Excerpt from Speeches, Vol. 1 of 2 The following speeches, which are now for the first time brought together, are reprinted in a connected and complete series from the standard authority, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates. They embrace the whole of the distinguished orator's course in the House of Commons, from 1830 to the present day. Among them will be found in due chronological order, the several speeches on the Reform Bill, which brought the orator so promi uently forward in the arena of the House of Commons and before the world, in his vindication of the exten sion of the suffrage and the principles of representation, supported by every resource of wit, skilful argument, ingenuity of detail, and historical precedent, including those memorable passages on the lessons of the French and English Revolutions; the discussion of questions growing out of the agitations in Ireland in 1883, and later, the measures of repression, the reform of the Pro testant Church Establishment, the Maynooth College Bill; his eloquent review of the East India policy, which recalls the triumphs of Burke; his Copyright Speeches, in which he places literary property on the ground of expediency; his views on. The Corn Laws, the Ballot, the Charter petition, the Dissenters' Chapel Bill his remarks on the Treaty of Washington; with many dis eussions incidental to these and other important topics, springing up during his Parliamentary career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.