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Newspaper
Freeholder
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 01, 1851
Page
13
The piece urges Forty-shilling Freeholders to build strength via Freehold Land Societies, to contest elections on cheap principles. It predicts reduced costs and divided old parties after corn law repeal, urging Beds and counties to persevere, develop strength, and seize power.
An essay argues Forty shilling Freeholders lack voting rights in Scotland and criticizes landowners for monopolizing land. It recalls past religious struggles when landowners resisted churchbuilding, leading to open-air worship and deaths before Parliament checked feudal power.
The piece argues that the entail law blocks land for burial and worsens public health. a Scottish Parliament bill seeks to empower towns to buy burial land and repeal entail for such parcels. It laments feudal land restrictions and urges repeal to grant freehold rights and public access to land.
A critique of centralization praising local independence and constitutional liberty. It argues union strengthens reform efforts without sacrificing freedom and describes the Freehold Union as a nonauthoritative coordinating center based in Birmingham to guide and unite freeholders.
A discussion extols union between Freehold Land and Building Societies as a force to civilize society, boost industry, and reform institutions. It argues combined effort frees enslaved commerce, lowers costs, and elevates the masses from degradation through coordinated social action.
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