[75] See Conway's Life of Paine, Vol. I.
[76] Professor T.F. Tout, England from 1689.
[77] Tout, ibid.
[78] Tout, ibid.
[79] R.G. Gammage, History of the Chartist Movement.
[80] "The condition of the labouring classes was the least satisfactory feature of English life in 1846. Politically they were dumb, for they had no parliamentary votes. Socially they were depressed, though their lot had been considerably improved by an increased demand for labour and by the removal of taxes in Peel's great Budget of 1842. That was the year in which the misery of the English proletariat reached its lowest depth."—Herbert Paul, History of Modern England.
[81] Justin McCarthy, Short History of Our Own Times.
[82] McCarthy, Ibid.
[83] Tout, England since 1689.
[84] "For a general extension of the franchise, an extension from the occupation franchise to the adult franchise, there does not appear to be any demand, except in connection with the burning question of the franchise for women."—Ilbert, Parliament.