COERCION.
, (To the Editor of the Evraixa oTißi)r ' - " 'Sib,—ls it right that a man should be" «- threatened with loss of empidfl&Bt if he does not work and vote for pi'particular candidate at the forthcoming election, and a suit at law for a small debt due to the shopkeeper candidate, if he does not go in his direction? Such threats have been used. I .am, I will admit, under obligatioßS to the storekeeper for gpods/but-. is \ my conscience also to be bound ? I thiak the rnaif*who could use such means to get support is unworthy the confidence of the electors.—l am, &c, A WoiIKING-HAN. [We certainly, agree with our correspondent that using such means to secure votes is interfering too much with-the liberty of the subject, but we doubt the correctness of the statement.—Ed. S.] .
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4028, 25 November 1881, Page 2
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134COERCION. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4028, 25 November 1881, Page 2
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