de in Yorkshire,
manufactured out of rags. There's not ten pounds of wool in a thousand
yards of it. It looks more eyeable, but there is no length nor
toughness in the thread, which is made out of old worn-out cloth. Our
folks couldn't spin it. They must use good new yarn, or they couldn't
work at all. The Yorkshire folks have machinery, and you can do
anything with machinery."

A good old Methodist said:--"The English people ought now to realise
the pass their Grand Old Gagger has brought them to. The finest
assembly of gentlemen in the world are bandying evil names and
punching each other's heads. Just what you might expect when the Prime
Minister has allied himself with blackguards and law-breakers. I used
to be one of his staunchest supporters, but I draw the line at lunacy.
When I saw him truckling to low-bred adventurers who are not worth
sixpence beyond what they can wring from their dupes, I thought it
time to change my course. When I saw the class of men with whom he
acts and under whose orders he works, I changed my opinion of the man.
For evil communications corrupt good manners, and a man is known by
the company he keeps. The whole session has been a degradation of the
British Parliament. Things have been going from bad to worse until we
have reached the climax. If Mr. Gladstone remains in power we must
change the qualifications of our members, and send the best fighting
men and the hardest hitters. We must heckle candidates as to their
'science,' and ascertain if their wind is good, and whether they are
active on their pins. And in course of time, if the G.O.M. still
presides, we shall have the Speaker acting as referee, and calling out
'Time, gentlemen, Time!' Some Gladstonian or other will doubtless
accept the post, and in that case we may expect him to sport a long
churchwarden and a glass of beer. That is what Mr. Gladstone is
bringing on the House, and the tendency has been visible for a long
time. When you hear of people continually shouting 'Judas, Judas,'
without a word of protest from the Prime Minister, you must admit that
the dignity of the House is a thing of the past. When you see the
general trend, you can judge what will be the result. When you see in
which direction a man is going, you can judge where he will arrive at
last.

"For my part, and I can speak for all my friends, we have the greatest
confidence in the English people's commonsense, and in the long run we
know it will not fail.