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NOTES ON THE NEWSPAPERS.—(Continued from page 248.)
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the Diffusion Society ^ have so o ften and so urgently given them , they will' become capitalists / and' take themselves out of the labour market / The intention , at least , should be recognized as laudable . It is , perhap * , literally true to say that € At present ' we heat nothing of masters combining against the men—the disposition td strike is all the other way /
( p . 12 . ) But why do we hear nothing ? Simply because the men have not such means of making themselves heard as the masters . For weeks and months has the Times been abusing the Derby strike , as an attempt of the men to extort higher wages from the masters . It is no such thing ; the stoppage of work originated with the masters , in order to compel the men to secede from the Union . Where no such tyranny was attempted , the men ( at Derby ) continued to work , and
have so continued through the whole affair . True , we do not ' hear * of this , but we ought . And we believe that the real history of other strikes , which have been made the occasion of heaping odium on the workmen , is of a similar description . Let their errors be pointed out , but let them have full justice ; and especially let
them be encouraged in their exertions for the improvement of their condition ; for the entire state of society , and its progress , depend on their effceting such improvement . But they will only be guided by the heads of those , whose hearts they feel tojbe with them . This is very natural . No doubt such is the case with Miss Martineau ; but we fear the fact will not be evident to them in her present publication .
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19 th March , The Solicitor Generals Motion on the Law of Libel . — Few of the results of the Reform Bill have fallen more short of our hopes ,. than the conduct of the little band of enlightened and Djulosophic Radicals , whom that great change introduced into the Legislature ? TXur ^ exjpecfationi of improvement in the general composition of Parliament , were never so sanguine as those of the more enthusiastic reformers . The majority of the
House of Commons have not much disappointed us . We believe them to be as honest as men usually are , and in point of intellect and acquirements a fair sample of the higher classes of this country . The circumstances of society , and the prevalent modes of thinking among : the people , unite in prevent ins the electors from seeking their representatives in the classes below the higher : and if they did , although a greater number of conspicuous individuals might be selected from the whole of the community than from &
part , it is by no means certain that the general mass would be improved in quality . We doubted before the Reform Bill , we doubt still , whether the general mind of the community is sufficiently advanced in its ideas , or sufficiently vigorous in its tone , to furnish , even under the best system of representation , any but a very indifferent Legislature . But we did expect that , through the avenues opened by the Reform Bill , individuals would find their way into Parliament , who would put forward , on every fitting occasion , with
boldness and perseverance , the best political ideas which the country affords : ami we thought we saw , in some of the names composing the Radical minority at the opening of the Reformed Parliament , a guarantee that our hope would be fulfilled . But the promise has not been kept . With one or two exceptions , at the head of which we must place Mr . Roebuck , ( who , against innumerable obstacles , some of them of his own creating , ia , with * 1 £ "a 1 merit * working himself up into the station iu public life to which his talents , energy , and sincerity entitle him , ) none of the new Radical members on whom we had founded any hopes , have done enough to keep those hopes
Notes On The Newspapers.—(Continued From Page 248.)
NOTES ON THE NEWSPAPERS . —( Continued from page 248 . )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1834, page 309, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2632/page/81/
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