30 JULY 1831, Page 16
" The fight is begun, and we must cast off
the trammels both of dis- guise and fear ; we cannot avoid the struggle, and we must meet it man- fully :—no more evasion; we will not trespass, but deny the authority of our ' lords' to enclose the common against us ; we will demand our right, nor treat but with contempt the despotic law' which would deprive us of it ; we will trample it under our feet—and resist to the last any power that may attempt to enforce it."