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 HIS CONDUCT IN PARLIAMENT 
 
 DURING THE LAST SESSION: 
 
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BaOUGHAM BEVIEWED, ^. 
 
 Sm,— Frmn the Unor of Mr, BroMgham's a^esjiof th^ 
 i^M&U dated, a* usiial, from the post of cTu^, the House of 
 OWftons, he seems ruorc inclined than ever to merge tfee jiro- 
 fe^sed principle of the contest, in a comparison between tfie ^r- 
 sofml Jtncss of JiiH^elf and cither of the present me«)l)£^, for, 
 the, office of a legislator. This, as proceeding from hiariself^ 
 o»e of the partiec, k certainly a modest sn^ge'iiwn ; but, w'erp 
 the. point of his persona] superiority established ill the minds o^ 
 ot}iers as clearly as it appears to be iii his own,^ the niost UAf^? 
 fleeting I'reeholder would scarcely admit t^e inference for the 
 sake of which he courts tlie comparison, viz. :— That, on tfiij 
 grpi^nd of that superiority, if aclcaowledged, he ought to. he. 
 rgturnedfor the county of AVestinorland. We liave already, 
 had too much of tliijs kind of reasoning. ^Ir. Clarkson tdd u^ 
 that our new candidate is a potent friend to tlie negroe^s ; ergo* 
 he ought to be supported in hiis present attempt, We are not 
 inclined to dispute the premises ; ' hut we should regard our- 
 iselves as ranking lover in tjic scale of intellect than do the pooi:^ 
 Africans in the estimation of some who wish to make merchan.- 
 4ize of them, if wp were not to revolt from tlie conclusion-—^ 
 The question, as affecting the voters, is not, whether the new 
 candidate may, or may not, be a more proper person, to have aj 
 seat in Parliament tlian I^rd Lowther, or CoL tx)wthe'r ; hut, 
 if that were admitted, (which we deny) whether abilities, cha- 
 racter, drcumstanccsj and conduct being duly weighed, he is 
 a more proper person to represent the county of West^Tiorland; 
 and, to put the case still more strongly ai:id fairly, whether it is 
 tight and reasonable that citlier of these individuals sliould be 
 ousted for. the purpose of substituting .Mr. Brougham. Tliis 
 point, Mr. Editor, I v^oxild now undertake to discuss, were I 
 not con^den^ that the labour will be rendered superfluous by 
 demonfitmting that Mr. 13- is an unfit person to represent a«^ 
 county "xhaicver -. nay, 1 will go fitrtlicr, unfit w be sent m. 
 farUament under decisively popular iniiuence wljeresoevm; 
 Operating. They are his real friends who t<dl him this ; a^4 
 tikft m9fi would prove his be&t benefactor who coidd succeed hi 
 convincing him of a trutli seh-evidx-iit to aU judjciOM and dis- 
 passionate minds* 
 
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As an opponent of "Mr. B. I am thankful for his having 
 
 again challenged the consideration of his personal fitness 
 
 meeting him upon this ground, I feel a pleasure in avowing at 
 the outset that, notwithstanding all drawbacks, I had ratiier 
 that Mr. B. should be in tlifc Jlouae than not- It is desirable 
 that an individual or two, or even more, like him, should be 
 found in Parliament. Mr. B. has talents ; he has infonnation ; 
 ardour and zeal .he possesses in abundanc^, juid his assiduity is 
 unquestionable ; but the Freeliolders of AV'estmorland are in- 
 treated to bear in mind, that our system of representation; 
 however liable to objections in theory, is so excellent in practice, 
 as to admit of sujh men being placed in the ITouse under cir- 
 cumstances which enables the country to profit from what is 
 ftdDd in them, without being endangered or mateVially injured 
 hy' fconcomitant dispositions or opinions which may, in their 
 own nature, be dangerous 01 injurious. Such, thus far, has 
 leen the lot of X*V. Brougham. He has appeared" in the 
 House, hitherto, uhder the salutiiry restraint of rank and pro- 
 perty. Fluctiuting as have been his opinions, and turbulent 
 aad^froward as his temper is, this aribtocratical bridle has kept 
 hhn in compamtlvdy good order. If Mr. lirougham as nomi- 
 nee of Lord A. or Squire B. has not failed to hro2< out violeritly 
 upon many occasionj'; if upon slight temptations he has ad- 
 vanced mcst pcl-ilous doctrines, what mi<Tht not justly be appre- 
 hended from him as represchting the sapience and mo<lerati6ir 
 of Westminster, as the successor of Cochrane and the colleague 
 ^f Burdctt ! ! That this wholesome constraint is felt by Mr. 
 B. to be a painful thraldom, is evident fvom the manoctivres 
 he fias resorted to, and the attempts he has "mors than once 
 rhacle, to get rid c* it, by placirg liimsclf uptin another footing,' 
 But fortune, and the good scns^ of his adversaries, have been 
 kin^!. r to him than his own wishes ; hence we see him occasion- 
 .illy as a useful light or serviceable instrument, when if lie had 
 been left to hin^self and his nuich coveted popular constituents, 
 he might prolmbly have proved little better than a wandering, 
 noxious meteor, or a pcrniciems firebrand. 
 ' Tiie world is furnished with abimdant materials for framin* 
 an accrirate judgitient of the cliaractcr of this individual. A 
 review of liis writings, whether avowed, or known to be his 
 though anonymous, and a retrospect of the innumerable public 
 exhibitioT'.s tiiat he has given of himself, prove clearly that he 
 is capable ot arj^iiing with ability upon both sides of many 
 topics ; but tliat from the abuses of this practice, and stiU more 
 from passions and habits interwoven with his very nature, he 
 has few or nojixed opinions ; he is subject to strong impulses, 
 but destitute of self-command ; and that it has been characteristic, 
 of him at all periods of life to ikdvance his notions with eqihj 
 
 
 h„dihooa. Youth fomvi to '''* "♦ ^„^r„7te^«atl 
 
 have not been able to maUow the ""l »^'"%" ofte eaiUW 
 
 Mving not a litdo, foi the blunder? are ">?« f "«X\^tae, 
 p^es^of his boA. I. h» more, '^^'^w Sodd ?-le« 
 Z. when he first came forward '» '*'« .P^^'^^JIbitterly ? 
 addicted to affirm rashly, to accuse ^ J' ^v «condled to 
 Is he more tolerant of opposiuo» and "» = '^?,'^^ reftige 
 disappointment ? Has he abated h.8 <»^'»P' °/S^ tho^ 
 from^nortification in the impotent "J.''^ "/ '"'S? I» 
 who have successfully stood between b-m^^^ Z vhathe 
 
 he less prone to incm the "'^,^"!' "^ ^"f ^ ftequW and 
 said yesterfay ? In short, does he draw less '"J^'j \ind 
 less Leply upon *c blushes of h^^run^^r^h^ ^ 
 to his antagonists m furnishing them witn ^ „ and 
 
 over him ? These, and other q"^«7» °! 1'^' '3"Cer com-, 
 ou^ht to be asked ; and for answer, ff >^^""e »"' °^ ^^, village 
 paTsion to recur to the Canvassers' ^arang^' ft«» ^^e „^,£ 
 Lsing-blocks, and tnarkewrosses, ='»'"»'"" J™ ;„ Par ; 
 Westmorland, we shall conHne our view " ^'^""X^isstate. 
 liament during *e to S«sion from his e^gg«-^^ 
 ments Kspecting the Insb !><=b«<>> S-^-^?f';:;„^,„, and Lord 
 mentations in transacuons between the {;T°'"""'„„ Lpicious 
 Lonsdale ; from the false ^^^■^T^:^'^^^J^J^.t Jlr. 
 nature and irritable temper urged him W ^^J^ ^nd his 
 <;roker, to his philippic W'"^' *' .f","/^ ^'S Magistrates 
 veliement and groundless censures ot *' T^'.Xax Assess- 
 ,nd Mr. Johnrho.ui«on, relative to the La^ia^ 
 
 ment, f^om and through these »"d/?"^a?vSof Silne 3d, 
 to .he finale, upon his .Usappointment in *^^ ^'™'°\»^i„a him 
 when one of die Miuisters was compdkd "^ «™ ^^ 
 that he had no right to <«<«<•■ ">»")' ""^ 'thaf he had «ta- 
 uas under simiUr compulsion to tell h"' '^^ h« ^ ,„ted 
 ierei and d.Jknud every one who, on ^at n^h^ ja s^eh 
 against him. This is a grave .*»'8^^PlX"fWest- 
 .iVace and surely of no «-i'ng -flip*^^ thep^pa ^^^^ 
 morland at ihu crisis. Let the "ortPJ ' __ _ ^ 
 what newspapers they read ; for no trace o^ '^>- sv««. ^o ^^' 
 creditable to Mr. Brougharo, is to be found m the ■»4«'»"e 
 
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ing the last Session with no ordinary complacency. *' I trust," 
 ^uys he, " my parliamentary conduct, since I left you, has been 
 .such as to shew me neither neglectful of the public weal, nor 
 devoted to any principles of an imconstitutional, or a danger- 
 ous, or a selfish, nature." Mr. B. had a right to say, that he 
 has not been negli<rent ; but it is inaim'bent upon 7/s to consider 
 wh nher he has acted so as to promote the public weal : if he has 
 not, tlie greater his activity the less his desert. In rcKpect to 
 the UiOst weighty matter ^vhieh occupied his attention, nainely, 
 *' the IJill for tlie Education of the Poor," no man of sound 
 juJ^'ment will admit the l>enefit proposed, however great in it- 
 self, to be worth the sacriiicc of good principle, which the liill, 
 us drawn up by ISIr. J 5., quired. Again, as to being " de- 
 voted to principles of an unconstitutional, or a dau^^croufi, or a 
 sofsfi nature ;" tliese words would scarcely have occurred, if 
 tile w.itcr had not been aware, that at some time or other he 
 hr.d rrndercd himself liable to sudi charges. Kut, waving this, 
 we are at a loss to determine what Mr. IJ. mccns by the word 
 *'_ principles," employed under these complex relations. Of 
 hlc motion of June :ii-d, for an Address to the Prince Hegcnt, 
 and of th? Speech that preceded it uhrough great part of which 
 the House of lA)rds was sneered at, with a view to bring it into 
 contempt), many will think that both the motion and the speech 
 had an un-ons(lt::tlonal teiuUncy. But whatever Mr. l^.'s 
 /-v,-/ 'iplrs, whether of goven.mcnt or of moral action (for he has 
 confouiided the two in the above words) mav have been, have 
 not his .o.v/.c? been st-'pi, ? and in kind atkast, if not in de- 
 gree, danire-ou^ ? Surdy, if sitting in judgment upon others, 
 and not upon lum^clf, the Author of this Address would al- 
 low that the gratilication of such passions as reason does not 
 sanction, ^ is rrfish ; and that, in public life, abandonment to 
 propensities which discretion condenuis, is, 'in its nature, <fu«- 
 ^rroiis. The instances above given sliew, that, during the late 
 Session, his habits of tVjling have undergone no alt-ration for 
 the better. ^ But, thtm-h these conti-iue va, unpromihing as be- 
 fore, his ojji7t'ioiis ma.y have become less erroneous ; and evidence 
 of such improvement tftatf have been furnished bv his late votes 
 and speeclies. 'Ih^s sliall be cxiunined. But first lit us ask 
 how Mr. B.'s adminrs reconcile his V( tefor the addition to the 
 Duke of Kent's annuity wiiJi his oiiicr votes, accompanied by 
 rpeeches tantamount to a declaration, that, m his judgment, 
 mccxsif)/ was ttie only m.-usuvc of public expenditure which, in 
 the present state of thu pu!)lic purse could be allowed, and that 
 rncononiy v.-as the lirst, scvoudc and List, of political virtues?— 
 Mr. B. dividtd in favor of Mr. AN'ynnc's rejected Election 
 Bi]l_th(> purport cf wjiicli was, th^t the expences of erecting 
 Uu>li:ig3, i-ii.l pr'v.iJin^ irjU ckiks, shoidd be defrayed out of 
 
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 tt-ewi* and county rates. ' Mark also that tlus BiU r«tn«- 
 ed trl ppoimment of Constables, who may be necessary to keep 
 !mler a? cleaions, to the BETimN.xo ()FFicEB,-an ar- 
 -itement "l ich they who recollect how thi,^ were camc<l 
 'bTSTKendal rioters on the llth of Febmary last, and know 
 hlw the hereditary High Sheriff stands affected towards Mr. 
 «ro«S-am wiU ^rcei^e, would have been most ^.W.o«s 
 tor himself We should be wantmg in our duty, Mr. l.d.tor 
 to .Hectors of Westn.orland if «\'^'''":'^^;: " , a 
 
 ^is^r.^:i^srs!riirir^^- 
 
 .^:J^!u^ fcfr throwiu.^ the expence of erecting hustmgs oft the 
 the cKiu:>e tor tnrowiu^ i-^i^ ^^i i'^- v»;c cnfoches ! 
 
 i ^onrVuiat-s and upon the Poox-Uates;— a rush tor his speet.ie 
 Canttitutes, anu up*Mi i.iiv ^Vip pvcemion oi a 
 
 HE YC) rKD I'OR Tilt Bii.L ; and, with the ^^^^P ^^^ " 
 SauseoenT^tle persons to vote, althoug^i not assessed to he 
 l^^a rL the Bill conuined nothing of importance, consis - 
 ■ nTtai ; of arele and similar regulations^^ t^ndmgj> 
 
 ;:Sng^r^i:^aiaw,th^^^^ 
 
 L, in"giving nis voice tX) this mca^iure ^^'^;^^ ,^ ^-^ 
 
 appointing a Commission to enquire ^"/«^f jl^°^''''^viai re- 
 
 i>np «wntii"nent. Wreat auu^ts, vncic lo i , ^ i „ ^lo^iro.! 
 
 Te'^t, and the erection of them is earnesU^^^^^^^^^ 
 Kvery man wiU rejoice to see chanta hie ^ ^fll^^^^^-^^^.^r.,. 
 Poor,' which may hav-e been ^'"^'^'f^.^'y^^^^^ were 
 
 from their onginal destination --^'V^^^^y^^ 'Xl^,,,,, have 
 designed for the education of those who ^f'^^\''-2\>o\.ct was 
 been destitute of that inestimable beneut. i^^^/^J'-J^; ^, 
 truly deserving the attention of ^'f^"-^f'''' ^^l^^i'.Zrht 
 n every other^ct of legislation, the "^^^^^ m^ Stul%f 
 .. .e attended to f ^\-.re F^^^^^^^^^ ,, ,,,, 
 
 the good proposctl. Amongst tacse "r'-i' , Yied into 
 
 ..,ic*h forli-ls us to rc«,rt to powers "htcU cannot K ^Le ^^^^ 
 
 action without the saerthce of .%P"""Pl\X>Vlerso i. ttat 
 tlK-one we are labouring to estabhsn. ,^^ "f j„„'d>e use of 
 which requires us to guard agamst bcuis '^™P f .■'^'^^t.^.n.pt 
 
 harsh and ---O: "-"-i-o' P^^tue l^^^ava^ thecvil in 
 and i:liicadoas lor t.iie iircsent, arv su.e to .Sd 
 
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 future. Wrth these fK^mgry observations we proceed to 
 ^e provmons of the liiil It pJopo^d to eogct^t ',.;,:'! 
 Co«jm,^io«ers should be appointerempow^ ^luJTd 
 dwide themselves, and prostate their e^iriS Irp^rtion 
 
 sho^d be lawfuJ tor them to hold their sittings wh^re thev 
 chose, and to command the attendance of wh7m th^ch^e^ 
 
 to "reHrTndr"' %*'"''^?^ ^' "^^"^' «' thing'retung 
 to et.tates or tunds, as aforesaid, or to the state of education of 
 
 n, classes ^t^rcuud, and in case he or she should efu'{ 
 t, answer to and before the said Commksioners" (in s4h a 
 manner, no doubt, as they might deem satisfactory, Then 
 they -are autlumscd to take and appreheiid sud/peri^n 
 andcommu hnn or her to such prison ^ in thei> judf4Tn"' 
 shall be most proper or convenient, the/e to remam wXu 
 hiH ox mainpnze until he or she, iSLc." wunout 
 
 somu!^' tn *'" ^^'^ '^^^ ^io^ly ^ied to madmen; not 
 so much, however, ,t should seem, as strenuous reformers to 
 ngorous enslavers. rtiornitrs to 
 
 .A fn^u'' 7 '^Uect that no length of possession can be plead- 
 ed m bar of a claun from tlic church, pT* charitdbirinstitn 
 tion, and bear m mind how delicate l^^c^T^l'^^a^ 
 o Landed property m a country th:U ha« b«^ so subject to eon^ 
 
 7 ^T 1: .^^^*"^' ^^ '^P^'^^/ ^^^« w^- divert U) X 
 number oi free schools in the norlhem counties, we ^nnot 
 wonder at ti)e consternation wldch the cliaracter of thisBUl .i 
 proposed by Mr. B., spread among the Landhold^s of Cun^ 
 berland and WestmorUnd. It belongs to them gravely to con. 
 sider ^^ hazar.ls to which the liill would have eWd 41 
 property ; and t\^ Freeholders of WestmorW wTwdgh the 
 preten«on8^a man who de«ms it a proiid distinction that he 
 lecomnjended «,ch mca,ur^ But, ,^^h\y as they wiU be 
 touched upon this subject, ihey a.wi every Knglishm^ will re! 
 volt stU more mstmctively from die thought of having their 
 personal liberty subjected to such desultory hifringem en t. Ov"r 
 whom were these inquisitors to ha.ve this nmnstrouT power ' 
 Over . very. «. an England and Wales, including mor^Je- 
 
 n^on .f r"'"' ^' '^'"'^^ "^'^'"^ ^ Xhe greatestpo. 
 poruon ot whom among us, are respectable Yeomanry The 
 
 fmt Mrt"^ ''I'J^^'^^^^y i« "suited, when we are told 
 
 Vh v5f: ^' ^"^ ^"^^^ ^«^d ^^^or their modtl Lord St. 
 
 V HKe.t s commission to mquire into navy abuses. Wliat have 
 
 ^ary abuses to do with the coffers, and firesides, and persons of 
 
 the iM^ople of England, male and female ? Jiutlnquir^^w?. 
 
 mChTV't "" f''r ^^^^^"« ^ ^ education rZe ^;' 
 
 E onLv^fl'^.'',-^^ disturbing every family in En&. 
 
 l^cooomy of the public purse is a good thing ; but economy of 
 
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 X.V ■ «.r fl,atl^ Uutioi^ distribution an4 moderate cxer- 
 public po,wer, tliat is, cauuuu? ^^ ,_ - . ready eaough 
 
 lion of it, are infin tely ^^'^f ' ^^1 t^^c^^^ 
 
 to admit these positions,, and anpous^contm^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 them, , when it suits t^eu i>^;|3g^,'^^y;^^ i^d^ 
 
 lous of the Execuuve, whpA ^^'"^^^^^^ odiun> UPcii Govern., 
 a favourable occasion ^^'^\^l^''^^XiTZt^t. Suspcn." 
 mem ;-they rise, up with ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ S^^nd TcbeUion" 
 
 are stanag Royalty. m the tate,my^^a expeditiously of, 
 
 the Crown shall not be permitt^^ Zrt^Z pS of a fa- 
 alien incendiaries ; yet these '"^"^l^'^^'^'^l^ %v^.^c.^ at. 
 
 lumself '. ! ■ • , fl '' „T,tiv abufec their power 
 
 HisMajcsty-s JriW^'f <^»™'" «^?X . a« Checked by » . 
 without its being k.owu ^^y e«^ on. *e are^^ ^^^^ .■■ 
 
 consciousness that the eves of W?",'^-"/, "*: ij„rs_if ,hcy were 
 
 but the oppressions of these "^^-^^^ I' ^l^^X were iAdined , 
 
 .lispo.e.1 to oppress ; ^^J^^I^^^t^L, such trans- 
 
 tovcx; (and no »'»y.«'.l'!'-'!'„^°,';S"iusly formidaW^ 
 grcssions.asarnnngtimuw..thi>o,»ersuper,aoa J ^^^^^^,^^ 
 
 lould have Veen carried on _m^ "^^^ /.^rf .ed could havo -■■ 
 control of : public not.ce;wVuteUp^rts a g s^,^ 
 
 liad no meini <>? mlres.but suA ^^^ ^^„, i/„o epd 
 proccssesof la,^ migbt afi f i ^/V?''„e at LW time hu.iteii 
 \o the inconsistencies wh.ch X^^y^^'^^i^, f.U into. ,^ 
 after popuUrity a,-^ h^i,">^f J*rt''s«spensi«n of the, 
 Onx new Candidate, ^o J"^"P,,"'"-.,ari„.r tl»e tendornqss for 
 Habeas Corp.ts Act, and "» ''™^„'^jXnilly, his fellow la- 
 aliens, that ^--^f^^^^^'l^^7oIi\^Ji^^^ ^'-•"P '^: 
 ;;?»:=i''l?.'!rf/rtlS;^n.- and especially for the yoont-ar^, 
 
 of 
 
 ' Viat thT^^^^^rE;^^^!^,^ fioTKsk™;' 
 
 was superfluous he '""-f ,f ""^i^jts „Tt;ilmentof that' 
 
 „ehin which he so tenderly be».''l^^W. c ^^ ^^^ g-,.,, 
 
 ^owor. Ke-appoint, -Jf^^f .f/f ^SUvidualsl confer 
 iion of Parliament, ^"^"'"'^l'";^?,^; that be done, and he 
 oh it the same i»-.vers as at p.««" , elsewhere- 
 
 cared not fortbornutdatton the R. had s^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^^, 
 
 The Comiaittee would supply aU tnc "en ^ ;,fornt«f 
 
 .ivurilations wore calculated to occaS.on.^ {!>>■<■ 
 dimilcU" Ju'tc ith.J 
 
14. 
 
 Ministers, insi^te4 dut penalties, incurred ly a breach of the 
 i^jcuebw^ should- be exactc* with, the utmost rigo.Hr-Ja 
 
 he^o has mdnlged in ey^ry license in rerie^ng . the conduct 
 of otlim, which tongue or pen can be betrayed into the n^! 
 ment hvf own political oflffences are exposed, Bes to Se lawX 
 nnSnTf*^^"^!* a.i£h«J^c;mscioustha '^c^ 
 ITv^^l ^^u**' an bedone for the defence and suppqr^of iu 
 «?e t?/n'S,r/^.'^"^ ^ Parliament, ouri^ewSdidate 
 
 ^ted it^^lS? ^^^/PW^»' «"<^^ "^^'^^ as might be ex. 
 pectod It diiftrs from aU preceding ones of the same Lgislatot. * 
 rnt ast tmie we heard from him formally unon thit point, 
 (and ,t w*s no ^nger ago than the 17th ofPebnSry, Igiyri^ 
 ^Z:^fnZ%^T ^^ -^0 W<^ect taxes; J^d, uj^'t^ 
 fh^f ?u Parliament, it. appears, he was mute, ftcno* 
 tnmKsj that an extension of suffl^ge to aU penns direct taxp«; ' 
 ^^too larg.; and.Uiough he,does L stror^l object SS 
 Parliaments, thinks- that triennial ones wSuId be prSbrlT- 
 #dmg in oonclusion^ that his opinion is formed consdentiously! 
 --(See'''MiyrnbigChromckrJun<:.)'^'^ow, as to the main 
 Pj>int how far the Reformer would extend the eleSive fr^cC^ 
 this comcientu^m opmion, " formed,- we are told, " after labori! 
 oys investigation," is no opinion at all-it revokes the ^tf^ut 
 
 t^^k nr'^v^- ^"^ ^ '' '"^ formation-^bser^rs will 
 tninJc that they know more upon the subject than the sneaker 
 
 ^ms to do himself. The P^holder. of WestlLinike 
 a .in^ l' ^'' ""T ^^^' ^^•^ °^ ^ commodity depends 
 
 ob^. .W T.- ^^' '^'^'''^'^ ^^ '"-^ '^' market; and it is 
 obnouathat multiplying, votes to the extent of inchiding aU 
 who pay ^'>tect taxes, is not the way to gain the favor of ^ose 
 
 nateh /^ . T^r '° ^°"^^^^^ ambiguity. But, unfortu- 
 
 orator tells us that he does not see the dangers which mapTap. 
 prehend from universal suffrage; (that is, the worti^Fret 
 holders wril understand, in giving aU the rabble of England 
 
 S^t Sir^V^"'^^".'^- ^^«' we say without scrupled 
 not that Mr. Brougham is devoted to don^rous prmdphs, but 
 that whoever thinks uoiversal suffrage could be introduced into 
 this country without sanguinary revoluU.on apd subversion of 
 ft.Tfi^\*' subject to a Windness which ought t^ cxclu4e him 
 from the hou.e of Legislature, if i^ were not expediemf that 
 some persons so stricken should be admitted thS^to be a 
 wummg fior others. ' 
 
 ^f^^r^ ^ Parliament is the tn^e touchstone of aD political 
 •d^eniurer«. V e .haU therefore beg peimi«.iqa «> d^:^^ 
 
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 ltttfe4atlgt^lm^«lMS|lMrt^f «urtfliiliject. Txoo 
 the new CariAidate tipon ihitf^^irtlioii ve ha»e lii J ii ij p gHM ; 
 «at «f the -preient month, liHd' one ^ SUnuary, 1817. In 
 Jariilary of the same year, he'barstiattir;CbBgerto be at «otk, 
 foi' it wa» the«e6ind day only^ Ae fitealioa), into a viohnrmt* 
 titckiit>OD the abettors of amUttlyanKariantiitaBdumvewtwrfo 
 frage. " ^Vho," («ays a ciertam Rfefdrmai), ** idler rtadkg 
 that speech of Mr. B., iind others in the same Btraia, could ibr 
 Ti moment suppose that Mr. B. could have been the proposer 
 of these rfieastires himself, and their decided advocate ?" Yet 
 5udi is the fact, zA recorded by his own hand, in the report of 
 the speech which hetleHvered at the London Tavern, "when he 
 called upon the Livery of London to " mflork his eonduct; 
 and, if it betrayed his dedaration, to punish him the next time 
 they met, by drinking to his departed principles. That speech 
 was all " for the radical doctrines of yearly elections «md the 
 franchise enjoyed by all paying taxes ;" the advocates of which 
 measures he afterwards publidy stigmatized by dividing them 
 ' into two classes — ^the rfWw^r* and the <M«<fe<? ; that is, (saj'S 
 the aforesaid Commentator), " into pools and ROflffEs." 
 " In which of those classes (I am continuittg the quottfti^Jtt), 
 *<- would lie chuse to be bo placed ? In which of the charact^ers 
 "did he appear at the LiVery Dinner ? This fmn b/ mmiy -fifr- 
 fflversations^ why does /^t- presume to tell Ud thai the applattse 
 he there received was the result o£ delusion practised by /li m" 
 self; or that he himself wa^ dchtd^d by the applause ? Who 
 told fUm that the persons wha composed the intelligent, re- 
 spectable, honourable, and numerous company whom he ad- 
 dressed, were too ignorant to understand the delusion ficput 
 upon them ? And with what claun to forbearance does he 
 come ? What lias he to say in mitigation of sentence, who tells 
 «s plainly that he deluded, ynisled, abused, so respectable an 
 assemblage, and through them the people of England ?'* 
 In this strain has one Reformer commented upon the proceed- 
 ings of another. Enough has been said to shew tliat the de- 
 clarations of a person who can act after the above manner, in 
 the only point of view in which they can be deemed of any im- 
 portance — ^namely, as guarantees for his demeanour in times to 
 come, are, in fact, of no importance whatever ; and that a man 
 constituted, to which we will now add, circumstanced, as Mr. B. 
 is, must be deemed tmfit to be brought into durcct connexion 
 with a body of the people as their Representative ; and that he 
 is, above all, unfit to be placed in the dignified situation of 
 Member of Parliament for any County whatsoever. Throwing 
 «ut of consideration his temper' and the quality of his passions, 
 his mere sUaation -covAfcla hhn, i^ho lay^ claim td the title of 
 Leader of the Independents of the County, to a tvo-fold dc^ 
 
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 foidence in the opposite extremes of political power— depen<J* 
 ance upon a skulking Amtocraty, whose suppcrrt is hypocriti- 
 cally disclaimed— land dependance upon anmididceniinj?, and, 
 vithvt^ference to'tfifc Kendal liioterR, and what niay be daily 
 feeen amongstiis elsewhere. 1 will add, an audacious IJcmo- 
 cracy ;— -the one -must be soothed, accommodated, stooped to, 
 and complied with, as -moneif wiil l>e wanting; and the other 
 must be flattered, cajoled, and deluded by false expettations, or 
 thfere will be no votes:- ■ In this position thfc new Candidate 
 stands ; and if it be true, as h now without scruple asserted, 
 that jSit. B. luid.no objection to tlie extent of the Lowther' in- 
 terest whcnt.liii himself hoped to profit by it, and that some 
 years since he actually made application to the head of that fa- 
 mily for his support as C andidate for this .very C'ount>' ; tlien, 
 if regard be had to consisuncy, or e\'en common decency, he is 
 the last man who ouglit to have come forward in an attemj)t to 
 reduce that influence ; — then, as far as concerns Mr. 15rouj?ham 
 personally, the professed principle of tlie contest falls to the 
 ground ; he has no right to appear : this conclu;>ion the friends 
 of the present ^Members will press upon him ; and, for his own 
 friends, it becomes them to reflect, how they can reconcile to 
 common sense their conhdencc in a person, who, if the fact now 
 commented upon be true, seems to reckon a power or influence 
 good or evil, just as the exertion of it pfromiscs to be favorable 
 or unfavorable to his own, ambition. 
 
 I am, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, 
 
 A LOYAL INDEPENDENT. 
 
 Kndal : Printed by Airxy and BdUnghanh