The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

peace at. all hazards—but advantage was taken of> the
occasion by the "Peelites and the Times, for rio other
purpose than to throw out the yresent_goyernment._
(Eleer, hear, and -cheers.) Noiv, gentlemen, I believe that
the Palmerston government is theonly government Which
can rule the country at the present- crisis. (Hear, hear).,
The Palmerston government has carried .as sare'y through
a great many difficulties. recollect,: seareelv a year age,
when there was very conaPerable difficulty 'connected
with the . American question. (hear, hear.) At that
time feeling, as did,. as connected with Li;tarpool, 'how
impartant.it would be to keep peace with America. I and
Mr. Brown, and others, had frequent cenversations with
some ministers of the.crown ; and may say that I did
very strongly press upon them the almost absolute necessity,'
consistent with national honour and national dignity,' not'
to break the, peace with•the United States. (Hear, hear, and
cheers). Connected; 418 we jai Liverpool more particularly
are with them ; essociated,.as ve are, with so many of their
citizens in, this country, sprung from the same peOpl6, using
,the same language, and using-, also, the same laws, I did feel
that any interruption- of the friendship which existed with that
country would be a .serious calamity to England. (Cheers )
I, ihereforc, did. all. I possibly 'could to prevent ll:Opet
rup.turo with America.: (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Lord
Palmerston safely carried us through those' difficulties.
•

I supported him, to 'the best of my 'ability, through all
the difficulties of the. Russian war. He has. fairly carried
us through difficulties to a peace which is far more honourable
to the country, far mere satisfactory to the country than if..any
Petlite party,, or any other party had been in. (fleer; hear,
and cheers.) Gentlemep,' it is for these reasons, that 1, if
yott think proper again to return. me to reipresent this my native
tow, in Pw!iltllPllt. I shall continue to support the Palmerston

adtoin'stration. .(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But when I first
went to 13.10ionent, I tnl4 you .at the time that.l would go
there free and independent. If lam again to be returned as
your representative, I say again that I -will go upon the same'
conditions, and the same conditions alone•. (Ilear,• hear, and
loud cheers.) I care nothing, although I have no hesitation
in saying that I shall- be proud of •being a representative of
Liverpool—hut I would not even accept that proud situation
if I must go there pledged to any pal.dcular man, or to any
particular party. (Hear, hear.) I will go as elected by my
fellow_townsmen, who trust in my honesty and independence.
I will truckle to no man—l will truckle to no party.

(Hear, hear,- and cheers,). will be guided 'by the honest
dictates of my own conscience, and according to that
I will vote,' caring not whether it may ;even' lose
me my seat for ; Liverpool, provided ;L 'felt at the
time I gave that vote that I gave it according: tq
the real dictates of my conscience. (Cheers.). G mtle-
men, it is upon those conditions, and those conditions only,
that I again apply to you for your support. Of my
honourable opponent, Mr. Turner,' I wish to say nothing
whatever. Mr. Turner has always been a friend of mine,
a personal friend of mine, and no consideration Shall ever
induce me to speak harahly oe in tingentlenianly lingnage
of any opponent, whoever he, may be. (Hear. hear.) I
have no hesitation in saying, in repeating what I believe
said last night, that if Liverpool' considers Mr: Turner
would make a more honest, a more fair, a more independent
and enlightened representative than I—(cries of "no, no")
you think that Mr. Turner is one, of those gentlemen.
Who will advance steadily, eveO although slowly, with the
progress of the age, then, I sari, I, for my part, have no
objection to see Mr. Turner member for Liverpool. (Cries
of "no, no.") But if you think my friend Mr.,Turner is
not exactly one of-those gentlemen—(laughter and cheers),
.—that he will not go on as I certainly stiallgo on, steadily
with the onward progress, and according t 6 the civilisation
and intelligence of ,my • countrymen, then, say, Ido
believe lhat it, is your duty not to.return one who goes backs
to the-almost obselete time of 1852 ; but one who will go;
onwards, Steedily advancing the .intelligence, the progress;
and the happiness of his fellow countrymen, according as
the progress of civilisation .advances. (Hear, and cheers.)
Gentleinen, I have another meeting to attend to night. I
am sure yciu will bear with me a little when recollecting
that between this time and the election I have somewhat an
arduous duty to perform. • (Hear, hear.) I trust that you
who know 'me—and; I think may of the inhabitants of
Liverpool' knovi ,me now— (hear, hear, and! cheers) -that
in every act Ida, and every, vote which I give, whether it
be, right or. wrong, that vote and that act,have at least been
given and done in perfect honesty and perfect .sincerity.
(Loud and enthusiastic applause )
Mr. Daniels, licensed victualler, begged to ask, Mr.
Ewart's cpinion upon the recently contemplated alterations
in the law by which public houses are licensed.
• Mr. Ewart :If .1 understand your (petition rightly; it
means Whither I am in favour of : any change •in
the present law relative to the licensing of public
houses., (Hear, hear.) , I have no * hesitation
in saying, as I told the licensed victuallers who called
upon me some time before the meeting of parliament, that
I ain not in favour of any change whatever in the present
system of licensing public houses. (Cheers.)
Mr. Daniels: Do you think it wise or prudent to
remove from: the magistrates the control of licensing
public houses ? •
Mr. E wart : No ; certainly not.
Dr. Daniels: -If such a billLwas brought in:would you
vote against it ?. ,
Mr. EWart : Mist certainly. (Hear, hear.) • .
Mr. Wilson (of the Domestic Mission House, Bedford-
street, Toxteth Park) : I am hot a licensed victualler,
hut I happen- to boa teetotaller. (Leughter.)• I, am
about to exercise the franchise for the first time, and,. my
mind is fully resolved to plump for Mr. 'Evart. (Cheers.)
But, although I am not a rabid_ Maine law advocate, I
wish to ask Mr. Evart whether, supposing a motion was
made in the House for a • comniittee to enquire Into' the'
operation of of ,theprehibitve laws which have been tried
in our dependeacies.as• well as elsewhere, against the
manufacture of and traffic in intoxicating drinks, he would
vote in favour of that motion. (Laughthr.) •
Mr. Ewart-: That, 'certainly, is a very comprehensive
question which my' honourable- friend, has asked, the.
(Hear, hear, and laughter.)' I have no hesitation in saying
that individually Lam very much in favoul• of temperance
in every,way, and i think the more this country tan
become temperate the better. But if the object of the
question was whether 1 am in favour of the Maine Liquor
Law, I very candidly tell you that I do not think this
country is at all prepared for anything of the kind:
(Bear, hear.) _
Mr. 17011ireok;;Smith proposed the second resolution,
which declared that Mr. Ewart had proved himself, by
his past services, a fit and proper person to represent the
Liberal electors, and pledged the meeting to use every
exertion to secure his return. Mr. Smith enforced the
resolution with 'airerY humorous speech, in the course of
which he remarked that Mr. Turner's only claim appeared
'to be that in 1852 he bought the borough of Liverpool,
and he had not got the goods • delivered yet. (Cheers
and laughter.)
The Bev.. Hugh Stowell Brown, who was loudly
applauded On coming forward, seconded the resolution.
He said it was entirely at the earnest policitition of
chairman that he had been prevailed upon to open his
lips at that meeting. As he never was a very enthusiastic
politician he could not get into a passion about the thing,
one way or the other—(laughter) —and he did
not think he was at all likely that' night
to lose his temper. (Laughter.) He only hoped that by
his,apperent want of enthusiasm, passion, storm, and rage,
he might not throw something 'of a wet blanket upon the
meeting. But, bow; car, be thought' that notwithstanding
the position he held, it was not 'altogether inconsistent
with' his duty to appear and speak at a meeting like that.
(Ileac, hear.) He did not come there as a parsoft; he Came
'there van eitissn,;as a resident, as'a ratepayer,' and as an
Clecter.% (Cheers.) He ought to esteemit a privilege to
be asked to speak there, and he certainly did esteem it a
great privilege to have so much confidence reposed in him
by the electors of those wards as to be belled upon to under-
take the important and honourable office of seconding a
resolution at such a meeting. He thowelat be had perhaps
more right to appear at a meeting of that sort than some
other ministers had, for the reason that some ministers had
got the whole bench of bishops at their backs—(latighter)—
to mind their interests in parliament ; but those to whom
he Belonged had nobody at all, and they were precious
lucky if they;lied• not got the whole bench of bishops
against them. (Cheers and laughter) He was one of
those unfortunate wretches whom an honoarable gentle.;.
man at the Amphitheatre. on Monday, condescended
to' tolerate. (Laughter) He was most' deeply obliged
to him. (Laughter.) Kind gentleinan—considerate
wan—very compassionate. very•;--wasn't he? (Loud
laughter.) He thought be should vote for that gentle.
man. (Renewed laughter.) How could he 'refrain froth
expressing his gratitude to 'a gentleman 09 'hal
enunciated such enlightened, liberal, progressive, and
upon
glorious principles as were involved in the toleration of
persons who did not tehirrsik
religious 'matters. andex a c laughter.) al exactly
g ah
st
e he
. didde )
heard of a man looking as if he could not help it.
w he
(Laughter.) He certainly 'thought that gentleman was
very much in' such a position. (near, hear He would
condescend to tolerate' them ? They should like tO see
him try to do anything else. Nheere.) It was tinie
that gcntleinen Should know that in Liverpool, as Well as
in other parts of her Majesty's dominions, the people.
wheat he tolerated were perhaps so numerous, and .per-
haps so powerful, that they might say, It is not you
wbo tolerateus at all, it is we who tolerate you.?' (Hear,
bear, and cheers ) Perhaps, however, that gentle Man
a little further than
was reported to
'might, learn that those of whom he thus spoke had
progressed sufficiently to have gone
mere toleration'. (Hear.) That gentleman
have said, that although a member, of the Established•
church he would tolerate those who differed with' hiM in.
• • There was in that phrase something
like an insult to that church, as if implying that there
religious opinions.
reported,
toleration, If the gentleman had been correctly
to say that, because he
surely ho must have been made
was something not consistent with its principles in such
•of • te judgment, he was prepared
maintained the right price
to accord full liberty of opinion to all men upon questions
was a member of the Established Church, a church which
of reAgion. (Cheers.) The rev. gins entleman then spoke of
Chinese question, and remarked that although he was
in general strongly in favour of peace, yet he might remind