The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-11 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1835.

The Registration of Voters is the object, the sole
object to which the attention of Reformers should now
be directed. This is the one thing needful, to the
complishment of which every energy of mind and body,
every faculty physical, mental and moral, must be
called into immediate and active exertion. The man
who calls himself a Reformer, and does not now bestir
himself in favour of the great cause in which he pro.
fesses to have enlisted himself, is a hypocrite, who de-
serves to be hooted from the society of all who love
their country, and have the amelioration of its institu-
tions sincerely at heart. Let no man pretend to ex-
cuse himself from the performance of his duty to
his country, under the plea that he has little or no-
thing in his power. Every man can do something. If
he is qualified to vote, let him go instantly and claim

to be entered on the Register. If he has no vote,

let him be " instant in season and out of season " in
urging those of his neighbours and acquaintances who
have to enrol themselves.

Still less let any Reformer indulge in listlessness
and inactivity, under the persuasion that the cause is
prosperous enough to dispense with his aid. This is
the most dangerous of all delusions. It is also, we fear,
very widely disseminated. Many persons think that be-
cause the Corporation Reform Bill has got safe through
the House of Commons, and all seems to be, going on
smoothly at present, the Tories have thrown down
their cards, and given up the game. No doubt this is
what many of them pretend, but it is only one
of the many artifices to which they have recourse,
in order to throw the Reformers off their guard,
and to reproduce that security which proved fatal
in so many instances, to the cause of Reform at the

last election. Let no heed be given to their misrepre-
sentations. The Tories are playing a deep game.
They have been long silently, but indefatigably, labour-
ing at the Register. The Register they know is their
only hope, and they will square their conduct by the
aspect which it presents on the 20th of this month.
If they find that, making a fair estimate of the number
of votes to be procured by bribery, intimidation, &c.,
they have the advantage of the Reformers, they will
set the Government at defiance, and strike out all the
clauses which give efficiency to the Corporation Re-
form Bill, in its passage through the House of
Lords. They will do exactly the same thing with
the Irish Tithe Bill, and every other measure that
tends to diminish their influence. And why should
they not ? What would they have to fear ? Not
a general election, because they would be well
prepared for that, and might calculate to certainty on a
much more cordial and powerful support from the
Corporations, the Clergy, and all who fancy their
craft is in danger, than ever they received before.
Indeed, their policy would be so to oppose the measures
of Government in the Upper House, as to drive
the Ministers to resign, and then they would plead the
impossibility of carrying on the affairs of the nation
with so factious a House of Commons, as a reason for
a second appeal to the country.
We therefore entreat the Reformers of England, as