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John Fonblanques Eulogium on Brougham<lb/><lb/><head>THE EXAMINER.</head>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1831.<lb/>No. 1204.<lb/>Paper, Print, &c. .... 3d.<lb/>Taxes on Knowledge, 4d.<lb/>7d. PRICE<lb/>-----<p>THE POLITICAL EXAMINER.<lb/>-----<lb/>Party is the madness of the many for the gain of a few. — Pope.<lb/>-----<lb/>REFORM IN CHANCERY.</p><p>The whole fabric of Chancery abomination totters to its<lb/>fall; the venerated dust and rubbish of antiquity is to be<lb/>swept away; the cobwebs are to be brushed from their<lb/>prescriptive corners; the spiders cry our that the world is at an<lb/>end; and, as daylight is let into the intricate crevices of the<lb/>building, the obscene birds who have formed their hereditary nests there from generation to generation, hoot at the light,<lb/>and, in their purblind struggles, fly in the faces of the unwelcome<lb/>intruders. The CHANCELLOR has redeemed his pledge;<lb/>he now stands forth,—not the popular disclaimer—not the<lb/>opposition orator,—but the practical, ministerial, reformer of<lb/>the law. He proposes no petty amendment—no abolition of<lb/>minor offenses or minor evils—no palliative—no sedative—no<lb/><hi rend="underline">placebo</hi>—no compromise between acknowledged evil and<lb/>conflicting interests. He lays his axe to the root of the evil—he<lb/>refuses the supplies, and the ways and means of corruption<lb/>are at an end. Judicial officers, and their administrative<lb/>subordinates, are to be paid by salaries—not by fees; or if in<lb/>part by fees, then only in that stage of proceeding over which<lb/></p> | |||
John Fonblanques Eulogium on Brougham
THE EXAMINER.SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1831.
No. 1204.
Paper, Print, &c. .... 3d.
Taxes on Knowledge, 4d.
7d. PRICE
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THE POLITICAL EXAMINER.
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Party is the madness of the many for the gain of a few. — Pope.
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REFORM IN CHANCERY.
The whole fabric of Chancery abomination totters to its
fall; the venerated dust and rubbish of antiquity is to be
swept away; the cobwebs are to be brushed from their
prescriptive corners; the spiders cry our that the world is at an
end; and, as daylight is let into the intricate crevices of the
building, the obscene birds who have formed their hereditary nests there from generation to generation, hoot at the light,
and, in their purblind struggles, fly in the faces of the unwelcome
intruders. The CHANCELLOR has redeemed his pledge;
he now stands forth,—not the popular disclaimer—not the
opposition orator,—but the practical, ministerial, reformer of
the law. He proposes no petty amendment—no abolition of
minor offenses or minor evils—no palliative—no sedative—no
placebo—no compromise between acknowledged evil and
conflicting interests. He lays his axe to the root of the evil—he
refuses the supplies, and the ways and means of corruption
are at an end. Judicial officers, and their administrative
subordinates, are to be paid by salaries—not by fees; or if in
part by fees, then only in that stage of proceeding over which
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