England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . ight and hisgold, and in the new Parliament the Governmentobtained an overwhelming majority. The oppositionwas reduced to a state of weakness, in which it couldonly vent its spleen in political squibs and the midst of the elections, but when the resultwas no longer doubtful, on the 31st of March, anadvertisement in the Tory Post-Boy announces as justpublished, price sixpence each, two prints, under thetitles of The Prevailing Candidate; or, the election carried by bribery and
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . ight and hisgold, and in the new Parliament the Governmentobtained an overwhelming majority. The oppositionwas reduced to a state of weakness, in which it couldonly vent its spleen in political squibs and the midst of the elections, but when the resultwas no longer doubtful, on the 31st of March, anadvertisement in the Tory Post-Boy announces as justpublished, price sixpence each, two prints, under thetitles of The Prevailing Candidate; or, the election carried by bribery and the D 1: and Britannia stript by a Villain; to which is added, the true phizof a late member. The first of these only appearsnow to be known :* the right-hand side is occupiedby a screen of seven folds, which are intended to * This rare print, which is one of the best of the caricatures of thereign of George the First, is in the collection of Mr. Hawkins. G 2 84 ELECTIONEERING CARICATURES. [1722. represent the seven almost barren years of the lateParliament; while on the left appears the group here. AN ELECTION EPISODE. represented, which is explained by the verses under-neath. This is the earliest caricature on electionswith which I am acquainted. * Heres a minion sent down to a corporate town,In hopes to be newly elected;By his prodigal show, you may easily knowTo the Court he is truly affected. * He as a knave by the hand, who has power to commandAll the votes in the corporation ; Shoves a sum in his pocket, the D 1 cries Take it, Tis all for the good of the nation ! The wife, standing by, looks a little awryAt the candidates way of addressing ;But a priest stepping in avers bribery no sin,Since money s a family blessing, Say the boys, Ye sad rogues, here are French wooden brogues,To reward your vile treacherous knavery;For such traitors as you are the rascally crewThat betray the whole kingdom to slavery. 17-22.] MOVEMENTS OF THE PRETEiNDER. 85 The more violent Tories, in t
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