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1819 March 12
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Morning Chronicle Thursday march 11 1819
Whig Creed as per Editor

The Whigs are neither for universal suffrage nor for
Uniform Suffrage. The fundamental principle of Whiggism, as applied
to the Constitution of this Country, is Government by Parliament.
They are in favour of Parliamentary Reform, because they
consider the House of Commons, as at present constituted, an inadequate
check on the Ministers of the Crown, and an imperfect
representation of the different classes and interests of the community. Whatever Reforms they may propose or support, they will
found them neither on natural rights with Major Cartwright,
nor with Sir Francis Burdett, on the Tory principle of emancipating
the Crown from the House of Commons. They would render
that assembly more independent of the Minister, but not
abridge it of one particle of its power. They would give the unreprecedented
portion of the Community a share in the Government,
but have no desire to subvert the Constitution.

Identifier: | JB/109/093/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 109.
Date_1	1819-03-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings	Fallacies; Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	093	Info in main headings field	To Erskine
Image	001	Titles	Morning Chronicle Thursday March 12 1819
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	C3
Penner		Watermarks	JOHN DICKINSON & C<…> 1813
Marginals		Paper Producer	A. Levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1813
Notes public		ID Number	35748
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