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not chme to the nomination, camp to the decleretie
and though. Mr. Lennard bas been to kind as to nt tad..
me a little, but not very much, I shall not attack his. Ta
and Ido not intend to do so. I should not add to ti e
laurels I have won by throwing atones at a man I hatia' treetste:,
known for years. But I must make a reentek upon who ,ae 'ea
Mr. L:nnard said; and I should not be doing my duty a
I did not. He said that if he chute he could upset the
election for the northern division of E'sox. Now, I
should have no hesitation in telling Mr. Lennerci, if he
:were here present, that never in the whole course of his
existence did he make a statement so utterly unfelt:AO,
or so utterly unsurported by one ecintilla of trath.—
(Cheers.) I defy Mr. Lennard—l defy all tee lawyers
Mr. Lennard can bring—l defy all the pettifogging
tricks he may attempt, to adduce one single unfair step
from drat to lest which has been taken upon cur part.
Then it is neither straightferwsrd nor manly, nor worthy
of a gentleman, to say, uuder such circutud t'•
bo
could upset this election—(Ch,er=)—"S 'a"'1""°:;''"oL"ae:
in
velguin anabigti?.s." I ask hint to nauf..?2a,'Single thing
that he can find wrong in our doe:ion. ict him state: it
like a men, end I will answer him when ho likes.—
(Cheers.) The other day I saw Mr. Le‘neard in the
streets of Colchester, and ho r„lii mo it vva., a
pity that
I was mush a strong Protectionist in I.3sintree and a sti-on,
Free-tralcr,in Colchester. I asked him to nhow me the
ciitlereLce. " Why," ho said, h you say here if the poor
man has his loaf cheap you would be sorry to make it
dear." Well, I sail so still, in Gees n, .
ee ,
u I say
also, lap the men who peodeeted it have . fair rainunera-
tion to.—(Load cheers.) T_e cheaper bread is, SO Leg
as the man that produces it is properly remunerated, the ,
better pleased I ate. Why, I Jen a consumer myself. I
don's grow a single (In is:ter of wheat, but I do cat
one, and it is natural that at a consumer I should like
to see it cheap. But there is a theling of justice in
my mind: I have a fhelieg that those who provide the
great source of food foe the health and nourishment
of the people should, at least, have the mov.E3 of pro-
ducing it cheaply, and at a remunerating price. If they
are not remunerated how cen they pay the labourer
and those taxes which ere necessary to carry on the ma-
chinery of the country? It is impossible for men who
have those taxes to pay to compete en equal terms with
there who ha.ve no taxes to pay.—(Cheers.) I am a Pro-
tectionist; I was a Protectionist, and believing in the
truth of it. I hope I shall continuo to be a Protectionist
until the last day of my tife.—(Appleuse.) Never Einar
1847, however, did I uPbeld the old Oidilor" scale. Since
the hour that it was excommunicated by Sir R. Peel, I
know that it wall impassible to re-impose it, ren never
held that doctrine. But this I do mainteht—though
have not the power, I am sorry to say, to carry it—that
a small fixed duty would be a fairer way of reimbursing
.out of the pockets of the foreigner those sums which wo
on reseeeolry se.s) That areexporting to pay for foreign grain.—
would hardly be felt on the price of the
(
loaf, but .I would assist to relieve the burdens of the pro-
ducers; and I do not wish to see the pcor man's loaf
dear.—(Cheers.) If we cannot carry out protection,
then, I say, lot us try to do that which is next—to do
justice to the farmers in other Ways; and
I am perfectly confident that the present Government
will be found not oely desirous, but ea_
pable of re-adjusting the burden of taxation
which unduly depresses the agricultural interest beyond
all others.—(Cheers.) Weil, then, having taken off one
heavy wrapper, as it were, from the clothes of the agri-
caltural party, will they not be able to work better, to
aet bettor, and probably to produce at a cheaper rate?--
' (Cheers.) When Mr. Lennard was proposed the other
day I heard a good deal said with regard to his , being
the friend of civil and religious liberty, and therefore,
having a great claim upon your votes. Now there is
abnigdbreerlicgiteu t3iolnibe forrtyis thosea
not a man in this room, or perhaps out of it, who hes a
sacredtwowotredrsmt. In
h a ntmyself.he llips
Ceitv ial
liberal monarch, like William 111., wh
save us from Popery, as we say in Ireland;ocame lips of
an enlightened statesman, L in the
here to
a h
Edmundoourdd Chatham;.E narkndo,beautiful
or
rin
e vt
ehne lips of an honest patriot, likeis
of Charles Fox, it is
term; but when it is brought forevnardnfyhparDissenting
manufacturer or a Radical ex-Member of
nloiament, I
Please."
ask the men am apt to think the real meaning of it is.
esntandf
I wishla with
the Caurch and let's do as we
ey civil and relizicus liberty; but I
Essex is it civil liberty that they should be pelted when
they come here to eat a dinner? Is it liberty when
voters are hurried off by the priests, es they are in Ire-
land, and confined in dungeons? Don't let us prostitute
civil and religious liberty, then, into mob rule and Dis-
senting arrogance.--(Loud cheers.) Now, lam teeing
my
constituents, and I think that they have a right to
know that which of ttnts the honour, character, and cre-
dit of their Members. I have seen within the last fcw
days statements in certain adverse journals that I have
been tampering with the purity of the election of the
borough of Derby. Ido consider, that if any set of
men have a right to ask of me an explanation on that
subject it is the electors of North Essex.—(Cheers.)
shall give them but a very brief explanation under ex-
isting circumstances. I consider that though they are
the people alone who ought to ask me a question on the
subject, there is, nevertheless, but one real place where
it ought to be, and shall he discussed, and that is the
House of Commons.—(Cheery.) I am not going to per-
mit these false accusations to go forward and not to no-
tice them. The proper piece, however, is not the
dinner table here at Braintree, but the floor of the
House of Commons.—(Choers.) Still, I stn not going
to distnies you quite so quickly. I tell you bete that,
directly or indirectly, I have had no hand whatever in
any case whatsoever of bribery in the borough of Derby.
—(Cheers.) Further as to the particulars I will not go,
because whenever Parliament meets, whether it is
mooted on the other side or not, I shall consider it my
duty, in my place, to state that these accusations have
been made against me, and I shall call on those who
mode them to prove there.—(Cheers.) I shall endea-
vour to have an icquiry into the whole thing, which, I
have not the slightest hesitation in saying, will expose
bare and broad to the public view as gross a cite of con-
piracy, combined falsehood, and vile suhornatior, as
ever was brought before a committee of the Rouse of
Commons.— (Loud cheers.) Under these circumstances
it would be imprudent to say one word more,_ became
they that can brir.g false accusations and suborn
people to support them, would be ready to meet what
I ;mow, if I allowed one scintilla to come out. I trust,
therefore,
that the electors of North Essex will
not be deceived into believing those statements
which they read in the Daily Vacs, which detests
me, and in the .Mornil.g Chronicle, which is continually
attacking me, though I have the pleasute occasionally
of sitting on the same .oh, in the same ciub, with the
editor of that paper. Such is the state of eccisty when
we are eulijected to the intrusion of those who make use
of all cur letimate associations, who ccmo to the same
club as ourselves, cud who write letters and leading arti-
cled impugning our conduct and blackening cur charac-
ters at the very same table at which We, ourselves are en-
gaged in our honest avocations.—(Cheers.) Now, I
Leave looked over with case and I think I ougut to know
something of the returns of Members made up to the
present time, and I think I may congratulate you that,
though i; 0 may not be so flourishing is every exact par-
ticulur as we could hope, yet that Lord Derby's sup-
porters have been returned to Parliament in numbers
sufficiently strong to uphold his cause in the new House
of Commons; and, if there be not a large majority at
tint, I do trust and hope that it will be swelled by a few
moregentlcnaen whom we do not call our aheolutefriends,
but, who, being imbued with Conservative pritaci-
non
Ore, and with a veneration for that ceoarnsstituwill,
under which wo have lived for so
many
strugg'le be-
when it comes to be an open
and avowed
innovation
be-
twee., constitutional government a
strongly in
—that those gentlemen, I saeh though
at all (worts,
favour of a Darby will,Administrltteonepe
ponents of the con-
not range themselves among_ tonna.
jority is not decidedly
stitution.—(Cheers.) That the
plainly,
et I believe it
is
ono
a Derby majority I stateish
attacked, and when the
which, when the constitution
together in one band to de-
Throne is shaken, I rally
will
ear to every true-horn English-
fend that
which
idghicOtritinuccl cheering.) Gentlemen, I
men.—(oou an
g tank remaining—it is .to thank the
have one pleasing
th Essex for the splendid way in which
they have ralliedfreeholders of Nor
rwind me and my respected colleague
at this late con test._
(Cheers.) It is to you and to
met in this room a fortnight ago that the
these whomer °
have achieved is owing. You started
triumph which we
ream each One determined to canvass his own
parrs
• h and to bring up two voters. .every WWI
tpromise .—(Loud cheers.) The poll declares
formed e his
that the victory
achieved proves the fidelity of the free—
holders of North Essex,—(Prolonged cheering.) I have
to do my duty to those freeholders who so honoured me,
not only in word but in deed. But not only do I offer
my services to them—there is not a man who has in-
sulted rue, not one who has pursued me with inveteracy,
who, if he require my services in Parliament, shall not,
have them.—(Loud cheers.) If Mr. Connell. wants pro-
tection—that hated word—for his silkmills I'll •
it
him if I can, though he won't give me a
fair
ligtve
earing.
If Sir J. P. Wood wants assistance, he has
had it before,
and shall have it again.—(Cheers.) The
re is not a man
that has insulted me, even if he he one of the " rabble,"
whom I will not assist to save from say impost that
ailli
eft him.—(Cheers.) While I am your Member I
am the Member of all. The labourer, tho artisan, the
peasant—all, iu my eyes, deserve the same respect as the
gentleman; but let them pay the same deference to fixed,
authorities and to the principles of justice:
(Loua
cheers.) I trust I should be the last to use any ugly
terms to men with horny hands cr sunburnt brows.
They are worthy of respect if they behave themselves
decently, but I think it hard that the freeholders should
s
be prevented being heard by those who have
no
escrllibe
themselves.—(Cheers.) I hope that this subiirany ugly
buried from henceforth. I shall not recur red
erhoPe for the
terma if they will only let me alone,
Irish spirit
future that I may be utile to reneethat
Remember, if I
which is in me of resistance to insult.nto be bullied, it is
have a warmth that will not stand
and the greatest
also a warmth that can be g
in my feelings of gratitude
warmth I possess is embodiedtots
of North Eases.—(Loud
the oleo
and affection to you,
and prolonged checriug.)ve ,e the Conservative Electors
Sir J. TYRRELL then g
of North Eases,"followd was duly responded to.
which. twhich afforded an opportunity
to the new Menehe
Other tenets to
address the company, of which
rAves.
they availed
t
the
s the railway sts.tion at the close of the
prxee~ingOn their Wta,Yo
Members were followed by ndisorderly
eeeted and yelled in a most _discordant
crows', ye"' • their animosityagaien
directing principally
manner,
d• but, as ,the •v. accompanied by. the
Mr. Beresfor , y /ere
d el• crimtna-
who acted whil great forbearance an
P"u'breach the fortunately °caller ed•
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luisn LEATIIErz.—A great trade in Irish leather
is now going on with France. It is sent in the hide from
Dublin, is tawed, tanned, and dressed in France, and comes
back in that beautifully mellow article called " French
leather." The leather, if made up into boots or shoes, would
pay a high duty ; but there is little or no import duty on the
dressed 51iin3.-IVorth British Daily Mail.

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