... of the Conservative party. To his mind, the lon3g agitation of this question which had been the subject of bills proposed by Whig and Tory Governments in vain, was proof that the question was not ripe for settlement, or that the pretext for legis. lation ...

... a resolution which will unito all sections of Reformers, without alarming the sensitive Con- servative or the aristocratic WhIg. It might be urged by extreme Reformers that manhood suf- frage was the principle on which their political system was built ...