$52 LIFE OF COBDEN. [oar

1851.
Ar, 47.

will avail in the House. What folly it was to give res!
representation to the Irish counties, and to think of still
maintaining the old persecuting ascendency.®
“I do not see how Lord John and the Whigs are to
recover from the false position into which they have bee?
flung by his letter and his speech. They have traded for
the last fifteen years as a political party upon Irish ques”
tions; but now that capital is exhausted. Even if they
withdrew their measure, which is hardly possible, ib would
not restore them to the confidence of the Irish. They 8°
in a regular mess, and I do not see any way out of it for
them. It is understood that Graham refuses to join the
Whigs. He is against the Papal outcry, and walked out of
the House on the first reading.
“Now all this is a good ground for your getting UP 2
demonstration against the Bill. It must be withdra®®h
whether you take a part or mob. Bub it is very desirable
that the English people should be known by the Irish
bo have taken a part in ridding them of this insulting
measure.”
« March 13. (To Mr. W. B. Greg.)— . . . . T doubt th°
policy of interfering in the Caffre business until we hav®
more authentic news; the proper cure for these recurring
wars is to let the colonists bear the brant of them. TI
must be done by first giving them the powers of selfgovernment,
 and then throwing on them the responsibility
of their own policy. They would then be very careful

¥ Qobden ig here at the very heart of the deplorable tale of English cil
management of Ireland since Catholic Emancipation. We invited the Irish
bo send representatives of their wishes and views to Parlisment, bub, anti]
bo a small extent in omr own day, their views and wishes connted for
nothing in the House of Commons, OF course the spirit of the Titles Bill
wag in miniature the same as the spirit of the Penal Code. Nothing could
have been more nicely caloulated to deepen Irish dislike for Englith gupre:
macy, and Irish oontempt for English professions of equality snd
toleranca.