[William Lovett] The People'S League. To the People of London and its Vicinity. 1

Under the specious plea of upholding the crown and dignity of England, the two aristocratic factions have gradually been undermining their institutions, and robbing them of the rights and liberties their forefathers wrested from their despotic progenitors. They have graspingly monopolized the best portion of English people's possessions at home and abroad, and have dexterously shifted every burthen from their own shoulders on those of the people. The people of England are far from being changeful in their character, for even their turbulence oftener proceeds from justice outraged, or rights deferred, than from any anxious desire for other institutions. Their humble homes and kindred hearts are more entwined with their lives and aspirations, than is seen among the mere roving exquisites of fashion, or lords of millions grasping still for more. As for the monarch of England, she has more true hearts in huts and hovels than are found in court circles or lords' mansions.