Category: History - British

The People's Palace and the Religious World or, thoughts on public agitation against the promised charter to the new Crystal Palace Company, and on "Sabbath desecration"

Layman· 3 chapters· 8,910 words

DISAGREEMENT with the object and dislike of the tone of the incipient agitation for preventing the concession of a Royal Charter to the Crystal Palace Company, except upon the condition of its gates being closed on Sunday—a desire to vindicate the consistency of many religious...

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1. Part 1

DISAGREEMENT with the object and dislike of the tone of the incipient agitation for preventing the concession of a Royal Charter to the Crystal Palace Company, except upon the c...

2. Part 2

Briefly to recapitulate the foregoing facts and arguments:—The Crystal Palace Company is a private speculation, not a public institution. They propose to open _only_ their groun...

3. Part 3

To treat the working-classes in the spirit of those who are fomenting this agitation, is unjust and cruel, as well as impolitic. The point has been before adverted to, but will...