The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-12 00:00:00

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ErriallLD F•rtmo,—l thank the.. for the ;rise,.
lion of my former articles, which hare bred some con.
fusion amongst the greet paupers, sithoods stay recipe,
however usturroos, in which the pasting curl, or arta
roper, ore blended, is lik►ly to m►et en clay digesiioo
in that quarter. I tine ask permissive to and my
rho•;;hts to the 'flatly already disclosed on the late
Westminster Eleciise, end my reasons I will giro
!hes as Igo en. It has been roesselly red, that
2000 hectors hate been di.franchi.ed for net having
paid up the last quarter's Your Rees, nut of which
showy 000 offered their Totes and were refused. I
am nut learned in the law, yet it appears clearly that
tech • measure is repugnant to Magna Charts, the Bill
of Rights, sad even the Common law of the land,irs-
rept when the merciful 'amen cannot get by distress
sufficient property on the premises to vim his de-
mand, end the 'spruces arising on the sale thereof ;
or that the Elector is at the limo receiving perish sap-
per!. It elms appears to me that any infringement
on the spirit and substance of these our Protecting
Less is •nconsiitutioual, and subversive of the birth-
right of Englishmen. No doubt local Missed local
Customs will be pleaded in extenuation; end the law
curiously twisted to suit the tastes of the learned,
and held forth with as much coiner of justice es the
barberees dogs. of a f•rrreireg Court sycoplund, oho
called truth a libel, or, in plain English, said truth
rat a lie, for the word libel is the assertine or pro-
mulgation of a lie to the injury of a man's property
or reputation. However, I shall submit these opi-
sinus to sonic other iribenal—perhaps an Election
Committee, or • Court of Lew ; the lesser I shoed
prefer, es the point could be properly argued, sifted,
set to rest, and petty quibbling et once consigned to
that obloquy it so justly merits. On the professions
and conduct of the successful Candidate, es he is
termed, I shall trouble thee with a few remarks, who,
accordieg to report, stated himself t Whig, a friend
to Reform, and • friend to the Poor. Does Grocer
LAMB consider the name of Whig a necessary
appendage to an honest R►presentative? I en-
ewe iiict unequivocally, it is she watchword of
@misty. 'll4 Whits, as they ere nicknamed,
long contetided f.•r power under she mesh of
petriodstn--they obtained it in the year ISM.—
rhe first act of their patriotic b nnnnn 'once was to add
,
per cent. to that odious at .d ohnolious impost, the
Incase Tat, accompanied by bullying and insetting
threats to those who could not live on the first floor
to go to the garret, and if they found the air too
I pure there, to dive into the cellar. Their nee act
was to provide for a set of hoop), drunken, gambling
bangers.on, among whom ens • poor apothecery,
formerly to b. found at the hosed table, since an
Elector of Westminster, and • distinguished per-
sonage at the late public breakfasts. This was
the Whig System of keeping their words wish the
People—this Whiggish patriotism ! Their reign
was short, but the few months it held was mark-
ed by more profligacy than as many years situ*.
Are not the peewee Whig Leaders returned genteelly,
for Rotten Boroughs; and if they dare mu hint it Re-
form, their Aristocratical Patrons would, at the seat
Elections, send them to the sight Atilt, to preach
Whig Doctrines to the western breezes. Yet, still,
Giotto' LAMS affects to be a Friend is Reform ;
bet what sort of Reform be was not prepared to
say ; perhaps it was tbat sort of Reform toasted et
the Freemasons' Invero—df Reform of Abates
Not a word of Kates Boroughs; it,iV too
deli-
cate a sulject for Whiggish ears. Grottos LAMS
was sot suihciently acquainted with the 800
rough Constitution ; and being a little too clues
shaved on the subject, he let his Howeertble
choler get the better of his legal prelim*, east made
• flimsy retort with disappointed cheerio at his muc\
more hoeosrable opponent, by the Billingsgate far-
rago of Mr. CLASILeit being a barber, and a elution
to the Electors Winn the sanguinary effects of hie
razor. Wes this the wit of a man learned in the
law—was it the oratory of a Whig—eras it the lan-
guage of a Gentleman—or was it • leaf out of the
stable dictionary of a Sprig of Nobility? Shim.,
shame, shame'.!! is this the language of the blew
end buff cavalry, better known by the title of the
Aber mad-jerks. Oh, Owens Laws, Gioncs
halve I I The nest declaration : he stated himself
" a friend to the Poor." Was it a friendly act to
arm one set of poor wretches with a polity ►ribe,
without anger or malice propene", to beet sod
abuse all who fe veered Joint Floawousit ? Wes han
act of friendship to the Poor to disturb the peace of
the capital, to bring dos n an enconsiitistiewal force,
Ind give coleus, to tie oppressive measure of a stead-
ing army in time of peace? Or was it a feiesidly
set to the Poor to disfranchise 900 Electors, because
the oppressive system of taxation, the doubled price of
provisions, and the general dearth of trade, pretested
ihenstrom plying up their lest quarter's Poor Rates? If
IGZORCt LANS if 001 • pretended friend lathe Poor,
'lie to be hoped he'll bring forward his sepporters to
atop the t•swsen from making those distresses on the
Electors after theElectioe, which the law allowed him
to elect before. Should cii relevances of this nature
take place, let it be aside public —let it riot; in the
ears of the Whigs—let the politics' world be mode
acquainted wilts their deeds of darkness. Amoy(
the many the last has been • most mischi piece
of treachery. Th.y have eistieeteured to throw the
Electors of Westminster into the power of the (.o.
teroosent, who will, no dealt, On the test occasion,

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vet only try to place one of their owe party as Re-
presentative, bat two if possible; for I premise is
the Whigs, if they again attempt the iedepeodence
et Westminster, the Electors will gralefelly reed-
led a Joists ow ahem PO party an ewer place any
political alliance. On the merits of the ethers I
shall comment freely, sod seed thee a few strkteres
on the Scribes and Parasites—the Tandem Travel.
ter is the Dome Department sod his Medical Ad•
triter—the Dead sad the Traitor, with many take
mowing miscellsoies.—With best wishes, I am thy
Weed,
Camberwell, lib It Ilesib. NHL OBADIAH.