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the I'o'll.lo2oon of their long-tried end 'mirrored
fi tend Mr. Scorlemon., Na a iwroins einii.eody qua-
lified to rep...sect rt is Cty its Parliament. LI- felt
it rope/florins for him to occupy the tittle ref 11.-
inertotg. as Nlr. S nifainote was well Ittiown to
present, and further eulogy was siiineceesiry,
to strongly recommend to the Feemen
lierefi•ed hie respecter) friend, me by to be-
came uoe of their Representatives in Parlionent.
r.; Coat histe rose to IddreSS the if...en:en RP pi
Cis,didate. Affer hermit expressed hi,. !yob fill
acktiowledgmesits to the Greitlettien Who insignia el
and seconder:Hint. fur the very flottesiis minpier
en winch they hart dune us, lie said; that iitiosteo
as he was in their neighbourhood, conlie.-tref a$ fait
was with Owl. opd gratified as he lad been tat
their kindness and Hien confidence. it pas improve
sible for him not to feel must 6.1 n the
honour of agein hermitic their
.
•Impressed with these seinirrienti. helm/ Itaifirs4.
!10-spars us vi_ e_sAgipep 'thod Olt lelgtairliplomit
eastraost (O e flail; VI (sty' pe►sq
respects to the electors. end if any. totoie teed
-have niftier, to the grinned* he Weir fell towards
tlwm, it was the kindness waif ihicklie are. revere-
and the unprecedented eittecess or !be tansies
Ire hid made.. Indeed he could not help st.a:
inr, Oat, he had received promises' of support front
',wady live out of six of the. -fteCesiiti of the cis,.
Ile b•greell ter mention that there wits auother cit.
cumstance which would render the boUour be aspic.
ed to particularly acceptable : it was this—tint
no pledge had ever been required from Into
US to the line of conduct he sight adopt on
any particular question ; he most say, that witr.:
out a feeling of perfect independence, 'he ehotild
cease to derive that pleasure from having a seat in
the (loose of Commons which that honour had
hitherto afforded him. As rational liberty is the
pride, the boast, and glory of our canitliy, ro is the
feeling of independence to individual., esnecsa:y to
those who are sent by their fellow-citizens or usher
electors, to the great Council of the Idvisrii. lie
could not hells here observing, that he had 'heard.
and seen in print, the term independence moo,
pervernd ; he was confident that the How. Gentle..
men wills whom lie differed in politics slid 1/0i
that independeoce was inconsistent with party bras.
and he appealed to the common intoning of the.
word, anal to the common sense of all. whether it
was consi.tent ur u man to give up ;ill his olio
ideas and tiotious upon political subjette to Cie
leaders of the party, which, upon the ^hole, ra
might think it his duty to support; se he trusted
that his political priuciples were well known. he
would not unnecesearily occupy their tune by a re-
,petition of them ; but he would say thus much,
because it could not be too strongly felt or too
often repeated, that he had the strongest atid most
altachnictoLialhe Cossaiuttion this con is.
try. He could not help here adverting to some
observations which had fallen front die gentlemen
who had proposed Nit. Scudamore, lie felt the de-
ference duce to the experience and learning of that
Gentleman, but he insist say, that as to the senti.
tnents he had expressed, relative to the House rd.
Commons, his opinion differed very wirlelj, and he
denied that the House of Commons was Kuvrrt rd
by the will of the Minister. He expressed nissetise
or the importonee of the trust he nes 'oily:top.;
them to cenifide to him, and of the elect tasty
times like the present, of exercising it with zeal
and firmness. lie sincerely lamented the distress
at present existing, both so the commercial and
agricultural interest', and the dissatisfaction result-
ing from it ; hut he did not think that die remedies
often suggested by those who dithered in polities
from himself, viz, the change of the Adiesers of
the Crown, and a general alteration in t:ie mode at
returning Members to Parliament, celcul itrd to re-
move the evils: lie slid nut thisk so, lie‘au.te the
other nations of Europe, as well es the United
States of America, were eqnally ruff ni.g aiestress.
On the contrary, he thought that as such alterations.
would not tend to remove the difficulties the.coun..,
try laboured under, as soon as the novelty. was
Over, disappointinriit would be added to eli-setts.
faction. He begged to say, however..- girt *ten-
ever gross corruption was proved. he should wish to
see the elective franchise forfeited, arid giveki So
others more likely to make au hotiourable isworst(ll..
Ile hoped it was ti:lnecessary isow to assure 140411118 of,
Idyl sincere desire to proinuie the welfare aost softie :
rests of the city, and concluded 6a a.Nisrbir by
th3tiking them for tit iinlidgeoce snits winsii their
bad heard li in.
,Ir. ScunAstoar. tbr-ts rose and ashiremssj st,ee
Freemen ; regrclied ti.tt serene tailisPurt.
sition hod prevrot.-41 toot sooner p,p eg 'too settesty6..
to his friends moil Lro•lii r Freemen, whose Writhes
towards him has so beta pru LI. atjektelpwr,
esterro it was hit pi outiest astJaittoo to.,abeelt.e, I m
political conduct ,vas known. aiiskapep!erp:u
on that point were oupetflussisa—tif he was elected.
he would pursue the snit :use of conduct :Rot .iail
so often gained bins the warm aiiiirortazion Si
those lie had now the honour of a ldre,s•og,•a raf
their best interests should als:lys iorin• tie prcos
cipal guide for hits parlianientary
lusions bad hr.n Made to the ...Oa lort,C•ell.
jags in Parliament; he had Gil it ti;s dusty to
oppose those meas..res. and hash door is from no
other motive but that Of duty, and oh odd rontinue
on every uccasiun, to the best of los atti:ity, to
uphold the rights of the subject, and preserve in.
violate the Constitution of the cuu•itry. ll•
thanked his numerous friends for ilitir repeated aele
of knidness, awl concluded with loopiin.; t;ist tw
should again be elected one of 41.1ir
'vitalises. •

After the usu..l proclamations, no u:l,er
date appeuring, the 51.1y0r declared the ifi,ii„
Cocks, and It. P. Scutiasuore, E. 44. rtult etec'ell
Itepre-•otstises of the city. The 3lerttbera were
then t aired, accornp.inied with hands of matte
and bilge parties of their respective frienas,:lifill
afterwards dined at the Hotel sod Green
with numerous comproieN where the rve..ing Nis
spent with the "atom.: harmony and twit it).