The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-22 00:00:00

TiVENINer SUN.

41.4C1RD JO LPN- RIM.SELL'S

ADI )RESS.

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THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LONDON.
Gz.NT'Lx
request you to accept my sincere
hearty thanks for the honour you have conferred
tr me by electing me one of your Representatives in
e Con:or:ions' House of Parliament.
" knould have made this acknowledgment at an
ta rlilr period, had I not been desirous of explaining to
4:the course which the general state of the returns will
4,4,6 it my duty to pursue.
order to do this the more clearly I must refer to
"'" le past events.
In the early part of last year, when a resolution de-
welaring a wart of confidence in the Government was
brought for,vard, I distinctly announced the intention of
• PP"inl.': additional taxes to meet the increased expen-
diture the country.
Coen tri the present year, so soon as the estimates had
%)znpleted, and the probable amount of the revenue
th4l4- be calculated, her 3Lnicsty's Ministers took into
e r.Sezious consideration the disparity which still
°lilitrt.between the ID- • •OMO 0 f the country and the cost
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!T 3(We found that, the new taxes were not sufficient to
• MIRt?; the deli
e Irem of opinion that we could not, with due re-
r- 4'i the nonour and safety of the nation, reduce its
el.-and 'military forces.
u But, -dpon a careful vim of our commercial imposts,
%me to the conclusion, that by removing prohibitions,
;1414 lessening restriction, it was possible to replenish the
I„„_lL'easurY, and at the sr.me time to secure to the working
„..'s a greater command of the necessaries of life at
sway and modera',e prices.
The first measure brought forward on this subject
,s intended to fri-e increased freedom of trade to our
„•
"I". )311t in defending this measure, in a debate be-
f°r° Easter, I stated that the Cabinet were resolved to
%TY the sate e principle to our whole commercial policy,
had ared propositions to carry their views into
effect,

y
in ti:'.! face of this declaration, it has been asserted
fat our -commercial and financial plans were brought
i:rwt,ard. only because we had been defeated' upon a clause
Lie i:riski Qualification
difficult to refute our arguments ; it was easy
isi'.rinstrue our motives ; and those who were inca-
pabl
;,11: ,11:,e 'of discoverino• rea-_,ons, have not been unequal to
.boor of inventing facts.
Others have said that, with a precarious majority in
ta'l:, Rouse of Commons, "we ought not to have announced
-asures of web vast importance.
had. we resigned with a deficient revenue, and
the xt
-pointing out the means of improving
same persons would, with far more justice,
/141.10'e accused us of being afraid to meet the difficulties we
eaussnd, and of imposing upon our successors an un-
;444-.P.t.rlar uThpracticable task.
't ar!peared to us, on the contrary, that it was our
Cveto lad, before the House of Commons plans which
he" ailed beneficial ; when defeated there, we advised
Majesty to appeal to the people at large.
A they As soon. as the. new Parliament meets. we shall take
TFc
first
°PPortn .
Lty of asking for a clear and decided
_
7'."”mgoaent upon the policy we have proposed.
f "The. result of such an appeal may now be easily
•tiZeBcen* In the English cities and boroughs there is a
~
all majority in our favour. In the Scotch cities and
trisbugll', a very decisive majority the same way. In the
fa" ‘"
bore aghs and counties there is also a majority in
v°ur of the policy of the present Alinister_
Rothe.'acotch counties the majority will be the other
•Y 1. and in the English counties that major.,,y_
in
'"Ter'llielm • wilt be
g.
44 r
4-.
e those who recollect Lord S'.4nley's description of
our :English
the 4fr counv representat.,,n,
or who have observed
resultee,,th"f th.e Chandos e:Jaiise of the Reform Act, this
• however-4i rAOi be at all, surprising. It should be added,
might •-•:,thm the manufacturing districts have not, as
An nu Ministers
been expected, tended to restore the balance.
41-inisters of the Crown can stand without the con-
. ..offi''''e Of the House of Commons, our retirement from
;:e Winimmediately follow the condemnation of our
W"cY• In this altered position it would be inconsistent
th my notions of public duty to harass the Govern-
' moult of the day by vexatious opposition ; still less to
den) to the Crown the means of maintaining the reputa-
• s"D. of the, country abroad and internal quiet at home.

'“ But when the great principles of religious, civil, and
le°llllnercial liberty come into question, those principles
Illn-st be firmly and fearlessly supported. Whatever party
the be in power, they are so inseparably connected with
progress of society, that—although the country may
may pause, may ponder—it will examine, discuss,
a"(I- finally adopt them.
Lorie,4
k dm encouraged to this conviction by former vie-
:i.,-'4.13
14Ont of power, we obliged our opponents to abolish
e tests by which political office was made exclusive,
~71. a. religious sacrament profaned.
to
flout of power, we forced o';ir adversaries themselves
the Roman. Catholics itom those disabilities which
";7 ,had declared indis?ensable for the maintenance of
,y Constitutio.a an,:.l the safety of the Church
111 Power xe obliged those who had refused to allow
reDr
to'sie,7ntativos of Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham,
th.e House of Commons, to submit to a much
larger" Al more sweeping measure of Reform.
the" 'ln Power we obtained the sanction of Parliament to
~aT Jolition of slavery in our colonies.
iero In power, we have destroyed the monopoly of privi-
•?,s in our Municipal Corporations.
principles "In power, we have carried into practical effect the
of equality of civil privileges between Pro-
l!stants and Roman Catholics, and have thereby secured
tl3l
1, the Crown the affectionate loyalty of the people of
"None of these measures received the hearty assent
of the main body of our opponents ; to several they op-
red a violent and persevering resistance. But truth
: ulnphed over them, and will again. Returned to
• mceiL they may adopt our measures, and submit to th
"ullence of -reason ; or, if they refuse to do so, they
"I be obliged to relinquish power, and the monopoly of
trad
will share the fate of religious intolerance and
-"tirJal raclusion.
But for the attainment of this object it is necessary
to
1314 vigilant and united ; to oppose zeal to zeal ; to
1,7;l-2
eh minute details as well as to maintain great prin-
11e4 ; in short, to exert, for a great and salutary end,
-1/ same untiring activity which has been exhibited in
tore' questionable cause.
"-As we do not distrust the justice of the measures we
have Proposed, let not temporary failure. check our
Perseverance.
andl` I am well aware, indeed, that in the City of Lordon,
in some other 'places, great exertions have been
biltde4 and large sacrifices incurred, in behalf a this
eau"- Nor ca'.l. I conclude without again expressing
_
. grateful s'ense of the support I have received in the
fate unexpected, and, in many respects, unexampled
have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
" Your obedient and faithful servant,
"Min to, July 19, 1841. " J. RUSSELL."