The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

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his own retreat, if necesaas7, mot rules intended for
their conduct : he got within the rotatory motion of a
whirlpool that curried him away before he well
knew what he was about. And the consequence is
that they spent a large sum of his money in prac-
tices that he detests; that the manner in which they
spent it comes upon him by surprise; and that he is
unseated because they did the very reverse of what
he bid them—because they read his directions as
Satan is said to do the Lord's Prayer, backwards.
The lawyers and other electioneering traders at
Aylesbury having themselves no belief in electoral
virtue, holding votes to be privileges to be bought
and sold, and entertaining the persuasion that all
men would sell them if they could, were
quite unable to understand Nir. CALVERT'S
wishes; a pure election is an occurrence
they can't, and, if let alone, don't wish to compre-
hend ; it is their business to bribe, and treat, and i
corrupt the constituency; it is part of their liaeli
hood—a sort of harvest for which they are always
sowing a little now and then, here and there, and
which, when ripe, they expect periodically to reap.
Electoral venality is a traditional inheritance of the
plate. Aylesbury people arc born with a moral
twist on the subject ; they are nurtured in a mental
obliquity. on the point; in short, they believe they
have a right to be corrupt. They thought Mr. C.u.-
vsicr understood them. And as he yielded at
once to the large draught Mr. AcTos: TINDAL
made on his purse—they were, perhaps, justified iu
considering that they understood him. So hard at
work all parties went, though contest there was
I really none, for Mr. llot:Gutos's opposition was but I
nominal. Dinners were prepared, suppers given,
beer flowed, brandy became plentiful, the mysterious
" Man of the Moon" reached the earth, and Mr.
CALVERT was, at a cost of between '2,000/. and
3,0001., returned to parliament, there to sit only for
a few weeks, during which time, however, he showed
how useful a member he might become, if honestly
sent thither.
Though no personal imputation rests on Mr. CAL-
VERT for what took place at his election, he was
nevertheless very properly unseated. Acts of
fln-
grant treating were brought home to men who were
recognised as his agents; and to let form or deli-'
cacy, or hesitation stand in the way of holding the,
candidate responsible for those employed in his ser- '
nee, would be to give parliamentary sanction to
Aylesbury immorality. The only pity is, that while
unseating Mr. C.u,vERT, the committee did not r
further, and suggest the suspension of a new writ.
Fur the last is by no means the first conviction of
Aylesbury ; and it is an injury to the constitution to
raise constitutional objections to the temporary dis-
franchisement of venal boroughs. The constitution
survives, though Sudbury has been unrepresented
fur four years.
The I louse of Commons has, however, given Ayles-
bury a locus pendentae: an opportunity of seeing
whether a pure election can conic off in that
borough; whether the danger and risk of future
disfranchisement will for once repress and keep
under its venal habits and practices. And on this
occasion its candidates are Mr. Mantua and Mr.
BusrlEnn FERRAND. What a contrast! The one a
learned, accomplished, sober-minded, conscientious
advocate, the leader of his court; a man who
has won reputation, fortune, and position fur himself,
whose career is a public stimulus to the youth of
his profession—whose success is one of the fruits
of our free institutions : the other a political
bully—a half crazy, half savage roarer; a fellow of
bad passions, bad. manners, and bad language, to
whom moderation and temperance of thought or
conduct, conscientiousness, and a sense of responsi-
bility are wholly unknown; who has no powers of
accurate observation, no capacity of correct reasoning,
no decency of language, not one feeling that distin-
guishes a.gentleman, and against whom there stands
recorded thejournals of the House of Commons a
resolution of censure such as would have consigned
to silence for the remainder of his life any other
man. But Mr. FERRAND is lost to shame. Ile is
the helot of protectionism; a lesson to the country
what it is that such policy, pursued to the uttermost,
would lead to.
And yet this man is, he tells the Aylesbury
electors, sent there "by the eon althe leaders of/uu
Isarly." Can it be that Lord STANLEY and Mr.
Disinters have so far adopted the ruffianism of Mr.
FERRAND as to have started him for Aylesbury? Is
it possible that a nobleman who seeks to lead the
counsels of Queen Vie-roles--can it be true that a
man of genius and learning, that an accomplished
scholar like Mt. Dte.nAr.t.t—that. the chiefs of a great
party, have put themselves in communication with
this -bully, have endorsed him as their candidate, have
actually "called"—that is his word—on him to stand
for Aylesbury ? Is this true ? If it be true,
alas! for the chivalry of the house of Derby—
alas! for the country gentlemen of England—alas !
for the light of genius with which Mr. I)isRAEI,I
has in its latter days illumined toryism. The party
politics of England have come to a sad pass when
Mr. FERRAND "appears at the call of the leaders (I),'
his party" at Aylesbury; when such is his position,
barbarism is approaching; when FERRAND re-enters
the House of Commons so summoned, the spirit of
disorder is uppermost, and tumult ix drawing near.
The statement is, however, incredible, it is
balderdash merely; au electioneering sham only.
Mr. FERRAND appears at Aylesbury to gratify his
own love of notoriety; and the last man Mr. DtsnataA
desires to have near'liim is the fellow who received
its censure unabashed, and who would introduce into
political struggles there the habits and practices of
the liaffits of South Africa.