I now mounted the hustings, and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him.
The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors
The political campaigns and speeches before an election are sometimes referred to as the hustings. With only days to go before elections in Pakistan, candidates are battling it out at the hustings. the hustings the process of trying to persuade people to vote for you by making speeches etc at/on the hustings