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Political dangers from nobles' influence on elections
The text warns that if nobility use wealth and hired rioters to sway parliamentary elections, liberties would be destroyed as surely as if the House of Commons were abolished. It cites Lord Halifax's agent hiring rioters for elections, noting probes and prior prosecutions, and suggests such interference has long disturbed the kingdom's peace.
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