Mr We Gladstone a Life Misspent a Series of Letters to And On the Above
Mr We Gladstone a Life Misspent a Series of Letters to And On the Above
Robert Bell
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It is : your deadly instinct tells you that any such innovation might infuse the House of Lords with new vigour, with new life. Their destruction, however, is your panacea. And yet it is said that ' even the most violent reformer will on reflection feel the value of the Upper House. ' Only tyrants or debased fanatics can deny it. Its necessity in a well-organised state is recog- nised. History proves it. The catastrophes which befell nations who were without that constitutional pillar demonstra...te' it. Yet you disregard this greatest of lessons for which many a people has perished. Why? Do you think the institutions of your country already so 74 THE EIGHT HONOURABLE AND rotten ? Do you think them incapable of the further government of your unhappy country ? If so, how is it then that you believe in the Commoners ? Behold, you, a Statesman, put your faith upon the mob and doubt the Peers of Great Britain ! Yet, sir, you know the first condition above all others in the organisation of a dual Legisla tive is, that the Upper House be not a duplicate of the Lower House.
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