The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-08 00:00:00

what has been already done—uot with the inten-
tion of carrying out in good faith the powers which
the legislature has given them to make railways,
and to give Southampton the benefit of them, but
to burk them and shut them up—l believe the legis-
lature will listen to those representations, and that
they will not assist a monopoly to complete its
arrangements, as this has been done. On the occa-
sions that I have had the pleasure of meeting you
I expressed my political opinions, and at a meeting
like this it is not considered necessary to go over
those matters again. (No, no.) What I want the
electors to understand of me is, that I am a tho-
roughly earnest, conscientious, and sincere man ;
and that I would by no means go into the House of
Commons to represent your opinions and your in-
terests without telling you what my views are---1
would not come forward to represent you saying
that upon all the great questions of the day' my
mind was not made up, that I was not informed
about, that I had not made them my study, and
that in fact I was prepared to swallow it all.
(Laughter and cheers.) I think that any man wh°
comes forward to represent such a constituency as
this ought to be a man who has made up his mind ne
the great questions of the day, and who is not 0011
prepared to give his opinion, but likewise to state
it in such a form that the arguments by which he
has convinced his own mind shall be so arranged,
and with such force, as to carry conviction to those
who hear them; these are the views with which I
came for ward to ask you to make me your repre'
sentative, and these are the principles on which, if
I understand rightly, you have returned me your
member. (Loud cheers.) I have now thrown my-
self on the indulgence of the electors of Southarer
ton. I have been working for the last three weeks
double tide ; I have been attending all my dutiee
as the chief magistrate of the City of London, and
I have addressed two or three meetings a night le
Southampton, therefore I am sure you will make
great allowance for me on this occasion. I fee? very
much exhausted, and shall therefore ask you t°
listen very patiently to the few remarks I have t°
make before I conclude. I mu=t say a few words
of those noble men who invited me here, and iv°
carried me triumphantly through the ordeal of thus
election. I said when I came to Southampton that
I would be no party to anything like briber/
and intimidation, but if you want an earnest
and an honest man to represent you, I am prepared
to take the chances of the battle. I believe the
principles which I possess will predominate at the
next election, and I am prepared to take my Aar:
of the risk in coming down here if you will supr
We°r
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me. No man ever had such supporters I
I saw them yesterday, when I could scarcely re;
strain my own feelings of anxiety, going ab
everywhere, and straining every nerve, feeling that
the cause which they had in hand was one ale.°:e
of life or death. To be surrounded by men hi'?
these what must a man going to Parliament fee'
He must feel a load of responsibility—that he re,
presents earnest men—that he must do his al;
and not only so, but that he must try to rival t jo
energy and zeal of those who placed him in th.
proud position. These are the feelings with NO
I pray I may, if life be spared me, represent Yeiii
and if I do, I have little doubt that this day
c;fl
be the commencement of a long association,er
which I trust we may come to know each et°
better and respect each other more. (Cheers,)
would name my friends but for this difficult/0
cannot name one without doing injustice to I.o°o
others. I will again repeat that were Ito ineetibo
the names of the gentlemen I see about me, and Abe,
have done so much to make me a great ma '.OO
cause to represent Southampton is a great Pneat
—I should have to mention them all, and I
can
do that, because I will do an injustice to n°
therefore I only name the three official geotlerne"
my honourable proposer and seconder, and reY ,_at
nourable chairman, and the others will consider tp
they have put upon me a debt of obligation ant("dri;
sponsibility which a life time will not suffice
ust tri:t
charge. Before I conclude I must pay a e
bate to your returning officer. Yesterdayiyarge
from polling booth to polling booth in the d
of an anxious wish that things were going nn
,;$
ept doing
eoassf ull
his
duty, and I believe
. Ifound your honourable t
hsahte rai ffat
election was never conducted more successfully 01
your sheriff conducted the election of yesterdsl.
will conclude by thanking you again, and earnestlf
soliciting on all occasions your advice and symPathl
and your support, and I trust that this day' 1/00
be the commencement of an association which Y,va,,
will think has been one that justifies you in 001
me in this proud position. (Cheers.) Pr
o•
vote of thanks to the sheriff closed the P
ceedings.

The result of the Southampton election has °tat;
prised every one. Not many years ago, wheatsso
Liberal party was almost equally divided jot° 0,
sections, and each section brought forward Its Ss
didate, the Tory candidate was not successful' so,
talk of a reaction in favour of Toryism is oni)sellitle
The Liberals in Southampton far outnumber tio
Tories, but through a variety of circumstance° ;gee,
could not tell upon the election. In the first PT-00
Captain Mangles was not a popular candidate' of
townspeople have for several years been tit of
with the South Western Railway Consli°11;00e
which the captain is chairman, about the lithe
tion of the broad gauge into the town, and tli!etoo,
pany has just obtained a signal and final clartiog
over its opponents, who are therefore sniti-oaps
under defeat. This told very much against the
each
tarn. Many Liberals refused to vote at all, s°llitiott,
did they dislike his conduct on the railwaY ls atAgain, the Liberals only made up their (Parr', the
the last moment, and after the Lord Mayor doorto
Tories had gained the start iu organising and
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polising the local machinery for carrying °kat at
election. So recent was the reconciliation
the municipal elections the Liberals voted for , see'
rather than for members of the opposite Liberalbos
tion. This was a grievous mistake,for the triutOP 00i1
return of a number of Tories to the borough oatisAti
gave them heart to fight for the parliamental Ivo,
The Lord Mayor, as soon as he came into the tt/cfsi
engaged almost every lawyer here, who conlEneagett
canvassing for him night and day. He also eng:ef'
a very large number of hotels, taverns, atid
houses, where his friends drew night after :iits" eff
wavering voters, and the good old TorY
a-00
of feasting and jollity were revived. CP tf°
Mangles had scarcely any paid age' ,„ °pm
patronised no public-houses, and owing t° t oval)
ponent's lavishness of money he could 11°,,e poll'
secure cabs enough to bring his voters to
t'''3,ooo,
The election will cost the Lord Mayor about
and Capt. Mangles considerably leas that hided
The Peninsular and Oriental Company'' which el i°
with the Tory, spend three times more In°/11,00
the town than the Royal Mail ConsPanY' 00,
sided with Capt. Mangles, so the election I/ two
fact, a struggle for supremacy between theipteo
companies rather than a fight for political Print'suler
A large number of the employes of the Peton',
and Oriental Company were, and are now, l'iv",,ooo
and yet they voted against Capt. Mangles, bet' the
he is chairman of the Royal Mail Compaoi'A ooff
Tories sunk all minor differences, if they had sofa
and voted for the Lord Mayor, who simply de°,:prsl.
himself an adherent of Lord Derby. Tile
do not sink their minor differences in this 01°° air
They are composed of teetotallers, peace inellt'heif
senters, and churchmen. They have each igo
views upon liquor laws, chureh matters, sod f°,.,ress;
intervention. If they all cordially joined io
forioot
a man who would give a general and dise-
thel
Hating support to a Liberal Administration%) the
could elect him with ease. One fatal nsista3,ool3
Liberals made. They could not believe that pre'
voters would poll, and knowing that thel I'l rod
'vises ftom a majority of that number, they iv
of
too sure of winning. The most unusual no.°3_ tied
nearly 3,400 voters polled. Such a take
not and will not be made again.
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