Heargues，justasMillwouldhaveargued，fromgeneralrulesabouthumannature。Selfishandignorantpeoplewill，hethinks，benaturallyinclinedtoplunder。Therefore，iftheyhavepower，theywillplunder。SoMillhadarguedthataselfishclasswouldruleforitsownsinisterinterestsandthereforenotforthehappinessofthegreatestnumber。Theargumentisthesame，anditistheonlylineofargumentwhichispossibletill，ifthatshouldeverhappen，agenuinescienceofpoliticsshallhavebeenconstituted。Theonlyquestioniswhetheritshalltakethepompofapriorispeculationorconcealitselfunderashowof’Baconianinduction。’
Ononepointtheyagree。
BothMillandMacaulayprofessunboundedconfidenceinthevirtueandwisdomofthemiddle，thatis，oftheirownclass。MacaulayhopesforareformbillwhichwillmakethevotesoftheHouseofCommons，theexpressimageoftheopinionofthemiddleordersofBritain。’44Millholdsthatthemiddleclasswillretainthismoralauthority，howeverwidelythefranchisebeextended；whileMacaulayfearsthattheywillbeswampedbyitsextensiontothemasses。ThereformbillwhichtheyjoinedinsupportingwasregardedbytheRadicalsasapaymentonaccount；whiletheWhighopedthatitwouldbeafullandfinaldischarge。TheRadicalheldthatnobarriersagainstdemocracywereneeded；hetookforgrantedthatademocracywouldfinditsnaturalleadersintheeducatedandintelligent。TheWhig，towhomsuchconfidenceappearedtobealtogethermisplaced，hadtofindsomejustificationforthe’checks’and’balances’whichhethoughtessential。
II。WHIGGISM
IhavespokenofMacaulay’sarticlesbecausetheyrepresentthemostpointedconflictbetweentheUtilitarianandtheWhig，Macaulaybelongsproperlytothenextgeneration，butheappearedasthemouthpieceoftheearliergroupofwriterswhoinMill’stimedeliveredthroughtheEdinburghReviewthetrueoraclesoftheWhigfaith。UponthatgroundMillhadassailedtheminhisarticle。