ABSTRACT
Chartism conceives that all the children comprising one family have equal claims upon their parents, and are all entitled to the enjoyment of equal privileges and protection; therefore, as society consists merely of a union of families, the same citizen rights should be enjoyed by the members of millions of families as by the children of one. Chartism conceives that as each family would be naturally free and independent when it joined the social union, it would not associate to receive less but to acquire greater benefits from co-operation, therefore it could not agree that one family out of the many should make laws for the remainder. Chartism conceives that as labour is the only source of wealth and produce, one great aim of society ought to be to give it such encouragement, protection, and remuneration, that it may become more valuable in itself, and more fruitful to all.
