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14. The Sj)€echcs of Mr. WilkeSj in the Uouse of Commons, 1786, p. 54 sqq.

15. Tlie Législative Rights, § 41. — C'est exactement lo futur pro- ^Tamme tf radical » et c'est aii^si le futur programme « charliste '>.Dans la brochure de Cari wright se trouve peut-<itre pour la première fois employé le mot (f radical » dans son acception politique. V. § 116 : • Anniial Parliaments with an equal représentation of the coramons are Ihe only spécifies in this case; and they would eflfect a radical cure ».

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16. Législative fUghIs, etc., § 152 sqq. Sketch uf Provisions to be xoadeby ParliaoMiktroff secuffÎB^ au oqual Repcet>eQtaiiuii^ aiul au aiinuai Parliament fur ail times to coinc. — Cortwrighl choisit l'âge (k dix-huit ans, parce quo c'est Tàge de la milice, et que les registres so trouveraient tout dressés. Il justifie Le scrutin secret : c this would prevent undue influence, personal offencc, and seli-reproach. But it would not prevent tbat influence which ought to foUow wortb, wisdom, and a rigbt use of wealth. » — Gartwright n^accorde cependant pas le droit de vote aux femmes. (The Législative Rights, § 55). Tucker avait demandé, si tous les hommes doivent voter, pourquoi ne pas étendre aux femmes Tapplication du même principe. « It might perbaps be a v?ant of politeness to ask thèse gentlemen if they seriously raeant what they said ; but, as I am serions myself, I ^iil beg leave to refer the Dean to the Scriptures, and the other gentleman to the law of nature and the common law of Entjland, and both of them to the fair sex, in order to set lie this point. Man and wife are called in scripture one flesJiy in lav^ oneperson] and

by both, the temporal dominion is given to the man Women know

too wcU what God and nature requires of them to put in so absurd a claiin for a share in the rights of élection. Their privilèges and power aie of another klnd ; and they know their sphère. >