The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS•

Lord Melbourne, and a " re-action" of public opil
riion. This prediction having failed, we are now
threatened with an inevitable Tory majority in the new
Parliament. The apostate Times and sanctimonious
Standard must surely have a strange idea of the gul-
libility of the people. The latter journal last night

Not more from the cheering communications which
we continue to receive of the state of the Liberal
interest in the different constituencies, than from the
lamentations and dissensions of the Tories, are we en-

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able to indulge the most favourable anticipations of contains the following paragraph ;
!,'the result of the impending elections. However, un-,> " This day adds largely to our previous stock of grati-
til the victory be decided there should be no diminu- • - fying communications upon the subject of the approaching
aStion of exertion, no pause nor relaxation while a foe re- contest. But still the victory is not secured—far from it.
knains in the field. It is not enough to defeat the ene- The fate of a vast number of seats remains to be ascer-
tained—of quite enough to augment considerably the
--i-in iy, but the blow must be struck so effectually as to -..-
tyrant majority' in the present House of Commons ; and
.: thee from all subsequent attacks. Great
of nure country
..... we' do not hesitate to say, whatever use our enemies may
,:as is the strength of the Reformers, there is an abso-a make of the admission, that the exertions already corn-
ilute necessity for its utmost effort, every nerve and '4 inenced must be sustained with improved vigour, and that;
Winuscle must be strained to their utmost tensity. Votes 4 exertion generally must be prodigiously extended, or the!
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- iinae a otner things, become valuable in proportion to'!,-`tyrant majority' will be considerably augmented."
lithe demand for them, and never did the country stand:, Our veracious Contemporary, calculating on the;
''in more need of the liberal electors than at present. o- defective memory of its readers, forgets that the Con-i
":One vote in the next may prove of (Treater value than a.- servatives were promised, some days since, a majority
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Afifty in any subsequent election ; one sterling Re-- in the coming Parliament, and now "a vast number
form Member returned to the next may prove more.- of seats remain to be ascertained !" Money is now
'''serviceable to the great cause of freedom than ten ' wanting, and the Standard holds up to the Conser-
'ton any subsequent Parliament. The whole course,'.- vatives as a bright example the Bank of the United
lof the present reign will receive its tone and corn- .a States, alleged, " in its contest with General Jackson,"l
plexion from the Constitution of the next House of.eoto have " expended a million and a half of moneys
-i Commons, and the progress of improvement will be.a,upon a single general election." The Tory million-I
thereby either rendered easy and secure, or most diffi- a- aires and aristocracy are soundly rated for their parsi-I
:.:.lcult and dangerous. Everything depends on the. mony, and we are told
.by their own journalist that the,
,711G-lonestylir.en.ergy, and zeal of the constituent body of ' noble and opulent partisans of the faction
.are "seifisl„
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~ , ‘ representative trust is about to be o and insincere," and that at least forty-nine fiftieths "1
oire-placed in handstne' of those who delegate it ; and ifho of their " affected zeal must go to the account of;
;,lihey select unworthy Members as its depository, tie- ~ selfishness." If they would but subscribe a peil
Amendous will be their responsibility. We are threat- centage of their enormous incomes "to cover all
ened by the Tories with the destruction of our most' the legitimate expenses of contesting every seat in,
valued institutions, if Reform be not checked; but to England," the effect would be, says the Standard,
tir4.1.11 impartial minds it is evident, that it is in resisting I" that before to-morrow night a sufficient fund would
:- m Iltefor the danger of our institutions becomes most be subscribed to contest with probable success every
,eirnmincint. It is not the rotten beams that will sup- seat in the United Kingdom." Another "effect" o
'hiort the edifice ; and if these be not re-placed ina
'time-if timc—if men, from sinister motives, or the force of' '
, a profuse Tory subscription, our Contemporary avers,
would be, that " such a general contest would give a
a,habit or prejudice, prevent the substitution of what is o I-louse of Commons two-thirds of it Conservative."
kin:sound, worn out, and tottering, by that which is' - The meaning of all this raving of despair is the fact
Oresh, strong, and stable, they must blame none butaa that the Tories are " hard up" for the " sinews of
Ni!hemselves if the building should tumble about their e'war." The caterpillars of the party have devoured the
t4ears. This is the catastrophe which the electors of greens. For two years past the most lavish contribu-
Great Britain are now appealed to to prevent. Let
ithe Tories but muster in the ensuing Parliament a 0
tninority equal to that which they command in the pre- .
Ntions have been extracted from the pockets of the rich
Conservatives, and to no purpose. Periodically have
a Sir George Clerk, Mr. C. Ross, Mr. Bonham, and
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,t; :ent, and it is impossible to speculate on the extent of other hungry expectants assured the rich men of their
party that each fresh bye election and committee sub-
t
henation. Reform is the only safeguard against re-,
scription would oust the " Whig-Radicals," and place
at volirtioe. Stop the action of this protecting power,
p ind the British Constitution is not worth a day's pup- ,child 1 oflice the old plunderers of the public. A burned
,child dreads the fire, and we are by no means asto-
`:±i-eboe;e. This is not the language of alarm or exagae-Mnished that they can no longer " raise the wind." No
(;•ation, but unquestionable fact, so far as it can i),...aildevice, therefore, remains for these speculators and ad-
••avei fietl by analogy. Who will deny that the countryZe;veliturers but to show a bold front, and plant candi-
I•iharas saved from a revolution or dismemberment,
q. Catholic .., by rii •
anti •
of •
' - aassing of the Act of Emancipation ? Whoc the Tories, the recommendation their press.l
te•ovill den- that another revolution was averted by the kiThe tactics of the faction may be read in the
ri ;
; Imeeing of the Reform Act ? In betli these instances.sitandard of Monday—
Ihe imminency of the danger was alleged by the strona-ri " The value of a movement so comprehensive and so'
tai oneolents of the me.asures as the motive
or
wit,Thniversal cannot be estimated too highly. Its first, and,"
gat 1" •
pr.obably, its. most important effect, will be moral, P.ublicl
a‘..!drawnio their opposition. 'Therefore, the authority or' -
0.1 . , , - . oisearit acquires strength in an infinitely increased ratio bs!
ss'he. most violent of the Tories themselves confirms our 1
ail` a-Ic.antagion. Ile zeal and energy of one district overflows'
Hitatement that these Acts severally saved the
i, . cewltrYo-nto another ; while the merely mechanical means of pro-
f-iero:n revolutions. Yet to the last the more rabid oilier: 10;111g stleccs also reciprocat-e. Take, for instance, two
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the faction, in the dearth of other argument, kept ex-contiguoci, counties, or two contiguous boroughs, like those,
'l;ciannnig that these Acts would operate as the ceuse,lahout tile metrooolis. If a public vpirit be excited to thel
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-4 Ind not the prevention, of a revolution. Well ! tli..lpireli of enthusiasm in one, can the other escape the infer-;
t= ex is tried—the Acte have pissed—hut whicie'l/2tion?, But if the second afford no opportunity to apply that;
here is so much of the element apolitical power run-1
is the revolution of :he 'Fory oroollicts? "Oh !" sav-W?nit'
1' t _ ~ i • e:etila to waste ; and not merely running .o waste, but damp-I
ii.j the al?,rpoishs,
,witli lying apprehension " it is yet toia''ine-and diminishing the zeal and the hopes of those froth
r„::ome No ; false prophets, you do not believe vourtiv4orn it emanated. If you would carry Westminster, you
q 0,....„. vaticination. _We will test your sincerity. WhyNieust, at least, contest London, otherwise you dispirit yon.
;;;Irlo you not propose the repeal of the measures youwa W
rt) in estminster, by a tacit confession that you are so
ldenouneed as revolutionary ? Why not propose to;4lv•eak in the support of men with whom they are in the;
.exclude Roman Catholics from the House of Coin-Nhabit of daily intercourse, whose opinions they must respect,
Oinons, and re-enfranchise Gatton and Old Sarum ?athat you dare. not. even ask for that support.
t- "But the puhhe spir.t run to waste and re-actine• in-
,.'•-This is your only honest course of policy if you‘b.earl.‘i
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laihncere in :our' proiessions. But all intention of thisA•
uriously 'is not the only loss from such wretched policy.
The man in London may, through his connections in busi-,
p'4kind you solemnly disclaim, and here again breake'l;„„a amok or friendship, have a °Nat personal influence'
1.-.:, forth the lie ; for nothing but the knowledge that th4lin Westrnlaster ; he is, surely, more' likely to employ thatl
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17-- people would not brook the attempt restrains the desireAinfluence with vigilance and energy in behalf of his cause ini
INto ';.turn to the perfect abominations of the old times:44 Westminster if lie feel that persons in Westminster, simie', f
hhere appeared in. the Standard of last evening
an ' iar )0' l • circumstanced,.. with himself in the possession of influ-'
r'. article on the subject of the elections, which is hieldv
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hthe 'of repaying tl .enci, in ins own city, have opportunity
..; . . ° ' ."debt in kind.
edify-in' both as a specimen of a Tory Jeremiad, and
a,
»al •, rl "We do not hesitate to say, that so true is the maxim,;
.alateo of the mode in which it is proposed to escape from . mos „„oa
:lafflietion. In allusion to a rich man, we presume one
1 fortior, in this case, that by contesting two or:
three adjacent boroughs in the same cause, you double' or
Awhose fate is involved in the passage of the camel treble the strength of that cause in each. What, then
hihrough the eye of the needle, the Standard has therinay not be expected if the union and combination bevni-1
._.-. following parable :
versa)—if the contest be made confluent and co extensive
with the islands?
.--' True, he is a Conservative, heart and soul ; he sees
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'through
that ws e are on the high road to revolution and anarchy
" But there are other, though doubtless inferior, con-
-li-ihas he not always said so ? If he could bring himself to,,,siderations. In multiplying the number of contests. the,
:,7eo into the House of Commons, he would spend '20,000/Conservatives engage the enemy upon that ground wherel
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in battling for a seat in his own borough, and would vote - they are strongest and he is weakest—the ground of exe
t.. with Sir R. Peel on every occasion ; but still he cannot," ' pense. In multiplying the number of contests, the Conser-
,..,. :or the life of him, ace why he should draw upon his banker o vatives undoubtedly multiply the number of cases in which;
yto assist in returning to the House of Commons men of they will be, even in the first instance successful—multiply,;
s., -whom he knows nothing, merely because they are Conser- -- in a still higher degree, the number of cases in which they;
vatives. Alas! for poor human nature ; is it thus that,. will be ultimately successful."
f.; risen cheat themselves ? Persons who use language like, The Times is put in requisition to aid this gross
l;f this have really no feeling for country or kind—no truth or.. imposture. On Thursday time well-known " runner"l
;., .-ionesty ; all their professed apprehensions of danger are of the Carlton Club, M. W., published a list of stit
Ase, the mere cant of faction—all their professions of at- " Whig Radical" resignations, and challenged the
tacbment to any set of principles are factious falsehoods:;.. L• 0
ilso—the men are entirely selfish—they will squander— .therals "to produce a list of half as many resignail
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,Lo they will, by bribery, buy men to their damnation, where:: tenons on the Conservative side." First, in the great',
ii-;ell is concerned—they will ask the poor man to risk his :, majority of seats resigned Reformers are successors
~. interest in this world, and his hope in the next, in support with every prospect of success ; and, secondly, manyl
a{ '4f a cause upon which, when self is out of the question, ; of the seceding candidates are contesting the seats of
°,hey will not honestly or honourably expend 51. How can e Tories. Thirdly, Captain Wemyss does not resign
k. y uch men pretend to principle of an kind ?"
a % Fifeshire, nor Mr. Wilbraham Cheshire. Sir Thomas
t• How felicitously does the Standard sketch tile cha- a Winnington's son will succeed his father at Bewdley ;1
:` racter of a Conservative I It is a perfect portraiture of : Mr. Martin will, unopposed, replace Mr. Tracy in'
i• the whole race ; none but one intimate with the play Tewkesbury ' • Sir James Colquhoun, Mr. Denistoun,
,of the features could have drawn it so naturally. How in Dumbartonshire ; Mr. Blake, Mr. W. Ord, in New-
et, wofully true the characteristics of Conservatism I.— --' port ; Mr. G. W. Wood, Mr. Barham, in Kendal. In
• "No feelingfor country or kind—no truth or honesty;!, Ipswich the Tories arereckoning without their host. Mr.
r: all their professed apprehensions of danger are false__ Horace, or, as some call him, Mr. " Horrid" Twiss, in
hi-lJie mere cant of faction—all their prqfessions.qf at- Nottingham is only braggina to catch some wealthy
a, toehment to any set of principles are fictions false -',-, Tory coadjutor to pay tlw expenses of a losing con-
., hoods, also—the men are entirely selfish—they will '; test. Now, what are the prospects of the Tories thus
-i... squander—they will, by bribery, buy men to their dante.i challenged ? Their oauntincre of success in the me-
nation, where self is concerned—they will ask the poor a oropolis will end in smoke. SIN Lyall, jun., has " let
, man to ris4: his interest in this world, and his hope in ~ the cat out of the bag." In the city' the rionserva-
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4- the next, in support of a cause upon which, when selfis:tives have a family quarrel, and are driven to the for-
out of the question, they will not honestly or honourably i lorn hope of. Mr. Horsley Palmer. In Marylebone
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expend five pounds." Murder will out. This is the ..ithey can only have slight chance of success by the)
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evidence of the Standard against the Conserretives.erfolly of the Reformers. Sir James Graham, the con-
•''.4,4 Let it not be supposed the Standard has turned ap-', gemmedi of East Cumberland, is reported to be hover-
,t. prover, or Queen s evidence—the language is applied ing over Westminster as successor to Sir Francis Bur-'
as a reproachful remonstrance, to fire the flaagina zeal.4'.clett ! We hope he may come to that judgment-seat.
ra'-of those Conservatives who will not contribute to the - A man in a mask would have a better chance. We
,• ,desired extent towards the election expenses—that isore-answer the challenge of Tory " runaways" as fol-j
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, . towards, as the Standard truly terms it, " buying ment lows :
r s
to their damnation." And yet this same Standard, in li'' Mr. Walter Berkshire.
several places of the same article, calls this " legiti•-J Sir G. Crewe Derbyshire.
a., mate expenditure," and in its fanatic fervour, it pro-, Mr. Elwes
.. jects the following plan for purchasing the whole con-a: Sir F. L. Goodricke
stituency of the. kingdom : -1.: Mr. Assheton Smith
f.. Mr. Barclay
"We rejoice to say that in some places we have seen.,:.w Mr. Baring Winchester.
-4 men of 2001. or 3001. a year, hardly earned by daily la-',, Mr. Barneby
bour—men, too, burthened with the charge of large fami- Sir J. P. Beresford Chatham.
' lies, cheerfully laying down their 101. and their Si. to meet 7
_4- Mr. Bradshaw Berwick.
•;,,, the expenses of elections, in the result of which it is im-••
Mr. Alderman Copeland Coleraine.
i possible for them to have any, even the slightest, personal i
Lord E. Somerset Cirencester.
C,interest. What would be the effect of such noble sacrifices-'; Lord Stormont
were they universally imitated by the rich Conservatives? =1 Mr. Twiss ..
t; Why, that before to-morrow night a sufficient fund- woulds. Lord J. Scott Roxburglishire.
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be subscribed to contest, with probable success, every seat-,
in the United Kingdom." - -1'
~1 Need more be adduced to show the Liberals of the'e
a.
empire the unholy tactics and diabolical appliances of e'
4 the enemy who is about to contest the national repre;
sentation ?—Morning Advertiser. k,
The Tories are playing a game of insolent and ri-a•,-
~, diculous brag on the subject of the approaching elec- ..?:.
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non contests. They, would fain terrify the nation out'
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..of its " propriety. Their purchased organ, the base". Air. Peel
Major Bruce
Major Fancourt
Sir F. Burdett
Mr. Richards
Mr. Charlton
Sir R. Vyvyan
Mr. Miles
Sir S. Glynne .
Mr. Hamner .....
Sir John ;Isomer
Inverness.
Barnstaple.
Westminster.
Knaresborough.
Ludlow.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Flint.
Aylesbury.
Shrewsbury.
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Thies, one day reviles the Carlton Ciubbists for po--ts
verty', inertness, and imbecility ; and another day, on k.
the authority of anonymous letters, extols the energy,
of the Conservatives, and exaggerates the chances ofl _ a.
a' the faction. The same bullying preceded the "peel,
Mr. Hoy
Mr. Leshington
Captain Mathew
Mr. Pried
Mr. Scourfield
Lord Walpole Southampton.
Canterbury-
`,Athlone.
Yarmouth.
Haverfordwest.
Norfolk.
L dissolution'' of 1834. We were to have a decided'
,„ Mr. Ryle Macclesfield.
;11 Tory
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majority oF the Commons' House of Parliament, Mr. Peel Newcastle.
;':j arrayed against the Liberal cause ; Sutton was to he, Lord Brudenell
Idle Peel Speaker, and the Cabinet of the Right H0n.19 What are the Tory prospects in Ireland ? The
a
~. Baronet was to be of everlasting duration. The G./-Conservatives admit a certain loss of six. If they
e•-- Liver of the Tory press put on his Brobdigna,g shoes, double that number they will be nearer the mark. In
ra,
'lard was to bestride the country.
How did all thiskSFotland what is the result of Tory predictions, not-
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ANPain boasting and bullying termnio ie ? In the ove.Tahivalistanding; the manufacture of fictitious votes 2 \V el
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,i,.,,t,i)row of Toryism, and the early advent of a Liiieral;i7)hel:eve the Liberal cause will gain. The Conserva-1
L.. Administration. So, throughout the autumn and-; rives are contesting the counties of Haddinaton,4l
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spring, we were threatened with Toro tic
sc::::sors t(O'S , Perth, and Fife, and the burghs of Fife, Perth,' ands:
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