The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-24 00:00:00

No.

TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF NpT-
TINGIIAM.

. ,
GENTLEMEN,
THANK.. you' for the kiii'dness with which
yott received Me •on my • Canvass. The expectations
I-fnrrnVd t;viten. I first came arlimig you' have ben folly
rea6cd, I feel.a confident expectation that I shall be ho-
notified by-bking your Representative.
The advantage to a trading community. of being represented
by a Commercial man, has been very generally acknowledged.
From these who appreciate the inestimable- benefits derivable
from Free Trade, I have received assurances of unqualified
support. The. sentiments of Religious Freedom which I pro-
fess, have been resronded to by the enlightened friends of. the
Church, as well as by the Dissenters. -
Upon the subject of the Poor-laws, on which alone my oppo-
nents rest their claim to your support, I should wish the
Elecinrs,te: ask them what their views on this question are ;
they vituperate the New Law, and would get rid of it, but what
then would they have no Poor-laws, or would they return to
the old system again? Would they once more adopt the plan
of making up the deficiency of wages front the poor-rates?
Would they uo away with the popular election of guardians,
and have them appointed as formerly by the Magistrates? I
suspect they find it easier to abui.e, than to amend.
Electors! I wish to he perfectly explicit on this important
subject. A• Bill is now before the House of Commons for the
alteration and amendment of the New Poor-law Aet, and if I
have the honour to-be returned as your Representative, I shall
lend my zealous and hearty assistance' in modifying such parts
of it as seem to press hardly upon the poor. -
With regard to the important quastion of out-door relief, I
am strongly of opinion that irilarge trading towns like yours the
workhouse cannot properly be used for a test of destitution, as
it tray in an agriculti..ral district. In a time of sudden and gene-
ral stagnation
„of trade, we should consider well before we
break'up the working-man's home • and in a case like this,
I think-that a elitcretionary power 4:f acting may very properly
be confided .to the Guardians of the poor. But after all, and
above all, the primary object of legislation should be to secure
to the working man the full value for his labour, and this object
I am confident can only be effected by a total repeal of the
Coin.laws, as you know .from experience that dear bread
lowers wages and cheap bread raises them. I want justice to
the working man. not tliit heshouldbedependent npen charity.
Geittlernen —1 will cot advert at any length to the strange
and unnatural coalition that has taken place against me.
I cannot but regret that any real Reformers should be found
in the ranks of my opponents, but 1 rely upon the sound good
sense of my countrymen to dispel the delusion, and I still ex-
pect to find them on my side at the day of election.
Gentlemen,—My cause is in your hands: Will you have a
Tory, or a Reformer? and a Reformer as anxious as any man
to vindicate this rights of the poor.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
With great respect,
Your very obedient servant,
G. G. do H. LARPEN T.
Nottingham, April 22, 1041.

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