Canal Street, Paisley, Aug. 18th, 1814.
SIR,—By inserting the following addresses to Lord Cochrane and the
electors of Westminster, you will oblige your readers in this place.
Accustomed as we have been to the acts of the abettors of corruption,
it is with a mixture of pity and contempt we have witnessed the
eagerness with which they have endeavoured to heap every sort of
contumely upon Lord Cochrane’s head. Thanks to his numerous friends,
they have in this instance been wretchedly disappointed, and though he
has been stripped of those honours which “the breath of kings can
bestow,” he still retains what they have not the power to give or take
away—the applause and admiration of his grateful countrymen.
Yours, with great respect,
JOHN M’NAUGHT.
W. Cobbett, Esq.
At a meeting of a number of inhabitants of Paisley, in the Salutation
Inn, upon August the 5th, 1814, for the purpose of celebrating the
triumph of Lord Cochrane, the following addresses to the Electors of
Westminster, and to Lord Cochrane, were agreed to:—