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London, England, 1835-01-16 00:00:00

disgrace of participating in the foul conspi-
racy formed against the liberty, and the best in-
terests of their country. For let it ever be borne in
mind that "he who allows oppression, shares the
crime." He who by backwardness, or by remissness,
in the discharge of that trust which has been con-
fided to him for the benefit of his fellow citizens,
permits a Tory to crawl into the seat of a
Reformer, is as great a traitor to the cause of Reform
as if he went to the poll and voted against it. To the
gold, the fraud, the influence, the intimidation, of the
Tories, the Reformers must oppose the force of prin-
ciple, an unquenchable love of the Constitution, and
an implacable hatred of arbitrary power, untiring
energy, unceasing activity, and, to crown all, INDIS-
SOLUBLE UNION. Thus supported, the Reformers
of East Surrey and West Kent may safely say to the
Tory landlords, " Bring your herds to the poll—we
set you at defiance."

The eyes of all England are now anxiously bent
towards Scotland and Ireland ; from the oppressions
of this, and from the intelligence of that country, great
success to the cause of Reform is anticipated—we
confidently depend upon the electors in each for rea-
lizing the general hopes of the Reformers of England.
If any one item of success could, more than an-
other, give the felling blow to our present tottering
Government, it would be the defeat of Sir GEORGE
MURRAY, in Perthshire ; most emphatically, there-
fore, do we exhort the Freeholders in that county to
labour ardently, untiringly, resolutely, to accomplish
his overthrow. Let them not be beguiled by the
voice of the charmer ; let them not permit their sym-
pathies to be roused by the " ties of birth and early
associations, of personal interest and family connection,
which unite him with Perthshire ;" if, indeed, such
ties are to be deemed a " sufficient guarantee of his
unchangeable attachment to the interests and honour
of the county," they are not a sufficient guarantee for
the political honesty of the Master-General of the Ord-
nance. Let them recur to the pledges made at the
time of his last election, and compare them with his
subsequent performances, and act, like men once
cheated, more warily in future ! By turning out Sir
GEORGE, the men of Perthshire will do more towards
irremediably laming a Ministry already fearfully
crippled, than would the Reform victories of half a
score of Scotch burghs.

Since the above was written, we have received a
report of the Perthshire nominations, by which it will
be seen that poor Sir GEORGE, though strongly dis-
posed to wax oratorical, was denied the opportunity
of enlightening the electors. Not a word that he
said, could be heard ; while, on the other hand, Mr.
MAULE, the rival candidate, was heard throughout
with the deepest and most respectful attention—and
for this reason, that his sentiments were more in uni-
son with the liberal men of Perthshire, than any that
Sir GEORGE MURRAY could possibly have put for-
ward. We think it a pity that the new Tory Mi-
nister was not heard, for he would have been pretty
sure to have given some pledge from the hust-
ings, which he would have been nearly as sure
to forget in the House of Commons. We are
great advocates for electors hearing all that
Tory candidates have to say for themselves ; first, on
the principle of fair play ; secondly, because we are
firm believers in the truth of the old adage--" give a
dog rope enough, and he will hang himself." Had
Sir GEORGE MURRAY been allowed sufficient rope
by his Perthshire constituents, there is no doubt that
he would have tucked himself' up so effectually, as to
have entitled him to their lasting gratitude.

It is really deplorable that several reforming candi-
dates have been compelled to decline a county contest.
Finding themselves unable to oppose successfully the
money conspiracies of the Tories, without total ruin
or partial havoc to their own private fortunes, they
could not choose but withdraw—and this is the re-
action at which the Conservatives (of all that is cor-
rupt) are now exulting ! How lamentably bad, how
truly Tory, are the laws which allow such practices I
The Tories know that, great as may be their present
expenditure, the sums advanced are only lent upon
most usurious interest. Not a penny of it will be
lost to them, if they can but obtain the ascendancy.
They will first screw the loan from the pockets of the
people to the uttermost fraction of a farthing, and
then exact a rich bonus for it in the way of official

plunder.
A counter-combination on the part of the Re-
formers, if it were just, could only bring pecuniary
ruin upon themselves individually, because it is no
part of their policy to perpetuate present or to gene-
rate future abuses, by which similar advances could be
similarly refunded to them.
Already have large clips been made into the Tory
money-bag, though, thank God ! the coin scattered
about in cities and boroughs has not yielded the de-
sired result ; but it is for the counties that the most
recklessly lavish flinging hither and thither of gold is
intended. They chink their joint-stock purse threat-
eningly before the eyes of Reform Candidates, and no
wonder they are scared away.
The measureless injury of this atrocious attempt
can be averted only by the firmness and integrity of
the electors. We implore them as honest men, as
prudent men we warn them, to resist Tocy gold and
Tory insidiousness. Shame and disgrace are the pe-
nalty paid by those who contravene good laws ; but
how much deeper must be the guilt and ignominy of
those who would basely reject good, and choose bad

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We were unable yesterday from want of space to
make any reference to Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S im-
portant speech to his Cumberland constituents. It is
on the whole a satisfactory one, especially where Sir
JAMES takes occasion to allude to the present Govern-
ment. Nothing can well be more explicit or decided
than this language :—" As to any confidence he had
in the existing Ministry, he thought it was shown in
his refusal to join it. That Ministry did not com-
mand his confidence. It was impossible to be com-
posed of worse materials. The whole lives of the per-
sons who composed that Ministry, had been de-
voted to oppose good Government and to up-
hold bad." Let Sir JAMES but follow up these
" Sayings" by corresponding " Doings ;" let him
practise:in St. Stephen's what he preaches on the
hustings ; and he will become one of the most
influential friends of which the cause of Re-
form has to boast. It speaks well for the sagacity of
the Cumberland electors, that the passage we have
quoted above, was received with more approbation than
any other in the Right Hon. Baronet's speech.

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