Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-10-08
ENGLAND.
YORKSHfRE ELECTION

reth by SIR John Johuson Mr.. Bethel by Mr.. Bever-
~; Mr. Brougham by Mr. Sykes, NJ. P; and Mr. Mar
TN S,apy;on by himself
Aher Lord Morpeth and MIR. Duncombe had I'D
dressed the electors
Mr.. Brougham came forward amidst universal
cheering lie addressed The meeting 20 the following
effect" Gentlemen, the disadvantage under which
now labour in addressing you and which distinguish
me at present from all the olher candidates who
have applied to you for your sufrages, compcls me
n preface my address you this, to me, un-
cXamplcd occasion, by soliciting you TO believe that,
TO which believe shall obtain your ready assent
when affirm that | stand for, and now al the stu
alton Of candidate to represent this great county in
Parliament. not from any personal vanity of my own.
not to crafty any individual ambition of mine not,
word as volunteer and far Ices intruder in
10 county where am a stranger (cries Of No, sol
whose voice never yet was raised on any public
Casscd, that tn-ned deaf car to it (cheers) and
wh., commands | alone acknowledge az bearing on
nlyTlnd the inference of despotc sway. (Chcers.)-
have tho happiness tn stand before you, though
! >T not a YOrkshirrman, With the assured hope of
su cradlng IN ina; object, which to me will be the
INST brilliant reward of ell my political ambition
winch will place me a summit which a month ago
| could never dream Of reaching, aud on which re-
peat NOW to you solennly today the language which
/ used whcn | frs received your call. | solcmny
that only look at 1t most precious my eyes
account of that bounCess prospect which IL ex-
pands before my eyes of triumph hereafter be
- sacred principles hereafter to be asserted with
power WILL sincerity-of weak hand TO
i:ins OF temperate irecmcn- of that Tht which
: 'rGs! tr.t The people oil England never will be
c7hed upon To exercise in any other way than in
-u.l!Tg up their hand 10 elect their representa-
vct. 1ut which, though hope that the fatal expert
mon ueycr will he tried have confident persua-
g". wo"id, II 1t ever becomes necessary, be uplifted
as maaiuiIy Is tGey were by your fsrefathers when
Ccey To.rShaled us he way through blood and dan.
ger, ia free constitution. OF powers thus exerG
sed, aud for as haiowed purpose you have now
glorious example IN neigh6ouring nation, which has
now made your cansa us own, and which, after long
Nsi1g IS some say, your enemy, has now become
youc competitor III the glorious Of liberty, which
Tlaseu ny undesirable oppression. groanlngbut that
1 'emen will not gruan--has risen in its might, and
driven your fathers drove, tyrant from the throne
which he had polluted and from a capital which he
had stained with the blood Of free aud innocent citi
Zeusi ond which, trust, after 1t shall have procee-
dcd to eNac; such punishment from the ministers
Y prevent their Successors from following so bane
fu! an example, will sink again into the repose from
which oppression reused II, and will show much
temperance III enjoying their triumph as it did cour
age n res1St7g wrong; and that henceorward France
Will reap tie harvest of peace which the tears she
has shed aud the Wounds she has suffered, have SO
well entitled her 10 enJoyi and that hencefsrward
France and England Y look upon each other as
irIends, ard long maintain the peace which ought 10
remain lnVo!a5!c between them. Standing here, as
I 10 before you, fully agree with those hon. men
who have preceded III declining to tender any pied
gcs 10 my future conduct; but know Motif do not
refuse TO gave pledges on the same grounds Gs they
do for have objection 10 pledge myself in detail
II 1T be neediGl. but hitherto have not found it ne
Csssary, for am untred man. (Cheers) Gun
only appeal, ror have no other explanation 20 give
of nv future nentIons-I can only 49, peal, saw TO
:.le course which have hitherto held, and ask you
70 believe that IL pot likely shall desert tho
principles which hitherto I have held sacred, from
winch no temptation has moved me that could be of
ared to either in my political professional life
(gTcat cheering (Which no frowns of a have
scared me from asserting, although 1t has been my
fate 10 meet with them, would not abandon
an i'lus.rnus client, whom it resolved 10
tormcnt-to banIsh--tO perseCute, and even 10
murder. (Great cheering, with two or three his
SEES from the hIstlngs / am glad to see that
have thousands of my fellow Citizens who like
thousands at the time shared the feelings by which
was influenced IN that case of unhear2-of cruelty,
and of mean and miserable compliance with The ca
price of monarch on the part of mlnsters-a COM
pliance only to be equaed in those countries where
the tyrants of the East fash the scmtar brsndish
the buWstrDg IN the eyes of those ministers who re-
fuse to comply with their cruel propensilies. Cheer
iag.) have won, am happy 10 say, and am CON-
f1rcd with that reflection, though find about three
voices are raised in dIsapprobdtiOn of my conduct .
foTeat cheering, and perfect lence afterwards on
the part of the hissers heartily rejoice to find that
those voices are not among the honorable men who
now stand before me- and am glad 20 find hat they
have at last died natural death. So perish !
every voice that hcncefnrth shall be raised against
right and agans liberty, for slavery and TO back op-
preston. (CHecrs Among those irumphs 10 .
which now by your suPpori confidently look for |
ward, ono, and the one on which shall hrst say a
word Though all agreed upon the subject |
why should say a word at all?)-is that which 70
Iates the relief be extended to the suGrngs of
the people. When saw in my visit to the West
Riding, thousands oFindus'r Ous and skul men, and
the same time saw warehouse after warehouse |
filed with the produce Of their industry and skill
could but be indignant that the markets of The |
East closed against them, whence might come
20 much wealth 70 them, and to which so much by |
them might be expected And when | asked my !
self for whose benefit IT that the iDdu tiious
tlsSns Of Leeds, and those Of Huddersfeld who are
receiving less than third Of their ordinary wages
were excluded from markets Of such promise, first
asked myself-'ls II for the benefit of the Iandrw w
er;--iur e it were, II would be some ron .oIafion
that they were benefited by ii ] next asksd-.IsI
il for the other raiders Of this ry1,r would
be satisfaction that wat the INDUSTRIOUS clas-
ses Of Yorkshire los, others Of our countrymen
gained But no; nothing Of the sort--it was 10 be.
MOTT four-and twenty East India directors the ready
tools Of every governmont-thc obscquious voters
IN support of all OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES who nre rea-