Commissioner of Public Lands. His opponent was James C. Pope, the new proprietor of Lot 27. Although Mr. Pope declared himself an independent he was perceived and portrayed by the press as a Conservative. Edward Whelan, the editor of the Examiner)was particularly opposed to hr. rope whsm he

accused of secretly accepting the support of the Bible petitioners in the Third District. In the following letter

he appealed to the Irish Catholics at dou' West to reject

Mr. Pope.

The Irish Catholics of the Sou'West (on the Conroy and Mann Estates), are, it is said, all desperately in favor of Mr. Pope. We don't believe a word of it. If they are in arrears for rent, they will be made to pay, some time or other. Their honest convictions are not with a Tory candidate, one of whose objects in attempting to go into the House of Assembly is to prevent unfortunate tenants, like themselves , from becoming freeholders und r the operation of the Land Purchase Act. Mr. Lord has been appointed to carry out the provisions of the Land Purchase Act. Mr. Pope wants to defeat that object, so that tenants maybe kept, as

he hopes to keep those on the Mann estate, in the condition of slaves. Will the lrishmen degrade themselves so far as to show they have not pluck enough to vote according to their conscience, in despite of threats or arrears of rent, and assist in the triumphant return of a man who has aided the party in power to give liberty and constitutional Government to the people: Free Education, nearly Universal Suffrage and Free Lands by honest Purchase.

If they prefer Slavery, Disgrace and Religious Intolerance, they will vote for Mr. Pope.

BUT N011 THEY NEVER WILL. (16)

From the results of the election, given below in Table 6, it is clear that the Liberal party was favored by a majority in Lot 27. While precise results for dou' West are not

available Mr. Lord's candidacy was supported by several

residents; (17) probably a majority voted for him. The

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