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  • Title: 227
  • Author(s): Baron Ferdinand De RothChild
  • Date of creation: 1890
  • Extent: 2pp
  • Material: Paper
  • Physical Location: Waddesdon Manor

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JOHN WILKES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— Of all the transformations in the political and social condition of England, there is none that appeals more forcibly to the attention of the his- torian, and the sympathy of every citizen of these isles, than the growth of English liberties and freedom. Ever since the days of King John, in 1215, when the great Barons of the kingdom forced from the reluctant sovereign the signature of Magna Charta, which contained the germs of all future Parliamentary representation, the progress of national freedom and liberty has been steadily advancing. At times it was diverted by Continental warfare, or checked by the personal ambition of shortsighted ralers and governments ; but only to reassert itself all the stronger, and to sweep away more thoroughly the impediments by which it had been obstructed. Crises such as these marked the reigns of Charles I. and James II.—crises deplorable for the passions they excited and the scenes of violence they A
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