The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

bt as readily taken as his written bond. (Hear,
tear.) That was the character which we received with

Vlr. Joseph Christopher Ewart. We believed also that
rie possessed strong feelings and strong:` opinions upon
what were the right principles to be advocated in the
Imperial Parliament for the benefit of the country at large,
;,he masses, and the poorer classes in particular. (Hear,
hear.) I ask you now, has he falsified the character

which was given to us of him, and with him ? (Cries of
" no, no.") Has he verifiedithe high opinions we formed of
aim. (Cries of "yes, yes .'') Has he given a single vote
in the House of Commons, which any right Minded
,nan has any just ground to find fault with ?
(" No, no.") I exclude not even the Tories of
Liverpool. I ask any right-minded—l was goiiy;, to say
thinking man ; but can a Tory be a thinking man ?
(Laughter.) I will say, however. that the merchants of
Liverpool must be thinking men; and if they would only
think upon politics as they think over their desks, I am
quite sure Toryism would, before long, be in the minority,
instead of even a doubt of its being in the majority.
(Hear hear.) Now, Mr. Chairman, what are the objec-
tions to Mr. Joseph Christopher Ewart? I have not
heard a single word of objection. Have any of our
'opponents said that he is not the nian he professed him-
self to be) when he came before us oh a former oeoasionl
Have they found fault' with him upon a single question,
let that question be ever so minute ? Has any reference
been made to him in the nature of objection in any of the
leading articles of the organs at that side of the question,
or in the address of the presumptuous Mr. Turner upon
the present occasion ? I say he has not ventured to say
one word to disparage Mr. Joseph Christopher Ewart as
a representative of the people iii the House of Commons,
to which we are about to send a representative in a very
speedy contest. Not a single word can he say—l dare
him to say one iota, to express a shadow of a shade which
would detract from the character of Mr: Ewart, either as
an honourable Wan, as a merchant, as a man possessing
extensive commercial knowledge, or as a representative
in parliament of the people. (Cheers.) Now, then, sir,
why this opposition at all ? Why, I ask, this opposition
at all? The apple of discord has not gone from this side
of the community. (Hear, hear;) It was thought that at
this particular moment of all others, unity is desirable,
and that Z-ontests should be avoided. Like my friend Mr
Rawlins in the discussion to which he has referred, I was
in the minority upon principle. But, if the question of
eipediency be introduced and permitted to override
principle, then expelieney, edobtleg4, is in favour
of peace' and not of a contest. So, theno Mr.
Charles Turner—for that it the man, there is no
mistake at all about it—that is the man with whom we
have to fight the battle upon the present occasion ; it
is his presumptive vanity which has put him forward to
contest with Mr. J. C. Ewart. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
He has the presumption to say, if he dared—if he had the
moral courage to pht it intd the English language—" am
a better man to represent you in the Imperial Parliament
than Mr. Joseph C Ewart; I understand your wants
better than he does ; I have a power of advocacy stronger
than he hat, and I am a more laborious man than he is—

I shall have the entree for your interests more easily than
he has." Has he this superiority ? Can he answer these
questions in the affirmative, sir ? I ask him to do so upon
the hustings, or upon the platform of his great meeting on
Monday next. He has sent forth an address, in which he
refers to his political opinions, but in a very vague way.
He tells you. that he entertains the same political
opinions as he did when you, elected him before.
What were those opinions ? ere they progressive ?
On the contrary, that was the very time when the ques-
tions of free trade and protection were discussed. What
did he say he was ? A Derbyite. (Cheers) What did
Lord Derby go to the country upon ? Protection and free
trade. (Hear, hear.) He was for protection. Are you
for protection ? (Cries of " No, no.") Are you for free
trade? (Yes, yes.) Then send Mr. Joseph Christopher
Ewart to represent you. (Cheers.) Now, Mr. Chair.
man, this is' no ordinary battle. Nationally, let us not
be intoxicated. The banner raised at present has im.
prints i upon it "Palmerston for ever." What does that
mean? The whole constituency appear to be intoxicated
with the very motto upon this banner. Let us not—the
Liberals of' Liverpool—enlightened by the commerce
which flows into and out of our port, be carried away by
that intoxicating cry. (Hear, hear.) Let us embrace
great principles ; and if Lord Palmerston is the man to
carry out these gprine;ples, let us pat him on the
back, and say "'Go it, my boy." (Laughter.)'
But if Lord Palmerston is not the man to carry out
those principles, then let us say to him, "There are more
ways out of the cabinet than one, my lord ; pray
select the first you come to.'' (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) If we maintain principles, we know our posi-
tion is firm--we know we stand upon a rock ; but if we
trust a man of 72, and elect a parliament which has to
reign over us for probably seven years, under the
cry of " Palmerston for ever," never did we, as
a constituency, make ei more ratal mistake. (Hear, hear.)
On the other side, take Mr. Turner. He dare not say
that on his banner is printed the motto, " Derby for
ever," but that is what his motto is. (Cries of "Hear,
hear.") It is, " Derby for ever," and Lord Derby will
have him, as we see rometimes in our streets here, a
Russian leading a dancing bear with a hook throuseh his
nose. Lord Derby will take him through any mud and
dirt he may think proper, and Mr. Charles Turner will
go where he is ordered. (Cheers and laughter.) Now,
is this the man to represent. Liverpool ? (No, no.) .A
man who will pin his faith on the sleeve of Lord Derby,
who will have no independent voice of his own to promote
your interests, according to the exercise of his judgment,
if he poss.ssed any. (Laughter.) Now, Me. Joseph
Swart is not such a man. (Hear) He has shown you
by his vote on this late occasion--whether we all agree
with that vote is not the question at isssue—but he has
shown you by his vote on that late oco,sion that he is not
a party man, but that he is professedly, avowedly, and
practically, a man of principle. (Hear, and cheers.) Such
is the man we require. I say it with both my hands, and
if my feet could count as my hands, I would lie on my
hack and hold up all four. (Great laughter and cheering.)
Now, Mr. Joseph Christopher Ewart is an honest man.
You know where you have him, and when you have him,
and when .a certain question is coming before the House
of Commons, you know what lobby Mr. Ewart goes into.
(Hear.) Can you say the same of Mr. Turner ? No ;
you cannot, until he has first heard from Lord Derby
what lobby he must go into. (Hear.) He tells yon in his
address, in a most Jesuitical way—" I sincerely
regret the vote of the House of Commons with reference
to the late unfortunate occurrence at Canton, implying a
censure upon the Government for their support of the
British authorities in China, a course which I think they
were called upon to take by a regard alike to humanity
and to the honour and interest of the nation " Now,
sir, is this faithful ? Is it open ? Is it frank ? Is it
sincere ? Or is it characteristic of the man being the
opposite of what I have stated ? I say it is characteristic
of the man. Why do I say so? Did he sign the requisi
tion which was addressed to Lord Palmerston ? Na, he
(lid not. Why? Not but that he would have signed it;
but why did he not sign it? Because there was no time
to communicate with Lord Darby. (Cheers) New, sir,
I see the gentleman before me who brought it out, and
it was only in the Exchange newsroom a few hours when
it received, I believe, the signature of 2,000 merchants of
Liverpool. But among those :1,000, Mr. Turner relied so
little upon his own judgment, that he dared not affix his
signature to the document, doubtless until he ascertained
from Lord Derby whether it was right to do so. (Hear,
and cheers.) Now, I would ask if Mr. Turner had been
in the House of Conimous on the occasion of that
division, which lobby he would have gone into? He
certainly would have gone with the majority. (Hear,
hear.) Why? B cause Dizzy went with the majority,
and Dizzy being the embodiment of Lori Derby. held
the rope which had the ring in the nose of Mr. Charles
Turner, as the dancing hear I have referred to.
(Laughter.) He must go as Lord Derby bids him to go,
and Dizzy goes as Lord Derby bids Him go, an i Mr.
Turner :must go as Dizz b'ds him go, because Derby
leads Dizzy, and Dizzy leads Turner. (Cheers and
lanehter.) Is that the course we in Liverpool would
desire to have pursued ? (Cries of "no, no.") Mr.
Evart came to rescue us on a late occasion, when,
allow me to tell you, that by our previous conduct,
acid by our known character throughout the
country, the representation of Liverpool stunk in
the nostrils of any man worthy to represent us. (Hear.
hear.) Therefore gratitude says to ne " take Mr. Ewart,"
if nothing else says to us " take Mr. E wart." Let us take
him. and let us carry him to the head of the poll. (Cheers )
I believe, in my conscience, taking up the- register, that we
can do so ;
Santa I believe if it ha I been thcieght desirable
by the Liberal party to bring forward two c tndidetes, we
could have carried them both. (Hear, hear:) Let it not
be said we have acted as we did from, fear. Let it not be
said that we did so from an apprehension of losing both ;
and I for one, let me tell you, would have brought forward
both, and fought a bold course, for I do believe that bold
rifss in the end is that which will win, and not timidity.
(Cri-s of hear.) When I see by my side here our venerable
old friend and veteran of the cause of progress, and look back
to the days when he had to, fight the battle, I cannot he'p
asking was timidity the cause of victory, or was it firmness,
resolution, determination to progress, a fearless course on
all occasions, when to be fearless was to be jeopardized in
your life and in your liberty. (Sear, hear, and cheers).
I ask, should we be now enjoying the privileges which, we
do enjoy if timidity had ruled over our deliberations ?
(Hear, hear.) If determination of purpose, if boldness had
not been the course, then we should not be now in the
enjoyment of those privileges which as cirzens we enjoy,
and which are the envy of continental Europe. (Hear,
hear.) Now, let me say, gentlemen, that I am sorry to
have detained you at this hour of the day so long; and,'
had no idea when I began of occupying so much of your
time. (Cries of "go on, go on.") Bat I must now say
a few words upon local matters. Hitherto I, have been
addressing you upon national matters, Mr. Charles
Turner says in his :address —" Among questions of local
interest, the wanton attack upon our. Town Dues is the most
prominent, and I shall feel it my duty to continue the most