Cobbett's Legacy to Labourers; Or, What Is the Right Which the Lords, Baronets, and Squires Have to the Lands of England? in 6 Letters. Or, What Is ... Have to the Lands of England? in 6 Letters - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1834. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LETTER VI. Can The Landlords Rightfully Use The Lands So As To Cause The Natives To Perish Of Hunger Or Of Cold? My Friends, If they can, then have the landlords the Right To Kill; and the miserable people of England are placed upon a footing with the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the air. But, I am about to show, that this is not the case; and that all law, human as well as divine, forbids the entertaining of so atrocious and ferocious a doctrine; and to show also, that destitute persons, whether the destitution arise from want of ability to labour sufficiently to provide for themselves; or whether it arise from the want of being able to obtain employment, with sufficient wages to provide subsistence, clothing and lodging, sufficient to the sustaining of life and health: I am about to show, that, i» either of these cases, such destitute persons have as clear a right to demand relief of their wants, as any njan has to the rents of his land; or to the goods in his house. Indeed, it appears to me impossible that any person of clear understanding can have read the foregoing Letters without coming to this conclusion; but, the doctrines in those Letters have now to he applied to practical purposes; and, therefore, I shall here enter into a full examination of the question, stated at the head of this Letter; and prove that, according to natural justice; according to the laws of God; and according to the laws of England, this right to relief, in the cases above-mentioned, is an unalienable right in every man born in England. It is something disgraceful to our days, that any measure should have been adopted, or talked of, which should have made the discussion of this question necessary; but, such is the case; and, therefore, discuss it we must. That there o...
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