The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-20 00:00:00

best to bestow his vote is a traitor to the common
good, and his voting is a falsehood and a
sham. In no spirit of faction, we say that now,
Principles, not Men, should be our motto: All
partial and factious consideration of favourite
men or Ministers is as much as possible to be laid
aside. We have,' to consider what principles
and measures would in our calm judgment be
most conducive to the common weal. If no
principles are steadily kept in view, in the forth-
coming election, then it will be only a farce, and
for four or five years we shall have sent up men
to misrepresent us, to mismanage our affairs, and
to misrule the country. We, therefore, most
solemnly and earnestly call on the electors of
Liverpool to look to Principles, not Men.
Turning to the speeches of Mr. HORSFALL and
Mr. TURNER, delivered at the Amphitheatre on
Monday, we ask what principles do they contain
—what reforms do they advocate--what definite
ideas do they put forward ? Mr. HORSFALL has
been some years in Parliament—he has had time
to make up his mind on the general character
and principles of the present Administration,
yet we heard him declare that he did not know
whether he could approve of Lord PALMERSTON'S
policy till he saw the measures actually brought
forward by the present Premier. To some this
may present an appearance of candour and
impartiality—to us it seems rather to be an indi-
cation of indecision, or rather the appearance of
it, as if the Honourable Member's principles
were yet to be sought and found—for supposing
Lord DERBY to be now the Prime Minister of
England, would Mr. HORSFALL have held simi-
lar language ? We opine that without waiting
for the production, of specific measures, the
present Conservative member for Liverpool
would accord to the Tory leader a prospective
approval. We ask the electors to remember
Mr. HORSFALL'S present hesitancy, and his past
principles. We do not deny to Mr. HORSFALL
the credit of some good votes, and the consci-
entious. discharge of his duty; but we contend
that Mr. HORSFALL belongs to a party which
is obstructive of national good, and conservative
for the most part of national abuses. What hope
of national progress could we have if Lord DERBY
were Prime Minister ? Mr. HORSFALL belongs
tothis party. We almost believe that if Lord
DERBY were, in the execution of his high func-
tions, to propose the repeal of the Emancipation
Act, or the re-imposition of the Corn Laws,
Messrs. HORSFALL and TURNER would support
him. Yet these gentlemen have the confidence
to come forward and offer themselves to repre-
sent or misrepresent this great trading commu-
nity, which flourishes by open ports all over
the world. We ask the electors, will you
go back to the state of things before 1829 ? Do
you wish a drag to be placed on the car of
Reform, which moves, Heaven knows, slowly
enough already 7 If so, you will vote for these
two gentlemen. Do you wish to arouse distrust
and dissension in the Sister Island ? If so, vote
for the Tories ? Do you desire to arrest the
progress in the direction of complete free trade,
and towards diminished taxation and a better
adjustment of the national burdens ? Then the
proper men are before you; and you may have
the satisfaction of again seeing the clever and
versatile DISRAELI Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and the impetuous Lord DERBY attempting to
grasp the helm and weather the storm. If you
desire nothing of all his, your choice should be
different. We are aware that the Conservatives
make a virtue of necessity, and swallow the
bitter pill of free commerce. It is seemly to
profess that this must be considered a settled
question. But it goes against the stomach ; the
wish is not father to the thought; they close
their eyes and gulp the draught, because they
must, and not because they like it. With no dis-
respect for the private characters of Messrs.
HORSFALL and TURNER, we contend that their
principles are such as to disqualify them to re-
present this great town in the ensuing Parlia-
ment.

THE BOROUGH ELECTION.—COL. TULLOCH FOR
LIVERPOOL.—The feeling in town gains strength
every hour, that the Liberal party have com-
mitted a mistake in proposing to contest the
election with only one candidate, and confident
opiLions are expressed that with two good
men, success would be certain, but that with
one the battle will not be fought on equal
grounds. It is not yet too late to bring forward a
second candidate, and we trust that the propriety
of acting upon second thoughts will be at once con-
sidered. Col. Tulloch should have a seat in the next
Parliament, and his election for Liverpool would
reflect credit upon the choice of the constituency,
and prove serviceable to the country. His election,
if he were nominated, would be certain, and he
would be an admirable colleague for our present
representative, Mr. Ewart.

110 10 vc att ilicut—lt was the last
moon of the Philistines of the Mersey, when
Charles begat Turner the Patriarch, and Turner
begat Jobbsry, and Jobbery begat Docks, and
Docks begat Rates, and Rates begat Prodigality,
and Prodigality begat Debts, and Debts begat
Bonds, until the Host of the Patriarch numbered
Five Millions and many Hundreds ; and all the
Children, and Children's Children of this Host
glorified this Mountain of Debt the Patriarch had
created, and disdained the rebukes of the Tribes
who had to bear the weight of this Mountain of
Corruption. And it came to pass, that when
Charles had reconciled himself to Turner, and
Turner unto a man of great craft, who came from
beyond the Mersey, and whose name was Horsefall,
he began to spit upon the Liverites, and to rule the
people with a Bar of Iron. and, having called the
sons of Industry " SWEEPS," left them to mourn
over the times of their Fathers ; and, having sub-
dued the multitude, who spoke with a loud voice,
the Patriarch Charles went his way to Newington,
and there took to wife Buck, the kinswoman of
Lloyd, and also called John. And, while Charles
tarried in Newington, Turner begat Gas, and Gas
begat Meters, and Meters begat Conjuror, and
Conjuror begat Box, and Box begat Rates, and
Rates begat Bills, and Bills begat Extortion ; and
the Thousands begat by Charles, in Newington,
were counted by their Feet, which none but Tun
ner could number. And when the Descendants of
Turner were sorely grieved with the burdens laid
upon them by their Patriarch, the foul waters of
Rivington were poured down from the Pike, and
on these waters were borne the filth of the earth—
grass and the loaves of the trees—cats, which ha .1 died