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Editorial
May 4, 1769
The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
John Wilkes addresses Middlesex County electors, urging them to re-elect him on March 16 after his second expulsion from Parliament, pledging to defend their constitutional rights and privileges persistently.
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To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of MIDDLESEX.
Gentlemen,
THE Unanimity you have shewn in the second choice of me as your representative, has not prevented my second expulsion. Another writ is ordered, and I must again intreat you to confirm your former choice, by honouring me a third time with your votes at the ensuing election, which will be at Brentford on Thursday the 16th of March. I will never give up the cause, nor quit the service of my constituents; and I make no doubt that your perseverance in the support of your own rights, by a repeated exertion of the powers you derive from the constitution, will, in the end, be crowned with the desired success. In case of any future expulsions, I will regularly repeat to you the offer of my humble services, that you may have again and again an opportunity of vindicating your most valuable privileges, the rights of all the electors of this kingdom, which I will never abandon nor betray.
I hope none of my friends will be absent from Brentford on the 16th of March, and I shall be particularly obliged for their early appearance. I am, Gentlemen,
Your faithful, humble Servant,
JOHN WILKES.
Gentlemen,
THE Unanimity you have shewn in the second choice of me as your representative, has not prevented my second expulsion. Another writ is ordered, and I must again intreat you to confirm your former choice, by honouring me a third time with your votes at the ensuing election, which will be at Brentford on Thursday the 16th of March. I will never give up the cause, nor quit the service of my constituents; and I make no doubt that your perseverance in the support of your own rights, by a repeated exertion of the powers you derive from the constitution, will, in the end, be crowned with the desired success. In case of any future expulsions, I will regularly repeat to you the offer of my humble services, that you may have again and again an opportunity of vindicating your most valuable privileges, the rights of all the electors of this kingdom, which I will never abandon nor betray.
I hope none of my friends will be absent from Brentford on the 16th of March, and I shall be particularly obliged for their early appearance. I am, Gentlemen,
Your faithful, humble Servant,
JOHN WILKES.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
Suffrage
What keywords are associated?
John Wilkes
Middlesex Election
Parliamentary Expulsion
Electoral Rights
Constitutional Privileges
What entities or persons were involved?
John Wilkes
Electors Of Middlesex
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Appeal For Re Election After Parliamentary Expulsion
Stance / Tone
Defiant Commitment To Electoral Rights
Key Figures
John Wilkes
Electors Of Middlesex
Key Arguments
Previous Unanimous Support Despite Expulsion
Pledge To Never Abandon Constituents' Cause
Perseverance Will Succeed In Upholding Constitutional Rights
Future Offers Of Service To Vindicate Electoral Privileges