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Description:Excerpt from The Reform Bill: Speech of the Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exechequer, Delivered in the House of Commons, March 12th, 1866 The Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir: I have now to ask that the paragraphs in the Queens Speech which refer to the elective franchise may be read by the clerk at the table. Sir Denis Le March ant, the chief clerk, then read the paragraphs as follows: - "I have directed that information should be procured in reference to the rights of voting in the election of members to serve in Parliament far counties, cities, and boroughs. "When that information is complete, the attention of Parliament will be called to the result thus obtained, with a view to such improvements in the laws which regulate the rights of voting in the election of members of the House of Commons as may tend to strengthen our free institutions, and conduce to the public welfare." The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and said: Mr. Deputy-Speaker, if in order to estimate the difficulties of the question which I have now to bring before you it be right, as I suppose, to take into view not only its own extent and complexity, and the strange fluctuations of circumstances which have attended and marked its history, but also the weakness of the hands into which the treatment of it has fallen - this perhaps I may well say, that few Ministers have risen in recent years to address the House under greater difficulties than at this moment attend my own position and task. Sir, these are difficulties which affect in the first instance her Majesty's Government, and they are perfectly sensible of the weight of responsibility which attaches to them; but although they be concentrated in their greatest weight upon us, yet they are not ours alone. The interest in the solution of this question is an interest common to the whole House of Commons, and to every party and every section of a party that sits within this House. (Hear, hear.) For, sir, let me remind you that these paragraphs which we have just heard read are not the only paragraphs in which, under the most solemn form known to the Constitution, the subject of the representation of the people has been brought under the notice of Parliament. By no less than five Administrations, in no less than six Queen's speeches before the present year, the House of Commons has been acquainted by the Sovereign, as advised by her constitutional Ministers, that the time in their judgment had come when the representation of the people ought to undergo revision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Reform Bill: Speech of the Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exechequer, Delivered in the House of Commons, March 12th, 1866 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Reform Bill: Speech of the Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exechequer, Delivered in the House of Commons, March 12th, 1866 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Reform Bill: Speech of the Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exechequer, Delivered in the House of Commons, March 12th, 1866 The Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir: I have now to ask that the paragraphs in the Queens Speech which refer to the elective franchise may be read by the clerk at the table. Sir Denis Le March ant, the chief clerk, then read the paragraphs as follows: - "I have directed that information should be procured in reference to the rights of voting in the election of members to serve in Parliament far counties, cities, and boroughs. "When that information is complete, the attention of Parliament will be called to the result thus obtained, with a view to such improvements in the laws which regulate the rights of voting in the election of members of the House of Commons as may tend to strengthen our free institutions, and conduce to the public welfare." The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and said: Mr. Deputy-Speaker, if in order to estimate the difficulties of the question which I have now to bring before you it be right, as I suppose, to take into view not only its own extent and complexity, and the strange fluctuations of circumstances which have attended and marked its history, but also the weakness of the hands into which the treatment of it has fallen - this perhaps I may well say, that few Ministers have risen in recent years to address the House under greater difficulties than at this moment attend my own position and task. Sir, these are difficulties which affect in the first instance her Majesty's Government, and they are perfectly sensible of the weight of responsibility which attaches to them; but although they be concentrated in their greatest weight upon us, yet they are not ours alone. The interest in the solution of this question is an interest common to the whole House of Commons, and to every party and every section of a party that sits within this House. (Hear, hear.) For, sir, let me remind you that these paragraphs which we have just heard read are not the only paragraphs in which, under the most solemn form known to the Constitution, the subject of the representation of the people has been brought under the notice of Parliament. By no less than five Administrations, in no less than six Queen's speeches before the present year, the House of Commons has been acquainted by the Sovereign, as advised by her constitutional Ministers, that the time in their judgment had come when the representation of the people ought to undergo revision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Reform Bill: Speech of the Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exechequer, Delivered in the House of Commons, March 12th, 1866 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Reform Bill: Speech of the Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exechequer, Delivered in the House of Commons, March 12th, 1866 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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