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 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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 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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