Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...He implored the House, he entreated the noble lord, to take this fitting opportunity of extending mercy to the men, thereby gratifying thousands of the labouring classes who had appeared before the House as petitioners. Enough had already been done to deter others from following their example, and there was no longer reason why mercy should not be extended to these poor men. He lamented that the labouring classes had no representatives in the House. He had no desire to press the motion to a division; he hoped the noble lord would see the propriety of bringing the men back to their country. As to remaining in the colony, the hand of persecution had reached the poor men even there. Would the House believe that the two brothers had been separated, that George Loveless was in a hut 250 miles from the seashore, and James was in a part of the country in which the men were actually dying of famine and in want of work? As long as George and James Loveless were in New South Wales and were confined there against their will they would be neither more nor less than transported men, suffering all the miseries concomitant to a forced separation from the persons whom they dearly loved and whose happiness constituted a part of their existence. The noble lord shall judge whether George and James Loveless would feel their continuance in New South Wales under any circumstances to be less than a forced transportation by an extract which he uould read from a letter that within the last fortnight had been received from George Loveless: 'From what I can observe, ' he says, ' of this country, it is not such a paradise as is generally supposed by the people of England. Bread is uncommonly dear, more than double the price of bread in England, and other provisions..
