ABSTRACT

This work brings together key texts drawn from the history of suffrage advocacy and agitation. The whole issue of voting rights and representation is shown to be anchored firmly in the wider political culture of Britain and Ireland as well as the Empire as a whole. Volume 5 covers texts from 1865 to 1867.

chapter |29 pages

Speech on the Reform Bill

chapter |7 pages

The Final Reform Bill of Earl Russell

chapter |21 pages

Speech of Edward Baines

chapter |25 pages

Speech on the Bill of Mr. Baines

chapter |26 pages

The Utilitarian Argument Against Reform

chapter |19 pages

The Balance of Classes

chapter |27 pages

On the Working of Australian Institutions

chapter |23 pages

Universal Suffrage in Australia

chapter |11 pages

Speech of Edmond Beales

chapter |55 pages

The Yorkshire Reform Conference

chapter |9 pages

Reform or Revolution

chapter |21 pages

Democracy Vindicated

chapter |20 pages

Reform Meeting in the Guildhall