The plan of reform, proposed by sir Francis Burdett, correctly reported in two speeches. To which are added mr. Perceval's objections to the motion, and a list of the minority who voted for it |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 17 - I make no hesitation in delivering it as my weflcligested opinion, that under the operation of this Reform, it would be attended with much less difficulty to return a whole Parliament, than to settle a dispute at a vestry about, a parish pauper. By the adoption of this Plan of Reform, those disgraceful practices, which now attend even County Elections, would be put a stop to. No bribery, perjury, drunkenness, nor riot ; no
Pàgina 7 - Constitution and save it from decay, by extirpating the vile and loathsome canker of Corruption, which preying upon the vitals, palsies the energies, and consumes the substance, of the country. The...
Pàgina 5 - I;'.'-.- repeated call* which have been made upon me in this house, to state to this house, and to the public, definitely and precisely, what my views are upon the subject (perpetually agitated) of Parliamentary Reform, that henceforward it may be fully and clearly understood, how far I do really mean to go, and at what point I mean to stop. This is a subject which has long en•gaged my most anxious attention ; and though...
Pàgina 11 - Will you then, while all things are changing around you, determine to stand still ? Will you still cling to a rotten-borough system, .the creature of innovation, nursed by usurpation, and matured by corruption ? for sucli shall I show it to be.
Pàgina 20 - That this House will, early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects...
Pàgina 11 - Beg" ni," under which description no Rottenborough could be included. Can it be imagined that St. Mawes, the posts of Gatton, or the stones of Midhurst, would have been required to send wise and discreet burgesses to assist with their advice in the Great Council of the Nation? James the First, on his accession to the throne, upon summoning the parliament, wisely exercised this prerogative by issuing a Proclamation, forbidding the sending writs to decayed boroughs* ; nor was it till the prerogatives...
Pàgina 18 - It must also give rise to other important results : those who complain of popular clamour — of persons allying themselves with the people against the sentiments and decisions of this House, would cease to have any room for complaint. " Though I am not one of those who would apply a sponge to -the debt of the nation, yet am I firmly persuaded, that a reformed House of Commons would introduce such a system of economy, both in the collection and expenditure of the public revenue, as would give instant...
Pàgina 6 - I have prescribed for myself is to state the evils arising out of the defective state of the representations, and then to point out the remedy, which is simple, and perfectly practicable, not only consistent with the habits and interests of the people, and in unison with the laws and constitution of the country, but is, (as I think I can show) the Constitution itself;^- — .Let others...
Pàgina 11 - Trust — to permit an usurped local sovereignty, independent of the King, independent of the People, and destructive to both ? — The prerogative of the Crown, had it been maintained free from encroachments, would never have suffered this anomaly, this ill-shaped monster, this Rotten-borough system, at once formidable and contemptible, to have undermined the Constitution.
Pàgina 19 - ... as would give instant ease to the subject, and finally, and that at no very distant period, by a due application of national resources to national objects, and to them alone, free the people from that enormous load of debt, and consequent taxation, under which the nation is weighed down. " I hope, after this night, it will not be asserted nor insinuated, that I have any concealed purpose ; that I shrink from speaking my sentiments frankly ; that I decline to act an open part ; or that I have...