Reform Substance of the Speech in the House of Commons 1 March 1831 On the Mo
Reform Substance of the Speech in the House of Commons 1 March 1831 On the Mo
Robert Harry Inglis
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But if I were to admit the fact, that the great mass of the people were now eager for Reform, I should deny the con- clusion. This House would not be bound by the cries of a majority of the people to decide in favour of any change. The distinction which I always took as to the value of petitions was this, that, where the parties sought for no more than the conserva- tion of blessings which they actually enjoyed, they 2 Edinb. Rev. Xxxiv. 461. Art. Lord John Russell's Speech, 1819. " The establi...shment of new constitutions in foreign countries, increases the general importance of this subject, &c. " 1 13 were entitled to great weight ; but, where they sought for change, (change, the nature and the necessity for which could be ascertained only by deliberation) the petitions of large bodies of men are not necessarily entitled to the same weight as are petitions praying that there may be no change. I never will admit that any man has such good means of judging in respect to what he has not, as in respect to what he has : and, the mere multiplication of numbers, asking for what they have not, can never, without reference to the reasons which they urge, be an argument to which a deliberative body can be justified in yield- ing.
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