Chartist Movement in Britain 1838-1856 Volume 3

Containing over 100 pamphlets, this edition provides a resource for the study of Chartism, covering the main areas of Chartist activity, including agitation for the Charter itself, the Land Plan, the issue of moral versus physical force and trade unionism. <p>Volume 3 Report of the Proceedings at the Conference of Delegates, of the Middle and Working Classes, Held at Birmingham, April 5, 1842, and Three Following Days (1842); David Ross, The State of the Country, As the Effect of Class Legislation; and the Charter as the Remedy. A Lecture, delivered in the Chartist Room, Manchester, April 10th (1842); Cosmopolite, Moral Force Address to the Members of the Infidel Pirate Government of Britain (1842); Henry Solly, What Says Christianity to the Present Distress? (1842); The Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union, to Political Reformers of All Shades of Opinion (1842); Samuel Wellwood, A Letter to Feargus O'Connor, Esq., Against His Plan of Dividing the Land, and in Favour of the Association of Property, Skill, and Labour (1842); William Lovett, A Letter to Daniel O'Connell, Esq., MP, in Reply to the Calumnies He Put Forth in the Corn Exchange, August 8th, in Answer to the Address of the National Association to the People of Ireland (1843); [William Lovett], Letter from Mr Lovett to Messrs Donaldson and Mason, Containing His Reasons for Refusing to be Nominated Secretary of the National Charter Association (1843); George White, An Answer to John Humffreys Parry, of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law; and an Exposure of the Self-Styled Liberals and Free Traders (1843); Patrick Brewster, The Seven Chartist and Military Discourses, Libelled by the Marquis of Abercorn, and Other Heritors of the Abbey Parish to Which are Added, Four Other Discourses Formerly Published, With One or Two More As a Specimen of the Author's Mode of Treating Other Scripture Topics. With an Appendix (1843); [James Leach], Stubborn Facts From the Factories, by a Manchester Operative (1844); Feargus O'Connor, The Employer and Employed. The Chambers' Philosophy Refuted (1844); Address From the Members of the National Association for Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People, to the Working Classes of France, on the Subject of War (1844); An Humble Apology For Peace, by the National Association for Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People, in reply to 'An Humble Apology for War,' Which Appeared in the Liverpool Journal (1844); Address of the General Council of the National Charter Association, To the Inhabitants of Manchester and Its Vicinity (c.1845)</p>