The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-03 00:00:00

INVERNESS ELECTION

The following speech,. delivered at Inverness by
CHARLES . Gtt r, Esq.• on his Election, as Re-
presentative of the Boroughs of Inverpess, FOr-
trose, Nair, and Forrcii, is such an admirable diS-
ptay of. eloquence, public spirit, and constitution-
al knowledge, that we are persuaded wilt be
highly acceptable to our Readers. Mr. GRANT,
.we understand, is a son of the Gentlenian of that
name, who, is in the dire:.‘tiOn of the East India
Coropany, and it is said, that he has not reached
the 24th year of his age. The'speech, however,
:shews a maturity and. energy of intellectual
power, which, if resolutely applied to Abe. in-
terests of the Empire, promises to ,be attended
with the most. beneficial results. We regret that
we had not opportunity for an earlier insertion of
this masterly effusion of political eloquence and

•: sagacity. •
"- GENTLEMEN,
• bet,- to return you my sincere thanks for the
honour which you have now, for the second time,
conferred upon me, and whileT do so, I must -be
. allo.wed to express my regret, that, •at the period
of the dissolution, I: was in so remote a part of
the kingdom, as to make it impossible" for me hn-
rnediately to present myself to your notice, and
personally to Solicit the renewal of .your favour-
able. regards. I thank you, most sinceriqy for
havir‘g excused that inevitabi absence. Grotle-
mcu, when I had last.the -honour of addressing
you, I. ventured-to express .a hope that the con=
, nexion.between us, formed from such honourable
motives On your part, would uot, on mine, be dis-
graced by the mixture of any baser principle. I
trust. I may flatter myself, that the act which you
have just norfomed is a proof that that hope has
not been 'falsified. Gentlemen; if on the former
o;:casioli, I looked forward with dismay- to the
scene,_ as vet untried, which was then opening be-
fore me, I can truly say, that experience, short
as mine has beell, has not in any degree diminish-
ed lay ,ease of the, difficulties and duties NNbiell
belonged to this , high situation. I accept with
gratitUde the trust which you have reposed in me
—I am Sensibie of the honour attached to it. I ant
sensible al:io o the responsibility Ashich_it throws
upcni me a responsibility at all times great and
but in the present most critical state of the
world, tremen:ants. From this resposibility, in-
deed, I should shrink with alarm, if did not rely
simplicitl:,7 on your indulgence Mid liberality; if I
. did not rely
,on the conviction 4iich I am proud
to entertain, that in my general view of political
-subjects, and as tothe majority of public questions
foreign and domestic, have the happiness of be-
in.; fortified by your eoncurrence.. 'Under this im-
pression, I do not besiEate to say;that it is our wish
• your wish, Gentlemen, and mine, to regard with
an equal eye, every part of the Constitution. We
acknowledge the burthens which press upon the
poor. We deplore Thecal-mities and privations
incident to the present state of ptiblic affairs. We
lament the distresses of the people : we admire
,them for the:r patience. We love them fdr their
'loyalty and affeetitin for their Constitution, amp af-
fection which, in spite of those privations, in
,spite of the exertions of desperate men, still, I
'firmly believe, through the, greater_ part of :the
kingdom, burns • with undecayed strength and
lustre. We wish to diminish the public burthens.
We desire to retrench useless expenditure..,•
are anxious to probe the sources of corruption, to
correct what -is vicious, to strengthen what is
weak, to expel what is unsound, amL if it be pos-
Sible, to retain the Constitution in all the purity
of its native and -unsullied whiteness. But Evhile
we.deeply feel these: sentiments, we are'aware
that the danger which threatens the Constittitiob
at the present crisis, arises not front-the excessive

influence of tile Crown, but from. the extrov4gfint
and facious•eiforts of a democratical spirit. We

a:•e therefore resolved, that 'while we are just to

tEte people, we will be just also the throne, ii bile
we protect rights of the citizen, y:e will aiso pro-
tect-the rights of the chief Magi.4trilte.
guard the liberties of the subject, I.s.e st iii of sur-
:render those of the Sovereign. ,We are:not averse
to renounce the superfluous trappings ot..our
liiO-
narch ; but we will not, allow it to be. divested of
those flowing' and magnificent robes with Which it
was clothed in elder times ; we will not allow'
the f::intest of those heaths to be touched, with
which our ancestors adorned the crown of
these realms.. :tVe know ,that to impair , the
brilliancy of the sorere:gn power, is to di-
, .
mmish its authority. We know that the' sceptre of
'these kingdoms, is not only of massy, but should
also be of burnished gold. We know that in con-
templating the fabric of our cfflsitutio,;, we ad-
uiire not only the grandeur of the colminas, the
NraCiotts proportions of the arches, the loftiness
-of the roof, but' we admire also the graceful-
Less of the shaft, the polished beauty of the de-
eprations, the splendour-of the portals, and the
sparkling of the turrets. Agreeing, therefore,
with you on these grand sUhjectS, J do not think
it- necessary to advert to any minor topics, on
which I may not be so fortunate. Yon- are too
liberal ; you are too well. acquainted with consti-

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