Westwood Park, Droitwich, January 28th, 1859.
Committee Room at Dudley, Swan Hotel.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER.
Gentlemen,
During a most successful canvass, I have so frequently been requested to express my views upon the leading Topics of the day, that I believe it will be satisfactory to state more fully my opinions, which it is impossible to do personally to each Elector of so extensive a Constituency.
I unhesitatingly pledge myself to Vote for the Total Abolition of Church Rates, the only practical solution of this irritating Question.
I attach great importance to the Amendment of our Laws, but do not hesitate to say, that “Consolidation must precede Amendment.”
I am disposed to Vote for a thorough Reform in the Assessment of the Income Tax, believing it to press severely upon Industry, and to be unjust in its mode of application.
As a friend of Education, I am most anxious that every facility should be given for its more general advancement, and most assuredly will vote for the Repeal of the Duty on Paper, a Duty most obnoxious, and the greatest impediment to the diffusion of learning.