The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF ABERCROMBY WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
THOUGH I am not conscious of having done any-
thing to forfeit the confidence of the Electors of St. Anne's
Ward during the three years I have represented them in
Council, it was intim,ded to me some weeks ago, by a gentle-
man who took an active part in placing me in that responsible
situation, that it was impossible that I could be re-elected to it,
at which he expressed, his regret. I gave him to understand_
that I should not consider myself an object of commisseration
by being excluded from the Town Council, for I never will pur-
chase a seat in it at the expense of my own honour and inde-
pendence.
If, therefore, I had not received a requisition from the Elec-
tors of your Ward, to offer myself as a CANDIDATE on the Ist
of November next, my friend Mr. Gladstone having positively
declined to do so, I should have been quite content to have
remained a passive spectator of the events of the day. lam of
opinion that it is not the province of any individual to bus.
himself about obtaining a ;seat in Council for his own personal
gratification; a representative ought to be the spontaneous
choice of the Electors. The invitation conveyed to me is so
flattering to my feelings that I do not hesitate to accept it.
Having been for many years a member both of the Old and
New Town Council, without ever having sought to conceal my
opinions on any subject whatever, I scarcely think it necessary
to make any declaration of them on the present occasion. As,
however, the Rating of the Dock and Corporate Property ap-
pears at present to be the most interesting topic to the Electors,
I may remark that I had the honour of being the Chairman of
the Committee which made the report to the Town Council
recommending the rating of those properties, and that I hold
the same situation in the Committee recently appointed to
carry out the resolutions which the Council came to at their
last adjourned meeting.

Ibe to repeat, what I have frequently said before, that I
will not ask any of you for a vote. A canvass would be dis•
agreeable to my own feelings, and, in my opinion, disrespectful
towards you. If I am elected, I shall feel myself in the posi-
tion of having received an honourable mark of your good
opinion, of which I may justly be proud, and for which.you
will be entitled to my cordial thanks.

In the event of my becoming your representative in Council,
I will discharge my duty towards you with fidelity, and wilt
endeavour to promote those measures which, after due consi-
deration, may appear to me best calculated to promote the
general welfare of the burgesses.

- I am, very respectfully, gentlemen, your much obliged and
obedient servant, WILLIAM EARLE.
Abercrombli-square,l4th October, 1848.

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