The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-14 00:00:00

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LONDON :
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1837.

Our Contemporary, the Morning Post, has this
day devoted not less than four columns to a report of
a " Grand Conservative Manifestation in South Lin-
colnshire," which he tells us is a striking proof of the
'Wonderful progress that Tory principles are making
throughout the country. Our Contemporary, what-
ever else may be his merits, is by no means remar-
kable for the excellence of his reasoning faculties, or
he would not, from the simple circumstance that the
Lincolnshire yeomanry are fond of a good dinner,
deduce the inference that 'Toryism is growing rapidly
into favour among them. We all know how these
" Conservative Manifestations" are got up ; that more
than one half of the company are seduced into at-
tendance by the bribe of a good dinner gratis, the
only object of those who have the direction of such
entertainments, being to get together as large an as-
aernblage as possible, in order to create what is called
" a sensation" in the district. Many people at-
ttud Conservative dinners who are by no means
zealous partizans of Conservatism ; but who, hav-
ing an idle hour to spare, and a ticket thrust
'utn their hands, think that they may just as well
avail themselves of the tempting lure, and devote an
evening to conviviality ; knowing well that it is in their
Power to shirk the speeches, whenever they are not
absurd enough to excite laughter, and too noisy to pro-
voke sleep. We have no doubt that it was by some
such means that the South Lincolnshire Conservative
have
was got up, which nevertheless appears to
nave been a failure ; for though " tables were laid for
nearly fourteen hundred people," we do not gather
from the report how many really did attend, and
conclude,w, therefore, that it was about one half,
is taking the most favourable view of
tile case. Lord WINCH I LSEA was in the chair
a staunch, and we believe, conscientious Tory
bigot, but far too much addicted to the doleful in his
Or
atory. For instance, he was convinced, he said,
that if any one would take the trouble to retrace the
Pages of our national history, and take a survey of the
m auY dangers which at different periods had awaited
this country, both from foreign and domestic foes,
great and imminent as they had been, they would
sin
into perfect insignificance when compared with
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frightful position in which the country at present
stood. He would not conceal from them the danger
which awaited the throne and altars of their country,
b he could tell them that those dangers would not
11 °me less by their turning their backs upon them.
reequired
situation of the country was indeed most painful;
the wisdom of past ages to know how to
reehsoe,ue her from her present difficulties." This is a
lee, undiluted sample of Tory twaddle. More
:Pecially rich is the Noble Lord's allusion to the
wisdom•, of past ages," to which—in the modest
Tries that they have none of their own—the
"es are so fond of referrinff. The remainder of the
evenirw
r b speeches were of a precisely similar cha-
racter,
with the sole exception of one made by the
4i-en:its of
Slleriff
of I.,URANBY, who, in speaking of the High
vel
lite county observed that he " was pre-
led from
coming to the dinner by conscientious