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r * jU ^ rtiatidV ^ kaviftff >* be » n reduoe ^^ ar » tho we dwtlby lvo rVbite atibly yfeMtojs * 4 M tleetive franchise to th <>« € hi ( 4 to , Ti ^ TQr >^«^«^ pMie « # ed , they « re > tmwiltmg- to trust the reat exerciserMD ^ itio- t ^ e ^ rt »»» 6 «' whom it 1 b conferred byJaw . They consentto confide U \ e privHege to jfpopo lat ^ constttuency , but only as instruments to reeehre k direction from a higti&f guidance . They cannot bear the idea for a moment of trusting the machinery to work by its own inherent power . They therefore oppose a system of voting which would snatch this domination out of their
hands , which would really give to the people what the law professes to bestow upon them , which would effect what has never yet been effected in this country , —that the issue of the elections should express the genuine Btote of the constituent bodv .
.. f < $ ] era indeed would be an end to all the despotic sway of rank , and riebef ; > by thU would be established the fatal necessity of comlbiujng tli /^ fi ^ i )^ moral and intellectual excellence ; on this system t } iei ^ ^ Would be ajkmen ^ ajble predominance con ferred on talents and virtues . / Tfyose thereftj * e dp perfectly riglit to oppose the ballot , who fear" that it w , ould aftnilnfkt ^ ( hat unjust influence in elections , which they Ttete \ Kmettb
eijraVfcl WBrn mere wealth and station ; who are appreheHsrte thtit' to nJaptkftf thVrtn ' seivcs on the Vantage-ground where they hatfe'bfcen set < fWttt S ^[ f 6 Aun : e ; 'they would have to task all their faculties ? who recoil from tlie labour of thought , and shrink from the hardship of befttrgtase ^ il . AUh&W * i 4 ft . & wror < l , who wish to retain any unfair donoinatiau ^ v ^ r , pliers u&lfef'ibiittBeuf of elections , should rouse themselves to reai& ^ iUe s ^^ QptfoH jpf * Ae bfkUot , as utterly destructive of the object of tlieir d ^ ixea , T } ien « 0 tfn be no doubt whatever that any just system roust be ia ^ aj to
i ^ jmttKiO .-wp . 296 r-298 . i , j ^ JJTij ^^ r ^ iiqh of the subject concludes with an ar ^ imdted ^ tiealta tncfi ^ wao question the extent of the evils , or tne profcabijfilfV of tJ ^^ Wt ^ uance . in
; < t * lietrliim who holds this opinion consult the proceedin ^ i 4 he ? first el ^ otMJti'under the Reform Act , and he will find that the power of Uii * ctMii ^ f motives t > hnost universally predominated . N ^ vcr wcreMbri twuy a « # 'ltitittii 4 « tionmore generally , more avowedly , andnoone onJbliWbing l ^ emp&Hy * d > V fcW employed not on > y by tho rich and great , bnt by . fwUfcioftl { MmNt ^ or ^ l ' i gioUB flects , masters of manufacturing establtihttciiU , ;)) ttcal UtwibwAttofi >» nay , even by the lowest rabble . Not only did too an U
vA #¥ Mtor ) bh € dread of their landlords' displeasing but shopkeepers and lifeiftMtatarert under fear of their customers , workmew uhckrJ fe * r of tto *\ t * r \ m * t + $ « , pot » houskeepers under the feor ? of / thoM ^ whp froqutiiled tWAl , tWeiWlbm of religious societies under tha ^ few of 4 \ mr teftckom , deHbrVHittdef the fear of their creditors , and many persons > u » d » rthe AKTiof ^ Jtofttl ^ f violence . It would not b * esey ta ceaceiue mv Section iii * 4 t )\ tto \* u iltoutd be left to the tmbouglit , uoblatted , xnufttrnMated JhMd ^ of tho Voten . In a country where great Jn «< fu « iui » % of wealth
* nd * ttrt < m exHt ; It k In v <*« to ejrpect that open « wtirrg < will ever yield hf ^) tn % r ^* e « Utt elcce ^« s d «^ tis ^ ^( 3 ( rn ^ knes ^ rod « e « goed governroent—namely , by accident . ^ 4 % r '» tlff » e gereayW extindeed Uve ^ um ^ ^ tws ^ fsi ^ W ^ a ^ w ^ s ?^ ' « rfao "riU fjkf Mibj « cUd to tbo MKNikCs jmt deioribed . It U not Uie
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1835, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2646/page/48/
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