A Short History of English Liberalism Part 13

Paine, Thomas, on American Rebellion, 87; his _Rights of Man_, 108 Palmerston, Lord, foreign policy of, 151, 182, 209, 221; attacks upon, 213, 222 Parnell Commission, 302 Peel, Sir Robert, and humanitarianism, 154; and Utilitarianism, 158; and Catholics, 163, 164; as Prime Minister, 186; and Ireland, 187; and foreign policy, 209, 213 Peterloo, 146 Pitt, William, on the working cla.s.s, 46; on Dissenters, 52; and Reform, 90; after French Revolution, 98, 126, 132; on Union with Ireland, 129, 131 Political a.s.sociations, 82 Poor Law, the old, 77; reform of, 174 Portugal, affairs of, 151, 210 Price, Dr., 102 Prost.i.tution, 255 Public meetings, 82, 88

Radicals, 102, 106, 120, 121, 144 Radicals, Philosophic, _see_ Utilitarians {374} Reform, agitation for, 79, 82, 144, 166; in 1832, 166; effect of, 168, 232, 280 Richmond, Duke of, 79, 90, 106 Rights, 29, 112 Russell, Lord John, 44, 140, 166, 205, 209, 222

Salisbury, Lord, 232, 269, 298 Shaftesbury, Lord, 177, 233, 241 Shelburne, Lord, on Ireland, 56; Liberalism of, 64, 125; on French War, 132 Slave Trade, 130 _n._, 179 Smith, Adam, 102 Smith, Sydney, 170 Socialism, growth of, 233; Mill and, 240; and Social Reform, 328, 333 Social Reform, 32; Tom Paine and, 116; after 1832, 171; after 1867, 231, 237; after 1880, 279, 286; since 1906, 326; cost of, 335, 341 Spain, affairs of, 150, 210 State, Liberal and Tory conceptions of, 30

Tooke, Horne, 79, 106, 123 Toryism, opposite of Liberalism, 19, 21; and the franchise, 25, 29; and Empire, 33; in 1760, 43; and Ireland, 298; and Woman Suffrage, 347 Tory philanthropy, 176 Trade Unions, 78, 171, 231; objects of, 245; legislation concerning, 78, 160, 244, 326 Transvaal, annexation of, 274; war with, 288; second war with, 318

Universities and Nonconformists, 220, 242 Utilitarianism, 155; and Manchester School, 190; and Colonial system, 204

Vienna, Treaty of, 139; breakdown of, 153, 166, 226

Whigs, mental habit of, 58, 62, 169; and freedom of discussion, 60, 125; and religious disabilities, 60, 130, 181; and American Rebellion, 83; and French Revolution, 106, 118, 125; and French War, 137; and Socialism, 234; and Reform, 147 Whitbread, Samuel, and Education, 47; on Poor Law, 64; and Wages Bill, 77, 125 Wilberforce, William, 43, 49, 140, 149 Wilkes, John, 79 Windham, William, 46, 119, 135 Woman Suffrage, 27, 254, 282, 346 Women, social estimate of, 27, 52; marriage law and, 52, 220, 258, 281; and Reform agitation, 54, 145; and French Revolution, 100; Utilitarianism and, 158; and Anti-Corn-Law League, 201; Florence Nightingale and, 218; education of, 53, 251; improvement in condition of, 251, 258, 281; and Contagious Diseases Acts, 255, 258; and Imperialist reaction, 305; and local government, 306, 308

Young, Arthur, 102

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