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THE WEST HIDING ELECTION . NOMINATION . " The nomination of candidates for the representation of the West Riding of Yorkahire took place at Wakejield on Monday last , at which time there were probably forty or fifty thousand pereona assembled , from all parts of tbe Biding , a very large proportion of whom were Chartists . . Tae factions , who lock at the West Riding as a prizs worth contending for , mustered their forces in
considerable numbers , each being determined , if possible , to overawe the other . The yellow partythe '' base , bloody , and bratal , "— were particularly active ; and hired bands of armed ruffians in their pay , entered the town at an early hour , by all the avenues leading from the manufacturing districts , for whose especial convenience all kinds of conveyances , from the railway traia t * the donkey car ; , Were placed in requisition . The Wentworth House pur * e paid the piper . The Tories , also , sported a , large baad of hired men .
The Chartists , who have no lordliDjj ' s parse to which they can look for supplies , proved , Ucoetestibly , their superior determination in the good work in whieh they are entraged , by mustering in thousands , and walking to Wakefield , accompanied by their handsome green banners and several bicds of music . The kody of the lads" arrived in the town soon after eight o ' clock , and mustered os Wc-sr ^ ate Common , where they were jainedby their cami dates , Messrs . Pitkethly and Harney , who drove up in an open carnage , from Dewsbury , sud afcer listening te tbe v > vous shouts with which
tiitfy were welcomed , proceeded at once to their committee room , to make the necessary arran ^ emtms for the day ' s proceedings ; whilst- those ft ! re a Jy assembled , " after being joined by accessions from Diwsbury , HuJdtrsfield , Bradford , Bariisley , and iihcr places , waited with patience for the time wiit . i they should be marshalled to the place ci ' jneetir . g . " Tnese brave fellows , inured to toil , and inspired by the glorious struggle la which they were eng ¦ _ d—the struggle of right against might—were * P * . ; cera to the others in their cheerful devotion to thur cause , and in iheir peaceable and orderly deaea-our throughout the day . ¦
T " - ;¦ ¦ husvLngM a wretched erection ) were formed en a portion of the cattle marker , and faced a gradual descent , on which there ~ a ? space fcr probably 30 . 000 persons . Tiie High Sheriff was in the Cenire , ihe Yellows to his right , and the Blues to bis left . The Chirtirt speakers had tickets granted th-m for the High Sheriff ' s box ; and here we observed Messrs . Pitkethly and Harney , their propOr-.-rs and seconders , and numerous other leading mm from Leed 3 and various parts of the R : d : ng . T :, h Bines first entered the ground in procession ; and shortly afterwards they were followed b y the m ¦ .- - of " Ghartisi 3 , who to < -k up their position < 3 : r =- ~ c " t in ihe front centre of the busiings , stTetchicg ta .-2 ^ to lbs full extent of tie ground , and formiPg a ri--r-c- barrier bstTveen the Whigs and Tories . T-ie motu . 5 on the Chartist banners included the six poiut ? of the Charter , and on one side of each the place froia whence they came . Oa one we
cb ; -: rTed" Justice to one an ! to all , and on another " We demand Universal Suffrage and the Ballot . " The Char . ists generally wore green cards and favours . . Au Extraordinary Mercury w& 3 published in I ^ ris on Tuesday morning , professing to give an accoant of the proceedings ; and a most " extraordinary" lying affair it is . Keddy seems determined to ec ^ ' ov the n- ? nviable notoriety be gained from the im-ELortal Cobbnt ; he is determined to continue throughout all time , ** the great liar of the north !" * Fne few hundred Chartists "— " wretched looking bax- _"— " armed with heavy sticks uad bludgeons " —rr ' tn " green £ igs containing ill-spelt inscriptions , " art a fe-sr amongst many slanders he has chosen to pn : f ^ rth to pkaie these for whom he work ? .
AaJ now , Mr . " Extraordinary" Lier t if yon cou ; d see at all , pray sell us if you could sot Eee m : rs thousands than you have acknowledged to hundreds » Tell us , if you csa speak truth at ail , ii the Chartists were not the real peace-preservers of ttc meeting ! and whether your Aired ruffians , who ba-i c-een purposely furnished with short staves made V Il-. vidersfield for the occasion , were no : pasting to - i-rc- " setbes = said s-ave 3 on vhe skulls of their aiv- rsirics , at the bidding of a Whig Justiee , who disgraced himself and his o £ ce by acting as
fnglelDi _ , hadthevnot been overawed by the noble and courageous bearing of the " wretched-looki n g band !" Pra ^ ieU us ho *? you ? optics magnified ihe number of vYuowasofar above the Chartists ! Why , most ' > J _ i-iroordina y" Sir , what an " extraordinary " vir-j-i you mus ; have , and what an extraordinarily c £ r - £ - -ous mawyou give your gulls the credit of pos-&-- ' - . £ I Did it never occur to you Mr . Liar " Ei-. raordinary" that other people had travelled as ¦ wv , r . 5 you ?? e'f ? The yellows—your hired ruffims ir -. ^ dei to have had a tott , and greatly werfe they dL- - - - oimad when they saw , from ^ ihe force tL-y ¦ w ¦ ..: have to contend against , that they thould on ; y con ) : < , i" second bet ; . To dignity such feili-ws as v . \ ) :.-d there with the name of reformers , is a farce ; ti ¦ -- ¦ id no other principle than to do your dirty
The thousands having assembled and the Candida e ? having taken their station on the hustings , —L-jrd Morpeth in a cocked hat and sword-, by iv _ ~ , we suppose , of shoeing thai he wa . s the leader of ' - ¦ i " Bloodies" —silence was proclaimed , and 1 ^ HIGH SHEBIFF ( Prederic ^ "William Thomas Tt- ' - a Wentwoith , Esq ., of Wentworth Castle ' , cauie foivrard and « iid , —Gentlemen , in obedience to her H . - ; e-cT ' s commands , -we are met togetber for the purpo . 4 k electing two Kjiights of the Shire to represent tile " r ' esi Biding in Parliament . I hope that the proce- -.: - ? s L-f this day will be condacted in a peaceable sa ^ i ^ . aeriy manner . ( Heir , hear . ; The occurrences ¦ YTliiw t * &t place at the last noaxinstion for the Wtst be in
Bij-c ^ Hill fresh your recollection , and I hope we shall nc ; h 3 ve to deplore the B > une re ^ ulis to day . ( He ^ r , hew . ) I tope every man will feel it his bounden duty k > assist in preserving order , and if you expect yo-ji >/ m friends to te heard , you nrost likewise con-BcT .: : o hear the other party to whom you may happen to :.- - ¦ opposed . iHear , hear . ) A « Englishmen , yon Bhzl ' i lave fair play ; fcnt there can be no fair play unless you iive to every speaker a loll , fair , and impartial fce ^ ii > % . ( Hsar , hear . ) If any elector has a candidate to j r-pose , let him ccme forward , and he shall be heard . { Ir -au sheers . ) r . iaXCIS HAWKESWOBTH FAWKES , Esqnire , pr-. £ - t-ed himself , and proposed Lord Viscount Morpeth as " • and proper person .
J a ME 5 LEES , Esq ., of Delph , seconded the nominsti r of Lord Viscount Morpeth . 0 jDFRET WENT WOBTfl , Esq ., then came forward to it po&e ilr . Wortley . He spoke as follows ;—El .- ¦' - rs aud con-elecrors of tiie "West Riding of Tortthl . -. ; a & . idyessin ^ IMs yssi and muneroua assembly XtK-iih I see before me , 1 must claim a patisnt hearing , and . -si am sure th&t a number of gentlemen will be cali =-i on to do so , I will promise to occupy but a little tia . e : n my address to you . Gentlemen , tie purpose of iiy appearing before you here to-day , is to nominate a g ^ r tleman as a candidate for your suffrages in the enriii -. g election of members of Parliament ; and when I r :.. c that eentlfeman to you , I am sure tbat you will be v-aaUent as 1 am , that he possesses all the abilities and Talents necessary for a man who aspires to so high a y .: au-ion . iCheeis . ) Gentlenun , vithont furthei tr ^ eta ^ s ' -ng npon yoar patience , I -will at once propose to } ua Mr . Worthy , fcheeis . )
Jl-HNBROOK , Esq ., of ArmiUge Bridge , said—Mr . High SLeriff , Electors and ron-electors , and the WcrUng Classes of the West Riding cf Yorkshire—¦{ ch--:-T = j— Gentlemen , —If ever I took np » n myself to per . " , -m a public duty , I never came forward with grt . Uw - satiffiction than I do on the present occasion , to t-. c-jn ' the nomination of Mr . Wortley . »( Cheers . ) Grt ' . emen , it is unnecessary for ma to state to yon iris : Sir . WorUej's political views and seutiineEts are . Hfe t _ Li already , by his prlnt-sd address , and bj the Bpe-r-hes which he has had to deliver in the different Xo ^ Li thrcughcui th \ 3 Ridi ng , come forward and esp ' iined them in a very straightforward , manly , ani tatis . 'sv . c manner . iCheers . ; He has ¦ won over to his favour , not only those -who -xstb Inie warm in his come ,
tut those "who on former cecarions voted against him , and hi- ? c now ma- ^ . e tp thtAr mieds to come forward , ar . d do sll in their power to retcrn Mr . TtVortley , well knowDg . Gentlemen , thst he is not the poor man ' s frisc ; by promises , bnt that he will be the poor man ' s frier . 1 by performances . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Genutinen , coming forward thus publicly as I do to ad \ i .-ci . te yir . Wcrtley , you have a right to ask me trhy it is that I wiih to displace one Xc-bJe Lord , aid szxd act ± er Noble Lord tack to his father . ( Cheers and lisstzii .. But before I answer tliat question , I will also asi a qaestion ; I "will ask why it is that they tteiEa ; lves have Knt to tke right about Sir George Srr-ci ^ iDd ? ( Hear , hear . ; Poor Sir Gdorge ! " I wish H ^ low w liat taalt he has oomtnitted ? ( CneeTB Klfl hisses . ; Is it , Gentlemen , that Sir George does not possess the talent , the en&rgy , and the activity to ad-Tocate ia Parliament their particular viewa , that they must send for the more energetic , the more talented ,
the more highly minded Lord Milton , to carry them for * ard ? ( Cheers . ) But , Gentlemen , wkile I ask this question , there i * another individual of a very different character , who , I am persuaded , has also asked that question . I am persuaded that the Jate Secretary for Ireland has himssif put that question , and that he has not received a very satisfactory answer . ( Lond apDlatae . ) I am perfectly persuaded , Gentlemen , ttii my Lord ilorpeth would much prefer havrag Sir Gicrzc Strickland bs a felloe-candidate , however much he roleht prefer haYing my Lord Milton as bis colleague in Parliament ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I certainly did oomD ' ain that tbe mover and seconder of the Right Hc-coarable Lord should have made such long speeches ,-ani I fear you will think I am something in the same waj . I now th ^ nt- yon . Gentlemen , most heartily and ecrciisHy , for the patient and kind mariner in -whieh yon have liBtenea to me . { Applause . ) I will conclude by heartily »« ond * ing the nomination of the Honourable John StuMt Wortley .
CHABLE 3 WOOD , Esq . 1-I . P . afwr laadiag the principlea and tattnts of his gnndfr . ther and father , who had both representtd Wentwortb JHous-j ia Parliament , proposed Lord liikon . The annoufieiriient that be waa tJU person to re ^ restEt the Hiding drew furtb
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the jeers of every man of common sense in tbe assembly . J . B . GARFORTH , Esq . of Coniston Hall , seconded the nomination . The Hon . EDWIN LASCELLES said , Electors and Non-Electors , I have the satisfaction of introducing to your notice Edmund Beckett Denison , Esq .. as a fit and proper person to represent the West-Riding in the ensuing Parliament We know Mm well . He has resided amongst us for many years , and he has been one
of the most actiTe magistrates , and one of the mo 3 t intelligent men of business , that ever came into this Riding . Mr . Denison , from his position , is as well adapted , or perhaps better , to support tbe varied interests of thi » Riding , than any man I know . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Denison is a country gentleman himself , and connected with one of the oldest commercial families in the West-Riding : and taking both the agricultural and manufacttuing' interest , into account , I say there is not a fitter man in the whole Riding to represent it in the Hotzse of Commons .
JOHN RAND , Esq ., of Bradford , said—Electors and non-electors of tbe West Riding , it is to me a source of satisfaction that I have this day the pleasure of seconding the nomination of Mr . Beckett Denison . Tbe interests of the poor and the interests of the rich are alike safe in his hands ; and I feel persuaded that , ere this week elapse , he will be returned to Parliament as one of your representatives . ( Cheers , and shouts of " No , no ") Yon have watched well the conduct of her Majasty ' s Ministers , and haviDg carefully examined the araount of their promises , you have contrasted them with the amount of their performances , and this accounts sufficiently for their fast waning popularity .
Mr . CHRISTOPHER WOOD , of Honky , then stood f ; rw :. rd amidst great cheering , which continued for sime tiuie , to propose Mr . Lawrence Pitkethly , as & fit and proper person to represent the West Riding in Parliamuiit ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Pitkethly -was the advocate of the worfcing classes , and he ( Mr . Wootli was sure the time was not far Off Wlien UiO labDUTln ^ classes must be represented equally with the other clsfses . ( Hear , hear . ) They had been long neglected , but justice must be done to them at last ( Cheers . ) Ht hoped eTery man there was prepared to do his dnty , to hear all parties as they wished to be heard themselves , atd not only to act like men -while they were
on that ground , bnt when the meeting was over , to pr event any disturbance being made by either Whig or Tory . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Peace , law , and order , was their motto ; and their endeavour , as men , must be to create a feeling of brotherly love amongst all classes , let the issue of the contest be what itmight —( cheers ) — to convince all that the Chartists , a powerful and daily increasing party belonging to neither faction , wished well to all , withou ; difference of sect or ereed , which to them was of no importance . Thanking them for their patience , he concluded by proposing Mr . Picketbly . ( Tremendous cheering , waving of hats , &c . which lasted for some minutes . ) Mr . JOHN SADDLER , of Doniaster , seconded the
. Mr . JAMES PENNY , of Mill-Brid ge , came forward amidst the most enthusiastic cheering , to propose Mr . George Julian Harney , as a candidate to represent them in Parliament , and in doing so , b& \ u , he vj onM cot trespass upon their time by any lengthened observations , as there were many other gentlemen of talent , or who at least ought to be so , who would have to address them at this important crisis , i Hear , hear . ) He need not txpati&te on his principles—they were well known . He was the advocate of Universal Suffrage—Universal right—( tremendous cheersi—and he came forward on the broad principle that every man who was called upon to obey the laws , ought to have a voice in the making of those Jaws . ( Renewed cheering . ) He advocated neither of the two parties , for he knew that neither
Whig nor Tory , would do anything for them till they were compelled by the pressure from without ( Great cheering . }—They both told the people they were not fit for the suffrsge ^—( hear , )—that they were too ignorant —( hear , )—that they had not tumiient intelligence—( hear , hear)—bat they could , at all events , us soon serve an apprenticeship to become electors as to become representatives . { Great cheering . ) The gentlemen on the other side had the advantage ^—their men had the qualification , but they had not the talent ( Cheers . ) Mr . Penny ' s further remarks were delivered amidst interruption by ths hired yellow ruffians , who , evidently , did not wish to hear the truth told of their employers , and after some other observations , he concluded , amidst great cheering , by proposing , as a fit and proper person , Mr . George Julian Harney .
At the mention ef Mr . Harney ' s name , a most tremendous shout rent the air , and the waviug of hats and clsppinjj of hands continued for some time . Mr . BENJAMIN PEARSON , of Mirfield , seconded the nomination of Mr . Harney . Lord MORPETH , onpresenting himself , was cheered by his friends ; their cheers , however , did no . seem to encourage the Noble Lord . He was evidently ill at ease—labouring under an anticipation that the ground on wkiuh he had so long stood was fast slipping from beneath his feet The green nigs were to him " tht ; hanrl- ^ Friting on the walL" In the introduction of his " essvy , " he gaid—It can be no matter of complaint with me , that candidates representing every class of society , and every shade of opinion , should be submitted
to your choice and your decision . ( Cheer *) I have aa little right to complain that every opportunity ihould be afforded to you of choosing a Chartist , as of choosing a Tory Member . But the line of duty which stems to lie before me is , that holding opinions widely dUtinct frcm either , I shall state before you , GentleHitn , who furm this vast assemblage , and , through yon , to this greiit Riding , the reason of the appeal which I now ccme forward to make to you on my own part . ( Hear , hear . ) I do not make that appoal entirely in a single capacity . I ra&ke it both as a Minister of the Crown—( cheers)—and I make it in what , without pretence or fiittery , ia to me a still more valued title—I make it aj yonr tried aad often-chosen representative . After thes anrait ' . ing , because he sa-w it expedient , what he has
hitherto denied , he alluded to the warm reception which he and his colleague had experienced during their canvass , and then onca mere turned to conciliate the Chartists , by a reference to the sufferings of the working elates , which received no other response from the people than an assurance that " it was all humbug , " and then , after finding that he bad got on a wrong tack , he at ence began to show his teeth , and feigned to consider that Messrs . Pitiethly and Harney were only jokiny with him . He said , " What I conceive to be the question before the constituency of this Riding , and tie constituencies of the empire at large is , —to decide between the practical line of conduct set before them by ourselves and by our opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) When
I talk of opponents , I mean to signify Mr . Wortley and Mr . Dsnison , because with all the deference which may be due to Mr . Harney and Mr . Pitketbly , I cannot consider them as our substantial and lonafide antagonists at the present election . ( Hear , hear , and hisses from the Chirtists . ) I might have adverted to some of the topics which were briefly glanced &t by the proposers and seconders of those parties . ( Great dissatisfaction and interruption in various parts of the meeting . )—I say I might have adverted to some of the topics wh < eh were briefly glanced at by the gentlemen who proposed and seconded the nomination of Mr . H&rney and Mr . Pitkethly ; but as I do not think tbe real brunt of the battle lies in that direction , and as the time for immediate action draws near , I will not suffer ray forces tj be directed to any side skirmishes , but 1 will pour
them at once on the real heat and heart ef the fray . " ( Bravo ! my Lord ! " the real brunt of the battle" dof-s lie in a direction of which yon do yourself credit by professing ignorance . ) The Noble Lord then , in a series of well turned periods , got off for the occasion , referred to the measures which the Government had brought forward , hanging the future destinies of England on com , sugar , and timber . Daring his harangue he was frequently interrupted by cries ef " Bastiles , " "Thon ' s all fiattery , " " Who kidnapped Frost , Williams , and Jones ? " " , £ " 0 , 000 for royal stables , " " We want something to eat ; " " Give us beef first , and then we will get bread ; " " Tax property , " &c &c He concluded , amidst great dissatisfaction , and retired pitied by friends , declaring that he "would not believe he should ever be tbe rejected of Yorkshire .
The Hon . JOHN STUART WORTLEY came forward and was received with cheering . He said—Gentlemen , Fellow-Yorkshiremen of this vast district , it now becomes my duty , in turn , to present myself to your notice , in order to submit my claim for the honour which it is in your power to bestow , by that decision which y . > u will have shortly to pronounce betweea myself and my opponents . And , Gentlemen , on presenting Hiygslf on this occasion , I need not say that 1 appear upon the same footing as that on which I have presented myself oa former occasions . ( Cheers . ) My objfet here is to lay a claim , for the great party which has done me the huE&ur to give me their support , to a share in the representation of the West Riding : my olgect is to assert their right to a participation in its legislative
voice , ana to rtscue it Irom that which , at the present moment especially , -would appear to wear the aspect of an attempt to establish whai my NoWe PrienU has called the monopoly of the purse . ( Load cheers . ) I shall comprise my observations in as short a space as possible , and I feel that there is the less necessity fcr me to ocenpy any large portion of the time of this meeting , because J have had , daring the course of the canvass that it has been my doty to undergo , repeated opportunities of explaining my opinions and my principles , and laying- before the people of this Riding , those claims and pretensions which I presume to think entitle me to ask for their support . Gentlemen , in the course of that canv&ss nothing Las given me more unmixed satisfaction than to find that in spile of all the endeavours that have been
made to pervert , to bias , and to overpower the opinion of the great mass of the population ; though it has been my duty to argue the great questions submitted to the ccuatry by her Majesty ' s Government on that side ¦ srhkh hrj hitherto been deemed the unpopular one , that cetwithstandicg this , on every cccssion have I found that the people of the West Ri-iing have bebaved like men of sense and rational citi&ens . ( Loud chests . ) They Hare taken what I thought proper to express , in the sense in which I intended it , and even if they differed in opinion with me , they would hear my reasoning and my itatements . They have not over-> : rna me with clamour , and stopped my mouth with clap-traps . They have refused to be made the tools of tbose delusions whicJi have been throirn abroad to decsive their judgments . ( Loud cheers . } Gentlemen , ujy Noble Friend has told you that there Las been
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no intention on the part of Government to excite agitatien . It will be for you to pronounce upon that question . Bat , Gentlemen , in the meantime I will ask him to settle tke question with bis own colleague , Lord John Russell . Lord Morpeth tells us that the Government sought for no agitation on this subject Lord John Russell tells us he thought agitation was justifiable and expedient ( Loud cheers . ) It was only the other day , when he spok « to the citizens of London , that he said there were occasions , and that was one , on which a Government was justified in appealing —( hooting by the Yellows )—in appealing , by means of agitation , to the sense of the country . Gentlemen , they tell us always , and we see it on some of their banners here , that they will have no class legislation , as
they call it But let us look at their performances . Have they not attempted on this occasion to sway class against class , in their endeavour to excite tke manufacturer against the ajricalturist , and the agriculturist against tbe manufacturer . Have they not endeavoured to raise the population of the towns against the populaof the country , and the population of the country against the population of the tows ; and yet they tell us in tbe same breath they will have no class legislation . Gentlemen , it is because having watched the proceedings of Government for the whole of the period during which they have retained their power , you have seeu they have omitted , up to the last moment , to do what it was in their power to perform for the good of the people . When they had the power they let it slip , and
when you placed almost omnipotence in their hands , — when you gave them all they asked , and a popularity beyond their expectations , what did they do to promote a repeal of the Corn Liws ? Iu the whole course of the period they have continued in office they have allowed this great question to lay dormant . ( A voice— " No . ") No , I was wrong , gentlemen . A person below has corrected me . They did no Buch thing , for they did more . They actuflly allowed Other persona to propose in Parliament mea-&u . tea in opposition to the Corn Laws , and they set themselves in resistance against them . ( Loadcheers . )
Is was only ia tbe year 1839 , that the chief organ of the Government told you that any man who made such a proposition was a madman . It was only in the year 1840 that the same chief organ of the Government told you he would not even agitate for a fixed duty on corn ; and yet we are now arrived at the year 1841 , and what is the change which has taken place within the hmhs of that period ? Was there no manufacturing di-tress in the year 18 4 t ? Was there no deficiency in the revenue ? . These are what they tell us ,- and the piramount reasons for the proposal they make in the v ; . ir 1841 . They existed in the year 1840 . But tney found it convenient to omit one other conclusive and
irresistible reason they had for making the proposal in 1841 rather than in the year 1840 , and that is , Gentlemen , that they had not then received such conclusive proof of the withdrawal of the confidence of the nation , — they had not then received an ignominious blow from their own Parliament . But , gentlemen , in the coursa of the canvass , there is one subject that his given me signal satisfaction , and that is , that amidst all the pressure of distress on . the working classes , or those with whom the popular cry was expected to have most effect , -whose passions were supposed to be most open to excitement , and with whom I firmly believe that the stratagem was most confidently expected to succeed , — I say that with them universally , notwithstanding the pressure of the moment—the pressure on their industry
—they have uniformly dealt with this most exciting and interesting subject , as the other classes have with tempt * and with reason , and they are about to form a sound and calm judgment ou the various bearings of the great questions of which I have spoken before . Gentlemen , I believe that these classes begin to see that wten they are invited to take up the cry of cheap bread , it is worth their whib to go a little further—it may be worth the trouble to examine the professions and practices of those who asked them to second them in making use of these phrases . Btfore I conclude , I will make some few observations upon a subject on which I think it right , not only to myself and to my supporters , but to the West Riding , that I should not leave entirely without notice . I have now fought tbe
contest for the representation of this Riding upon two several occasions ; on these occasions I have had my Noble Friend , Lord Wor ^ eth , as an antagonist , and I have also had another Honourable Gentleman who has now been withdrawn from us , for reasons best kuown to those who have displaced him . Before the public there are no apparent reasons whatever . We know pretty well now that has occurred , but let that pass . Bat , Gentlemen , on thew occasions I say I was opposed with all the energy of a contest cf conflicting parties . In the course of my canvass I have heard from time to time , and from place to pla ; e , complaints of unfair interference and undue practices , but : ione but such as all in a struggle must expect to hear . But on this occasion some changes coine over the face of
affairs . We are not only now opposed by my Noble Friend , but by another Noble Friend of mine—tke son of a Noble Lord of whom I wish to say nothing disparaging—of whom I make no complaint as an antagonist -, but gentlemen , he comes not only backed by the influence of the powerful house , but , whether rightly or wrongly I know not—he comes , or it is supposud so , supported by the resources cf an ample and iucxhnustibie purse . And , gentlemen , I repeat again , that having tinea undertaken the canvass fui \ kv Riding , it is remarkable that now on the third time , and under these altered circumstances , do I he : n- of a new feature introduced into the case , and nuw for the first time have I heard , not from one district , or from one part , bnt frequently , and so much in detail , as to give the statement the character of notoriety that there has been , in addition to other unjustifiable means of interference , attempts at direct and base corruption . For my part , Gentlemen , I fairly tell you that I look
npon all such endeavours with thn u ' . mott contempt . 1 firtnly believe that the West RidiDg is beyond the means of pnrchase . But , Gentlemen , it does not relieve those who snffer such practices from the infamy that muit attach to their conduct I believe , as I said before , that the voice of the West Riding is not to be purchased ; if I thought otherwise , I would not stand on these hustings . ( Loud cheers . ) If 1 thought that the independence of this vast district could bo bought , I would throw its represen' . ution to the winds , to be picked up by the first man who thought it worth while to stoop . Nevertheless , I do not choose to leave these hustings without allowing it to be known at least that we were not blinded on the subject , and that those who have introduced attempts like these should not be allowed to carry through their portion of the contest without suffering the penalties of degradation that must fallow on such a charge . After some other personal observations , the Hon . Gentleman retired .
Lord MILTON then mounted the rail in front of the platform , and certainly a more miserable exhibition was never presented to an assembled multitude than tbe Noble Lsrd afforded . His imbecility wm too palpsble even for his friends ; they would gladly haTe slunk away if they could , but the West Riding must be carried , and « arried it only could be , if car ied at all , by the Wentworth House purse , which puree the silly dolt who owns it , would not consent , should be opened , except the heir should traverse the length and breadth of the county , to proclaim his sire's disgrace , ami his own incompctency . Poer , poor Lord Milton ! The laughter of his friends and the derision of his opponents , prevented him from being heard , and the sounds that he sung fell still-born without an embodyinent in wor ^ s . There is ft speech published for him in the Liar Extraordinary ; it were a farce to say it was delivered by him . He never uttered a complete sentence .
EDMTJNB BFCKETT DENISON , Esq ., next presented himself , and was received with cheering fr » m the Blues . He commenced by saying , it was now four years ago since an appeal was made to tiie electors of tbe United Kingdom by her Majesty ' s then Government , and the electors thought proper at that tiun to return two Members for the West Riding who were favourable to them . They then commanded a working majority of thirty or forty . That majority had gradually dwindled down from year to year and month to mouth , until , at last , they had been left in a minority of one on the most important question that could come before the House , namely , the question of confidence . Now , in 1841 , finding themselves deserted by their own friends , despised by their opponents , hated and
distrusted by all , they appealed to the electoTS again , m the vain and delusive hope of putting of for a few short moRths their appearance in the Gazette . The Ministry now appealed to the country undtr the delusive cry of cheap corn , cheap sngar , and cheap timber . Now , tbe working classes of these districts knew very well that cheap bread must be accomapnied by low wages —( loud cries "No , no , " )—and , therefore , knowing that the remedy proposed wou ? d do them no good whatever , but on the contrary , render their position still worse than it was , they had the good sense not to be deceived and gulled by the dtlmive promises which had been held ont . He believed the manufacturer did not care two straws whether the mechanic or tbo operative got 6 s . or 38 . a-week ; and , in point of fact , &a long aa they
could sell tlrir manufactures , thay cared not for the unfortunate whites slaves who produced them . ( Cheers from the Chartists . ) He ( Mr . D = nison ) had libtened with very great attention to the speech of the Noble Lord Morpeth ; aod certainly anything more divested of everything like practical suggestions or recommendations , he never heard in his life . He admitted the existence of a great amount of distress , but he never once touched upon the n medy . The Noble Lord had talked about exchanging their manufactures . He ( Mr . Denisen ) quite agreed with him in the desirableness of duing that , if it were practical . But the question was , whether the Government propositions were at all likely to produce the remedy sought for ; and he maintained with all sincerity that , if carried into effect , so far
from removing existing difficulties , it would increase them ten times over . iHtar , hear , and loud cheers . ) Laws might produce a temporary increase of their manufactured goods ; bat the ultimate result ¦ w ould be to ruin ten customers at home for one whom they would get up abroad . So highly did he value the home market , and sa anxious was he to see the labouring classes of thiB country maintained in comfort and content , that he vrouid not te a party to making any experiment for giving men employment abroad to grow corn for the people ef England , when the latter could grow it for themselves . He would tell them fairly , that unless he could defend the Corn Laws as a protection for Ihe poor , he would not defend them at alL He maintained that nobody would suffer more frcm t ' ie repeal of the Corn Liws than the working clataea , be
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cause , if they were throws oat of . employment , they could get no bread . Mr . PITKETHLY then came forward , and was received with ttemendous cheering . He said he had felt it bis duty to come forward on this occasion , to give his voice in opposition to both the factions who bad preceded him , -whose oppressions had brought the country to its present state of destitution . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It was now about ten years since they were called together by the same faction who had brought them there that day ; at which time they were called upon to shout for " the Bill , the whole Bill , and nething but the BUL" ( Load cheers . ) That Bill they had carried by the voice" of a deluded people , who were led to struggle far their own degradation and
injury . ( Hear , hear . ) They had been promised by the same faction who were now attempting to delude them again , that that Bill , when once obtained , eheuld only be a stepping-stone to secure their further rights ; then , they said , the country would abound frith high wages , with abundant employment , and with plenty of roast beef . ( Hear , hear , and tremendous cheers . ) Since that time they had boon sinking day by day , week by week , and year by year , till at last they were down to that point when they could have no roast beef at all . ( Cheers , and cries of " red herring soup . " ) Yes ; red herring soup and such like garbage were now considered good enough for the working classes , and the organ of their party hod furnished them with a receipt by which , for the cost of fivepence , they were
to find a meal fur six able-bodied men . ( Cheers , and cries of " Hear that Neddy , " " Groan again , Neddy , " and loud laughter . ) The Whigs had set an example , by agitating in the most revolutionary manner furnished by modern times , for that bill ; they had themselves set an example to the peopiej ; and when they followed it in order to obtain their just , their natural rights , what had been their reward ? Five hundred of their most valued friends had been incarcerated in dismal dungeons , ana treated with every indignity that could be heaped upon thorn . ( Applause . ) Mutli was said at that time by a Noble Lord whose son they had that day before them ; he recommended the people to button up their breeches pockets , in order to stop th « supplies by paying no niortt taxes , because the passing of that
measure had been refused . ( Hear , and cheers ) Thu doctrine was joined in by Lord Brougham , and bis brother William . ( Hear , hear . ) Henry ( now Lord ) Brougham openly proclaimed that king ' s heads should roll in the dust sooner than tht will of tbe people should be thwarted —( hear , hear , )—and the organ of the party in Leeds dressed the king in petticoats and the Queen in breeches , and paraded them through the streets , preceded by a man carrying a bloody axe . ( Loud cheers , and " Hear that again , Neddy . " ) He did not say they gave him the axe and wished him to cut their heads off ;—( hear , hear)—but the same faction had excited the people to envelope Bristol in flames , — ( hear , hear , )—tbe same patty bad caused them to burn Nottingham Castle . ( 0 reab cheering and nproar . )
Drive tho faction from power and they will go to tha same pitch of rebellion again . O Connell , their master , bad done tho same in Ireland . ( Groat cheering ) Tiie Noblo Lor- ! ( Morpeth ) had told them what the Whigs had douofor Irclaud ; and what had they done ? They had given them a Coercion Bill , under the provisions of which unofftrj'iiug people coald have been fhot in their houses if they did not put out their lights at the toll of the curfew bell . ( Hear , hear , and cries of shame . ) And what bad they done for England ? ( Hear , hear . ) They had passed the accursed New Poor Law , to grind the faces of the poor ; they had inundated the country
with , brutal police : they had sent thousands of the working classes into exile in foreign lands ; they bad brought the country to the very verge of bankruptcy—( hear , hear)—and now they came forward to seek supportby the cry of " monopoly or anti-monopoly . " ( Loud cheers . ) They themselves declared that unless they bad the power to produce goods at a less price , tuey would not ba able to carry on competition with continental nations—( hear , hear , )—and how did they expect to produce at a less price without first reducing wages ? Not one of them would say they did not intend to reduce wages . ( Cheers . ) One of their own authorities had shown that at Bonn on the
Rhine , the workmen ' s wages were fourpence a-divy ; they had no taxes to pay oat of that , consequently the wages in this country , at that rate , would be less than even that , as one-half went in taxes . ( Hear , hear . ) He could tell them the " monopoly" cry of the Whigs was a greater delusion than their cry for " the Bill . " ( Cheers . To begin at tbe top was a bad system of reforming ' He knew the Corn Laws were bad , but they were not " the root of the evil —( hear , hear )—and it was sheer fully to say that if they took off or reduced tbe taxes , tbe working population won Id have cheap bread ; but if Ihey gave threehalfpenco worth more bread in a week , and took three shillings off their wages , where , he should like to kuow , would be their advantage ? ( Hear , uear , and great cheering . ) They wanted plenty
of furniture , plenty of clothing , and plenty of the neces . sariesof lifeforfthemaelvea , before they tboughtof exporting tO OthutS . ( Cheers . ) They bad been going on in this 7 /* y long ttBough , and it was now time to turn the stream , and think of themselves . The three propositions now brought forward by tho Ministry would be very good if the Government expenses were reduced as low as those of any other Government in the world ; aud if they intended to carry out their principles at all , he hoped they meant to carry them completely in all things . ( Cheers . ) Ho did not say take everything off at once ; but let thim begin at the beginning , and take off their own salaries , and then they might go on until they had got all things complete , and the poor would not have to buffer . ( Hear ,
hear . ) The tide of public opinion had now set in , and he hoped the people were determined to have a full bhnre of everything for themselves before they let anything go out of tlw country . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Pitketniy then alluded to tha exportation of machinery , contending that the Government werti acting falsely in saying that they supported the manufacturers' interests , whilst they granted licences to some of their supporters in Manchester to export machines , along with which went ont of the country England ' s best workmtn , to instruct foreign nations , not only how to work them , but how to construct them for themselves , by which means they were enabled to produce goods cheaper than ourselves , and thus compete with us in eur own markets , by which means , England , instead of being an exporting country , mnst soon be an importing country ; aud then where would be the talk about increasing tbe revenue , raising tha workmen ' s wages , or extending the
sources of Ins employment . ( Hear , hear ) The Whigs had made a gnat outcry against a standing army in time of peace , and yet had established a rural police , the most unconstitutional force ever before thought of . ( Cheers . ) He was for cheap government , for good wages , for moderate employment , and for equal rights , equal laws , and equal justice to all classes . ( Cheers . ) He stood there as the advocate of the working classes—( cheers )—the advocate of tbose who were tbe laost oppressed , and therefore who needed the most protection , i Great cheers . ) l > ord Morpeth bad not shewn one iota of good which he and his colleagues had donenot one beneficial act that bad ever emanated from them for the benefit of the poor ; and therefore it was clear they were utterly incapable of carrying on the government of the country , and the sooner they were displaced the better . Tha speaker then , after thanking them for the patience with which he had been heard , retired amidst loud and lo : > g continued cheering .
Mr . GEORGE JU .-jI ^ N HARNEY next presented himself , aud was received with tremendous cheers by his friends , and miDgled groans and hooting by the hired yellow ruffiana at his right hand . He OUC 6 Or twice essayed , to speak , but was as often interrupted by the mob . He stood firm and undaunted , and after some time , the row still continuing , he turned to the blackguards and said , "Yon shall hear me , " and afterwards said if they wanted to go home they bad better listen , for they should hear him if he stood till midnight . This produced a display of the " staves" of the yellows , a sight , which , in an instant , raised high in air the sticks of the Chartists aud the blues , who flourished their weapons in defiance . Lord Morpeth at once turned pallid and seizing tbe " silence" board , he
entreated his " allies" to be still , and give tbe speaker a hearing . The other gentlemen amongst the Whigs also similarly exerted themselves , and no sooner were the yellow ruffians pacified , than the Chartists were at once still , and the speaker proceeded . He came before them not as tbe tool of a faction , not as tha advocate of anyparty . buthe came toask for justice fur the unrepresented millions—to plead for the common cause of their common country . ( Great cheering- ) It was true , he was not a lord ; he did not belong to the aristocracy ; he had not titles to dazzle nor wealth to allure —nor bad he had much experience as an election speaker . He had not had a college education like Lord Milton—( applause and laughter)—but he was a working man . ( Cheers . ) Yet with all these imperfections on his head ,
ho came to plead the cause of the working man—( applause)—without distinction of sect or colour—( applause)— -and he was as proud to acknowlege that be belonged to the order of working men as any aristocrat amongst those by whom nd was surrounded was to boost of his older . ( Great cheering . ) He came there to ask fer justice and right —( hear , hear)—he came to ask the factions to restore those times when the country was known a 3 merry England—when the people were the most happy and comfortable , and consequently the most contented . ( Great cheering . ) As an English man , he asked , did they condemn him . ' ( Cries of "No , no . " ) He claimed credit for sincerity in the opinions which he expressed . ( Cheers . ) If Lords Morpeth and Milton were sincere—he was sincere also ; they agreed in the existence of evil , their difference was as to the means by which it was to be ended . ( Hear . ) And now , after having patiently heard
from the other parties all their lemediesfor the distress , he called upon them to hear his . ( Cheers . ) He appeared as tbe humble advocate of the unrepresented masses , who , were too little thought of by both parties . ( Great cheering . ) He appeared on their behalf and as their advocate ; and he told them plainly , the masses had rights which as much belonged to . them as to any other section of the community . ( Cheers ) Became before them as the advocate of Universal Suffrage . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He came before them as the advocate of the Charter . ( Renewed cheering . ) He came before the Whigs as the advocate of those rights which hod been so ably advocated by Earl Grey and all the other reformers . ( Applause . ) He oame before the Tories , also to ask from them the institutions of Alfred ; asd then the work ing classes would bi Conservatives too . He pleaded there for th ^ right of the working man to the franchise . ( Grv&t cLeeriag . ) A great writer b d
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said , " every man has a right to one rote , and no more : it appertains to him in virtue of his existence , and his person is his title-deed . " ( Load cfaeers . ) Could any one controvert that doctrine ? ( " No . ") Would either Lord Morpeth or Mr . Wortley attempt to show that their order held from nature ' s God any rights which bis order had no claim to . ( " No . " ) No , they durst not ; not one durst defend the keeping- in slavery and subjection the toiling and suffering working classes . Then why was it that the right of the franchise was withheld from them ? There were two grounds : —one , they were ignorant—the other , they had no property . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) They were told they were ignorant . ( Hear , bear . ) He must confess there was some troth in tbe charge ; and tbe
proof was furnished in the fact that they had allowed either faction to ride over them roughshod so long . ( Cheers . ) Like tbe horse tbey bad not known their strength . ( Cheers . ) But this ignorance was fast being dispelled by the glorious light of reason and pure knowledge . ( Cheering . ) The day had arrived when the working classes would show tbey were fit for the franchise by taking it ( Hear , hear , and load cheers ) But the truth was , it was cot tbe ignorance of the enduring working classes they were so much afraid of—it was their knowledge tbey most dreaded . ( Cheers . ) The factions were afraid that if the people had Universal Suffrage , protected by the Ballot , they would know too well for them to what good uses to put their votes . ( Great cheering . ) If that was not
the case , give them the Suffrage to-morrow , and put an end at once to all the clamour and discontent . ( Cheers . ) It was an insult to tell those who made all the clothes that were worn—wbo produced everything that was enjoyed by all parties—to tell them that they were ignorant ( Great cheering . ) They never told them what sort of knowlege it was which they required . Was it necessary to learn astronomy , or mathematics , or music , or dancing , or any other polite accomplishment before they could tell how to vote ? Or was it only to know how to read and write ? If this was the case , where , then , was to be the test?—Who was to judge # f their fitness ? ( Hear , hear . ) Were tbe clergy of the Church of England to be the test for reading ? No , surely ; for there were amongst them some of the worat readers he ever heard .
^ Laughter , and cheers . ) And for writing , were the aristocracy to be the judges ? There were very few amongst them wbo could write at all so as it could b € read ; and fewer still who strong together twenty consecutive sentences in common sense English . ( Laughter . ) Gird them their rights , and with their rights they should obtain the power not only to educate themselves , but their children . ( Loud applause . ) But then tUey had no property . He was surrounded by " property" gentlemen . ( Hear , hear , and great cheering . ) The working classes were told they had no property by tbe gentlemen who prevented them from having a vote . ( Yellow intoMuption—cries of Go on , " and cheering . ) Did they never hear of a property called labour ? ( Cheers . ) That was the foundation of property ,
and without which no property , save the land and the creatures of God ' s creation , could ever have existed . ( Loud cheers . ) They were told they bad no staka in the country . He would like to know , supposing Providence were to remove to another world aft the landed proprietors , and fundholders , and capitalists , and so on , what would become of the world to-morrow morning ? Why it would go on just as before : the euu would shine as usual ; the rain would fall as it bad hitherto done ; the seasons would still alternate ; and tbe working classes , so far from finding that they bad bo stake in the country , would find out that tbey had not eniy a stoke ia tbe country , but could get beef-steaks into the bargain . ( Groat cheering . ) But supposing all tbe labouring classes to be swept away—those who were
called tbe rabble , the mob , the scum of society , where would the world be then ? Why , Mr . Beckett DeuVson would have to betake himself to the plough-tail , Mr . Wortley to the anvil , my Lord Milton mi ^ ht put himself on the tailor's shop-beard , and Lord Morpeth might go and work at the loom , to taste in bis own precious person the blessings of free trade . ( Laughter . ) Who were the parties who now might have votes ; whilst the producers of all the wealth of the country were forbidden ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) The shopkeeper , who lived in a £ 10 house , and was able to pay his rent by handing over the counter tho produce of tbelr labeur , whose interest it was to buy their labour as cheap , and sell the fruits of it as dear as possible , but Who himself did nothing . ( Loud cheering . ) The
ginpalace keeper , who dealt literally in death and destruction . ( Renewed cheering . ) The pawnbroker , whose interest it was that no working man should haye a second shirt , and who literally fattens on the miseries of others —( cheers )—he had a vote , whilst the working man was denied . ( Renewed cheers . ) Tbe keeper of a hell , or , more politely speaking , a gambling-bouse , where the aristocracy of Whigs and Tories spend in the company of sharpers and thieves that wealth which was wrung from tbe toil of the millions , he bad a vote , whilst the honest Working man was denied . ( Checra and further interruption from tbe yellow men , and on which Mr . Harney said they had better go home if they were tired . ) The keeper of the brothel , where tbe daughters and sisters of the working men were seduced
and rendered miserable in order to pander to tho passions of tbe wealthy—he bad a vote , whilst tbe honest working man was denied . ( Cheering . ) Was it right , was it just—would either party &ay that such a state of things should continue without alteration ? No ; they would not , ( Cheers . ) He had devoted 1 G years of his life to their service , and by the blessing of God he hoped to live t » see Universal Suffrage the law o / the land ( Cheering . ) Tbe speaker then entered into an explanation and defence of the principles of the Charter , when he was stopped by the High Sheriff , who told him he thought it would he better for the peace of the meeting if he concluded . Mr . Harney accordingly , after saying that he should bow to the Sheriff , wound up his
observations , by calling upon them to continue their efforts , and pledging himself to meet bis opponents again and-again until the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . He called npon Englishmen to be firm to the cause in which Haropden had died on the field , and Sydney perished on the scaffold : —on Scotchmen , to support the cause in defence of which Wallace had fought and bled , and Hardy , Baird , and Wilson had fallen victims at the shrine of Tory despotism : —and on Irishmen , to rally round the cause for which Fitagerald had suffered , and Emmett perished . ( Cheers . ) He left that good old cause with them : he had done bis duty ; he did not doubt that they would do theirs . He retired amidst the most enthusiastic applause .
The HIGH SHERIFF proceeded to take the show of hands . Lord Morpeth ' s friends first were called upon , then Mr . Wortley ' s , Lord Milton ' s next , then Mr . Deniflon ' s , and lastly the supporters of the Chartist candidates . The show of hands for each party was nearly equal . Each party accompanied their show of bands with vociferous cheering , clapping of hands , &c . The Sheriff said , I declare it as my Opinion that the show of hands Is iu favour of IiQid Morpetb and Lord Milton . This announcement was received with demonstrations of applause on one side , and hooting on the other , which lasted for some time . When it had subsided , Godfrey Wentworth , Esq ., on the part of Mr . Wortley , und John Rand , Esq ., on the part of Mr . Denisou , demanded a poll . The meeting was then adjourned . The poll was fixed to commence on Thursday , and the declaration on Monday next , at eleven o ' clock , at tho hustings in Wakefield .
Lord MORPETH proposed , and Mr . Wortley seconded , a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff , which was carried by acclamation . The vast assemblage then quietly dispersed . The Lords of the Treasury have directed that Maryport be made a free and independent port , for the purpose of exporting and storing bonded goods . The Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestioH , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp has "Dr , John Armstrong's Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills .
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MINISTERS AND THE "CHEAP BREAD' CRY . The " cheap bread " manoeuvre proves a failure for its employers . The English town elections ate one * t &a < £ thus far the progress of the election has verified the anticipation that there will be a good lumping majority for tbe Opposition . The campaign began badly with Lord John Russell ' s damaging victory in tbe city , heralded on many a hustings as a defeat— " a little glooming light , much like a shade . " All was risked on that first cast ; to have been defeated wonld have been destruction : defeat was just avoided . Tbe break-down of a backney-coach , a quarrel , or a hundred other petty chances , might have converted the Government leader *
" working majority" at the poll into a minority . And at what coat is tbe success gained ? If Lord John ' s presence at the most important and one of the earliest nominations was expected to give a fillip to tbe Liberal cause , dying of inanition—if the sanction of the first city of tbe empire was regarded as a prsae worth a struggle—was it never considered that the same impulse which Lord John ' s presence gave to bis friends might be imparted to foea ? that the standard which was set up for supporters to rally around would be the very signal for concentrated attack ? Of course
the Tories profited by . the' excitement which be helped to give to the election : Lord John Russell was worth beating : the " Conservative Democrat" whe possessed a voto was exalted into an antagonist of the Minister , with the eyes of the world upou him . Hence a press of combatants who almost succeeded in cutting off Lord Jahn himself , and quite succeeded in cutting off the band that took Lord John for leader . Sueb is the cost of Lord John ' s bravado : he has given London a titled and titular representative , and has deprived it of all representation in the Legislature , by neutralizing its vottia . So fearful , however , was , tbe » isk which he
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ran , so fatal the hazard , that when the danger was ot » —when he found himself safe—reckless of the two * fc » had fallen in the conflict , he appeared on the hustuuBL all smiling exultation , and b « asted of hia " triumph ? Close upon tbe heels of this triumph follow ^ the similar victory in the sister city of Wat minster ; where a Tory sailor , unknown to & »! political , thongh hfc committee assure the world thu he is famous among his craft , has thrown out the UuJJ . trious Spanish General , of bold words and easy voU » . and Westminster , like London , will see the votts i its Liberal Member neutralized ; though , to judge w the new Member ' s specimens , Mr . Leader ' s speecli * stand a fair chance of suffering no very formidable c ^ . teractlon .
In tbe mean time , came a flood of news about adver elections in the country . Whig faces began to w long ; Whig papers began to seek consolation in tl * idea , teat these were " only the agricultural borough which would of course go against Ministers : wait , g » y they , for tbe large towns . The large towns have coau into the field . To begin with the largest , Liverpool , there a second Minister sought to win for the Govern ment policy the support of the second city in the kW dom , by offering to the suffrage * of the electors so Jem personage than the great—perhaps not arbiter , butn least meddler in the affairs of the whole globe , " fiom China to Peru ; " the citizens had the opportunit y g gracing their representation by placing it in the handid
him who represents tbe nation to the world—a tempt , ing bait ! Lord Palmerston , however , was not quiUsj bold as Lord John ; for he first got himself snng (» secured at Tivercon ; and , instead of facing the fortm ^ of war at Liverpool , he had all that uncomforUblt work performed for him by a Mr . Brocklebank . T ^ absent Alderman Pirie was lowest on the London pou . and perhaps Lord Palmerston ' s non-appearance hel ^ j at Liverpool to ausrment the majority against him < % more than eleven hundred . Coming forward on hypo , thetical grounds , preparing for defeat , is not the besj way to command success : daring generals have nsed 1 o burn tbelr ships when determined to conquer an invaded country .
Defeated at Liverpool , what consolation do Minister find in other large towns?—in Hull , for example , who Mr . Hutt , safe himself elsewhere , makes room tor Sk John Hanmer ? or in Leeds , whence Sir Willuq Moles worth forbearingly retired , " not to let in a Tory , " and whither Joseph Hume went to "keep out th Tories" —and failed . If not so tractable as Mr . Home ! , Sir William Molesworth's would have been a more ton yeuient vote for the Whigs , especially in opposition , than'Mr . . Beckett ' s ; while TJltTa-Wbiggtoh young M * Aldam will hardly cut such an imposing figure in t 2 n " heavy business" ef genteel comedy in the House jj Edward Baines . What consolation , again , can tbey seek in Lincoln , where the great "literary Whig , "gj Lytton Bnlwer , is thrust out , to make room for soot obscure Tory as a colleague with Colonel Sibthorp !
. No—their consolation must be sought in Bath , and in the return of Mr . Roebuck , upon whose stern politic they were wont to lock askance ; in Stoekport , and tht return of Mr . Cobden , the representative and prime mover of tbe policy to the skirts of which they b&Tt clung for safety ; in Bolton , and the return of tbe Ft * Trader , Dr . Bowring . The glory of even these returin however , will be tarnished by tbe exclusion of Colonel Thompson from their anti-Corn L » w Parliament that was-to-bave-been ; the exclusion of the popular teacha and most ingenious illustrator of anti-Corn Law doctrines—the man who with the breath of his body iu kept life in tbe coals which they are now blowing for their own comfort . Of course they , tbe neophytes ia the faith , were zealous over-much ? Of course , the ; over-exerted themselves to secure his return for
Hullmade it a point of life and death ; and will now SM room for him somewhere else ? It would be esjj enough : there is one gentleman gone into the Home fully prepared to vacate his place for a candidate betUi qualified—Colonel Fox . Besides , there would be i sort of compensation in tbe act , sine * that accomodatug gentleman has been unfortunate enough to help in excluding tbe hereditary anti-Corn Law agitator , yons ; Mr . Thompson . Had Lord John Russell been fifth < m the London poll , instead of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , Colonel Fox would have made his bow at once : bet in an anti-Corn Law Parliament , or even in one whi ch was to have something of an anti-Corn Law appearaoet —just enough to let down tbe Queen ' s Speech eaailythe presence of Colenel Thompson were scarcely lea requisite , if only as a matter of form , than that of Lord John himself .
It does not need the neglect of such a bint to disabmt the people of tbe delusion which has been attempted upon them . Through all the bustle of a general election a certain flatness and langoar evince the diminished interest which is taken in tbe event . Electlon-agesti whip up to the poll , and write to the papers ; and brutish vagabonds g-t drunk and breed riots here aM there , pour encottroger les avtres , and to give the tna election-air to the season ; but the boatings businen Rf > ss off tamely . As Mr . Leader said emphatically it Westminster , when a Tory—and that not even a Buidett , but a Rous—wasput by bis side , the Whigs han so disappointed the expectation of the people , tint when at last they were about to propose measures f « their advantage , the people distrusted them . FoTtoe
results now developing are not the work « f the moment , or of the day , or of the month s—no Tory want-cfconfidence has reduced the WbJgs to their prewnt straits , bnt popular want of confidence . The difficult ; of this time has been making ever since the Parliament was last elected—and before that ; under the guidance of , the Whigs , stiicfdally successful , Parliament na been employed unceasingly as the instrument of disappointment on nearly every question that could possibly be devised to raise expectation : each session bos sea some new measure set up for no other purpose ; aal as tbe want of the moment , the need for keeping np
appearances in sight of thecountry while the routine of Parliament exposed Ministers to the popular gaze , had passed by , sosurely the approaching recess saw the comterfeit flung aside ; to be used again if posslbl « , or otherwise to be replaced bo some new one . " Nothing , " saith the teacher , " is denied to well-directed industry : " the industry of the Whigs illustrating U » futility of trusting to appearances had been unceasing ; and now they obtain their teward . Yet their industry cease not , even while they reap their wages : they io their utmost to give their new Free Trade agitation th » air of a humbug . Thus the Morning Chronicle , which exhorts all who want accurate information on election
matters to consult its columns , adopts the new nomenclature which classes Ministerialists and Oppositionist ! as . ¦•• Monopolists" and "Anti-Monopolists , " —as if any readers of decent understanding would not see at I glance the folly of a pretence , which lumps the Wotsley Whigs , who will -vote against Lord John's Com proposition , with the economists , whom the Chronid $ delights to call "Anti Monopolists . " If it be objected that Whig Ministers are not responsible tor the tridB of Whig newspapers , let us take a Minister himself :
Lord Palmerston at Tiverton—the Liverpool election not yet having taken place promised for •« next session * a '•! grave consideration" of tbe New Poor Law : whal say his colleagues , Lord John Russell and Mr . Barinft who were not going to stand for any Lancashire town ? Lord John , before the electors of London , adhered to his hioin principle , that it is right to enforce " independence" among the p » or ; and Mr . Baring refused to repeal tbe Poor Law , even if the Corn Law be not repealed . Perhaps tbe Liverpool electors read Pal merston by the lights of Baring and RnsselL
Such are tbe ways in which the Whig Ministen work out their " triumphs ; " and the county election ! are coming next week , to give more scope to their ingenuity . —Spectator .
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THE ELECTIONS . From present appearances , it seems probable that the Tories will have a small majority , and it is certain thtf a small majority will not suffice to carry on Sir Robert Peel ' s Government against the powerful opposition that will be arrayed against it A popular opposition , above three hundred strony , has never yet been seen . The Tories , indeed , have bsd a minority of that numerical force , but of far inferior capabilities , a Tory opposition being , from its nature , confined to an obstructive position , blocking out , defeat " ing some proposed good , and in their most active sallle * only manifesting a wish beyond their strength for tie accomplishing of some positive eviL But a Liberal opposition has a wider range of operations ; it resist * what is unpopular instead of what is popular , and it maintains principles and proposes measures which interest the people , and call forth their spirit
Tbe Liberals will go into opposition with a just sn 4 a great cause , and they will have ample power to combat for it . Every day , after the formation of a Tort Government , -will add to their strength , and to tbe diffl * cutties and divisions of their adversaries . Upon what s nea of troubles win Sir Robert Peel have to launch hi * crazy baik ! Coming into office « n the principle of refusing the relief to the springs of industry by which the finances of the country would recover their buoyancy , he has to devise new taxes , and with new need of them , for a third of the kingdom , under his sway , cannot be governed by the unexpensive mean * of conciliation , which has dispensed with the presenee of battalions of soldiers . But a task harder to Sir Robert than keeping down , the people of Ireland will be the restraining of hla own partisans , the
Orangemen , whose violence , in the supposed restoration ol their ascendancy with a Tory Ministry , will be unbounded and intolerable to the people exposed to it-In England , Wales , and Scotland , the Chartists witil * looking for the requital of their services to the Tories in the-present elections , and when they flnd the s abre whose edge was felt in Manchester in ' 19 , placed bj their new allies between them aud their objects , their wrath will be as wild as their reliances hava been irra tional . The anti-Poor Law agitation , excited by tlw Tories , is also to be dealt with , by tae anbappT siz Robert , declared by bis main supporter in thep *" unfit to govern if he fail to repeal tbe law which ne glories ia having assisted to pass . Upon this flune . fanned by bis own hands , the new Minister will t » aTe to throw oil smooth denials , exasperating the discon tent by disappointment .
Tbe hardest trouble , however , of this Job in office will probably be in finance . He , too , will have to fish for his budget , and with the ticklish task of dropp " * his book into tbe pockets of the public . A » *" avalanche is brought down by the sound , tbe Government of Sir Robert Peel will topple down with th * very name of a new tzx . —Emiminer .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct714/page/6/
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