New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-25
,Iore Socialism.


PETITION or rHs woKxrSs cLAssTs IN LIVERPOOL. To M
Honorable tte House Of q un9Hs o. Great BRIAN and
Ireland ~ Parliament GSIalbbd,
HuNBLY saowErH.
That your petitioners belong 70 that portion OF society
called The vorkiug classes, many thousands of whom arc
AZ present out Of employment and have not wherewth
70 procure the necesssres ~ life and your petitioners
view with deep regret the disturbances eaused by this ran
Of employment
int your petitioners Beg 10 Inform your honorable
Hcuse that II s the arm conviction II their mird that
csssve taxation Is Of the chief can'es OF their distress
your petitioners know that the working cssses are the
producers Of an Wellih-snd although the ministers
lax me class above that ultimately the class 70 which
your petitioners belOrg viii have n pay The taxes -
We are likewise aware ~ the dilemma IN which Her
Msis,ys Ministers placed themselves IN declaring
their inability % carry on the Government oi these
realms without increasing the tsxation In the opinion
Of your petitioners Il would bs more consistent win com
non sense and the Interests 81 humanty n refucs
public expenditure. Your petitioners therefore pray
our homo able House 70 take into your serious and iu
mediate consideration, the necessity Of reducing the
Civil LIST your petitioners being Of opinion that Her
Majesty Is IN the yearly receipt OF more money man Is
sufficient l. procure for herself her husband and family
he uecessares Of life In support Of oar petition, ycur
petitioners have advance, that IL fourteen or sixteen
sh,logs ser week. which IS more than some Of rs -
ceivs-be suficeHt for hardworkiDg man and hi'
f.y-out Of which hs has 20 pay a1use rent ani oos
tsxes-thst hfy thousand per snnum IS more than sun
e, Tor the family Of the grestest monarch on earth ard
that The wants Of royalty shove that Of the working ess'-
IS are artificial, sni ought 20 Do got I'D oiorth"in We
k,wse pr4y your honorable House % pass laws 10 pre-
vent the royal children having grants or the public money
while Her Majesty Is In tho receipt n more thAn my
thousand pounds Der ASO 20 pass Az IN pre-
vent Prince Albert Her Aslesiys eonsor receiving any
Of tie public money unless fns some useful stuston
That your petitioners tsrthsr pray your honorable
House 10 ABOLISH Immediately AL unmeriiet pensions ani
snecures-o leave eergy 70 be paid by al their hear
es and not Of ne taxes Trung from the sweat Of TIE
industrious classes. ..,.
Uon.e 70 know that they wish to he az Pescs with al
afiou,. that the disputes which may happen between
Great Britain and foreign nations, could be s listed ~
~ intelligent men from each nation without the inter-
ference Of military or brute force NV uley ooA uy9n
me sheddng o. human blood Win abhorence, except In
tefsnee Of their lives s0d liberties and thas 10 what
ever auartsr Of the globe tho Creator has placed man
whatever he bis color or erted-tney desire % looA
npor him a. brotser. Your petitioners ttlns OF thls
on.nion cansot sea Any other OF l2rge sthnins
ry ana naval force than that OF providing the younger
branches Of xrstocrsey with poss pisces an1 pen
SONS aud the enslsving Of the psopis 81 these realms
Your petitioners are also aware Of ths AiSe amount o.
moaey required for the support Of large standing army
ADD also are q opinion that BY Obtaining number OF
regiments AMI substituting National Guard TINS impor-
;sut item In the national expenditure would be greatly
reduced and the defensive fores OF The country rendered
more tfhcleut thar under me present system
Lastly your petitioners beg 10 Inform your honorable
House. that the present state Of society leads 70 wee
crime and wrs,chednsss 10 ina extreme ard ih-y urge
UPON your honorable House 70 adopt measures 70 remove
SOC Al evils untsr vkch the Industrious els'es sroan
for this eni We pray yocr honorable Houses soon As pos
STOLE 70 pass law guaranteeing 10 the people OF tnese
realms emp for the Unem oyea 50 As 70 secure
livelihood and voce In the making Of these laws ihsy
re called obey The Creator In ps-rs u AZ on the
sArtA INTENDED be should live and AZ labor the means
the rsht CT man 20 labor and voice In making TIE
laws Is implied as 3 consequences.
raat your petitioners are Of opinion, that ~ yoa- hen
oraoe house granting their peiiicn- that her A'eiy
Government would be enabled = reduce the enormous
TAXATION and improve the moral ani social eonsuon o.
al classes besides nakng hsr Majesty more popular, AID
her ministers more respected