The Chartist Movement in Its Social and Economic Aspects, Band 1Columbia University, 1916 - 243 Seiten |
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... State , Courts of Law , etc. , London , 1835 , appendix , p . 61 . 1 66 whom you had never seen before , your doubt 38 [ 38 THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT Thomas Attwood and the Birmingham Political Union Political corruption and inactivity.
... State , Courts of Law , etc. , London , 1835 , appendix , p . 61 . 1 66 whom you had never seen before , your doubt 38 [ 38 THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT Thomas Attwood and the Birmingham Political Union Political corruption and inactivity.
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Frank Ferdinand Rosenblatt. 66 whom you had never seen before , your doubt was not whether he was a commissioner or not , but what the depart- ment of human life might be into which he had been ap- pointed to inquire " . The hero of the ...
Frank Ferdinand Rosenblatt. 66 whom you had never seen before , your doubt was not whether he was a commissioner or not , but what the depart- ment of human life might be into which he had been ap- pointed to inquire " . The hero of the ...
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... never mind the House of Commons ; never mind measures ; throw principles to the dogs ; leave pledges un- redeemed ; but , for God's sake , rally round the throne " . " Disraeli also laid great stress on the irresponsibility of the Whigs ...
... never mind the House of Commons ; never mind measures ; throw principles to the dogs ; leave pledges un- redeemed ; but , for God's sake , rally round the throne " . " Disraeli also laid great stress on the irresponsibility of the Whigs ...
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... never thought would have come , -reports Mr. Chadwick , one of the Poor Law Commissioners . - The greater number of our out - door paupers are worthless people ; but still the number of decent people who ought to have made provision for ...
... never thought would have come , -reports Mr. Chadwick , one of the Poor Law Commissioners . - The greater number of our out - door paupers are worthless people ; but still the number of decent people who ought to have made provision for ...
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... never effaced from their minds " . Still more threatening was the speech of Thomas Attwood in the House of Com- mons on the 11th of August , 1834 : The people had a right to claim relief if they did not obtain 1 Hansard's Parliamentary ...
... never effaced from their minds " . Still more threatening was the speech of Thomas Attwood in the House of Com- mons on the 11th of August , 1834 : The people had a right to claim relief if they did not obtain 1 Hansard's Parliamentary ...
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advocate agitation appointed arms authorities balloting became Birmingham Political Union Bronterre Bronterre's cause Chartist movement Convention conviction Daniel O'Connell declared delegates despotism duty election electors enacted England factory favor Feargus O'Connor Francis Place Frost Gammage Hansard Harney Henry Hetherington Holyoake House of Commons Ibid imprisonment industry justice labor land London Democrat London Working Men's Lord Lordship magistrates masses means members of Parliament Men's Association ment middle class millions moral force National Petition never Newport O'Connor object oppression organized parish peace People's Charter persons physical force Poor Law Poor Man's Guardian popular population preach principles prisoners public meetings radical reform Reform Bill registration clerk Report representatives resolutions returning officer revised Charter Russell social society Stephens Thomas Attwood thousand tion Tories town Trades Union tyrants universal suffrage vote wages wealth Whigs William Lovett women workhouse workingmen
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Seite 144 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Seite 33 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Seite 73 - People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Seite 33 - ... paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
Seite 57 - CHILD, is thy father dead ? , \ Father is gone ! Why did they tax his bread ? God's will be done ! Mother has sold her bed ; Better to die than wed ! Where shall she lay her head ? Home we have none ! Father clamm'd thrice a week, God's will be done ! Long for work did he seek, Work he found none.
Seite 230 - Capital brings no profit, and labor no remuneration. The home of the artificer is desolate, and the warehouse of the pawnbroker is full. The workhouse is crowded, and the manufactory is deserted.
Seite 230 - That we, your petitioners, dwell in a land whose merchants are noted for enterprise, whose manufacturers are very skillful, and whose workmen are proverbial for their industry. The land itself is goodly, the soil rich, and the temperature wholesome; it is abundantly furnished with the materials of commerce and trade; it has numerous and convenient harbours; in facility...
Seite 83 - Its appeal was to public opinion: its instrument argument and persuasion — 'to publish their views and sentiments in such form and manner as shall best serve to create a moral, reflecting, yet energetic public opinion; so as eventually to lead to a gradual improvement in the condition of the working classes, without violence or commotion'.
Seite 53 - England lay in sick discontent, writhing powerless on its fever-bed, dark, nigh desperate, in wastefulness, want, improvidence, and eating care, till like Hyperion down the eastern steeps, the Poor-Law Commissioners arose, and said, Let there be workhouses, and bread of affliction and water of affliction there ! It was a simple invention ; as all truly great inventions are. And see, in any quarter, instantly as the walls of the workhouse arise, misery and necessity fly away, out of sight,—out of...
Seite 232 - The legislative and constituent powers, for correction and for instruction, ought to be brought into frequent contact. Errors, which are comparatively light when susceptible of a speedy popular remedy, may produce the most disastrous effects when permitted to grow inveterate through years of compulsory endurance. To public safety as well as public confidence, frequent elections are essential.