have been recognised ats tine when Libera wre
Eaming to ceep the weceity of urher advance wards
Alemoeracy im the second Relrm Act That Ia ey
sri f option tat wth clear undertanding fd sks
involved hat men ke Gladstone sod Mil accepted such a
dep ae nccewary aol righ)
ST a eet Ee ehFic trae comercial eaty wilh Frag he sation
the pape dan the eduction of expe and ta
tinge diatblhinent of the rit Chchy the Eaton
‘Act ryo, the Bala At, the opting of the Univers
{ Noocontaemte and ofthe Gi Sere to cmspetive
‘tamivation, Cardwell Army ech, the Alabama
{tation ae eta in he Fran Psa Wart a
a imprenive recor, bat well win the anon of
expt Liberal ese.
fre Clade made bison intial eonbation
Shal enlarged the Liberal taion wat ine wo ena
‘wich beoaght hm back sno pole afer 1844: frega
flcy andthe Ith question, On th tes eae
Fave copra fo th vd conceptnn ofthe pace of the
Moral aw inthe relation tween mations whi: made hin
{he neat coors gore of hs gee)
Gladstone's es on Toceighpaioy were not hse of
Cobden an Brigit. Far rom adboeatog non ere,
hein Cr exapl, inthe Faster cri 1875-8) on
England's ty fo intervene ad to pursue an ative py.
‘Where be dif orm Palmerston nd Dich wae on he
grounds of Incrvenion andthe objectives of an active
fin pty
Tough Taste are many antipsins of his vews on
cxseroczsony, they fad thr laren expesion tn the
Sunned snack which he ade on Bras fri pley
Inge team which echelon he Ma
impale of 1079-80,
‘Slaton took his sning-poin the principle shat
foci poy coght to be conde In acerdone with
te demande func, otf expeieney a power com
‘eve a ior, ha 9,4 mato, rene, ster
ingand setnerng ign poly ° appealing tothe
telhiove and pate the commnnity” and tig up nations
Imre hl conesived ema bate ary) a
itil ojo “Capea oan eabithed ation ser
ric, nobler ara raion no wich regaed Ritsh
intereieelnjingthe dtc of onan of fatce™
een tb
A policy tase upon ah principles, Glan belived,
wonld alse fod suppart ihe general sentiment ofthe
iid word” to whch the sistesman mast appen for
these morlnpprt wich the general ad Bue eanwctions
ff mantind aller’ at even if ict a plley wa backed
bythe moral ore of pale open, how wat ito be pat
into eee? Cladsone hnsweret by the Concert af Europe,
bythe Ensopean Powers engaging i jon intervention to
Xe that juste was ane |comton ation aloe, he segue,
‘wool ye he Gren Perfor the common gad and athe
‘etic wovld nettle andlttertheselichaimset ech’
‘iadvone lieved that there had been goad prospect
sicko inerventon by the Power fa the Halas i
‘tye ad tha hs hen destroyed by israel determin
{Nn to purse m uittral policy sd Breskp the Concert
SF Powere wih the set that Ria too brake away and
ceeded co intervene on her ve Is puts of her national,
Ei not the common, interes
Dirac’ ston angered Gide vhe more beaut he
halved tat it atthe special role of Hela, 5 the one
Ainnereted Great Power on the European scene, 1 cake
the lead in organising the Concert of Europe, ‘This wat
tet minon, orp or common action i the terest of
jftiee and the coreoon go, but wat prt which sbe
Ell nly pay ifthe mined fe rom ll a of secking
Inne fein, pton desoyed inthis eave by the
Rncraion of Cypten
"iu he lan 0» peo npahy
for peopteesempsing. to achieve atonal independence
‘This provides seer (oundation his views on foreign
policy the powers ellgonernment ths was his answer
Fite othe rable af toe alas thre of Teland
‘Give thoes people fcedom and the benehis of feed",
eid of Turkeys Cian subjects in 100, “dhat tthe
wy tomate m bier agin despots, Friese may be
Tevet othe go eatin aye render Tot
thetve bari apse epetian the hom heart and
theta ad
om thie sympathy H flowed fr Gladstone that alt
sto sho coy equity a ight To lain anycingsore than equity frig inthe maal and political iter.
curse ofthe wor snot the way to rake Haglan grea
truco make ic ft rally and ately Hale From hs
Inara sprang hi condernaton of impertaln which pr
chimed supremacy, not equity, aul eagerness For
fggroniemest bashed ase the rights of her naion to
Bring them under sen rae
Teck in oe ater 180, Cladsione filed to pa these
[ncipls into practice, ‘The acepaton of Egypt ecorded
[twit the api ofthe Milian campnign ab i ews
fon Yeeign policy proved le and le applicable to he
‘alr ofthe Great Powers a the igh cenny drew to
itch, Ht the Meno hich he gave curveney, tr fern
losing tele old upon dhe eral iaginatin, have gine
Imatengh since vprq Uw the hopes pace in the Leap ot
[Nalion and the United Naina nthe mpl to sronive
‘live aeuy and the diappoted. bat comma
renewed peat {ower opinion aginst injustice si
ggreson inthe demand ofthe peoples ofA, Alen ae
the Mie Hato el goverment, Glo’ belts have
fond a frsted bt pasinate con fimation,
it wasn hscampuigh orth Heme Rate that Clastone
bel teed most tenaciously to etry oat i ene He
ame tose the Trish question, voto domestic problem of
tea‘ te 770% but ov the han of 2 maton to sl
gerne, mth ding of yay he eis
Setermiaton to say this cli deeply aflected the Tee
tunes of Liberal for yest come] apt the Taber
Paty, put back the ease of oc eid fr generation,
neceitateds dangero alliance wis the Wish Natoma,
nd, beesae aft unpopulsity in England, we lctorally
‘Tuaavoue(ln spite of al thi Gladstone ad is flowers
TMinang woot of the Libra ton. Tela re th
Touchstone ofthat sympathy whic Tiber fag
‘own so genetuly Inthe eae ere i ee
coun empire?
Selegovernment hl atvendy len granted to Camas andl |
the ther clones wi the mitt flores, No more
we being aka for clad where, by corte fs
onion of ithe re cate of a, the ery of
‘rey individual in the uence every tealight, te
‘Snfdeneo the people nthe law and te syimpaty th
theta were enely absent was only in Team ha th
toverdgn Liberal ery of iclom fad tot Been tied
Thewbere fh never ited ad the seesent of Tran,
thetbernet qoeion Hts potty wou ri aaa
Siento.
‘Gladstone had enunet dhe eadeship ofthe Taberl Pasty
flee his reement in yg withthe lined bic, int
allen Dir’ cg policy and ler ving
3 settlement ith Ireland. On the wer ise hows
See eet pay so gee past in the pies ofthe est
Tn entry stil veferm ad he condition othe wk
dhacy he fled na lead ll is prcaecpation Wi
Insland heavily handicapped eel of tte yy were
Incoming alee the nl o uation nol Yo uth
ibralan's appronch oan problem
he Laat othe Mavcheses Sel had asad sh
wih te cesaction of he "snr trea” wth 5
Ihe way of the bee devehpment of ocala cenme
Fee, a naira harmny a inerets woul! emerge ai
tou second, ie drain ou seecgulating sity dc
to's minima the tle of the State All th State Bd ed
ts to ld the ing tn ensure the contitns in whith
‘canon and polital ileress cold have free ay (Di
ted with ts view, Jon Stusre MEI atempred to
‘ie tne erkerio fr the intervention the Sate by
{Eat whch comnoe ofthe part whic merely ne
tans hia his tulepeicnce i,t righty ales
ifs eicla did go far exaghe}vc tin tm
vic he sought le fis sl pop pra uteabe and wat rep bythe ext get af tera
‘tit Fete ern as pra
Si plot aber ant he pone 9
“Theil poses lt aro the vi aa he
ines le fen it yh cates
ierbel by Hebert Seno in he eh pet ne
Pty rbot Sr he pts wot
fedtance tes much pete, Er whe ee
tty, he enon af hese ty a
int haga. cine
wc tn oe he eo
isan thingy oi Gee, Gt
Se foal ies ‘ani
spac th ibe egy
weihe New Daa Keys the Ur Yet fn
“Te mum lek ci Mi ta net
coe nthe Rida tebe the a
‘tnd cy iat ibe ut he
renege tt cenry J phe the New
Ete wae ul shat ie
i ingens und peewee
Mace panel meyer ok mex
eal ory wc aes Wes pone spe
Uist af arg incapyt see
Srna afi ease op es ee the
ion
ta iu ta
ie Meh ea be qc te he outro
voit ht eae ys lato ny en
fet st saroundings: but part Wom all sess he et nee
Smtonn bal gh» meopyse pee
New long il he eine se at ew fh
etal Se pr Sates dof ekg
wi a an Spyadeg omen tte a
Thain sed san
Pesci Sono Caen
‘Wah cist Ue serv he wy wt open to
‘Mec tna “che ve emma pan he
thre ening man to tno hr ke Wm we peak
Ue fechom er vs igh men
testo pera cpa of rg eying something
vest geen ato, someting tt
The Wa ar ne wae in pie the cnt a
sh sn ton col br pass ad hy he
IMiuing lie sn sonnyt nd eto ommompce
eet nar hfs sequal a po
asye te was chan yr in the feo
Sony omc caterer ao eloped capita
se etn, "the pesos of apectniy eld
hye ps Pad ed
rnd onerpon, una hth ive he neta
Ses Gc aan ssi tat ati cml elf
‘Aitece cami whe enn eee ey tet
itt onl fn esting 8d he ee
‘Cth empha fn Taeral dng cain
Servs dons upon ih vi bt he
sein le eo pouty eae
hee hin rhe gh toy at ewe ning
Mester ents ytd Wey rae Tvs
Sse ithe pee eign rh gotcold
ihe nore y Sot nurses nervy net ir
wield for some alc ep 8 Cnepndng
See tad ng
ie sce abs rl at tore
Serpent ef ion
oe it had
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