, party of the friends of 11Ir. Turner, who unseated
Mr. Tooke for , party of the friends of 11Ir. Turner, who unseated Mr. Tooke for
Truro, and who calls himself a Retimmer, gave him a public dinner at I ruro, on the 25th September. The Liberalism of this gentleman is of a very milk.and-water complexion. He is for the modern Whig coinage, " Quitiquenniul" Parliaments ; and of the Ballot he spoke as follows- " 1 am prepared very shortly to give my opinion upon that, because I know that It will be one of the leading nplestimis of the next Parliament. I do not wish to express here all that I could wish to say on each question ; but still it would be at all times my object to get the opinions of my constituents, so as to see if I could support their views when brought before the honourable House. I have considered the Ballot, gentlemen, as one of those difficult questions which are not readily to be adjusted. I consider its adoption likely to lead to the demoralization of the country. I consider, that where we can find 500 men—I may say 530, who have accepted my political levitation, and when they have accepted it under all the circumstances which they have—I say that these gentlemen need not the screen of the ballot to come forward and support the man of their choice. I go to that House, as I told you unfettered and lug-pledged, and, I will add, influenced by no : '
man, to follow what I conceive to he the straight line of duty. In the votes which I shall give, I will consult
my own honest cones,:monis ; and if those shopi'd prove dpapleasinz co.s- stitueute, they have the 'loom. of tinning me out. But I pot it to pia, amt f ask you if you demand the Ballot, what is to prevent the lfouse or Casuals= coming forward and saying, we will grant it to you, but we must take it ewe selves. If then, I say, the House of Commons were to possess it, and it wart to be conceded to the People, it would tend to the demoralization of eke country; and that, you will all acknowledge, would be a great evil."
[It would be a waste of words to make a single remark in reply tse such an attempt at reasoning as this.]
Mr. Turner's party seems, very properly, to consist of Tories at well as Whigs- " Gentlemen, 1 have been anonymously charged that I had covenanted with the Tories. In this room I am favoured with the company of many who differ from me in politics. These gentlemen knowing something of me, from ray tool residence there, and having a choice to make, favoured me with their support in the late election. I have already said, that nothing can flow so readily to man's heart as the consciousness that he is acquiring among his neighbours e. fair portion of their esteem. If this has been my lot, I feel proud of it. I never covenanted with the Tories : the Tories, or the Conservatives, if you pleate_ would know that to ask me such a thing would be to insult my honceo therefore say, that calumny is base and unfounded."
'This Mr. Turner must be classed among the Doubtfuls.]
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