The Way To Universal Suffrage

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781390898712
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Way to Universal Suffrage written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Way to Universal Suffrage: By a Tyne Chartist Ir I succeed in making this Treatise, what it professes to be, I shall have done a service to mankind that may not easily be estimated. If I fail, it will be only a little labour thrown away, the price of which will, in all likelihood, come out of my own pocket. The question at issue between the people and the aristocracy is a mighty question, involving a total change in the conditions of each, and not of themselves alone, but of their posterity; the prize they contend for is a mighty prize, being no less than the natural, mechanical, and intellectual resources of these islands. The forces arrayed on either side are mighty forces, being, on the one side, the headlong, physical, and mental energy of the people - undisciplined and disjointed energy, it is true, like unto a thousand distinct streams, all or most of which require to come together before they can bear down the barrier which oppose their progress. On the other side, the power, though small, is compact, concentrated, capable of being wielded with ease, and directed upon any given point at the shortest notice. It would be unwise and dangerous for the people to under rate the physical and mental - not moral - power that is array ed against them; there is no failing in a General more danger ous than a disposition to make light of the enemy's power; the prudent commander, whilst he calculates on a certain victory, will take every means within his reach to secure it. 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.