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London, England, 1852-07-24 00:00:00

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y by means of hie Noble Colleague, succeeded,' Ste -I fairly
succeeded,., in maintaining the seat which you have GOD...
ferred upon him.—(Confusion, amid which a numeser of
_7, • . Ircillteof-tise_tuireinga..rernthded, perhaps G f the
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, !, e',P (.s.e p,, Acre si ~..,..,„,otts y *Ma .a it..
a StiaGoavaisatioh;:whroli Was evidently of a very at lie
mated and exciting character. ) Ido not wish to float )e
I some things whicha--v-htiigel-pace, and which do not t 1
I think,"relleet credit on:the public press of this country,.
It was stated-in it-publie-journal that another candidate
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wifsecoming ferwerel do opposite an& take the. seat of Levi
_li.,
:Gress:per; and the effect of that statement appeared
-tube" that teh6siiition was immediately formed between
the former Members, in order ether. both . their seats
might be safe. I tell you, gentlemen, that aisle ,se.
tleely a mis-statement. There .is lief truth Whateer in
that assertion: There was no intention- et an time of
disturbing the seat of the Noble Lord your ;Y. nt re-
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je lei : teeotut veet ;r
yiands made
efothree Ivetaiosibwhoefiaatuhoebp,Puepbrelirapeoyetas:
teens ail-these-it is-hig h-time--(Upioar)7-that greater
honesty should he found. —I shall else answer e -
fur-
ther specimeas of the pule pew,: . coma-Isere you
bl' -1- JI"- as an English citizen, and in si- eo-e;tientional-re thee to
reir,,_
express- my public opinien‘; andl,have foiled. that, those opinions are very largely .4-„_...,, ~ - • . oses
Where is the,,ofr,,oc,
of F,I-Y.,(,,DY,P341 convitueney.
tee .. • . their Yep 1 haVe beem vilified,
by the public press, and s'eareAk huseaousise epithet has
me when I liar bee'in in the exeityst,4,,the-
heen spared by those ocivocareof fifie-4-1-ins Pekin of
Free and con-
stitutional power which the laws this conntr ilia e
upon me. They have not only-49,*,that. b 2: 6211;71
Jiliieh 'they cOuld. lag
no flaw in my private character on
a rider, they;have attacked me by'lieaneof thOse feel-
in
tl9 Which are the post -s*,c.ied-iindiihriniate •of ,the
human heart, and have add iliern uP iiS`a mark for public
opprobrium and public insule—(ReneWed uproar, see
cries of Fair play!)
I repeat that I don't object to
" "
elf the good-humoured jokes which way he'roade at, au
electioneering time. I wish these jokes may go on, but
de-eire fair play. I don't mind where I see placards
running in such terms as these— ' Lost, supposed to
have strayed from Woodstock to Middlesex," &c. That
is all fair.—(More interruption.) Melte jokes whikte-are
taken generally by the public in electioneering Sikele
repeat, perfetttly fair; I would rather encounter 59,p00
of them than,. be subjected to the educated and en-
nOmed bitterhess of political v.
hostillty,-'as . it -too often
appears in the columns of the public press. lam at-
tacked-through the-pension which it'lgetiterd•66untrY -
conferred for his services on the Duke of Marlborouga—
,, the man to distant betimes known—
t Who shook the Gallic, fixed the Austrian throne."
Little did he .:think- when he achieved those victories,
with the glory of which all Europe rang, that the.time
would come when the benefits, conferred by those vic-
tories would be teat as a, reproach in . the teeth of his
descendants—that the gratitude of the nation would be
contemned, (Great uproar.) There was another great
public man in this country—one who had had the nations
at his feet—one who restrained the.inatilting power and
ambitious designs of France;, and that Areas man has
also received a national tribute ~of gratitude. What will
he think, what will he say, When , he sees the opinions
expressed with respect to his great predecessor? (A.
Voice—" He has been well paid for it.") I will just
recall to your minds what is the great question at issue
between us., This. a contesk,:etiConservative, Liberal
Conservative, and extreme eltra,Liberal opinions.
There-is noeabusawhich, if it can be shown to me to
exist, can ever find, favour in my eyes, and there are no
improvements in the governmentofthe country you can
possibly show me that I will not do all in. my power to
eupport„—improvements..which. may be conducive to
the happiness and- prosperity of the people. '
But there
is a certain course of political; conduct which sounds
rery plausibly in the mouth of a practised speaker, of a
and possessed
matt of great power and ingenuity, of great researeb,
of a-vast fund of diction; but at the same
lime I beg
to say-that those who have reflected on those
pr
eiecoticeioptl,esasnede
tthhaatt
itltieiree ltiheesirbedneuatyth
to
ohedmo aa
i,.
i n dangeroustbei
r
power to prevent the further progress of that element,
should be rent and-destroyed. nedwm:Ahosorherghaardppsiannesesxites
extension
lest the very institutions-o
tohnat
be increased,.
'r do
of the suffrage, listen io
not at all say, - provided education
provided men's- minds - become sobered
should not byi n
religion.c,rt s e
—( Oh," and uproar),—that we
I"believeseethaisn
extension of the franchise,-because
country, as occurs in . the- case of an ' individual,
go
must have a measure of progress, must on from
one stage to another; and may very likely before
long arrive 'at such a state that it would' be proper to
confer on the people an extension of the elective-power.
Whet I say is this-, that while r look, to the
interests orthe lower orders, I must notforget the into..
rests of the middle classes, who are in a minority, so far
as numbers-are concerned, while the lower classes are in
a majority ; so that if you were to give, too large an
extension of the suffrage to the lower orders you would
place at disadvantage the middle classes. What I desire
is that intelligence, property, and opinion should be re-
presented in the great council of the nation., Now I
proceed to the Protestant religion. I utterly repel those
accusations made against me of intolerance. I desire
that every clatia of my felloe:.countrymen, and that
every religion, shall find this land the region of liberty.
But, gentlemen, 'I know that in . consistency with those
principles the population have grown up, and been fos-
tered and nourished in "the Protestant faith of this
country ; and it' is therefore I desire to preserve tne
Protestant faith from every aggression that may be
made upon it, and against every insiduous attempt that
may be made to endanger its security. I wish,
as much as the Hon. Gentleman who so elo-
qaently addressed you, to live on terms of concord
and amity with our Irish brethren ; and I believe it
will be by showing them how to keep their proper
places in the political economy of this country, and let-
ting them see that if they do not they will be restrained
by the power and strong arm of the law, that we shall
most effectually conduce. to the carrying out of the pro-
position put before you.'' The, opinion held by the ex-
treme Liberal part of the House of Commons is, that
you ought to abstract the property from the Church and
give that property to the Roman Catholics. I would
not do that, but I Weill& 'Make' the property of the
Church useful to all who belong to the Church or join
themselves to it. The Church of England has, as see
Church of the nation, tin. ewe door whereby 'all may
enter and partake her iiiihistratione. I belinve she is a
great instrument in the bend of God for thiemaintenance
of 'Protestantism, of math:kill . liberty, and of public se-
curity : and thetifore ,Tir is I• should wish to see her
freed from every abuse, and so the better fitted
for that Work by which she has rivetted every insti-
tution of this realm; ':. I have to thank all the 'gentlemen
who baie given me their zealous support. I believe.
gentlemee, we have put our left foot foremost. We
shall next put our right foot forward. We'shall yet
see those colours floating in- the- breeze to mark the
triumph Of the Conservatere cause, and our 'hearts shall
yet-swell withjoy in victory. By these opinions, which
I have avowed, I shall be guided in my seat in Parlia-
ment; and believe me it is no light encouragement to a
public man to be cheered in his public lite by the united
testimony and verdict of 4,258 of my fellow•countrymen.
That is ' a sufficient reward to me for all 'the toil and
anxiety I have had. : ,Electors} of Middlesex, I thank
you all. I leave you now without one bitter thought.
I desire your good; and your good, according to the
dictates of my- conscience, I shall endeavour to promote
in the legislative assembly of this country. .Y('" B"i'
see by my public life that hereditary distinctions, ducal
honours, and public pensions are but as
eyes unless life and character sustain them.--(Cbeers:)- Mr. Honig, on advancing to .the front of the plat-
form,.
was received:with dross in my
, the
warmest eiseifitutsfonns
at
popular: approbation. He expressed his
in grgartleatacounty
witnessing the triumph of .inciPle
of. Middlesex in the person ,f
religious liberty, of
a distinguished advocate of civil andzieeli Lord was the
reform, and of retrenchment. The
t/sborne was the trim-
his Hon. riend, who was
victim ot his party, while , gr.
sew further and had other
been put forward by those whof.
hie, 1 fle had seen enough of
phsnt champion of their cau The Noble Marquis had
and deeper objects than-7-Zpitir of his coming to his
the Noble Marquis
at
tact; rind be hoped to see him a
(Mr. Ilume's) shop,
,Ilst was more, a consistent man.
anu'eeen a reformer, and had sat next
gtioioadfartehfeorrmbader,
once.s the House, but he was afraid, from
him (Igr. fradmiameyilisis soi; -the-Noble Duke had gone over
the limb taken -Let him, then, show his opinions in
to the close's and not meddle with the -represents-
(Cheers.) Ho (Mr. flume) was not
ho lOok vi
on° w_, itie Ho bald jealousy-on- the privileges of the
4.4.1.. at -D.'
tt
it
oot
4f
the
iri
eirr
-ntldsole
. ith
it was. an advantage on many sue'
necessity to have a class to stand
' -- •of Pin°
s'" the. Crowe and the people, and therefore he
between
the enemy of, those . who cried down the Peerage ;
butlhe was prepared to prevent their meddling with the
I souse of Commons.—(Loud cheers.) He believed the
leoblelilarquis would yet ttirh oat 'an excellent Church
reformer. The title he inherited and the' property h
held vibuld. be best protected by his becoming a -°
Parlia-
mentary reformer. There was no country whose insti
ealetilafed to promote the interests of
and middling—ttrdour own, if
tutions were better
low,
all claases—high,
they were purified ; and, when men
France, he told them it was absurd to -ecompare
timea coun-
tryto him of
tomin im-
bmeeemnofiiioael._wi(tch
whose institutions had been despotic f
ryjiwe whoseinstitutions had always
haeennren.)nt wanted see the people in
the possession of those Parliamentary privileges which
constitutional authorities spiked belonged- to them of
right; and, if they Would-only keep quiet and work on
.steadily and peaceably-.not-13 . (zing led away, as they
had once been, by ' a Set Of men called Chartists, who
sought to effect changes by Violence and uproar, they
would soon see those desirable changes effected'
(Cheers.) They- wanted an adequate representation
of this country, and if they wished to have
the Parliamentary- structure secure, they mint widen
its bases. If ever the Crown and the arisis°74
were in danger it would be from the want of a PH:se.
basis Sufficiently extensive. He would give every "
n Edinburgh,
holder—every owner of a separate fiat,
as
in
of that
a vote, and he would protect him in
tea
eleexctors he would
vote by the ballot. Instead of 14,000 electors
s (Cheers.)
give eliddlesex 40,000 or 50,000 el tg°
e
Who were most interested in good government? Why
There was ,not one of
the working classes, to be- sure.
bread who was not
the men there who earned hisdaily
imminent and crier than the
more "interested in good g(cheers.) Let the people be
richest amongst them.—
ducation—not education by the
"taught their rights by e
to do, peril •
had enough perhaps, as it was,
clergy, who ,--
plenty 'of them—but by the increasing
..
though there were
education
alone. Neither class devoted to
safe. their social
.institutions nor PiePerlY, !re when dependent on a
E,„,t, population; and, if the
mantallobe Lord
brute and ignor .
cis would give the educated
-end his hien -work ,
and educate him at 'once. He
let them bet ta
wished 50 limit the duration ot Parliaments. Short so.
counts made long friends, and as Members of Parlise
.
only the trustees of thepeople, they might
a
went were
be fore them every three years to re an aCOOLIII.
Pine
of what they had done. Re wished to do sway with.the
present inequalities, of our ropreoutstive system, by