A Letter Addressed to John Cartwright, Esq. , Chairman of the Committee at the Crown and Anchor, on the Subject of Parliamentary Reform
A Letter Addressed to John Cartwright, Esq. , Chairman of the Committee at the Crown and Anchor, on the Subject of Parliamentary Reform

Author: John Cartwright

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-09-10

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781342216694

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A Letter Addressed to John Cartwright, Esq.
A Letter Addressed to John Cartwright, Esq.

Author: Thomas Douglas Selkirk

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9780266195801

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Excerpt from A Letter Addressed to John Cartwright, Esq.: Chairman of the Committee at the Crown and Anchor; On the Subject of Parliamentary Reform Liaments shortened, bribery could scarcely be applied with effect; - that the influence of corruption being thus removed, the real friends of the country would obtain the preference naturally due to worth and talents; and that, the House of Commons being so composed, every abuse would spee dily be checked or thoroughly reformed. Such, Sir, were the views upon which I was led to approve the proposal of a great and radical change in the constitution of the House of Commons. I believe, that through a similar train of reasoning, my father and brother had been led, as well as many other men of distinguished worth, to the same opinions. Of the correctness of this practical conclusion, I have since seen reason to doubt - not that my feelings of abhorrence and contempt for corrupa tion and venality have undergone any change - in these sentiments I do not fall short of those honoured relatives with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.