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IMl MTTIEl,
9fur ^ix,
Tbi' nbject wtticli induces rae to pen the
t'ollowing nb.serviiv.di.v, ijj, that those Elec-
t irs of tliix DiviNioii. who may now be, o/
whu mij;ht hcrt'iifter bt'cume my fiieml.H, per-
."••■nallx . (jr politic.ilh . or both, nrr j- jvcss"
'•nil" i i|ii iintanci- with the nntcceiients of
tho imiividuul who a!<pires to their contideuct:
and favor.
I roiild not, without incu*-rinj; the charge
pf fg )ti«ni, etnholy tho subjoct of tliis letter
iii a loniiai Pub;ic nulress, which will short-
ly apiK-ar — I there fore adopt this method of
iMikiii}^ inysell more i;t'uerally known to the
I'.lci'tois of the \Ve>ttin l)ivi.>iion ; l>ecause,
L iviii:^ heruloforc pui-iued "the even tenor of
my wa\" thn)U;;h lil'o. without ostentation,
luid di'void of tiiiit mttoriety which a parti-
cipation ill Uailr(-«d jobs, hind speculations, or
viulcnl partizan struggles would have acquir-
ed for me, 1 conceive that the Electors are
entitled to know upon what pretensions I
presume to ask their buffrafes^ .
That I have oeen nty droft* hi the hu-
man family, but on the contrary, an energetic
ontt.1 prising, ami useful labourer among my
fellow mon, suh-iintial and enduring eviden-
ces in this neighborhood abundantly testify.
T loft h\\ native land "of Mountain and
n Flood," and arrived in I'pper Canada in
1831 witii my venerable father, (now in his
Htiiii year.) a still exMiiig trag'iient of that
gloiious band, who fought for freedom and
his country, agiin.st aaniti;d world, and who
wears \.\'.">n his hroa-st tl»e eml<lems of a na-
tions gratiliiiie- ' Peiiin-ula " and " Water-
In ). " Tlie now p tpulous and Honn.shing
County of Grey, then, an uninhabit«.'d, anil
almost inaoci'v-iblc wilderne.*?, became my
M inc. and I -pivcu .ny apprenticeship in the
T iwn'iiip of St. Vincent as a 'bushwhacker.'
-iur.'riii;,' f >r ni.a:ly four years, privations and
iiai(l.»hips unknown in these later times
The KcboUionof 1S37-8 bioii;;lit me to
ChnMnm a.- a snltordiiiaie oflicer in the
1> ili-!. Coinnii<-iariat, and in that capa"ity
I aiii-'iill r ni('!n!»'red with favor by *M fes-
;di 111-, a-, the biiiiilile instrument of awl to
iii.inv a p lor m ;ii. This i^ inpt>raiy appoint-
riii'ii! (:.\'i.<(d in IS43. wh ii I became doubly
allied to one of the ulde.^1 and most respecta-
ble tUniiiicsof this County, by niurrtage and
by H mere.intite union, the firm of Eberts,
Waddell k Co , is still remembered with good
will, by all within the sphere of its operations.
The eflorts which were made in 1846-7
to reform the abu.ses then existing in our po-
i.ii' al and adminL^trative system, engaged
my eari'i'st yinpathies, and no one fought
more maiuulh or more perseveringly than I
did under the niie leadership of the late la-
mented Suitesi:..in, Hob't Baldwin, till Church
.:!•.. nts and n .nervations of land were secular-
ucd, till Municipal Institutions gave to everj
ci'i- munity jxiwer to manage its own local
alfairs, and till many other ge51'inb reforms
w're consummated. That my services were
ai>preciatid let the following extract from a
letter uddresped to me hy the late Hon^
Robert Baldwin, testify in my behalf.
MoDtretl, S9th Auguit 1848.
I'd JOHM WaDOBLI., Ksi^'R.
Chatham.
DsAk> i)iii,~Tbe politic*! reUtiou io which I
. •ttnd to ^oq, aod ^oir fuailj, u old ud lUuneh
rdenilii of tho uu.<. ^x:7. ~3tittttutional caoas, will,
without • mora Intimato pertontl ^cqaaintuoe, luffi-
citr.DtiT Justify my proceeding without preface or «i-
plinatiun to the enquiry which it tbe'olgect of my
proMiit mils, iic. &c.,
(Sipied,) yours truly,
KOBKRT BALDWIN.
— The nolo from which the furet^oiii); is taken proceed! Ut
npiiuk of my uppointment at Sheriff of tho Wecteni Diitrict
iu tht! place of Mr. Foolt, reiigned.
In 1847. when Parliamentary Return-
ing Officers were appointed at the dictum of
tli<; Executive, I, a Merchant, was cho.sen by
the then Government, to perform that highly
onerous and imp<-.rtant duty at the time the
■two Cameron.s" contested the Election, for
the representation of Kent and Lambton. —
Karly in 1849, I became SberifTof the Wes-
tern Dixtrict, and .sul*-ii{ut'iuiy of the Uni-
ted Counties of Esse*. Kent, nnd Lambton.
In .lanuary l*>"il. Esse.v became independent,
and I was re-«^omiftissione(l Sherifl" of the
(!oiin»ies of Kent and Lambton, and finally
in tie sinie year, was again re-commissioned
as MieiifTof ttie County of Kent, which lat-
ter np|W)intment I resigned in favor of the
present incumbent in 18t4. On surrender-
ing, first, my juri.sdictiou in the County of
Es.sex. I received through the Clerk of the
Peace of that County, a flattering eulogium
upon my conduct from the Chairman and
Justices of the County in Seiwiiozis asaembled;
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taiit' (it' tli;it (/iMiiitv .
tlic U'aiiiti!.' iiiliali
Willi"', Sin rill', I sv 1- a .■.cconil Inn. Hi
turning OlHcer at tlif I'.lectiuii wlnitiu Mr
lirowii, Mr. iiarwill, i , I Mr. KaiiUin, wn*;
(/aii'lidatr-, and icrtTv I iiikhi that nica^ioii
rniiii .Vr. Untwii, a wriitmi cxjirc^sidii <if liis
thank- and e'.-ii't-in, li; the iuii>aiti:il and
crrilitaltU- Mianiier in uliidi the iipxi't-diii^-
had lifin " -ueted. In tin' year \>b\, I
was oilt-n , the tlun authoiitic.-, a i 'iin-
nn>.-i<in in thu Militia i- Lt. (Jnlnncl. which
I dLilined tn acoi.'[)l, ujiDiilho ^niundj^ that i
riMiliI nut L'on«cienliini^ly tako that rank,
while iIkto wi'ic (ifhci- iu my vicinity, ui'in-
entitU'd than rayM If, and I finally atccptcil
a niiiiniisvion as Caiita.n, which 1 now bold.
Tlu! Honorary dii;n'. ol' As.sociate Jn.-ticc
of the (Queen's Bench Wiut held liy nic tor
several yi.ir-, and I h. e long heon, and am
now a Jn.^tice ul" the IV ice fur tfe is" Comity.
On roigiiing the Shr.'ivnlty iu> botiiie
^tated. I iiiga-cd ext(n.>>ivel v iu Shi|i|iin^
steam and sail — iu liimlieriiiL;'. and in \m>
duce. The eralt 1 coii.-tineteii ujmiii the ll.s-
er Tliaino, have given i'ann' ai.d cuaraeter
t<t this County, i'or their excellence ol' work-
mau.-hii) and material- hut when tiie cra-ii
of Ibi)!, hurst upon the Mercantile wni Id, 1,
and many better men, were emiiielleil tolmw
to the decree of late, which ciiiiiiled vnir re-
sources and ■-uspended our enterjirise tor the
time.
The foregoing sh"rt skett li ol'iii\ -miu'-
what cbecki-red career will .-erve tn -hew,
lliat 1 have not lueu an idle .-pectalor while
othcTt* were at work, and I can claim paiti-
cipation in almost all the woik« nf pulilic
iientlit or private charity, within in\ own
.sphere oi" actioi", as a lihcral cnntriliiitor.
llefore the .lury Laws were aiiKiuled. 1 held
ilcspotic power as hfherilV in -iiiiininniii'.' Ju-
ries, hut 1 exerci.sed tiiat pc.wer huuian>'ly,
and Judiciou-ly, and thi>^ may iiieel the »'_\ e
of many who can hear te-liniony, that the
ijistressed or poverty stricken man iii\«iaii-
|M'ali-d li< ih<' in| eM'iiiptiiih III s.iiii. i iiiaki
li'i pli-tfll'ioii- (ii |it'l leelioii, ( t-l r likl' fVi'l S
iuaii. hut I lii'lieve I i-aii faei' tlii." eniolituen-
ey with ci)niparati\cl\ clean hand> , If I
have otleiided an} , let them hea" no malice,
tu cir is hnnian tu tiiigivc divine, il 1 have
Mi\ed anv, let them jro and do likewi.-e.
My political opimoiiN and prinriplo are
miMlerate, a> were tlio>e ol" the i:ieat lather
nf Ileal Itttiiriii ami lll>l^'|•e-s in Canada, the
late Mr. lialdwin . and although 1 wouhi ;.'o
a.-> far as any man in aiding to aciMnipli^h ■
necessary relorni, I am not inclined to adeii
submissively the ini|'nicticahle nostrum of
those demagogues wh>> aim lo accpiire pi.iee
and power iiy deludnii: the [lublie will ',
ineaningle>- cry.
Interested per.sonx desiring to injure iny
eharacter with one cla-s or other, denounce
me as a Ministerialist, ^r Clear Grit, as may
suit their oliject or design. Iain neither the
iiniuinee uf the Mini.sU nor tlie nominee of
U>e'tfl[lobe 'y*i>\»*pa|X; ani am prepared
t'l eiifer tbt niMd agahist i-i^'.,*r of such char-
'^iwtflrs, JLiulJi.ijrf'wljjch, if repn't is t<i l)e' re-
lied nil, I shall have to cnin >at, and it will
re-t with the Electors to >av whether they
will support nie, the independent advocate
■'f ;rue liberality and progress, free hum par-
ty letter-, or support the man. being either
the tool of the Executive, nr the slave of an
npposing faction.
My adilie.ss, hereafter to lie JMUed, will
et forth my political views and opinions on
current events and subjects, fully, and 1 refer
vn.i to it. I cannot possibly think of every
lillectur to whom I would wish to address a
ropy ol this Circular Letter — and, if, unin-
leiitinnally. I shniild Iniiret a friend. I Impe
it will be attributed bv bim in the real causi-.
accident, and not de-igii.
I am. D.ar Sir,
Ynni'-* ti"i!v
JOHN WADDELL.
CuMiivM. Kent. |S-»'.*.
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