The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-28 00:00:00

FREE T.II,ADE OR MONOPOLY.

AN APPEAL TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-
ELECTORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,—The day of our deliverance
is at hand, if you be but true to yourselves. Whether
you be Tories suffering for the past misdeeds of your
rulers—or Whigs indignant at the partial non-fulfilment
of expectations too warmly cherished, or whether you
be Radicals and Chartists, more sanguine than wise—for
each and all of you there is a day of promise in store
which shall spread joy and plenty throughout the land,
if you but now think and feel for yourselves—think as
men worthy to be free, and feel that you are brothers
having one common destiny ; that you are fathers of
children who ought to be happy—the husbands of wives
who look to your protection, and the sons of a country
that yet boasts your birth.
Countrymen, the hour of action is come—a general
election ranges over the land, and your votes are can-
vassed by many men who have deceived you before, and
will deceive you again—men of fair premises, beyond
their power of performance; others, whose want of can-
dour is made up by profession—of all such be aware.
Reflect on the past while you look to the future, and
take heed while time tarries. To-day is your own, but
to-morrow belongs to the winds ; if you vote honestly,
you can better your condition; if you do not, your power
is departed, and you shall reap the hurricane ! Why
should you still act foolishly, by confiding your trust
to those who have so frequently deceived you ? Why
suffer your eyes to be blinded by men who will only
see for themselves ? Why should the majority of
such gentlemen be so anxious to get into Parliament on
your account ? If you judge of their labours for your
benefit by the result, what have you ? Bad laws ill-
administered—dear bread, and scarce withal—other
necessaries of life taxed, if not beyond endurance, yet
taxed beyond all precedent. And for what—all for your
good ? Away with such mockery ! Turn from such
men, and look to men whom you think you can trust,
not men whom you have tried, and found wanting.
There are thousands of good and trustworthy men
among you ; select for yourselves ; choose your own
shepherd from your previous knoWledge of his character,
and do not be deceived by strangers to your interests,
wandering wolves in sheeps' clothing seeking to devour you.
Of such you have had too sad experience to wish for
more. Look at the statute-book--that mound of mono-
poly, the work of their hands—Aax upon tax to restrain
your enterprise abroad, and coerce your exertion at
home. If their Legislative labours had been for the
good of the many, simpler laws would suffice ; but their
ingenuity has been tasked to' benefit the few—class in-
terests against the welfare of the people ; hence the mul-
titude of their partial laws framed to embarrass the
judgment by perverting the truth. The iniquity of their
doings was at times so gross that its very nakedness
became too palpable for decent evasion ; y€t they per-
severed in their evil course—the road to ruin was wide
enough for them, however long it might be for the sufferers.
And shall such things be repeated. ? Will you be robbed
of your votes under the vain delusion of party colours—
the badges of your slavery ? What charm has orange,
blue, or yellow ? Such colours are only the blazon of
your servitude—the standard of reproach—setting forth
your unhappy divisions. Cast them aside, and hoist the
national colours. Blend your distinctive symbols in one
harmonious banner—the banner of reform and justice,
the National Union ! Sink your animosities—abandon
those prejudices, fostered only to prolong your nick-
names of Tory, Whig, and Radical, for the profit of
others,—forget and forgive as much as humanity can
tolerate,—choose the best men you can find, whatever be
their creed or profession, and you are likely to have a
good Parliament, composed of representatives who will
endeavour to correct the errors of the past, and provide
for the exigencies of the future,—a Parliament which
shall maintain the just prerogatives of the Crown, while
it protects the liberties of the people.
Electors !—Bear in mind that you hold your trust
not for yourselves alone, but for 'non-electors also—just
as nature provides for the care of the young, by making
age responsible for their safety till they can provide for
themselves, so the electoral trust is accorded to you as
the holders of more property for the benefit and protec-
tion of those who are labouring for your comfort while
they promote their own. You are mutually dependent,
and it should be the solicitude of those who possess and
enjoy the advantage of present position to watch over the
interests of their less fortunate brethren. Their fate to-
day may be yours to-morrow. Be therefore just and
fear not.

But some will gmy- -"Look at the corruption around
us t wt.cre is the chance of our individual exertions
doincir nnv ,cx 1.111
uc-
struction on our own heads. Patriotism prompts to be
honest, but discretion steps forward with the monition
of self-preservation. We ,are caught in the toils, and
have not the courage to sacrifice the comfort of our chil-
dren, though we have fortitude to endure the loss of our
own."

All this may be very prudent—perhaps correct. But
bear in mind that nothing great was ever yet accom-
plished without some sacrifice in its achievement. The
hardest won battle has proved the most glorious ; and in
proportion to the glory or good is the price which the
victor pays for his laurels. Look at your present condi-
tion, and ask your conscience—your pride—your pa-
triotism, if such be altogether worthy of people who call
themselves free—not only free, but the freest people on
earth !---people whom your masters are constantly hold-
ing up as living under "a constitution which is justly (?)
deemed the pride and envy of the world ! ! !" If it be so,
you have not found it to work over-well ; but they wish
you to believe it has worked, and that it does work well,
because it was the beautiful work of their hands, and they
profit by practising the deception on you. They flatter
your vanity while they pick your pockets.
Certainly the practice has hitherto worked well for
them; but you are beginning to awaken from your torpor
and learn to think; the more you think the more your
eyes are opened, and the further your vision extends.
From the low depths of ignorance and imposture you are
ascending a higher position, and behold more clearly as
you ascend the enormity of the jugglers who kept you
entangled in the webs of legal sophistry and self-inte-
rested or class expediency. By a sort of legerdemain,
which they miscal laws, they have been feasting on the
' produce of your labours, while they doom your families
to starvation. Their commanding position has for ages
enabled them to tyrannize over you, while they mock you
by swearing with an unholy assurance that it is all for
your good. Such profession is utter blasphemy against
the common God of all; an insult to the reason that
guides your steps and the spirit that animates your doings!
Hitherto you have suffered and paid others to think
for you ; henceforth think for yourselves and save your
money. Instead of being the slaves of other men's
opinions, be the masters, the arbiters of your own.
The all-wise Creator has given you reason, sensibility,
and action—why not employ tliem to your own advan-
tage ? • By so doing you will be making a grateful re-
turn for such gifts, and benefiting not only yourselves,
but your children—your neighbours; and, as the circle
of good-will enlarges, the world aroused, by your ex-
ample. As evil suggests evil, so good begetteth good.
The sway of tyranny is only fearful because it is tole-
rated. The slave smarts under the lash while terror
keeps him without the range of the whip ; but let him
once take courage, and rush in—it is only a few stripes
more in the struggle—the price of his redemption, and
he waves the scourge of the scorner over the head of his
oppressor.

Even so will it be with you, patriotic electors, if you
be true to yourselves at this all-important juncture—
this crisis of political life or death to your liberties—this
glorious opportunity, which our gracious, our beloved
Queer, has afforded for the exercise of our patriotism
Can we hesitate to work out our deliverance from the
despotism which has, under all hues .of dissimulation, so
long cramped our energies and blasted our fairest hopes,
that class interests should flourish and monopoly predo-

minate ?
Electors and Fellow-countrymen !-,-Whatever be your
political bias, you have all endured more or less alike.
Let it teach you in victory to forgive. You are all chil-
dren of one family—the human race. Your masters
have erred like their progenitors ; from-what causes it is
perhaps useless now to inquire. % All human motives
urge to power ; instinct in brutes is but ambition in
them : they could not resist the impulses of their nature
any more than control their destiny. Make them feel the
enormity of their avarice by the magnanimity of your
mercy. To forget is the lot of those who do not feel ;
the idiot heeds not for lack of sensibility ; but you have
felt and felt sorely—forgetfulness in your case were im-
possible ; but in the very agony of your triumph, dare
to be great by being generous,—show the extent of
your humanity by your clemency ; prove to your van-
quished but mistaken enemies, that, in their day of ex-
ultation and extortion, they injured men more worthy
thm. then4§olT.. This is the ruyst triumph
that
patriotism can itchicvpi o phpstia.nity inf;niciltcc7a
triumph blending cbar4y with bope, and wigging glen
more by the suasive charm of conviction in yflin
tegrity and kindness than by 411 • tnn terror inspired
through the MalpitticiP Af your powcr,
To despair of success in a just cans 15 but to doubt
your own w9rthinora. That you -1114ve tatudfoicl diZetd.

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ties to overcome is evident from the demonstrations made
to thwart your endeavours•to obtain good Goverumat'
better laws, and cheaper food. But you should roa'
ke.
due allowance for the common enemy ; the monopolist
know that they have abused your trust, and in prop°, r-
t
Lion to their misdeeds will be their determination to rests •
the
As the drowning man catches at straws, so will
oppressor cling-to poWer, or the robber to his boot'', frof
the mere instinct of self-preservation, because he w3n,
lies the amount of your vengeance by the measure 07 P,
own deserts—his conscience having wakened for
first time, and paid homage to his apprehension.
The game is in your own hands, if you will win .es
11*
You have only to ask your neighbours—your
faun
if they would wish to be more comfortable ?
would like to have cheaper and better breadt.o" °7l.
of it ? If they would like cheaper
—further Reform. In short, if they would like to. ole.
all the other necessaries of life with less labour and 170
more comfort ?—and as they shall answer, you
oobt
vote, if you be honest electors. or
Candidates for your suffrages either wish to serva
deceive you. The honest candidate will give you learnt
for his future conduct, properly 'reserving a 5/Iffi,e'ciee.
'sugar ?--fewer tags
freedom of action to maintain liisilii*idness and 111.0
pendence. The place-hunting /ciaaidlite Ploi
everything by fits and starts, and abide by nothing;
purpose is to buy and then sell you--a political drover:
Those candidates who refuie. or evade giving pledg‘s;
should remember that they, cannot get into Parliaale;
as their own representatives, if the constituency be re
pendent ; where it is not, they are only mociL,•.r!'Prf,teto
tatives. Candidates whoa ppeal to the people, eu
give pledges on all great questions affecting their bi've.
rests. Let them answer to the cardinal points, atttYea.,4
the others to gentlemen who will readily box the puutl'
compass for a living. o a 4
As. the poor elector is at the mercy of.,tllo°
:4 w
not scruple to crush his independence, ifte 1• Fr° t
titute his conscience, it behoves all those ifbll'tloesPecio
in others that virtue which they
.practice thernse-ves'•
combine in his defence. A fund should be raised to 4i
dicate the rights of conscience ; and tp, „such a 6:
every man who honours truth and lovesjustice w ill CO
tribute. Even the widow's mite' Oil- stimulate
neighbour's benevolence ; for, small as the don33cc_,
may seem, it will be fraught with osi
u goOdnes, as the
ululation of many drops of rain forms the might). str

of living waters. -
A fund thus raised would do more to prevent bribe:B
and corruption than all the laws and penalties
Statute-book, because it would form a guarantee 0f Pfirt
tection for the honest voter in the exercise of his fund
sacred right—the right of conscience. Such $
would prove the very ark of reform—the anticlote--4 r
salt against all corrupt influences. It would d,c.ielte,r,
landlords, masters, or employers from opli,nare';so.
conduct from a consciousness of its futility 7. so
r such a fund we would cheerfully subscribe fifty, e:rit
hundred pounds, if it be taken up in a prePe
by men who have the cause of Reform really at be *
A General Committee in London could act pd ay
Board of Appeal—a National Vindicator--rerclA°v—,,
much from local prejudice, as superior to elass'i'w-en
or ta lordly domination. There should be Sub-Cotoittee
formed 1
in every county, city, and borough thr°etr44ll,o..°o
the kingdom, to be in communication with the 3
litan Board. is in
Once more, Electors, the measure ofyour free -1Y
your hands. The Queen, by her Ministry, bas greiii°ll'ver
offered you gifts and privileges such as monarch never
vouchsafed before ! Will you accept them by,
gratitude, or reject them by your indifference ? or
you remain the bondmen of monopoly without eff°r4ige
vindicate your independence by the combined °ere
of moral power ? ben e(
Remember that you are electors in trust fur ",„ber•
of millions, who look to you for justice. And reale"' hst
that from the beginning of the world, helleslost
always proved the best, the only Pa* ldifferent
can you therefore hope to gain by following $ B,yoo
course ? If you doubt, ask yourselves how lo,nr'op- in
expect to live ? Your individual being is but as n'iyots
the ocean—a span in the immensity of spa° ;-;oor
countenance by your votes a continuance °' 'hose
present forlorn condition, you break faith with those
who confide in your patriotism—you rob Y°nr the
dren, by placing on their necks the yoke %r
burden which have bowed down your own. j;% rust
is yet in your power—you enjoy life 001 Y ada' ten'.
for the benefit of those you hold dear—your g—,,r
duct is their best heritage ; and as example is bet.; love,
precept, show to them that you are worthy of thf`r co'
and thus stimulate posterity to nobler deeds
lating your virtues.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Majesty and and his 3faiestte'frcl'tba;
Albert,
morningvei
axi King gpf
rrooefmae ithehni,e
stdßha
leebilnyg
tha2hna6eps,,eattendedel uor snoey.
laN,ilviii. The
Ir James's.
Divinehanenvi
eSI
prayedis Service',
,e eet
05;c:,:r 0
t
t
s
by the Rev. Mr. Barham, the Lessons by the jiiee..ga'
Packman, and the Communion Service by t:0 D.
Messrs. Barham and Packman. The 0104 61'11e..
Cooke's, the Te Deum and Jubilate (Aldrich), t,' It joie°
tus and Responses (Dr. Arnold). the Anthem'
in the Lord" (King), was sung by Messrs- a. ""1"
_ troy
Hobbs, J. B. Sale, and two of the young gentle ° In
George Smart presided at the organ.
The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Close"' FEAD"-
waiting. The Royal suite included the Countess
wich, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Tiorutietars'
Lord George Lennox, Sir Robert Otway, Col. 1' -
and Sir Edward Bowater. esty.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her 3h111./ yadi
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended °,;eo
and the Hon. Miss Gore, arrived in town in all (4-Sattlr.
rouche and four shortly before twelve o'clock he.
day, from Bushy Park. Her Royal Highness therrho cough
of Gloucester paid a visit to her Majesty at Marw
House, after her arrival.
At three o'clock her Majesty, attended by tho vaY
w-
tess Brownlo, went to Buckingham Palace
the lie
visit to their Majesties the King and Queen (/'f.
guns. elg and
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the
bd
and his Royal Highness the Duke of Camrige, '-
the Queen Dowager at Marlborough-house. na fear
The Queen Dowager left town in a carriage a her t
soon after five o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, oil
turn to her residence in Bushy-park.
to
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was
an airing on Saturday in a carriage and four. ,
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and their 31,1 iv the
the King and Queen of the Belgians, attendean
Countess of Sandwich, Countess Vilain 14°G.,j)let*
Anson, Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Byron, General
Ili 130-
Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Wemyss, Sir Ed, v:i'a °pet°
water, and M. Van Preet, honoured the Italia" -
House with their presence on Saturday evening. bridge
The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of CiTll Gros'
attended Divine Service yesterday morning, Call
venor Chapel, South Audley-street. Lady
Somerset was in Waiting on the Royal Duchess. t evea'
The Marquis of Londonderry gave a dinner last dis,
ing to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and -•
•
of Cambridge, and a select party. - Extrs.l7
ordHinisarEyxocfeleiinscyp- trhuessCialnteAvalalijeerstyß,ttonnsena,sp—Eeellivalratisili°eir"'
paid visits to the members. of the Royal-I'o3V,', a
At
respective residences on Saturday.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday
the Foreign-office. Itiwas; attended by Vise°,llll
bourne, the Lord Chaneellor, Earl of C,larenliii's jobil
quis of Normanby, Viscount Palmerston, 14' The
Russell, Earl of Minto, and Viscount Duncannou.
and Council sat two hours. etletl, •
Lord Campbell, accompanied by Lady Strath
the Hon. Miss Campbell, left town on Saturday ful ,
1,0 t
land. to,
A Deputation consisting of Messrs. Boyle, „ell °"
Hamilton, had an interview with Lord John
Saturday at the Colonial-office. • via
Lord Petre and Lord Southamptonhad inter vie goo
the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the
Office. ws °ll.'ol
Chief Justice Jervis and Mr. Lynch had interyloe,ce,
Saturday with Lord John Russell at the Colonial
use 00
aftereete)iihei,"
The Marquis of Lansdowne left Lansdowne .11° •
Saturday morning, for his seat, Bowood Park, /_,Y
Despatches were yesterday received at the COlOl , •
from the Governor of Gibraltar.

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interestingG E NER
meeting
eLe MEETINGting
held at the Carpenteorfs'
pORN-LAWS.—On Thursday evening an imposer Os
Mane icicees3pteurt a trio,
Hall,tothetradesreocfeiv
from the Anti-Corn-la
fir•
Ps'
Anti-Corn-law League, nil, 0
..
derman Cobden told Mr. Alderman Brooks• ,-I,d. 10 ,
cious room and its gallery were completely fill~,a•
chair.. -.
James Robinson, a spinner, was called to the
,ijer-
Mr. Cobden rose, and addressed the meeting at `l°./lejaeled.
able length. When Mr. Cobden had eui:s ful-
his powerful arguments, Mr. Alderman Brlos 0n,,,'
lowed, and exposed t•he effects of the Corii- m, th!'illV,
the foreign trade, and was also loudly cheered. At up. ~,,reL,
conclusion Mr. Duffy, one of the working. fnela, of re- 00.P.r,
and in an eloquent speech, moved one of a serie! in of ,019
solutions, declaring, in effect, that protectio" 0,000. itiol
shape upon the produce of human industry 111Lsalik to tbit, t' .'''
poly, and that all monopolies were found to wer.votes of
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injury of the many for the benefit of the fe Brooks, a10.,.;10 'll
thanks to Mr. Cobden and Mr. Alderman 1,, ,eet- o'ol
afterwards to the Chairman, were moved, as ti.-b-ee.l"o
$..:t0iti,5,p'11..1,4,
ingstTheAnTsEepaoraFtedT.-2A/annEc.tsLertiTsiinineeß•ss
has
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absence
sof goods ; P :
kinds
more lively during the week in some P:stote of 4..,,
,rus"ce C, afillland. Rather more has been „,, 000,.°‘,1)7401
"7'17.4! ft'l §onle 0 iasking l' ht ad was * .q"'
p inners are as ig ,ere , , i ft(
ott-L-a have exhibited the, oludone jp. , g.;,11
Water twist, At the early part of the week to, oeigu ,-'o,,till
report ofqeili 't
bow, e
towns, but it turns out to have been a `-- 00
a ',9i'" 3
a very extensive failure in one of 03°.,,iere re- 11 lo•y`o
Ort•-,;Vaachester Times. • in salf°r .01":1
AN ELECTION ORDER.--A butcher ill ~.
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hatl the following order sent him the other clay,
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neck of lamb, a leg of mutton, three or four ,er fir;€l' 1
little suet, and a vote for Mr. Garnet t."—Manches‘

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