10 JANUARY 1891, Page 4

nation is in a healthy condition, public opinion can generally

be got right in the end ; but with a stubborn party politician in supreme power, the chances that ho can be induced to give up a wrong view and take a right one are extremely small. Men like Bright and Cobden can touch the heart of a nation, but they are powerless in the case of a party President with two more years to run.