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helimerv.ederrtithiesTlEHon.reMplieedmbeinr
thheeardaffitrmhaattifvreo,manand opthroar.
cpearedtTed. —Gentlemen, you have heard Mre.eetaDhnteodp
jusatisosinntiiwseetahneatdhot
ttaulvsnielcdie
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thereA r.
wlt.Gordon'serr.eG prstipeo speeches;
peculiarc
ah
ne
circumstances
rmeyueomno
remember that I stated at first that any difference be-
tweencaused peculiar pain to me; and that I sincerely hoped
that to-night's proceeding would pave the way to
better feeling between us. Mr. Gordon's speech made
no allusion to me.
Mr. GoanoN—Certainly not, I never alluded to you.
I dont wish to bother myself with this controversy.
Gentlemen, I want to retire, I want to go home and go
to bed.—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. CHRISTIE—I say that Mr. Gordon's speech con-
:Bined no reference to mine, but Mr. Dodson's pretended
to' be an answer. Now, Mr. Dodson has given you a
parti.N.l, and even as far as it goes, not correct account of
a conve;sation which took place between him and me
iminediatc,ly after my arrival in Weymouth. I don't
complain bis choosing •to divulge that conversation—
I only remark that that conversation was quite as confi-
dential as those 12ommunications will offer which he has
taken care not to disciose.—(Cheers and bear, hear.)
friendptaAewl And dedbdoneo.dfof_ow:m,relrgrl.r.eeGlnDcteeoloairevdra.m en, I will tell you ail that has since
passed between Mr. DcA:'son and me with regard to the
tw:fnuiamrtgtdhuutrish.heiiGenimeroci,eßrpanirpseoodisalNein_tnhioteedalath—lidaopLdneonogosyrifodtniioWjtinoehu3pnunouth. In the course of
be forming an Administration—t -Ro
last December—at the tim,:s to which Mr.
sßtuhopebpeeocxnes:rleistaoss
8611:1 S o:ll:Usrti CII was ex-
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me tf
I on:aoacram.
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Weymouth
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purpose of telling an individual—one who occupies a dis-
tinguished
(Mr. Gordon) would turn me out.
never said any such thing.
Mr. CIIRISTIE—Let me be understood ; I am not now
charging Mr. Gordon with having said it, but Mr Dod-
son wrote it to me—(Loud cries of" Hear, hear ")—that
Mr. Gordon had gone up to town for the purpose of tell-
ing an influential political person, that if I came down
here again Mr. Gordon would turn me out; and Mr. Dod-
son proceeded to state to me in his letter that his answer
was, " You can't turn him out, and you shan't turn him
out, and you can't have yoar seat unless Mr. Christie
has; the other."—(Loud laughter and cheering.) I sent
that letter to the individual named in it ; he has lately
told me that he has destroyed it, but I will tell Mr. Gor-
don privately the name of the person, and he can go to
him for information about it.—(Much cheering.) About
a month after this I saw Mr. Dodson ; he asked me to
meet him at Southampton ; I gladly agreed to do so ;
we had a very long interview ; in the course of that in-
terview lie told me that he had had another conversation
with Mr. Gordon ,• and that he (Mr. Dodson) had pro-
posed to Mr. Gordon that I and he should be the two
candidates in the Liberal interest, and that Mr. Gordon
said he would not hear of a seat on such terms ; that he
would not stand with me.
Mr. GORDON—Certainly not—to be sure I would'nt ;
I said from the beginning, that when I came forward for
Weymouth, I would not come forward as the represen-
tative of a party—l would come forward as the represen-
tative of the whole. I told my Radical friends and I
told my Conservative friends, that if I came forward no
power on earth should induce me to join any man in a
particular inteest. Mr. Dodson has told me over and
over again, " If you'll go hand in hand with Mr. Christie,
we're powerful enough to return you both." I said I
would not ' - I would not join with any man, and that is
the reason I wont go into Parliament.
Mr. CHRISTIE—I hope that the Liberal electors of
Weymouth understand that statement.
Mr. GORDON—I don't want to go into Parliament ; I
want to be left alone. I wont come in with any nominee.
I will do what I can for Mr. Christie, but I wont have
anything to do with anybody.
Mr. CHRISTIE—I have been making now no charges
against Mr. Gordon ; he need not be so sensitive. To
go on with my story—within the last two months I
had a communication from Mr. Dodson, telling rte
that he had strong reasons for believing that Mr.
Gordon had been intriguinc, azainst me. (Indications
of surprise.) Not with reFere ce la to my interests in
I re -
this borough, but injurious to
barn.terest.s e sew e _
and I tell Mr. Gordon, (act ging him that this
statement is true), but telling him that I had the COLn-
d that I still have the letter.—(Loud
munication, an
cheers.) I tell Mr. Gordon that I n ill show that letter
to him, and that, for the sake of my character as well as
his, there shall be inquiries and explanations elsewhere.
—(Loud cheers.) (A voice--" Where's the letter?") As
soon as I go to London I will lend that letter to a friend,
who shall show it to Mr. Gordon."

Mr. MIDSON—WiII you allow me to show that letter
from you which called that letter fort..ll?
Mr. CHRlSTlE—Certainly; all my letters. Now, Mr.
Gordon has spoken of his changed position with regard
to the Liberals of Weymouth. lam sorry to say, after
bearing him, that I think there is a change, And that
that change has originated in himself, lie has referred
to the dinner at which he presided, to celebrate the re-
turn of Mr. Bernal and myself. Mr. Bernal then ex-
pressed himself in warm terms in proposing Mr. Gordon's
health—as the elder Member it was his right to propose
it; if it had fallen to my lot, I should have proposed it
as warmly as Mr. Bernal did, and I am sure Mr. Gordon
will do me the justice to acknowledge that I have ex-
pressed myself in private as warmly as Mr. Bernal did
in public; and I say, also, that what I told Mr. Robens
—that nothing should induce me to oppose Mr. Gordon
—I have voluntarily stated to Mr. Gordon himself
twice. I have stated the same to. Mr. Dodson, and to
most of my political friends; and it was only when Mr.
Dodson, by his letters and by his conversation, pro-,
duced in my mind a conviction that Mr. Gordon was
not behaving to me as frankly and honourably as I be-
haved to him, and that lazy voluntary assurance that I
would not oppose him had found a very ill return in
these intrigues of his of which Mr. Dodson had in-
formed me—it was then, and then only, that any change
in my sentiments towards Mr. Gordon took place; and
it was the belief in what Mr. Dodson told me—for I
never dreamt him to be a traitor—that led me the other
day, when I came here, to abstain kora calling on Mr.
Gordon,' who, I hear, has made it a subject of great
and general complaint. It was impossible for me, with
my belief of his conduct towards me—it was impossible
for me, as an honest man, to profess friendship sail re-
spect when I could not feel them. Now Mr. Dodson
tells you the conversation that took place when I came
down here. When I met him at Dorchester, he told
me there was no necessity for my visit, that when the,
time came my return was a matter of certainty. I
said, "If you had told me that before I came into the
neighbourhood I should have been in a very different
position; you never told me before not to come. lam
now within eight miles of Weymouth, and will not my
conduct be open to remark if now I do not visit it?"
He said, " Well, you'll take your course, and I'll take
mine." Such was my regard for him, that I stated to
him, even -then, that if my coming here weald
be injurious to his private interest, I would not
think of coming.—(Hear, hear.) We proceeded
to discuss the matter. He talked of the incon-
venience of a demonstration. I said, there need
be none. He suggested that I should come here on a
sort of holiday visit; we parted on the understanding—
(l have said so to him since I came here, and I say it
here—l don't care what he says against it)—we parted
on the understanding that I was to come here on a visit, ,
but to have no public demonstration or excitement.
Well, I came here, and I immediately went to him, and
now I'll give you the whole of that conversation of which
he has only given you a part. Mr. Dodson has bee*
my most confidential friend and agent.—(Mr. Dodson
—" Agent 1") Agent between me and my ,coniti•
tuents; yes, all matters relating to the constituency
—all letters I've consulted Mr. Dodson on. I say, then:
he has been my agent. Perhaps he thinks I am his.
—(Great laughter.) (A voice—" But why Mr. Dod-
son ?") Mr. Gordon can best answer that question.
As soon as I was elected he advised me to consult Mr.
Dodson on all matters connected with the borough, and
to be guided by his advice; and Mr. Dodson has told me
since I came here that the Liberal committee, imme-
diately after the return of Mr. Bernal and myself, ap-
pointed him their agent to confer with us. That is the
reason why I have always consulted Mr. Dodson. Well,
he said, you have come here against my strong wish
and advice, and I feel myself now free to take my
own course. I said, you expressed a strong wish
that I should not come here in the first instance, on
account of the excitement it might cause, but we
parted on the understanding that I was to pay a
holiday visit. He said, " No, I wished you not to come
at all. You have run counter to my advice, and now I
am free to take my own course." I said I cannot under-
stand your conduct; it looks as if you have laid a trap
to quarrel with me. I asked, what is it you mean to do?
and then I added (Mr. Roberts has used the expression,
and Mr. Dodson has used it), " Am I still your `pet'
candidate?' " He said, " No." I said, "Are you
going to support me?" He said, " I may do so, and.
I may not ; lam free of you, and you are freei
of me. I reserve to myself to de what I like." r
said, "Do you mean you may vote against me?"He'
said, "I should be very sorry to vote against you,
Mr.but
I may do so." I said, " Are you going to vote
forh
ore
y lie'
Gordon and a Tory?" He said,
" isTO,l'm
oTuusweaiisdhmth "I
likely to vote for two Tories." (oh' oh.)
avib,y" No; cr;nl particular
never cared for
t
tical opinions?" He s I said, " I don't think
you be..
olities"(Laugh ter.)
Gentlemen, I have told you. how I
have right to me."
behaved. I sent the letter of Mr.
cbaonro'tuugnhdtoersbteanrdepwrehsaetniste4yourpon.bjet
ofpo
Roberts to Rim en-
closed in a letter, and if he produces any letters of mine
I hope he'll produce that. (Mr. Dodson—" I don't in-
tend to.") The letter was somewhat to fiis effect:—.
“My dear Dodson,—With some doubt I determined to
sera you this etter. It has not given me the
nfortulart. e
Dodson's
od that
son,s any
te
slightest uneasiness—l trust you entirely. My ,
object
ea nno
in sending this letter is, that I think it most
u
pro-
ceedings of yours should give Mr. Robens the
starant,d
Machiavelian I
diplomaticw
repeat
my
im-
pression which he entertains in his letter, and the
sooner you remove that impression the better. I have,
heard
belief that he is a traitor.—(Loud cheers.) Aye, and
o
say this though he has promised again to vote for me.
Mr. Gordon says he never intended to • mix himself up
with any other candidate ! I see Mr.
beside him, and it is generally Gordon sitting
believed here that Mr..
Dodson is Mr. Gordon'
Mr. Gordon that
s confidential friend. I warm
he will, sooner or later, pursue the
same course towards him which he has pursued towards
m©; and,
if any belief is to be placed in Mr. Dodson's
statements to me, he has no connexion at all with Mr.
Gordon—no interest whatever for Mr. Gordon. He
always cared, before I came here, more for me than Mr-
Gordon. I was not to come here, because it would in.
jure Mr. Dodson's private interest. Since I came here
he has told me that he would vote .probably for two
Tories, but that he would take the course whidh his own