St. George For England!' An Address To, And Correspondence With - Softcover

John Sibbald Edison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371600510 ISBN 13: 9780371600511

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

'St. George For England!' An Address To, And Correspondence With, Certain Persons Disaffected To The Established Consitution, By A Member Of The English Bar J. S. Edison' John Sibbald Edison presents a 19th-century political tract centered on loyalty to the British Constitution as defined by common law and the subsistence of Church and State. The work opens with an address that uses the fable of Menenius Agrippa to illustrate the power of a shared truth told in an amicable spirit, and proceeds through a sequence of letters (Parts II–VI) aimed at removing impediments to accepting its core message. Edison argues that St. George-and-the-Dragon, as a national emblem, symbolises the Established Constitution, with the horse representing the realm and the dragon symbolising infidelity and bigotry. The six rights embedded in the constitution and the Church-State union are presented as evidence of its practical excellence. The text also discusses Catholic Emancipation, Jewish Disabilities, and Chartism, opposing radical reforms (such as The Charter) and urging loyalty to the existing order.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371600510
• ISBN 13: 9780371600511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188