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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 04, 1871
Page
23
The House rejects attempts to exempt property from liabilities and backs the government by eighty five votes. The budget faces a higher income tax to sixpence, seen as painful but necessary to curb military excess and restore economical governance.
The essay argues against a republican reform as a misdirected aim for England's working classes. It blames demagogues and Channel revulsion, endorses gradual constitutional reforms, and urges self reform among artisans through education and temperance. It compares English and American systems to defend gradual change.
The passage argues that early suffrage progress under Democracy is uncertain as representatives pursue shadow over substance. It blames current supporters rather than leaders for limited gains from the second Reform Act and urges intelligent artisans to unite to push legislative reforms the Tory obstructers cannot long resist.
The two Goschen bills to reform local government and taxation await Commons debate. If enacted they would redefine parish governance by creating a parochial board to replace overseers and highway surveyors, elevating ecclesiastical leaders in local administration and shifting power toward landowners in rural districts.
The article discusses rights to property grounded in public good and applies the test to Wren Hoskyn's motion in the Commons on April 25. It explains entailments on large estates, noting an estate of 100,000 acres may be tied to male heirs across lives and cannot terminate until a son reaches twenty one, using A and his infant son as an example.
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