Financial Reform Meeting in Manchester Hears Cobden and Bright
A Manchester gathering at Free-trade Hall features Richard Cobden and John Bright among speakers advocating reduced public expenditure and a simplified taxation system. Cobden argues for ten million in government savings, cites 1835 spending levels, and contends military expansion has grown with population and armament, while urging reliance on peace and reform.
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Speakership of Cobden on Peaceful Policy and Imperial Burden
Cobden argues for reducing foreign interference and armaments, urging Britain to keep to its own house, favor colonial self funding, and pursue arbitration in treaty disputes. He warns against costly navy expansion, cites American restraint in the Oregon affair, and calls for broader peace through arbitration and restraint.
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