There is no dispute on fundamental principles between them nor, and the consequence is, us the Melbourne Argus remarks ili one of its lute issues, that incoming ministers ■'drop into the policy oHhcir prede cessors as naturally as into their • arm-chairs." It cannot be taken otherwise. Tlu; time when every new cabinet can make a new policy for itself, must obviously be a time when the battle of constitutional free dom remains still undecided. When the great principles of government are no longer at stake, and the voice of the nation, as expressed in Parliament, is the acknowledged governing power, a change, of ministry must generally mean a change of men rather than of measures. It means that the men in office have ceased to g-h re satisfaction as exponents of the national will, but seldom does it mean that their policy has been condemned by the nation. The danger whicli is to he guarded against now is that of degrading our representatives into the position of dele gates, and thus depriving them alike of freedom of opinion, and self-respect. The honesty and intelligence of the candidate are the questions to be deter mined ; the former is supposed to be settled before he appears on the hust ings, on the latter the electors form their own judgment when they hear what his .political opinions are. But there is a tendency that often manifests itself in the shape of pledges exacted from a representative—.a tendency to fetter his judgment and render him the mere mouthpiece of his constituency, Avhich cannot be too strongly protested against. Intolerance in this shape is worse, if possible, than in any other. Other kinds of intolerance only liuinil j iate men, but this degrades them : and if it becomes common we shall have that happy state of things which used to be so loudly complained of in the United States of America. There it used to be said that honorable and in dependent men shunned public life as an institution of doubtful reputa tion, and the evil arose mainly from this monocracy of which we speak. Of course, it is sometimes advisable to de part from the rule, but we should like to nee the exceptions even fewer than they are. 