The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-05


and to all the consequences of detected hypo-
| Gritty and faIfehood and. zach pledge now
give IN declaring, that, whether you elect me
or not, never, as long as live, either for N.Y.
felf, or for, through the means of, ~ one of
| my family, will receive, under any name, whe-
ther OF faiary, pen6on, or other, either directly
or indirectly, one 6ngle farthing of the public
money; but, without emoluments, compcufa-
ton or reward of any kind or in any fhape, will,
to the utmof @: my ability, watch over and de-
tend the property, the liberties and the privi-
leges of the people, never therefrom Operating,
as! never yet have, the juf and constitutional.
rights and prerogatives of the crown.
This declaration, gentlemen, is not made
without due reflection as to the future as well
az the prefent, as to public men in general as
well as to myfelf. 1t proceeds, frf, from an
opinion, that the representatives of the people
ought never To be expofed to the temptation Of
betraying their truf fecondly, from long OBJ
fervation, that thoie who live upon the public
are amougf the mott miferabie of men and
thirdly, from that experience in the various
walks of life, which has convinced me of the
wisdom of Hager, who prayed Cor neither rich
es nor poverty not riches, leN he Mould for
get God /; not poverty, LEFT he fhould lie tempt
ed to TEAL; and to receive the public money
unJufly, is not only Healing, but ftealiny of
the WORT and bafeR fort, including breach of
tue mott facred truf accompanied with the
cowardly cohicioufneis ofimpunity. From re-
iIections like thcfe, gentlemen, ii is, that the
declaration now made has proceeded, and,
when depart, in word or in deed, from this de-
claration. NAV i become the fcnrn of my rnnn-
try; wherein to be remembered with efeem
prize beyond all the riches and all the honors of
this world.
But gentlemen, asst ismy firm de:erminati-
on never to receive farthng of the public mo-
ney, 10 1t is my determination equally firm, ne.
ver' IN any way whatever, to give one farthins
or my ownmoneyto any man,in order TO induce
him to vote, or to cauie Others to vote for me I;
and being convinced, that il is thi. practice of
giving or promifng to give money, or moneys
worth, at elections; being convinced that it is
this c,tgrscefu', this unlawful, this profiigate,
thts lmp'ous practice, to WHICH are 10 be afcrib-
ed all our calamities, and all the dangers that
now ftarc us IN the face, cannot refrain from
exhorting you TO Re againf all attempts at fuch
practlces, contantly and watchfuy on your
guard he candidates WHO have tsfoTfeti 10
fuch means have always been found amousit
the mott wicked of men (; men who having, by
u'e OF adultery, or of gambling, or Of profit
gacy OF Tome other fort, ruined both their cha
racfer and their fortunes, have faxed their lait
thonfand upon an election, with the hope of
thereby obtaining ircurity from Jail, and Of
telling their vote for the means of future fubGft-
ence, drawn from the fweat ofthe people at
hundred fold /; and thus expecting to pocket
the profit of the corrupt Ejaculation, Ireering
at their hribed and perjured conftituents, as Sa-
ian Is laid, to have ireered at the reprobatc with
'sho1. Re h:;! s1;:.s;aa;s;d :o- his foul.
Far from YOU, gentlemen, be creduIity 70
tooiiih Far from you difgrace 70 deep, infamy
10 lHdeliable Par from you 20 fragrant a viola
ton of the law, 70 daring defiance of the iuf
tice and the power and the wrath of God But,
were otherwife, and did I find in Honiton but
as many righteous,mcn as were found in So.
dom and Gomorroh, would tender them nv
hand to lead them from the ref. Very differ
emf. however, are my hopes thefe hopes for
bid me to believe if poliible that there fhould
be, collected upon one fpot, four hundred En-
ei'!hmen, ,lsylDgthe eyes of all England upon
them, whossill not, by their votes, freely and
Cordially given. Gnttion the great principle up
on which now Rand and in thefe hopes, 1
will, if l have life, do mvfelf the honor to
meet you on the day Of election. In the mean
while,
/ am, with great refpea, gentlemen,
Your mot humble and obed't. ferv't.
WIN. COBBETT.
Botley, Southampton, June /, 1906.