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... universal , it was not regulated by any principle at all , whether of property , intelligence , or birth . In the counties it belonged to the 40s . free- holders ; in the boroughs to one or other section of the inhabitants , here to the ...
... universal , it was not regulated by any principle at all , whether of property , intelligence , or birth . In the counties it belonged to the 40s . free- holders ; in the boroughs to one or other section of the inhabitants , here to the ...
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... universal suffrage , which it is im- possible for me to adopt , without libelling those renowned forefathers who framed the Constitution in the fulness of their wisdom , and fashioned it for the government of free men , not of slaves ...
... universal suffrage , which it is im- possible for me to adopt , without libelling those renowned forefathers who framed the Constitution in the fulness of their wisdom , and fashioned it for the government of free men , not of slaves ...
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... universal suffrage every section of the people in a minority would be deprived of political existence ; under the system in force there was no section , however small , that had not a chance of sending a member to parliament . One ...
... universal suffrage every section of the people in a minority would be deprived of political existence ; under the system in force there was no section , however small , that had not a chance of sending a member to parliament . One ...
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... universal right of suffrage , appear so reasonable to the natural feelings of mankind that no sophistry can elude the force of the arguments which are urged in their favour ; they are rights of so transcendent a nature that , in op ...
... universal right of suffrage , appear so reasonable to the natural feelings of mankind that no sophistry can elude the force of the arguments which are urged in their favour ; they are rights of so transcendent a nature that , in op ...
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... universal suffrage . ' I have witnessed its effects too attentively , ' he says , and with too much disgust , ever to think of it with approbation.'1 On the other hand , he does believe in a reform of parliament , because there are ...
... universal suffrage . ' I have witnessed its effects too attentively , ' he says , and with too much disgust , ever to think of it with approbation.'1 On the other hand , he does believe in a reform of parliament , because there are ...
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