POLITICS SIR,—In The Spectator of January 4th it was pointedly
asked in the Editorial Notes if the Conservative Party was "capable of making an equally vigorous and intelligent appeal" to the electorate to that of the Labour-Socialist Party's appeal. Why not? Other political parties in the past have suffered as severe defeats as the Conservative Party experienced at the polls in July • last. Is there, therefore, any adequate reason for inferring that the Conservative Party, because it behaved generously in the House of Commons to the present Government, should not be allowed a breathing space and to say
. . . . I am not slain, I shall but lie and bleed-awhile, And theo I'll rise and fight again.
The principles of the Conservative Party are in harmony with human character, and therefore lasting,. That is why it makes so comprehensive an appeal to all men and women of goodwill. Of .equal interest, there -appears to me to be another question, namely, what is. to be the position in the future of the Liberal Party, crippled as it is, apparently permanently, from all governmental purposes?—Yours, &c., W. MAXWELL. Aberdeen.
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