KERRY ELECTION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECT A TOR.
Beaufort Ill/Ise, 211 August 1837.
Stn—I perceive that, in the remarks on the Irish elections contained in your paper of the 19th, you have given an extract from the Chronicle which refers to the cause of the defeat of the Liberal interest in Kerry, and contains a series of charges against me, which have not the slightest foundation in fact ; and were, I verily believe, originally put forward with the view of turning the public attention from the true causes of the disaster. My law agent has been instructed to take immediate proceedings against the original propagators of these calumnies; and I trust that you will render me an act of justice by inserting this contradiction of the imputations contained in the paragraph referred to. My address, which appeared in the Tralee Mercury of the 16th, sufficiently explains the true causes of the unfortunate result of the late struggle in this county. I therein stated, that want of timely unanimity and energy occasioned a degree of doubt rind indecision in the minds of many of the Liberal electors; which, coupled with the consciousness of the persecution they had previously suffered, made them an easy prey to a party who had been working for months in anticipation of an early conflict, and who, imitating the example set by the Tories in every other part of the United Kingdom, forgot all private causes Of disunion in their anxiety for the attainment of power by the universal triumph of Conservatism. Unity of purpose and untiring energy have given them the triumph they sought; apathy and discord, and self. interest, have aided Tory policy in establishing the political neutrality of the County Kerry. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
FREDERICK W. Mc Luss. FREDERICK W. Mc Luss.
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