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test being now over, he should banish /far, Lis mind all
recoil. mime of their brew, bamility, and consider them all,
willoost pollealety, ea his commitments, mad he ready t• do
them all the services in his power. Hr retsrludsst by thank-
ing ttw no- tisor for their irdolgence in list. wog to what he
had o. sir.—dissind sad &mil continued )
Al.. ()wall the* anc, and alien Ore appLiuse with which
be was clamed •Nerteel him to proceed. he spoke in sub.
stoat as follows :—" I hag leave is she drat place to thin*
the Gerstein,* who bare arta/ for me is she present gees-
*ion, and in she WM, S. retains my ackwarlesdriments to
sire inhabitants of thii town and sieighlowsrlierid, for the
koirlosem and attention I have experiestcest trim thaw,
in: she late estivate, aid sip to the present nsoinent. With
reference to the Inisinvis of she day, I rejoice 'hit is has
termimated as is has door. Many of yen, iso doubt, will
he surprised at this dreier:dints; but after orates osa deli-
berate ettosisterotoiss of the 'object, I am led to conclude
it will be Amore liemehrial to the tante which I advocate,
that before I submit my plaits to Parliameat, the urn Mem-
bers sleciail hive a fair uppstrialusly of tryiug io its first lira
skin, what they eau eters towards the relief of the national
distresses. Si. little rin I value popularity or fame uf any
kind, that I would web rather Shed relief were brought
shoot by others than by myself. I care not who oceans
plashes she geed, so that she good iso accomplished. And I
wish to give every appwalmaly to Aare win rapport the
present arrinfressemta of society; to remedy the cab made,
which the country Is saw suffering ; although ray floosies
tins certainly is, that, from she erroneous principles upon
which they act, dry must fail in the attempt. Thera is a
ralwahle precept, wish which you are Du stuobt acrissaintril.
which directs us to forgive our enraiiirs. Het oressesling to
the views which I wish to inculcate, we have no menace,
or, if we should have any, they lead stn to wake theme our
hieside.

Here. however, we have no enemies; for Mr. Mont►ith
with whom I have been no terms of frieudship for twenty
cumr•enord Ls canvass some months Isrfore I bad
any intention of bet:unties • Candidate. Hie exertions,
therefore, have been directed, sot against me. hot in favour
of himselflcu•duet which, on his pert, yen must allow was
quite natural. I ►ave continued the centred up to t►is ono-
man, to shew that Mr. Mooteith has out bent eh cteil by the
voice of the burgesses and inhabitants of Leuark—but that
I am, in spirit and in troth, your representative. My oppo-
sition shall now cease; fur although it should be proved to
me by my kgal advisers that I might yet .mceed by pelt-
tioniug the House of Commons, I would much rather lose
my mat than gain it by a personal rosiest; mot I wish to
state here distiurtly, that Wan), parties counectid with my
late canvass have adopted any measures (of which, however,
I am not swore), gelding in the least degree to demoralise
the population of this •eisbborrhood, it bee been done not
only witliont my knowledge, but in direct opposition to my
wishes and instructions.