There is every sign that the Radicals are quite as
loyal to the Government as they were even in the time of the general elec- tion. At Swansea, this week, Mr. Dillwyn addressed his con- stituents, pointing out the absolute necessity of crushing Parlia- mentary obstruction in the very interests of freedom,—which are greatly endangered by that demoralisation and paralysis of Parliament which oftener than any other cause leads to coups cl'fitat,—and advocating the Closure by a simple majority, as the only proper and natural rule. Mr. Dillwyn anticipated that Egypt, while allowed to govern itself, would speedily pass into a dependency of the United Kingdom, in the sense of having its safety, civil order, and a government carried on in the interests of its population, guaranteed from our shores. Answering Mr. Raikes, who has been haranguing the few Con- servatives of Swansea, Mr. Dillwyn said that "Radicals, Atheists, and pot-house politicians" had not endangered, and were not likely to endanger, the institutions of this realm ; but that Tories like Lord Salisbury, who did their best to bring the House of Lords into popular discredit; had endangered those institutions, and were the only formidable foes of the British Constitution. If that is the tone of the manly Radicals,—of whom Mr. Dillwyn is a perfect type,—the Liberal Government has never been more popular than it is at the present moment.
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