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1819 Sept. 6
Collectanea for Parl. Reform

Morn. Chron. Septr. 6, 1819 – Extract from –

Cheshire
County Palatine of Chester

"We, the Grand Jury of the County Palatine of Chester, at the
"Assizes holden at Chester, on the 1st Septr, 1819, feel it incumbent
"at this time to declare our indignation at the machinations of
"artful and itinerant demagogues, who disseminate papers of
"the most seditious tendency, at public meetings: with freedom
"in their mouths, and fraud and plunder in thier hearts, employ
"the most inflammatory language insidiously to inculcate,
"under the specious veil of Reform, hatred and contempt of
"our Constitution, and instigate the ignorant and unwary even
"to exert physical force (that is, violence and open arms) for
"the enforcement of their visionary claims, at once useless to
"themselves, destructive of the rights and property of their fellow
"subjects, and involving the Country in one general ruin.
"nor can we refrain from declaring our disgust and horror, at
"the odious and blasphemous publications poured forth throughout
"the Country, in which the Holy Scriptures are held up to derision,
"reviled, and scoffed at, and audaciously denounced to the people
"as false, with the malignant intention of eradicating from their
"minds all moral checks, and all the hopes and comforts to be derived
"from religion; but with the most serious and peculiar anxiety,
"and detestation we contemplate the unremitting exertions to poison
"the minds of the rising generation with the same horrid and detestable
"doctrines. We, therefore, strongly impressed with the excellence of
"our Constitution, protecting all ranks and degrees of society, are
"firmly resolved by every means in our power to enforce the
"due execution of the Laws against the seditious and disaffected,
"and against all who, either by their acts, or otherwise, endanger
"the public peace and safety of the Realm.

(Signed) J.T. Manley, Foreman
Lord Belgrave, H.M. Mainwaring, Thos. Cholmondely,
Thos. Barker, T.C. Clutton, Chas. Cholmondely,
D. Ashley, G. Wilbraham, H. Worthington
R. Taylor, Henry Cotton, D. Davenport
E. Davies Davenport, Wilbraham Egerton, Gt Dibbert,
John Isherwood, Ralph Leycester junr, Thos. Marshall
D. Stracy, Clement Swettenham.

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Date_1	1819-09-06	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings	Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	117	Info in main headings field	Collectanea for Parl. Reform
Image	001	Titles	Morn. Chron. Septr 6 1819 / Extract from
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