The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-09 00:00:00

GENE iIA.L.
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-RY OF LETTEIN TN LONDON.
atm, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, August, 1846.
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in readine-s to receive the letters from the
nen,ere
on ins Morning Dchverv, and in others from parties
tt!tj'4llb94l.e ti,:t°l"nri'''ke in
letters, in consequenCe of not being pi spared with
paying the postage,- or not heinz properly authorised to
of ~, the Public are requested to provide for the reception of
z,debiert'nee Letter-carrier going his rotted, as, if there are no means
'44 back
he correspondence when first presented, it must be
to to the OftiCe, to be sent out by anotheropportunity.
the
HY and INDEPENDENT ELECTORS ;of the BO-
!N"ri,e,t,4 ' ROUGH of ST. ALBAN.
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I, hoe, easing duty to return you thanks for the
to•nta*:,blr You have conferred upon me in electing me your repre-
pwf Yan unparalleled 'of your votes. I neither claim
4°14 the tal 'nty
tt
net
ents nor the positicn to do so much good as. my
Yee„,,eeetor, and belonging to no political party, canoet attribute
io either Whiggism or Toryism. In these times there are
411eiert°,,ns vastly higher than mere party struggles. Though I
le ffee W.° and enter Parliament by your kindness per-
a,reotit.e ad.th unfettered, I have made you acquainted during -our
%Dino of my views, and to these views I attribute
tea volunta Will now repeat them in an enduring form., and offer
clignin,rl Pledges, by which before my election I did not con-
tt eu or proper to attempt to influence you.
dtstiae rePeel. or very great alteration of the cruel, anti-
eco,' and inhuman Poor-law.
'sere t,..'3;:-The fiefence of our Protestant religion, which I verily
kept; e_the best bulwark of our civil and religious liberties.
.at The annelioraiion and improvement of the social, moraL
t4,,e2edition of the industrious classes.
04 Ike, '„,,u_rs, and second of these objects myNoble competitor_
alt istently with his position, undertake to support. He.
es, Z`_'Y supported the Poor.laws, and the Maynooth grant ,
iteoteini;ture to believe, you preferred my views to his.
Otte, Parliament, but out of it, successful steps may, I think,
nt o`,.?•Practically get rid, to some extent, or the cruelty,
ea~hte TeSsion, and abomination of the Poor. laws. The system
cotirea from their parents, and parents in their old ago
teed and ; a starvation dietary for all ; and to the most
11114 'elplese—the lunatic poor—the greatest inattention end
dial shall be met by me with incessant and unrelenting
pt:titts ererutl' of Parliament, the resident gentry might in many
Y Promote the efforts of the humbler classes to eman-
,,Viireigt7tlr es from the possible necessity and dread of ever e.n-
trit:e man boss horrors, long before the tardy reforms of the Lem-
; 49, / Have altered the law. As there is some bile talk of
they can telalifess that I would gladly join in " bribing" (if helping
4nszleea fer se Calle) the whcie industrious population to save
it4ink tin"' the tender mercies" of the Pder-law system ; and
ateee
lay
be effected by a mode which in a few days it is
o4O:.Atile en,to,alay before you and the country.
er suehr'mint, the defence of our Protestant Institutions,. I
-41eulooei .ants as those to Maynooth to be bad in principle
4 Y inconsistent in practice. On the one hand, the Le-
1145't' ane'asdarnehnavact!rised the Roman Catholic religion as " idols-
, ble,
tkg, .13 self; and on the other hand, is compelling those.
'l4l:2es for its nsider it simply erroneous and mischievous, to
kante, kenii,nereased propogation. And then I
.and you, as
" et, 6lag that we take our very designation from the
cd
pe; ermail Princes (of whom one was the ancestor of
haste fore bet ".ee Albert), dens ing the right of any secular power
bY "en man and his God upon matters of faith, so as to
111,,,, the, , arns of authority conformty or support contrary to
fkl,,e,!.the'‘,.3-,,_et we Protestants are to be' made to promote,
.by our
creed against the tenets and tyranny of which our
tktte troProtested." So much for principle and consistency.
t,„.the,o4, no in-win to unhappy Ireland that I would oppose grants
or rain ~„4 would willingly go much farther than has yet been
itOtietrove the condition of its many millions, whether Catholic
"it4lcle",!t• I would truly " emancipate " them from ignorance,
4 0111;',e, Poverty, and misery. Their so-called " Emancipation
torVo rtai in some
few individuals, not one in a hundred thou-
Places and to certain seats which they could not be-
pre',,Las ret'',.rue " emancipation" would be to free the whole people
lrainith,`ers of their habits and the system of complicated op-
-14,4) for centuries has to the language of Hume, the his-
/4a' teell`;;ied them to be treated like wild beasts until they be-
le or .*11 The gentry of Ireland should be taught, in the lan-
-446 excellent man, that " property has its duties as well as
t° the
14 third Point, lam anxious to promote measures for bet-
el, l'iststiai4o...dition of the industrious classes of the whole kingdom.
letl Ivetet-i" am. by no means averse to extend their political fran-
%elm, mental, and moral impr`evement would greatly
tees, "peit',',e better the base the more enduring the superstruc-
ek "lose of ical changes," says the philosophic Bacon, "should be
trnle—imperceptible in their -progress, but felt in their
NI," 14 these,hree principles or objects I take my stand—viz., Hos-
)sgl th'eve Poor-law. Devotion to Protestantism, and Amello-
iii,Z4,4,,e social condition of the People. Surely men of all
Ite-,,abje,,,Y or Whig Call ry tive or Liberal—may join me in
ihtt",ave Ciw..ithont -at't olisecomapromising their political opinions.
‘e efprt,,'n Much of party for a long period ; let us begin to try
hop:sistentreVe at last.
tie, It to theY ith these objects I can give a general and a generous
eP‘ll rfly f'revernment in other matters. It will make no differ-
etber arliamentary conduct who the Premier may happen to
4,the IT, _tile Noble Lord the member for London, or the Noble
1 Doe t?l'aber
distin fer Lynn, the ,tight Hon. Baronet, who lately held
141aly e guished colleague who seceded from him. Let
0/;,411 b,°,,!teoci to the people, and whoever the Ministers may be,
tit In 'mkt enn Party er factious opposition from me.
14tk Pr enable town I am, for as long a period as you approve
tot on Irentative, to watch over, promote, and protect its
tho„tPank Yon for choosing me so to do. I thank.you all—
betZwho voted for me for their generous and triumphan.t
fliTtioe Viose Who voted against me for the gentleness of their
I not add to the voters those who have no vote ?
'ad me less their representative because they have no
L'iteei"'ts ev-"!e one. Perhaps the un-enfranchised may soon find
mete yid the-i " desire to better their social condition may do more
Political rights and. effect that extension sooner than
Party Peliticians of whatever name or opinion.
I have the honour to be gentlemen,
Your sincere, obliged, and ever faithful servant,
BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL.

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