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The 'platform,' as the Americans call it, upon which the entire party stands i.e. the length and breadth of their political creed, may be distinctly enunciated as follows.
- Separation of Church and State.
- Abolition of the House of Lords.
- Abolition of the Laws of Primogeniture and Entail.
- Abolition of the Game Laws.
- Compulsory Sale and Partial or Total Confiscation of land in Ireland.
- Disestablishment of the Irish Church.
- Relinquishment and Abandonment of our Colonies.
- (Subordination in all things to America)
- Repeal of the union of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Divorce of religious training from our Universities and Schools.
- Manhood Suffrage.
- Female Suffrage.
- Vote by Ballot.
- Equal Electoral Districts.
- Throwing expenses of elections on the rates
(to pave the way for paid representatives.) - Legalizing Trades unions and the application of Protectionist principles to labour, &c.
- Opening places of amusement on the Sabbath.
- Socialism and Communism.
It is possible to affix to each of these principles the well known name of some Radical advocate
