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easseerned, from he;ng nude the instrument of fac-
tion. I own, Sir, I have heard, though I flatter
myself the report is unfounded, that the Mtri.tett of
Religion, forgetting their situations, have be .nne
the canvassing agents for one of the ;•recent Candi-
dates. I have been told that every irfinence which
they possess has been used, in order to persuade
people that this Elation is the ean•e of their Reli•
ghat. Nay, I have been told, that a Reverend
Gentleman, high in rack amongst them, has pub
licly canvassed in the same manner ; and that the
inferior Clergy aft by his desire I sincerely hop-
this is not true ; hut it it shrub' he so, I pledge
myself that the penple o 4 England and Ireland shall
know which party it is that really endeavours to do
that, which the opponents of His Majesty's preteen
Ministers tell yon is their greatest crime, viz.
raise a cry of Religion, in order to obtain votes at •
conteste• Elation

I cannot omit. Sir, availing myself of the present
occasion, to testify the very lively satislatgion which
I feel at seeing another gentleman, Colonel Ram,
a candidate for the sitffrages of this connsy ; a gen-
tleman whose amiable ch.staCter, and many virtues,
have long since ensteated him to a numerous circle
of steady friends, and whose acknowledged inde-
pendence, patriotic spirit, and extensive property,
have, at two successive eleCtions, been the means of
returning him one of your County Members. The
trust reposed in him he executed with fidelity, and
now comes forward to solicit a repetition of your
favours, in the I.tfri.ible hope of oeing of serviLe to
his country, and proud in the support of many
powerful interests.

Those are the two gentlemen. by making choice
of whom to represent them, I would entie,tt the
Freeholders of this county to shew their independ.
ence ; nor have I a doubt of the issue of the contest
proving my wishes gratified ; convinced. as I am,
that they will ever display the truest patriotism in
the defence of our liberties and our laws. and ever
exe►t their best energies to promote the interests of
Ireland, and to preserve our glorious Constitution,
by a steady and unbounded attachment to the very
best of Kings.
Mr. ISCAVAIAN rose, and asserted. that Mr. Ram
had voted for the Union in compliance with the in•
struftions of his constituents.

Mr. Simon replied, I believe I have been pet.
fealy correct, and have not deviated in the smallest
:rfrom the fad, when I assert, that Mt. Rain
ote for the Union, and that he did not receive
the instrudirns of his constituents so to do ; I am
well aware, that a paper was lying at the Custom-
house in this town, an the custody of a revenue
officer, who was the servant of the Crown, and an
adive agent of his party, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the signatures of such gentlemen as he could
ilifluence, or might be disposed to sign it, in favour
of that destrudive measure, by which our dearest
and most valuable rights and privileges have been
sacrificed, anti for ever extinguished! But, I am
bold to say, that this county was not at that time
convened by the Sheriff, for the purpose of taking
the sense of it upon that question; and, therefore.
that Mr. Ram could have received no such instruc-

Lions. As to the charge of the Learned Captain (Mr.
King.)that a Rev. Gentleman, high in rank amosgst
the Roman Catholic Clergy, his made an impro.
per use of his influence over his Hock, to induce
them to vote at this Eleaion, or words to that ef-
feet. lam authorised by a Roman Catholic Gen-
tleman. of high consideration in this county, and
who now stands near me (Mr. W. Redmond) to
say, that such charge is unfounded in fail, and can.
not be supported by a avietilla of evidence—before
I sit down, let me exhort the Roman Cathoiic

Eleaors not to allow the freedom of their choice to

be biassed by any undue influence—the return of
the Members, I am bold to say, is in their hands—
by a free, manly, firm, and constitutional exercise
of the eleeire franchise, which privilege the law has
confided to them. they must 'arra./ in returning
my friend Mr. Colelough, as the ()Ned of their
choice ; who has ever been the advocate of Catho-
lic Emancipation, as well as the most sincere and
tree supporter of the King and Constitution.

We noticed in a former Paper the attempt of a
Treasury Journal to divide the Eleaors of Irel.md
into two classes—Loyal Prolestasts and Disloyal
rapists; and to represent them all as direaed in the
exercise of the elective franchise, by their religion,
without regard to any other consideration. The
wickedness, and the impotence of the attempt, we
are confident, will defeat its object, and, therefore,
any observations for the purpose of refutation are
superfluous. We, therefore, shall mffely notice
one single proof of the ignorance or wilful misre-
presentation which has been praised in pursuance
of this system. The Paper, to which we allude in
one of its late number, says—ii Belfast, Innis.
killen. Athlone, Dungarvan, Armagh, Carlow,
Cashel, Clonmell, Bandon, Youghal, Dundalk,
Wexford, Colerain, and Ross, have already re-
turned friends of the present Ministry." Who
would suppose, after -such a boat, that these are
mostly close Boroughs It is a fad, that the re-
turn for the Borough of Wexford is this time in Mr.
Nevii.a.a, and that gentleman has rettuned himself.
Such is the proof given of the popularity of the
present Ministers in Ireland. Mr. Nrvit. Le has re-
turned himself for his own Borough I l I
At the final close of the poU, for the boroughs of
Flint, Caergwrle. Overton, etc the numbers were,
for Lieut.-Colonel SHIPLEY 193—Sir S R. GLYIII4i
18+—Majority 9. Colonel Soar ay, in his manly
and spirited address to his Constituents, says—'• I
honour and the King, I love my Country, her
Constitution, and her Liberties, and am veady to
shed the last drop of my blood in their d. fence. I
am firmly attached to our Church Estabishment ;
yet, at the same time, a warm friend to liberal tole-
ration, considering it as her distinguishing feature
and best security; but I do most strongly d'-precate
any attempt to make religion a stalking-horse to
arobitioii ; or a pretext for exciting divisions and dis-
sensions among the people. To the immediate
duties of the Commons' House of Parliament, I
pledge myself to pay unwearied attention, to attack
corruption in every shape and farm it, which she
may appear, and to ase my best endeavours to pre-
vent an increase of your burdens, by the treads at
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