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1820 Apr.12

Collectanea Redicalism not dangerous

V. Experience III. Britain
recent
Inizationist not
Dangerous - not Radicalist

Morn, Chron. April 12th. 1820.

"The intelligence from Scotland is precisely what we were
"prepared for. The panic is completely over, and business is
"now going on as usual. The misguided men, who flew in
"the face of the laws of their country, have received a lesson
"which, it is to be hoped, will have a beneficial effect on
"their future life.

"The language in which the Ministerial Papers indulge
"on this occasion, is quite ludicrous. One would imagine
"to hear them, that the country has escaped almost miraculously
"from a most imminent danger, and that the issue
"of the struggle was really involved in uncertainty. "The statements,
"which have now reached us, from Huddersfield, (says a Ministerial
"Morning Paper; gravely), afford convincing proof that
"the scheme of insurrection was of an extent most truly frightful
"to contemplate." Yes, frightful to those who are as ignorant
"of the state of this country as the deluded men who believe in
"the possibility of such a general insurrection. An insurrection
"forsooth, among men without leaders of capacity or talents
"without money or means of supplying themselves with arms,
"men greatly outnumbered in every district or place by those
"who disapprove of their principles! We say without leaders of
"capacity or talent: for the only talent we ever heard they possessed
"is that of speech-making, which, though very common
"in this country, is, we suspect, greatly overrated, and is at least
"very often unaccompanied by wisdom or good sense. How
"could such an insurrection end but in the manner in which
"it has ended.?

"We are glad, however, to see that this most frightfully
"extensive insurrection is estimated at its proper value in the
"place where it assumed the most formidable aspect. The
"following observations of the Glasgow Chronicle on the subject
"must, we think, disarm the most apprehensive:-

"The appeal made by the Radicals too arms is now
"confessed, even by those most addicted to visionary fear,
"to have failed. No one denies that the scheme was one
"of the wildest and most ridiculous in the annals of the
"world.

"The Radicals have had every opportunity that they
"could wish for a full muster. Their treasonable placard was
"very generally perused on Sunday. For the three following
"days they were allowed to infest the streets, in obedience to its

Identifier: | JB/137/049/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1820-04-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	049	Info in main headings field	collectanea radicalism not dangerous
Image	001	Titles	morn. chron. april 12th 1820
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / e1
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1818
Notes public		ID Number	46766
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