The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-20 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL ELECTION.

sovaCIIES or -Tilt 11.1,(11.IT•IJO:s.T. W.. HUSKISSON.
TArvrltrocir., ,Februa,..l 16.
Mayor and Gentkmen Preenten—Standinglefore you,
arnsevenCeof the invitation which .1 have received from a
very large and ,reepectable body of the freemen of this great,
enligirttatitaieDrfbuoity," i s a Carrlidati'for the honour of
representing yott in Parliament, .1 can asaure sou, that the first
gelitg which I bring to these hustings is a sincere and ardent
trlAt, on the part of all contending parties, there tray
prevail the tarnon harmony and good hunloar.--(Applause).-
14.O.endeaveurs, will be wanting on my part, and: none, I trust,
•wilthe, wanting on the part of my friends, to maintain and pro.

nOte 'those feelings on the present occasion.
Othvecandidates having been proposed for your choice ; .far,,,
be it from me to complain, either of the language or the argu-
Mcnts i,y which the .pretensions of thoe Candidates hays been
z..commended and supportid. The honourable Freeman (Mr'
111.1s`wor.) '*ho put in nn;ilination the .iNehle Lord (not, I be-
prrt,tnt on this . occasion) did no more than his duty, en-
trertaining the &Utica! sentiments and the yiews, of the Consti-
t.,tion which he is known to.entertain, in recommending that
Yebic I`.-Yr(3. to your choice, a;', a person likely to support those

PiirtlYies in Pee liement.--(Cheere.)'
Bat 1 am sorry that I must be under the necessity, before I
erected to advert to Sortie' 'of the topics which the honourable
rieeemen urged with no ordinary ability, to relieve ,myeell from
seene,other grounds of objection, which, though they have not
bien•etated bate been brought forward against me else-
Where ; and I shouitl consider it a forfeiture of all ,pretensions
toCharecter—a forfeltUre of all chance a obtaining your good
opinion, if I. ware to pass those objections unnoticed. I trust,
therefore, that: I shall be
,forgiven if 1 advert, in the first in.
31i•neC to those objectione,. iaorde.r to vindicate: my own elle-
meter, and; m• far as character ie concerned, your selection of
Me el ate,—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, arriving here late on Monday night, in compile
asice.with an invitation which I had rlceived from you ; and
being too much indisposed on Tuesday, to pay my respects to
ihe freemen; the eirst thing of *Melt I. was informed was, that
Pitll.nTe.wee,%;ylecet‘led about the town, in which it was stated,
that " being an alien, I was disqualifital from' sitting in the
geese of Gautlets." If these placards had been anonymous,
I sheuld have considered their libellous abuse as only a part of
that unworthy warfare which too frequently prevails during an
cietion contest, and of which noenart who is a candidate for
popular favoer ought perhaps to Complain. In that case, I
iih9La,i have passed them over in silence, and with the contempt
which they deserve.--.(.Great epylattee4eeput %Then I found
that tie:, meet calumnions.9flthose placards had, received the
eiemetere of en individual, wireee name was onknewn to me,
ee!1:1!; ?erten rs still tinknetten,,l naturally Asked (so extraordi-
. flery• was Cepeelernny) whether eleat uadividual seas some on.
rflrPtiate being who heti escaped from. a lunatie , asylum ?
• e •
(ieruch laegliter and applettse.)-edinkge of my ettepriee, when I
was ti:at he wa:l a fleittleman aethed with Magisterial
power e, one of Feet Mejeety'eitieticee for the ceeeerretion
of
'Pact) 9f this great and eiepideutt cetenty,e--( Renewed laugh
ter.)—lt because that Gentlerean holds this situation of. trust
tlyts "apt), (1 will net now inquire how werthily), that I
think itneeteitery to advert to his allegations against
gerittirmm, I not' hold in my hand this placard, in which it
ieiteoel, reit by inainuation, bolt in direct terms, that I am lye
iltititirn ate glen," and, as t'e.h, disqualified from sittindin
Parliernent: Stand, therefore, before you in this most ;lin.
guilt situation, that...having Volen inNtlted:to Liverpool, in order
to CAndidrad feethe .grt amid political honour and the
• r I r
bidliettl trust which the suffrages of freo people can be tow,
an!i.. to which an Engliett Gentleman can aspire, I sin here call.
eti rnoint to show not, my peetenelens (if any I have) to year
confidence, but. that I possess those ordinary civil rights width
the lawe do nut deny to thLi meanest 'of his Alajefity's subjects.
-{f hegira. • _Gentlemen, tlzrx charge, thus placarded on'the
walla of yoter town, is printed' in' the largest Roman type that
tha.peintiegotfEw, I helieve, of tlis Honourable Freeman who
proposed I,rrrd Molyneurt could supply, and, let me add, in ink
pitelelk.lr- as the maligtity !Well could suggest' such a publics,-
cheers.)--(llere- 1)r. .Crompton ,made some re-
marl; respecting the weril "oepanity," up/flied by Alf. 11111-
kisson.l.—Gentlerne» teeeitinned. the Right lion. Gentleman) I
curt rar from vim peiinine of the interruption Of the Honourable
Candidate, When 1 used .the word malignity,. r used it ad.
visedle. 1 rtrpest it. I care not whom it pleases e and I apply
it 0 Pg; author of thil be he why he may...e(Cheeti.)—A
beau hied and a fouler calumny never was thrown on an
Engilehmen ; and never, let ma' add, was there' attempted a
I(f9A6e; ineyoeition upon the freemen of the town of leiverpeol.
7--(Chtere.):—Gentlemen, I scorn to disprove, holever indig-
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reantlY eepel, gist part of stria falee accusation which applies
.
to my pa.ntits ; hut. let me say that they were both English;
that II was born and educated in England ; that in England
Xeieettived 014 NdinVOrkte my ediXatiOns of, which are.
veyetere for the 'free Constitetion of my country fernied a part;
anti That' I nerl' left my native shunts. until that "education
was nearly corenated.—(Renewed cheenee—J, therefore, 'crest,
!menet: tee be told, that r do not poesees those dell rigbts,
witihetit which I should, indeed, be an !diet' in nay native lend,
and weld not Repko to the common privileges of a subject,
lease). less to the bemeors of trees free and begy coUntry.-7
Kireet elleering.)

Is' to mn ruost surprising, that any. gentleman should rashly
have put his Dante to such an assertion as I have now adverted
tti. 6/sod (had .1 is- it to be .presumed, that for twenty-seven
years an Mien should have 414 the honour of a seat in Pattie.
silent? Is it to he helieved, that I 'should presurne to stand
before y'io, if I were conscious of any thing that could attach
to my character AD fatal*, my pretensions as dist which isnow'
charged against me ?-‘ Indeed, the very absurdity of the pre.
pesitiOn ought ti have guarded is Alsgistrate fiorn,*nding the
sanction of his name to such an imputation. hi he So ignorant
sas pp!. p kriow, that, if I did not possess the civil rights of a
subiept, 1 could not hold land, in take die oaths requisite to
,qualify no to tilt in Parliament?. He refers' you to one art of
4,'„,in; if he .1091:13, to atiether, ho would haysfourid that re-
ward is given, to the discoverer of property which had escheat-
od t) the Crown. -And I wish the ga,lbuit Colonel (for I under.
atand thiit.'lin it a Colonel at well al a Magistrate) so little harm
Inreturn for the injury he has levelled at me, that I would
recommend to him to try to make the discovery of whet ftee.
Eold property I possess ; and if; its he 'alleges, I am an i' ale-,
gidmate alien," I promise him, that lie shikl receive the reward
to wltlcht for that discovery, he will be entitled.,-.(Cheers, and
laughter:l
f
'etlaaPs, Gentlemen, I Wive a right to complain, that "filen
cum'Ujunhy pat 'forth'these aspen,llo,l",
4edpe3 pit,M*.trie here, face to face., to peeve and establitili
lily. dingo. 0 eiltleukto,- he ought, to be here to .mitke'ittel)l;-
leolcr;Vb4 tutne,!to the -Freemen of -Liverpool, for the impo-
-141911 "441 thhi planard attempted to pp,lin
(boudeniters,)
I;entlemen, I sun sorry to detain you se long OD forj
eutirely personal ; hut, when a man is a cand:date popular