ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the lecture by John Thelwall on 'A further enquiry into the Calamities produced by the System of Usurpation and Corruption'. In the lecture, Thelwall voices his opposition to violence and states his unequivocal belief that peaceful political activity is the only way to ensure successful reform. He even suggests that the people who are most likely to behave in such an unruly manner are those disconnected from political associations. Thelwall talks about the nature of corruption and how corruption affects liberty and human happiness. He suggests that the only means by which liberty can be obtained is by the steady and determined exertions of the intellectual faculties of man.
