The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-22 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL ELECTION.

Tie following Speech was (!elivered from 4he
house 0t..1.0}1N BoLTON, Esq. by fife. Right 'lton.
GEORGE CANNING, at Else Chnie of the Fittsr
DAY'S POLL; Jane 18, 1818:4
GENTLiSiEN,—T6 begin with matter of fact, the poll to-
day haS eietteded soy most sanguine expectations. By your
faVuur I stave obtained a Majority, amounting, in the whole,
to ziO4; a greater number of feeenseu -than ever polled on a
first darfor'any oae candidatc.--(..ipplaitse.)—The next in
succession is General Gascoyne-; his number is 249. The
.itsti the Earl of Sefton, whose number 1.64. To -this
last number, that with which I have been honointd is nearly
in the proportion of two to one.—(Applause.)
-• Gentlemen, after thiS statement, I may be allowed to say
that the contest hat begun auspicioutly. Ms oat absolutely
nothing that hie hoe favoured as we are by the beauty of this
ilay,'whieh enables the immense multitude which I see around
nie to he assembled without ineonVenience, and that Ste hen
in recollection what day this is—the anniversary of the
greatest victory that ever crowned the British arins.—(Loud
cheering.)—Gentlemen, all these auspicious
~circumstances,
undoubtedly, are not peculiar to ourselves; the Same sins
which brightens the scene be ore use, -shines with impartial
light upon our opponents. But these are points upon wfifeti
those who hold site political opinions a Inch we coueur in
holding have feelingsmnre.peculiarly their own ; because We
know to Our sorrow,. and, as' Britons, to elite shame, that
hert are.brcasts (let me not be supposed to indicate any per-
sons among yourselves; in which the recollection of .the -day
of *lsich Ibis -is the third anniversary excites no such trium-
phant sensations as• it excites in your breasts and mine:—
there are those to whom the recollection of that mighty vic-
tory, in which the right arm of Great. Britain struck ddwn
the most stupendous tyranny that ever bestrided the world,
affords matterli-Ut her of regret and lamentation than of un-
qualified exultation and national prude.—,Load-cheering.)
But, Gentlemen, peace hakits triumphs as swell as War.. If
the memory of that battle which rescued Eurppe,. and, iii res-
cuing Europe, saved this eoantry front the common lot with
which, sooner or later, it might otherwise have been ov, r-
whtlined, is to he cherished in oar hearts with everldstingdild
grateful reniembralice., it is Dot merely jieeause itiesSalted to
the highest pitch the military character of this country; it is
not newly hi:Cause it may be supposed to hail' shielded us
front the evils of-a renewed and long protracted conflict; hot
btcause it preserved our shot es from intasion; (for when
could these happy shores have seriously to dread being tram-
pled upon by this toot of the invader ?-i.not Merely.that it main-
tained to Great Britain the rank which she ha. alwayi vindi-
cated to herself among !he nas tons (it the world; but because,
through all these means, it contributed to the maintenance
of that Constitution from which all our bleSsings and all
Mu strength, all - out power to achieve and all our right to
enjoy, are derived; and that Constitution, ar have out too
much reason to be aware, has, even when the. (lenge' s• of
external attack are past, internal enemies to eutnhai.—(Ap-
plause.) .
The triumphs of peace,lbereCire, are wanting to give full
vigour and. maturity to the best fruits of the achievements of
war. And, suborn:tit those tri.staptis, I know ;wee more splen-
did, mote ithposing.soore effectual, than the peaceful triumph
of a popular election, co .ducted - WI principles such as your's ;
principles which are direeteo, not to the extravagant exalta-
tion of the' Demiscraileal part of the Constitution at the ex-
pence of the tither branches of it, hut to the due support of
the whole of that beautiful and (-simplex frame, of which po-
pular election is, indeed, the animating and cumiervatiVe spi-
eitt—(Loud eneerin_

Gentlemen, 1 shbidd be glad to knoW, among those Who
entertain the Wildest notions of the elective suffrage, whether
they might nut he contented, theoretically at least, with the
proceedings of this day. If lam asked, whether I will con-
sent-to extend indefinitely that right of suffrage Which I have
this day witnessed the exercise ot, i answei—No. And, first,
for this plain reason—l will not consent to disfranchise toy
constituents. You enjoy and have a right to your franchises:
and franchises and privileges are terms which imply a prin-
ciple of limitation. Besides, unlimited extension of the
right of suffrage would dissipate and exhaust. itS virtue : as
the circle that spreads from the stone cast into the water of-
fends itself till it embraces the whole surface of the Streit:l,
and is lost. in its own diffusion.---;Cheering.)
Gentlemen, at this period of an election, which may yet
have many Oa% s to run, it is my desire to avoid any topics
which could be construed as countenancing, much less giving
rise to, local 'claw-eines. And. among the circumstances
which enhance the triumph of this day, is-this: that no day,
-since I have been acquainted with Liverpool, hai at once con-,
trihnted so much to the favourable result of an election, and
disturbed 'so little the peace and good-humour of the commu-
nity.—(Applause.)
Gentlemen, it is the business of all whO are concerned in
this struggle to take care, so tar A 9 depends upon themselves,
that this temper shall he preserved. But, if I may lie per-
mitted to make any distinction, I sliuuld, say, that it is more
peculiarly the business of my friends. With all the certain-
ty and the growing manifestation of ultimate success, give
we leave to tell you, yi,u cannot afford to incur the' snspi-
mu of ill-humour.—(Lc,:d cheering )--Give, I beseech you,
to the rest of England, agitated, at this moment, by popular
Contests, (as, in the nature of things, it ought to be at the
period of a general election), an example, in Liverpool, how
Stith contests should be conducted:--(Applause.)
Mr. Canning concluded by saying, that, if the success of
that day Were folloWed up, in the like' proportion, for the
two following days, the result of the contest vvauld be in ef-
fect, if nut altogether, decided ; and tools leave in the hope,
that those who hail not favonred him with their company- at
the hustings that day, Would be at his bar early on the mor-
row.—(Cheering.) '

far as I am informed and believe, there is no such under
standing as has been implit4..d.—(Cheering.) ►
►
Gentlemen, the friends who originally recommended nfe to
your notice, and whose recommendation has conciliated to
me your powerful support,-these friends, I say, are ii.ot the
party in Liverpool who ever presumed to thinly they could
impose two metaber's upon this town. They are not the party
to dictate to the freemen, that their votes slicrod he giveh to
two or none.—(APplause.)—No such pretension is entertain-.
ed on the part of my -friendS; it would be i ile and super-
to add, that there can he no such presumption on
my part.

It is for you, Gentlemen,, by your unbiassed suit:rages., to
aseertain'Ao shall be your Representativei ; and •to place
them on the record of those suffrages according to the order
in which you may 'think they deserve to stand. Of this, Gen-
tlemen, you may be ass'iiri,d, that, whatever individual the
suffrages of the freeMenP7 'Liverpool shall be pleased to assn.:
elate with me ii,:rhitYpi).rtant trust which they are about to
delegate to their kep‘e..isentatives—with that man, even if
shiiuld differ flOni nm in general Politics, I will co-operate
for the benefit of the town ; and he shall hare, on all local
tiestitms, if hevvlsties it, the advantage (whatever that may
be) of My cordial assistance and of my disinterested advice.—
(UnbouridiA APplausie.)
,
Gentlemen, I hope that, by the few words which I hare
addressed to you, I bare dispOsed of the question 4 coali-
tion ; and that you will believe, that as, on' tke. one hand,
neithet th'f;;e ' who recommended me, nor yon have
ar,optrd me, are entitled or desirous to priscribe or fetter
the einiite Of yonr hr(ithet freemen ;sp, on the tither hind,
I look to yoUr ultrages for myself alone; not presuming to
exertise a discretion, or td express a wish, to the mode in.
which you shall dispose of the vote which r.eni;ilA;atter yogi
have placed me where fife representative of your Ilioiee ought
to be.—(Rapturous applause.)

Gentlemen, another day, such as this, Will go far to.ac-
cOmplishallit object. Fir the preseiii,l barel.refareine.Oc:.
cupation for the evening, which, added to the fatigues of the.
morning, will, I mu sure, prevail with you to alloW the to re
tire: and you, Gentlemen, I iinOw, will be imployed,'Auring
the remainder of the evening, much better than in listening'
to nrei--Itt ptirsultig that Cotirse which you have hitherto so
successfully porsiied to bring to full maturity exertions of
such unexampled prOrMie.--=(Applause.):

SIXTH PRIZE ABOVE C.i,000 MUST BF, ,C.40,D00 OIL
L:.23,000. 44 CtLPITALS. TWO OF ,C. 20,000, &c.. ALI,
MUST BE DRAWN NEXT FRIDAY—LOWERY
NISHES:

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Performed on Saturday Night.
KixesTitEATRE.-11Barbiere di Siviglia. EN' of thi! first
Act, the new Divertisement. After the Opera,-Zephir, ou-
le Rrtour dU Printemp.
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THEATRE ROtAL, Danar-LavE.—A New Way 'f Pay • Old
Debts; Sir Giles Oterreach Mr. Kean;. Alkworth,
Mrs. Knight. After which, do Song No Supper...
TrrEaTnE RoYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—The Duenna Carlos,'
Mr. Brahani; Clara, Miss Stephens. After Which, Blue
Beard.

THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA, STRAND, opened -for the
Summer Season, with the Comic Opera of Free aid Easy.
Previous to which, a new Ballet Divertisemeut. • To which
was added,The Bee-Hire..

ERRATIJ 1.-.11l our List of —Polls on Satz rda,-f4'hefetd
should have been Ste/ford.

*.l, For the Proceedings of the Election Mectinks a West•
tniuster, the Cityi and Borough, see the Last Pare.

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