Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland
CHAPTER XIV.
Movements toward Parliamentary Reform--John Cartwright--The Father of Parliamentary Reform--His Account of the Trials of Hardy and Tooke--Lord Byron's Eulogium of him--His Opinions of the Slave Trade--The First English Advocate of the Ballot--His Conviction for Conspiracy--His Labors for Grecian and Mexican Independence--William Cobbett--His Character, Opinions, and Services--His Style of Writing--His Great Influence with the Middling and Lower Orders of England--Sir Francis Burdett--His Labors for Reform--His Recantation 147