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London, England, 1826-06-09 00:00:00

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Aesiettt • the 'contrariety of personal interests now
brought Into action against ,eiteli other, and the cla-
morous and-confounding tumult by which those more.
immediately ingeged,iti the struggle for seats in Par»
liarnefit rirsiitiirounded,-.there is a. body of,o- ue fellow!.
subjeettiot tliape altogether eo numerous" or so
powerful as might be wished,l,buf,still,existing. in
great numbers---vested with. large prerogatives, • and
deeply to be afreeted,,in., their -fintunee and happiness
by the'reitnit of this general electiom. To this all im-,
Portal-4'h* of eitikena 're would 'address 'one
and WSW be filly'sgvekil-Ortiotiest era 'friendly
Theof are, ,not the candidates, not their connnit.'
tees,--not propristOrti of rotten boroughs, who live'or
Pthielt-'l,--the side of them, nor Mmisters who are.
enabledleitnikruledie conntry, by turning a 'portion.,
of its Spailli,.‘iiitbbribei for perennial treasons., against
the natunna welfare ; none. of these are the men who
ought to be exhorted on such .an aeration as this they
are deaf to advicei they are ifreclaiMable, they are led
on by%ttosa4 'of preseriptkee .neeetisity in the path of
selfislinees,:andmu4 be restrained by compulsion, not
by reason. . But it .is the mese of electors whom we
would conjure to think for One moment of that 'poli.
tieal crisis, the issue of which is in their hands. Let
our countrymen consider well, with what hopes they
entered on the elections of 1820, and how many of
such bops; .)llivp since been realiied. Have our
na-
tional burdene,been sensibly, diminished within these
six lam years ?; How much debt has been paid off'?
What actual (not.norninal)'Weight of ,taxes has been
got rid of? Haee, the wants of the poor working
classes been relieved, or rendered more painfid ? Has
the waste of public money undergone the slightest
check ? Has bread been reduced in price to a level
with the poor Mates wages'? Has the monopoly of
corn been- -Nett touched 'by any Statesman's finger ?
Has tine 'monopoly of power and patronage been so
much sieseriously threatened ? Has any one public
delinquent been made accountable for his misdeeds?
Has any shadow of reform, partial .or general, been
attempted' in the vicious frame of the representation ?
Has, in fine, the general condition of the people of
England not suffered a manifest and frightful decay
during the existence of the last Parliament ? We say,
that it hae—that in all respects we are, as-compared
with Our. state in 1820, a 'people far gone in edger*.
sity—that the last' Parliament was at least an iniffi-
dint essernbly.....end. who were to blame ? Why,
none buti,the ' people wha chose it. Experienced
as the' Brigibiltnation- is, we tell them plainly, that
a bad ''Parliement' 'argues' a -,corrupt constituent
body; and if the public does ' not now mend '44
choice, it will but incur new shame, and suffer a
F esh. series: of calainitim :If we have been dragged
down 'to a state so melancholy during. this sea-
son of peace, what must become of us if li'oreign
Powers, 'taking .idgantage of our iveakness, should
outrage-anti insult us into hostilities ? If we are not,
now eitrable of peying,oit an ,oltdebt, .what 'fate. be-
tides as .if 'We should be 'ramspelled to 'hotting ? • With
Ireland and she VeiOnii ie., ripe for . tore tatieneee,
what wilt ha ;when foreigners court them for al,.
lies ? -Look then, re eay, -to a better Parliament,
electors ot England whose votes are still unbought
remember s:hat yaur franchise is not it privilege to 'he
paraded, but a critical and solemn trust, to be dis-
charged ctinscientiraisly and wisely : that in sending
men to Parliament at this moment, 3ron. should search
nut 'such as ere capable, not merely of watching, as
in ordinary times, the fortunes of ,the empire,but of
snatching them from imminent, peril,. and, retrieving
them from positive decay. Le 4 ,therefore, tests be
put every where—in counties,' cities, and open ..ho-
roughe—to every candidate 'that shows himself 'upon
the hustings.; 'Pin ..theM by dietinet 'and. receeded
pledges to repeal', the Corn Laws to reinforce the
Constitution ,by the friendship of seven millions of
Catholics.-..t0 replenish the. public purse, by cutting
down all extravegance and waste-...and to secure some
regard to virtue and honour in the Parlininents for fu-
ture years, by infusing a larger portion of democracy
into the composition of . the house of' Commons; if,
these precautions be not taken by the electors now---.
now, while the means are at, their own disposal—
thee, and not-their representatives, will be chargeable
wish all of political ermine, and of national misery, that
must inevitably follows