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The Landlords Are Not Agriculturists; That Is An Abuse Of Terms Which Has Been Too Long Tolerated.

Let It Never Be Forgotten That It Is Not By Means Of War That States Are Rendered Fit For The Enjoyment Of Constitutional Freedom; On The Contrary, Whilst Terror And Bloodshed Reign In The Land, Involving Men's Minds In The Extremities Of Hopes And Fears, There Can Be No Process Of Thought, No Education Going On, By Which Alone Can A People Be Prepared For The Enjoyment Of Rational Liberty.

The Twelve Or Fifteen Millions In The British Empire, Who, While They Possess No Electoral Rights, Are Yet Persuaded They Are Freemen, And Who Are Mystified Into The Notion That They Are Not Political Bondmen, By That Great Juggle Of The ' English Constitution ' A Thing Of Monopolies, And Church-craft, And Sinecures, Armorial Hocus-pocus, Primogeniture, And Pageantry!

I Am Not Accustomed To Pay Fulsome Compliments To The English, By Telling Them That They Are Superior To All The World; But This I Can Say, That They Do Not Deserve The Name Of Cowards.

I Therefore Declare, That If You Wish Any Remission Of The Taxation Which Falls Upon The Homes Of The People Of England And Wales, You Can Only Find It By Reducing The Great Military Establishments, And Diminishing The Money Paid To Fighting Men In Time Of Peace.