The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-11 00:00:00

No. 17,538.] LONDON," MONDAY 87-ti
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WEST RIDING ELECTION.
r r 0 the ELECTORS of the WEST RIDING
of YORKSHIRE.
Leeds, December 4, 1848.
Gentlemen ---I should not have addressed you again so soon
merely to report progress. My friends deem the result of our first
week's proceedings highly satisfac'ory, but I have such important
communications to make to you on matters of principle that I will
not waste your time by anticipating the poll. My object is to de-
serve success, even more than to obtain it.

Imputations of rancour towards Roman Catholics were made
against me at the beginning of the contest. No one has at-
tempted to substantiate this imputation at any of the meet-
ings which I have attended. With my controversies on
purely religious topics, Electors feel they have no con-
cern. The only question with them is, have I ever proposed,
abetted, or contemplated injustice to any class of religionists? If so,
let it be proved. lam ready to demonstrate that I have used no
arguments about the contemplated endowment of the Roman Catho-

lic priests which they would not be perfectly welcome, if our position
was reversed, to use against me. henceforward, if men of honour
think fit to assail me on this point in my absence, I am sure they
ill have the man liness to try to substantiate it in my presence. I
am ready to meet them, in fair argument, on the day of nomina-
tion. I only ask to receive beforehand a written statement of the
imputation against me, and of the facts by which it is thought to be
sustained.

Failing such proof, I call upon all friends of Civil and Religious
Liberty to support me. I call on them to be as true to their princi-
ples as my opponent is to his. Mr. Denison, at Halifax, on Satur-
day, declared that he should, upon principle, have voted against Mr.
Fitzwilliam, as an advccate of the endowment of the Irish priests.
Liberals of all classes and of religions, be not outdone by a Con-
servative in fidelity to your convictions. You desire equality for all
religions, and that is my desire too. I will not be a party to en-
dow the Roman Catholic church, neither will I consent to pay out
of the public purse additional Colonial Bishops of the Church of
England.

Mr. Denison said on Saturday, that he concurred in a system
of National Education based upon religion, but that he disap-
proved aiding the Roman Catholic schools, unless on condition
that the religion taught their should not be the religion of their
own teachers 1 I can only express my astonishment at such a de-
claration,

On the broad ground, then, of principle, I appeal to the Liberal
Electors of the West Riding not to be ashamed of their colours.
Let Toryism hoist false flags to lead the unsuspicious to believe that
it has changed. Let it lower the " Blue " standard, to which even
its enemies never refused the name of " true," and let it hold forth
the white flag of a hollow and dishonest truce to men who wish to
be deceived ! But let those who have inherited from their ancestors
the principles and the symbols of liberty, rally round the Orange
standard ! Rest assured that, of all impolitic things, a hollow co-
alition is the most impolitic. The party which adheres to principle
is the only one which can count upon success, because it is the only
one which deserves it.

I am, Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obliged servant,
C. E. EARDLEY,

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