Mr. A. Peel attacked us in a speech which he
delivered at Warwick on Tuesday night for having said that it was clear-that- the Ballot is turning out thousands of liars. Now when opposing- candidates declare that they have positively received promises for more than a complete majority of the constituency,—as hap- pened at Taunton,—it seems to be very clear, on the well-known principle that two majorities of the same number must have an element common to both, that this element common to -both has. been telling lies. Mr. Peel prefers to think that in that r,aseLthe candidates have been too sanguine ;—why not say at once that the- candidates tell lies? It is not simply "sanguine" to say thatyou have received the promises of a complete majority of voters, when Ton have not. At the municipal election at Reading, two candidates. declared that they had the personal promises of a majority of the electors, but nevertheless they failed, for the promises were not fulfilled. Mr. Peel is, we fear, himself very sanguine, when he tries to think that the Ballot can succeed in its purpose without. the help of many thousand lies.
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