TO THE READERS OF THE REGISTER, GENTLEMEN, Kensington, 16th August, 1826. mas Beevor and I were, in the two trips, 42 days at Preston and on the road; that, in the last trip, the whole of us were 34 days at Preston and on the road; that we canvassed every house in a town of thirty thousand inhabitants; that, in order to do the real WORK, we were compelled to be, forty of us, or thereabouts, con ABOVE you have the account of the receipts and expenditure on ac-stantly hard at it for 25 days; and, count of the PRESTON ELECTION. which was one of our great merits, The subscription was as large as I we compelled our opponents to ever expected it to be; it was larger spend, at the least farthing, thirty than the extreme and all-per- thousand pounds, of which about vading poverty of the day seemed seven thousand had to come from to suffer one to hope; it was, as money-loving an old fellow as perhaps, ten times as much as any in England, who, before the would have been collected, in a battle be over (and it is hardly similar way, for the purpose of begun), will curse the vanity, or putting any other man into Par- rather, perhaps, greedy speculaliament; it was much more than tion, that led him into this expenI should have liked to expend, sive enterprise. Though I had even if it had been, at once ef- the whole body of the people with fectual as to its object. Nothing me; though my canvass books, could, however, be managed with ready to be'verified on oath, will greater frugality. In the first show that I had more than enough place, none of us drank a drop of of votes; still, when I saw the wine. The charges at our inn works of Grimshaw, the Mayor, were 2s. for a dinner, and Is. 3d. and saw a military force always for a breakfast. Amongst the at hand and always threatened, I other pleasures of this Northern saw that Grimshaw would not reexpedition we had that of uni- turn me; seeing this, at the end formly meeting with reasonable of the third day, I had to detercharges at inns, and with great at- mine, whether I would quit the tention, unaffected civility, and thing at once, and save the money, strict honesty in the innkeepers or lay out the rest of the money and their servants, and especially in carrying on the contest to the those of our inn (the Castle) at last moment, and in such a way as Preston. would punish the other candidates for their malignity against ine, and as would, at the same time, bring out additional proof of the illegality of the proceedings. When the magnitude of the exertions is considered; when it is remembered, that Sir Thomas Beevor travelled, first and last, more than three thousand miles; I resolved on the latter, and that I and one son travelled above never was resolution more steadily a thousand; that three other sons acted upon, executed, though I and two friends travelled more say it, with more judgment, or atthan five hundred; that Sir Tho-tended with more complete suc of cess. I had soon to behold the Mr. THOMAS SMITH of other candidates each suspecting Liverpool, Mr. CLARKE the other two of foul play; plot- Norfolk, Mr. WRIGHT of Berk ting and contriving against each shire,and some excellent friends other; sweating each other's from Manchester, gave me assispurses without mercy; getting, at tance beyond all price and all last, to threats and challenges and praise. And, as to our friends at bindings to keep the peace, and Preston, and the people of Pres all the other miserable tricks of ton generally, I shall, to the last lion-tongues and chicken-hearts; hour of my life, and I am sure I had to see them, for twelve long my sons will after me, cite them days, hooted, hissed, and heartily as an example of frankness and detested, or, at least, despised, by fidelity. Mr. CLARKE, who the mass of the people; I had to was constantly amongst them, see them, when I went to the speaking of them, one day, on our hustings, looking like three hunted road home,' said, that there was devils, jaded half to death with one thing that he loved them for the heat of the place, with anxiety above all others," and that was," as to the result, and with the in- said he, "that they crowded about cessant tearing at their purses; you just as eagerly, and cheered and I, at last, left the two win- "and blessed you as much, after ners in scats, given them by an" they saw you would not be reelection, which every one of the "turned, as they did when they candidates (first or last), and "made sure that you would be which the Mayor himself, had de- "returned." And, this was a state clared to be an election that could ofthings to make me lose my temper, not stand. And, after all, I came as the ruffians of the London out of Preston, not like a defeated Press, and their copiers throughout candidate, but like one who had the country, would have the world triumphed; and, indeed, triumph-believe was the case! My temper! ed I really had; for, unless all appearance of law be banished before next session of Parliament, out of the seats these heroes march; and once out, never, I am satisfied, will either enter them again. To be sure, I was most zealously and most ably seconded. The diligence, the activity, the punctuality, and the obliging manner of SIR THOMAS BEEVOR, his constant good-humour, his kind condescension, and, above all things, the care he took of the pecuniary matters, entitle him to the thanks of all the friends of the cause in which we were engaged, and especially to my thanks. I appeal to SIR THOMAS BEEVOR and to the gentlemen above mentioned, and to the thousands who saw me and heard me at Preston, whether I ever, even for one moment, discovered chagrin, mortification, or disap❤ pointment. Situated as I was, must have been a devil indeed to have been out of temper. I heard nothing but buzzas for me, praises and blessings on me, and hootings at my adversaries; and I had, at my elbow, a Treasurer to take care that I should expe rience no inconvenience in the money way. So that I must have been the surliest dog that ever lived, instead of being, as I hope I am, just the contrary, if I had been to Stanley and Wood, was I the out of humour at Preston. Ob-aggressor! In every case these serve, that the others got into opponents began the attack, and challenges, had to eat their words, that, too, without provocation from got accused of riots, and, in short, me. They saw, that I had the got into all sorts of hobbles. I people with me; this filled them got into none. I saw all the with envy; they began the attack; others either spitten upon or and, as was most justly due, they pelted, or, at least, most horribly were severely punished. Before hooted. Neither fell to my lot. the election was over, I made Why, therefore, should I have them wish themselves any where been out of temper? I had thou-but in my presence; and, if they sands of men and many women, dare to come to Preston again, come a distance of from fifty to they shall have a still worse time five miles, for the sole purpose of of it, unless they make atonement shaking "that hand," as they to the people of Preston for the said, which had given them so insults they offered them. much pleasure." 1 have freGentlemen, readers of the Requently seen groups of from three gister, you perceive, that there is to a dozen, or more men, standing a deficiency of 1421. 4s. 11d. in the Square opposite my Inn, This sum falls, at present, UPON with walking sticks in their ME; and, I think, that I shall hands, and evidently just come into not be thought unreasonable, if I the town from a considerable express a hope, that it will be distance. They would keep look-made up to me by a further subing at the window for a while, scription. I do not pretend, that and, at last, send in one of the the loss of this sum would be a party to say who they were, and very serious injury to me. that they wished to shake hands the contrary, I say that it would with Mr. Cobbett. How can not; for, while I read of twelve forget these things! And, who hundred printers being out of will believe, that I could have been work in London, I see all my out of temper amidst all this; I, works increase in sale; while I whose great object is, and is know, that the base and blackknown to be, to excite feelings in guard broad-sheet, which has, for the people such as I here saw the twenty years, been calumniating proof of! In short, never, for me, has, on an average, fallen off one single moment, did I lose my in sale more than a third, since temper. I said "hard things" last August, I also know, that the of the candidates and the Mayor. Register has increased in sale Aye, to be sure I did; but, I said more than a fourth, and nearly a them as a parson says "hard third, since last August. But, things" in the pulpit; or, as a when my readers look at my exjudge says "hard things" from the ertions and labours in the month bench; and, we do not suppose, of May and June last; when they that they lose their temper, be- look at the battle I fought; when cause one of them condemns sin-they contemplate the effect which ners to hell, and the other con- was produced all over the kingdemns thieves to the gallows.dom by my exertions at Preston Again, in no one case, with regard and in the North; when they On consider how much those exer tions must have done in the pre- ADAMS AND JEFFERSON. paring of men's minds for that change which must take place, if Paper of 11 July. the country be to be saved; and, From a 'Boston (New England) when they consider, that, the 1427., divided into many small "DEATH OF MR. JEFFERSON.sums are nothing, and are a good Yesterday morning, the tolling of "bells and the sound of minute deal when they remain in one 66 guns, which had ceased only a few sum; when they thus consider, "hours before, were again heard in they will not, I trust, deem it un-« this city, proclaiming the death of reasonable if I express my hope, "another of our ex-Presidents. The that they will make up this sum "funeral rites of the Honourable by a further subscription. There" JOHN ADAMS are scarcely finished, will be a PETITION, as soon as the Parliament shall meet for despatch of business. My plan is, to prosecute that petition at my own cost; and, when I have oust ed the sitting members, which must, unless all law be openly abandoned, then, perhaps, to appeal to the public for another very moderate sum, to defray the lawful expenses of another contest. ere we are called upon to record "the death of one as great in fame, "and as celebrated in the annals of "America as he. The Honourable Thomas Jefferson died on the 4th instant, about one o'clock, aged "eighty-three yearsand three months. "Thus, upon the same day-almost 66 upon the same hour-the spirits of "these two veterans, and almost all "that remained of the signers of the "Declaration of Independence, have "taken their flight from earth to "heaven." A subscription book is ready at No. 183, Fleet Street, for entering the sums that may be paid in there, or sent thither by post. Mr. JOHN DEAN, at the shop in Fleet Street, will receive the subscriptions, and, if required, will give receipts. The subscribers may send, or write in the book, their own names, or may give, or write, what names they please. There They waited for that day, and will be NO NEED OF THIS" then, as it were, hand in hand, ** SORT OF CAUTION MUCH Softly! softly! good Jonathan! You saw them take no flight at all; and, as to the direction in which they went, you should not be so positive without some evidence, at any rate. If you had evidence, you ought to have produced it." LONGER. About two years Aye, "as it were; but, be will, I think, bring us into a state of things which will make it not dangerous (as it once really was) for men to avow openly their agreement in the principles, inculcated by, Gentlemen, you assured, Jonathan, that they, old as they were, would have consented to wait a little longer; and, as to their going off"hand in hand," they lived a life of dogand-cat; they were rivals, enemies, and mortal haters of each other. The one put the other out of the Presidency; and that, too, upon the ground, that his prin ciples of government were abo-Jin the shade. The hay is short; minably aristocratic and royalist. but, the Downs will be Meadows Add to this, that one was a Pres-till Christmas. Corn is short upon byterian and the other a Deist, the whole; but, there is plenty unless the former lied. So that, abroad, and we have ships, havas to the hand-in-hand work, that ing (thanks to Mr. HUSKISSON) must be a hoax. nothing to do but to go and fetch it. passed from hence "to join that patriotic band which had 66 gone before them, and with them to "rejoice in the celebration of an event "unparalleled in the history of the "world." Any NOBLEMAN or GENTLEMAN wanting a Tutor to his family, Oh! mercy on us! Only think or a private Secretary for himself, of their going off to join the whole would find the Advertiser every way band, in heaven, there to celebrate qualified to discharge the duties nethe Jubilee of Independence! What a toasting; what a cheering; cessary to either situation, in such what speechifying; what hear a manner as would prove hearing! Good Royalists might to himself and satisfactory to his dispute the fact, and assert that employer. The most respectable rethe whole band are gone in another ferences can be given; Mr. COBBETT direction. himself being one among the num honourable Thus it almost always happens ber of gentlemen to whom the Adwhen fools get a pen into their vertiser has the privilege to refer. hands. The death of these two Address by letter (post paid) to A.Y., really great men, happening on 183, Fleet-street. the same day, and on such a day, had in it something singularly inI know the Advertiser very well; teresting and striking: but, this I have known him for some years, wretched newspaper-scribe has and can truly say, that if I stood contrived to speak of it in a way in need of a person in either of calculated to fill the mind with lu- the capacities that he mentions, dicrous instead of sober thoughts. he is the man that I should prefer THE SUMMER. to almost any other that I know. He writes well, and in a neat hand, is quick, is not conceited, is good-humoured, and has stood several years of matrimony, or to speak more respectfully, has Tuis is the finest Summer I enjoyed several years of conjugal ever knew. It has given us all felicity, without any addition being that the South of France gives. made to his longitude of face; Harvest over, beans and all, early and this latter is, with me, a capiin August; Indian-Corn fit to eat tal consideration. mid-August; Catalpa trees that have been in full bloom; AltheaFrutexes now in full bloom, even WM. COBBETT. |