The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

ITESTMOR ELAND EL C nox.

The following letter has been addressed to the Editor
of The Ouija* Journal :
Sia—The late glorious contest in our neighbouring
county, though not successful to the extent of placing the
popular candidate, Air. Broughain, in the chair of repre-
sentation, has, it is cheering to ever* real friend to the
freedom of eloetion to know, shaken the overwhelming
iudaenee, there, of the home of Lowther to its %ambi-
tion and promises, at a (noire opportunity, if the spirit
saapiariapradiaairestlisimea sad *sehoiden does not
languish, to lay it level with the ground; sail. indeed,
in my mind. it will, when it happens, prove as fortunate
an event to the possessor of that influence, as to those
individuals who have been the tame (unredectiog it is to
be hoped)slaves to an usurped interference, strongly pro-
hibiteil,by the laws, in the election concerus. For what
honour, at surely may he asked, can possibly derive to
any man, of whatever party he professes himself in poli-
ties, or to whatever measure. of Government lie avows
himself friendly or unfriendly, from an influence,
gal in its nature, and acquired too generally at the be-
ginning, by a partial, it not a total disregard of the
primal, generous, anal patriotic feelings that raver pe
the breast of a truly honest character; and afterwar.:s
maintaiised,if not absolutely by dastardly acts of oppres-
sion, by the meanest flatteries and servile cringing., or
the basest of intimidation.? Nor can it be imagined
that those men who have hitherto yielded to so hatrf..l
an influence, even without reflection, and with no pre-
meditated sinister motives to the act, should escape a
portion at least of the odium that ever clouds the repu-
tation of those positively k,,,iwn to he profligate traf-
tickers With their elective franchises. Yet are many .f
those delinquents to he corupassiuniol. ho they not be-
hold example. of their own turpitude, induced *probaLv
by those very examples, in men superiorly edueate:l
to themselves ; nom, to whom they have been taught
to look up with reverence as their instructor:, and the
guardians of their morals ? 110 they not eve,, see,
sometimes, gentlemen iu the c sawn of the peace, ,
outstretch the laws which eircuniscrihe their power ;
stud render their duty and decrees subservient to par-
CZthat attach a never to be erassed obloquy ox
as Magistrates, Whole greatest glory is ever
Ponsidertd as imp's:Wiry, and a never failing recti-
tude of 'lnstinct its their distribution of justice?
mast, however, rest ra;ts any pen, least I should betray
an inalignaney ; and Five a freedom to it beyond what is
prudent in those perilous slays to promulgation of opi-
nion, and of necessity. to the free exercise of the reasao-
ing powers of individuals on alert is passing atonal
them ; —when every engine is at work,—to instance roily
the strong arm lit the law, to damp, if not entirely to
quench% the tlrervrtceiiCe of the public mind; whets as
weave...me nut sanctioned by the laws but in desperate
eases, and against the spirit u 7 rise Constitution on which
far liberties are founded, has been permitted, not to say
protected ;—when the penal statutes have been multi-
! Plied, and the power of the magistracy streagtheded ao
'extended to esintroul all assemblies of the people to de-
liberate un their
.Xritraacer, and thereby to prevent tile
burst of public feeling and indignation against those
arts of the legislature, or the abuses in the administra-
tion of them, front which they are supposed to arise !
Put I am still wandering trot,, the principal object I
in view when I tit t took op my pen, and will now enter
on it without further pre imllle:—lt is to submit to you .r
I oneideration whether it %mild not be desirable ttia; tie
country should be ma.!" acquainted with the fe:l
strength of the sapport (waiving all regard to, and uot
even questioning the legality of, the votes on roller side )
given to each ti( the two eautlidatcs between whims Mt.
great struggle lay at Aj-pleby; I mean 'olonel Lowther
asobMr. Brougham ? For nay part, I have some notir
tl gh it is not impossible it way be a Islittakrt
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freeholders divides! ; perhaps it is be I
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