The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-29 00:00:00

Eibrrpool &tanbarb.

TUESDAY

MORNING, JUNE 29, 1841

ORROW the electors of this borough will have

lelightful opportunity of recording their opinion
hig administration. TO-MORROW they will post
their r' `;ve residences with eager haste to
in el-.

Or those honest men who, by their

ertions, have done much to hasten

mmation to which we are now approaching.
ow the Electors of Liverpool will place Lord
id Mr. Cresswell in that proud position at
of the poll, which will demonstrate to the
',hat all the cunning artifices of a dying, and
ed government have not availed with them,
seeing the question which they are called
upon to decide in its true light, they do, by a vast and
overwhelming majority, pronounce, that the present

.orthy of national confidence, and
ed. We do not think that it is

roadly, that every loyal man—

whose mind there is no lurking treason
sovereign and country, is solemnly called

specially bound to enter his protest against
y which still shamefully remains in office,

anu therefore to vote against all who would support
them. The question has fully assumed this grave

comp'

government ally itself with traitors—counte-

nd discountenance, and discourage
riots—men who have risked their lives and

traitor

the service of their country, can that man

faithful to his Sovereign and the State who contri-

s in any way:to keep such a government in power?
- ) not just now allude to the known connection
mists between her Majesty's Ministers and
iltor—the great anti-unionist of Ireland—

tough that one circumstance is in itself sufficiently
y—but to the vile treatment which brave
ad devoted men in one of our American colonies have
!ceived at their hands. We tender Sir Francis Head

condemnat

less on the subject—a competent and unex-
ble one, as all must allow. Most of our

'e probably seen the statement which h

put forwardiwith regard to the cruel neglect

or absolute persecution of some of the best and most
faithful men whom the State possesses in Canada.
"zir F. Head was a witness of their services, and knew
He is a man belonging himself to no
rty ; it is his own declaration; but where there is a

question of fealty or rebellion—a question between the
Crown and its adversaries—between Old England and
en foes, whether foreign or domestic, doubtless, he
-eady to prove himself a true Briton. He comes
I now with a statement of facts, and from this
s, that the imprisoned McLeod is not the only
m of valour and loyalty across the Atlantic whom
government abandons to his fate;
in-
se, though a hard one, is perhaps less dis-
ful to them than others, because not so easily

vairous

•er to relieve

Captain Drew, who, being illegally and
ly deprived of his command on Lake Erie, came
as Sir F. Head states, to urge her Majesty's
intent to comply with the address submitted in
rah' to the Queen by both Houses of the provin-
rliarnent in Upper Canada ; he came, in short,
the government to heal his wounded honour
iting him some slight acknowledgment of the
he had rendered to his country by the capture
Caroline, an act officially declared by Lord
elg to have been " justifiable and praiseworthy."
pplied in vain. He detailed his pecuniary losses,
and informed the Colonial Secretary that three times
had ruffians from the United States crossed over

Canada on purpose to 2ssassinate him; but to no pur-

pose. " The reply he received was a cold and unfeel-
ing denial"; and Commander Drew is forced to aban-
ie him an ungrateful one—with his
My heart bleeds when I reflect
says Sir F. Head.

for ever.!

!aptain Drew's misfortunes,

levier or not I was justified, in order to defend

her Majesty's territory, in calling in the Queen's name
upon the naval officers in Upper Canada to capture
and destroy the pirate steamer the Caroline, is a ques-
tion on which it would be unbecoming I should offer
an opinion; but there can surely be no doubt that those
who obediently responded to the appeal performed a
noble duty, and that they had no reason to expect that
the laurels they so fairly won would be forcibly ex-
changed by their country for a cypress-bough mourning
over their disgrace ; and yet such has been their un-

!nant M

mach, who, in the attack upon the
!hrough the body in five places, is
of Ministerial baseness and ingratitude.
j refused all token of favour, or even of
)y Government, has been obliged to aban-
; farm on the frontier, while several of his

omrades,

" who at my call," says Sir F.
Head, " left the trading vessels they commanded to
join in the attack, finding themselves discountenanced

home Government, have been obliged to give

eir crafts, lest they should be massacred or im-
risoned in their voyages on the lakes." "Every in-
he adds, " of Captain Drew's gallant band
Ives disappointed and disheartened" !

dual"

TO•MORROW, then, Electors of Liverpool! you will
have an opportunity of skewing your sympathy for
these ill-used men, and your utter disgust at the con-
duct of those heartless and rebel-favouring officials
who have entailed disgrace upon the country by such

treatment of the brave and loyal. Nor are these the
only cases brought under our notice by Sir Francis
Head. There are several more which we have not
time to enter into, but all most painfully and cogently
leading to the conclusion, that the \Vhigs deem them-
selves constituted as a Government for the

n•aise and

reward of those that do ill, and for the punishment
and dispraise of those that do well ; and that, in point
of fact, it is their highest merit to be in close affinity
with the factious and disloyal rather than with the
peaceable and well-affected. " Leaving all minor
considerations entirely out of the question," says the
gallant baronet, " it now must be for the Electors of
England, Ireland, and Scotland, to determine whether
her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies is to
continue to be considered in our North American pro-
vinces as the leader of the rebels, or whether, by a
change of policy, the LOYAL are henceforward to look

upon him as their patron, their supporter, and their

friend."

TO-MORROW, Electors of Liverpool ! you will have
to answer this question. The same policy precisely,
you are aware, is acted upon in Ireland ; so, to save
trouble, you may as well put the home Secreta.iy

along with the Colonial, and then just ask yourselves,
shall we vote for a brace of secretaries who, in their
respective jurisdictions, are considered " the leaders of
rebels ?" Forbid it, Loyalty--forbid it, Heaven ! No;
we shall vote only for the removal of such pests from
the Council Chamber. "Take away the wicked from
before the king," saith the proverb. Electors of
Liverpool ! we confide in you for the performance of
this good work, TO•MORROW ; and so far as lies in
you, we are fully persuaded that you will do it. We

hall not have another opportunity of addressin

but we have the greatest confidence in your decj

VOTE EARLY, and let no man consider his vote a

little consequence

The originators of the requisition to Lord Palmerston
seem not to have acted towards the gentlemen who
have been induced to sign that document with such
straightforward honesty as ought to characterize such
an important movement. We have strong grounds for
stating, with the greatest confidence, that the requisi-
tion has never to this moment been presented to his

ordship, and further, that no communication has ever

yet passed between that shifting personage and the
gentry who have so unceremoniously paraded his name
before the electors as a candidate for their suffrages.
We, therefore, ask, whether such treatment as this is
what the supporters of Lord Palmerston had a right to
look for—whether they are not now entirely released
from any pledge which their signatures to the requisi-
tion might be construed to imply—whether they are
not bound to treat the requisition as a nullity--and
whether his lordship's committee, for their deception,
are not worthy of the most reproachful epithets—and,

in consequence, whether the votes of the constituents
would not be properly recorded in favour of Sandon
and Cresswell, as a suitable return for the duplicity
which has been practised upon them.
Lord Palmerston's name has evidently been used as
a manoeuvre, on the part of the Radical aristocracy,
who are highly offended at the obstinate pertinacity
which Sir Joshua Walmsley has exhibited in pressing
forward his paltry claims for the representation of this
town. SUPPORTERS OF LORD PALNIERSTON ! your
candidate asks not for your suffrages—his committee
have evidently entrapped you. You might as well vote
for one of the cabbages in the market. Come forward
to-morrow like men, and show that you can reward the
trickery which has been practised upon you in the
manner which it deserves. Vote for SANDON and
CRESSWELL—men who are amongst you, who are
ready to see and converse with you, and who will sup-
port every measure calculated to ensure your permanent
interest and the nation's solid glory.

We are authorised to state that the document got up
for the purpose of learning the views of the candidates
respecting the Scotch Church question has been unani-
mously withdrawn, on account of its having been
erroneously represented as intended for a political end.
One of our local contemporaries has stated that it
originated with Whig-Radicals. We have reason to
know that only two Whigs had any share in proposing

it, and both of them are reputed churchmen. We
abstain for the present from giving any expression of
our own opinion on this subject, which has caused,
and is causing, so much strong feeling in Scotland
and among the Presbyterians of Ireland. Evidently,

Lowever, the question has no connexion with IN
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politics, as the addresses of the Conservative candidates
n the parts of the country referred to fully demonstrate.

'ORD SANDON AND THE ANTI-SLAVERY

SOCIETY

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,
JUNE 28, 1841

SlR,—Having discovered, in the Mercury of Friday last,
what professes to be a statement of the result of a corre-
spondence which has lately passed between the Secretary of
the Anti-slavery Committee of Liverpool and myself, and
being desirous that the public should have the opportunity
of judging for themselves, I beg to request that you will
have the goodness to insert the whole correspondence, which
I here inclose, in your next paper.—l am, sir, your obedient
servant, SANDON.
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Great George-street, Liverpool June 7, 1851.
My Lord,—On Saturday evening my attention was, for
the first time, called to the report of your lordship's speech,
in the House of Commons, on the night of May 28th. In
adverting to the recent resolutions of the Liverpool Anti-
slavery Committee on the sugar duties, your lordship made
a statement which, with all respect, 1 am compelled to aver
is far from being in accordance with fact. Permit me to
request the authority on which that statement was made, as
it tends seriously to implicate me as secretary of that com-
mittee. Through the whole of my connexion with it, I have
endeavoured to pursue a course moreupright and honourable
than that which is there imputed to me : and I trust that I
shall be able to convince your lordship that the representa-
tions conveyed to you respecting the organization and pro-
ceedings of that body are incorrect. My appeal is to the
minutes, which have been accurately preserved. lam con-
vinced that your lordship will not allow an unjust surmise to
rest on the innocent.
It is a cause of regret to me that I am now constrained to
differ with many whom I respect and venerate among my
own friends ; but, as an honest man, and having uniformly
removed myself from political action, I hold myself free from
the charge of compromising anti-slavery principles, and
foregoing the dictates of humanity and religion, to subserve
any temporary, insignificant, or unworthy party purposes.
trn.t, tiwrefore, that your lordship will favour me with
a reply, at your earliest convenience.-1 au., yuu,
lordship's obedient servant,

WILLIAM BEVAN

Several communications have been addressed to us
with reference to the paragraph which appeared in the
STANDARD of Friday last, as to the petty tyranny of
Sir Joshua Walmsley, who has the impudent effrontery
to ask the electors of Liverpool to send him as their
representative to the House of Commons. It now ap-
pears that not only did our liberal knight refuse to in-
crease the wages of the corn porters—an application
to which all the other employers yielded at once—but
we are informed that he was the actual originator of a
proposal to reduce the stipend of that hardworking
body of men. Such is the man who presents his mo-
dest face as the sympathiser and supporter of the
poor. Away with such cant. Sir Joshua's professions
have always been put forward with the intention of
gaining the object which he is now moving heaven and
earth to effect ; but his conduct has always shown that
his own private interests have ever been uppermost in
his mind, and to accomplish these he has never failed
to grind down and oppress the poor creatures beneath
him who had the alternative of acceding to his ty-
rannical demands, or seeking elsewhere (perhaps in
one of our liberal knight's union bastiles) that misera-
ble subsistence which was denied them by this radical
hypocrite. Men of Liverpool, be not deceived by any
vehemence of profession; draw your moral from the
way in which this precious humbug has behaved to-
wards his workmen ; record your votes in favour of
men who will strive night and day to make you more
prosperous and happy. Vote for SANDON and CRESS-
WELL, and you will never regret it.