The British nation a history / by George MWrong . tic reform. Lord Palm-The second erstous death, in ISCo, in his eighty-firstKeform Bill, year, removed one who was no friend of radicalchanges, and it encouraged agitation for thefurther widening of the franchise. Palmerstons John (now Earl) Eussell, was defeated by the Toriesunder Lord Derby in 1867,and it was a Tory governmentthat passed the second greatReform Bill. Mr. Gladstonehad introduced one in 1866,but could not carry it againstthe Tories. Yet, not withoutmurmurs from his companionson the Tory side at the suddenchange of
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . tic reform. Lord Palm-The second erstous death, in ISCo, in his eighty-firstKeform Bill, year, removed one who was no friend of radicalchanges, and it encouraged agitation for thefurther widening of the franchise. Palmerstons John (now Earl) Eussell, was defeated by the Toriesunder Lord Derby in 1867,and it was a Tory governmentthat passed the second greatReform Bill. Mr. Gladstonehad introduced one in 1866,but could not carry it againstthe Tories. Yet, not withoutmurmurs from his companionson the Tory side at the suddenchange of front, Mr. Disraeli in1867 passed a more advancedmeasure. Though voters inthe English counties must stillbe owners or occupiers of hold-ings of the annual value of £12,all householders in the townswere given votes and the num-ber of electors was enormously increased. Disraeli, who,on Lord Derbys retirement through ill-health, in 1868became Prime Minister, had a dithcult role to fill. Withthe steady extension of the franchise he had so to popu-. Benjamix Disraeli. Earl ofBeacoxsfield (,1805-1881). 538 THE BRITISH NATION larize the Tory, or rather, as we may now call it, the Con-servative party, as to make its policy acceptable to themasses of the people. He was enlightened enough to tellQueen Victoria that the Crown had nothing to fear frombroadening the basis of the constitution, and jjerhaps thebest tribute to his foresight is in the fact that since theeven wider extension of the franchise in 1884 the newvoters have with but little interruption kept Conserva-tive governments in power. Though Earl Russell lived until 1878, he retired frompublic life after the defeat of his government in 1867, andMr. Gladstone was from that time the leaderDSr** of the Liberal party. He and his rival, Dis-raeli, stand in marked contrast. Gladstonewas devout and serious from his early youth; he hadbut little humour, and was intensely in earnest abouteverything, smjUl and great. In early life Dis
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