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23 WEST MAIN STREET

WEBSTER, NY. 14580

(716) 872-4503

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TO THE

ELIU'TORS of the CITY of TOnOA^Tf}.

(JCNTLKMRN: — SovornI nioritlis Imvo now olapsccl wince I announced
myHoIf iiH n ('antlidato for ymir fiiilrnfjcs to represent tliiH t'ity in tlie Provincinl
Pnrlinment. I l)eli<(ve(l tlien, nu 1 «lo now, tliiit a majority of you nptirove in
reality, of my politieal prineiple.H, and would dcnirc to sec me returned an your
UepreHentative. If perHonal oliHervation, ond the result of a pretty acrnrnte
canvass can lie depended upon, there is no room to doubt this beinj» the case. Hut
the events of the pn-sent week have sufficiently demonstrated, that in this City,
corruption anil intimidation are at present paramount. Wo have u Corporation
HO imiver.'<ally condemned, that you can scarcely find a person of weight or pro-

IuM'ty, who pretends to have confidence in them ; and yet, that very Corporation
las, at the late Municipal Klections, succeeded, with three exceptions, in return-
ing their candidates for every Ward in the City, — and that too without reference
to the polities of the respective Candidates, as was fully exemplified in St.
(ieorge's Ward, where Mr Stanton, an old inhabitant of the City, of unim-
|>eachable private character, of experience as a Magistrate, and of veil known
Conservative principles, was defeated, — and by whom? — by Mr Groncii; Grn-
NETT. After such an indicatifin ol llie power of the Corporation, and of the un-
scrupulous exercise of that power, it would not become nie, ogainst whom in
particular, the most violent personal as well as political opposition has been di-
rected by the Corporation generally, and all within the sphere of its influence,
to expo.so so many of my frieiuls to the oppressions which woidd be sure to be
practi.sed upon all in any way exposed to them, who might come forward to re-
deem their pledges by recording their votes in my favour. I, therefore, feel it a
duty to announce to you that I am no longer a Candidate for the Re|iresentation
of the City.

Having done thi.s it is duo to my political friends not to omit the oppor-
tunity of reiterating my conviction that the great prnieiple of Responsible (jIo-
vernment as we have always claimed it, not as our opponents through ignorance
or design have absurdly misrepresented us as claiming it, is effectually conceded ;
and that it remains only for the pcoplo themselves to convert it into an element
of political regeneration. It is of the essence of this principle that those should
be employed by the Crown to assist in the administration of the Government who
enjoy the confidence of the people. The first indication of that confidence must
necessarily proceed from the people themselves at the I'oUs, as the mode provided
by the Constitution for the definitive expression of that confidence is by means
of Parliamentary majorities. If, therefore, the people do not give this primary
indie tion of confidence in mo by returning me to Parliament, it will, of course,
1)0 my duty to resign into the hands of the Crown an Ofiice which the joint con-
fidence of both Crown and people can alone enable me upon my own prmciples
usefully to fill. It is due to the country at large, as well as to the political party
to which I belong, to make this avowal, because, while I never can bean advocate
for the people's selecting as their Representatives men in whose political integrity
they have no confidence, it is necessary that it should be distinctly understood,
that the principle for which we have been so long contending can never be prac-
tically carried into operation if the possession of office under the Crown is to be
deemed in itself a disqualification for becoming a Popresentative of the People.

For my own part, however, I do not fear the result of the approaching
Elections throughout the Province generally. Happily for the Country, and for
the continuation of her connection with the Parent State, the Counties are free
from the baneful influences which oppress the City, and the return of a large
majority of Reformers is beyond a question. My humble services in
carrying out the great principle to which I have ever devoted my political energies
belong to my country. Those services, therefore, if required, 1 am in my present
position, of course, bound to render.

I have the honour to be.

Your obedient servant,

January 16, 1S4I.

ROBERT BALDWIN.