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I will We contend for what our is right together
he resists the
have exclaimed divers
tories in the Honourable house, when demanding the
preservation of their shares of the boroughs
in schedule A. a saleable privilege to dispose
of the peoples money.

We contend for our the right of the people my certain
the popular advocates.
It is the right of the people
to a share of the representation". say certain zealous
popular advocates.

The Electors of Sudbury when enraged by by one of their
members having here neglected to pay them their
stipulated bribes and do what "was right between
man and man" met to "stand up for their rights" and
vindicate their claim; before the public.

Whereas It is duly authenticated that
We have somewhere read that
a robbery was planned in Newgate and a
thief who was liberated set out with the
plan into execution, he promised and was lauded for
the performance of his promise to do "what
was right" towards the author of the scheme,
namely to send to him a share of the spoil
which had been obtained by means of on his
his ingenuity. suggestion.

In every instance where a prescriptive pillage is systematically
established the party
If In way If in If
In any instance where an answer to this

It must be confessed that in such of the only
these declarations of right are in most nearly
all cases met as we have been commonly hear in
the streets when pa they there is a brawl between
two parties contending for their rights. You have no
right to do this. I have a right to do this replies
the other. It is the peoples intent right to an equal
representation say answer some of the popular advocates
of the popular cause in answer to the demand of the
holders of nominative Boroughs. The dogma on the
one side is but too frequently met by a conflicting
dogma on the other. If either party were asked to
explain what they meant by a right they would
answer with terms equally vague and general.


Identifier: | JB/149/320/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 149.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

149

Main Headings

fragment on government (defence of economy)

Folio number

320

Info in main headings field

political terms

Image

002

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

3

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::sparks & adcock 1828 [britannia with shield emblem]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

guillaume louis ternaux

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1828

Notes public

ID Number

50174

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