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was he be found he was at a less Iss discover. Was is in She
coudud of the Various/ Adodaistrations who bad beer is
power dace she first inteoductioe of the great queseime of
Refocus ? Was it in the treatment which the bewiertios Pe-
litioess of the people, ender which the table of the Horse
of Caleiewasse still erolineAl, had end with? Was it its
the Resolution. adopt. el by lb. Yorkshire Arweciation
of 1782, sat which far hoodedd cavalry gentlemen de.
dared their conviction of the acceasity of Relive, sod, in
she irwe spirit of prophecy, pointed owl the dale whir* world
Bow from itei lion.adoptionl—(Applamie)—n prophecy whirls
had been but two rolls verified, iie she weedier. which at that
mon.rol *Serra them in the face.—Or was It depicted le
them ire she lurr.sive •ppointmeata and the other good thaws
eojeyed by the •iieereariala the ptalatnell, the pasioneas Neel
the borooglueemeigers who were sealer she loassediete dm.
trot and management of the M Mater of the day If seek
was the desperate enailiiion to whit* the asset of Reffileell
w* reskiemt, merely It Itemise ate temppentds tort 'dew
cases to come roared is a body Will Melte It 'riots the
dormice in which it was placed. If be was asked the mu.
fives which induced him now to come forward, he would
sale, that his answer was written in legible charade's.—
in She dames-noir stale in which she country wee plaired--.
in the acts and law of the last Session of Parliament
—(Giros/ applause)—in she dia.ees in which nee pert of
the people of the kingdom were reduced—and is the antici-
pated misery which threatened the other—is the starvation
by which the people of Ireland had been visited In the
• midst of plenty, and the I ruin which threatened a
great portion of the empire.—(Applause)—It was to he
found in • profusion of expeoditure nil to he equalled
in the sneak of hisoory—a billion and a half of public woo.
ney having been disported in she coolest of 49 mars. anklet;
near 3,000,0001. per week, or about 500,0001. fur every
working day.—(Applause.)—lt ores to he found in an over-
whelming taxation and ass overwhelming d. hi—a debt, she
aterest of whir* could nut continne to be paid without she
rick of bringing about • great national convelsiom, melees
some arrangement WI. made with the toilette creditor, which
would be at once satisfactory to him and so .he people at
largo. But this was no event which be hoped
• lake place. saleas accompanied by a Reform in Pediatrist.
• It would further be fumed in the influence posoessed mot so
• much by she Cream me by the Oligarchy. by the Borough In-
fluence en the House of Commons. That influence it was that
caused all the mild ie• which they hail endured, all the miseries
which they still endured, nod which they were likely to endure
as long as the present corrupt system was allowed Ws (will.
It mast furiher be routed in a dooms Report of a Coeleall-
ter of she House of Commutes, by which it appeared that
109 of their Members received nu less a sum than 409.8431.
exclusively of the fees of office, the whole of which was
taken out of their pockets,out of that public puree of which
they (the House of Commove) had been appidoted the
constitutional guardians. By • careful peeessal of that
list, they would Mot. that • majority of she House of
Commas were returned by Peers, by the Aristocracy, such
theme immediately connected with sheet. Geed 111 l s God!
could say mass in that room, or in she country, lay lie hand
to hie heart, sod without any (velar of prejudice, lise that
• Howse of Commons an cnnssiteted was owe to whin h the
lima, the proporites, and the liberties of the people of Eng-
land ought to be committed ?—(Loud applause)—lt would
be read in the proceedings of that alliance. falsely sad
impiously called Holy; an alliance which lad made Env.
land tSe ally of despotism, and the army of freedom all
over the world. It world be foetid in the marlevisareg semb
tem of Goverument, of coercion of Ministers towards the
people, and their studious inetteation to their petitions and
complete's ; and in the amide's!, course of vacillating cor-
ruption and extr•megasee of whirls she people bad been au
lung the unhappy victims. He had perhaps sufficiently
explained she matlve• by which he was admitted in cellieg
that enertirg ; but as he had been accused of wishing wan-
tonly to disturb the reactor she county, he felt is necessary
to add yet another reason, mud that was the perfect teen-
orillity which at this moment existed in every pars of it. It
was at • period like the ;weeds., whew • e euniry was in per.
feet traequillity at home, and when there existed not she
slightest danger from •broad, that the wire statesmen e f all
times would avail themselves of the introduction of any
eras and say reformation and change.—(Applause.)—
When a nation was surrounded by skaters and difficul-
ties, It naeurally looked to the collective wisdom of its Re.
presentative, for relief. The people have bad their eyes
steadily Axed upon Nehmen-at; and what was she result'
Had obey not been disappaiated ? Had any thing hers dose*
for their relief? No, isclibiug—autbing was breed in Par-
Immoral best doctrines runtravening those principle* Wiwi
our ancestors had established and cemented with their blood,
and handed dowel to tot as their last tad moo invaluable
blessiug. In order to prove this, it wee nut isecesrsary that
lie shoold bewilder them ley reeding into any weligelrilln
research; it was cooly weresaary to go has k to the Revohatiou
—a period, which they bed been taught loin their cradles to
consider me One of the mini nloritius in our history—a period,
the anniversary of which had hero Ado celebrated sat that
city with all she pride, pump, nod circumstance of public
rejuicaug. Whet would the great mew who brought about
that happy event say, hail they beard the doctrines to
wbirh lie alluded? IViieelil they nos, to use the words of
the late Speaker of the House of Commons. start from Omer
seats with indigeation mid altooislentent ?—(Applause.)—
Ise former times the principles of liberty hail received mouth
honours at Irmo. It was reed teed fur the people of the pe-
seta day to hear the following sentiments broadly steeled is
Parliament :—" That it be essential to the perfection of •
Representative Body that it •huuld hot be identified with,
but for the people; and that it is • signal merit in the Bei-
House of Commons, that it dues not lammed to a Jo.
rect delegation from she triple." If such were the case,
he resold nos see how the Houourable Member could redo,.
elle it with the fact of his being a Representative of the
People; fur as such oaly could he pretend to • seat se Par.
liansent. There certairly wan nOacrouatiog fur tastes; but
bad he been, as that Homemade Member was, readied by
the opulent Burgesses of the seemed town in the kingdoms,
Le would have left Curie Coale and Old Sarum lo shift fur •
themselves—(A laugh.)-1/aless they were peepared not to
render the House of Commune a reflection of the public
mind, unless they wished lo treat the Bill of Rights se wade
paper, sad throw it into the tire, then they ought so come
reedily forward and prove the danger and insecurity of such
and to exert themselves in saving the conutey
from the evils which mend flow from them, There was •
time When, by the Aet of Settlement, Placement Welt pervert-
. from sitieug rev Parliament, but maw their meueure war
stated to Ise urcessery lu preserve the King upon hes
Thane, and to support the Coushatta°. Were she
men who held such docrinre aware of the remelts whirls
followed fain them ? Cooed there Ise a better argu-
ment urged in favour of Reform, than that the King
could not hold hie throne, wiebuut she aid of bribery aid
corruption; or that, on the other hand, the Members of Par-
liament were so sunk, sat lost to amine arch literacy, that
they would endeavour to obstruct the public lolanda ouless
kepi to their duty by bribery and corrupt influeuce ?,—(Ap-
plause)—There was a time Soo when there existed a dread
of taxation, fur there won an old adage, which slid, "that no
things wire Miele but saltation and death." Now, indeed,
she case was deffereeit. Ministers told us Ara, that a aloe-
tool of taxation would add to the diaereses of that country;
acoudly, that it would be au iuterfererce with the Greet
Author of talon.; thirdly, that taxation was • dispeosatiou
of Providence—(A laugh)—aud fourthly, that our die.
tresses trona texatioa were but temporary, and would be
cured un the principles of resereertioa—(A laugb).—Lvt
the people *Sly or do what they might, they could obtain
nie relief. If they giusabled, it was said that they were im-
patient ; If iheysat down silitaitly under their siefferiug, it was
said they were nalieSeal. There was • time when theta
existed • Maas jesloesy of. and wham objectifies. were stele
ageism the come of • stasolieg army, whets knowledge
. was considered as power, the source of wealth and harp.