The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-18 00:00:00

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its privilqe to provide k remedy where tit obtrude site
land had ptoVideil one already. rede:rl
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great !Adams. [4 laugh.]
"lead. laid it down, 'that the dominion or kyr 0,
dominion of liburty-hut thedominien f • 41), H''
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cis &,--r-, as the worst qf (mimics, ip Whatever II v,ri.
it might be plicod, was that whicreiight oteariut-'
its sonsequenoes,.;thetr liberties, to be pot oat -- a*"
niscusaion• because it Was nut to be understood,
Were the.libetAies of Englishmen to depend qua'
a mystery, or to fluctuate betweeu the sof' „,
interpretations'. rho invaders of thoso per:-
thought proper to put open tahlaistismityarsyterturrfet
frit::
ho must say one word mire upon the ceethet of
one of the two parties that divide that'llomo.:
Whets the house of their Representative e
brukco open, and he tors by
the bosom of his family and Conveyed to the
Tower, and when he, in a subsequent letter to 14
Speaker, firmly adhered to the declaration or
those opinions he had all along professed, vim
came forth that party, uhether better hu0,,0 h.
thoname of The Whigs, The Talents, or Th'e
Gruts.....[laughtersj:-they would call them whirl,
they pleased, but in that moment did those:lunch
Vhigs come forward and pronounce that to 14
the time foe rallying round the Government that
Government which for in long a time, and ,„
recently, those very men had been loading with
.keen and ceaseless vituperation ; that Government
whiett they had denounced as incapable and cup
rupt ; as divided among themselves and distrusted
by the country ; as the authors of the Scheldt lit.
peslition...Of all our disasters and disgraces; nig
very Government the same Whigs rally round whca
they shew themselves at the head of an army
in their gratitude for this one act was'forgotten all
the crimes of that Atlnsisiiitratiun-rilia Copeoc,
ken rubbery ; the Scheldt Expedition; all, all oat
forgotten In their common ttlemph
.over the mso
who had the firmness to withstand the torrent of
their joint corruption [rrporte:uses] ; of him he
libmild., only say, that with such at honed eitro.
cute inOtidit Ito honest cause, it would be criminal,
in them to despair of ultimate success. Sir Fran,
cis Burdett in the discharge of his public duty had
displayed a calm fortitude, and unaffected woo.
ty, that his enendet.thight envy but mustadmire.
[Applauses.] Ile had proved how formidable
use tionest man might be to a host of Place.
hunters; . therefore did they unite ia perseets„,
ing the object of" their common - dread-thy
acted for ittoniselves and their respective. part
ties, and their object was place and•prott;lli
Francis acted for the people, and his object
was their fair, oncorrupt, and adequate &prem.
tation in the Commons 'louse of Parliament.
[Applauses.] When he considered the inhereet
weakness- of . corruptiort„ and the pretreat"
Strength of good efforts in the pragmatism Of ,a
good object, be could not hesitate to think tad'.
Isuccess as eertain....the game was in their area
hands, and they had only to pursue it with podiaom%
firmness and perseverance ; the false, tri el
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unrestrained power might instruct, but .
to irritate them [applause]; they world lair" ,
it to despise the imputence of outrage, and . .
be prepared to answer with that. temper of
ration , that breams a cause In itself too stn ••
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to need 4he aid 'of violence. f Applauses.)
then; their enemidoenjoy their triumph; At-.
64 !dragged theiti honest 'Representative from
the'ennettiary of hiekitrn house, and ki (lei* • :;• --
they flattered thetelielves thee they had dragged
him from the hearts of his Constituents. f 0.
crier of Na ! .no ! never !. never !] Such whit _
their expectations, but hoW miserably had thej.
been disappointed [loud npplausts]; it was none
the limits-of the vaiinted privilege of that Himis
to erase from their hearts the memory of their Es.
presentative's Services. Re concluded with sit:
. hurting .the .Electors to avoid every thing that •
could afford a handle to their enemies, to silent.
niate their constitutioaalactforts in favour of Re.
form as Inninltitnltg and disorderly. Cifisplonresi
The MGR LIA.ILIFF having returned, his as.
knoWledgmente for
,the honour oentferred on hint,
retired from the Hustings, attended by Lord
Cochrane, Colonel Wardle, Mr, Starch, nod Mr.
Wishavt.
After which, a loud- cry took place for Mr.
JENNINGS to come forward, who, tithe'so
reluctance, obeyed the order. He said, that bay •
attending tbereAle had no intention qf , obtroirime •
any observitioittlirkit OrnnnOn than, bat ilrilt; • •
icalled upon bi ulosity he could not Welkin from
I saying a few words.. When he hadibe hammer el
1 nistwaring before them on a former occasion, when • •
1 they did themselves so much honour 'as to elect
Sir Francis Uordett fur their Representative, hi ' :
was not without great hopes that their disinterested
example would be followed throbkhout at.kliagw.
i gum, and he now trusted that:recent itecetreentm-
' wottht operate strongly in rayons, of these hopes.
(4pplauses) Ile very much deplored that Ow •
•Mitttary had been employed, as they were lately,
lie the streets of the metropolii, without any mk.,
Onto reason. They; *ere only calcnlatrd to exeite.-
.1 tumult in the Empire, where no dingeresisted iit .--
their absemee,and he trusted he should never see a re. • .
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petition of it. Theoriltin of all the trattsaetlent
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-1 which hid talan plice (height never to hive hen „ .s. -...t•
ntitieed in the manner it had. Sir Francis Bet. •
,r--,.,,
•drtt did no•mbre than he was legally entitled to "-:.
do, to lay theeenrguments before hi; Constituruts ..
•which ' Ild had. advanced- in the !louse of Come
witieWillitinst.witot lie deemed an tItiLIN fill stretch
bf kethiiiiiy. :Willis language will Cuffed in the • .
rtliouse,it could not become ass offence to commit :
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his opinions to,• paper, and lay them before the •-•
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Patine. One foosisre of the case he *viatica strongly-"::
to imprisa upon-their minds, which was, that when
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Ministers had. auy doubt of the 'flaky of their. : • •
4Vrytertlittga, they emleavoured by every want in
their power to support them ; hut from what had
sils,cts,u taliptt place, he trusted that they weak" cut

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