The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-06 00:00:00

CAPTAIN GBEVILLE IN THE FIELD

AGAIN.

The gallant captain who hae won and held the
suffrages of all unprejudiced men in Dorchester who
have heard him, and who, trusting to his own powers
ands few friends, was always received with demonstra-
tions of welcome, again met the people whom he hoped
to call his constituents, on Monday evening. There
was no parade, no mustering of the professions on a
platform, no defiance; but this representative of •
high family, this associate of one of England's greatest
statesmen, calmly walked into the midst of the people,
and committed his cause to them, offering to serve
them by looking after their interests, end those
their class. So thoroughly unaffected was the meeting
that not even the waggon was provided, until the
meeting was more than half over for the Rouble.
Candidate and a few friends felt themselves not only
safe but welcome in the very midst of the people. And
inch was the contrast of his reception and Mr.
Brymer's, that instead of being received with execra-
tion 111 was the old member, execration which not all
the " respectability" of Dorchester could save him
from, Captain Gresille wan like a brother in the midst
of his family. Tbe meeting had been announced by
the crier, and at a very short notice ; yet it was
amply sufficient to gather around lilm a large mass of
friends, while as to opponents, they were nowhere,
not a dissenting voice was heard, and the people seemed
never tired of hearing the Captain speak.

Dr. ALDRIDGE, who was called to e oumenee, felt very
grateful to Main for having backed so handsomely the
worthy captain be had iotradiced. About a week ago he
wale stranger, but worthy of entire support if they only
el, clod him, he would be to the town soother such as Mr.
Blear& is for Weymouth. (Applause.)
Captain Gamete said it gave him grille pleasure
to meet them again upon Fordington Green. He
went down thig afternoon to Weymouth, and they
would be glad to hear there is every ebence of return-
ing their old end escellent friend, Mr. Edwards, at
the head of the poll. Hardly a person is thera in the
neighbourhood of Weymouth who does not know of
the very charitable acts Mr. E lwards has done. Ile
has been to the town of Weymouth • real true kind
friend, and though he is now suffering from an
accident when he fell out of a railway carriage
and hurt his ankle, the people of Weymouth
will not only return him at the head of the poll, but
also Mr. Wylie with him. In returning Mr. Wylie,
they say they will have him, not only for his own sake,
but to bow Lord Besoonsfield that they will not have
his nominee, Sir Frederic Johnstone. That shows
there is s spirit waking up in this country, which is
fatal to this gunpowder and small glory Government,
and although so much public spirit way not appear in
Dorchester, yet it is latent within, and will show
itself by voting and returning him at the head of the
poll on Friday. But, after all, them is nothing like
not showing too much what you are going to do, but
when you are about doing it, to do that work well.
And he hoped it would be done so wellthatthey would
not be troubled with Mr. Brymer for some years.
(Applause.) He believed he was her, speaking to the
majority of the inhabitants of Fordingtoo, to the
working men, and he depended on them. There is no
finer expression for the working man than what Mr.
Gladstone called him—the b-arinner. (Applause.)
The bread-winner has to toil by the sweat of his
brow; for his wife and children and if he can-
not fulfil that labour, then he ca inOt give them what
they need. (Aid that's true.) Asking thebread-winnere
for their support in this contest, he said be should not
get that support from one of the Conservntives, nor
from any of the Conservative aristocracy who live
around Dorchester. (Voice: Government paupers.
Laughter.) It was by those before him alone that be
expected to be returned. They had every security,
and that security was given them by the , 1111111
he, as a member of the late Government helped to
give it. (Applause.) It was opposed by every Tory
member, bemuse they know that if the people had the
ballot, they could snap their hands at the Tory mew.
bent. Unfortunately, the working men were afraid—
(Voice: They were foola)—yes, they were foolish
because they had put the Government into the power
of those who had taken their money, and then
quarrelled with almost every nation on the face of
God's earth. (Hear, hear.) He warned them against
one danger—be mired a person the other day togiveltim
his vote. "Yes." raid the voter, "I shall not only do
that, I shall plump for you." "Whatever do yoq
mean by that?" he asked. Said the voter, " I shall
not only give you my vote, but I shall put two crosses
to your name." He (Captain Greville) replied—" If
you do that, you will ruin that voting•paper. If you
put two mos es to °ravine's name, It will be all up
with poor Greville. But if you only put one cross, he
will be all right." SO be hoped they would not in so
pwit enthusiasm put two women, or anything else on
EU voting paper, but one cross to his name. Since
hot he had the pleasure of seeing them, • number of
documents had been sent down to Dorchester, he did
not know by whom. One was signed—" One of your-
selves." AVoioe : A false name.) What does that
win Tory or Liberal? Does it mean • man of
Foedington. (Voice: Of the lunatics. Laughter.)
Well, perhaps it would do no harm if he were sent to
Caney Hatch. That—" One el yourselves" wrote a
good deal of nonsense; he wrote—" Greville says he
gave you the ballot; but" (he says) " &Tozer and his
party gave you your votes.' But those votes would
bare been of little use to them without the ballot, an 4
It was the Liberal party who gave that. (AP=
fie would not trouble them longer about tkat ;
they could see that the better part of what the late
Government kid been trying to do, the present
Government are trying to alter. ((lear, hear.) As to
the state of affairs on the Continent a Europe. it was
all very well for Lord Beaconsfield to say that when
he came bask from Berlin. he mom with Peace and
Honour. No doubt the war between Russia and
Turkey had ended. But bow could we have pesos on
the Conthuott of Europe, when we *es 5"!! single
nation armed to the teeth? (Hear.) Thaw h
Germany, one of the greatest countries in
the world, as far as the army is concerned, neither
mote nor ler than an armed empire; we have France,
also an armed stet*, which intends when she gets the
opportunity, ta hare another war with Germany, to
regain the provinces she has lost. Then we see in
Rawls—and he wee no friend to Banda, and was sure
eery few in England can be a friend of such • Power,
that grinds down its people —we see in Ramis even the
greet Czar cannot sit down to his dinner without
fearing that he will be blown up. There they doet
know what they dare do, and why? because ailln /10