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UEEDS BOBOUGH SESSIOWS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the nert Gekk&al QoABTftH ' Sessions op the Peace for the Borough of Lbeds , in the County of York will be holdeu before Thomas Fiawkb Euas tht Younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borongh , at the Court Reuse , in Leed * , on Wbdnssdat tnt Seventh Day of July next , at Two o'Clock in tht Afternoon , at which time and place all Juron . Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses ! Persons bound by Recognizances , and others havin » business at the said Sessions , are reanired to attend . And Notice is hereby also Given , That all Appeals not previously disposed of will be heard at the opening of the Court , on Friday , the 9 th day of July next , and that all Proceedings under the Highway Act , will be taken on . the First Day of tht Sessions . ¦¦ ¦ By Order , JAMES RICHARDSON , Qerk of the Peace for the said BorooaL Leeds , 10 th June , 1841 . ^
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O . GBIMSHAW & CO ., 10 , GOREE PIAZZAS , GEORGE'S DOCK , LIVERPOOL , rvESPATCH fine First-Class AMERICAN U SHIPS of larg ^ Tonn-e for thf follow ^ Ports , namely : —NEW YORK , PHILADEt PHIA , BALTIMORE , BOSTON , and NEW ORLEANS , in which Passengcra caa be accommodated with comfortable Derths in th « Cabin , second Cabin , and Steerage . Persons about to emigrate may save themselves the expence and delay of waiting in Liverpool , by writing a Letter addressed as above , whioh will be immediatel y answered , the exact day of sailing , and the amount « f Passage-money told them ; by remitting a part of the Passage Money to Liverpool , Berths will be secured , and it will not be necessary for them to bt iu Liverpool till the day before sailing . N . B . The Ship never finds Provisions for Secoai Cabin or Steerage Passengers , and Emigrants ait imposed upon by Agents agreeing to find them . FOR NEW YORK , Tons Tons Ship . Capt . Register . Burthen . To Sail . CORNELIO French 1100 1500 3 rd Jolv HIBERNIA Hawkins 551 900 10 th July ( Packet Ship . ) ' : Apply as above . Liverpool , June 22 nd , 1841 .
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Just Published , Price Two Shillings , Cloth , "D APER AGAINST GOLD , containing the His-X tory of the Bank of England , the Funds , tb Debt , the Sinking Fund , and the Bank Stoppage ; also showing how Money is raised or lewered 11 valne by alterations in its qualities ; and the evil effects of the whole npon the Community . By W « , Cobbett , condensed by Margaret Chappelshiih , Price One Shilling , GASKELL'S POPULAR COMIC SONGS , Complete . This Edition contains the whole of thi Songs that were published in five former Numbers at Sixpence each . Price Three Halfpence , RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF AN INSTITUTION FOR THE FORMATION OF COMMUNITIES BASED ON CHRISTIANITY , intended to be known , as the Christian Co-oper&tivt Joint Stock Society , instituted in Manchester , September , 1340 . * ¦ Price Sixpence , BRIGHAM ' s REMARKS on the Influence of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement upos Health . Every man who values his health ought to be il possession of this Book . Price Fourpenoe , CHANNING'S LECTURES on the Elevation of the Labouring Portion of the Community . Price . Sixpence , THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF GHOSTS , DEMONS , AND SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS , Generally , fully , and familiarly Explained and Illustrated . By R . Buchanan . Price One Shilling , Originally Sold at Fivt Shillings , MUDIE'S EMIGRANT'S POCKET COMPANION . To those who are about to Emigrate , this book contains much Information that is highly useful and important . Manchester : Heywood , Oldham-street ; and may be had of Cleave , London ; Hobson , Market-street , Leeds ; and all the Agents of the Northern Star .
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MEDICAL ADVICE . MESSRS . WILKINSON AND CO ., SURGEONS , A o . 13 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds , and 34 , Printt Edward-street , Fox-street , Liverpsol , HAVING devoted their Studies exclusively fol many years to the successful treatment of tbi Venereal Disease , in all its various forms ; also , t # the frightful consequences resulting from thai destructive practice , " Self Abuse , " may bi Personally Consulted from Nine in the Morning till % n at Night , and on Sundays till Two . Attendance every Thursday at No . 4 , George-Btreet , Bradford , ( from Ten till Fire . ) In recent oases a perfect Cure is completed witbii a Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after that period , and Country Patients , by making only ont personal visit , will receive such Advice and Medioinesthat will enable them to obtain a permanent And effectual Cure , when all other means hat * -failed . Theyhopethat the successful , easy , and expedition ! modethey have adopted , of eradicatiDgeyery symptom of a certain disease , without any material alteration in diet , or hindrance of business , and yet preserving the constitution in full vigour , and free from injury , I will establish their claims for support . As tbl > ¦ Disease is one which is likely to be contracted ¦ whenever exposure takes place , it is not like man } I other visitors , once in life , but , on the contrary , out ¦ infeotion may scarcely have been removed , when ¦ another may unfortunately be imbibed ; therefore , ¦ the practitioner requires real judgment in order to ¦ treat each particular case in euch a manner as not ¦ merely to remove the present attack , but topreserr * ¦ the constitution unimpaired , in case of a repetition ¦ at no distant period . The man of experience can ¦ ayail himself of the greatest improvements w ¦ modern practice , by being able to distinguish betweea ¦ discharges of a specific and of a simple or mud ¦ nature , which can only be made by one in daily ¦ practice , after due consideration of all circumstances . ¦ In the same manner at birth , appearances often ¦ take place in children , which call for a propa ¦ knowledge and acquaintance with the disease , in ¦ order to discriminate their real nature , and wmen ¦ may be the means of sowing domestio discord , unjess ¦ managed b y the Surgeon with propriety Mf . ™^; ¦ Patients labouring under this disease , cannot De wo ¦ oautious into whose hands they commit themselves . ¦ The propriety of this remark is abundantly mam- ¦ fested , by the same party frequently passing w » ¦ ordeal of several practitioners , before he is for ™* ¦ nate enough to obtain a perfeefceure . The folw ^ g ¦ are some of the many symptoms that distinp ««« ¦ this disease : —A general debility ; eruption on . w » m head , face , and body ; ulcerated sore ^ I scrofula , Bwellings in the neck , nodes on tne sow ¦ bones , cancers , fistula , pains in the head and mm m which are frequently mistaken for rheumatic ¦ &o . &c . I Messrs . W . and Co . ' s invariable rule is to g i « J I Card to each of their patients , as a guarantee i » ¦ Cure , which th « y pledge themselves to perform , " ¦ return the fee . ¦ For the accommodation of those wko cannot eo * ¦ veniently consult Messrs . W . and Co . pei * * Tl they may obtaia the Purifying Drops , pnee *^ ¦ at , any of the following Agents , with Printed 1 ^ ¦ tions , so plain that Patients of either Sex may < £ \ ¦ themselves , without even the knowledge of » *• ¦ felUw . , I Mr . HEATON , 7 , Briffgate ; and I Mr . Hobson , Timet ( office , Leeds . ¦ Mr . Thomas Butler , 4 , Chea pside , Lea ** . ¦ Mr . Habtlkv , Bookseller , Halifax . . ¦ Mr . Dbwhibst . 37 , New Street , Hudderrf « M vW | Mr . HAiuuso « , BMlweUer , MarketPlaoe , BarB « W Mr . Hargbsve ' s Library , 9 , Coney StreeM ^*« Messrs . Fox and Son , Booksellers , PontaW * | Mr . Harrison , Market-place , Ripon .. _ d | B „ Mr . LANa » AiJ , Bookseller , Knar esbro&Harrop ¦ - Mr . R . Hubst , Corn Market , W&kefi eM . ^ M Mr . Davis , Druggist , No . 6 , Market PI ******! Chester . ¦ Mr . Johnson , Bookseller , Beverley . .. - ¦ Mr . NoBiB , Bookseller , Boston , Lincoln * " * ¦ .-, Mr . Noble , Bookseller , Market-place , Hull . ¦ Mr . H . HuRTONjLouth , Lincolnshire . ¦ Iris Office , Sheffield . , ¦ Chronicle Office , Lord Street , Liverpool . _ ¦ Aad » t the Aivertucr Office % IrfwgiMal * P
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10 TRE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OP THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . Friends , asd Coxudsmiss , HAVING been solicited bj the delegates of the unrepresented people ( assembled from all pans of the Riding ) in Dewsbury , this d » y , to allow myself to be pot in Domination u a candidate for the representation of the West Riding , I" have deemed it my dnty to at once comply , and in responding to the call made upon me , Bee the necessity and propriety of making known the principles . in tapport of which I claim your suffrages . I appear before yen as the humble advocate of of that great body of our countrymen excluded by the present legislative system from all participation iu those rights and franchises held and exercised by the other classes ef the community .
I see around me the men of " my own order ( the working class ) creating ( under God ) all wealth yet enjoy : ng none—earning that bread in the " sweat of their brow , " which they themselves do not eat , bat which is devoured by the drones , the schemers , and plunderers of society . From personal connection , correspondence , and communication , I can speak to the universal spirit of discontent existing in the breasts of the labouring many . I know that disaffection toward all existing institutions pervades the mass . of the working classes . I know that they regard with ¦ com and contempt the miserably delusive measures of R . form lately propounded to the country by the pre ^ nt Advise rs of the Sovereign . 1
W :-at will the proposed trifling reduction per pouci in the price of Sugar ; the proposed alteration ( for the worse ) in the Duties on Timber ; the propped alteration in the Corn Laws , intended solely to bolster up a decreasing Revenue ; what will ih-. se changes do for the wretched hand-loom weaver existing upon 2 > . 9 d ., 3 s Sd ., and {* . 6 d . per week ! For the miserably-paid agricultural labourer ! For the tens of thousands of the destitute of England , Scotland , and Ireland willing to e- - < m by labour their subsistence , bat unable to iad . ii ! ^ Aciian-je is required , not to keep one faction in » Dd . mother faction out ; but a change that will 8 ocia : y benefh the mighty mass—that shall guarantee to him who toils the fruits of his labour .
Bow is such change to be effected \ Will titled Aristocrats or wealthy Comm » ners do that for you which wouid ameliorate their class-usurpation ! Kot t nej indeed . How then is such change to be bront m about ! By the destruction of class-le ^ islaiier . abo" the representation of the oppressed wealthprodtrere . Seen * , in the present sy ? tem of legislation , the canst > f the political debasement and social wretchednfe- - - of the working class , I seek for the enfranehi 3 f ; aent ; politically and Bocialiv ) of that class hy the r . co ^ oition and adoption of the principles of the PecpVs Charter . i I comand the extension of the Suffrage to every j male ¦ iat shall have attained the years of manhood . First , on the ground of right , believing that "all I men are born free and equal . " Second , on the Sound of protection , that labour may legislate for j sour , and that the rich , through clas 3 made laws , may no longer grind the faces of the i
poor . i Opvosad in . principle to secret voting , I ' would nevertheless give my support to the ; Ballot as a means of protection to the weik against the tyranny of the strong . ' Anrcj ! c-t Sessional Parliaments I would most cor- ' , dially support . A more equal division of Electoral Districts is absolutely necessary to avoid the gross anomiiies of the present system . The Property Ossification at present required on -the part of £ agh > n and Irish Representatives is a gross insult to every principle of justice , the people ' s approval should be the only qualification of the legislator . Each Representaavesnould receive wages for attend- ; [ ' '
ance , ihw he may be truly the servant of the people , they me people ) having the power to dismiss him from heir service when failing to fulfil the dnties of Ms mission . 50 n ; y when the people are represented will legis-. tive measures he adopted for the good of all . f $ Bu :, in the meantime , it is perhaps necessary that I she old state briefly my sentiments upon certain I great questions connected with the welfare of our ; oomnion coantry . I I am sternly opposed to the New Poor Law , boih in principle and detail , aud will seek its immediate and Kr . al repeal . : . , ' J ; :
Regarding with horror and indignation 4 he" whole- i sale nrirder of the children of the poor in the manufactui-u » districts , the Ten Hoars Bill shall have : my hearty support ; and I will seek by every means , inmj wsrerto promote a complet * reform of fac- \ tory iabour . " i fce . uig in local government the best palladium of ] natiut il liberty , I am opposed to all schemes of * ' centralisation . " I am hostile to any scheme " of Sura " : Police , and consider that the complete con- , tre ^ l ^ ver the police of towns aad boroughs should be TLV . edin the handsof the inhabitants . i ' . j
I am opposed to all restrictions upon knowledge , ; and will sdek the repeal of all laws and taxes fetter-, ing the press . ; The advocate of religions as well as civil liberty , j I contend against the existence of a state church , or eomp iis ^ ry exacuoas for tha support of any sect or 1 creed . ' ! I will support a total repeal of the Corn Laws j accompanied by sach a reduction of taxation as will i allow tne British farmer to compete with the foreign j corn grower ; and give to the manufacturing popu- ' laticii , the benefit of such repeal without inflicting I injar * upua the agricultural classes . I am for the j repeal t > f ali " monopolies" by the repeal of the j " monopoly" of legislation . j W : a respect to Ireland , I am decidedly in favpur ; of a R-spea . 1 of the Legislative Union , believing that ' it w ~ uld be for the interest and welfare of both i eouut ies that Ireland should constitute and legislate : for herself . ! i 1 j I \ ! 1 i i i ; i I j ; 1 ; !
If elected as yeur "Representative , I shall use ; every exertion to procure the liberation and restora- : tiou of all those suffering in prison or in exile for j their advocacy of iho righ ; 3 of man . " j Electors , —1 kaTe briefly but explicitiy stated my ' prin -spies—the grounds upon which I hope for your ; Suffrages ; ia you is reposed a weighty trust , see , that yi / u exercise that trust for the good of all . We ; are on the eve of a chaHge , which no earthly power < ean avert , it is for you to say how that change shall 1 be eff-ct « d . W 3 are on the very threshold of " Re- j Yolau-jn , "' it is for you to decide whether that" Re- i Tolu ioa" shall be peaceably brought abont with j your assistance , or whether the disfranchised many , shall bd compelled to right themselves in spite of you opposition—in the latter case the consequences = are fri ^ ktfal to contemp ' ate . Believe me , mere ' brute fores cannot much longer stifie the voice of ! the oppressed and the enslaved . ' .
Noii- £ : ectors , —The principles set forth in this address are no new principles adopted for the occasion ; for years I have struggled for their triumph ; my firs ; services in your cause entitle me to look for that rapport of whioh I fesl coafiden > . Frieads and Countryman , —Now is the time to asson your claim to the suffrage ; long disfranchised —long enslaved , cease to be the willing serfs of faction . Atteud ia your thousands and tenB of thousands , on the day of nomination , and once , " and for ever , * e » aside tae odious aad wicked distinction of the ** privileged few , " aud the ** subject many . " Demand yoar rights , aud practically a 3 sertr-youi demand .
I aa , Your devoted Friend and Servant , GEORGE JULIAN HARNE 1 Dewsbary , June 20 , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS AND SON-ELECT wtkS uF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . HAVING been invited to hecorne a Candidate for the Representation of your Borough , I cheernlJy comply , and rest lay hopesof fcuccessTipon the © djcideaoe between ray principles and objects , and jour interest- ? aiid duties . There are periods in the history of nations , when evrnts concur to produce a crisis , m which attention to the con . stitu . Kon and workings of Government , the condition of the people , their grievances , opinions and feelings , become the sacred duty of all . The present is s ^ ch a period . The vd-ce of discontent ringB through the land , and the crv of the oppressed piercsth the heavens . M-rchanfs and Manafactoi « rE , Masters aad Woik ^ . n , a . i . 3 n fact , excepthosa privileged 10 live on the re ; > urces develope
and wealth pradaoed bv the mud , tk : i , and labour of the people , are dissatisfied w . th / Ai ^ s aj r A ^ y are . expression and fraud iucreasi daily , "kain and uu .-endurable misery are frahs of things as they are therefore , a ohange is demanded . Bat what change ! What change is adequate to ti » eaergeoeiea of the ease , and capable of effeofeall / radicating existing evils ? What change will sake Sajrland and Englishmea what they 9 ** ki Ub * l Tariou B ^ estea are offered by par-Um 4 lvmi * ijVB Safrafes . Wkick it the best ! rat k t »» f&aetiM , the " Qoestita « f QueJticas . " wkick jam aut atw decide ! A * u ingliibjtM attaehed t * ny eomtry , ud a Baa deurou * t advaaeim ^ tke Mftdition of ay »•* , I wrantfmlly sab&it ay -news of the Beans bj wkkh the a » B * u aad happiaesi tf both wuald fcasecusd .
„* ¥ **** * . »* * « not - " Th * t is ay reaedj ; the fommdatioa « f ay political creed . Claw legislation , aod Irresponsible Power , are ppued to this . I beUeve them , therefore , to be ueeeoroe of osr nuseriai—Govemmeat " by and for i&e ^ afple , | he only remedy . Jostioft » the People requires that the voice of their Represent **! res be heard in the Legislature which makes laws affecting their lives , ' means of existence , and happiness . This Justice to the People ia no * oaly ecmpatible with , bat inseparable ™ » **« L « al happiness of all . I am , therefore , ae Political Partioa , aor Party Slare .
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My Principles are embodied in the People's Charter , and are admitted , by all , to \>* . abstractedl y , just ; but I hold that where Justice is an abttraclum , Injustice must be a reality . The Principles of the Charter woald rest the Government of the Country in Men of Mature Age and Sound Mind ; the present system enfranchises and legislates for Bricks , Mortar , and Money . The j former is a Lwing Soul , the latter a D * ad Matter j Suffrage . I am not only for the Repeal ef the Corn Laws , but the abolition of all Duties upon Imports and Exports . I would make Trade as free as the air we breathe , and abolishing all other Taxes , woald provide the needful expenoes of a just Governmment by a Tax upon Property . I maintain tha right of the Unemployed Labourer , j as well as the Aged and Infirm , to a subsistence from the soil of his native Land ; and shall , therefore , oppose ^ the present Poor Law as insufficient in its provisions , as well as insulting and despotic in its administration . My opiniens on other subjeots I shall have an 1 opportunity of submitting to yon shortly ; in the j meantime , I assure you your Choioe shall be my i Qualification , your approbation my reward , and the promotion of your universal Interests my - highest Happiness . I I am , Gentlemen , j Your Friend and Servant , ; JAMES WILLIAMS . I Sunderland , June 12 , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS AND INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE . Electobs asb Inhabitants os Rochdaxk , T COME before you , at this great Crisis , as the can-X didate for your representation , net assuming that position at my own seeking , but mder the command of a great body of your Electors , signified to me by their written requisition , and since sanctioned at your late Meeting , by the unanimous approval of your assembled Citizens—not assembled in privacy , or within walls , where opponents could be excludec —but in an open space where every individual had
the unrestricted power to enter , after a Procession through your Streets , which gave the greatest possible publicity te the object . I am not so presumptuous t& consider this proceeding as a manifestation of personal favour to myself ; I hold it as a declararation of your adhesioa to that great Cause which we jointly support : —that Cause is , the Abatement of Monopolies , Political , Religious , and Commercial;—it was this cause which , at yonr Meeting and Procession on Saturday evening , produoed such unanimity and enthusiasm—that through the extended range of that Procession , and at that Meeting , not one murmur of dissent was heard .
W hen I avow myself the Opponent of all Monopolies , I proclaim the advocacy of every Measure which can produce Political , Religious , and Commercial Freedom . * desire , by the just Extension of the Suffrage to all Classes of the Community , protected by the Ballot , to destroy the Monopoly of Representation by which ihej [ eui have been hitherto enabled to make Laws to the injury of the many : —and I hold this Monopoly of Representation te be the grand sonrce from which every other Monopoly kas derived its existenoeand support .
I desire to Establish Religiius Liberty , by Abolishty Church Rates and alt Compulsory Assessments , through the means of which a man may be required to paj for the Minirtry or Ordinances of a Church with which he if net joined is communion . I desire to establish Commercial Liberty , by Repealing all Duties imposed for the Protection of ClauI « terests , aBoagitwhiohIcoasidertheDatiesoa Corn to be the sort grevioas , oppressive , and unjust , —aad rendered still more iatoleraMe , whilst through the aeans 0 / the New Poor Law , the provision for the Poor has been curtailed , and the terms of relief rendered so hard and offensive to the hone * feelings
of English Independence as to induce the sufferer to snbait , in many cases , to the extiactien of life through want and disease , rather than humble themselves to the degrading condition of a Workhouse . By these unjust enactments , discontent has been generated , the attachment of Englishmen to the constitution of their Country has been weakened , outrage has been the unfortunate consequent , your Jails have been filled with Political Offenders , and under pretence of enforcing good order—the constitutional Constable has been exchanged for the hired Policemen—the noble institutions of your Great Alfred have been canoelled—Englishmen are no longer to to the unpaid gKardiaas of their « ws
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peace—and a body has been formed nnder the name of a Rural Police , for the support of which , jrour Taxes have been increased , and an instranwnt has been created , which , in the hands of an arbitrary Government , might speedily be converted into a Standing Army independent of the control of Parliament , and applied to the gnbversion of all the Constitutional rights of the people . My desire is to restore your country to good order , not by the continuance of imprisonments and punishments , and despotic establishments , but by such improved Laws and systems of polioy as will secure the attachment of the People to their form of Government , and their obedience to the authorities of the State , by aBense of the practical benefits secured to them .
With reference , to Ireland , I claim for that portion of the United Kingdom , Equal Rights , and Privileges , and Franchises with Britain , and desire to incorporate the interests of the two Countries by the communication of mutual advantages , through the means of just and impartial principles of united Legislation . Electors and People of Rochdale , each is an abstract of my opinions , my well considered opinions —which I have more fully explained to you at your public meetings : —I have told you also , that I will not go to Parliament to support the objects of any Party or Ministry , or any Leader , but to sustain to
the best of my judgment , by my honest votes , the combined interests of all Classes of the Community : and impressed with the evil of the lengthened duration of Parliaments , I reiterate the pledge of annually submitting my Parliamentary Conduct to the test of your decision , and if called on , at any time , by any considerable number of the voters who supported me , I promise to re-place in your hands the trust of yonr Representation . If I go into the Honse of Commons in a capacity to serve you , I must go there by your free , unso licited , and unpurchased voices : —On no other terms can I consent to be your Representative .
Electors of Rochdale , I feel there are no personal grounds on which I could solicit the position of your Representative . We come together with a view of acting for the common good of our Country : we desire , at this great Crisis , to take the best steps to promote those Reformed Systems whioh the National Interests imperatively require . For these objectsour connection must be founded on public virtue . Electors and Inhabitants of Rochdale , I am informed that the friends of Monopolies will attempt to make a stand against us , by maans of the power which the monopoly of the rights of voting supplies them . That they hope , by private workings and undue influences , and , above all , by creating divisions , to swamp the votes of the Liberal Electors , and defeat that power whioh would be impregnable
to their attacks if the Elective Franchise were diffused to a just extent through your Working Classes . Be on your guard , therefore . Recollect"That united we stand—divided we fall . " Think not of the individual Candidate , but of the cause , —think of your wives and families—think of your working fellow townsmen , the Non-Electors , and then ask , — will you gne your votes ix support of tho 3 e monopolies by which the sources of employment are ; closed , -whilst at the same time the prices of food are raised !—Electors , recollect that the more the franchise is limited , the higher are the responsibilities of those who hold it . Permit me , in conclusion , to call to your mind the memorable words of Nelson , — " England expects every man to do his duty 1 " Acting upon this motive alone , I offer myself to your service .
Your faithful Servant , WM . SHARMAN CRAWFORD Rochdale , June 7 th , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF BRADFORD , n ENTLEMEN , —You are about to be called Hpon IT to exercise the important Trust which you hold in common with the other Electors of this Kingdom , of returning Representatives of your opinions to Parliament . The preseut Political Crisis is perhaps of more importance to the industrious and productive Classes of our Countrymen than anv that has occurred in our history . A struggle is about to ensue between the two great Factions of the State for Political Power . —They are so nicely balanoed that it will require but a very few Independent Men in Parliament to turn the scale on whatever side is most favourable to the People .
It behoves you therefore to exercise the Elective Franchise with caution and discrimination . Have a clear understanding with the Candidates , and endeavour to return , at least , one indepondent'of party ; for the great advantage of having only a few such men in the ensuing Parliament is obvious . They all hold the Balance of Power , and the cause of the People must progress . In responding to your call , it is but right that I should give you a candid statement of mv political principles . They are , adopting the maxim of Bent ham , to secure te the People the greatest happiness of the greatest number ! To arrive at that desirable end , I bdieveit necessary to give to them Universal Suffrage and increased facilities for acquiring knowledge , by a National System of Education founded on liberal and enlightened principles . I am for restoring to the People their ancient usage of electing their representatives Annually , and that they
.-hould be paid for their Services , believing these measures to be of the utmost importance in securing a real Representation of tho People in Parliament . by establishing , on a firm basis , that dependence of the Representatives upon the Represented , which is essential to good Government . I am also for a division of the Kingdom into Electoral Departments , depending ia their divisions upon an equal amount of population , as one of the means of getting a fair Representation of the People , by destroying the present corrupt and iniquitous system of permitting Boroughs with a popula-. ion of 4 , 000 to exercise the same influence in the State as those containing 100 , 000 inhabitants . I am an advocate for the Vote by Ballot , not from principle , but expediency , looking upon it under the present confined arrangement , as the oaly means of destroying the corrupt system of influence and bribery at Elections . The foregoing I consider fundamental principles called into existenoe by the increasing intelligence of the
age . With regard to those Measures now exciting public Discussion , I am for a Total Repeal of tho Corn Laws , believing them to be an iniquitous tax upon the many for the benefit of the few ; and an impediment to the Extension of the great Resources of this Country , her Manufacturing Industry and Capacity . I am for a Repeal of all those Laws which prevent the freest Intercourse of nations in their Commercial Transaction ? , believing such Restrictions to be disadvantageous to the great ma-B ot the People in this Country , and an Impediment to the Advancement of the Civilisation of Mankind . I am in favour of a Graduated Property Tax , as the fairest which can be levied , to supply the deficiency of Revenue which might be occasioned by au alteration of oar Commercial Code .
I am opposed to the New Poor Law , considering it Unchristian and Inhuman , in sacrificing the nearest and dearest Ties of Humanity to Political Economy . I am for the Abolition of Church Rates , looking upon them as oppressive and dishonest towardB the Dissenters , in cabling upon them to contributeto the support of a Structure in which they never congregate . This is the general outline of my Principles ; not taken up for the occasion , but which 1 have held throughout life . I have Independence and Leisure , both essential for the proper performance of tho duty of a Representative of the People in Parliament . If you think my Principles claim your support , my
time and energies are at yeur service ; but by no bribery or Intoxication , ( being a decided friend to the Temperance Cause , ) will I compromise my Principles , or endeavour to corrupt you . I shall then have the satisfaction , in C 3 se of my Election , of entering upon my duties bold and fearles ? , iu having been returned by Honest and Independent Electors . On the other hand , in case I should not be chosen by a Majority of you , I shall have the satisfaction of retiring into private life without a single unpleasant feeling , but with the consciousness of having honestly offered to my supporters the means of recording their opinions in favour of the Political Principles of which I am the humble
Advocate . I remain , Gentlemen , Your ' s , faithfully and siHcerely , W . SIMPSON Bradmore-Hoase , Hammersmith , June 12 ih , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF
PERTH . p ENTLEMEN—I have been solicited by a nu-VJ merous portion of yoar fellow-citixens to allow myself to be pat in nomination as a Candidate for your suffrages at the approaohin g election . And , gentlemen , I assure you , that nothing but a high sense of publio duty , and the hope of preventing the representation of your city from falling within the pale of Aristocratic or Ministerial influence , oould have induced me to oome forward . It ia a matter of imperious necessity that some thorough Radical Reformer should stand forward te vindicate the puriiy of your principles , the freedom of your election , and the independence of your character .
I accept the invitation with a determination to assist yon . in defeating the unconstitutional intentions of the present Government , in thus attempting to force upon you a Placeman as your representative , —a Piaceman , too , who already pirts imo his pocket £ 3 , 500 per annam out of the public taxe < =, wrung from tke industry of the poor . Your object is laudable , and I hope you will succeed m fru-irating their design by placing ray name at the head of the poll . I make no lofty pretensions , — I can boast of no ari 8 tocr&tical connection , no family influence , no corrupted instruments of power , —I depend entirely upon the reliance yon may place npon the honesty of my principles aad the integrity of my actions .
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I solicit your suffrages as a thorough Radical Reformer of the old sohool , —unused to the new fangled doctrine of " Expediency , " or to the claptrap theories of the present Government , —I am opposed to Finality" principles in every sense of the word , and I am therefore determined to go on radically reforming the Commons House upon the principles of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and Vote by Ballot . As a Radical Reformer I am opposed to every species of Monopoly , whether of power or of wealth . I am opposed to the Monopol y of the Bank of England , because I conceive that its connection with the
Exchequer-is dangerous to the commonwealth—its pewer over the monetary interests of the country injurious to trade and commerce , and its influence over the Whole property in the country , an evil which demands the serious attention of the Legislature . I am opposed to the Com Laws upon principle ; because I conceive them to be unjust , impolitic , inhuman , and unchristian ; and am therefore opposed to the Government plan of a fixed duty , in the full conviction that any tax upon food is an injustice that ought not to be tolerated . I am an Advocate for their Total Repeal !
I conceive -that the question of Free Trade as brought forward by the present Ministry is a scheme to gain popularity—a mere stalking horse to delude the people with new promises , whioh , like all the rest , are sure to ' be broken—a speculation to gain a little strength to uphold their rotten and rickety administration . I am in favour of Free Trade ; but would also free the industry of the people from the enormous amount of Taxation they are called upon to pay for the support of the State , and supply the defioioncy of the revenue by a tax upon all real and funded property ; then , instead of merely revising the import duties , we could safely abolish them altogether . The industry of our people , combined wnh our natural and artificial resources , would enable us to compete with any nation in the world . Why then should we fear competition 1 If we had a cheap
Government , we should not . We ask it—we demand Free Trade , Free Labour , Free Institutions . ' As a Radical Reformer , and an advocate of self government , I am opposed to the grand scheme of centralization—a Boheme set on foot by the present Government ( of which the Hon . Fox Maule is an active member ) to subjagate the people and destroy every vestige of Constitutional freedom that our ancestors have fought for and defended with their lives . To the Rural Police scheme , for filling the country with Gendarmerie , I am heartily opposed ; aud also to the principle of the New Poor Law Amendment Act . Though its baneful and destructive influence has not touched your land , recollect Eagland is already cursed with it—Ireland is under its baa—Wales is falling beneath its deadly blight . You , people of Scotland , cannot expect long to escape from its poisonous touch . Be prepared , then , and return to Parliament one who will use hia
endeavours to resist the invasion of the Poor Law Commissioners upon your constitutional right . I am opposed to the connection betwixt Church and State . I hold it wrong in principle , and utterly at variance with the precepts of Christianity , to tax man for the support of any religion with which he does not conscientiously agree . As a Christian , were I in Parliament , I would vote for the abolition of clerical imposts , of all stipendiary ministers and high church dignitaries , all exactions , oblations , fees , and emoluments , levied by the clergy in the name of an established religion , whether in the Church of England and Ireland , or in the Kirk of Scotland , and throw religion upon its own merits , and its support upon the voluntary contributions of
its adherents . I am also opposed to the existence of our English Ecclesiastical Courts , believing that such institutions are not compatible with our sacred religion , whose precepts teaoh us " Peace oa earth , and good will towards all men . " These are my views . If you agree with me , I hopejou will give me your cordial support . And , Geatlemen , depend upon it . if I succeed at the Poll , I will serve you faithfully , honestly , and honourably , so long as I maintain your confidence . And farther , I pledge myself , in accordance with my views of Annual Parliaments , to appear before you onoe a year , and give you an account of my services in your cause . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your most obedient servant , R . J . RICHAHDSON .
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TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE . GENTLEMEN , —A dissolution of Parliament is at hand , and you will be shortl called upon to exercise your most valuable rights as freemen . Permit me , on this occasion , to solicit your suffrages . The Son of a Member of Parliament , my attention has been early directed to the science of Politics , and I have there learned to rooognise the great principle of equal rights and equal privileges . I therefore boldly , unhesitatingly , uncompromisingly avow myself the advocate of Universal Suffrage , whioh Bhall secure to every adult male the right to the vote in' the locality wherein he resides . The
recognition of that right I believe to bo the best security for the rich , as it is the only guarantee for the poor . I am decidedly opposed to the New Poor Law Amendment Act . The principle which has been avowed by its advocates , that no distinction shall be made between poverty , the effect of misfortune , or the fruit of crime , 1 detest , as equally abhorrent to the feelings of Humanity and the diotates of Christianity . The centralized authority of the Poor Law Commissioners I look upon aa unconstitutional . Its exercise heartless and tyrannical . My test efforts , therefore , would be directed to its repeal , and a return to those principles which shall secure the benefits of the Act of Elizabeth without the abwses .
Having successfully , after obtaining the highest academical honours , studied in the three faculties of Law , Medicine , and Theology , I venture to hope that my services might prove useful upon many questions connected with these subjects that come before the Parliament . Being a resident in the Borough , its Local Interests must noeessarily engage my best attention . Should you do me the high honour to elect me aB your Representative in Parliament , I trust you will ever find me active in business , unremitting ia exertion , and unwearied in application . Neither Whig nor Tory , it shall be my preud boast to be , indeed , and in truth , the Representative of the People . . - . " ¦ - 1 have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your mat obedient humble Servant , WILLIAM VILLIERS SANKEY , M . A , 30 , Harwood Street , Juua 15 , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF CLACKMANNAN AND KINROSS-SHIRES . A REQUISITION , signed by a number of the electors and all the Chartist Associations , has been put into my hand calling upon me to become a candidate at the forthcoming election for Clackmannan and Kinoss-shire . ¦ I feel honoured in such an invitation , and accept it with the determination of prosecuting the canvass to the utmost extent the people may deem it right I understand that Col . Abercromby ia already in the field upon the Whig interest It is currently reported that a candidate for the Tory interest will also make his
appearance . It is right that the Cbartista , who are nine-tentBS of the populatiou iu these districts , ought also to have thsir candidate upon the present occasion . To the Chartists I have , upon innumerable occasions , explained my principles , these are all contained in that welt known document called the People' 8 Charter , and I have unhesitatingly declared that I will countenance no other agitation until this Charter become the law of the land , as , in my opinion , those who do so sacrifice their birthright at the shrine of some of the factions who have all in their turn deceived , and afterwards pillaged and oppressed , the British people .
To the electors of these counties—Allow me to paint out shortly your present position in connection with the great body of the people ; you are divided between the manufacturing and agricultural pursuits ; a wise and enlightened government is necessary as a protection to these interests . But government in this country has never held in the legitimate path of its duty , it has continually interfered to regulate those interests which it ought to have only protected . Abuse has now increased to such an extent under its long continued maladministration that the whole resources of the people are absorbed to satiate its demands , and even now , in the midst of profound peace , the resources of the most ingenuous and industrious people in the world are inadequate to supply its wanta . Upwards of two millions of its industrious labourers and art inns toil from morning until midnight , and have not a tithe of the
ordinary necessaries ofltie . Our warehouses are groaning with the fruits of the people's industry , aud yet they are wandering about iU fed and clothed la rags . The people are now convinced that these permanent evils result from bad government . Ton , the electors of these counties , are called upon to send forth a representative who will either augment or remove these evils . If yoar election ahoald unfortunately fall apo * either a Whig or a Tory , you will then have extiacuUhed the last vestige of hope among the people , of their condition being improved through your patriotism and wisdom . If you ekql a representative who will pledge himself to use all his influence in the House of Commons to pass the People ' s Charter Into law ; you will inspire the people with renewed confidence ia your integrity and wisdom , as they feel confident that this country is doomed speedily to be the scene of anarchy and revolution .
To the Chartists of these counties ^—You are now called upon to perform a sacred and important duty to yourselves , your families , and your country . The people are the legitimate source of political power . Tou have now an opportunity to prove it The Whigs aud Tories are your bitter and uncompromising enemies' —use that power by harrassiug them in all possible means under the constitution—use your constitutional rights .
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at the day of nomination , and after recording your decision there , trust to God , and the means He will discover to von for the Mooring and establishing' of your rights in this land . . : ¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' . ' . ' -lam , Electors and non-electors , Yours Ac ., , Alva , 14 th June , 1841 . Abe ah am Duncan .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . GENTLEMEN , —A Requisition has been presented to me from a large and influential Body of the Electors of Leeds , calling upon me to become a Candidate , in conjunction with Lord Jocelyn , for the Representation of the Borough in the event of a Dissolution of Parliament . The character of the Appeal with which I am honoured , whether I regard the number or respectability of the parties who make it , is such as Will not permit me to hesitate between the inclination of private feeling and the dictates of publio duty ; I , therefore , Gentlemen , respectfully announce to you my intention of complying with its request . In declaring myself a Candidate for so great an
honour , and in purposing to undertake so heavy a responsibility as that of watching over the Parliamentary Interests of this extensive Borough , I wish I could offer to you the benefit of Parliamentary as well as Commercial Experience in the consideration of all those great questions which so deeply absorb the publio mind . Never have we stood more in . need of the ability of an energetio Government or the wisdom of an enlightened Legislature than at the present ' moment ; and I confess that I do not recollect the period when tha depression of every branch of our Commercial Interests has been so appalling as it now is , nor can I . conceive an ; duty so imperative upon Parliament as that of a most patient yet prompt endeavour to devise substantial means of relief . ' '
What may be the cause or the combination of causes which has produced this paralysis of our commercial strength , or what may be the best means of restoring us to activity , admits of much discussion , and , deserves to be discussed with moderation and temper . To those who ascribe our present distress to the operation of the existing Corn Laws , I can admit that a reduction and modification of the present scale of duties would not be attended with injustice to any class of the community ; and to the advocates of Free Trade I can equally admit that our Commercial Code requires deliberate investigation , and that many obstacles which now impede the current of Trade may be removed without injury to any other existing Interest ; but in the pursuit of this object , I hope that England will not be compelled to abandon those exertions which she has so aobly begun in tearing off the hideous badge of Slavery from the human-race .
Upon the subject of the Poor Law , the provisions relating to what is called out-door relief appear to me to have been made by the Commissioners in utter ignorance of the precarious employment of a manufacturing population , of which not only individuals , but masses of individuals , are , at & few days' notice , reduced from a state of industrious competency , to helpless destitution . Relief so restricted is wholly inapplicable to the wants of the dsnse population of a trading district ; besides which , there are other parts of this law that evidently require amendment . It is needless for me to dwell in this address upon my devotion to our Church , or upon the importance which 1 attach to the Religious Education and Moral Improvement of the Poor . It is equally needless for me to express my reverence and admiration for all those institutions comprised within the pale of our unequalled Constitution , calculated as they are to
en-; ail blessings upon all classes of the Community ; but I am persuaded that thesa blessings cannot be permanently enjoyed by any class , or in any rank of life , unless due regard be paid to the means of subsistence and to the " contented labour" of the great body of the People . Whatever may be the estimation ii whioh the policy of the present Administration has been held by its supporters , they must acknowledge that that policy cannot be successfully applied to the exigencies of the State except it be based upon the Confidence of the Nation . They must see that this Confidenae has been withdrawn ;~ a general dissatisfaction with the measures of our Rulers , and an increasing suspicion of the Honesty of their motives , are fast growing upon the public mind : I concur in these apprehensions , and should hail their removal from Office as the first step to the restoration of our National Prosperity . I have the honour to be ,
Gentlemen , Your faithful Friend and Servant , WM . BECKETT Kirkstall Grange , 8 th June , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . p ENTLEMEN , —The honour you have done me in IX presenting to me the flattering Requisition I have just received , proposing that I should offer myself as a Candidate for your Suffrages as one of your Representatives in Parliament , demands my most cordial thanks . I am fully sensible , likewise , of the additional value which is stamped on that Requisition by your having associated my name with that of your honoured Townsman , Mr . William Beckett ; and , with such a call and such a colleague , I cannot hesitate to accept your invitation , and to profess my willingness to fight with vou the battle
of the Constitution in this great Crisis of the public affairs . With respect to the principle on which I now come forward , I have already had some opportunity of explaining myself to you personally ; but in accepting your Requisition I am bound to state explicitly to all the Electors what those principles are . In oue word , then , they are strictly Conservative ; that is to Bay , they are such as will lead me to consult the interests , not of one class to the exclusion or prejudice of others , but to advance the well-being of th » entire Community , adhering as closely as possible to the old Landmarks of the Constitution .
I shall not bid for your support by promising to root up and destroy every Institution that may be found to require Regulation or Improvement ; bHt with due respect to the existing Laws and Usages of tho Country , I would labour to preserve whatever is useful , and honestly to correct and reform
whatever . As to the immediate questions which now occupy the public mind , I believe you will agree with me in thinking that , however important they are in themselves , and deserving of the most serious consideration of the Legislature , they do not constitute the real point at issue at this time , which is no less than the formation of an efficient Government in place of theweak Ministry which has for the last few and disastrous years exercised the responsibility without being able to wield tho powers of the State .
That , the unexampled depression of the Commercial and Financial affairs of the Country requires a searching investigation into its cause , and great wisdom and firmness iu applying the fittest remedies , no man can doubt ; but it is equally obvious that the indispensable preliminary to this is the formation of a strong and effective Government , wise in counsel , and possessing the confidence of so decided a majority of the Representatives of the people as to have the power of carrying through tne measures which they may deem the exigency of the times to require .
To the support of such a Government , if elected as one of your Representatives , I shall consider it my duty to render my assistance , believing entiroly that it can be formed only on Conservative principles ; aud while thus seeking to accomplish what I consider necessary to the safety of the Country , I will address mvself assiduously to the protection and advancement of your own varied interests , and to the consideration of those great and complicated national questions which involve on the one hand th « greatest extension that oan safely and profitably be made of the Manufacturing and Commercial Exertions of this Country , and on the other the protection of the large aud important interests of tfee Cultivators of the Soil ; the supply of Food to all classes free from the influence of Foreign Jealousy and the dangers of Foreign War ; the removal of all the harsh and needless seventy of the New Poor Law
rendering it applicable ( which at present it is not ) to the vicissitudes of the trade , and the warns and comforts of the MaaufaoturingPopulation ; the maintenance of the great , and truly glorious effort made at so large a cost by this Country to strike off the bonds of Slavery throughout the world ; and the extension of those means of a moral and religious National Education which can alone insure th « safety of the State and the well-being of ail Classes amoBg our rapidly-iMoreaBing Population . Upon these and all other subjects I shall be happy to afftrd yoa every satisfaction in my power whenever the proper period arrives for my again appearing aarajg you , aud in the meantime I sha ll rely on the continuance of those efforts upon your part to whjth you have so generously pledged yourselves , and whioh , if continued , eannot , I believe , fail to b « orowned with the desired effect . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your most obedient , kamble servant .
JOCELYN London , June 7 , 1840 . Tha Committee for promoting the Election of Mr . W . BB « tECTand Lord Jocbltn meet at No . 17 , Albion-Street , every day at Eleven o'Clock in the Morning and Seven in the Evening . Any information will ^ willingly afforded to the Electors at any time lathe day ,
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i TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . rPHE time has arrived when anew Government i J . ha ? to be formed out of the Representatives of the National Mind . In the struggle for the selection . and election of such Representatives Leeds has to ' take a part ; and already are four Candidates , in the 1 respective interest of the two great factions who have ruined our coantry , claimants for your u sweet voices . " '¦ To meet the usurped power of faction , you have , in Public Meeting assembled , called upon me to become I Candidate for the Representation of your Borough , j associating me with a noble cslleague—one of : Nature ' s Geitlemen . I have great pleasure in responding to your call ; and hope to prove myself Worthy of yeur confidence by exhibiting the incom-1 petency of our opponents to legislate for the present ! enlightened race of "ignorant" Englishmen . I I am a plain , blunt man ; so " ignorant , " that I ; am not considered worthy of being trusted with the : povfer , or even the right , of judging of the respective : merits of tho 3 e who plead for your Votes ; while ¦ ' you consider me worthy the distinguished honour of ' standing by their side as a Competitor . ¦ My opinion on the questions of "the Suffrage , the
. Ballot , and the Church , are not in process of fori mation" ! They are fully matured and confirmed . I trast , therefore , that I shall not require "drilling " 1 ' render " me " sufficiently acceptable to the Electors" on these points ! j I am a firm and uncompromising advocate for the ! immediate legislative adoption of the People ' s Char-¦ ter—a document drawn up by Dan O'Connell , Mr . ' Roebuck , Mr . Hume , and others . This measure ! duly provides for the just Representation of the ! whole People ; secures the free exerciBe of the Franchise ; and puts an effectual stop to the practice of Bribery and Corruption which now so notoriously prevails . Under its provisions the Houbo of Comxnons could be no other than a true reflex of the National Mind . ! Belonging to the people ; having no interest but in common with the people ; working for the people ( in Parliament if sent ) aa I have hitherto worked among the people , I shall be free from the trammels of party or faction ; and shall not have to Racrifice honour , honegty , truth , consistency , and character to maintain the ascendenoy ef any one set of miscreants over anotber . I shall never be ; obliged to vote that " black is white" to preserve my friends in office !! I make no difference in the creeds of Whig and Tory . The whole ( if any ) consists in their position relatively to the two little monesyllables^— " in" a *" i . " out ! " The Whigs in are Tories : —the Whigs out , are anything that you wish to make them to secure their " innings" !! ' As a charge has lately b » en made by the hired press against that body to which I have the honour trv KalriTifT u + V > o fhov + iaf . nfiiii * M ieaainnm . riAa ''—a
; word here , perhaps , may not be out place . We have been called " Trafficking Politicians . " For the present I shall rest quietly under the charge ; but upon the day of Nomination I shall take the liberty of questioning both M the noble soldier , " and the " prostituted barrister" as to the difference of our respective callings : and I think I shall be able to show , that while 1 still eat the bread of honest toil . that one of my competitors is a tool ready to be hired ; at so much per day for the honourable service of indiscriminate slaughter , while the other is ready to prostitute himself , for pay , to the indiscriminate sup-! port of right or wrong—the first comer being the object of his protection and support . i Electors andNon-Eiectora !—A great and mighty j change is at hand ! and it behoves ub to be prepared with the proper machinery for working out that change . Hitherto all Revolutions have failed , because the people have not beea prepared with a new system to replace the old one ; the intermediate space between the death of one system and the establishment of another having generally been oue of Physical Revolu ion , in which the paramount and general good of the people haB been overlooked , To constitute a small cog in the required machinery I take to be the purpose to whioh you mean to apply me and my honourable colleague should you elect us ; that is , we shall form a portion of the National Representation of the National Will , ready to act for the Nation when society shall be convulsed , Cas in all probability it will be ) by the interested struggles of the two rival factions lor supremacy . Wha ; ever danger may be consequent upon that position , I willingly undertake it ; and shall not shrink from any honourable task imposed npon me by my Cousututents . We are in the midst of a mighty struggle between Land and
Michi . veet . The question of the rightful and harmonious application of these two elements of production is one of paramount importance , though few understand its bearings . I flatter myself that 1 know some little on each branch of the subject , having had practical acquaintance with both . We must return from a too-artificial , to a more natural state of Society . Then will each of these great sources of Wealth and Happiness find its true place in the estimation of Society , and produce its natural results . Agbicdltube will then be fostered , and not discouraged ; and Machinery will be made to work for man , instead of working against him , as at present .
Looking * anxiously for the cay when unprotected Labouu shall meet protected CapUai , before an unprejudiced jury of Englishmen . I am , Your devoted Friend and Servant , JAMES LEECH . Manchester , June Hth , 1841 .
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