Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-08-07
George Thompson.

We copied an item that has run the rounds of
the papers giving as the reason for Mr. Thomp-
sons loss of his election, the fact of his having
visited this country and laborcd for tho over
throw of slavery. In reference 70 this item the
last Standard says:
ave have looked in vain, in the ntell.
gence published subsequent to the arrival of
the steamers mails, aud in the English pa.
pers, for The least confirmation of any such
cnuse. Aud this moreover we knGw-thnt
Mr.. Thompson, on his return To England.
met his constituents in n series of meetings
unprecedented for their numbers aud entlnl-
siasn, and his explanation of the cause of his
Obsence, and of the manner in which his
time had been spent, was received with uni
versal appreciation. IL is, beside, by no
means nn unusual thing for Members OF Par
lament to he absent from their sents for en-.
tire sessions, and even longer; aud if Mr..
Thompson lost his election on this account.
it is the first time, we will venture to saw, thnt
such n thing has ever occurred. But IT, ON
the other hand, il is not the absence, but the
purpose of the absence, which has caused
his rejection by the people of the Tower
llanltts, then all that can he said of then, is.
That they have shown themselves unworthy
of such II representative.
The account, however, which is given in
the (London) Daily .Ncics sells the question nj
rest. We copy ii below, aud it will he seen
that no ntimation whatever is given that MIR.
Thonps0ns visit 10 this county was n qucs.
ton in the cnnvass. His popularity will, the
people of the Tower llamlcts is unqmestiona-
bly, ms great ms ever; aud il seems equally
evident that he failed OF rcceiying The re-
qulsiie number of votes of the electors he
Cause he was not TO bo mnde n tool of Sec
tartan bigoIry. The question ofthe ilnynooth
Grant, and not the question of American
Slavery, deienIed him. Nevertheless, the lie
is given ont aud by this Time has met with
universal acceptance all over the country.
becalse the people love such lies Should
MIR. Thompson or any other Englishmhn ever
come TO this country, and lecture upon
Slavery, his defeat will he pointed at as an
evidence that England is as much opposed
TO agitation as we are, and that nobody. but
few fannticn Abolillonists, has any thought
or feeling upon the subject. Much good
mny II do those who believe it MIR. Thomp-
sons release from Parliamentary duty may,
perhaps, Afford Inn an opportunity to make
us another visit. Such possibility, when il
occurs 10 our contemporaries of The press.
1 WI NHN'N A'N NAHbNldHtt VI iIltlf lOv over
the result Of the election in the Tower
llamlets.
In the article from the London News, referred
to above, the writer speaking of the successful
candidates, says:
"Onc cnuse Of their high position on the
poll is understood to be The course ,oIich Then
haze adopted upon the .layaooih question:
Placards were widely distributed, containing
extracts from letters from the two candidates
MIR. Butler snid--"l shail vote against the
grunt to the College of Maynoolh." Sir w
Clay was asked--" Should the charges against
Maynooth he substnnliated, will you vote
against this misapproprintion, quite irrespec-
tive of any other endowment" His reply
was; "Most assuredly will" The Wes-
leyans were therefore called upon TO vote for
Clay and Butler" which it is believed many
of them did. Mr.. Butler is magistrate, and
doubtless a respectable man; but, as The
Times observes, she has yet to declare, and
possibly yet TO form, his political opinions.n
The publlcans were oil in his favor, and have
been.of essential service to him,