land. Scotland expects it of you; they say in that country, 'Oh! that we had the 40s. franchise here; we could then clear them out of twelve counties in twelve months.' (Hear.) Ireland looks to you, with her "10 franchise, the same as Scotland. England, wealthy England, with nothing but her nominal franchise of 40s. a-year, with such a weapon as this in her hand, and not to be able to beat down this miserable, unintelligent, incapable oligarchy, that is misgoverning her. (Loud cheers.) No; I will not believe it; we will cry aloud, not here only, but on every pedestal on which we can be placed throughout the country, though there is no pinnacle like this to speak from—we will raise our voice everywhere. 'Qualify, qualify, qualify.' Do it, not only for the sake of the toiling millions, and the good of the industrious middle classes, but for the benefit of the aristocracy themselves. Yes, do it especially for their sake, and for that of their dependent, miserable serfs, the agricultural labourers. Do it, I say, especially for the welfare of the landed interest, who, if left to their own thoughtless and misguided ignorance, will bring this country down to what Spain or Sicily is now; and with it they will reduce themselves to the same beggary that the Spanish grandees have been brought to. To avert this calamity from them, the ignorant and besotted few, I say again, 'Qualify, qualify, qualify."
Mr. Bright, always effective in exciting to action after conviction, having described the position of their opponents and their vulnerability, said:—
