...have told them that the parliament would never listen to their petition. How could they think of it? A government in every country should be just like...rabble, who have nothing but personal property, what has the nation of them?"* 1 The message broadcast from the bench and the pulpit—that reformers were...

...world." As for political representation, the landed interest alone had the right to representation; "as for the rabble, who have nothing but personal property, what hold has the nation of them?"45 "Bring me prisoners, and I'll find you law," Braxfield was reported to have told...

...to such a rabble (the advocates of political reform). What right had they to representation ? . . . A government in every country should be just like a corporation ; and, in this country, it is made of the landed interest, which alone has a right to be represented." 3 This extraordinary outburst was...

...have told them that the Parliament would never listen to their petition. How could they think of it T A Government in every country should be just like...have nothing but personal property, what hold has the nation of them?* What security for the payment of their taxes? they may pack up all their property...

...not admitted into society as a matter of course. But if a man of the middle 1 "The landed interest alone has a right to be represented; as for the rabble...have nothing but personal property, what hold has the nation of them? " said the Lord Justice Clerk in his summing-up to the jury in the High Court of Justice...