Corn Laws: Lectures, Delivered Before the Ladies of Manchester and Its Vicinity, on the Subject of a Memorial to the Queen

Excerpt from Corn Laws: Lectures, Delivered Before the Ladies of Manchester and Its Vicinity, on the Subject of a Memorial to the QueenEngland! In times past you have appeared at the foot of the throne, as petitioners for the freedom of the slave. You did not deem it inconsistent with your sex or your duties, to become the advocates of mothers and infants in bondage. You felt for the slave, as bound with him. You triumphed in that cause: the captive is free Behold a work before you in all respects as appro priate, and equally imperative. Deliver, I beseech you, the families around you from the grasp of famine. Take up the cause of suffering womanhood and helpless innocence, and be of good courage your labour will not be in vain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.