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4. We may farther take into account, ivith a view to tranquilisc tiul’ nervous apprehensions* the temperament and habits of the working people. They are the very reverse of mercurial—not Suftcfeptible of easy excitement. So far from being at the beck of every detnagogue who hopes to secure a selfish end by playing upon the passions of the multitude, they are remarkable for nothing so mucll as itaperturbability. At this moment, harassed on all sides as they are by galling legislation, to a lamentable extent unem )loyed, tma shut out even from the prospect of a remedy, they exhibit a quiet fbrbedrance which elicits admiration even from their oppres-Ittrt. But give them full employment, and sufficient wages—and free frade, one of the first results to be anticipated from complete suffrage* would speedily secure for them both—and political agitation would have bw charms for the mass of our labouring popula-tioh; Home and daily bread would claim and have their chief energies. Raised to the level of freemen, they would evince no fOHirnrdness to enter upon a long course of agitation for objects knowii to be unjust. Far more probable is it, that after the first exercise of their newly acquired power, they would sink for a period into a state of listlessness in reference to public affairs. Men cannot be always riding upon the troubled sea of political strife.
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Nonconformist
London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, Dec 01, 1841
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