CONSERVATIVE REACTION.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTA.TOR:1
Sea,—Will you allow me to string together, for the edification of your readers, two stories which I have recently heard, and for the= authenticity of which I can vouch?
One of the most influential brewers in a large English county said the other day to a friend of mine :—" The policy of the- Alliance is now so bitter and so uncompromising, that we have resolved to carry our man, whatever the coat, for every seat at the- next election. Our organisation and determination are such that we can and we will."
One of the most respectable licensed victuallers in a midland- county said to another friend of mine, not many weeks ago :- "If I have twenty-one men in my bar on the day of polling, I can make sure of twenty votes by distributing twenty pints of four- penny. I have done it, and can do it at any time."
I need not take up your space by adding reflections, which could- not strengthen what I have already written. I can only say, God- help that nation to whom facts like these shall not bring a moral- revulsion,—immediate, impetuous, and overwhelming.—I am,.
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