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Broadside on Franchise Reform and Whig Decline
A political tract argues for extending suffrage to £10 householders, rejects fears of rural landlord influence, and criticizes Lord John Russell and the Whigs. It urges the people to seek self-reliant enfranchisement, warning that reform depends on working people’s own persistence and action.
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King
Lord John
Iis
John Russell
Treasury
Joshua Walmsley
O’connor
Locke King
Lord Stanley