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London, England, 1824-10-13 00:00:00

them, that the few remaining years of his life should be devoted
to ;heir service, and that of-the good old cause which they had
that day met 'to-sopport.:L(Cheers.) " •
Song-:."'Auld Lang Syne." • • •.
The next toast was -" The cause of civil and religious li:.)erty
all over the world."-.-It was loudly applauded.
The CuArtt'stAlT new announced, that the Secretary was About
.to read." the declaration" of the, prineiPles of the Club, which
had been, agreed to at the. meeting before dinner. lie was
haPpy to say that the Meeting was unanimous on this occasion.
7-(Cheers.)-•-Thus they would go forth to the world united in
:their object, to the great mortification of their enemies, who
Would no doubt feel sorely grieved to find that there was not
:that Ells' nnion amongst them which they.had so industriously re-
ported,—(Cheers,),
„ Mr. liwAtmzt then read the following decktration
".This Association was formed to taster and maintain the
principleS of the glorious Revolution of 1638, and 'was called a
Whig Club, with •refere.n ea to the bold and enlightened men who
tried remedy the political abuses of that day.
On‘g‘liitlYtotibole lilt
pfrieeN4ithtryiit antidas,
Parliament ought to be free. ddieecdlareeedti,onTaotf
4Pisctilliirelre4l4otsf.
"By the Gth of William and Mary-' the 'Utmost extent, of
time that the same Parliament was allowed to sit, was three
years. By the Act of Settlement it was ordained, that noperson
who flag an of4ce,, or, place of profit, from the King, or receives
a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a
•Illember of the House of Commons, which Was subsequently
modified. by Acts of Parliament passed in the reigns of Queen
Anne and 'George I. •
• ".Here, then, the most timid have before them. principles of
reform, which may be carried into effect, simply by reverting to
past measures of tried utility Which formed tbe law and consti-
stution of the land during the best portion of its history.
"Without, therefore, in the least presuming to lay down any
doctrine as.to themeans of obtaining the 'only legitimate male
of all refbrni—an upright administration of affairs, or pretend-
ing to define the exact limits to which each particular measure
should be- :extended, or -to determine whether the adoption of
some niay•not supersede the necessity of others, it appears that
'the best security against the evils we complain of will be found
hi some measure as the following: First, that ParliaMents should be elected more frequently.:
that ineffiCient and subordinate placemen be ex-
. fltided from the 'House Of Commons. •
Thirdly, a more expeditious and less expensive mode of
Voting at elections:

" Fourthly, a more full and equal representation of thew°.
pie in Parlituiient, and such an extension of the elective fran-
chise in boroughs and •large towns, as their . increased opulence
and intelligence may justify and require.
4.‘ The Club Considers these measures to be in strict conformity
with the recutrniZed principles of the Constitution, anti to in-
volve no risk-except of those.abuses which every friend to his
country would wish corrected, and which even their most zeal.
ous advocateS are unable to defend.

• ." Priatly; the. main use of this and similar associations is to
keep alive the old free spirit of the country, and to. collect the
scattered friends of rational liberty. under such a bond of social
union us will encourage independent men to speak their minds
freely upon public occasions, ensuring the toleration, if not, the
propagation, of liberal principles ; and above all, 'to secure,
whenever sufficient cause arises, and in spite of the obstacles
which faction and legislation have imposed on itsn exercise, a
-Continuance ••of the inestimable right of meeting and petitioning
the -Legislature."
[The reading of this document was received with loud
cheering.] . • . •
Lord Cativr expressed hie satisfaction at finding that this
declaration had met the undivided:approbation of the meeting.
Ile was sorry that a very zealous member of time Club was ate_
itCpt, in consequence of a migfortune NS bonny—he tneant.
George Phillips ; but he wotild give them the health of
another Staffordshire member ef the Clubi-whoe services they
had that day pecUliarly acknowledged. He would drink " 111 r.
Toilet, and the Whigs of Staffottlehire." ' '
The toast having been drank with loud-applause,
iilr._Tof.t.te; in returning thanks' or the honour done him,
,said.thatin connecting his name with what took pktee that day,
the Noble Lord had over-rated his, merits. ,a'he only merit
Which lie could .claim was that of 'having endeavoured (he Was
happy Lionayituecessfully) to reconcile some* contrary opinions.
therniginaldeciaration ; and though he .admitted
;that iritatfountled on themostittrietly constitutional principles,
yet' there were even .in those .principles. shades of difference,'
which, When they came' to be embodiedin a public declaration
,of altelitical body, .were not unfit subjects for discussion. He
I had eatployed his niorning. in endeavouring so to fratuc the de-
claration as to'' prevent that want of unannuity, at which, no
doubt,, their enemies would greatly
.rejoiee. It was to him a
.source of .untnixed satisfaction, that in this attempt he and, hose
friends. who had jollied with, him had been,:•completely auceess-
meetings as the present were much to be
Cultivitedthroughout the country, but. in. no place were they
more required than in that county whore they were now assem-
bled, -and cite counties adjoining. The circutnatattee which 110
caused the forMation of this club was the haughty ited overbear.
ing conduct of their political adversaries. They (the Whigs) had
'.been sq treated in the county, as if to be a Whig and a disloyal
nian•were.oneand the same thing; whereas, as had been well
observed by their worthy Chairman, true Whig; Lill was the
best test of loyalty...4l4ond cheers.)--Nothing was heard on a
recent occasion hitt radicalism, as applied to the Whigs. Ile,
however, was one who would not be put from his purpose by, any
such epithet. If by a radical was meant a person who objected to
•the.political system of the last half tentury, lie was a radical,
bute in that sense and no other. We were now much improved
io our eiretunstuncesi but why had not.that improvement token
place. 10• years ago? . Why had not some reduction taken place
in the drat year, when the heavy exponent of the War Ilia cal's"
ed ? In that year a very general outerybad been made ageism
the income-tnx, but, "No ", said the then Chancellor of the
Exchequer, .t if you rake away that tax, the credit of, the
cetaatucnutrzyreli!lbbuet niatinselsllt tahnthei.sothee
tax Tories b e
ngeboa7c4lrfe,
repealntleeil
iettlref)lvuelniee
(s:eitienooteda:i4 c4faii ) 'hat'
}letn first
alone they were vitierable—it began' to pinch their
peal
jobs
pockets, and very many of them, were soon found where they
had never been siett'befere hi the ranks of the Opposition, and
vetipg fora remission. of, the ,burtive,of the, people.--.(.Loud
;eneers.)-.Rut ,what -Ana they do:nei stoce lied they been
squally anxiens.teretpeve the causes of the heavy burdens of
the peopie_,,,,,,,„ary pliiee and pensions? No ; but. they
rapks of llinistera on every 'question
,friend t?fbisi(ft tictember the Rouse of Cominons) was asked
year ? pli,".replied he, its the Ilithting phrase of hitititer'reci,ottiotsfrlwoupeeeciatlnisittittriehlyerki,,
" little, Yel'Y'llttie; however I have-been to at the death of two
Lordst
what
oldie Admirelty, and rap to ground one Postmaster-
' 1
ditties
tini ceeechrs wta;id.:Tila..lbtade'—utin;:itsidt ati B,ittl46lol'elli I:onaertn:tilyti6l4;at;cl,vr:atelihgl).i.splaleyeitY):y'litteniell
tsliaonreil s
Anxious,
lut indelves.
ibeen
e n Ad
done
worthyt
hat
aid
t
tislto fie sede himself
t:lbltu'eatswl 'Avfr
el) °P‘thu Ou);t1
that if the qitestiohafthe aSsessed times were pressed; the Tories
would have been fonti'd Willing to give up the vote of 600',000/.
'Toi the building otthe- new churches,' anti the large-sum Noted
fqr the OrnaMent'dt,the gratid palace at Windsor:...Cheers.)—,
'The Htiti`;'Gentleinan concluded by thanking 'dim for the kind
attention they had paid him.
The health! of Lords Orevenor and Belgrave were next given
frp_w the chair, and, with loud applause.
The Cu' Ai tAf.r 'expressed his regret at the absence ..of
the Ndhle Elul and his .son, which, be observed, was caused
only
,:by _the Moose or _Lady Greseenor, who was ill ,at ,
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Mr: N. cEsi;Eit .returned thanks for Lord Grosvenor,
adding, that• he wits Certain the declaration .which Iliad just
been ,reitd, would. be rally approved, of. by hisiLordship when,
he reed it,
bird CatwE proposed" The Memory of the Right Ilan. C.
Ftii,"- arid regretted that his principles had not been acted
'griehl:UCeejlsertit many yl sud
ch' thatit e tibnegeitnastit'll e'Cpurese:
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of11420:11:1;
Oa the fleapits of " The founders of the Wbig club, and the
igs (I, kshire,"lt AO hpg, one tirank„
MG G. W nxi A u,*of the founders of the Whig
Club; begged to thank them for the honou they'had dupe
those Individnals,with; whamhe, had,acted. Ile, rwetted the
abseoce,of,itia loud (31r. Davenport), whoa would have
AleFeStieti a \tltd»iitiritSrilly Of the Oecasion,lthe thanks of the!
•Ibun'deri 'of the Chib, for the mannerin wilicktheienapies had
(liqin, received, 44; this (10 was
.e,slablltdied, he bad
blot, asked, whai practical benefit would' from it ?' As
'hehitirriOl tire frifi d Yiftipitemy; fie felt * difficult -to answer'
etis‘teatbilisn ucshtn tlcem't oflittl ittef C° 711311 i, he l4ttkrigh Yt"r be )kalibliulle a better
elapsett a4leetile