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Noble interference and rioters threaten liberties in elections
The passage warns that a standing army could destroy liberties and that noble influence, backed by hired roughs, can subvert Parliament. It cites Lord Halifax’s agent Tattern hiring Quirk at Northampton and previous elections, suggesting aristocratic manipulation of votes and repeated prosecutions against the noble.
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House of Commons
House of Lords
Quirk
Lord Halifax
Northampton