xxiv INTRODUCTION" 



any country continue their Subjection to another, only because their 

 great Grand-mothers were acquainted. This is the Course of human 

 Affairs, and all wise States will always have it before their Eyes. 



Trenchard on Plantations and Colonies, in Cato's Letters 



No. 106 Anno 1772 



London: 



Printed for the AUTHOR, by H. S. Woodfall. 



Sold by J. Wilkie, No. 71 St. Paul's Church-yard; 



and at the Pamphlet-Shops 



M.DCC.LXXV." 



Later lie published many pamphlets on reform 

 in Parliament, and worked incessantly in the holy 

 cause of liberty. The first, and perhaps the most 

 famous of these pamphlets, was entitled, *' Take 

 your choice : Representation and Respect, Imposi- 

 tion and Contempt : Annual Parliaments and Lib- 

 erty, Long Parliaments and Slavery: The People's 

 Barrier against undue Influence and Corruption: 

 Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform etc." This 

 appeared in 1776, that momentous year for the 

 American Colonists when they proclaimed their 

 independence. Later this pamphlet appeared as 

 ^' The Legislative Rights of the Commonalty vin- 

 dicated." John Cartwright always strove for 

 annual parliaments and universal suffrage. In 

 1780 he originated the '' Society for Constitu- 

 tional Information." Although much beloved by 

 his family and friends, it is needless to say that 

 such advanced and independent thinking on mat- 

 ters political made him displeasing to the higher 

 powers, and in 1819 he was indicted for conspir- 



