_The MANIFESTO of the NATIONAL_ REFORM ASSOCIATION.
After mutual deliberation, the Middle and Working Classes have
agreed upon the basis of a representative system--both parties
accept the principles of the National Reform Association. They
are--"1st. The extension of the Suffrage to every Occupier of
a Tenement, or portion of a Tenement. 2nd, Vote by Ballot.
3rd. Triennial Parliaments. 4th. A more equal apportionment
of Members to Population, 5th. The abolition of the Property
Qualification." Such a Reform carried in its integrity would
make the House of Commons the embodiment and expression of the
mind and will of the people; and with this, and with nothing
less, should the people be content. To work, not words, we must
devote the next few weeks for the advancement of our political
rights, and to the means of alleviating the burdens of our
fellow men. Republished by order of the Committee of the Dudley
Mutual Improvement Society.
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