New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-04
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ties as possible for its successors 10 sucH way W
Parliament. IL voted q Draconian ,sw ass
bribery corruption, intimidation, and ehrtisne'f-
ing sharp practices n general.
long list Of ques tons is drawn up, VICE.
by this enactment, may be put to petitioners OF
sitting members, the most searcniA's nd stnss'a'
that can be conceived. They may ,,e required %
oath to state who we're thea sxca Is, and shat
communications they held with them, They may
be asked and cornpeIled to state, not only wat
| they know, but what they believe, GO Mcclure,
and suspect" as 20 money expended en- her BY
th.mseve, or any one else acting-suthoa zed o.
not authorization their behalf lna wa d, Ne
member can go through the strange ordeal . nth
ont risk of PERJURY, if he have the slightest idea
that it is possible or likely that any one las b -
led TO overstep on his behalf the limits Of d 70
Law.
Now, even supposing this Law to take It -
granted that the new legislators will use the ssme
liberty as the clergy, who only believe s,,se Of
the Thirty Nine Articles, yet contriye to sign them
aH yet there remain, nevertheless, clauses suf6-
citnt TO make the new Parliament tbs most vir
ginal assembly that ever ma lie speeches AMI passed
laws or the taree Kingdoms. Ard IN Iu,tspDsi-
ton with the general election immsdisiy follow
ing tins Law secures to the Tories the glory, that
under Their administration tine greatest purity Of
election has been Theoretically proclaimed, and
the greatest amount Of elr ,toral corruption has
been practically carried out.
"a fresh election Is proceeded with. and here
of btbsFp, corruption, r0isacs srHAkSaates and rHra~
ensues, nnPsralieiss since the times OF tho old Tory
monopoly regbed supreme before We actually hear II
soldiers with loaded guns, aud bay onets liked, taxing LIB
srs eectorsby force sssas them under tnssntords
eyes against cir own consee0c g. and thessso
~, Safh
% sympsbize with the captive electors anf nit
ing wholesale murder on ths unre.stng people, Al
fusion the At Six Mile Bridge, limerick, CDas
ty Cisre tnsy be ssis Tns, was In lrslsnd' Az.
spd 10 England Ihry have empl police % ,rssk
the stalls of those opposed 10 the they seat non
organized gauge Of mduisht rufsns pro ~as tas n
the streets 10 ioercept and ntmiss tbs Liberal elsc
tors they have opened the cesspoos OF drunk sHss
they have showsrsd the gold Of corruption, as at Oar
by ana In almost every contested place they hsvI Ak
sroissd systematic Intimidation
Thus far Ernest Jonss's Peopie's Paper.
Now, after this Chsrtist weekly paper, hear the
weekly paper of the opposite party, the most So
Der, the most rational, the most moderate orgaa
Of the industrial Bourgeoisie, The Londss
| Economist:
ave believe may affirm, At this general elecdoa
there hiss been more rUctiins corruption, aprs
naturalization more tanaicism AID dbaEetvy tssz
on any previous occasion Ii IL reported that bribery
has been extensively rcsoret 10 at thls election
than for many previous years. ..W the smoua ot Ia
timdaion and undue nfusnce OF every sort which hn
seep pracced n the election, II Ia probably inpos
sible 10 ;oru exaggerated estimate Add whsn 80
sum I'D all thess tinstho brutal drunk anes tae loW
iptrigues, the wholesale corruption, the barbarJusia
tir1idsfion, the integrity of candidates warped sud
stained the honest electors who are ruined ths f. i0s
onss who arc suboTned and dshonorsd; ths Hes, the
stratsgsn the SANDERS which stalk abroad ia the day
light naked and not sshamed-the decoration OF holy
words the soing of noble names-ss stand ashaN At
the holocaust OF victims, Of destroyed bodies aud
uhn na n m eul n
reared"
The means Of corruption and intimidation we're
the usual ones direct Government. influence.
Thus on sn electioneering agent at Derby, ar
rested in the hagrant act Of bribipg letter was
found from Major Bercsford, the Secretary at
War, wherein that same Beresford opens a credit
upon a commercial firm for eIectioneeriug MONIES
The Poole Her~M publishes a circular from
the Admiralty House to the hafpay officers,
signed by the commander n-cbief OF q naval
station, requesting their votes for the mnis-
teria candidates.-Direct force OF arms has
also been employed, as at Cork, Belfast, Lin
erick lat which latter ssce eight persons
were killed. Threats Of ejectment BY landlords
against their farmers, unless voted with them;
The Land Agents Of Lord Derby herein gave the
example to their colleagues.-Threats Of e&cIu-
siye dealing against shop-kespers, Of dismi ssal
against workmen, int0xication, &c. %c.-To
these projdne means Of corruption spirif9M 0ses
were added by the Tories; the roJal pfoclama-
ton og' inst Roman Catholic PROFESSIONS was is
sued ia order TO ntltme bisotry aud religious
hatred; the NoPOpery cry vas raised every
where. One Of the results Of this proclamation
were the Stockport Riots. The irish priests, u
coarse, retorted With similar weapons.
The election is hardly over, and already single
Queens Counsel has received IRON twenty ave
places instructions TO invaliate the returns To
Parliament on account Of bribery and intmida-
| ton. Such petitions against elected members
have been signed, ad tine expenses Of the pro-
ceedings raised at Derby, Cockernouth, Birnsta-
ple Harwich Canterbury lrn0uth, Wikehsld,
Boston, Hudds rs6eld, Windsor. and a great mum
Der Of other places. OF eight to tea Derbyits
| members it is proved that, evea uudcT the most
favorable circumstances, they will bo rejected o.
| petition.
The principal scenes Of this bribery, corruption
and Intimidation WERE OF course, tho agricultural
counties and the Peers y )roughs for the con-
ssrvation OF the greatest possible number OF which
latter the Whigs had expended all their acumen
in the Reform Bill OF 1881. The coastituencies OF
large towns and Of densely populated manufsctar-
ing counties we're, by then peculiar circunstances'
yeTy uDfavoYable ground for such mangdvrss. -.
Dsys of general election are IN Britain tradi-
| t;on,iv Tin. bacchanalla of drunken dsbaueherys
| conventional tockjobbipg terms Tor the srceuns.
Jog Of political conscienees, the richest auvess
times OF the puolicans. As an English paper
SAYS, these recurring safasHa's" .@ssf 'an 70
| lave spd,rip6 traces Of thss rsstiiestie' pre-
asnee.t quite naturally so. fhey are sstar.
n,,a In the ancient Roman sense OF ~ ord
TIE master then turned seryanI, ,h- ,erss9
tprnsd master. II the servant be ...--ser for eas
day, on that day brutality Will reign sapssas.
m. masters were the grand dign'tanss OF tne
ming classes. or sections Of classes, tho servants
eormed the mass Of these same classes, the privi-
led electors enercled by the mass OF the non
electors of those thousands that had no Other Gel
ing than to be mere hangers on, and whose .uppofes
vocal or manual, always appeared desirable. were
!, only on account OF the the atricaI effect. ffyou
follow up the history Of British Elections for 9
century past or longer, you are tempted to ~,
not why British Parliamebts were so bad, bat %
the contrary. how they managed to be even ~