The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-17 00:00:00

" F..r eve* hi, failings lean to without'. side."

'The Whigs, however, bad tint [retried well latterly;
and, besides, he thought it high time to its! rid
of such ridiculous distinctions as those of Whig
end Tory. He hoped that the question would
be entirely changed, and instead of the two fer-
nier, the titles would be adopted of Reformer and
sin Reformer.—(,lpplanse.)—To show the lemon.
lenience arising to public freedom, from thaw, stale
and unprofitable denomination of Whig and Tory,
1.11 would refer their attention to a letter of Yr.
Starch's. which had lately appesied in the Alarming
Chronicle, wherein he asserts that he had aims,.
!wets s Whig ; he (Sir Francis) had however always
been a Reformer. Ile himself might perhaps be a
Whig, without knowing it; indeed It most be if this
were the ease, us Mr. Starch had uniformly acted
with the Reforeseri.—(Leeghlee and -Ipplause.)—
Mr. Starch bad charged him with denoencing him
en the Hustings; the fact was simply thus: while
complaining of the defectien of many efficient Re.
Cirmers, the name of Mr. Wishart bail been men.
tinged, when he found it necessary to observe, that
though Mr. Wishart had acted en many occasions
with the Reformers, he bad always declared him•
self to be a Whig. Mr. Starch's name was then pre.
nuanced in the same way, and he took occasion to
vemeik that Mr. Starch's wee a real and meleachoiy
dereliction of principle ; be had no Moe at the lime
that Mr. Starch ever professed himself to be a Whig.
Ile wished the term was done away with; It kept up
delusion, and prevented many limiest men front de.
daring in f of Reform. Mr. Clark. colid not
approve of a plan of Itefortn which would reeled, all
hut persons of property; that would certainly Ire
bid enough, but a far better method than a Repre-
sentation when the majority was selected by a hen.
tired and fifty Borough Proprietors. Ile could net
conceive any scheme hiving so little syeipathy with
the People. Mr. CNA@ bad said, that the Whigs
were ugly anaines t• yit out tha Treasury Benches;
if this was the liberality which he felt for the party,
It differed nothing from the utmost of his own
ridgy; there wu only a_ trifling variance of ripen-
eine. as there would he between sccasiog a man uJ
e owe goods ceilhosa nfrcrin, reconspence, and
Gbrecily cellist: kin a thi.j.—( toad oiwlaase.)—
Ho agreed with Mr. C. that the Whigs wish Lir/wetly
to tit en the Treasury Benches; bet it is impossible
to yield them honest sappers as a party, though
some may be well inclined among them; when merged
Use man they werelost and twirls to the interests
of the People.—(Apefuesc.)—A itsregrApb had ep-
;wired in the Chronicle, which, during the F,toction,
had bee styled she lying Chronizle, from which it
appeared that be was denounced and veiled frees ell
Whig society—from ell Whiggeties—fress the whole
mate of Whigdoe.—(Larigker and applaute.)—
Tiers. to be mire, was gory hard, but nothing worse
than Ise bed already suffered; he was therefore pre.
pared for immeshing mere disastrous *aft than that.
(+plena and kreghler.)—The devil had been
t al:ed the ranter of lima bat is priming the daily report. of
I.4mattimis at the Ilustiaga *wiry the mew. he malty felt
r...asapprebtaasa .het the devil await forfeit hit Imie.rsaa•
e::tited title.—[leed lenghtcr and Ayptaine.j—be La Iwo