Address to the electors of Edinburgh.
Syntax, Timotheus,pseud.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1834]
An election address concerning the Edinburgh parliamentary by-election of 2nd June 1834, where Sir John Campbell, John Learmonth and James Aytoun stood for parliament after the resignation of Francis Jeffrey on his appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Jeffrey. John Campbell was the successful candidate.
The address purports to be in favour of Learmonth but is in fact an attack on him.
The text begins: Fellow citizens, / In this enlightened age, when the advantages of local position are justly esteemed paramount to those of intellectual superiority or public eminence, I come forward boldly to claim your suffrages on grounds altogether independent of my political principles or of my mental qualifications.
Signed: Your known friend, Timotheus Syntax, for J. Learmonth.
This is a different edition from the item placed at S.Sh.S.2.90.7
Campbell, John Campbell, Baron, 1779-1861
Learmonth, John, 1789-1858.
Politicians
Political campaigns
Elections
Scotland Edinburgh.