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as　YET；　and；　by　using　which；　the　workmen　do　themselves　no　lasting　good；　and；　indeed；　have　driven　whole　trades　and　much　capital　out　of　the　oppressed　districts；　to　their　own　great　loss。

That　hope；　though　not　extinct；　is　fainter　now　than　it　was。　　Matters　seem　going　all　the　other　way。　　An　honest；　independent　man；　who　did　honor　to　the　senate；　has　lost　his　seat　solely　for　not　conniving　at　these　Trades　outrages；　which　the　hypocrites；　who　have　voted　him　out；　pretend　to　denounce。　　Foul　play　is　still　rampant　and　triumphant。　Its　victims　were　sympathized　with　for　one　short　day；　when　they　bared　their　wounds　to　the　Royal　Commissioners；　but　that　sympathy　has　deserted　them；　they　are　now　hidden　in　holes　and　corners　from　their　oppressors；　and　have　to　go　by　false　names；　and　are　kept　out　of　work；　for　odisse　quem　loeseris　is　the　fundamental　maxim　of　their　oppressors。　　Not　so　the　assassins：　they　flourish。　　I　have　seen　with　these　eyes　one　savage　murderer　employed　at　high　wages；　while　a　man　he　all　but　destroyed　is　refused　work　on　all　hands；　and　was　separated　by　dire　poverty　from　another　scarred　victim；　his　wife；　till　I　brought　them　together。　　Again；　I　have　seen　a　wholesale　murderer　employed　on　the　very　machine　he　had　been　concerned　in　blowing　up；　employed　on　it　at　the　wages　of　three　innoxious　curates。　　And　I　find　this　is　the　rule；　not　the　exception。　　〃No　punishment　but　for　already　punished　innocence；　no　safety　but　for　triumphant　crime。〃

The　Executive　is　fast　asleep　in　the　matteror　it　would　long　ago　have　planted　the　Manchester　district　with　a　hundred　thousand　special　constablesand　the　globule　of　LEGISLATION　now　prescribed　to　Parliament；　though　excellent　in　certain　respects；　is　null　in　others；　would；　if　passed　into　law；　rather　encourage　the　intimidation　of　one　man　by　twenty；　and　make　him　starve　his　family　to　save　his　skin　cruel　alternativeand　would　not　seriously　check　the　darker　and　more　bloody　outrages；　nor　prevent　their　spreading　from　their　present　populous　centers　all　over　the　land。　　Seeing　these　things；　I　have　drawn　my　pen　against　cowardly　assassination　and　sordid　tyranny；　I　have　taken　a　few　undeniable　truths；　out　of　many；　and　have　labored　to　make　my　readers　realize　those　appalling　facts　of　the　day　which　most　men　know；　but　not　one　in　a　thousand　comprehends；　and　not　one　in　a　hundred　thousand　REALIZES；　until　Fictionwhich；　whatever　you　may　have　been　told　to　the　contrary；　is　the　highest；　widest；　noblest；　and　greatest　of　all　the　artscomes　to　his　aid；　studies；　penetrates；　digests　the　hard　facts　of　chronicles　and　blue…books；　and　makes　their　dry　bones　live。




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