The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-13 00:00:00

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trymen, to speak with free,
soon be called to her ma-
high talents of Sir Robert
▪ of respectable character; I
• said in the last session,

t and deiterit

13ut I Cann()

1, and I tell you freely that I
touchstone of political virtue.
kt who will come down to the

:o grant the

Id be the ruin of the con-

House c

,mmons Wi

lore ample emancipation and more
catholics than had ever been con-

atan or by any of those who were ori-
of their claims. (Great applause.)
I into one inconsistency he is very apt
another. Sir Robert Peel brought in
Jr the catholics, he helped us to repeal
n act, and he plumed himself upon his
rown the door open entirely to every

No man according to his theory was
N did he act ? He opened the door,
took care that nobody should enter.
s and upwards, when her Majesty's
r justice, and I blame them for not
lave appointed two gentlemen, Catho-
ar, men well known in the literary
petent to the performance of their

der the *government, we are
a-head, that we must guard
_ 3 Pretender, and God knows
s and hisses.) lam happy, however,
whole of the canvass which I have

rope, t

ais divisicin I have found but two men,
wise ones, who have been at all responsive
sit say that I do regret that in our civil
itions religion should be called into aid—
ig religion as the source of that charity,

which ought to unite us all, it is
a grievances into the cauldron of our civil
hear.) Gentlemen, that appeal has not

;ver wish to see religion made use of as a
o worldly ambition. (Hear, hear.) I was
do not think Sir Robert Peel, with all the
rich he possesses, can be called a consistent
rrespondence the other day with the
where he represented a pamphlet
en thrown into his hands as the
nber of Commerce, of Man-

t the

No, no

Tilly of the man who is seekin,

v. (Cheers and Hisses.) Gen-
) pay attention to what he is
corn laws. He says he
why? Because it has
(Cries of " No, no.")
ue will pitch the scale. (A
He does not tell you

lbject of the

her party

,
735, as it now is, but he
hole —(A voice, " So do
Lie does not tell you whe-

all be 655. or 685., or any other ;
rtes the bad principle of the corn laws.
;he duty so much then as to make those
(Hear, hear.) He says he will consi-
,he gets into power. (A VOICE. " And
) He will not tell you what is his mean-
or will you eitlyr.") He only knows that
present, sliding Arstem upon a lower scale,
cite injur

the whole of the country.
),ur objection to the present scale is, that it
lators and others to take away that amount
from high prices, which ought to beloug to
r. That is our objection ; but when he has
n by his sliding scale, the evil of which we

only every four or five years

and cheers

•petual state of fluctuation ; you
rice of corn ; you will have either
i one hand, or an equally afflicting
Our object at least—for mine is
government plan—and the
that we would endeavour to
s to procure regular and steady

no portion of the community to
ful than it will be to the farmer.

), there is one more topic concern-
) which I must advert. What was his
He did not tell the House of
stry, " I find fault with you ;"
ssell that he had conducted the
he could say nothing against the go-
Iministration of the country. Every in-
xell looked after ; the foreign govern-

ate deba

it of the foreign secretary of
and did more honour to the
core, so as almost to verify the

at statesman Lord Chathilm,." That there
an fired in Europe without the permission
f State in Downing-street." He could not
find my excellent friend, Sir Philip Eger-

ted speech of his at Congleton, did con-
Lord Palmerston, and did tell his hearers
on was a mere trifler, and knew nothing

Possibly there may be some new ar-
1. I hope that my excellent and worthy
rton will, in that case, be placed in the
state for foreign affairs, that he may

:e of undoing the mischiefs which he fancies
a has done, by preserving peace with France,
he British lion respected in every quarter of
ar, and cheers.) I am sorry to detain you

aught it to be the duty of a person who as-
representative, to talk freely with you, and
at his real sentiments are. (Hear, hear.)
-eedom of conscience for all, nor would 1
th civil disabilities, or with social degrada-
worships at another altar than myself ; and
it to be the true ground upon which
ear.) I am, nevertheless, a supporter
; I adhere to her principles ; I be-
and I respect her ministers. (" Hear,
) Gentlemen, I am well aware of
n that is prepared for me. I feel, how-
Ile my duty to you. (Cries of no. no,
ny man say no ? (A. voice—" We 'II
') Mr. Davenport has told you that
sion of the county has been subjected
cries of no, no,)—and that un-

3 advoc

canvass

..
.xts, at one 'time extorting promises by tell-
as not going to offer myself again, and a
tories—(Much confusion.) _ _ _

I never heard a word about it. (Loud

'.—Your friends have put opinions upon
hold. (Hear.) Nay, they have even
(Hear, hear.) Ido not accuse you of
but your friends have told mine in fiity
re a friend of O'Connell's, and we can't
Loud cheers.) What is Mr. O'Connell
O'Connell ? He is not a whig ; he is a
I. (Cheers.) He may support the go-

s objects ; I support the government for
ear.) I have supported them conscienti-
ny object—without any view of obtaining
urth ; I have supported them undoubtedly,
ying that they have some faults,—(loud
ea-
isapprobation)—in which, give me leave
posed them. Still I look upon them to be
lent I have known in my time. (Laughter.)
ugh all the difficulties that have been thrown
s contest. I know that we shall see hundreds

ght tip, marshalled and taken
me, to vote with the very same men by
s ago, they were brought up and marshalled
Hear.) Have these men changed their senti-
leaders ? (Hear, hear.) I know that 1 shall
me, from one or two houses, thirty or forty
gain their qualifications from those single
), perhaps, do not know even the name of
ey oppose ; who, perhaps, have been travel-
itinerant voters through Yotkshire and other
hey have given faggot votes, and who will be

)sed to

cents,—whi
andidate th

iesday to overwhelm me. I know all these
which I have to contend, but I appeal to you,
endent yeomanry of this county, and I ask you
[ abandon me—whether you have seen any
your sentiments as I have never changed
I have but one word more to say,—that I
le man in every particular that I have ever
ever changed my sentiments. I have never
and for the farming interest, or for the general
great country; and so longjas you choose to
terests to my charge, so long I never will be-
e honourable gentlemen then retired, amidst
and groans.

)GERTON next addressed the electors. He
ived by his friends, and with some marks of
)3T the other side. The hon. baronet spoke
'other Electors of South Cheshire ! In ad-
on this, the fourth occasion, as a candidate for
I shall cautiously abstain from following the
has been set us by our opponents. (Hear,
endeavour, to the utmost of my power, to
upon any topics of personal abuse; I shall
to questions of private busiaess ; and I
1r in this address more especially to avoid
!e to any expressions which may cause pain to
n. (Hear, hear.) I have had the honour of
rms of friendship and of intimacy with Mr.
r many years. I have ever admired him in his
landlord and as a gentleman, and I have only
our political sentiments should have been so
opposed; but at the same time, that regret has
•ably lessened by the consideration that in all
se we have not suffered questions of political ex-
interfere with our private friendship. (Hear,
ill not upon this occasion detain you with enter-
capitulation of the various measures in which I
part during the last parliament. I should deem
ffering a deliberate insult to the understanding of
ned electors of this county in attempting to ex-
;m those questions which they have had oppor-
naking themselves acquainted with ; (hear, hear,)
always considered explanations of this sort as
ither of vain glory or of delinquency,—(hear,)--
ry in cases where I might fancy that I might gain
;War applause by advocating this or that measure—
ency because the very term justification implies a
less of error. (Applause.) I shall also avoid this
ause I consider the present as a political crisis of
xal magnitude and importance, that it is not so
personal' popularity of the candidate ,which you
eider, as the political principles which he professes.
r.) The question which you have to decide at
aing, election is simply and clearly this—will you
not ratify that vote of the House of Commons
corded the want of confidence of the representa-
people in the ministers of the crown ? (Loud
at is
ivsthe question you have to decide ; and the
to ask those who are candidates for your
awly and clearly this---will you or will you not
responsibility of
Renewed ebeeri ministers to the House of
ware that I am addressingng. and cries of " No, no.")
many of those who
1, in accordance
to obscure, and conftotend
view
mystify
r
this great question (Hear.) I know
n of those who 'have endeavoured
-leap corn, cheap sugar, cheap tin:-
so to blind the eyes of the
electors
s divert their attention from this --
ear.) But, gentlemen, I will not deal great
—I will presently go into facts. (Cheers,ia
VOICE, " What caused the dissolu-
te alluding to the dissolution. Well,
F that dissolution? (A VOICE, " The
.y's ministers appeal to the people
.efeated upon the question of the sugar
Did the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when
that if defeated uponbudget, inform you f
(Cries o No.")
d appeal to the people
h' h
that if he failed to obtain the money w
bolster up his empty exchequer ; that if be
..are that money by the budget, he would procure
-ler means, but he said nothing about dissolution.
);.Ilut, gentlemen, ministers are ?vise in their

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