Chapter 2883 The Lion of Freedom (5)

One day in June 1848, when Thomas Cooper's wife opened the door of her Sheffield home, there were many people sitting in front of the door.

These people came from Ireland, and they all looked hungry. The people leading this team were wearing military caps and red coats. They heard that the secretary of the "Veterans, Exiles, Orphans and Widows Foundation Committee" lived in

Here, most people stayed at the door of the shop, accepting alms from the shopkeepers, while the leader entered Cooper's home.

He brought news that the violent wing of the Chartist movement had formed an alliance with the Irish Unionists, and that the Irish Unionists had held a mass meeting in the Abbey Music Hall in Dublin, where the Irish tricolor flag was hoisted.

and a giant, gleaming blade, and O'Connor attended a pro-Charter rally in Dublin on Easter Monday.

In 1845, O'Connor attempted to join forces with Thomas Cooper to promote the land movement. The enclosure movement, which had had a profound influence in Britain, had come to an end at this time, and land could be purchased at a cheaper price.

Each member can raise 5,000 pounds by paying a donation of two pounds and ten shillings, which is enough to buy real estate, build houses, and house fifty members.

Then mortgage the land and get 4,000 pounds. With the original capital balance, you can purchase another real estate and settle 50 members, and so on, until the eighth real estate is purchased, 400 members can be settled.

These properties could more than double in value in three years and be worth at least 60,000 pounds in the fourth year. However, O'Connor's plan could not possibly work, so he refused to cooperate with him.

Since O'Connor had already gone to Ireland, Cooper only found one of O'Connor's many eyes and ears. While there, Cooper heard an unexpected news. There was a traitor among the Chartists, and this traitor was Thomas.

· Cooper.

The Manchester Carpenters' Union said that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing and had joined forces with Peel. Some people revealed that he wanted to get an official position in the government. Some people said that he was an adventurer who blindly pursued fame and was a capricious villain.

, a hypocrite pretending to be serious.

In the end, Cooper really resigned. He was not out of anger, but saw O'Connor's illusion that he would inevitably ruin the Chartist movement.

Houses are tied to too many things, especially the right to vote. These workers who own houses because of social housing also have the right to vote. Although because of the representative system, even if the vast majority of people outside the parliament support the election of the Chartists, the members who sit in the parliament and vote

Still, the representative they supported was defeated.

But this time the situation is a little different, because King Philip of France has fled to England, which has put almost all European countries on the verge of revolution. Even Ireland received a congratulatory message from the French Republic.

Women almost played the role of family helpers in the Chartist movement. After Cooper resigned, so many refugees could not continue to rely on charity in shops, not to mention that according to the provisions of the Poor Law, private charity was illegal.

The old Poor Law implemented family allowances and child allowances, which contributed to the growth of the British population. According to Malthus's population theory, this was the cause of poverty. This was accepted by the British government, and the Poor Law was subsequently revised in 1834.

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At that time, it was generally believed in Britain that the poor were poor because they were lazy and morally corrupt. Therefore, what the government wanted to do was not to improve the living conditions of the poor, but to force them back into the job market by lowering the living standards in the workhouses.

If there were private relief, not only would these public workhouses appear unjust, but according to Malthus, poor relief would encourage people to have more children and produce more poor people, thus occupying more of the resources of calm and hard-working people.

The purpose of the amendment was to reduce the number of surplus people as much as possible, and Sir Henry Mayne also pointed out that the poor were unfit to survive in accordance with the Social Darwinian theory.

At this time, a descendant of a noble family who had not yet been knighted appeared in Sheffield. He was originally a swinger, hanging out with a group of idle rich children, and doing some evil deeds that tarnished the good name of mankind.

He had the image of an aristocrat, and his dignified appearance revealed a reserved demeanor. He said to Cooper, "Brothers workers, based on the characteristics of your labor, you are the real aristocrats. Today I have made my choice, and I am willing to work with you."

share weal and woe."

Then he brought a large amount of money orders, food and two horses to Cooper, and kept saying, "May God forgive me, when I think that the food to fatten these horses could have been used to feed the horses I saw...

When I held a starving baby in my mother's arms, I prayed to God."

It seems that this descendant of a famous family is so generous because he does not want his soul to fall into hell.

Then the famous boy told Cooper that the government was planting spies and traitors. They were responsible for recording the name and address of each leader, and then handed the list to the sharpshooters in the army, asking them to aim their guns at each designated leader.

people.

There are veterans among the refugees, and they are willing to protect the safety of Cooper and his family, but Cooper warns them not to be fooled, because their purpose is to turn the Chartist movement into a violent and bloody movement, and take this opportunity to catch them all. The Chartist Movement

The violence of the oppressor can only be resisted with moral strength.

The fact is that Ireland has abolished the Habeas Corpus Act, a large number of people on the list can be arrested at will, and O'Connor also canceled the parade.

The secret of the assassination spread widely, and there was a failed investor who had lost a lot of money due to the Chartist movement, so he planned a series of conspiracies.

And some leaders did die in London, but not because of assassinations, but because of cholera. In Soho in 1848, 127 people died in three days.

"How did their family end up in London?" Pomona asked.

"Of course someone arranged for them to go." Severus said while eating a small pumpkin pie. "What do you think of Isabella Sidney?"

Pomona recalled.

Once the Gryffindor girl gang and the Slytherin girl gang bumped into each other in the corridor. The Slytherin girl leader smiled and then made way for Emily Taylor. If it was Bella

I definitely won't let it go.

"Who organized the dungeon dance?" Pomona asked.

"I prefer another name," he said quietly.

"What's that Isabella about?" Pomona asked, also taking a pumpkin pie to eat.

"His father is a Muggle and his mother is a witch, but she did not come to Hogwarts to attend classes." He said while chewing without any aristocratic image, "She hired a tutor so that she would not delay her studies at the girls' school.

, and it doesn’t delay her from controlling her power.”

Pomona raised her eyebrows and took a bite of the pie.

"Thomas' eldest son wanted to take this opportunity to enter politics, but Thomas stopped him. He took all his luggage and left the house." Severus said, "You really think that everyone is doing this in the name of bravery.

Acting in the name of justice and in the name of God?”

"You ask me?" Pomona asked.

"No, I'm talking about the last words Thomas's son said to him. They had a house with poor soundproofing." Severus said. "He is an upright man and has a lot of brains. It's a pity that he doesn't

Not a 'vicious dog' as some people call him."

Pomona recalled Ben Cooper, who lacked self-confidence and almost dropped out of school.

"What did that kid go through, and how did he end up like this?" Pomona said, swallowing the last bite of pumpkin pie.

"What clothes did you use for the fabric Molly mentioned?" Severus asked suddenly.

"Ahem, why are you asking?" Pomona swallowed the pie.

"Prom dress?" He didn't know if he was pretending or if he really didn't know anything.

"No," Pomona said dryly.

"What fabric?"

"I think we should talk to the centaurs to prevent them from making drastic choices." Pomona said, wanting to turn around and leave.

"Instead of going to the dance, what do you want to do for adults?" he said loudly behind her.

She started to run and left the library in a hurry.

In the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, private relief to the poor was punishable, although it was not strictly implemented.

Tom Riddle was born when the Poor Law had been abolished
Chapter completed!