The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-12 00:00:00

this country might not be engaged in any more
of those costly wars which produced a large
amount of taxation, and under which the people
themselves could not prosper. (Hisses and cheers.)
He wished to carry on the contest with perfect
good humour. (Cheers.) The result of his can-
vass left no doubt of his success. (Oh, oh, and
laughter.) There was not a shadow of a
doubt about his being returned, and all he
asked was the Englishman's right of fair play—that
his friends might not be interfered with in coming
to the'poll, as they were last time—("oh, oh," groans
and hisses),—when they were tumbled into the
gutter. (Laughter, hisses, and cheers.)
Mr. FAWCETT—who was greeted-with three cheers
and the question, " What about co-operation ?"
said he would tell them something about co-opera-
tion before he had done. (Cheers.) When an op-
ponent was labouring under a delusion he always
assumed a generous policy towards him and came
forward to undeceive him. (Cheers.) Mr. Moor
had said his canvass left no doubt of success. That
canvass was the result of the labour of paid emis-
saries. His (Mr. Fawcett's) was the result only of
volunteer effort. No man had a motive in deceiving
him. (Loud cheers.) The man who got his guinea
a day for hawking about the qualifications of a can-
didate was obliged at night to come with a good re-
turn, but he wished to undeceive his Conservative
friends by telling them at once that they could not
win. (Cheers.) Let the electors come early to the
poll, but the only question they had to decide was
whether they would not give the Tories such a
thrashing that it would be long before one of that
minority again ventured to come forward to contest
the borough. He wished to give his Conservative
opponents the latest piece of information. They did
not like a coalition. A coalition had been formed,
however, and permanently cemented on the previ-
ous night, at one of the moat magnificent meetings
that had ever been held in the south of England—
(great cheering)—and the Liberals of the
eborough
were determined not to be deceived by the delusive
cry of liberal conservatism. (Loud cheers.) They
knew that if Mr. Moor were returned either with
Mr. White or himself, the borough upon every
political question was virtually disfranchised, and
therefore ninety-nine out of every hundred of them
were determined to support the two liberal candi-
dates. (Cheers.) He had hoped that in the speeches
which had been made some light would have been
thrown upon the new phase of conservatism, .but
Mr. Alderman Wilson--a gentleman fond of writing
letters—had said not a word about politics, contenting
himself when asking them to vote for the resident
candidate and the man of princely fortune. In
solemn and significant tones Mr. Wilson had asserted
Mr. Moor had done signal service during the last
four or five years, and he (Mr. Fawcett) for a mo-
ment thotight that some important political ques-
tion had escaped him, but at length, to his surprise,
it exploded in a little gas. (Laughter and cheers.)
Last year, when there was a split in the Liberal
party, they heard nothing about liberal conserva-
tism, but when Mr. Moor, the chosen one of the
Standard and Morning He ald, was elected, the
Tories triumphed in his return as affording a signal
instance of what they termed the great conservative
reaction. (Cheers.) Brighton was no place for
liberal conservatism ; there was a bracing, invigo-
rating political atmosphere. (Laughter and cheers.)
The people liked one thing or the other. They
might, perhaps, respect and pity the old consistent
tory. They might look upon him with the curiosity
which they felt towards an ancient relic of bygone
days, but such a thing as a liberal conservative they
could not understand and could not recognise.
(Cheers.) It appeared to him that the contest would
be honestly, as it must in reality be a fair stand-up
fight between liberalism and conservatism, in which
liberalism would achieve a signal and triumphant
victory. Mr. Moor had said that he had conducted
the contest with perfect good temper, and he (Mr.
Fawcett) wassure he himself had not used an expres-
sion which one gentleman might not use to another;
he had spoken out strongly because he felt strongly,
but he had the proud satisfaction of saying that
he had not sanctioned the issue of any anonymous
slanderous bills—(loud cheers)—and nothing had
done him so much good as the anonymous attacks
which had been hurled agtinst him. (Renewed
cheers.) They had said he was disqualified from
representing the borough. He had challenged those
who advanced the allegation to repeat it publicly,
and as they did not respond he was sure that that
generous constituency would not listen to attacks
from such quarters, and his belief was that he should
not lose ten votes by the reckless charge that had
been made against him in the bills and private can-
vass of his opponents. (Cheers.) He never could
forget the, reception he had met with in that
borough. (Cheers.) Everything that had been
done for him had been done by the enthusiasm of
the people ; not one shilling had he spent in his
canvass, and not one halfpenny in placarding pub-
lic-houses. (Loud cheers, and some interruption.)
He should be sorry if the great Liberal cause were
reduced to such extremities as to depend for sup-
port upon placards all over a public-house with the
words, " Vote for the resident candidate"—(laugh-
ter and cheers)—and he thought the Tory gentle-
men of the borough must feel ashamed of such
practices. (Great cheering.) He was profoundly
grateful for the reception that had been accorded to
him, and he might be asked how he intended to

I show his gratitude in his future parliamentary life.
(Cheers, and a Voice, " You are not there yet.")
He would never hesitate or waver in the expression
of his opinions—he would never say to one that he
was a Conservative, while with another he called
himself a Liberal. (Cheers.) When measures
were brought forward favourable to the great
principles of religious liberty he would be always
ready to support them ; when measures were
brought forward to extend the rights of citizen-
ship to his fellow-cou atrymen, those measures
would receive his enthusiastic advocacy, for there
was no one among his countrymen that he distrusted
or looked upon with suspicion ; and go far as the
foreign policy of the country was concerned, when
freedom required the encouraging word he trusted
he should not be backward to give it. (Loud cheers.)
And he would do what he could to break down
those monopolies and privileges which it had been
the retrograde policy of the Tories to maintain. He
knew that the principle of their creed was that men
were not born equal, but he thought that all mono-
polies and all class privileges should be done away
with. (Loud cheers.) He wished everything to be
thrown open to the people. He wished to see the
small tradesman and respectable working man able,
if they had sons of sufficient ability, to get them
places in Government offices without cringing for
the favour of a Government nominee. (Prolonged
cheering.) He shouldlike to see the taxation equi-
tably and fairly adjusted, and if a law were pointed
out to him as pressing upon one class or giving un-
fair advantages to another, it would find in him an
honest and uncompromising opponent. (Cheers.)
He denied the insinuation that he had used sophistry.
No one could doubt his meaning. No one could ac-
cuse him of hesitation or vacillation. (Cheers.) He
had conducted the contest in a manly and straight-
forward way. (Cheers.) He had concealed nothing.
He had attempted to cringe to no one, but had
simply placed before the electors a great poli-
tical issue, which they had accepted. (Loud
cheers.) Only let them go early to the
poll, and there would be no more said about
Conservative reaction in Brighton ; liberal conser-
vatism would have become extinct, and the borough
on returning Mr. White and himself would have re-
turned two men who would work harmoniously to-
gether, and who would be united in giving expres-
sion to the opinions of their constituents upon
every liberal question which they believed would
extend the welfare and happiness of the people of
this country. (Loud and prolonged cheering.)
A show of hands was then taken, and almost
every hand appeared to be raised for Mr. White and

also for Mr. Fawcett, while Mr. Moor did not num-
ber 30 or 40 supporters.
The Mayor accordingly declared the choice of the
borough to have fallen upon Mr. James White and
Mr. Henry Fawcett.

A poll was demanded by Mr. Alderman Wilson
on behalf of Mr. flenry:Moor.

CAMBRIDGE.
The nomination of the candidates for the borough took