The Press.
London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

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To the ELECTORS of the COUNTY of MIDDLESEX.
Gentlemen,
TH E sudden and unexpected dissolution of
Parliament Lai imposed upon you the duty cf electing
tso members to represent your interests in the House of
Ct =mons. _

Encouraged by numerous assurances of support, I venture to
offer myself as &candidate for yuur suffrages at the approacbing
election.

I should not have presumed to aspire to the high honour of
representing the metropolitan county in Parliament, had I not
already had some experience of the business of the House of
C immons, and felt that my immediate connection with the
comity gave me some additional claim to your confidence.
Since Pitt to the present time, with one interval, I have had
the honour of a seat in Parliament, and I can appeal with con-
e 'coca to my votes in the "louse of Commons to show that I
hive never swerved from the groat Conservative principles
I pledged myself to maintain.
I understand by Conservative pri•ciples, not only preserving
the integrity of our institutions, but upholding the honour of
th British name abroad; and that, not by an aggressive policy
wh ch tends to place Foreign Powers in au attitude of suspicion,
if not of hostility, but by exhibiting on all occasions that justice
and moderation watch are as much the real strength of this
country as i a deem and armies.
It was because I could n, t discern that justice and moderation
in the transactions, the approval of which by her Majr..sty's Go•
vernment led to the present dissolution, that I voted with the
mtjority, cn I not because 1 hail entered into a coalition to over-
throw the existing Adtninistraron.
I need not dwell upon that charge, as, if ever seriously made,
it has been, and on Iwo separate occasions, dtstmetty disavowed,
and by no less an mthority than the Presluent of the Council iu
his piece in the Howe t t Lords.
Pt rmit, me flintier to observe, that by Gonservadive principles
1 also understand the firm upholding of the Church of Fug and
as the great Prolestant imlwark of Christianity, without inter-
f :risme with the rights of conscience of those who dissent from
the communion.

With this conviction I have recorded my votes against the en
dowment of the coil, ge of Maynooth, as well as measures having
a tendency to infringe on the flue observance of the Sabbath.
Possing to subjects of prospective legislation, l consider the
reform of abuses and the removal of grievances as among the
articles of a Conservative creed, and I hold as a maxim never to
be lust eight of, that sooner or later social and political wrongs
must be reformed, and that if allowed to accumulate, they cannot
be redressed without danger to the State and injury to individual
intareo.

r adi'y admit that Lord Palmerston deserves well of the
coui,Lry Mr having prosecuted the late war with vigour. and
brought it to a eucceestul Acting upon this conviction, I
have, during the pr. gres- of thos3 events, given him a distinte-
rested and unirtrlgnig support. Should Ibe so fortunate as to
be chosen your representative, I shall not allow mere party can.
e!derations to actuate me in giving or withholding my assent to
measures he may bring forward; but I cannot allow that m
return for the energy he displayed in the conduct of thewar with
Russia. he is emit ed to that pledge of blind and unlimited con-
fidence which his personal adherents claim for him.
If e u tied to serve you in the House of Commons, I wish to
1 0 here unlettered, free to give my vote to any Administration
twat will carry on the government of this great country, by
maintaining peace abroad, reducing expendkure at home, and
will apply themselves sedulous y, resolutely, and without delay
to the task, in many respects too long neglected, of improving
the moral. religious, and social condition of all, but especially of
the more helpless classes of the community in her Majesty's
dominions.

I should not have required the somewhat tardy avowal made
by the secretary of the Admiralty in the valedictory address he
has just asued to you, to con,,ince me that the dudes of a
Government office are incompatible with the representation of a
metropolitan county, and this advantage, at least, I shall have
over Mr. Osborne, if you do me the honour to elect me, that I
shall have my whole time to devote to the care of your local in•
tereata, and 1 can sincerely assure you that all that time and all
My energies will be at your service
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your faithful servant,
CHELSEA.

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