The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-28 00:00:00

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intinftipal elation
MR. JOHN LONGTONGUE'S ADDRESS TO
THE ELECTORS OF EVERTON AND
KIRKDALE WARD.

To Everton and Kirkdale Ward, .
John Longtongue would present his card,: )D
And state his claims to ask your vote,
Such earnest claims you all must note.
Were "inclination" now my guide, -1-441F:i.
And feeling only could decide ; Ai,-
The honour I should fain decline,
Nor strive in Council e'er to shine. I'l
But I perceive this " document
Has been drawn up, and kindly sent
By men of various views, and grades,
" Merging all minor points, and shades,"
When I consider all the " ties,"
And where our strong connection lies ;
There is a duty you will think,
From which I cannot, must not shriek;
And so my feelings I ignore,
For composition is a bore, •
And making speeches very hard,
But much I'll risk to gain Your Ward.
For " thirty years " I've been at work,
And nothing did I ever shirk;
Nothing have I e'er yet withstood,
To work John Longtongue's worldly good.
For " thirty years " you've known me well,
And those who know me best can tell,
How keenly for myself I've fought, -
How little for my friends have thought.
One golden rule has been my guide,
Get money, let what may betide :
And now all vain excuse to shun,
I'll tell you plainly what I've done,
Once on a time when freights were low,
And ships, and charters, seemed " no go."
When Brokerage was bat a name,
And Longtongue all unknown to fame,
There came a man of noble mind,
Of truth, and honour well refined.
On our Exchange be took his stand,
Midst merchants known in every laud,
The men who boast their flag is shewn,
Where'er the English name is known.
In simple, unobtrusive mood,
There high-bred Edward Cardwell stood ;
There I, in hollow rage and spite,
Like vipers when the file they bite,
Offered a public outrage where
To avenge the blow he might not dare ;
I called him scoundrel," " liar," " thief,"
And more that passes my belief,
And like a coward in his face,
Shook this foul hand to my disgrace.
Like one of nature's nob'.es born,
He only looked in withering scorn.
There yet remains one other claim,
To add a lustre to my name ;
1 who can boast, as now appears,
A pedigree of " hundred years," •
Have no ancestral sire to name,
WhG might have taught me sense of shame,
And made me love that moral worth
Beyond all price, and pride of birth,
Which gilds a gentleman's estate,
A boon no wealth can e'er create.
It's true my views I can't express,
In decent words without a mess ;
But what are speeches, mind, and thought,
If once in competition broui,ht,
With one whose highest claim appears,
To count his grandsire's " hundred years."
I now conclude, and entertain-;
No doubt your suffrages to gain ;
And hope you all will think me meet,
To fill your vacant Council seat..'
Dated this day, from my abode,
At Rich-man's Villa, in 13reck-road,
September, 1856 JOHN 'LON GTONO UE