THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR; I notice Mr. Carr in your last issue closes his interesting analysis with the old false reproach against the democracy of fickleness. When will politicians realise that this " weakness " lies, not in the democracy, but in politics The people ask of Government the maintenance of liberty, and therefore security against aggression. Politicians, tempted to magnify their powers, stir up strife by encouraging the idea that when people want things done they should look to the State instead of co-operating among themselves. Surely it has been made abundantly clear that, so far as the ballot-box shows the will
of the people, the democracy consistently resents proposed attacks on its liberties, for when politics are transferred from national to domestic concerns the advocates of restrictive legislation are usually an energetic minority.—I am, Sir, &c.,
S. HUTCHINSON HARRIS.
3 Arundel Terrace, Brighton.
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