3–9 November 1834

The elections. Whilst it is notorious that the Jackson party is the Bad party in the cities and in general in the country, — except in secluded districts where a single newspaper has deceived a well disposed community, — still, on all the banners, equally of Tory and Whig, good pro- fessions are inscribed. The Jackson flags say, " Down with corruption ! " "We ask for nothing but our Right." " The Constitution, the Laws," "The Laboring Classes," " Free trade," etc., etc. So that they have not yet come to the depravity that says, " Evil be thou my good." Should the Whig party fail, which God avert ! the patriot will still have some confidence in the redeeming force of the latent, i. e., deceived virtue that is contained within the Tory party ; and yet more in the remedial, regenerative Nature of Man, which ever reproduces a healthful moral sense even out of stupidity and corruption. Thus the children of the convicts at Botany Bay are found to have sound moral sentiments. Mr. H. says the Tories deserve to succeed, for they turn every stone with an Irishman under, and pick him up.